How can I speed up my sluggish MacBook Pro?
I installed Mavericks last year and my MacBook Pro seems to be getting more and more sluggish, especially with the Adobe Creative Suite. Lately InDesign has been crashing on a regular basis. I used to be able to run several programs simultaneously, but now have to be cautious. Any suggestions?
I was running EtreCheck when I saw your reply. :-) Here are the results.
Problem description:
sluggish performance
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated February 23, 2015 at 9:29:17 AM CST
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
1 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 20
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Apple Studio Display 1280 x 1024
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Time since boot: 2 days 17:46:40
Disk Information: ℹ️
Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02 disk0 : (250.06 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 249.20 GB (56.12 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Information: ℹ️
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2 TB
Seagate Backup Plus Drive (disk4s1) /Volumes/Seagate Backup Plus Drive : 2.00 TB (1.96 TB free)
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
LaCie Minimus USB 3 1 TB
EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
BACKUP (disk3s2) /Volumes/BACKUP : 999.86 GB (341.00 GB free)
Seagate Desktop 2 TB
Raven (disk1s1) /Volumes/Raven : 537.01 GB (460.16 GB free)
Greenstone (disk1s2) /Volumes/Greenstone : 1.02 TB (908.14 GB free)
Untitled 3 (disk1s3) /Volumes/Untitled 3 : 443.20 GB (2.78 GB free)
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
composite_device 7.76 GB
SFI 8 GB (disk2s1) /Volumes/SFI 8 GB : 7.76 GB (7.41 GB free)
Brother HL-2040 series
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Anywhere
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.microsoft.VirtualPC.Networking (7.0.1) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.microsoft.VirtualPC.OSServices (7.0.1) [Click for support]
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.Mouse.driver.MouseSetting (1.0.1) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.NCHSoftware.driver.SoundTapVirtualAudioDevice (1.0.0d1) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.lexar.iokit.IOSCSILexarCommandsDevice (1.1.2) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.lexarmedia.driver.IOUSBJumpshotClass (1.0.1) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.wacomtablet (6.0.5) [Click for support]
[not loaded] jp.co.epson.driver.EpsonNet_PSUSBNotSeize (1.0.0) [Click for support]
[loaded] net.telestream.driver.TelestreamAudio (1.0.5 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
Startup Items: ℹ️
AdobeVersionCueCS2: Path: /Library/StartupItems/AdobeVersionCueCS2
PACESupport: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PACESupport
VirtualPCOSServices: Path: /Library/StartupItems/VirtualPCOSServices
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
[failed] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
Garmin Express Service Application (/Applications/Garmin Express.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/Garmin Express Service.app)
Backup Engine 3 Application Hidden (/Library/Application Support/Maxtor/Backup Engine 3.app)
iTunesHelper Application Hidden (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Google Chrome Application Hidden (/Applications/Google Chrome.app)
laciebackupd Application (/Library/Application Support/LaCie/LaCie Backup/laciebackupd.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
PandoWebInst: Version: 1.0 [Click for support]
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.0.0.85 BETA - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.0 [Click for support]
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.1 [Click for support]
CouponPrinter-FireFox: Version: Version 1.0.11
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
NP2020Player: Version: 4.5.2.0 [Click for support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
GarminGpsControl: Version: 4.1.0.0 Release - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 75 Check version
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
fbplugin_1_0_3: Version: Unknown [Click for support]
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Weather
F.B. Purity - Cleans Up Facebook
InvisibleHand
HoverSee
Facebook Photo Zoom
Social Fixer
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Adobe Version Cue CS2 [Click for support]
Déjà Vu [Click for support]
Flash Player [Click for support]
Flip4Mac WMV [Click for support]
Growl [Click for support]
Java [Click for support]
Media Booster [Click for support]
Mouse Preference [Click for support]
StuffIt AVR [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Greenstone: Disk size: 1.02 TB Disk used: 112.05 GB
Raven: Disk size: 537.01 GB Disk used: 76.85 GB
Untitled 3: Disk size: 443.20 GB Disk used: 440.42 GB
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 249.20 GB Disk used: 193.08 GB
Destinations:
BACKUP [Local]
Total size: 999.86 GB
Total number of backups: 15
Oldest backup: 2015-02-06 23:09:00 +0000
Last backup: 2015-02-23 12:02:14 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 999.86 GB < (Disk used 822.40 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
9% WindowServer
3% Finder
1% backupd
0% AppleSpell
0% aosnotifyd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
90 MB mds_stores
60 MB Safari
56 MB mds
47 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
39 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
991 MB Free RAM
662 MB Active RAM
1.34 GB Inactive RAM
591 MB Wired RAM
21.17 GB Page-ins
1.13 GB Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Feb 22, 2015, 04:43:56 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Illustrator_2015-02-22-164356_[redacted].crash
Feb 20, 2015, 03:37:22 PM Self test - passed
Feb 20, 2015, 02:39:02 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Illustrator_2015-02-20-143902_[redacted].crash
Feb 16, 2015, 11:47:51 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-02-16-114751_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
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