Macbook Pro 2009 Slow

Hi everyone. My mac is a late 2009 Macbook Pro 2.8 Ghz dual core with 8GB ram and the 9600GT graphics card. My main issue with it is its running really slow sometimes randomly like its having trouble accessing the disk or out of memory. Also my safari and world of warcraft applications beach ball often. Generally its taking up to 30 secs to open webpages which open on our other computers in 2-5 seconds.
Trying to fix the beach ball issue first since that makes it unbearable to play WoW.
Steps I have taken to see if I could find a problem include:
Activity Monitor (haven't noticed resource hogs)
Resetting SMC and PRAM
Disk Utility from install disk, running both repair disk and permissions.
Deleted preference files.
Full hardware check with nothing reported.
SMART utility - Hard drive passes with 0 bad sectors.
Multiple reboots over the last week.
Any one got any more suggestions to try ?
I've seen online that you can reinstall OS X sometimes to clean stuff up.
I'm contemplating buying a new hard drive and installing OS X on it and wow and my itunes files which is all i really need. If i have to reinstall OS x over my data i'll just do this.
If i insert my install disk does it install over my personal data? (applications, itunes, pictures...)
Thanks everyone!

Hey coca_cola....i had the same problem as you. i've fixed it (after many other attempts) by formatting the HHD and re-installing everything.
If and when you do that...do a fresh installation...not from Time Machine...with the disks and use Time Machine only for iTunes and other personal stuff.
Do format the HHD before reinstalling.

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I just wanted to post my resolution to a problem that I had trouble finding an answer to on these forums.
Short version:
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If you think you have either a hard drive or a cable problem, to the best of my knowledge the only product that can help isolate both of them is Scannerz. You can check it out at:
http://scsc-online.com/Scannerz.html
I think that's the correct link. If it isn't and you're interested and that's wrong, just google it. I'd also check out their downloads section, especially the sort of short document on using path isolation to detect and isolate problems.
Scannerz can detect both errors and irregularities. It uses the surface scan progress as a reference. Cable problems never show up at the same location because they're typically intermittent. Surface problems always show up at the exact same place. That's the only product (at least commercially available) that can do that.
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Take each of these steps that you haven't already tried. Stop when the problem is resolved.
Step 1
The first step in dealing with a boot failure is to secure your data. If you want to preserve the contents of the startup drive, and you don't already have at least one current backup, you must try to back up now, before you do anything else. It may or may not be possible. If you don't care about the data that has changed since your last backup, you can skip this step.
There are several ways to back up a Mac that is unable to boot. You need an external hard drive to hold the backup data.
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b. If you have access to a working Mac, and both it and the non-working Mac have FireWire or Thunderbolt ports, boot the non-working Mac in target disk mode. Use the working Mac to copy the data to another drive. This technique won't work with USB, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth.
c. If the internal drive of the non-working Mac is user-replaceable, remove it and mount it in an external enclosure or drive dock. Use another Mac to copy the data.
Step 2
Press and hold the power button until the power shuts off. Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed to boot, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Use a different keyboard and/or mouse, if those devices are wired. If you can boot now, one of the devices you disconnected, or a combination of them, is causing the problem. Finding out which one is a process of elimination.
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Step 3
Boot in safe mode. Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Post for further instructions.
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If you can boot and log in now, empty the Trash, and then open the Finder Info window on your boot volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name.) Check that you have at least 9 GB of available space, as shown in the window. If you don't, copy as many files as necessary to another volume (not another folder on the same volume) and delete the originals. Deletion isn't complete until you empty the Trash again. Do this until the available space is more than 9 GB. Then reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode.)
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Step 4
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Step 5
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Reinstall the OS. If your Mac was upgraded from an older version of OS X, you’ll need the Apple ID and password you used to upgrade.
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Yosemite made my MacBook Pro so slow !! Need help ? what is the solution?

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Macbook Pro Running Slow, EtreCheck results inside

Hi all,
I posted a question last week about my Macbook Pro running slow, pinwheel on Safari etc, I was asked to run etrecheck which I have but not sure if it is highlighting the issue or not, so I have included the results below.
If anyone could take a look and let me know if something jumps out at you.
Many thanks in advance
Results
Problem description:
Macbook Pro 2009, 2Gb RAM running slow, pinwheel very often.
EtreCheck version: 2.0.4 (89)
Report generated 16 October 2014 23:41:15 GMT+01:00
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
2 GB RAM Not upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63) - Uptime: 14 days 4:5:45
Disk Information: ℹ️
SAMSUNG HN-M101MBB disk0 : (1 TB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
MacOSX (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (900.14 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Configuration files: ℹ️
/etc/hosts - Count: 2
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Applications/Parallels Desktop.app
[loaded] com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (10.0.2 27712 - SDK 10.7) Support
[loaded] com.parallels.kext.netbridge (10.0.2 27712 - SDK 10.7) Support
[loaded] com.parallels.kext.vnic (10.0.2 27712 - SDK 10.7) Support
/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.3.16) Support
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.3.16) Support
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.3.16) Support
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.3.16) Support
/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.parallels.kext.usbconnect (10.0.2 27712 - SDK 10.7) Support
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[invalid?] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.startup.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
None
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.0.0 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 15.0.0.189
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.5 - SDK 10.6 Support
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
OpenIE
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      46% WebProcess
      3% WindowServer
      0% Safari
      0% ps
      0% SystemUIServer
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
749 MB WebProcess
107 MB Safari
28 MB WindowServer
21 MB mdworker
19 MB mds
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
223 MB Free RAM
838 MB Active RAM
429 MB Inactive RAM
388 MB Wired RAM
11.03 GB Page-ins
8.48 GB Page-outs
Thanks

Are you running both VirtualBox and Parallels? The sad thing is that you've only 2GB of RAM - and your machine can be upgraded to 8GB which would, in your case, have a tremendous impact on the speed of your machine (I'm not certain why EtreCheck is saying that the 2GB of RAM is not upgradable).
2GB just isn't enough to run modern versions of OS X - not even the Lion OS that you're running now. If you want more performance from your machine, upgrade your RAM. You can go to the Crucial website or the OWC website and find the RAM that's right for your machine.
Good luck,
Clinton
MacBook Pro (15” Late 2011), OS X Yosemite 10.10, 16GB Crucial RAM, 960GB M500 Crucial SSD, 27” Apple Thunderbolt Display

MacBook Pro is slowing down

So I've had my Macbook Pro since 2009 and it's been slowing down the past couple years and I want it back running like it should. I recently updated to Yosemite and feel like that's the culprit. I also ran EtreCheck so maybe someone can help me identify the problem from there?
Problem description:
MacBook Pro is slowing down
EtreCheck version: 2.1.5 (108)
Report generated January 12, 2015 at 9:36:18 AM EST
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
2 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 0:32:18
Disk Information: ℹ️
Hitachi HTS545016B9SA02 disk0 : (160.04 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 159.05 GB (129.25 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
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
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
None
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Vidx [Installed]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      6% WindowServer
      1% Safari
      0% AppleSpell
      0% com.apple.WebKit.Networking
      0% fontd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
113 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
75 MB Finder
69 MB Safari
60 MB mds_stores
52 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
84 MB Free RAM
726 MB Active RAM
656 MB Inactive RAM
312 MB Wired RAM
1.55 GB Page-ins
1 MB Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Jan 12, 2015, 09:04:38 AM Self test - passed

I'm having similar problems, but I DO have 4 GB of memory. I've pasted my Etresoft results below. Any help would be amazing!!!
Problem description:
I’ve had my computer for several years, and it’s been slowing down for the last several months. Installing Yosemite seemed to make it significantly worse.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.5 (108)
Report generated January 12, 2015 at 3:55:23 PM EST
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
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
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 0:14:9
Disk Information: ℹ️
TOSHIBA MK2555GSXF disk0 : (250.06 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 249.20 GB (90.16 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
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
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Google Chrome ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Google Chrome.app)
Unified Remote Application (/Applications/Unified Remote.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.246 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.246 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 16.0.0.235
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 [Support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 249.20 GB Disk used: 159.04 GB
Destinations:
TimeMachineBackup [Network]
Total size: 3.85 TB
Total number of backups: 20
Oldest backup: 2015-01-05 23:59:42 +0000
Last backup: 2015-01-12 18:01:57 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 3.85 TB > (Disk size 249.20 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      7% Google Chrome
      5% WindowServer
      1% hidd
      0% Unified Remote
      0% coreduetd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
171 MB Google Chrome
120 MB Google Chrome Helper
94 MB mds_stores
90 MB ocspd
64 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
507 MB Free RAM
1.72 GB Active RAM
1.21 GB Inactive RAM
592 MB Wired RAM
2.16 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Jan 12, 2015, 03:41:49 PM Self test - passed
Jan 12, 2015, 01:18:24 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/???_2015-01-12-131824_[redacted].cpu_resource.d iag [Details]
Jan 12, 2015, 01:18:02 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Preview_2015-01-12-131802_[red acted].crash

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Hi glraczon.support,
It sounds like the external display you are using (projector) operates at a smaller resolution than your MacBook Pro. You may want to configure the display preferences in System Preferences for the external projector.
Here is an article that may help you with that process:
OS X Mountain Lion: About the Display pane of System Preferences
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5369
Thanks,
Matt M.

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Hello All,
For reasons far outwith my control. i.e. I am in the middle of borneo, needing desperatly to get on a full windows machine... I need answers to the following?
I have full gen versions of Windows 7 and MS Office 2010. I want to run these on my 13" MacBook Pro 2009. I know, boot camp, VMware etc are all great. But i can't at this time get those working.
I think, the best option is to just buy a HDD, remove the old one, install fresh copy (of win) onto new HHD.
However, my question is - will this work?
Thanks
Craig

As TheSmokeMonster indicated, you'll need to use either virtualization or BootCamp. BootCamp prepares your system to allow Windows to be installable on it (it also provides the drives for some of the hardware which may not be found elsewhere). Virtualization runs in OS X, so that should be a non-issue. Keep in mind, all firmware updates are only via OS X, so you would not be able to update your firmware unless you have a functioning bootable external OS X volume.
BootCamp does basically give you a full Windows machine... it just allows dual booting between Windows and OS X.

My MacBook Pro has slowed to a crawl. It started when I was printing off the Internet. Now I get the spinning circle in just about every move. Any help?

My MacBook Pro has slowed to a crawl. It started when I was printing off the internet. Now I get a "spinning ball" with many actions. Any help?

Try your fellow MacBook Pro owners forum -
MacBook Pro
Support:
http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro
Latest (manual) downloads from Apple (but check vendor sites also for scanners, printers etc) and rule out a bad cable as well.
Apple Downloads

Macbook Pro Extremely Slow All Of A Sudden, Wiped Completely and Problem Persists

My 2012 Macbook Pro has slowed down to nearly a crawl in just about everything I try to do, espescially with anything that utilizes the internet. Activity Moniter initially revealed the issue to be the Kernal_Task proccess using too much memory as well as com.apple.finder. Also, Spotlight was indexing constantly until I disabled my disk from being accesed by it within the privacy tab of Spotlight Preference. The spinning beach ball of death has appeared more times in the past few days then I have ever seen in the entire year I've had my Macbook Pro.
I literally tried everything that I could find. I've done everything from resetting the Pram and the other thing (I forgot the name but when you hold down four keys at once during start up). I've tried killing proccesses, rebooting my mac several times, closing out programs, deleting all applications, just about eveything you can think of. Safari, Google Chrome, and Firefox were all extremely slow. Attemping to verify disk permissions or repair failed because of the sheer amount of time it was taking. I let the computer sit for an entire day and it seemed to make little to no progress in repairing the disk. I even booted the computer in Safe Mode and it was stil performing poorly.
The issue is NOT Hard Drive space on my Macbook. I know this because it was working perfectly fine and then all of sudden started behaving like this. All of these issues ultimately led to me doing something many others wouldn't, WIPING MY ENTIRE MAC AND RESTORING FROM FACTORY SETTINGS.
The issue STILL persists although not as severe. Internet browing is bearable but nowhere near perfomring as it should. Even simple task such as opening up a new tab or switching tabs results in a spinning beach ball for about 5-10 seconds. Opening an application such as Pages or Twitter results in a spinning beach ball for 5-10 seconds before working slowly. Simply right clicking results in spinning beach ball.
I have no idea what the issue could be at this point. I am now about to attempt to verify the disk again to see if it fixes any issues but a year old Apple product should NOT be behaving like this.
Any advice is appreciated!
My Specs:
Model Name:          MacBook Pro
Processor Name:          Intel Core i5
Processor Speed:          2.5 GHz
Memory:          4 GB

Melophage,
I've been scouring the community for help, and hoping you might be able and willing to look at my etrecheck results and share any wisdom and feedback, problem causers you see! I updated to OS Mavericks through apple updates without really realizing I was installinga whole new system. I have been experiencing the lag issues that many others have, and have a Kernel_Task for which the CPU skyrockets at random and consistently slows things down. I've run disk repair in recovery mode, repaired permission, PRAM, a few 'basics', but have not really had success in addressing the issue (I guess because I don't really understand the issue!)
Thanks in advance for any time and suggestions!!
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1
          1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 16:40:46
Disk Information:
          Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 319.21 GB (200.7 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information:
          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
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
Startup Items:
          HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
          WDQuickView
          HPEventHandler
          HP Scheduler
Internet Plug-ins:
          MacCouponPrinter3: Version: (null)
          Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.1 3rd-Party support link
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.1.2.72 3rd-Party support link
          RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link
          Silverlight: Version: 4.0.60129.0 3rd-Party support link
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 1.1 3rd-Party support link
          Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 3rd-Party support link
          ContentUploaderPlugin: Version: 1.0 3rd-Party support link
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 3rd-Party support link
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
User Internet Plug-ins:
          Move_Media_Player: Version: npmnqmp 07076003 3rd-Party support link
          fbplugin_1_0_3: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          DivX 3rd-Party support link
          Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
          Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link
          Growl 3rd-Party support link
          Java 3rd-Party support link
          Perian 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
          Solver:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app
          /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office
                    Microsoft Graph:          Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Database Utility:          Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Office Reminders:          Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Upload Center:          Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    My Day:          Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    SyncServicesAgent:          Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Open XML for Excel:          Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Alerts Daemon:          Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Database Daemon:          Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Chart Converter:          Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Clip Gallery:          Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011
                    Microsoft PowerPoint:          Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Excel:          Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Outlook:          Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Word:          Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Document Connection:          Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          Microsoft Language Register:          Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app
          Microsoft AutoUpdate:          Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
          /Applications/iWork '09
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Mobile backups: ON
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 297.29 GB Disk used: 110.38 GB
          Destinations:
                    My Passport [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 464.98 GB
                    Total number of backups: 39
                    Oldest backup: 2010-02-01 20:31:56 +0000
                    Last backup: 2014-01-02 04:25:58 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Adequate
                              Backup size 464.98 GB > (Disk used 110.38 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
               4%          WindowServer
               3%          EtreCheck
               1%          Activity Monitor
               0%          sysmond
               0%          configd
Top Processes by Memory:
          152 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          131 MB          softwareupdated
          115 MB          Finder
          111 MB          Google Chrome
          61 MB          mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information:
          42 MB          Free RAM
          1.65 GB          Active RAM
          1.63 GB          Inactive RAM
          440 MB          Wired RAM
          822 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

I have a Macbook pro 2009 with Snow Leopard. Which system can I install without running into complicated problems which I will not be able to solveby myself? (Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite?)

I have a Macbook pro 2009 with Snow Leopard. Which system can I install without running into complicated problems which I will not be able to solve by myself- a person with limited problem solving abilities. (Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite?)

It will make it easier to help you w/ your problem to know the size and RAM installed.
"Yesterday I couldn't update the maps on my Garmin because it said the OS I had wouldn't work"
What OS will your Garmin work with? Funny there was someone else that did that and upgraded to Yosemite and regretted it.
I'd say Lion if your Garmin is compatible.
Both Lion and Mountain Lion are downloadable from the Apple Store:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6106Z/A/os-x-lion
http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6377Z/A/os-x-mountain-lion
The OSs will get more resource hungry the higher you go.

Macbook Pro 2009 Slow

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