Upgraded to Mavericks- far too slow...

4 gb ram
2.3 intel intel i5
No problems before the upgrade from Mountain Lion.
Will more memory help?

Hardware Information:
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Video Information:
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Problem System Launch Agents:
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          [System] com.divx.dms.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
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          [not loaded] org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist 3rd-Party support link
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          Android File Transfer Agent
          Music Manager
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iTunes Plug-ins:
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User Internet Plug-ins:
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Thank you all very much for your very valuable input!
I indeed found that I did not have libvdpau installed. I now installed the lib and built mplayer-vdpau-svn package. It works like a charm and plays all the videos now, at less than 10% CPU consumption! Without vdpau for decoding, my CPU is still not fast enough.
So I assume that libvdpau enables to play more formats compared to stock NVIDIA driver (before, I could play some movies like Elephant's Dream, but most only gave error messages). I'm very happy now and proud again of my shiny Thinkpad
I did the exact same thing yesterday, and finally found out that I had been lacking ``-vo vdpau'' for quite a while. Cheers.

My MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) is too slow after installing Yosemite version 10.10.1. All programs take for ever to load especially Safari and even chrome. I regret upgrading to yosemite, it was all fine with Maverick. Any suggestions ? ThankYou

My MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) is too slow after installing Yosemite version 10.10.1. All programs take for ever to load especially Safari and even chrome. I regret upgrading to yosemite, it was all fine with Maverick. Any suggestions ? ThankYou

1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem. But with the aid of the test results, the solution may take a few minutes, instead of hours or days.
Don't be put off by the complexity of these instructions. The process is much less complicated than the description. You do harder tasks with the computer all the time.
2. If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. Backup is always a must, and when you're having any kind of trouble with the computer, you may be at higher than usual risk of losing data, whether you follow these instructions or not.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
3. Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. As I wrote above, it changes nothing. It doesn't send or receive any data on the network. All it does is to generate a human-readable report on the state of the computer. That report goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. If you prefer, you can act on it yourself without disclosing the contents to me or anyone else.
You should be wondering whether you can believe me, and whether it's safe to run a program at the behest of a stranger. In general, no, it's not safe and I don't encourage it.
In this case, however, there are a couple of ways for you to decide whether the program is safe without having to trust me. First, you can read it. Unlike an application that you download and click to run, it's transparent, so anyone with the necessary skill can verify what it does.
You may not be able to understand the script yourself. But variations of the script have been posted on this website thousands of times over a period of years. The site is hosted by Apple, which does not allow it to be used to distribute harmful software. Any one of the millions of registered users could have read the script and raised the alarm if it was harmful. Then I would not be here now and you would not be reading this message.
Nevertheless, if you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
4. Here's a summary of what you need to do, if you choose to proceed:
☞ Copy a line of text in this window to the Clipboard.
☞ Paste into the window of another application.
☞ Wait for the test to run. It usually takes a few minutes.
☞ Paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page.
The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. You don't need to copy a second time. Details follow.
5. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode, under the conditions in which the problem is reproduced. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
6. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
7. The script is a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, though you may not see all of it in the browser window, and you can then copy it. If you try to select the line by dragging across the part you can see, you won't get all of it.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
8. Launch the built-in 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.
Click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste by pressing command-V. The text you pasted should vanish immediately. If it doesn't, press the return key.
9. If you see an error message in the Terminal window such as "Syntax error" or "Event not found," enter
exec bash
and press return. Then paste the script again.
10. If you're logged in as an administrator, you'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You will not see the usual dots in place of typed characters. Make sure caps lock is off. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you make three failed attempts to enter the password, the test will run anyway, but it will produce less information. In most cases, the difference is not important. If you don't know the password, or if you prefer not to enter it, press the key combination control-C or just press return three times at the password prompt. Again, the script will still run.
If you're not logged in as an administrator, you won't be prompted for a password. The test will still run. It just won't do anything that requires administrator privileges.
11. The test may take a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. A computer that's abnormally slow may take longer to run the test. While it's running, there will be nothing in the Terminal window and no indication of progress. Wait for the line
[Process completed]
to appear. If you don't see it within half an hour or so, the test probably won't complete in a reasonable time. In that case, close the Terminal window and report what happened. No harm will be done.
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Late 2007 15" MBP Very slow after upgrading to Mavericks

Hi guys,
this is my first post here. I look forward to learn and help others.
The reason of this post is, as outlined in the title, slow paerformance of my computer after upgrading to Mavericks. It was kinda slow from before but this time it's almost unbearable to use it. I used to be able to run VMWare with 2 XP and 1 windows server machines WITH JUST 2 GB OF RAM! Now I have 4 GB and can barely run a single virtual machine with XP and the cooling fans come on just by watching a video on youtube, which also makes performance take a dump.
These are the specs extracted from EtreCheck:
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2GHz)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro3,1
          1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          GeForce 8600M GT     - VRAM: 256 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
Startup Items:
          DynDNSUpdater - Path: /Library/StartupItems/DynDNSUpdater
System Software:
          OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 6 days 2:7:17
Disk Information:
          WDC WD5000BEVT-00ZAT0 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 149.92 GB (76.8 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
                    Storage (disk0s4) /Volumes/Storage: 349.19 GB (54.74 GB free)
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Computer Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
          com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt          (0.0.74)
          com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice          (1.1)
          com.eltima.SyncMate.kext          (0.2.5b15)
          com.vmware.kext.vmci          (90.4.18)
          com.vmware.kext.vsockets          (90.4.23)
          com.vmware.kext.vmnet          (0104.03.86)
          com.vmware.kext.vmx86          (0104.03.86)
          com.vmware.kext.vmioplug.10.1.24          (10.1.24)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [invalid] com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon.plist
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [loaded] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist
          [loaded] com.synium.cleanappdaemon.plist
          [failed] rapiback.plist
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [loaded] com.bjango.istatmenusagent.plist
          [loaded] com.epson.epw.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist
          [loaded] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist
          [loaded] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist
          [loaded] org.gpgtools.macgpg2.gpg-agent.plist
          [invalid] org.gpgtools.macgpg2.gpg-agent.plist.plist
          [failed] syncmateStarter.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
          [loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
User Login Items:
          Boom
          Flux
          iTunesHelper
          Dropbox
          Cinch
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Application Enhancer
          Box Sync
          Flash Player
          Flip4Mac WMV
          FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE)
          GPGPreferences
          Perian
Internet Plug-ins:
          Default Browser.plugin
          DirectorShockwave.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
          Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          MeetingJoinPlugin.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
          Silverlight.plugin
          Unity Web Player.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
          None
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Auto backup: NO
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
              22%          vmware-vmx
               6%          Google Chrome
               4%          WindowServer
               3%          coreaudiod
               2%          Boom
               1%          EtreCheck
               0%          BBLaunchAgent
               0%          mds_stores
               0%          CleanApp Daemon
               0%          mds
Top Processes by Memory:
          586 MB             vmware-vmx
          135 MB             Finder
          98 MB              Google Chrome
          90 MB              softwareupdated
          74 MB              Dropbox
          66 MB              VMware Fusion
          59 MB              mds_stores
          58 MB              Google Chrome Helper
          53 MB              WindowServer
          45 MB              systemstats
Virtual Memory Statistics:
          40 MB              Free RAM
          1.18 GB            Active RAM
          1.13 GB            Inactive RAM
          1.07 GB            Wired RAM
          24.09 GB           Page-ins
          645 MB             Page-outs
I understand it says my RAM is way too low, but hve no idea what's killing it. So far I've disabled and uninstalled all DynDNS items. I just read about Chrome's slow performance for MBP's and plan to switch back to Safari (Firefox made my computer even slower).
Thanks in advance for any light shed on this.
Oscar.

Thank you Kappy, while I was reviewing the log from EtreCheck I noticed the 3rd party preference panes, launchers and daemos. I deleted a few of them and it really helped with system performance. Reading your reply confirms that what I did was the right thing; here is an updated log from EtreCheck:
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2GHz)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro3,1
          1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          GeForce 8600M GT     - VRAM: 256 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
System Software:
          OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 0:22:52
Disk Information:
          WDC WD5000BEVT-00ZAT0 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 149.92 GB (77.67 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
                    Storage (disk0s4) /Volumes/Storage: 349.19 GB (54.09 GB free)
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Computer Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
          com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt          (0.0.74)
          com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice          (1.1)
          com.eltima.SyncMate.kext          (0.2.5b15)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [invalid] com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon.plist
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [loaded] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist
          [loaded] com.synium.cleanappdaemon.plist
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [loaded] com.bjango.istatmenusagent.plist
          [loaded] com.epson.epw.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist
          [loaded] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist
          [loaded] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
          [loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
User Login Items:
          Boom
          Flux
          iTunesHelper
          Dropbox
          Cinch
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Box Sync
          Flash Player
          Flip4Mac WMV
          FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE)
          Perian
Internet Plug-ins:
          Default Browser.plugin
          DirectorShockwave.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
          Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          MeetingJoinPlugin.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
          Silverlight.plugin
          Unity Web Player.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
          None
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Auto backup: NO
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
               5%          WindowServer
               4%          coreaudiod
               3%          com.apple.qtkitserver
               2%          com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
               1%          EtreCheck
               1%          Boom
               0%          SystemUIServer
               0%          BBLaunchAgent
               0%          CleanApp Daemon
               0%          Safari
Top Processes by Memory:
          180 MB             com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
          152 MB             com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          119 MB             Safari
          90 MB              mds_stores
          82 MB              com.apple.quicklook.satellite
          78 MB              com.apple.iTunesLibraryService
          66 MB              Dropbox
          57 MB              Finder
          49 MB              Preview
          41 MB              CleanApp Daemon
Virtual Memory Statistics:
          846 MB             Free RAM
          2.02 GB            Active RAM
          620 MB             Inactive RAM
          561 MB             Wired RAM
          1.22 GB            Page-ins
          0 B                Page-outs
I was reading about GeekBench in the discusions and decided to give it a go, although I was able to only perform the 32-bit tests, I got 1268 on the single-core score and 2187 for the multi-core score; I don't know how good or bad those numbers are. Wish I had a before and after reading but I read about it too late, when I had already erased several items.
I will appreciate any further input BEFORE I decide to reinstall the OS from scratch.
Oscar.

Upgraded to Mavericks- far too slow...

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