Why did my Mac book pro 2012 literally slow to a crawl overnight?

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Hello,
Im new to Mac products so bear with me
I'm running an OS X 10.9.1 13 Mac book pro with 4 GB of memory. I can usually play video games, and edit videos with it. And overheating has never been a problem.
Today alll the applications are taking 30-40 seconds to open and even longer to click between tasks. Sometimes i see a beach balll, but generally the notebook just seems to not respond. The boot time seems to have increased too.
Disk check - Hard drive scan showed no problems and I have over 30% Disk space left
Disk repair permissions - It took about an hour and repaired some stuff. But still slow
Activity monitor
kernel_task 1.9% and activity monitor 0.6%
user % 0.3, System 0.5% and idle 99 %
Read in/sec 0
Read out/sec 0
Physical Memory: 4GB
Memory used: 3.46 GB
File cache: 1.52GB
Here are the last 40 lines from my system log
2/23/14 2:14:23.085 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100021 destroyed
2/23/14 2:14:57.868 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100023 created
2/23/14 2:15:11.941 PM WindowServer[97]: device_generate_desktop_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x7f9a0bf0dcc0(2001)
2/23/14 2:15:11.965 PM WindowServer[97]: device_generate_lock_screen_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x7f9a0bf0dcc0(2001)
2/23/14 2:15:25.556 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Killing auth hosts
2/23/14 2:15:25.556 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100022 destroyed
2/23/14 2:16:39.323 PM WindowServer[97]: CGXDisplayDidWakeNotification [4496664883295]: posting kCGSDisplayDidWake
2/23/14 2:16:39.324 PM WindowServer[97]: handle_will_sleep_auth_and_shield_windows: Deferring.
2/23/14 2:16:44.456 PM launchctl[424]: launchctl: Dubious ownership on file (skipping): /Library/LaunchAgents/com.gspy.koneXTD.Daemon.plist
2/23/14 2:17:18.157 PM launchservicesd[55]: Ignoring notification of asn=[ 0x0/0x20020]  pid=426 because it matches an existing app App:NULL or App:"Notes" asn:0x0-1f01f pid:426 refs=6 @ 0x7f8081614750 : LASApplication.cp #883 CreatePendingApplication() q=LSSession 100004/0x186a4 queue
2/23/14 2:17:18.826 PM launchservicesd[55]: Ignoring notification of asn=[ 0x0/0x1e01e]  pid=426 because it matches an existing app App:NULL or App:"Notes" asn:0x0-1f01f pid:426 refs=6 @ 0x7f8081614750 : LASApplication.cp #883 CreatePendingApplication() q=LSSession 100004/0x186a4 queue
2/23/14 2:17:29.091 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100024 created
2/23/14 2:19:28.172 PM WindowServer[97]: device_generate_desktop_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x7f9a0bf0dcc0(2001)
2/23/14 2:19:28.191 PM WindowServer[97]: device_generate_lock_screen_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x7f9a0bf0dcc0(2001)
2/23/14 2:21:11.273 PM WindowServer[97]: CGXDisplayDidWakeNotification [4768613493229]: posting kCGSDisplayDidWake
2/23/14 2:21:11.274 PM WindowServer[97]: handle_will_sleep_auth_and_shield_windows: Deferring.
2/23/14 2:22:10.196 PM WindowServer[97]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
2/23/14 2:22:17.090 PM WindowServer[97]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 7.89 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
2/23/14 2:22:58.825 PM WindowServer[97]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Activity Monitor" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
2/23/14 2:22:59.000 PM kernel[0]: Network delay is not specified! Defaulting to 0x384
2/23/14 2:23:00.724 PM WindowServer[97]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Activity Monitor" after 2.90 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
2/23/14 2:23:07.929 PM com.apple.IconServicesAgent[229]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/XPCServices/com.apple.dock .extra.xpc/
2/23/14 2:23:08.536 PM com.apple.IconServicesAgent[229]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/InternetAccounts.framework/Versions/A/X PCServices/com.apple.internetaccounts.xpc/
2/23/14 2:23:09.148 PM com.apple.IconServicesAgent[229]: Icon filename entry missing from bundle info dictionary for bundle at URL: file:///System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ShareKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServic es/com.apple.ShareKitHelper.xpc/
2/23/14 2:27:53.101 PM WindowServer[97]: device_generate_desktop_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x7f9a0bd67d90(2001)
2/23/14 2:27:53.119 PM WindowServer[97]: device_generate_lock_screen_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x7f9a0bd67d90(2001)
2/23/14 2:29:08.634 PM WindowServer[97]: CGXDisplayDidWakeNotification [5245972462570]: posting kCGSDisplayDidWake
2/23/14 2:29:08.635 PM WindowServer[97]: handle_will_sleep_auth_and_shield_windows: Deferring.
2/23/14 2:34:57.486 PM WindowServer[97]: device_generate_desktop_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x7f9a0be89340(2001)
2/23/14 2:34:57.503 PM WindowServer[97]: device_generate_lock_screen_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x7f9a0be89340(2001)
2/23/14 2:35:01.526 PM CalendarAgent[165]: [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.queue] [Account refresh failed with error: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1005 "The network connection was lost." UserInfo=0x7feba2648150 {NSUnderlyingError=0x7feba24b7430 "The network connection was lost.", NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://SHEEP%[email protected]/dav/SHEEP/Inbox/, NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://SHEEP%[email protected]/dav/SHEEP/Inbox/, AccountName=Yahoo!, CalDAVErrFromRefresh=YES, NSLocalizedDescription=The network connection was lost.}]
2/23/14 2:35:01.531 PM CalendarAgent[165]: [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.queue] [Adding [<CalDAVAccountRefreshQueueableOperation: 0x7feba24b8060; Sequence: 0>] to failed operations.]
2/23/14 2:39:26.513 PM xpcproxy[455]: assertion failed: 13B42: xpcproxy + 3438 [EE7817B0-1FA1-3603-B88A-BD5E595DA86F]: 0x2
2/23/14 2:39:32.079 PM WindowServer[97]: CGXDisplayDidWakeNotification [5869414010683]: posting kCGSDisplayDidWake
2/23/14 2:39:32.080 PM WindowServer[97]: handle_will_sleep_auth_and_shield_windows: Deferring.
2/23/14 2:40:10.349 PM Console[458]: setPresentationOptions called with NSApplicationPresentationFullScreen when there is no visible fullscreen window; this call will be ignored.
2/23/14 2:45:31.910 PM WindowServer[97]: device_generate_desktop_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x7f9a0bf0cef0(2001)
2/23/14 2:45:31.927 PM WindowServer[97]: device_generate_lock_screen_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x7f9a0bf0cef0(2001)
2/23/14 2:45:44.430 PM WindowServer[97]: _CGXHWCaptureWindowList: No capable active display found.
2/23/14 2:47:18.070 PM WindowServer[97]: _CGXHWCaptureWindowList: No capable active display found.
2/23/14 2:47:25.557 PM WindowServer[97]: CGXDisplayDidWakeNotification [6342890267747]: posting kCGSDisplayDidWake
2/23/14 2:47:25.558 PM WindowServer[97]: handle_will_sleep_auth_and_shield_windows: Deferring.
2/23/14 2:56:55.548 PM WindowServer[97]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Console" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
2/23/14 2:57:09.548 PM WindowServer[97]: disable_update_likely_unbalanced: UI updates still disabled by application "Console" after 15.00 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds). Likely an unbalanced disableUpdate call.
2/23/14 2:57:26.996 PM WindowServer[97]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Console" after 32.45 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
2/23/14 2:57:27.008 PM Console[458]: void CGSUpdateManager::log() const: conn 0x12687: spurious update.
I heard some people could interpret this. I'm currently using a library PC cause typing on my Mac would take eons......its that slow
can anyone help?

Answer 1

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PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin; clear; Fb='%s\n\t(%s)\n'; Fm='\n%s\n\n%s\n'; Fr='\nRAM details\n%s\n'; Fs='\n%s: %s\n'; Fu='user %s%%, system %s%%'; PB="/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c Print"; A () { [[ a -eq 0 ]]; }; M () { find -L "$d" -type f | while read f; do file -b "$f" | egrep -lq XML\|exec && echo $f; done; }; Pc () { o=`grep -v '^ *#' "$2"`; l=`wc -l <<< "$o"`; [[ l -gt 25 ]] && o=`head -n25 <<< "$o"`$'\n'"[$((l-25)) more line(s)]"; Pm "$1"; }; Pm () { [[ "$o" ]] && o=`sed -E '/^ *$/d; s/^ */   /; s/[-0-9A-Fa-f]{22,}/UUID/g' <<< "$o"` && printf "$Fm" "$1" "$o"; }; Pp () { o=`$PB "$2" | awk -F'= ' \/$3'/{print $2}'`; Pm "$1"; }; Ps () { o=`echo $o`; [[ ! "$o" =~ ^0?$ ]] && printf "$Fs" "$1" "$o"; }; R () { o=; [[ r -eq 0 ]]; }; SP () { system_profiler SP${1}DataType; }; id -G | grep -qw 80; a=$?; A && sudo true; r=$?; t=`date +%s`; clear; { A || echo $'No admin access\n'; A && ! 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?o' | tail -n25 | awk '/:/{$4=""; $5=""};1'`; Pm "Kernel messages"; o=`df -m / | awk 'NR==2 {print $4}'`; o=$((o<5120?o:0)); Ps "Free space (MiB)"; o=$(($(vm_stat | awk '/eo/{sub("\\.",""); print $2}')/256)); o=$((o>=1024?o:0)); Ps "Pageouts (MiB)"; s=( `sar -u 1 10 | sed '$!d'` ); [[ s[4] -lt 85 ]] && o=`printf "$Fu" ${s[1]} ${s[3]}` || o=; Ps "Total CPU usage" && { s=(`ps acrx -o comm,ruid,%cpu | sed '2!d'`); n=$((${#s[*]}-1)); c="${s[*]}"; o=${s[$n]}%; Ps "CPU usage by process \"${c% ${s[$((n-1))]}*}\" with UID ${s[$((n-1))]}"; }; s=(`top -R -l1 -n1 -o prt -stats command,uid,prt | sed '$!d'`); n=$((${#s[*]}-1)); s[$n]=${s[$n]%[+-]}; c="${s[*]}"; o=$((s[$n]>=25000?s[$n]:0)); Ps "Mach ports used by process \"${c% ${s[$((n-1))]}*}\" with UID ${s[$((n-1))]}"; o=`kextstat -kl | grep -v com\\.apple | cut -c53- | cut -d\< -f1`; Pm "Loaded extrinsic kernel extensions"; R && o=`sudo launchctl list | awk 'NR>1 && !/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix\.cron)|org\.(amav|apac|calendarse|cups|dove|isc|ntp|post[fg]|x)/{print $3}'`; Pm "Extrinsic daemons"; o=`launchctl list | awk 'NR>1 && !/0x|com\.apple|org\.(x|openbsd)|\.[0-9]+$/{print $3}'`; Pm "Extrinsic agents"; o=`for d in {/,}L*/Lau*; do M; done | grep -v com\.apple\.CSConfig | while read f; do ID=$($PB\ :Label "$f") || ID="No job label"; printf "$Fb" "$f" "$ID"; done`; Pm "launchd items"; o=`for d in /{S*/,}L*/Star*; do M; done`; Pm "Startup items"; o=`find -L /S*/L*/{C*/Sec*A,E}* {/,}L*/{A*d,Compon,Ex,In,iTu,Keyb,Mail/B,P*P,Qu*T,Scripti,Sec,Servi,Spo}* -type d -name Contents -prune | while read d; do ID=$($PB\ :CFBundleIdentifier "$d/Info.plist") || ID="No bundle ID"; [[ "$ID" =~ ^com\.apple\.[^x]|Accusys|ArcMSR|ATTO|HDPro|HighPoint|driver\.stex|hp-fax|\.hpio|JMicron|microsoft\.MDI|print|SoftRAID ]] || printf "$Fb" "${d%/Contents}" "$ID"; done`; Pm "Extrinsic loadable bundles"; o=`find -L /u*/{,*/}lib -type f | while read f; do file -b "$f" | grep -qw shared && ! codesign -v "$f" && echo $f; done`; Pm "Unsigned shared libraries"; o=`for e in INSERT_LIBRARIES LIBRARY_PATH; do launchctl getenv DYLD_$e; done`; Pm "Environment"; o=`find -L {,/u*/lo*}/e*/periodic -type f -mtime -10d`; Pm "Modified periodic scripts"; o=`scutil --proxy | grep Prox`; Pm "Proxies"; o=`scutil --dns | awk '/r\[0\] /{if ($NF !~ /^1(0|72\.(1[6-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-1])|92\.168)\./) print $NF; exit}'`; Ps "DNS"; R && o=`sudo profiles -P | grep : | wc -l`; Ps "Profiles"; f=auto_master; [[ `md5 -q /etc/$f` =~ ^b166 ]] || Pc $f /etc/$f; for f in fstab sysctl.conf crontab launchd.conf; do Pc $f /etc/$f; done; Pc "hosts" <(grep -v 'host *$' /etc/hosts); Pc "User launchd" ~/.launchd*; R && Pc "Root crontab" <(sudo crontab -l); Pc "User crontab" <(crontab -l | sed -E 's:/Users/[^/]+/:/Users/USER/:g'); R && o=`sudo defaults read com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook`; Pm "Login hook"; Pp "Global login items" /L*/P*/loginw* Path; Pp "User login items" L*/P*/*loginit* Name; Pp "Safari extensions" L*/Saf*/*/E*.plist Bundle | sed -E 's/(\..*$|-[1-9])//g'; o=`find ~ $TMPDIR.. \( -flags +sappnd,schg,uappnd,uchg -o ! -user $UID -o ! -perm -600 \) | wc -l`; Ps "Restricted user files"; cd; o=`SP Fonts | egrep "Valid: N|Duplicate: Y" | wc -l`; Ps "Font problems"; o=`find L*/{Con,Pref}* -type f ! -size 0 -name *.plist | while read f; do plutil -s "$f" >&- || echo $f; done`; Pm "Bad plists"; d=(Desktop L*/Keyc*); n=(20 7); for i in 0 1; do o=`find "${d[$i]}" -type f -maxdepth 1 | wc -l`; o=$((o<=n[$i]?0:o)); Ps "${d[$i]##*/} file count"; done; o=; [[ UID -eq 0 ]] && o=root; Ps "UID"; o=$((`date +%s`-t)); Ps "Elapsed time (s)"; } 2>/dev/null | pbcopy; exit 2>&-
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