536 iPhone_iPad_Mac_apple

Why is my Mac so slow ?

I have run Etrecheck to understand why my Mac is running so slowly.

Couldn't understand what to do with the report ? Report is as follows:

EtreCheck version: 3.4.5 (455)

Report generated 2017-09-21 11:48:30

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Runtime: 15:22

Performance: Poor

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Click the [Clean up] link to delete unused files.

Problem: Computer is too slow

Hardware Information: ⓘ

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011)

[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2

1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 (i7-2675QM) CPU: 4-core

4 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

Handoff/Airdrop2: not supported

Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 125

iCloud Quota: 23.84 GB available

Video Information: ⓘ

Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB

AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 512 MB

Color LCD 1440 x 900

Disk Information: ⓘ

ST9500325ASG disk0: (500.11 GB) (Rotational)

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EFI (disk0s1 - MS-DOS FAT32) <not mounted> [EFI]: 210 MB

(disk0s2) <not mounted> [CoreStorage Container]: 499.25 GB

Recovery HD (disk0s3 - Journaled HFS+) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N ()

USB Information: ⓘ

USB20Bus

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

hub_device

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

USB20Bus

hub_device

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Thunderbolt Information: ⓘ

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Virtual disks: ⓘ

Macintosh HD (disk1 - Journaled HFS+) / [Startup]: 498.88 GB (15.51 GB free) (Low!)

Encrypted AES-XTS (Unlocked)

Physical disk: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online

System Software: ⓘ

macOS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G29) - Time since boot: less than an hour

Configuration files: ⓘ

/etc/hosts - Count: 4

Gatekeeper: ⓘ

Mac App Store and identified developers

Clean up: ⓘ

~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[redacted]@me.com-SharedServ ices.Agent.plist

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/OSServices.framewor k/Versions/A/Support/CSConfigDotMacCert -l ~/Library/Logs/CSConfigDotMacCert.log -u [redacted]@me.com -t SharedServices -s

Executable not found!

One orphan file found. [Clean up]

System Launch Agents: ⓘ

[not loaded] 8 Apple tasks

[loaded] 178 Apple tasks

[running] 96 Apple tasks

System Launch Daemons: ⓘ

[not loaded] 42 Apple tasks

[loaded] 169 Apple tasks

[running] 106 Apple tasks

Launch Daemons: ⓘ

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (? 2afb3af7 85012398 - installed 2017-07-25) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2017-05-18) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2015-10-08) [Lookup]

User Launch Agents: ⓘ

[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[redacted]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist (? ? ? - installed 2011-12-20) - /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/OSServices.framewo rk/Versions/A/Support/CSConfigDotMacCert: Executable not found!

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2017-07-10) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.skype.skype.shareagent.plist (Skype Communications S.a.r.l - installed 2017-08-03) [Lookup]

User Login Items: ⓘ

iTunesHelper Application - Hidden (? 0 - installed 2017-07-19)

(/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

Music Manager Application - Hidden

(~/Library/PreferencePanes/MusicManager.prefPane/Contents/Helpers/MusicManagerHe lper.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

Silverlight: 5.1.50901.0 (installed 2017-02-14) [Lookup]

FlashPlayer-10.6: 26.0.0.151 (installed 2017-08-14) [Lookup]

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2017-08-24)

Flash Player: 26.0.0.151 (installed 2017-08-14) Outdated! Update