Beachballing MBP. Ran etrecheck...

[johnmed]

Can any of you clever bods deduce what may be the problem:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.12 (48)
Report generated 8 July 2014 17:52:42 BST

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 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 2:20:18

Disk Information:
Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Untitled (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 299.21 GB (103.37 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
BOOTCAMP (disk0s4) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP: 20 GB (780.8 MB free)

OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5970H

USB Information:
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Gatekeeper:
Anywhere

Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[loaded] org.cindori.CCAuth.plist Support

Launch Agents:
[failed] com.epson.esua.launcher.plist Support

User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[loaded] de.metaquark.appfresh.plist Support

User Login Items:
iTunesHelper

Internet Plug-ins:
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.0 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.125 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.125 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

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

User Internet Plug-ins:
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 Support

3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player Support

Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Untitled: Disk size: 278.66 GB Disk used: 182.39 GB
Destinations:
Mac [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 310.50 GB
Total number of backups: 5
Oldest backup: 2014-05-10 12:14:50 +0000
Last backup: 2014-06-22 07:14:53 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 310.50 GB < (Disk used 182.39 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.

Top Processes by CPU:
12% com.apple.IconServicesAgent
5% Transmission
5% Finder
1% PluginProcess
1% Dock

Top Processes by Memory:
123 MB softwareupdated
102 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
102 MB Mail
78 MB Finder
74 MB mds_stores

Virtual Memory Information:
399 MB Free RAM
1.49 GB Active RAM
1.09 GB Inactive RAM
1004 MB Wired RAM
610 MB Page-ins
55 MB Page-outs


In the next few months I'm intending to upgrade to a 500gb Samsung Evo SSD, (and possibly increase RAM?).

Is anything amiss other than a crappy old HDD?

All the best, John

 

[GhettoMrBob]

It could just be the HD. Or it could be your OS being funky. Have you tried doing a upgrade install (or clean install) of your current OS to see if that resolves some of the issues?

That being said, an SSD will vastly improve your experience...even if the OS is having a fit.

 

[TheIguana]

Could be RAM, what does your memory pressure look like in Activity Monitor? Is it either orange or red? If it is in the green consistently then it is probably just the hard drive.

 

[bennynova]

your Hard Drive cable could be on the fritz

i have an early 2011 MBP and have gone through 2 now

starts w/ beachballing at odd times (especially when you open it)

 

[johnmed]

Thanks for the replies.

I usually do a clean install yearly with the new OS, and it gets nice and quick again and then slows and beach balls increasingly by around this time of year, a cycle that repeats and repeats...

I had been doing some research about causes of beachballing and happened upon that etrecheck diagnostic thing, but didn't really understand the results.

From task manager it does look like RAM is being used a plenty?!

EDIT: Scrap that, I've just looked at memory pressure and read up on how Mavericks uses RAM.