Re: I have an early 2011 MacBook Pro which has been running slow for a while. After looking at responses to similar problems I have downloaded and run EtreCheck and will post the output. Please can someone help me with what it all means.Thanks in advance

Question

I am having similar problems here is my etrecheck:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
Report generated September 18, 2014 10:54:44 PM EDT
Hardware Information: ?
  MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)
  MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
  1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
  4 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
  Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 512 MB
  Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ?
  OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Uptime: 0 days 4:57:11
Disk Information: ?
  APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
  S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
  disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
  Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (472.13 GB free)
  Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
  MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8 
USB Information: ?
  Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
  Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
  Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
  Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
  Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Thunderbolt Information: ?
  Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ?
  Mac App Store and identified developers
Problem System Launch Daemons: ?
  [failed] com.apple.coresymbolicationd.plist
Problem System Launch Agents: ?
  [failed] com.apple.accountsd.plist
  [failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
Launch Daemons: ?
  [failed] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
  [running] com.fitbit.galileod.plist Support
  [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
  [loaded] com.prosofteng.DriveGenius.locum.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
  [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
  [running] com.prosofteng.DGMonitor.plist Support
  [running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
  Spotify
  Fitbit Connect Menubar Helper
  Google Chrome
Internet Plug-ins: ?
  Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
  FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
  Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
  QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1
  JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Check version
  SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support
Safari Extensions: ?
  Searchme
  Amazon Shopping Assistant
  Ebay Shopping Assistant
  Slick Savings
Audio Plug-ins: ?
  AirPlay: Version: 1.7 - SDK 10.8
  iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1 - SDK 10.8
iTunes Plug-ins: ?
  Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.8
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
  Flash Player  Support
Time Machine: ?
  Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ?
      17% mds
      5% Google Chrome
      2% Google Chrome Helper EH
      1% WindowServer
      0% ps
Top Processes by Memory: ?
  209 MB Google Chrome Helper EH
  160 MB Google Chrome
  89 MB Google Chrome Helper
  63 MB mds
  57 MB Dock
Virtual Memory Information: ?
  301 MB Free RAM
  1.87 GB Active RAM
  640 MB Inactive RAM
  1.21 GB Wired RAM
  2.95 GB Page-ins
  52 KB Page-outs

Answer 1

Here are some of the results from console:
9/19/14 11:12:45.808 AM UserEventAgent[11]: Captive: en1: Not probing 'busecure' (protected network)
9/19/14 11:12:45.811 AM configd[16]: network changed: v4(en1!:149.125.79.239) DNS Proxy SMB
9/19/14 11:12:46.168 AM netbiosd[233]: name servers down?
9/19/14 11:31:11.536 AM spindump[937]: Google Chrome [285] timed out, and it's responsive
9/19/14 11:33:30.000 AM kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=946[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID
9/19/14 11:47:00.954 AM mdwrite[962]: [ERROR] [0.000s] com.apple. UBItemStatusNotification.c:805 _do_UBItemStatusNotificationRegisterURLs() can't find realpath for "/Users/paolocuyno/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~system~spotlight/mdlabels", was blocked at "/Users/paolocuyno/Library/Mobile Documents": 2 (No such file or directory)
9/19/14 11:47:00.955 AM mdwrite[962]: [ERROR] [0.001s] com.apple. UBItemStatusNotification.c:805 _do_UBItemStatusNotificationRegisterURLs() can't find realpath for "/Users/paolocuyno/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~system~spotlight/mdlabels", was blocked at "/Users/paolocuyno/Library/Mobile Documents": 2 (No such file or directory)
9/19/14 11:47:43.656 AM WindowServer[89]: CGXDisableUpdate: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
9/19/14 11:47:57.656 AM WindowServer[89]: disable_update_likely_unbalanced: UI updates still disabled by application "Finder" after 15.00 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds). Likely an unbalanced disableUpdate call.
9/19/14 11:48:10.259 AM WindowServer[89]: reenable_update_for_connection: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 27.60 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
9/19/14 11:48:33.043 AM coreaudiod[139]: Disabled automatic stack shots because audio IO is active
9/19/14 11:48:33.049 AM coreaudiod[139]: Enabled automatic stack shots because audio IO is inactive
9/19/14 11:49:36.887 AM WindowServer[89]: CGXDisableUpdate: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
9/19/14 11:49:47.244 AM WindowServer[89]: reenable_update_for_connection: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 11.36 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
9/19/14 11:50:23.926 AM WindowServer[89]: CGXDisableUpdate: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
9/19/14 11:50:37.713 AM WindowServer[89]: reenable_update_for_connection: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 14.79 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
9/19/14 12:29:26.072 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[149]: (com.apple.printtool.agent[557]) Exited: Killed: 9
9/19/14 12:29:26.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 557 [printtool]
9/19/14 12:30:25.000 PM kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
9/19/14 12:30:26.000 PM kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
9/19/14 12:32:12.000 PM kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=1006[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID
9/19/14 12:33:06.523 PM spindump[1007]: Google Chrome [285] timed out, and it's responsive
9/19/14 12:34:18.901 PM coreaudiod[139]: Disabled automatic stack shots because audio IO is active
9/19/14 12:34:22.799 PM coreaudiod[139]: Enabled automatic stack shots because audio IO is inactive