I upgrade my mid 2007 IMac to Yosemite and it has been running very slowly since then. I have 3GB of ram. Should I go back to Mavericks?

I upgraded my mid 2007 IMac to Yosemite and it has been running very slowly since then. I have 3GB of ram. Has this been a problem for anyone else?

Your iMac year and model is low on RAM.
3 GBs is really not enough RAM to operate your Mac under OS X Yosemite OR Mavericks smoothly and efficiently.
New Macs now ship with 8 GBs of RAM as minimum, base installed amount of RAM.
Your Mac model can take a maximum amount of 6 GBs of RAM.
I strongly recommend purchasing and installing the necessary RAM amount to meet the 6 GB RAM total.
If you live in the U.S. , Correct, compatible and reliable Mac RAM can be purchased from online Mac RAM sources Crucial memory or OWC (macsales.com).
OWC (macsales.com) has the proper RAM module or kit needed to get your Mac to the 6 GB RAM total limit.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/5300DDR2S6GP/
RAM is user installable and is, relatively, easy to install be newbie and novice Mac users.
http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/imac_mid_2007_mem_h/
Good Luck!

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I have a desktop iMac that has been running very slowly lately. I turned off the computer yesterday to initiate a restart and when it came on, the screen was all white and has stayed that way. Please help!

I have a desktop iMac that has been running very slow lately. I turned off the power yesterday, thinking a restart may help. When I turned the power back on, the screen turned white and stayed white. Any ideas???

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I keep getting tabs opening and pop ups that I don't want AND it has been running very slow with the new upgrade

Mozilla seems to have done a recent "upgrade" and it has slowed my computer down, created viruses and I continue to get pop ups that last a mile long. I am not sure what has been done, but, I am ready to leave Mozilla.

Do a malware check with some malware scan programs. You need to scan with all programs because each program detects different malware. Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of the database before doing a scan.
* http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
* http://www.superantispyware.com/ - SuperAntispyware
* http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx - Windows Defender: Home Page
* http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Spybot Search & Destroy
* http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php - Ad-Aware Free
See also "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked and Searches are redirected to another site

I have an iMac 07 model and it has been running slow at start up. Does a three year old hard drive cause your computer to run slow?

I was told by a second source store today that the hard drives in an iMac 07 model run slower with time, mine is a little over three years old. Is this an accurate statement?

Computer slow downs can be caused by numerous things, age is not one of them. There is some really good reading here, I'm sure if you look 25 Ways to Speed Up Your Mac closely you will be able to regain some lost performance.
BTW in your signature you list some antivirus software....that could be a cause right there as it's not needed on a Mac.
Roger

My macbook pro is running very slowly since upgrading to Yosemite. How can I cure this or how do I remove Yosemite?

My macbook pro (13inch mid 20101) is running very slowly since I upgraded to Yosemite. How can I cure this or how can I remove Yosemite?
OS X 10.10.1
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 duo
4GB 1067 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256MB
Opening apps or web pages is incredibly slow and extremely frustrating.

Try these in order testing your system after each to see if it's back to normal:
1. a. Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM
    b. Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
2. Restart the computer in Safe Mode, then restart again, normally. If this doesn't help, then:
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the Utilities menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
3. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
4. Reinstall Yosemite: Reboot from the Recovery HD. Select Reinstall OS X from the Utilities menu, and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
            because it is three times faster than wireless.
5. Reinstall Yosemite from Scratch:
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
How to Clean Install OS X Yosemite
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
            because it is three times faster than wireless.

My MacBook is running very slowly since upgrading to Yosemite

My MacBook is running very slowly since upgrading to Yosemite I have lots of room on my hard disc. All applications are working but very slowly. Help!

When the slowness is especially bad, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
          SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
          View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above.
Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first.
Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

I am upgrading to 10.8.3 snow leopard and it has been 3 hours with a white screen - is it supposed to take this long?

I am upgrading to 10.8.3 snow leopard and it has been 3 hours with a white screen - is it supposed to take this long?

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
It looks like your MacBook Pro is restarting. Just hold the Power button until your computer turns off, and then turn it on again, so OS X should start properly

Is there any way to upgrade my mid-2007 imac to more than 4GB RAM?

From what i've read it sounds like 4GB RAM is the most that my iMac is capable of using, but i' m hoping that isn't true. even though it operates plenty fast for my current needs, it would always be nice to have the option. any info will be appreciated. thanks.
current 'about this mac' :
iMac
24-inch Mid-2007
Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB
Software OS X 10.8.1 (12B19)

Yes, 6GB is possible...
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac7,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 6 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
As Seventy One mentions... OWC.

Upgraded to v 11.2.1 recently and iTunes has been unstable since then by not opening

I upgraded to iTunes 11.2.1 recently and since then iTunes mostly doesn't open or stay open. Instead the ball of death spins around, and I can't do anything other than force quit. Once in awhile it is stable, and I am able to play music, etc. I tried upgrading to 11.2.2 but the problem remained the same.

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then try the action that you're having trouble with again. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
☞ The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
☞ Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

MacBook Pro has been running slow after installing Yosemite

Hey,
I have a MacBook Pro and recently updated from OS 10.6.8 to Yosemite. My computer has been running really slow lately.
Here is my EtreCheck Report:
Problem description:
Mac has been running very slowly
EtreCheck version: 2.1.6 (109)
Report generated January 18, 2015 at 10:42:01 PM EST
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.
Click the [Adware] links for help removing adware.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1
1 2.4 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 989
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Time since boot: 2:48:14
Disk Information: ℹ️
Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02 disk0 : (250.06 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 249.20 GB (78.83 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
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[not loaded] org.eyebeam.SelfControl.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist [Support]
[failed] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)
Spotify UNKNOWN (missing value)
uTorrent Application (/Applications/uTorrent.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.1.102.55 [Support]
OVSHelper: Version: 1.0 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 11.1.102.55 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 16.0.0.257
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2 [Support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.51204.0 [Support]
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
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Searchme [Installed] Adware! [Remove]
DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video> [Installed]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
DivX [Support]
Flash Player [Support]
MacFUSE [Support]
Perian [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      24% Google Chrome
      12% WindowServer
      4% coreaudiod
      3% Google Chrome Helper EH
      2% hidd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
279 MB Google Chrome Helper EH
176 MB Finder
150 MB Google Chrome
77 MB WindowServer
69 MB Pages
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
171 MB Free RAM
1.28 GB Active RAM
1.14 GB Inactive RAM
821 MB Wired RAM
4.60 GB Page-ins
135 MB Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Jan 18, 2015, 07:54:30 PM Self test - passed
Jan 18, 2015, 06:51:08 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Photo Booth_2015-01-18-185108_[redacted].crash

Back up your Mac, if you have not already done so. To learn how to do that read Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac.
You inadvertently installed adware. Eradicating it is simple and you don't have to download or install anything to fix it. For an explanation or how this may have occurred, how to avoid it in the future, and for Apple's recommended solution read How to install adware.
Google Chrome is known to run notoriously poorly on Macs. If you want to run Google Chrome, you may need to install more memory, upgrade your Mac to a newer model, or both. Use Safari or Firefox, both of which will run well and do not litter a system with a plethora of resource - hungry "helpers" and other constantly running intrusive processes such as those Google insists upon installing.
Adobe Flash Player is outdated. If you need to use Adobe Flash Player, you must keep it up to date. New versions appear very frequently.
You are running a torrent client. Doing so will leave you vulnerable to malware, data theft, or both.
Some users have resolved otherwise inexplicably poor performance with an SMC reset. Read and follow all the steps including those that may appear to be inapplicable or trivial.
If your Mac still performs poorly, please determine if the same problems also occur in "Safe Mode":
Safe Mode or "Safe Boot" is a troubleshooting mode that bypasses all third party system extensions and loads only required system components. Read about it: Starting up in Safe Mode
You must disable FileVault before you can start your Mac in Safe Mode.
Starting your Mac in Safe Mode will take longer than usual, graphics will not render smoothly, audio is disabled on some Macs, and some programs (iTunes for example) may not work at all.
Merely starting your Mac in Safe Mode is not intended to resolve the problem, it's to observe its performance without certain additional components.
To end Safe Mode restart your Mac normally. Shutdown will take longer as well.
If none of the above resolves your concern, more information is required. To augment the information you already provided, follow the instructions below.
If your Mac is momentarily unresponsive, consider the following.
Launch the Console app - it is in your Utilities folder. You can find it by selecting Utilities from the Finder's Go menu.
If the log list column on the left is not already displayed, show the log list by selecting Show Log List from Console's View menu. Select Show Toolbar if it is not already shown.
Locate system.log in the list and select it. Many date and time-stamped entries will appear, hundreds of them, and you must find the entries relevant to your Mac's problem.
To do that click the Clear Display button in the Toolbar. All previously displayed log entries will be disappear.
Next: Perform whatever actions cause the Mac to exhibit the slow behavior. If the problem is caused by errors logged by the system, the Console window will show them being recorded in system.log.
One or more of them, along with their time stamps, may reveal the reason for the problem you describe.
Copy and paste those log entries in a reply. If hundreds of the same repetitive messages appear, please edit them before posting. There should be no need for more than a few log entries.
Most of the entries will be cryptic but will contain information you might consider personal such as your Mac's name. If you do not want that information to appear, delete or obscure it when posting your reply. Leave enough information so that the entries can be deciphered.

I have just updated my iMac to Mountain Lion and it is now running really slowly. Is this expected? I feel the functionality is unusable in many places.

Ever since I installed the Mountain Lion update to the OS, my iMac has been running very slowly. I have to wait 25 seconds to come out of a sleep mode. This and a number of other issues makes the machine unusable. Please tell me how I should try to address this.

Man, do you have Sophos antivirus? If that so, you need to uninstall it the right way:
For Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X version 7.x , go to Macintosh HD|Library|Sophos Anti-Virus.
Select 'Remove Sophos Anti-Virus.pkg'.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
NOTE, if you are running Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X version 4.x, the path in step 1 is Macintosh HD|Library|Application Support|Sophos Anti-Virus.
It seems that Sophos antivirus is crashing ML. They have an update but I'll wait some time becuase I've really had a painful time these days.

How well does OSX Yosemite run on a Mid 2007 iMac?

I own a Mid 2007 iMac with 4GB 667Mhz DDR2 RAM, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0Ghz processor and has ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT 128 MB graphics. I was considering upgrading from OSX Mavericks 10.9.4 to OSX Yosemite, but fear it may slow the Mac down. If anybody has upgraded their Mid 2007 iMac, does it slow the system down? Thank You.

Hi JRos23. Thanks for sharing your experience.
I also have a mid 2007 iMac (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) and I'm waiting on reviews like yours to evaluate if it is worth to take the leap and update. Last year I updated to Mavericks from Lion (skipped Mountain Lion) and it improved a lot on many fronts. However, it only felt smooth when I updated the RAM to 6GB. Apple specs tells us that this machine supports max 4Gb, though I found many people saying that it would support 1x2GB + 1x4Gb, and it does. I trully recommend it. If it helps anyone, I bought these: link (sorry, Spanish Amazon store).
However, seeing that you're having a good enough experience until now I will definitely consider it as near future project, maybe with 10.10.1. Is it really an improvement or are there any daily usage setbacks?
Cheers,
JP

I upgraded my imac to Mountain Lion and my iMac has been painfully slow ever since. Any ideas what might be wrong and how to fix it?

I upgraded my iMac to Mountain Lion and it has been painfully slow ever since. Any ideas on what might be happening and how to fix it?

First, back up all data immediately, as your boot drive might be failing.
There are a few other possible causes of generalized slow performance that you can rule out easily.
If you have many image or video files on the Desktop with preview icons, move them to another folder.
If applicable, uncheck all boxes in the iCloud preference pane.
Disconnect all non-essential wired peripherals and remove aftermarket expansion cards, if any.
Otherwise, take the steps below when you notice the slowdown.
Step 1
Launch the Activity Monitor application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Activity Monitor in the icon grid.
Select the CPU tab of the Activity Monitor window.
Select All Processes from the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected.
Click the heading of the % CPU column in the process table to sort the entries by CPU usage. You may have to click it twice to get the highest value at the top. What is it, and what is the process? Also post the values for % User, % System, and % Idle at the bottom of the window.
Select the System Memory tab. What values are shown in the bottom part of the window for Page outs and Swap used?
Next, select the Disk Activity tab. Post the approximate values shown for Reads in/sec and Writes out/sec (not Reads in and Writes out.)
Step 2
If you have more than one user account, you must be logged in as an administrator to carry out this step.
Launch the Console application in the same way you launched Activity Monitor. Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Select the 50 or so most recent entries in the log. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V). You're looking for entries at the end of the log, not at the beginning.
When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some personal information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting. That should be easy to do if your extract is not too long.

IMac running very slowly

I have an iMac 27" running 10.9.4 which has been running exceedingly slowly for ages - I'm fed up with seeing the beach ball spinning. It has an Apple keyboard, magic mouse and trackpad connected via bluetooth. Under instruction from Apple chat support, I have created a new account and also started in safe mode but all to no avail - it just takes ages to move between apps and start new ones (sometimes up to 2 minutes with the icon bouncing like a good 'un).
I have also taken the machine into to an Apple shop genius bar where he discovered Spotlight had got into a loop and could not complete indexing. He sorted that out but after a few hours back home, the machine seems worse than ever and independent on whether I have the Mac HDD added or not in the Spotlight Privacy tab under System Preferences.
I have been tracking another similar post where Linc Davis has suggested pasting a long character string into Terminal and then asking that the output is pasted into the poster's discussion. Rather than butt into that thread, I thought I'd create a new one and hope Linc sees it. On that assumption, here is the output from the instructions previously provided.
I hope this leads somewhere......
Cheers
Start time: 17:56:58 08/25/14
Model Identifier: iMac11,1
System Version: OS X 10.9.4 (13E28)
Kernel Version: Darwin 13.3.0
Time since boot: 6 days 3:56
SATA
   ST31000528AS
USB
   Ext HDD 1021 (Western Digital Technologies, Inc.)
   My Book 1148 (Western Digital Technologies, Inc.)
Log
   Aug 24 15:46:56 [BNBTrackpadDevice::getExtendedReport][80.14] ERROR: [BNBTrackpadDevice] getReport returned error e00002ca for reportID 0x0047
   Aug 24 15:46:57 [AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard][getExtendedReport] getReport returned error e00002ca
   Aug 24 15:46:57 [AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard][getExtendedReport] getReport returned error e00002ca
   Aug 24 15:46:57 [AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard][getExtendedReport] getReport returned error e00002ca
   Aug 24 15:46:57 [BNBMouseDevice::getExtendedReport][80.14] ERROR: [BNBMouseDevice] getReport returned error e00002ca for reportID 0x0060
   Aug 24 15:46:57 [BNBMouseDevice::getExtendedReport][80.14] ERROR: [BNBMouseDevice] getReport returned error e00002ca for reportID 0x0060
   Aug 24 15:46:57 [BNBMouseDevice::getExtendedReport][80.14] ERROR: [BNBMouseDevice] getReport returned error e00002ca for reportID 0x0030
   Aug 24 15:46:57 [BNBMouseDevice::getExtendedReport][80.14] ERROR: [BNBMouseDevice] getReport returned error e00002ca for reportID 0x0047
   Aug 24 17:37:06 [AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard][getExtendedReport] getReport returned error e00002ca
   Aug 24 17:37:06 [AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard][getExtendedReport] getReport returned error e00002ca
   Aug 24 17:37:06 [AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard][getExtendedReport] getReport returned error e00002ca
   Aug 24 17:37:07 [BNBMouseDevice::getExtendedReport][80.14] ERROR: [BNBMouseDevice] getReport returned error e00002ca for reportID 0x0060
   Aug 24 17:37:07 [BNBMouseDevice::getExtendedReport][80.14] ERROR: [BNBMouseDevice] getReport returned error e00002ca for reportID 0x0060
   Aug 24 17:37:07 [BNBMouseDevice::getExtendedReport][80.14] ERROR: [BNBMouseDevice] getReport returned error e00002ca for reportID 0x0030
   Aug 24 17:37:07 [BNBMouseDevice::getExtendedReport][80.14] ERROR: [BNBMouseDevice] getReport returned error e00002ca for reportID 0x0047
   Aug 25 14:24:51 [BNBTrackpadDevice::getExtendedReport][80.14] ERROR: [BNBTrackpadDevice] getReport returned error e00002ca for reportID 0x0061
   Aug 25 14:24:51 [BNBTrackpadDevice::getExtendedReport][80.14] ERROR: [BNBTrackpadDevice] getReport returned error e00002ca for reportID 0x0030
   Aug 25 14:24:51 [BNBTrackpadDevice::getExtendedReport][80.14] ERROR: [BNBTrackpadDevice] getReport returned error e00002ca for reportID 0x0047
   Aug 25 14:24:52 [AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard][getExtendedReport] getReport returned error e00002ca
   Aug 25 14:24:52 [AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard][getExtendedReport] getReport returned error e00002ca
   Aug 25 14:24:52 [AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard][getExtendedReport] getReport returned error e00002ca
   Aug 25 14:24:52 [BNBMouseDevice::getExtendedReport][80.14] ERROR: [BNBMouseDevice] getReport returned error e00002ca for reportID 0x0060
   Aug 25 14:24:52 [BNBMouseDevice::getExtendedReport][80.14] ERROR: [BNBMouseDevice] getReport returned error e00002ca for reportID 0x0060
   Aug 25 14:24:52 [BNBMouseDevice::getExtendedReport][80.14] ERROR: [BNBMouseDevice] getReport returned error e00002ca for reportID 0x0030
   Aug 25 14:24:52 [BNBMouseDevice::getExtendedReport][80.14] ERROR: [BNBMouseDevice] getReport returned error e00002ca for reportID 0x0047
Daemons
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Agents
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launchd
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/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
   -              com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.ARM.UUID.plist
   -              com.adobe.ARM.UUID
Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist
   -              com.google.keystone.user.agent
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   -              com.adobe.acrobat.pdfviewerNPAPI
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   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Silverlight.plugin
   -              com.microsoft.SilverlightPlugin
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   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins (Disabled)/Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
   -              net.telestream.wmv.plugin
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins (Disabled)/iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
   -              com.apple.plugin.iPhotoPhotocast
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   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins (Disabled)/SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
   -              com.microsoft.sharepoint.browserplugin
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins (Disabled)/SharePointWebKitPlugin.webplugin
   -              com.microsoft.sharepoint.webkitplugin
   /Library/PreferencePanes/Flash Player.prefPane
   -              com.adobe.flashplayerpreferences
   /Library/PreferencePanes/Flip4Mac WMV.prefPane
   -              net.telestream.wmv.prefpane
   /Library/QuickTime/Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component
   -              net.telestream.wmv.advanced
   /Library/QuickTime/Flip4Mac WMV Export.component
   -              net.telestream.wmv.export
   /Library/QuickTime/Flip4Mac WMV Import.component
   -              net.telestream.wmv.import
/Library/Spotlight/GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter
   -              com.apple.garageband.spotlightimporter
   Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/SkypeABDialer.bundle
   -              com.skype.skypeabdialer
   Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/SkypeABSMS.bundle
   -              com.skype.skypeabsms
Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Extensions/Evernote Web Clipper-2.safariextension
   -              com.evernote.safari.clipper
   Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
   -              com.Google.GoogleEarthPlugin.plugin
   Library/Widgets/BBC.wdgt
   -              com.ledttextright.widget.bbc
   Library/Widgets/DashboardAquarium.wdgt
   -              com.TheDashboard.widget.DashboardAquarium
   Library/Widgets/DashboardTV.wdgt
   -              com.TheDashboard.widget.DashboardTV
   Library/Widgets/Disney Trip Countdown.wdgt
   -              org.radp.widget.countdown
   Library/Widgets/Earth.wdgt
   -              com.stefan.widget.Earth
   Library/Widgets/HP Ink Widget.wdgt
   -              com.hp.widget.inkwidget
   Library/Widgets/iStat Pro.wdgt
   -              com.iSlayer.iStatpro4.widget
   Library/Widgets/Latest Cruise Deals.wdgt
   -              com.canuckabroad.widget.Cruises
   Library/Widgets/SunlitEarth.wdgt
   -              com.doncarona.widget.SunlitEarth
   Library/Widgets/YouTube.wdgt
   -              com.widget.widget.YouTube
dylibs
   /usr/lib/libgutenprint.2.0.3.dylib
Font issues: 45
Listeners
   launchd: afpovertcp
   kdc: kerberos
Safari extensions
   Evernote Web Clipper
Widgets
   iStat Pro
   BBC
Restricted files: 719
Elapsed time (s): 388

213JB, Thanks for response. Yes, this happens with another account (as requested to create by the Apple chat support) and also in safe mode.
I have done as you suggested (surprising how many different ways there are on the web for resetting home folder permissions) but the system continues to be slow.
I hope the info above will lead to someone spotting something untoward in what my machine is doing - or not doing.
Cheers

Macbook Pro 2011 running very slowly after upgrading to Mavericks

I am in deep trouble with my wife so any help would be gratefully accepted.
Shortly after Mavericks became available I upgraded my wife's Macbook Pro 2011 to use the new OS version. Ever since then, the Macbook has been running noticeably slowly. In particular, Mail is almost unusuable taking minutes to open and showing long delays while moving around messages, folders, etc. Excel and Word are also much slower, Safari is slow, in fact just about everything is grinding.
Any ideas on what can I can do to improve things and apease my unhappy wife would be much appreciated.
I have attached the Etrecheck output FYI
Thanks
Andrew
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
          1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 0:5:25
Disk Information:
          Hitachi HTS545050B9A302 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (361.28 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information:
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
          Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
          Dropbox
Internet Plug-ins:
          LogMeInSafari64: Version: 1.0.730 3rd-Party support link
          Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.0 3rd-Party support link
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 3rd-Party support link
          Silverlight: Version: 4.0.50401.0 3rd-Party support link
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          LogMeIn: Version: 1.0.730 3rd-Party support link
          Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          LogMeInSafari32: Version: 1.0.730 3rd-Party support link
          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.8.0 - SDK 10.9 Outdated! Update
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
          None
Old Applications:
          /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0
                    Microsoft Error Reporting:          Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Ship Asserts:          Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
          SuperDuper!:          Version: 2.7.1 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
          Microsoft AutoUpdate:          Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
Time Machine:
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
               7%          Safari
               6%          Dropbox
               5%          WindowServer
               3%          hidd
               2%          com.apple.WebKit.Networking
Top Processes by Memory:
          119 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          106 MB          Safari
          94 MB          Finder
          94 MB          Dropbox
          94 MB          Mail
Virtual Memory Information:
          1.26 GB          Free RAM
          1.44 GB          Active RAM
          311 MB          Inactive RAM
          1014 MB          Wired RAM
          251 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then try the action that you're having trouble with again. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

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