My mac boots very slow.

Question

all of a sudden my mac mini late 2012 started booting very slow on maverics, when i do a pram reset or select or restart by selcting the start up dsick it would boot up fast. but then every time i boot up from there it will be slow again. when Yosemite os was realeased the other day i did a compleat fresh install and restored files and apps from Time Machean back up, but now its evan slower and now theres a loading bar under the apple sign so now its supper slow on start up. this is a very new mac and hasent had any problems like this in the past that wasent fixable my resetting the pram, has anyone got any tips on what i can do or what could be cousing this? also what is that loading bar that shows up on start up on Yosemite?

Answer 1

Problem description:
mac mini 2012 slow at boot up
EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)
Report generated 21 October 2014 3:21:45 pm BST
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    Mac mini (Late 2012)
    Mac mini - model: Macmini6,1
    1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
    10 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            8 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 -
        S243HL spdisplays_1080p
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 0:10:5
Disk Information: ℹ️
    WDC WD10JPVX-22JC3T0 disk0 : (1 TB)
    S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /  [Startup]: 999.35 GB (567.36 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB
USB Information: ℹ️
    GenesysLogic USB3.0 Hub
    GenesysLogic USB2.0 Hub
    Apple Inc. MacBook Air SuperDrive
    Generic Mass Storage Device
    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /Applications/Parallels Desktop.app
    [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.hidhook (9.0 24172.951362) Support
    [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (9.0 24172.951362) Support
    [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.netbridge (9.0 24172.951362) Support
    [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.usbconnect (9.0 24172.951362) Support
    [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.vnic (9.0 24172.951362) Support
        /Library/Extensions
    [loaded]    net.telestream.driver.TelestreamAudio (1.1.1 - SDK 10.8) Support
        /System/Library/Extensions
    [loaded]    com.hzsystems.terminus.driver (4) Support
    [not loaded]    com.roxio.BluRaySupport (1.1.6) Support
        /Users/[redacted]/Library/Services/ToastIt.service/Contents/MacOS
    [not loaded]    com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0) Support
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
    [invalid?]    com.bjango.istatmenusagent.plist Support
    [invalid?]    com.bjango.istatmenusnotifications.plist Support
    [running]    com.kodak.BonjourAgent.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
    [invalid?]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
    [invalid?]    com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon.plist Support
    [running]    com.cleverfiles.cfbackd.plist Support
    [not loaded]    com.gopro.stereomodestatus.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.kodak.KODAK AiO Annual Opt.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.kodak.KODAK AiO Firmware Updater.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.kodak.KODAK AiO Software Updater.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
    iTunesHelper    Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
    Caffeine    Application (/Applications/Caffeine.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.0 - 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
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
    OpenIE
Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️
    DVCPROHDAudio: Version: 1.3.2
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player  Support
    GoPro  Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Mobile backups: OFF
    Auto backup: YES
    Destinations:
        Time Machine [Local]
        Total size: 1 TB
        Total number of backups: 8
        Oldest backup: 2014-09-25 2:24:42 pm +0000
        Last backup: 2014-10-19 3:15:52 am +0000
        Size of backup disk: Excellent
            Backup size 1 TB > (Disk size 0 B X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
        51%    Mail
        14%    WindowServer
         1%    fontd
         1%    hidd
         0%    ocspd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    279 MB    firefox
    97 MB    Mail
    75 MB    mds_stores
    75 MB    ocspd
    73 MB    WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    6.45 GB    Free RAM
    2.89 GB    Active RAM
    450 MB    Inactive RAM
    945 MB    Wired RAM
    1.01 GB    Page-ins
    0 B    Page-outs