Slow performance disk activity

My mac has slowed to almost a stop.
I hear lots of disk activity and when reviewing activity monitor I see lots of disk activity.
About 100 reads and writes a second
Any ideas of how to find out what is happening?

First, back up all data immediately, as your boot drive might be failing.
There are a few other possible causes of generalized slow performance that you can rule out easily.
If you have many image or video files on the Desktop with preview icons, move them to another folder.
If applicable, uncheck all boxes in the iCloud preference pane.
Disconnect all non-essential wired peripherals and remove aftermarket expansion cards, if any.
Otherwise, take the steps below when you notice the slowdown.
Step 1
Launch the Activity Monitor 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 Activity Monitor in the icon grid.
Select the CPU tab of the Activity Monitor window.
Select All Processes from the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected.
Click the heading of the % CPU column in the process table to sort the entries by CPU usage. You may have to click it twice to get the highest value at the top. What is it, and what is the process? Also post the values for % User, % System, and % Idle at the bottom of the window.
Select the System Memory tab. What values are shown in the bottom part of the window for Page outs and Swap used?
Step 2
If you have more than one user account, you must be logged in as an administrator to carry out this step.
Launch the Console application in the same way you launched Activity Monitor. Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left.
Select the 50 or so most recent entries in the log. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V). You're looking for entries at the end of the log, not at the beginning.
When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some personal information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting. That should be easy to do if your extract is not too long.

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You can also do some maintenance.
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3. Synk (Backup, Standard, or Pro)
4. Deja Vu (Shareware)
5. PsynchX 2.1.1 and RsyncX 2.1 (Freeware)
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1. Backup (requires a .Mac account with Apple both to get the software and to use it.)
2. Toast
3. Impression
4. arRSync
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I've always had issues with responsiveness with Linux when there is disk activity (several distro's, same hardware), whereas a Windows XP installation reacts very snappily. When I have a torrent client open, Mplayer keeps hanging a few times a minute (even more often when the download is going fast (2 MB/s)).
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I have kernel 3.1.1-1-ARCH, so I should have the 'wonder patch'.
Hardware:
CPU: Athlon X2 3800+ (2GHz dual core).
RAM: 2 GB DDR400 RAM.
Chipset: Nvidia nForce 4 ultra.
Disks (in MD RAID1): 2 WDC WD15EARS-00Z5B1 (disks have changed over the years) and 1 Seagate disk (which contains windows and is spun down in Linux, to prevent noise).
I disabled the (self-destructing) head parking feature of the caviar green disks with WDidle by setting the timeout to max (disabling the head parking with WDidle actually lets it trigger constantly, that's why I chose this way).
Lspci:
00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a3)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
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00:02.1 USB controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
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00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
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00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
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01:07.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy Game Port (rev 04)
01:07.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04)
01:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
01:08.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9500 GT] (rev a1)
# cat /proc/mdstat ( which shows no write intent bitmap to slow it down):
Personalities : [raid1]
md1 : active raid1 sda2[0] sdb2[1]
1464969720 blocks super 1.0 [2/2] [UU]
md0 : active raid1 sda1[0] sdb1[1]
156788 blocks super 1.0 [2/2] [UU]
unused devices: <none>
Anybody know what might be causing this?

I recently tried to play around with the schedulers and I found out that using "deadline" for my internal drives, "cfq" for my optical drive and "noop" for everything else. I tried copying a load of small files on my USB flashdrive while playing a movie from the optical drive and the system felt very responsive.
I've been playing some more, and you're right in that it seems that with the internal disks at deadline, the system is a lot more responsive. Previously, I put the external disk I was zeroing at deadline too, but that (I know now) made it worse again.
I run a 3.2-rc5 kernel which seems to help considerably though.
Has there been any specific change in that kernel to cause that?
BTW, I noticed that the NCQ queue on your drives is of 0 length, try setting it o 31 like this (as root).
I always wondered about the NCQ queue. In pages about NCQ that I found, the dmesg also reported a queue of 0. I just always figured it meant how many commands it currently had, being zero at boot time.
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Hi, Ben.
Thanks. However, it would help to see some of the specific data points from the instructions in those FAQs. Specifically:
1. You wrote: "(the pageins/outs are about equal) but i'm getting REALLY slow performance across the board. "It still sounds like it is "thrashing."1.1. Did you check the pagesin/pageouts per second as described in my "Problems from insufficient RAM and free hard disk space" FAQ? The per-second values can only be found using top as described therein.
1.2. Did you check for a runaway process in Activity Monitor per the "Troubleshooting" section in my "Tuning Mac OS X Performance" FAQ?.
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2.2. Also, review the section therein on "Bad Sectors" to see if the "clicking and crunching" sounds you are hearing are similar to those that generally indicate bad sectors.3. If the disk checks out OK per point 2 above, and depending on what you find in point 1.2 above, the process may be an errant Startup or Login Item. My "Troubleshooting Startup and Login Items" FAQ can help you pin that down if such an item is causing the problem.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X
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I would also recommend downloading the shareware utility TinkerTool System that you can use for periodic maintenance such as removing old logfiles and archives, clearing caches, etc. Other utilities are also available such as Onyx, Leopard Cache Cleaner, CockTail, and Xupport, for example.
For emergency repairs install the freeware utility Applejack. If you cannot start up in OS X, you may be able to start in single-user mode from which you can run Applejack to do a whole set of repair and maintenance routines from the commandline. Note that AppleJack 1.5 is required for Leopard. AppleJack 1.6 is compatible with Snow Leopard.
When you install any new system software or updates be sure to repair the hard drive and permissions beforehand. I also recommend booting into safe mode before doing system software updates.
Get an external Firewire drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
Backuplist
Carbon Copy Cloner
Data Backup
Deja Vu
iBackup
JaBack
Silver Keeper
MimMac
Retrospect
Super Flexible File Synchronizer
SuperDuper!
Synchronize Pro! X
SyncTwoFolders
Synk Pro
Synk Standard
Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore.
Additional suggestions will be found in Mac Maintenance Quick Assist.
Referenced software can be found at CNet Downloads or MacUpdate.

Lion: very slow performance of my macbook pro

very slow performance.
went to terminal, did the top command, and got following results (mind you, ONLY have Safari and of course Terminal open):
Processes: 96 total, 4 running, 9 stuck, 83 sleeping, 419 threads      19:07:17
Load Avg: 1.99, 1.81, 1.59 CPU usage: 2.36% user, 5.21% sys, 92.41% idle
SharedLibs: 1660K resident, 0B data, 0B linkedit.
MemRegions: 15947 total, 2662M resident, 47M private, 209M shared.
PhysMem: 695M wired, 2175M active, 1083M inactive, 3953M used, 13M free.
VM: 250G vsize, 1093M framework vsize, 699065(68) pageins, 1724738(881) pageouts
Networks: packets: 70104/55M in, 66648/10M out.
Disks: 966630/9347M read, 327765/18G written.
PID   COMMAND      %CPU TIME     #TH #WQ #POR #MREG RPRVT RSHRD RSIZE
4058 top          5.2   00:03.32 1/1 0    28   29    912K   216K   1620K
4055 bash         0.0   00:00.02 1    0    20   23    356K   216K   1112K
4052 CVMCompiler 0.0   00:00.30 1    0    30   69    7780K 220K   16M
4051 login        0.0   00:00.08 2    1    33   63    928K   216K   2184K
4049 Terminal     0.3   00:01.34 7    3    128+ 164+ 7580K+ 13M    15M+
4042 ocspd        0.0   00:00.02 1    0    26   33    420K+ 276K   1376K+
4041 WebProcess   0.0   00:04.35 7    3    119 201   16M-   10M    26M-
4039 Safari       1.1   00:09.44 12   3    193 413   47M-   20M    81M-
3958 spindump_age 0.0   00:00.02 2    2    38   55    356K   220K   1100K
3956 spindump     1.3   00:42.93 16/1 13   228 145   46M+   15M    53M+
3953 aosnotifyd   0.0   00:00.18 3    1    53   279   2064K 3532K 6156K
3939 AddressBookM 6.8   06:59.11 4    1    68   4067+ 2131M- 3308K 1554M-
3895 lsboxd       0.0   00:00.06 2    2    49   69    1156K 6820K 3292K
3031 cookied      0.0   00:01.36 2    1    42   82    2028K 268K   3
every minute or so the computer blocks, every 3 or 4 hours I have to restart etc.
any suggestions?

ok, stopped syncing in System preferences and even (horror) deleted the file which reappeared in seconds.
now waiting to see if stopping the syncing helps - though computer is now working a bit better, the info on Activity Monitor would indicate it is not a real improvement
473           AddressBookMobileMeSharingAgent          me          1,4          4          1.020,0 MB          Intel (64 bit)
312           helpd          me          0,4          65          358,9 MB          Intel (64 bit)
0           kernel_task          root          1,1          76          336,6 MB          Intel (64 bit)
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405           Safari          me          0,5          12          120,0 MB          Intel (64 bit)
407           Safari Web Content          me          0,2          7          100,3 MB          Intel (64 bit)
195           WindowServer          _windowserver          0,5          7          64,4 MB          Intel (64 bit)

Slow performance after installation of new OS-X

I don't know if anyone else has been experiencing the same problem as me, but it seemed to occur after I installed the new OS-X.
My MacBook Pro has gone stremely slow and it seems to be related to MAIL. I thought that the standard MAIL program that comes with MAC was the problem, so I installed Postbox and that seemed to work for a while (1 day or 2) and then it was the same. It's not just email programs that are slow, but all programs.
Click and wait seconds (10, 20, 30 sec) just for a program to open. Moving between files is so slow. I feel like I'm using Windows again.
I'm no expert, but when I look at MEMORY usage, out of 4GB I'm using 3.8GB. My Virtual Memory is 4.76GB. See screen shot below.
I would apprecaite if anyone can help me resolve what the problem is.
Thanks
Richard Giuliano

First, back up all data immediately unless you already have a current backup. If you can't back up, stop here. Do not take any of the steps below.
Step 1
This diagnostic procedure will query the log for messages that may indicate a system issue. It changes nothing, and therefore will not, in itself, solve your problem.
If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
syslog -k Sender kernel -k Message CReq 'GPU |hfs: Ru|I/O e|find tok|n Cause: -|NVDA\(|pagin|timed? ?o' | tail | awk '/:/{$4=""; print}' | open -ef
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key.
The command may take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear.
A TextEdit window will open with the output of the command. Normally the command will produce no output, and the window will be empty. If the TextEdit window (not the Terminal window) has anything in it, stop here and post it — the text, please, not a screenshot. The title of the TextEdit window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that.
Step 2
There are a few other possible causes of generalized slow performance that you can rule out easily.
Disconnect all non-essential wired peripherals and remove aftermarket expansion cards, if any.
Reset the System Management Controller.
Run Software Update. If there's a firmware update, install it.
If you're booting from an aftermarket SSD, see whether there's a firmware update for it.
If you have a portable computer, check the cycle count of the battery. It may be due for replacement.
If you have many image or video files on the Desktop with preview icons, move them to another folder.
If applicable, uncheck all boxes in the iCloud preference pane. See whether there's any change.
Check your keychains in Keychain Access for excessively duplicated items.
Boot into Recovery mode, launch Disk Utility, and run Repair Disk.
If you have a MacBook Pro with dual graphics, disable automatic graphics switching in the Energy Saverpreference pane for better performance at the cost of shorter battery life.
Step 3
When you notice the problem, launch the Activity Monitor 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 Activity Monitor in the icon grid.
Select the CPU tab of the Activity Monitor window.
Select All Processes from the View menu or the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected.
Click the heading of the % CPU column in the process table to sort the entries by CPU usage. You may have to click it twice to get the highest value at the top. What is it, and what is the process? Also post the values for User, System, and Idle at the bottom of the window.
Select the Memory tab. What value is shown in the bottom part of the window for Swap used?
Next, select the Disk tab. Post the approximate values shown for Reads in/sec and Writes out/sec (not Reads in andWrites out.)
Step 4
If you have more than one user account, you must be logged in as an administrator to carry out this step.
Launch the Console application in the same way you launched Activity Monitor. Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Select the 50 or so most recent entries in the log. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combinationcommand-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V). You're looking for entries at the end of the log, not at the beginning.
When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some personal information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting. That should be easy to do if your extract is not too long.

Slow performance in browser and OS -- EtreCheck Included

Hello all, I'll keep this as short and detailed as possible.
I bought a Macbook Pro for my wife two years ago, but the machine has been very slow since I got it for her. I've always been a Windows guy myself and am very familiar with troubleshooting in a Windows environment. I have almost no experience with OSX, however, and have no idea which applications would be needed for troubleshooting, etc.
As my wife describes the issue, the OS itself is very slow. She opens the laptop and a full twelve minutes pass before the system is fully responsive. She has to keep pressing the power button for anything to work. The screen will be greyed out and a loading bar will appear at the bottom. It takes so long to load that the system falls asleep and she has to restart multiple times.
I have noted that the browser is also slow. My wife uses Safari almost all the time. I installed Chrome to see how a fresh browser install would perform in OSX, and the speed was very slow as well. An internet speed test at speedtest.net results in:
Ping - 47ms
Down Speed - 5.96 Mbps
Up Speed - .89 Mbps
Included below is the result from an Etrecheck run
Problem description:
Slow performance in browser and OS
EtreCheck version: 2.1.6 (109)
Report generated January 15, 2015 11:03:43 AM EST
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.
Click the [Adware] links for help removing adware.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 164
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 512 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Time since boot: 287 days 4:10:20
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (453.54 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Anywhere
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Applications/VMware Horizon View Client.app
[not loaded] com.vmware.kext.vmioplug.10.7.0 (10.7.0) [Support]
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.lookupd.plist
[failed] com.apple.printtool.agent.plist [Details]
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.coresymbolicationd.plist [Details]
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.plist [Support]
[running] com.gopro.stereomodestatus.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
[running] com.cisco.anyconnect.vpnagentd.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Support]
[running] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
Steam UNKNOWN (missing value)
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.257 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.257 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 [Support]
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.2.1f4 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Support]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Cineform [Support]
Flash Player [Support]
Java [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      9% Finder
      3% WindowServer
      2% hidd
      2% WebProcess
      1% Safari
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
983 MB WebProcess
163 MB Safari
77 MB PluginProcess
52 MB mds
43 MB SystemUIServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
4.60 GB Free RAM
1.71 GB Active RAM
744 MB Inactive RAM
1.53 GB Wired RAM
17.96 GB Page-ins
3.22 GB Page-outs
Thank you very much for any assistance

If the machine has always taken 12 minutes to start up, since it came out of the box, then it was and is defective. There's nothing to do in that case but to take it in for service.

My Mac has been suffering a slow performance, lagging and often froze. One source recommends using Onyx. Is that a trustable source?

I have a Macbook Pro OS X Version 10.9.4. Processor speed of 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5, memory of 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 and storage capacity of 203.51 GB out of 319.21 GB. I have been experiencing very slow performance and sometimes the screen will froze. The spinning wheel is very common and long. I have try to delete as many things as i could from my computer, restarting it but to no avail. One source suggests me to use Onyx. Would that help to solve my problem?

EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
Report generated September 29, 2014 at 7:55:53 PM EDT
Hardware Information: ?
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 0 days 0:15:5
Disk Information: ?
ST9320325ASG disk0 : (320.07 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 319.21 GB (205.02 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information: ?
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ?
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ?
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
[loaded] com.symantec.kext.SymAPComm (12.2f1 - SDK 10.6) Support
[loaded] com.symantec.kext.internetSecurity (5.2f1 - SDK 10.6) Support
[loaded] com.symantec.kext.ips (3.5f1 - SDK 10.6) Support
[loaded] com.symantec.kext.ndcengine (1.0f1 - SDK 10.6) Support
Launch Daemons: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.cloudpath.maccmd.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.symantec.liveupdate.daemon.ondemand.plist Support
[failed] com.symantec.liveupdate.daemon.plist Support
[not loaded] com.symantec.sep.migratesettings.plist Support
[running] com.symantec.sharedsettings.plist Support
[running] com.symantec.symdaemon.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
[not loaded] com.cooliris.SetLaunchArch.plist Support
[loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] com.symantec.uiagent.application.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
[loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist Support
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist Support
[failed] com.hitachigst.backup.agent.plist Support
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
Google Drive
SpeechSynthesisServer
Popup
Notify
Internet Plug-ins: ?
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16   - SDK 10.8 Support
DivX Plus Web Player: Version: 2.4 - SDK 10.5 Support
CoolirisWebKitPlugin: Version: (null) Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Safari Extensions: ?
Add To Amazon Wish List
Audio Plug-ins: ?
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins: ?
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Symantec QuickMenu Support
Time Machine: ?
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ?
      3% WindowServer
      1% fontd
      1% Google Drive
      0% com.apple.WebKit.Networking
      0% systemstatsd
Top Processes by Memory: ?
258 MB SymDaemon
127 MB mds_stores
86 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
82 MB Google Drive
78 MB Mail
Virtual Memory Information: ?
923 MB Free RAM
1.53 GB Active RAM
656 MB Inactive RAM
953 MB Wired RAM
311 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs

MacBook Pro Slow Performance, Difficulty Multitasking

Hello, everyone. Thanks in advance for any help.
I have a mid-2012 Intel MacBook Pro that is very important to me. Typically, I'll have a couple of Safari windows, Mail, Evernote, Excel, Word, Calendar, Contacts, and Acrobat running at the same time on 3-4 desktops. This has been typical of my usage since I bought the computer.
For the last few months, I've noticed that it is having difficulty switching between these tasks. The gestures to switch the task on the display work fine, but I often get the working ball icon for a significant time before I can continue work in the new application. This sometimes lasts up to a minute, but is usually 10 seconds or so. I haven't noticed that a particular application causes this more than any other, and since I first noticed it, I've installed 2 or 3 different OS versions. I also ran an AHT with no results.
Anyway, since I can't point to anything other than my perception of slower performance, I figured I'd post my EtreCheck results to fish for suggestions. Does anything below look out of whack? Any suggestions for changes to improve performance?
Thanks,
Jake
Problem description:
Slow performance, difficulty switching tasks.
EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)
Report generated October 28, 2014 at 8:41:46 AM PDT
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 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 -
HZ281H 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 0:12:3
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.30 GB (582.27 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Logitech USB Receiver
Canon CanoScan
Lexmark Lexmark MS410d
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
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Applications/Parallels Access.app
[loaded] com.parallels.virtualsound (1.0.27 27 - SDK 10.6) Support
/Applications/Parallels Desktop.app
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (10.1.0 28600 - SDK 10.7) Support
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.netbridge (10.1.0 28600 - SDK 10.7) Support
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.usbconnect (10.1.0 28600 - SDK 10.7) Support
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.vnic (10.1.0 28600 - SDK 10.7) Support
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
[running] com.parallels.mobile.prl_deskctl_agent.launchagent.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[running] com.parallels.mobile.dispatcher.launchdaemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.kextloader.launchdaemon.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[invalid?] com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] com.parallels.mobile.startgui.launchagent.plist Support
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
TileWindowsLite Application (/Users/[redacted]/.Trash/TileWindowsLite.app)
AdobeResourceSynchronizer UNKNOWNHidden (missing value)
Safari Application (/Applications/Safari.app)
Mail Application (/Applications/Mail.app)
Evernote Application (/Applications/Evernote.app)
Flexiglass ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Flexiglass.app)
EvernoteHelper Application (/Applications/Evernote.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/EvernoteHelper.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
CitrixICAClientPlugIn: Version: 11.4.3 - SDK 10.0 Support
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.5.1f3 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
DirectorShockwave: Version: 12.1.2r152 - SDK 10.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 60 Check version
User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 Support
WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 Support
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
ClickToFlash (Disabled)
OpenIE
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Java Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      11% Microsoft Excel
      5% WindowServer
      4% com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64
      3% mds
      1% Flexiglass
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
180 MB com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64
165 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
155 MB Evernote
146 MB Safari
129 MB Mail
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
4.01 GB Free RAM
3.07 GB Active RAM
609 MB Inactive RAM
895 MB Wired RAM
557 MB 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.

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