Slow 2009 White MacBook after upgrading to Mountain Lion
I recently upgraded to Mountain Lion and my laptop has slowed down considerably. I am constantly waiting while the cursor spins. I ran EtreCheck and obatined the following results:
Hardware Information:
MacBook (13-inch, Early 2009)
MacBook - model: MacBook5,2
1 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Startup Items:
Executor - Path: /Library/StartupItems/Executor
HP Trap Monitor - Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP Trap Monitor
System Software:
OS X 10.8.4 (12E55) - Uptime: 0 days 9:45:57
Disk Information:
Hitachi HTS723232L9A360 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HDN (disk0s2) /: 319.21 GB (115.96 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ867A
USB Information:
Micron Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Primax Electronics Apple Optical USB Mouse
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
com.AmbrosiaSW.AudioSupport (4.1.2)
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.6)
com.hzsystems.terminus.driver (4)
com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.9.1)
com.sophos.kext.sav (8.0.14)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
[failed] com.apple.accountsd.plist
[failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
[failed] com.apple.printtool.agent.plist
[failed] com.apple.tccd.plist
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.ambrosiasw.ambrosiaaudiosupporthelper.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.cleverfiles.cfbackd.plist
[loaded] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist
[loaded] com.sibelius.sari.plist
[loaded] com.sophos.autoupdate.plist
[loaded] com.sophos.intercheck.plist
[loaded] com.sophos.notification.plist
[loaded] PACESupport.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.sophos.uiserver.plist
[loaded] com.srs.EssentialsAgent.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.c0710a3bbc1f7b43a9487efa35b9142c1acc4fbd27f79fa7f26c3632.plist
[loaded] com.verizon.VzUpdateCenter.plist
User Login Items:
SmartDaemon
iTunesHelper
Wunderlist
VerizonUpdateCenter
HP Scheduler
EpsonLowInkReminderAgent
Print Daemon
HP Communications
HPEventHandler
Director Docker
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE)
Microsoft Mouse
YAMAHA-USBMIDIPatch
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101736.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
Musicnotes.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
RealPlayer Plugin.plugin
Scorch.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Move-Media-Player.plugin
WebEx.plugin
Bad Fonts:
None
Top Processes by CPU:
20% mds
3% WindowServer
2% Wunderlist
2% EtreCheck
1% InterCheck
0% ps
0% SystemUIServer
0% mdworker
0% SophosAntiVirus
0% WebProcess
Top Processes by Memory:
193 MB InterCheck
152 MB Safari
127 MB WebProcess
78 MB Wunderlist
66 MB Finder
54 MB mds
45 MB WindowServer
45 MB Dock
29 MB coreservicesd
29 MB DashboardClient
Virtual Memory Statistics
21 MB Free RAM
1.21 GB Active RAM
2.09 GB Inactive RAM
434 MB Wired RAM
1.13 GB Page-ins
41 MB Page-outs
Can anyone pinpoint the problem? Thanks.
Your suggestion did launch Mail quickly, but Safari is still slow. I ran EtreCheck again and found that the failed launch items were no longer shown. Would you suggest anything else?
Hardware Information:
MacBook (13-inch, Early 2009)
MacBook - model: MacBook5,2
1 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Startup Items:
Executor - Path: /Library/StartupItems/Executor
HP Trap Monitor - Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP Trap Monitor
System Software:
OS X 10.8.4 (12E55) - Uptime: 0 days 0:11:43
Disk Information:
Hitachi HTS723232L9A360 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HDN (disk0s2) /: 319.21 GB (116.36 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ867A
USB Information:
Micron Built-in iSight
Primax Electronics Apple Optical USB Mouse
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
com.AmbrosiaSW.AudioSupport (4.1.2)
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.6)
com.hzsystems.terminus.driver (4)
com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.9.1)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.ambrosiasw.ambrosiaaudiosupporthelper.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.cleverfiles.cfbackd.plist
[loaded] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist
[loaded] com.sibelius.sari.plist
[loaded] PACESupport.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.srs.EssentialsAgent.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.c0710a3bbc1f7b43a9487efa35b9142c1acc4fbd27f79fa7f26c3632.plist
[loaded] com.verizon.VzUpdateCenter.plist
User Login Items:
SmartDaemon
iTunesHelper
Wunderlist
VerizonUpdateCenter
HP Scheduler
EpsonLowInkReminderAgent
Print Daemon
HP Communications
HPEventHandler
Director Docker
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE)
Microsoft Mouse
YAMAHA-USBMIDIPatch
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101736.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
Musicnotes.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
RealPlayer Plugin.plugin
Scorch.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Move-Media-Player.plugin
WebEx.plugin
Bad Fonts:
None
Top Processes by CPU:
8% cfbackd
3% WindowServer
2% EtreCheck
1% Wunderlist
0% ps
0% fontd
0% mds
0% SystemUIServer
0% imagent
Top Processes by Memory:
106 MB Wunderlist
74 MB Mail
57 MB Dock
39 MB mds
36 MB WindowServer
29 MB licenseDaemon
29 MB coreservicesd
20 MB CVMCompiler
20 MB loginwindow
20 MB SystemUIServer
Virtual Memory Statistics
735 MB Free RAM
809 MB Active RAM
1.88 GB Inactive RAM
368 MB Wired RAM
228 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
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