Itunes incredibly slow

I changed my laptop and I downloaded Itunes 8.0. It takes very very long to open it (I even wonder if shortcuts work) and it takes even longer to Itunes to recognize my Ipod. It works... but so long. It was not the case with my previous laptop. What can I do? Thanks. I am really in trouble...

This is also happening to me... tried re-installing iTunes. Initially it seemed better but after two days I can say that nothing has changed. The "killer colour ball" keeps appearing everytime I try to modify something, specially - but not exclusively - on the "album view" grid. Takes forever to import music or even change a "genre" for a single song!
Hope they fix it soon. As I've posted elsewhere... these kind of things simply didin't happened before! I don't know what is going on with Apple. Also iOS 7 has a series of bugs related to the screen being fixed on a determined position.
"bugs", "bugs"... I've been a mac user since 2008 and never had these kind of problems before.

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iTunes is incredibly slow - takes 2 minutes+ to load. When it does load, it cannot see iPod touch, iPad 3 or iPhone 5. It could yesterday.
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Checked Apple USB drivers, all functioning.
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Hi all
Specs upfront:
Mac Mini PowerPC 1.5gig
Tiger with latest updates10.4.7
Bluetooth Apple Wireless Keyboard and Bluetooth Apple Wireless Mouse Pro
brand new Newertech ministack 500gb drive and later upgrade to 1gig memory (explained below)
My problem is that iTunes has been running INCREDIBLY slowly since I moved my library yesterday. Allow me to give some backstory.....
I purchased the mac mini last winter, and I have a large music collection that would not completely fit onto the mini hard drive at that time (approx. 330 gig - >73,000 files) - so what I did was get a crossover cable and networked my mac to my pc and would access my music files on my Windows iTunes library via the "shared library via network" option. It worked fine. I couldn't update track information nor change artwork as needed, but I could at least access my music, and it would do it at a fairly fast clip. When I first would select the Windows iTunes library the beach ball would spin for about a minute, presumably to load in the library informationfrom the PC, but then I could search change tracks, etc, with relative ease and spriteness. Additionally I could do other things on the mac (mostly just goof on the internet and check email, but occassionally do higher function tasks like edit photos in iPhoto or Photoshop elements.) Again, all without any problem.
So last week I took advantage of a sale online of the Newertech ministack drives, and bought a 500gb model. Via the crossover cable I transferred all the music files to the new external hard drive (which is either firewire or USB, my choice) - I accomplished this by making the library folders on the XP sharable, clicked "add to library" on the mac and chose the music folders on the XP, but then had the mac automatically copy the files to the Mac library and also set the Mac itunes to keep the library organized. This took quite a long time - probably close to 20 hours or so. I lost playcounts and the dates things were added, but I figured what the heck. Clean start on a new machine. And also figured that I would figure out a way to get that information moved eventually anyway.
This is when the problem started - and the source of my quandry that I'm hoping someone will be able to help me with.
When I first start iTunes it take a LONG time (about 3 miuntes) to load up - but then again, no problem as I figure it is reading the xml file. HOWEVER< When i now select a song, it will take a few seconds to begin to play, but then what's more odd it that it just about pulls my system down completely. And this is only using iTunes, and perhaps being online (via telephone line) - no other processor or memory intensive thing going on. Switching through songs is a nightmare, and has rendered the entire system non responsive at times forcing a restart.
Furthermore, when it will switch from one song to the other, the information window in itunes (that shows the songs, time elapsed etc) will hang - the next song will already be playing, but the old information will be there hanging - and then the information will "jump" to the current track (usually about 30-45 sconds into it) , but oftentimes I will get the spinning beach ball, as well as itunes not responding at all. Music stutters or cuts out completely for a few seconds. There have been times I've attempted to change information on the ID3 tag through itunes, but clicking the get information button has sometimes resulted in the dialogue box for said track not coming up until the next track is playing because of the beach ball spinning.
I went out and bought 1 gig of RAM for the machine (the max this model can take) and it has MOSTLY stopped the stuttering of the music as it plays (I was watching istat nano, and would notice when a track played my RAM would slowly go down from approx 200 meg free to about 5 meg free, and then the stuttering would begin) - installing the extra memory has stopped this mostly as I said although in watching the istat nano there is a significant chunk of memory being used during the first part of any song before it jumps back to less memory being used). From what I can tell however, it doesn't use up much CPU cycles (using istat nano)
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So having said all that (and if you are still reading this, thank you - I know it is long windeed but figure too much information is better than just my saying "it's not working, how do I fix it" ) I understand that this is a rather large music file (used at my place of employment, I had the guys I work with add their music to it, and use it as a library for the workplace) but I'm sure also that there are others out there with much larger music collections who are doing this without a hitch.
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It is most frustrating in that I was looking forward to FINALLY having everything on my Macintosh properly and all things running smoothly - but so far it has just been an aggrivation and has had me scratching my head wondering if I should just have left well enough alone and always have the Mac networked with the Windows machine, or even just stuck with the Windows machine ....... :: shudders ::
Should I delete the xml file and have iTunes rebuild it? Or should I uninstall iTunes and reinsall it? If so, on the internal drive, or on the external drive (provided I can even do that) - as I said before I have no favorite tracks or playlists on the mac yet, so I'd be losing nothing in trying it, and would gladly welcome anything that would resolve this.
I hope you can help, and I anxiously await your response which could be the soluton to my problem.
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    Mar 17, 2015, 11:51:04 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-17-1 15104_[redacted].crash
    Mar 17, 2015, 11:50:53 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-17-1 15053_[redacted].crash
    Mar 17, 2015, 11:50:41 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-17-1 15041_[redacted].crash
    Mar 17, 2015, 11:50:27 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-17-1 15027_[redacted].crash
    Mar 17, 2015, 11:50:15 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-17-1 15015_[redacted].crash
    Mar 17, 2015, 11:49:58 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-17-1 14958_[redacted].crash
    Mar 17, 2015, 11:49:46 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-17-1 14946_[redacted].crash
    Mar 17, 2015, 11:49:25 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-17-1 14925_[redacted].crash
    Mar 17, 2015, 11:49:14 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-17-1 14914_[redacted].crash
    Mar 17, 2015, 11:49:03 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-17-1 14903_[redacted].crash
    Mar 17, 2015, 11:48:48 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-17-1 14848_[redacted].crash
    Mar 17, 2015, 11:48:31 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-17-1 14831_[redacted].crash
    Mar 17, 2015, 11:48:17 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-17-1 14817_[redacted].crash
    Mar 17, 2015, 11:48:03 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-17-1 14803_[redacted].crash
    Mar 17, 2015, 11:47:52 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-17-1 14752_[redacted].crash
    Mar 16, 2015, 01:07:34 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-16-1 30734_[redacted].crash
    Mar 16, 2015, 01:07:19 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-16-1 30719_[redacted].crash
    Mar 16, 2015, 01:07:09 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-16-1 30709_[redacted].crash
    Mar 16, 2015, 01:06:57 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-16-1 30657_[redacted].crash
    Mar 16, 2015, 01:06:47 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-16-1 30647_[redacted].crash
    Mar 16, 2015, 01:06:36 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-16-1 30636_[redacted].crash
    Mar 16, 2015, 01:06:25 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-16-1 30625_[redacted].crash
    Mar 16, 2015, 01:06:14 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-16-1 30614_[redacted].crash
    Mar 16, 2015, 01:06:02 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-16-1 30602_[redacted].crash
    Mar 16, 2015, 01:05:52 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-16-1 30552_[redacted].crash
    Mar 16, 2015, 01:05:42 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-16-1 30542_[redacted].crash
    Mar 16, 2015, 01:05:31 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-16-1 30531_[redacted].crash
    Mar 16, 2015, 01:05:21 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-16-1 30521_[redacted].crash
    Mar 16, 2015, 01:05:11 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-16-1 30511_[redacted].crash
    Mar 16, 2015, 01:04:58 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-16-1 30458_[redacted].crash
    Mar 16, 2015, 01:04:48 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-16-1 30448_[redacted].crash
    Mar 16, 2015, 01:04:37 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/RimAlbumArtDaemon_2015-03-16-1 30437_[redacted].crash
    Mar 16, 2015, 09:33:24 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/discoveryd_2015-03-16-093324_[redacted].crash

When you see a beachball cursor or 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.

My Mac desktop is incredibly slow after I installed Yosemite - any suggestions?

My Mac desktop is incredibly slow after I installed Yosemite - any suggestions? Thanks

Problem description:
After installing Yosemite, my MAC desktop is incredibly slow - particularly when using the internet.
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated November 9, 2014 at 6:37:47 PM EST
Hardware Information: ℹ️
iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac10,1
1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
empty empty empty empty
BANK 1/DIMM0
empty empty empty empty
BANK 0/DIMM1
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
ATI Radeon HD 4670 - VRAM: 256 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 6:47:56
Disk Information: ℹ️
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 disk0 : (1 TB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (792.07 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. iPod 79.82 GB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
disk2s1 (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 254 KB
David L. Medeck’s iPod (disk2s2) /Volumes/David L. Medeck’s iPod : 79.82 GB (66.57 GB free)
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Iomega External HD 250.06 GB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
Iomega_HDD (disk1s1) /Volumes/Iomega_HDD : 250.06 GB (198.93 GB free)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.PTUMWDrv (10.5.24) Support
[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.3G (3.0.7) Support
[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.DisableAutoInstall (2.0.6) Support
[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.40) Support
[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.40) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraDevSupport (2.0.2) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraFSCSupport (2.0.2) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraFSRSupport (2.0.2) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraHSRSupport (2.0.2) Support
[not loaded] com.smithmicro.driver.SMSIWirelessModem (3.2.7) Support
/System/Library/Extensions/NovatelWireless3G.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.3GData (3.0.7) Support
/System/Library/Extensions/PTUMWDrv.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.PTUMWCDFree (10.5.24) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.PTUMWCSP (10.5.24) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.PTUMWDIAG (10.5.24) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.PTUMWMdmControl (10.5.24) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.PTUMWMdmData (10.5.24) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.PTUMWUSBMergeNub (10.5.24) Support
/System/Library/Extensions/SMSIWirelessModem.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.smithmicro.driver.SMSIWirelessCDC (3.2.7) Support
[not loaded] com.smithmicro.driver.SMSIWirelessSerial (3.2.7) Support
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.epson.Epson_Low_Ink_Reminder.launcher.plist Support
[running] com.epson.eventmanager.agent.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool.plist Support
[not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.trashSizeWatcher.plist Support
[not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist Support
[loaded] ltcm.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
Garmin Express Service Application (/Applications/Garmin Express.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/Garmin Express Service.app)
vzwwirelessd Application (/Applications/VZAccess Manager.app/Contents/PlugIns/vzwwirelessd.app)
HPEventHandler Application (/Library/Printers/hp/hpio/HPEventHandler.app)
HP Scheduler UNKNOWN (missing value)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
GarminGpsControl: Version: 4.0.4.0 Release - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.60531.0 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 Support
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Adblock Plus
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      3% WindowServer
      0% fontd
      0% AppleSpell
      0% askpermissiond
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
163 MB iTunes
159 MB Safari
146 MB softwareupdated
133 MB Finder
129 MB Quicken Essentials
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
58 MB Free RAM
1.90 GB Active RAM
1.85 GB Inactive RAM
487 MB Wired RAM
6.16 GB Page-ins
2 MB Page-outs

Mac desktop running incredibly slow.

Hi I have a 2010 Imac which is running incredibly slow!
3.06 GHz processor, 4GB memory running OS X Yosemite
I was hoping someone could please help me get to the bottom of what is wrong with it - i did wonder does it need a new hard drive? The original hard drive was replaced by Apple under warranty in summer 2013.
It was running really slow and then last week I upgraded to Yosemite 10.10.3 which seemed to give it a new lease of life. however yesterday there was a power cut and since I have restarted it it is taking forever to do the smallest task. It takes about a minute to open up mail and then you have to wait around 30 secs to see the messages, then wait even longer to click and write.
Having looked up common faults I have tried looking at the utilities section but there is nothing showing a high percentage and I really don't know what else to do?
I have done an Etrecheck as recommended by support and have attached it below:
Can anyone advise why it is going so slow and what do all the red bits on the etre check results actually mean?
Many Thanks
Catriona
Problem description:
Mac running incredibly slow…
EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)
Report generated 4/28/15, 9:22 AM
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.
Click the [Click to remove] links for help removing adware.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2010) (Technical Specifications)
    iMac - model: iMac11,2
    1 3.06 GHz Intel Core i3 CPU: 2-core
    4 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            Empty
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            Empty
        BANK 0/DIMM1
            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM1
            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
    ATI Radeon HD 4670 - VRAM: 256 MB
        iMac 1920 x 1080
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.3 (14D136) - Time since boot: 12:23:15
Disk Information: ℹ️
    ST3500418AS disk0 : (500.11 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (281.76 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
    PIONEER DVD-RW DVRTS09
USB Information: ℹ️
    Seagate BUP Slim Mac SL 1 TB
        EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Seagate Backup Plus Drive (disk1s2) /Volumes/Seagate Backup Plus Drive : 999.86 GB (729.29 GB free)
    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
    Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Lexmark 9300 Series
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Adware: ℹ️
    Genieo, InstallMac Adware! [Click to remove]
    More adware files Adware! [Click to remove]
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /System/Library/Extensions
    [not loaded]    com.Huawei.driver.HuaweiDataCardDriver (4.0.6) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMControl (1.2.1) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMData (1.2.1) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.nike.sportwatch (1.0.0) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.novatelwireless.driver.3G (2.2.9) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.novatelwireless.driver.DisableAutoInstall (1.2) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.option.driver.OptionMSD (1.11.0) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.option.driver.OptionQC (1.11.0) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.2.6 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]
        /System/Library/Extensions/NovatelWireless3G.kext/Contents/Plugins
    [not loaded]    com.novatelwireless.driver.3GData (2.2.9) [Click for support]
        /System/Library/Extensions/Seagate Storage Driver.kext/Contents/PlugIns
    [not loaded]    com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_4 (5.2.6 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.2.6 - SDK 10.5) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.seagate.driver.SeagateDriveIcons (5.2.6 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [killed]    com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.cloudphotosd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.cmfsyncagent.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.EscrowSecurityAlert.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.gamed.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.photolibraryd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist
    10 processes killed due to memory pressure
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [killed]    com.apple.ctkd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.ifdreader.plist
    [failed]    com.apple.mtrecorder.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.nehelper.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.periodic-daily.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.softwareupdate_download_service.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.wdhelper.plist
    [running]    com.seagate.TBDecorator.plist [Click for support]
    6 processes killed due to memory pressure
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [running]    com.activemindtechnology.GameGolfLauncher.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.coupons.coupond.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.nike.nikeplusconnect.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    de.novamedia.VodafoneDeviceObserver.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    com.apple.spirecorder.plist
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.teamviewer.Helper.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.amazon.music.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.genieo.completer.download.plist Adware! [Click to remove]
    [loaded]    com.genieo.completer.ltvbit.plist Adware! [Click to remove]
    [running]    com.genieo.completer.update.plist Adware! [Click to remove]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.leadertech.PowerRegister.SEA1.01c7753a54241bf391ca341389d3ef14.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.seagate.dashboard.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    iTunesHelper    Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
    Dropbox    Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
    TuneupMyMac    UNKNOWN (missing value)
    AdobeResourceSynchronizer    Application Hidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
    Knowhow Cloud    Application (/Applications/Knowhow Cloud.app/Contents/Resources/Knowhow Cloud.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.6.6r636 [Click for support]
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: Version: 5.0.6 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 45 Check version
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.79 [Click for support]
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
    AdBlock
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player [Click for support]
    Java [Click for support]
    MacFUSE [Click for support]
    Seagate Dashboard for Mac OSX [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Skip System Files: NO
    Mobile backups: OFF
    Auto backup: YES
    Volumes being backed up:
        Macintosh HD: Disk size: 499.25 GB Disk used: 217.49 GB
    Destinations:
        Seagate Backup Plus Drive [Local]
        Total size: 999.86 GB
        Total number of backups: 49
        Oldest backup: 2015-02-09 20:54:22 +0000
        Last backup: 2015-04-27 14:09:53 +0000
        Size of backup disk: Adequate
            Backup size 999.86 GB > (Disk used 217.49 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
         5%    WindowServer
         2%    Seagate Dashboard
         1%    Knowhow Cloud
         0%    askpermissiond
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    479 MB    kernel_task
    74 MB    Seagate Dashboard
    66 MB    Knowhow Cloud
    61 MB    Mail
    33 MB    mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    9 MB    Free RAM
    3.99 GB    Used RAM
    8.08 GB    Swap Used
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    Apr 28, 2015, 02:42:00 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-04-28-024200_[redacted].crash
    Apr 27, 2015, 08:56:36 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Seagate Dashboard_2015-04-27-205636_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]
    Apr 27, 2015, 08:49:41 PM    Self test - passed
    Apr 27, 2015, 08:47:51 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Preview_2015-04-27-204751_[redacted].hang
    Apr 27, 2015, 04:13:17 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Seagate Dashboard_2015-04-27-161317_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]

If you haven't already done so, try this simple step first. Probably there will be no change. In that case, see below.
When you see a beachball cursor or 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.
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Incredibly Slow with Spinning Ball

In the last week my MacBook Pro has become incredibly slow. I have contacted Apple Support, done a safe start, verified the disk with no issues. Even typing into this box is met with constant pauses and freezes.
Below is a check I did through EtreCheck. Can anyone tell me what the issue may be. This makes no sense to me.
EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
Report generated September 21, 2014 8:40:54 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
16 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 3:27:17
Disk Information: ?
APPLE HDD HTS547550A9E384 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 (88.62 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
Launch Daemons: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
[running] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitedaemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[invalid] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
[loaded] com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeard.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitealerts.plist Support
[running] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitestatus.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist Support
[invalid] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
User Launch Agents: ?
[running] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist Support
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
[failed] com.logos.LogosIndexer.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
iTunesHelper
Dropbox
Internet Plug-ins: ?
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.4.2 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Check version
Safari Extensions: ?
fb
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
User Internet Plug-ins ?
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.92 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
Akamai NetSession Preferences Support
Carbonite Support
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Time Machine: ?
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 382.43 GB
Destinations:
LACIE SETUP [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 0 B
Total number of backups: 0
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 382.43 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
/sbin excluded from backup!
/usr excluded from backup!
/System excluded from backup!
/bin excluded from backup!
/private excluded from backup!
/Library excluded from backup!
/Applications excluded from backup!
Top Processes by CPU: ?
      2% WindowServer
      1% Google Chrome
      0% netsession_mac
      0% CarboniteDaemon
      0% spindump
Top Processes by Memory: ?
213 MB mds
164 MB Google Chrome
82 MB CarboniteDaemon
49 MB spindump
49 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ?
12.10 GB Free RAM
1.68 GB Active RAM
401 MB Inactive RAM
1.83 GB Wired RAM
9.57 GB 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.
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 take one of the actions that you're having trouble with. 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.

3GS incredibly slow after iOS 5 upgrade

Hello Everyone
I accidentaly upgraded my 3GS to iOS yesterday... (not really, I just REALLY wanted Notification Center and iMessage) And now its INCREDIBLY slow. Switiching between pages is terrible, and anywhere text input is needed the keyboard lags like crazy! I do reckon it's because of the slower processor (my wife's iP 4 is FLYING in iOS 5), but I'm tired of having to wait about 5 seconds after I tap a letter for it to appear on screen.
Is there a way I can downgrade back to 4.3.5? My phone wasn't half as bad back then, and I really need the speed back (constantly emailing for work, etc..)
So please help me out if you can:)
Thank You
Juan Bernal

Try resetting it: hold the on/off and home buttons until you see the Apple logo (ignoring the off slider that appears first), and release. If that doesn't work, connect to iTunes, go to the Summary tab and Restore.

Itunes responding slow?

Ipod touch 5th G is 2 days old. itunes is incredibly slow on it- I push to "pause" or "change songs" and it doesn't do what I touched for 5-10 seconds. Only with playing music is it slow. Any ideas?

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

ITunes Download SLOW!

My iTunes has the slowest downloads, I'm on a T1 line and movies still take longer to download than they do to watch???

I am also having the same problem. All downloads from itunes (either rentals to stream on Appletv 2 or downloads made to the computer) are incredibly slow.
I have been having this problem for about 2 weeks

ITunes Extremely Slow with large library

I recently inherited a huge amount of music (36,000 tracks/211 gigs) which I keep on a Time Capsule as an external drive connect to an Airport Express which I use as a bridge to my home stereo. iTunes is pointed to the TC as the music source and there is no music content on my Macbook's HD, only the iTunes library itself and the cover art. I believe I have the standard RAM (black Macbook, purchased June 2007, which I think is 1gig).
iTunes is not extremely slow in cover flow, I get constant spinning balls and it takes quite a while for the program to close. Do I need more RAM (I think there is a 2gig max for my Macbook)? Is 36,000 tracks more than iTunes was designed to handle? Any chance storing the content on an external drive via WiFi affects the iTunes library response?

I haven't had experience with newer Intel macs with this issue, so I'm a bit hesitant to try to answer, but here goes. This may not at ALL apply to what you're dealing with.
The problem of incredibly slow behavior with large libraries in iTunes has been an issue since at LEAST 7.0 if not much earlier. I have over 130,000 tracks in my library, stored on a WD 1TB studio drive connected to my "home media server - a G4 Cube" via firewire and shared over ethernet to 3 macs. Do a search for "slow large library" in these forums and you will see NUMEROUS threads all complaining about various issues people seem to have when the number of tracks gets into the tens of thousands, much less over 100k.
In any case, there are some things I've found that seem to help:
1. Keep the actual library (database) files on boot drive. IF you have the music files on a separate drive, it helps to keep the iTunes Library folder on the internal drive with the coverart where it can be accessed faster. This is the database (xml) file that iTunes loads and saves when changes are made to the tags or tracks.
2. Also, if you've not got a lot of playlists to worry about saving (i don't use playlists much, just play cds out of the browser mostly, or have some smart playlists).. it helps to rebuild the iTunes library from scratch at some point. I have no reason to believe this, but I assume it creates a new optimized database this way. (maybe someone can correct me on this... after say months of retagging tracks, playing music, creating and deleting playlists etc... does the database end up 'messier' OR does it correctly rewrite everything and optimize constantly or when you quit itunes?) What I DO know is that if you shorten the path to the music, it will be a smaller file. So don't make it "My Firewire Drive/Music Files/iTunes Files/CDs and MP3s/By Artists/*" this gets written as the path for EACH track in the library file that it then needs to load. Make it "Music/Artists/*" or something as short as you can. Then, what I did was to set iTunes to NOT copy music to the library folder, and starting with a blank iTunes dragged the icon of my shared music folder containing all the mp3 files into the iTunes window. It took overnight and the better part of the next day to read in all 130k files, copy the embedded coverart to the local folder, and the longest part, "determining gapless playback" --which i wish they'd give us a way to disable, takes forever! and i dont' use it (if anyone knows how to stop gapless scanning on a mac, let us know)... but fortunately you only have to do this once.
3. More RAM. My main computer is an MDD Dual 1ghz G4. Until about a month ago I had a gig of ram, then I finally got around to upgrading to 2 gigs. It DEFINATELY made a big difference. Where before I'd see the rainbow ball for 30 seconds whenever I made playlists or changes to tags.. now I often don't see it at all, or certainly much less.
I read not long ago an article talking about WHY iTunes was so bad at scaling up for larger libraries. The author suggested it was due to the library being saved out in an XML database and that unless Apple changes its backend to iTunes, it will not be possible to squeeze much more performance out of it. This probably makes it useless for DJs, radio stations, classical music lovers or anyone with large collections of music with many tracks. I assumed that at some point we'd see Apple rewrite iTunes to take advantage of the SQL database in the OS level, but who knows. I really don't think I understand database stuff at this level.
**Finally... I HAVE noticed that recently it has seemed to be getting more responsive. On one of my other machines (an iMac 800mhz g4!) running iTunes used to be a frustrating proposition with constant spinning beachballs and hangs before it let you pick music or change tracks. Now its actually usable. I don't know when this got 'better' but I think with either 7.6, 7.6.1 or 7.6.2 they have done something to make it more responsive. At least in my experience. So thats a good development.
But seriously.. do a search thru the forums and you'll find a lot more about this problem with large libraries.
Goodluck.

Fast Forward in Itunes seems slow

So I am using the iTunes
capability to do some
coursework and sometimes
have to jump around within
the courses to review things.
Pressing and holding the >>|
goes fast forward but at an
incredibly slow rate, in my opinion.
Only a 4 minute jump every 5-10
seconds.
This is on a relatively high-speed
network.
Any chance to go faster?
Thanks.

It's iTunes going through
itunes.stanford.edu - seems
terribly slow to go to any given
course (direct, over the net,
not pre-downloaded) via
the fast forward bar or trying
to use the slide bar.
One should be able to jump
around in these.
I guess one has to wait a long
time for the load/buffering (several
minutes) and then drag it.
Stuart

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