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Mac suddenly very slow.

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newcoyote

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Suddenly my Mac is running very intermittently slow. It was running fine in the morning before I left for work, When I came home every function is very laggy. I'll try to do something as simple as switching tabs or screens or open finder or whatever. I'll get the SBBoD for a few minutes and then it will run at normal speed for a short time and then get hung up on something again. It's not a internet thing because this is system wide. I tried rebooting, no help. I ran a utility maintenance program (Onyx) also no help. I cannot think of anything unusual I have done recently to cause this and my temperature is well within normal range. Please help with ideas to resolve or diagnose this. At least a starting point or whatever more info I need to provide for assistance. Thank you.
iMac 21.5 late 2012
Yosemite 10.10.3
2.7 GHz Intel Core i5
8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
 
Hello. Have you checked Activity Monitor? Going through Activity Monitor might give you an idea of what could be causing this issue.
 
I have looked in the activity monitor. There is nothing there I can see running to slow down or consume resources.
 
I ran a Etresoft check and these are the results. Any help interpreting please?

Code: 
EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)
Report generated 5/22/15, 5:33 PM
Download EtreCheck from [url]http://etresoft.com/etrecheck[/url]

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Hardware Information: ℹ️
    iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012) (Technical Specifications)
    iMac - model: iMac13,1
    1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4-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
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M - VRAM: 512 MB
        iMac 1920 x 1080

System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.3 (14D136) - Time since boot: 21:27:10

Disk Information: ℹ️
    APPLE HDD ST1000LM024 disk0 : (1 TB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB 
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (419.18 GB free) - 482 errors

        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB 

USB Information: ℹ️
    Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v1.0 
    Generic Mass Storage 33.5 GB
        EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB 
        Boot OS X (disk1s3) <not mounted> : 134 MB 
        FTV (disk3) /Volumes/FTV : 32.83 GB (1.56 GB free)
            Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
            Core Storage: disk1s2 33.15 GB Online
    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub 
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller 
     Patriot Memory 61.92 GB
        EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB 
        Untitled (disk2s2) /Volumes/Untitled : 61.57 GB (58.24 GB free)
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) 

Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Anywhere

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /Applications/VMware Fusion.app
    [not loaded]    com.vmware.kext.vmci (90.6.3) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.vmware.kext.vmioplug.14.1.3 (14.1.3) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.vmware.kext.vmnet (0249.89.30) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.vmware.kext.vmx86 (0249.89.30) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.vmware.kext.vsockets (90.6.0) [Click for support]

        /System/Library/Extensions
    [not loaded]    com.hzsystems.driver.CDSDAudioCaptureSupport (1.5) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.vara.driver.VaraAudio (1.0.2) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    se.coolbook.driver2 (2.0.9) [Click for support]

        /Users/[redacted]/Library/Services/ToastIt.service/Contents/MacOS
    [not loaded]    com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0) [Click for support]

Startup Items: ℹ️
    FxLicenseManager: Path: /Library/StartupItems/FxLicenseManager
    ProTec6: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTec6
    ProTec6b: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTec6b
    Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite

Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.intego.netupdate.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.intego.task.manager.notifier.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.intego.VirusBarrier.alert.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist [Click for support]

Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.anchorfree.ajaxserver.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.intego.commonservices.daemon.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.intego.task.manager.daemon.plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    com.intego.VirusBarrier.daemon.plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    com.intego.VirusBarrier.logger.daemon.plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    com.intego.VirusBarrier.scanner.daemon.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Agent.plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    com.mozy.backup.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    org.freedesktop.dbus-system.plist [Click for support]
    [unknown]    org.virtualbox.startup.plist [Click for support]

User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Scheduler.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist [Click for support]

User Login Items: ℹ️
    smcFanControl    Application  (/Users/[redacted]/Downloads/smcfancontrol_2_5_2/smcFanControl.app)
    iTunesHelper    Application  (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
    SpeechSynthesisServer    Application  (/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/SpeechSynthesis.framework/Versions/A/SpeechSynthesisServer.app)
    VLCStreamer    Application  (/Applications/VLCStreamer.app)
    ClipMenu    Application  (/Applications/ClipMenu.app)
    Caffeine    Application  (/Users/[redacted]/Downloads/Caffeine.app)
    VMware Fusion Start Menu    Application  (/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/VMware Fusion Start Menu.app)
    CleanMyMac 3 Menu    UNKNOWN  (missing value)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.41.0.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
    OVSHelper: Version: 1.0 [Click for support]
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.0.0.126   - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
    Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.1 [Click for support]
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.41.0.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 [Click for support]
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version

Safari Extensions: ℹ️
    AdBlock
    HoverSee
    Shortcuts for Google™ Products

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player  [Click for support]
    Flip4Mac WMV  [Click for support]
    Growl  [Click for support]
    MozyHome  [Click for support]
    NetUpdate  [Click for support]

Time Machine: ℹ️
    Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
         5%    launchd
         4%    Google Chrome Helper(17)
         3%    WindowServer
         2%    Google Chrome
         1%    coreaudiod

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    2.58 GB    Google Chrome Helper(17)
    1.80 GB    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(3)
    747 MB    kernel_task
    434 MB    softwareupdated
    328 MB    Google Chrome

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    93 MB    Free RAM 
    7.91 GB    Used RAM 
    4 MB    Swap Used 

Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    May 21, 2015, 07:52:53 PM    Self test - passed
 
Last edited by a moderator:
^^ What he said. Try a command-r boot to recovery and from there do a repair disk. I sounds like you may have a failing drive there.

Also, get rid of CleanMyMac and Intego. Any kext/driver there that says failed should either be updated or deleted.
 
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