Macbook very slow, Beach ball !!!

I've tried disk repair and alsorts but to no avail.
Is there any way of curing the beachball and speeding up my Mac ?
Thanks

very welcome . Now how often does the beach ball appear? You will see it sometimes, but shouldn't see it frequently. This is why it appears:
"the spinning wait cursor is displayed automatically by the window server when an application cannot handle all of the events it receives. If an application does not respond for about 2 to 4 seconds, the spinning wait cursor appears."

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15" Macbook Pro running very slow: Beach ball of death

Hey guys, well i have a 15" macbook pro from 2007 and recently it's been very very slow. Before last night, it ran fine, and had its moments, but right now, i get the beach ball about every few minutes. Don't know what it is, help please! Running 10.6, not sure if it's the hard drive or maybe i just need to update?? Also maybe overheating?? I'm not that tech savy, so make it as simple as possible please:) Thanks

Well, you are stuck then. I think more RAM will help depending on what you do with your Mac. I have 4GB installed.
Here's a Spinning Beachball faq. But you'll need a repair disk, most likely, to get anywhere. The Snow Leopard disk is fairly cheap at Apple Phone Sales.
What I use....
If you don't have Disk Utility's Disk Repair you'll need a more robust utility to repair it.
I would recommend DiskWarrior. It is the best at directory repairs. It rebuilds then actually replaces your old directory. I feel every Mac owner should have a copy. It also has File System repair now and hard drive S.M.A.R.T. diagnostics.
Make sure you get the disk so you can boot up on it to run repairs. You can also install it on another drive and run it from there to repair this one. DW works faster that way. But sometimes a badly damaged system can be deemed unrepairable by the installed version, but if booted and repaired from the DW disk it may be repairable. This has happened to me.
I use DW once a month to try and catch errors in my system from getting too far out of hand. It has repaired every little and big issue I have ever had with my three Macs.
If you have a good backup, hopefully a clone of your system before you had issues, an Erase and Install will also rid you of this issue. But, beware! You will lose everything on the drive with this procedure. Let us know if you need help with that!
Good Luck! DALE

10.6.8 still very slow/beach ball after v1.1

I have a 17" 2010 macbookpro, 8gb ram, 500gb hdd.
I had previously upgraded to 10.6.8 and experienced a completely locked up system. Ultimately had to reinstall from OS X Disc and patch back to 10.6.7. Everything has worked normally since. I also patched Parallels to address the issue related to 10.6.8. On Saturday while updating other items I inadvertently updated to 10.6.8 again (I know, i know...). At first everything seemed to be operating fine, but now the system is exhibiting the same decline in performance again. After a few minutes of doing any normal activity the system eventually hangs with a beach ball. Rebooting is slow on the blue screen but eventually loads. I applied the 10.6.8 v1.1 combo update but it does not seem to have had any positive effect. Before I begin the OSX reinstall process all over again, is there any other potential workaround I can try? I'm not prepared to migrate to 10.7 at this point either.
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Please boot in safe mode and test. Same problems? After testing, reboot as usual (not in safe mode.)
Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode

Yosemite slow, Beach ball always spinning when changing windows, doing activities

After upgrading to Yosemite the finder is very slow, when switching programs or selecting items get the spinning beach ball all the time. Today when using Excel when delete a cell would get spinning beach ball for a few seconds. On activity monitor seems to be seeing Kernel_task frequently and once in awhile WindowServer. Kernel_task is allows getting to top on activity monitor. Any help would be appreciated.

here is the info from EtreCheck. I have 2 portables which are running fine. The difference is I have parallels and crash plan installed which are not on the other machines.
Problem description:
Yosemite running slow, beach ball frequently, especially seems to related to finder actions.
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated November 4, 2014 at 10:01:39 AM CST
Hardware Information: ℹ️
Mac mini (Late 2012) (Verified)
Mac mini - model: Macmini6,2
1 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 4000 -
Thunderbolt Display 2048 x 1152
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 7 days 23:43:2
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE SSD SM128E disk0 : (121.33 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Boot OS X (disk0s3) <not mounted> : 134 MB
Brad's Fusion mini (disk2) / [Startup]: 1.12 TB (709.67 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 120.99 GB Online
Core Storage: disk1s2 999.35 GB Online
APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662 disk1 : (1 TB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
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Recovery HD (disk1s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
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Core Storage: disk0s2 120.99 GB Online
Core Storage: disk1s2 999.35 GB Online
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Western Digital My Book 1130 2 TB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Time Machine 2 (disk3s2) /Volumes/Time Machine 2 : 2.00 TB (760.39 GB free)
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Display Audio
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Display)
Apple Inc. Apple Thunderbolt Display
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Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Apple Inc. Thunderbolt Display
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
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/Applications/Parallels Access.app
[loaded] com.parallels.virtualsound (1.0.27 27 - SDK 10.6) Support
/Applications/Parallels Desktop.app
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/System/Library/Extensions/Seagate Storage Driver.kext/Contents/PlugIns
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OSXvnc: Path: /Library/StartupItems/OSXvnc
VirtualPCOSServices: Path: /Library/StartupItems/VirtualPCOSServices
WDMyBookServiceStartupItem: Path: /Library/StartupItems/WDMyBookServiceStartupItem
Startup items are obsolete and will not work in future versions of OS X
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[failed] com.apple.gamed.plist
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[loaded] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist Support
[invalid?] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
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[running] com.seagate.SeagateStorageGauge.plist Support
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OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.8 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.12 Support
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CitrixICAClientPlugIn: Version: 11.7.2 - SDK 10.7 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
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3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Citrix ShareFile Sync Support
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
OpenBasePreferences Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Brad's Fusion mini: Disk size: 1.12 TB Disk used: 405.53 GB
Destinations:
Time Machine 2 [Local]
Total size: 2.00 TB
Total number of backups: 102
Oldest backup: 2012-11-10 23:47:43 +0000
Last backup: 2014-11-04 16:01:39 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk used 405.53 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      3% WindowServer
      3% syncdefaultsd
      0% fontd
      0% InterCheck
      0% SophosWebIntelligence
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
155 MB softwareupdated
129 MB CrashPlanService
112 MB SophosScanD
112 MB InterCheck
94 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
335 MB Free RAM
2.98 GB Active RAM
3.39 GB Inactive RAM
1.28 GB Wired RAM
38.22 GB Page-ins
2.15 GB Page-outs

My MacBook Pro constantly beach balls (freezes) when I start any activity (click open)?

My MacBook Pro constantly beach balls with every activity.
4.5 years old.
Version 10.6.8
processor 2.66 GHz intel Core i7
memory 4 gb 1067 MHz DDR3
Started about a week ago, unusable.
Just out of its warranty.
Not particularly computer literate.
Help please?

I like to clean install the operating system at least once a year. It keeps the machine very 'snappy'. Before I clean install the operating system I make sure that all of my data is backed up.

New - Macbook Pro - Running slow, beach ball spinning all the time

I've had my Macbook pro about 3 weeks and the beach ball is constantly spinning and I'm constantly having to force quit programs. Between Mail, Safari, and Aperture. Any ideas?
Robin

ONE POSSIBLE SOLUTION:
I've recently had the beach ball appearing every 30 seconds or so and then the Mac totally freezes.
After trying all the suggestions online, the solution that fixed my problem was to reset the SMU. It basically forces the fan to maximum power and cools your mac down. The problems I had were being caused by an overheating Mac, even though it looked like a system software issue!
The reset the SMU:
Shut your Mac down.
Unplug the power cable from the back of the mac and any other devices (keyboard, etc).
Leave the mac for at least 10 seconds.
Hold down the power button on the back of the mac.
Keep holding down the power button and re-attach the power cable.
Once the power cable is in place, release the power button.
Now press the power button again to start-up your mac. (You can plug your devices back in now).
You should now hear the fan at maximum levels (it's very noisy!).
If you have the same problem that I had, your mac should start to cool and your mac should start operating preperly again (it may take a few minutes).
If this works, you'll then need to download FAN CONTROL FOR MAC.
It's a control panel that better regulates the temperature of your mac than the standard settings.

Imac runs slow beach ball all the time, imac runs slow beach ball all the time

can any one help imac runs very slow and every click the beach ball is at hand is this thing going to crash

Hi DylanLauren,
From your post I see that your Mac is running slower than it should be. There are several things that may attribute to this slowness, of which you can find troubleshooting in the article linked to below.
OS X Lion: If your Mac runs slowly
Take care,
Alex H.

New MacBook Pro is "beach-balling." What's going on?

My 15" Retina MBP w. NVIDIA & 16GB RAM has started lagging in performance, often beach-balling for a few seconds whenever performing simple app and Finder tasks.
Checked Activity Monitor and noticed something I never saw on my 2011 Mac Mini (Lion) when running the same programs -- "kernel_task." It's the largest Memory, CPU and Network user of all the active processes. Another big user of CPU is "sysmond."
What are these processes and could they be the cause? NOTE: I keep my MBP on all the time, hooked to two external monitors. Would this eventually use up resources?

OGELTHORPE wrote:
Download and post an EtreCheck report. It MAY provide some clues to your problem.
http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
Ciao.
Thanks Ciao. Below is my EtreCheck report:
Problem description:
Slow system performance.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated February 19, 2015 at 10:19:25 AM MST
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,3
    1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
    16 GB RAM Not upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
    Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 4
Video Information: ℹ️
    Intel Iris Pro
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M - VRAM: 2048 MB
        DELL U2410 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz
        SyncMaster 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Time since boot: one day 19:12:30
Disk Information: ℹ️
    APPLE SSD SM0512F disk0 : (500.28 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.42 GB (377.14 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader 128.71 GB
        ProjectCopy (disk3s1) /Volumes/ProjectCopy : 128.70 GB (128.67 GB free)
    ASMedia AS2115 1 TB
        EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        SYSTEM CLONE (disk1s2) /Volumes/SYSTEM CLONE : 499.45 GB (383.20 GB free)
        MEDIA BACKUP (disk1s3) /Volumes/MEDIA BACKUP : 499.62 GB (298.62 GB free)
    VIA Labs, Inc.          USB3.0 Hub
        VIA Labs, Inc.          USB3.0 Hub
            StoreJet Transcend StoreJet Transcend 1 TB
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        TIME MACHINE (disk2s2) /Volumes/TIME MACHINE : 500.10 GB (266.31 GB free)
        MEDIA (disk2s3) /Volumes/MEDIA : 499.62 GB (298.62 GB free)
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    VIA Labs, Inc.          USB2.0 Hub
        Tablet PTK-540WL
        VIA Labs, Inc.          USB2.0 Hub
            Keyed Up Labs ES-87 Keyboard
            Logitech USB Receiver
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    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /System/Library/Extensions
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    Mobile backups: ON
    Auto backup: YES
    Volumes being backed up:
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    Destinations:
        TIME MACHINE [Local]
        Total size: 500.10 GB
        Total number of backups: 62
        Oldest backup: 2014-10-31 05:02:20 +0000
        Last backup: 2015-02-19 17:13:46 +0000
        Size of backup disk: Adequate
            Backup size 500.10 GB > (Disk used 122.28 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
         7%    WindowServer
         1%    fontd
         0%    SystemUIServer
         0%    netsession_mac
         0%    AppleSpell
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    361 MB    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
    258 MB    Adobe Photoshop CS6
    241 MB    mds_stores
    241 MB    Safari
    206 MB    WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    11.70 GB    Free RAM
    3.38 GB    Active RAM
    607 MB    Inactive RAM
    1.49 GB    Wired RAM
    1.35 GB    Page-ins
    0 B    Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    Feb 17, 2015, 03:06:30 PM    Self test - passed

15" i7 Core MacBook Pro + Spinning Beach Balls of Death = What's going on?

As the title suggests, I bought a 15" i7 Core MacBook Pro about 3 weeks ago, but I notice that it has many beach balls (or spinning colored circles) when trying to use applications such as iTunes or Safari on my up to date Mac. Most of the time it happens when I try to open something, but I noticed slow loading times for some applications as well as them being non-responsive to where I have to force quit them (or in iPhoto '11's case, it one time crashed and I had to relaunch).
I did some research, and I found that this issue has affected other Core i7 MacBook Pro and iMac users. I already did a fresh install of Snow Leopard, updated all of my software, and I next am going to run Disk Utility and TechTool Deluxe to see if that will help at all (doubt it will as I still had this problem after running Disk Utility before the fresh install with a temporary improvement before the problems came back).
So, what's going on with my new Mac? I could always bring it into the Apple Store and have the Genius Bar look at it (as it's covered for 3 years under AppleCare), but I wonder if there's something I can do on my end which could perhaps avoid that. Any and all input is appreciated!

Thanks for the suggestion, Dale, but the SBBODs come across multiple applications, so it's hard to tell what may be causing it. I can check Activity Monitor the next time I see a SBBOD and see if terminating it helps. I hope it's not (and I don't think it is) a hardware issue as my MBP is only 3 weeks old!
Also, as I think about it, I read on that handy dandy SBBOD FAQ that having the option to put hard disks to sleep whenever possible unchecked to speed up hard drive access time. I also noticed that it stated to do this if I notice lag when accessing a hard drive. I have SBBODs when trying to open a file in programs such as iPhoto, Pages, etc. Also, I notice that programs, iTunes comes to mind, can become non-responsive when trying to do certain things (like using the iTunes store, accessing a different pane like music to iPhone, etc.). Could this be a possible culprit?
Speaking of hardware, I have 4 GB of DDR3 RAM installed. Additionally, I have a Core i7 2.66 GHz processor, just to answer an asked question.

Mac Mail Very Slow (Spinning ball)

Hi -
My Mac Mail has gotten very very slow lately when first opening the app, or returning to the app after a long rest.
The ball starts spinning and it takes about 2-3 mins before I can use mail.
My mail database is very very large. 20GB, so I assume that is part of the problem. I did rebuild but that didn't seem to help.
Any ideas on how I can handle that, other than dumping my archive?

Please follow these directions to delete the Mail "sandbox" folder.
Back up all data.
Quit Mail.
Triple-click the line below to select it:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail
Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
Services > Reveal
from the contextual menu. A Finder window should open with a folder named "com.apple.mail" selected. If it does, move the selected folder — not just its contents — to the Desktop. Leave the Finder window open for now.
Relaunch Mail and test. If the problem is resolved, you'll have to recreate some of your Mail settings. You can then delete the folder you moved and close the Finder window. If you still have the problem, quit Mail again and put the folder back where it was, overwriting the one that may have been created in its place. Post your results.
Caution: If you change any of the contents of the sandbox, but leave the folder itself in place, Mail may crash or not launch at all. Deleting the whole sandbox will cause it to be rebuilt automatically.

Running slow ,beach ball,cursor jumping?

Took forever to start up , typing doesn't show till you are well past it. Running like it has a virus.

ONE POSSIBLE SOLUTION:
I've recently had the beach ball appearing every 30 seconds or so and then the Mac totally freezes.
After trying all the suggestions online, the solution that fixed my problem was to reset the SMU. It basically forces the fan to maximum power and cools your mac down. The problems I had were being caused by an overheating Mac, even though it looked like a system software issue!
The reset the SMU:
Shut your Mac down.
Unplug the power cable from the back of the mac and any other devices (keyboard, etc).
Leave the mac for at least 10 seconds.
Hold down the power button on the back of the mac.
Keep holding down the power button and re-attach the power cable.
Once the power cable is in place, release the power button.
Now press the power button again to start-up your mac. (You can plug your devices back in now).
You should now hear the fan at maximum levels (it's very noisy!).
If you have the same problem that I had, your mac should start to cool and your mac should start operating preperly again (it may take a few minutes).
If this works, you'll then need to download FAN CONTROL FOR MAC.
It's a control panel that better regulates the temperature of your mac than the standard settings.

Sharing Preference Pane loading up REALLY slow, beach ball

I'm getting this message in the Console Log:
System Preferences[431] ### Error:268435460 File:/SourceCache/SharingPref/SharingPref-106/FileSharing.m Line:348
The Sharing Pane will keep on beach balling, for a couple minutes, then when it loads, if I make any changes (uncheck something) it will beach ball again for minutes.
Anyone else been able to solve this?

fresh install of Tiger about 4 days ago, and it started happening yesterday.
I think it might have something to do with "Personal File Sharing" ... since that's the only service on the list that won't turn on.
Each service will turn on, but it just takes a couple minutes after I click on each one for them to turn on.

Macbook very slow when estimate time for indexing

Hello,
Spotlight is often trying to index my macbook. I always see the message "estimate indexing time".
I never see Spotlight actual indexing.
When Spotlight is doing this, my macbook runs extremely slow.
Spotlight is doing this once a day for at least a half hour.
It's very annoying.
Can somebody help me? I can't imagine this is normal.
Roy

Bob -
Was wondering if you can elaborate on your response and perhaps help me? I apologize if I have missed this topic covered elsewhere.
I am using a N-capable Time Capsule and an older model G-speed airport express. My biggest issue is that my wireless speeds are 1.5 download and 1.9 upload when in fact my cable modem pumps out 15! In reading your posts I see that my network is likely dropped down to G due to my old express, and in fact my computer may be running of a spliced version of that if using WDS settings?
I think i'll end up calling apple support at some point but was curious if you can go over the facts of using N and G together, and if i can have my macbook pro speak to my N network only and my iphone 3G speak to G airport express only?
Last piece of info is I use the airport express for my music.... not sure if this means they must be WDS or not? I'm just looking to get my N devices as fast as possible while continuing to use my G express. If you tell me i need to upgrade to a N express I can live with it.... but if i can avoid the $100 and work with what i have...all the better!
Thanks in advance,
Joe

Macbook very slow with spinning wheels when opening apps. Have replaced Ram, done a fresh Yosemite reinstall please help

I have replaced Ram, formatted Harddrive and reinstalled Yosemite, the install took 11 hours. The boot up takes ages and when opening apps I get spinning wheels and they take ages to open. Even typing this the text is delayed, please assist:
Problem description:
My macbook is extremely slow and continuously shows the spinning wheel when opening new apps or switching between apps, the bootup is very long. I have changed the Ramand performed a fresh install of Yosemite, the install took 11 hours
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated November 9, 2014 at 6:44:19 AM GMT+2
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 4000 -
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 0:39:24
Disk Information: ℹ️
TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Jarrod (disk1) / [Startup]: 498.88 GB (480.23 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
User Login Items: ℹ️
None
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
None
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      5% WindowServer
      0% launchd
      0% opendirectoryd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
120 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
60 MB mds_stores
60 MB WindowServer
52 MB Safari
34 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
6.01 GB Free RAM
1.32 GB Active RAM
310 MB Inactive RAM
943 MB Wired RAM
934 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs

If your Mac runs slowly
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH19031?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Start up in Safe Mode. http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT1564
Reset SMC.     http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
Repair Disk
Steps 1 through 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836

OS X Yosemite has made my MacBook very slow

Hello all.
The new OS X Yosemite update has made my MacBook (13-inch 2006-2010) really slow. Has anyone else had this problem and how do you resolve it? I would have thought Apple would bring out another update by now to help the slowness it has bought to my Mac but I am still waiting and to be honest, getting very fed up with how slow it is.
It is a MacBook 13-inch late 2009 (I believe).
Any help is welcome

Hello,
Thank you for all your replies.
Linc Davis- I was not using Yosemite before the upgrade I was using which ever operating system was before that and it was running fine.
Etresoft- I have downloaded Etresoft and the results are as follows:
Problem description:
MacBook slow after installing Yosemite.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated 15 April 2015 07:29:44 BST
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.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook - model: MacBook6,1
    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
    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 782
Video Information: ℹ️
    NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
        Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.3 (14D131) - Time since boot: 0:9:43
Disk Information: ℹ️
    TOSHIBA MK2555GSXF disk0 : (250.06 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 249.20 GB (35.93 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Configuration files: ℹ️
    /etc/hosts - Count: 15
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /Applications/Capture One.app
    [not loaded]    com.Leaf.driver.LeafFwXDriverMatcher (1.2.0d1) [Click for support]
        /System/Library/Extensions
    [not loaded]    com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBMassStorageFilter (1.3.1) [Click for support]
Startup Items: ℹ️
    HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
    Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    de.metaquark.appfresh.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    iTunesHelper    UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)
    Inklet    UNKNOWN (missing value)
    AutoLaunchApp    UNKNOWN (missing value)
    ConnectService    Application (/Library/Application Support/ArcSoft/Connect Service/ConnectService.app)
    HP Scheduler    Application (/Library/Application Support/Hewlett-Packard/Software Update/HP Scheduler.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 31 Check version
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.0 [Click for support]
    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    fbplugin_1_0_3: Version: Unknown [Click for support]
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
    Ebay Shopping Assistant [Adware! - Remove]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    DivX [Click for support]
    Flash Player [Click for support]
    Java [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Skip System Files: NO
    Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
    Volumes being backed up:
        Macintosh HD: Disk size: 249.20 GB Disk used: 213.27 GB
    Destinations:
        Jess HD [Local]
        Total size: 0 B
        Total number of backups: 0
        Oldest backup: -
        Last backup: -
        Size of backup disk: Too small
            Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 213.27 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
         7%    WindowServer
         2%    mds
         1%    ConnectService
         1%    mds_stores
         0%    fontd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    112 MB    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
    82 MB    Safari
    54 MB    WindowServer
    52 MB    mds_stores
    34 MB    Dock
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    56 MB    Free RAM
    686 MB    Active RAM
    642 MB    Inactive RAM
    355 MB    Wired RAM
    1.48 GB    Page-ins
    3 MB    Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    Apr 15, 2015, 07:16:03 AM    Self test - passed
What can you tell me from the results? Cheers

Macbook very slow, Beach ball !!!

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