Hello. I hope I'm doing what I need to do. (I am not tech savvy.) Like the individual who started this thread, I am having problems with my Mac being incredibly slow in Gmail. I use Chrome. I believe it is fine in otherwise. I have a 2023 Mac Pro.   Thank you. 


EtreCheckPro version: 6.8.3 (68032)
Report generated: 2023-12-21 17:14:17
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Runtime: 1:57
Performance: Excellent

Problem: Computer is too slow
Description: 
Mac is functioning slowly in Gmail in Chrome. Fine otherwise. 

Major Issues: None

Minor Issues:
  These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems or opportunities for improvement. 
  No Time Machine backup - Time Machine backup not found.
  Heavy RAM usage - Apps are using a large amount of RAM.
  Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed. These files could be old, incompatible, and cause problems. They should be reviewed.
  Limited permissions - More information may be available with Full Disk Access.

Hardware Information:
  MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2023)
    Status: Supported
  MacBook Pro Model: Mac14,9
  Apple M2 Pro (m2) CPU: 10-core
  16 GB RAM - Not upgradeable
  Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 10

Video Information:
  Apple M2 Pro
    Color LCD 3024 x 1964
    LG FULL HD 1920 x 1080

Drives:
  disk0 - APPLE SSD AP0512Z 500.28 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes) 
  Internal Apple Fabric NVM Express
    disk0s1 [APFS Container] 524 MB
      disk1 [APFS Virtual drive] 524 MB (Shared by 4 volumes)
        disk1s1 - iSCPreboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (6 MB used)
        disk1s2 - xART (APFS) (6 MB used)
        disk1s3 - Hardware (APFS) (2 MB used)
        disk1s4 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (20 KB used)
    disk0s2 [APFS Container] 494.38 GB
      disk3 [APFS Virtual drive] 494.38 GB (Shared by 6 volumes)
        disk3s1 (APFS) [APFS Container] (11.83 GB used)
          disk3s1s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) [APFS Snapshot] (11.83 GB used)
        disk3s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (9.46 GB used)
        disk3s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (1.64 GB used)
        disk3s4 - Update (APFS) (630 MB used)
        disk3s5 - Data (APFS) [APFS Virtual drive] (108.38 GB used)
        disk3s6 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (20 KB used)
    disk0s3 [APFS Container] 5.37 GB
      disk2 [APFS Virtual drive] 5.37 GB (Shared by 2 volumes)
        disk2s1 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (1.61 GB used)
        disk2s2 - Update (APFS) (25 KB used)

Mounted Volumes:
  disk1s1 - iSCPreboot [APFS Preboot]
    Filesystem: APFS
    Mount point: /System/Volumes/iSCPreboot
    Used: 6 MB
    Shared values
      Size: 524 MB
      Free: 504 MB

  disk1s2 - xART
    Filesystem: APFS
    Mount point: /System/Volumes/xarts
    Used: 6 MB
    Shared values
      Size: 524 MB
      Free: 504 MB

  disk1s3 - Hardware
    Filesystem: APFS
    Mount point: /System/Volumes/Hardware
    Used: 2 MB
    Shared values
      Size: 524 MB
      Free: 504 MB

  disk3s1 [APFS Container]
    Filesystem: APFS
    Mount point: /System/Volumes/Update/mnt1
    Encrypted
    Used: 11.83 GB
    Shared values
      Size: 494.38 GB
      Free: 362.28 GB

  disk3s1s1 - Macintosh HD [APFS Snapshot]
    Filesystem: APFS
    Mount point: /
    Read-only: Yes
    Used: 11.83 GB
    Shared values
      Size: 494.38 GB
      Free: 362.28 GB
      Available: 394.10 GB

  disk3s2 - Preboot [APFS Preboot]
    Filesystem: APFS
    Mount point: /System/Volumes/Preboot
    Used: 9.46 GB
    Shared values
      Size: 494.38 GB
      Free: 362.28 GB

  disk3s4 - Update
    Filesystem: APFS
    Mount point: /System/Volumes/Update
    Used: 630 MB
    Shared values
      Size: 494.38 GB
      Free: 362.28 GB

  disk3s5 - Data [APFS Virtual drive]
    Filesystem: APFS
    Mount point: /System/Volumes/Data
    Encrypted
    Used: 108.38 GB
    Shared values
      Size: 494.38 GB
      Free: 362.28 GB
      Available: 394.10 GB

  disk3s6 - VM [APFS VM]
    Filesystem: APFS
    Mount point: /System/Volumes/VM
    Used: 20 KB
    Shared values
      Size: 494.38 GB
      Free: 362.28 GB

Network:
  Interface en4: Ethernet Adapter (en4)
  Interface en5: Ethernet Adapter (en5)
  Interface en6: Ethernet Adapter (en6)
  Interface en7: AX88179A
  Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge
  Interface en0: Wi-Fi
    802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax

System Software:
  macOS Ventura 13.4 (22F66) 
  Time since boot: About a day

Notifications:
  Google Chrome Helper (Alerts).app
    one notification

  Grammarly for Safari.app
    one notification

  Google Chrome.app
    one notification

  Dropbox.app
    one notification

Security:
  Gatekeeper: App Store and identified developers
  System Integrity Protection: Enabled

  Antivirus software: Apple

Unsigned Files:
  Running app: /Library/DropboxHelperTools/Dropbox_u501/dbkextd

Applications:
  499 apps
  5 x86-only apps
  3 unsigned apps

System Launch Daemons:
  [Not Loaded]  43 Apple tasks
  [Loaded]  177 Apple tasks
  [Running]  168 Apple tasks
  [Other]  One Apple task

System Launch Agents:
  [Not Loaded]  23 Apple tasks
  [Loaded]  178 Apple tasks
  [Running]  196 Apple tasks

Launch Daemons:
  [Running] com.microsoft.OneDriveStandaloneUpdaterDaemon.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2023-12-15)
    Executable: /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/StandaloneUpdaterDaemon.xpc/Contents/MacOS/StandaloneUpdaterDaemon

  [Loaded] com.microsoft.OneDriveUpdaterDaemon.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2023-12-15)
    Executable: /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/OneDriveUpdaterDaemon.xpc/Contents/MacOS/OneDriveUpdaterDaemon

  [Not Loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2023-12-11)
    Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper
    Location: /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app

  [Loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2023-12-11)
    Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper

  [Loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2023-09-24)
    Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper

  [Loaded] com.microsoft.teams.TeamsUpdaterDaemon.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2023-12-14)
    Executable: /Applications/Microsoft Teams classic.app/Contents/TeamsUpdaterDaemon.xpc/Contents/MacOS/TeamsUpdaterDaemon

  [Loaded] us.zoom.ZoomDaemon.plist (Zoom Video Communications, Inc. - installed 2023-11-18)
    Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/us.zoom.ZoomDaemon

Launch Agents:
  [Loaded] com.microsoft.OneDriveStandaloneUpdater.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2023-12-15)
    Executable: /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/StandaloneUpdater.app/Contents/MacOS/OneDriveStandaloneUpdater

  [Loaded] com.microsoft.SyncReporter.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2023-12-15)
    Executable: /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/SyncReporter.app/Contents/MacOS/SyncReporter

  [Not Loaded] com.microsoft.update.agent.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2023-12-11)
    Command: /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Update Assistant.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Update Assistant --launchByAgent
    Location: /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app

  [Running] com.microsoft.update.agent.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2023-12-11)
    Command: /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Update Assistant.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Update Assistant --launchByAgent

User Launch Agents:
  [Loaded] com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent.plist (Dropbox, Inc. - installed 2023-09-24)
    Command: ~/Library/Dropbox/DropboxMacUpdate.app/Contents/MacOS/DropboxMacUpdate -check periodic

  [Loaded] com.google.GoogleUpdater.wake.plist (Google LLC - installed 2023-12-15)
    Command: ~/Library/Application Support/Google/GoogleUpdater/Current/GoogleUpdater.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleUpdater --wake-all --enable-logging --vmodule=*/components/update_client/*=2,*/chrome/updater/*=2

  [Not Loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Not signed - installed 2023-12-07)
    

  [Not Loaded] com.google.keystone.xpcservice.plist (Not signed - installed 2023-12-07)
    

User Login Items:
  [Not Loaded] Canva Login Helper (App Store - installed 2023-09-24)
    Modern Login Item
    /Applications/Canva.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/Canva Login Helper.app

  [Not Loaded] Launcher Disabler (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2023-12-15)
    Modern Login Item
    /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/Launcher Disabler.app

  [Not Loaded] OneDrive Launcher (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2023-12-15)
    Modern Login Item
    /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/OneDrive Launcher.app

App Extensions:
  Safari extensions:
    Grammarly for Safari - /Applications/Grammarly for Safari.app

  Plugins:
    Intents - /Applications/WhatsApp.localized/WhatsApp.app

  Notification providers:
    ServiceExtension - /Applications/WhatsApp.localized/WhatsApp.app
    NotificationService - /Applications/Prime Video.app

  File providers:
    Dropbox - /Applications/Dropbox.app
    OneDrive File Provider - /Applications/OneDrive.app

  Share services:
    Dropbox Transfer - /Applications/Dropbox.app
    OneNote - /Applications/Microsoft OneNote.app

  Finder sync extensions:
    OneDrive Finder Integration - /Applications/OneDrive.app
    Dropbox Finder Extension - /Applications/Dropbox.app

  QuickLook Previews:
    EtreCheckQuickLook - ~/Downloads/EtreCheckPro.app
      com.etresoft.etrecheck4 *.etrecheck

  QuickLook Previews (legacy):
    DropboxQL - ~/Library/QuickLook/DropboxQL.qlgenerator
      com.adobe.illustrator.ai-image *.ai
      public.text
      org.oasis-open.opendocument.spreadsheet *.ods
      org.oasis-open.opendocument.presentation *.odp
      com.adobe.encapsulated-postscript *.eps

Audio Plug-ins:
  MSTeamsAudioDevice: 2023.31.01.2 (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2023-08-07)

Backup:
  Time Machine Not Configured!

Performance:
  System Load: 2.01 (1 min ago) 1.71 (5 min ago) 1.61 (15 min ago)
  Nominal I/O usage: 0.31 MB/s
  File system: 7.72 seconds
  Write speed: 3536 MB/s
  Read speed: 2972 MB/s

CPU Usage Snapshot:
  Type Overall
  System: 3 %
  User: 7 %
  Idle: 89 %

Top Processes Snapshot by CPU:
  Process (count) CPU (Source - Location)
  WindowServer 36.74 % (Apple)
  Google Chrome Helper (Renderer) (25) 20.88 % (Google LLC)
  mdbulkimport (2) 12.16 % (Apple)
  EtreCheckPro 10.98 % (Etresoft, Inc.)
  mobileassetd 10.70 % (Apple)

Top Processes Snapshot by Memory:
  Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location)
  Google Chrome Helper (Renderer) (25) 3.45 GB (Google LLC)
  EtreCheckPro 1.02 GB (Etresoft, Inc.)
  Microsoft Teams classic Helper (Renderer) (5) 801 MB (Microsoft Corporation)
  Google Chrome 364 MB (Google LLC)
  Dropbox (3) 267 MB (Dropbox, Inc.)

Top Processes Snapshot by Network Use:
  Process (count) Input / Output (Source - Location)
  mDNSResponder 22 MB / 17 MB (Apple)
  apsd 861 KB / 3 MB (Apple)
  Dropbox 457 KB / 150 KB (Dropbox, Inc.)
  netbiosd 343 KB / 38 KB (Apple)
  rapportd 27 KB / 10 KB (Apple)

Top Processes Snapshot by Energy Use:
  Process (count) Energy (0-100) (Source - Location)
  WindowServer 19 (Apple)
  Google Chrome Helper (Renderer) (25) 7 (Google LLC)
  Grammarly for Safari 3 (App Store)
  Google Chrome Helper (GPU) 3 (Google LLC)
  Google Chrome 2 (Google LLC)

Virtual Memory Information:
  Physical RAM: 16 GB

  Free RAM: 60 MB
  Used RAM: 10.25 GB
  Cached files: 5.69 GB

  Available RAM: 5.75 GB
  Swap Used: 0 B

Software Installs (past 60 days):
  Install Date Name (Version)
  2023-11-18 Zoom (5.16.6.24664)
  2023-12-05 Microsoft_Defender_101.23090.0005_Individuals_Shim_Installer (101.23090.0005)
  2023-12-11 Microsoft AutoUpdate (4.66.23121017)
  2023-12-14 Microsoft Teams classic (1.00.634263)
  2023-12-16 ‎WhatsApp (23.25.80)
  2023-12-16 Microsoft Outlook (16.80.23121017)
  2023-12-16 Microsoft PowerPoint (16.80.23121017)
  2023-12-20 Microsoft Excel (16.80.23121017)
  2023-12-20 Microsoft OneNote (16.80.23121017)
  2023-12-20 Microsoft Word (16.80.23121017)
  2023-12-20 XProtectPlistConfigData (2177)
  2023-12-20 XProtectPayloads (122)

Diagnostics Information (past 7-30 days):

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