Clean re-install of OSX Yosemite

Hello,
For the first time in my short OSX lifetime (6 years) I am considering re-installing OSX om my Mac. I have been extremely happy to be able to upgrade from release to relase and not waste time in re-installing.
Unfortunately, since I have upgraded to Yosemite, my MBP has been running much slower despite my very good specs (MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013), 2,8 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3)
I upgraded from OSX 10.9x to 10.10 from App Store. Unsatisfied with performance, I re-installed OSX booting from Recovery but keeping my original apps & files. Did not help that much.
Now I am considering a totally clean install (format Hard Disk and install Yosemite from an USB key or such) as suggested in many posts.
My questions are:
1) Is this really necessary? Will it make a real difference? Why?
2) Is there any way to manually investigate and clean the cause of performance problems?
3) If I do a clean install, is there any easy way to bring all my apps, documents and configuration over the clean install without re-introducing the cause of slowliness? I would really like avoiding re-installing all my software
Thanks a lot for any input
gabebega

Hello bramfrommaastricht,
Here is the output, please note that first time I run it my Mac crashed and restarted. I have the crash log if you are interested. (long time since I had may mach crash)
One more comment, in the report you will see that Clean My Mac is installed and I know that most people suggest removing it. I have used CleanMyMac without problems in all my OSX releases. After I installed Yosemite, I removed it (using EtreCheck to ensure all components were deleted) and it did not help at all. I can do it again if you think is necessary.
Thanks for your time
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated 27. nov. 2014 kl. 12.51.38 CET
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,1
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
16 GB RAM Not upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
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Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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Gears: Version: 1.0 Support
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CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.92 Support
Picasa: Version: 1.0 Support
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RCDefaultApp
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Flip4Mac WMV Support
FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) Support
Java Support
Secrets Support
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Destinations:
G-DRIVE mobile with Thunderbolt [Local]
Total size: 999.86 GB
Total number of backups: 25
Oldest backup: 2014-06-22 11:16:12 +0000
Last backup: 2014-11-14 13:09:39 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 999.86 GB < (Disk used 650.52 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
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      12% storagekitd
      11% mds_stores
      10% savapi
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481 MB ScreenSaverEngine
429 MB loginwindow
344 MB savapi
309 MB avguard.bin
223 MB com.apple.MediaLibraryService
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
7.70 GB Free RAM
6.51 GB Active RAM
1.46 GB Inactive RAM
1.50 GB Wired RAM
1.92 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs

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How do I install AE CS6 11_LS7 onto MAC OSX Yosemite 10.10.1 since it won't open?

I am trying to install After Effects CS6 11_LS7 onto MAC OSX Yosemite 10.10.1, but it won't open? I can't find a later download for AE CS6 that may fix this problem. What should I do?

make sure you downloaded the mac installer, not windows.
if you're certain you did that, what's the file extension on that file?
otherwise,
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Re instating GarageBand '09 after a clean install of OSX Mavericks

I have a Time Machine back up of my entire hard disk, and because of a couple of suspected system wide issues, I decided to do a clean reinstallation of OSX Mavericks, and reinstall GarageBand X. That all went very well, my HD cleaned up and reformatted fine, OSX Mavericks installed flawlessly, and I began reinstalling Applications, files and folders. I have now run into a problem with the legacy version of Garageband '09, which, on reinstalling from the TM back up, did not simply transfer to the new Applications folder in a working form. Previous to my HD clean up/reinstallation, it had worked pretty well. Now it simply won't open, and I get an error message telling me it cannot find a valid instrument library.
Here is the error message: The Instrument Library is invalid. GarageBand expects a valid Instrument Library folder in /Library/Application Support/GarageBand. Please choose a valid Instrument Library folder or quit and re-install GarageBand.
I do have a copy of the software installation DVD that shipped with my Mac, so in theory I could reinstall GarageBand '09, but I found that, on trying this, although the software 'installed', Garageband still will not open..
I could do a clean reinstall of Snow Leopard, along with it's associated software, iLife '09, then 'update' to Mavericks and re download Garageband X, which, in theory, would solve the problem, having started with a 'clean slate', but that's a lot of trouble, with a lot of downloading..
Any ideas? I'd be grateful for any possible alternative options..
Thanks,
Ontradio :-)

Hi leonie,
It looks like once my computer was subject to a clean install of OSX Mavericks, programs installed with iLife, i.e. iWeb, GarageBand. iPhoto, etc, were removed from my HD and cannot now be reinstalled.. I form the impression that they are not on the installation DVD's that shipped with my computer, and having examined the disks by placing them in my machine, there is no way I can tell whether that is correct, since there is no 'button' that allows me to look for their presence on the disks.
If you can shed any light on that conclusion, I'd be grateful for any advice you could offer. I guess it's not super imperitive that I have GarageBand '09, I can get by without it, but it would have been nice to have, and a couple of my songs use loops that were from GB '09, and these are now absent from the songs when played back in GB X. Of course, I cannot download the '09 version from the App store. Looks like Apple has me borked!
Thanks for your help, anyway, I'm always pleased to see your name here..
Regards, Ontradio..

Windows- bootcamp won't start after installing OSX Yosemite - Ameriguayo

Like so many others, I installed OSX Yosemite this morning and now Boot Camp no longer works.
After I updated to Yosemite I restarted my computer, held down alt, and was presented nothing but a Macintosh HD. I followed “Loner T’s” instructions. Here's my info...
MiMac:~ Mike$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *750.2 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         351.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data                         397.7 GB   disk0s4
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *350.6 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 8FA5E92E-AD22-4963-A728-00057E6BEB99
                                 Unencrypted
MiMac:~ Mike$ diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group BACE3EFD-026C-4E8C-A749-2F22BE55CD85
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         350971142144 B (351.0 GB)
    Free Space:   18915328 B (18.9 MB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume B5CB58D7-8B4E-4E8F-B676-4A3A08C4C10C
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     350971142144 B (351.0 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 22A44CAD-28FC-42EE-9017-FA335F527AF8
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         None
        Conversion Status:       NoConversion
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   No
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     No
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 8FA5E92E-AD22-4963-A728-00057E6BEB99
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          350599905280 B (350.6 GB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-
            Revertible:            Yes (no decryption required)
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS
MiMac:~ Mike$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
Password:
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=750156374016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1465149168
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 1465149167
       start        size index contents
           0           1         MBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34           6
          40      409600      1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
      409640   685490512      2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
   685900152     1269536      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
   687169688   776709904      4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
1463879592     1269543
1465149135          32         Sec GPT table
1465149167           1         Sec GPT header
MiMac:~ Mike$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 91201/255/63 [1465149168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [     start -       size]
1: EE    0   0   2 -   25 127 14 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
2: AC 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [    409640 - 685490512] <Unknown ID>
3: AB 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 685900152 -    1269536] Darwin Boot
4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
MiMac:~ Mike$

Your case may be simpler to resolve. You do not have the MBR entry for Windows.
Do you a NTFS header "R.NTFS" when you run the following command in Terminal?
sudo dd if=/dev/rdisk0s4 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -C

Can't Install OSX Yosemite on iMac Mid-2009 Stuck - No Recovery Partition PLEASE HELP

I had an old iMac Mid-2009 2GB on OSX Lion, which had been kept away in the garage for a while. Pulled it out, ran Lion fine. It was going to be set up as a new computer, so I downloaded OSX Yosemite, planning to wipe and re-install after installation. Took a lot longer than I expected. After a while, the apple logo progress bar froze. I googled it and many people said just to wait it out, it could take up to 12 hours. 1 week later, still there. Fairly confident that nothing was going on on the hard drive. I reset the PRAM, didn't help. So I tried another fix I found which involved booting into the recovery partition. Guess what, no recovery partition . So finally I went to the trouble of creating an install usb. Booted fine, so I went into Disk Utility to erase my hard drive and re-install. But guess what, I couldn't! Can somebody please help! Or is this iMac stuffed?

Finally figured out the solution. My internal HDD appears to be not working after that faulty Yosemite installation. Just got a fast external HDD, plugged it into the iMac. Booted from the USB, went into Disk Utility and formatted it as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) in GUID. Installed and got up an running fine. Finally fixed this after 3 weeks! Hopefully this will help anyone that has the same problem.

Clean re-install of OSX Yosemite

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