EtreCheckPro version: 6.8.12 (68084) Report generated: 2025-11-05 16:24:59 Download EtreCheckPro from https://etrecheck.com Runtime: 2:04 Performance: Excellent Problem: Computer is too slow Description: I’ve noticed a lag and delay in responsiveness. I also have two icons that look like they’re coming up on the dock and then they disappear. I have images here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/256165585?sor tBy=rank it seems to bean app trying to run and it’s getting shut down . I thought it was malware but it may not be. It says “WAAppKitBridgeS ervice” differs from the previously opened versions… Major Issues: None Minor Issues: These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems or opportunities for improvement. Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed. These files could be old, incompatible, and cause problems. They should be reviewed. Kernel extensions present - This computer has kernel extensions that may not work in the future. Hardware Information: iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021) Status: Supported iMac Model: iMac21,1 2.40 GHz Apple M1 (m1) CPU: 8-core 8 GB RAM - Not upgradeable Video Information: Apple M1 iMac (built-in) 4480 x 2520 Drives: disk0 - APPLE SSD AP0512Q 500.28 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes) Internal Apple Fabric NVM Express S.M.A.R.T. Details: 3% used, 93.13 TB written, 100% health, 19 unsafe shutdowns 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) (1 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] (13.34 GB used) disk3s1s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) [APFS Snapshot] (13.34 GB used) disk3s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (12.21 GB used) disk3s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (1.87 GB used) disk3s4 - Update (APFS) (676 MB used) disk3s5 - Data (APFS) [APFS Virtual drive] (274.86 GB used) disk3s6 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (2.15 GB used) disk0s3 [APFS Container] 5.37 GB disk2 [APFS Virtual drive] 5.37 GB (Shared by 2 volumes) disk2s1 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (1.97 GB used) disk2s2 - Update (APFS) (254 KB used) Mounted Volumes: disk1s1 - iSCPreboot [APFS Preboot] Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/iSCPreboot Used: 6 MB Shared values Size: 524 MB Free: 505 MB disk1s2 - xART Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/xarts Used: 6 MB Shared values Size: 524 MB Free: 505 MB disk1s3 - Hardware Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/Hardware Used: 1 MB Shared values Size: 524 MB Free: 505 MB disk3s1 [APFS Container] Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/Update/mnt1 Encrypted Used: 13.34 GB Shared values Size: 494.38 GB Free: 189.12 GB Available: 272.90 GB disk3s1s1 - Macintosh HD [APFS Snapshot] Filesystem: APFS Mount point: / Read-only: Yes Used: 13.34 GB Shared values Size: 494.38 GB Free: 189.12 GB Available: 272.90 GB disk3s2 - Preboot [APFS Preboot] Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/Preboot Used: 12.21 GB Shared values Size: 494.38 GB Free: 189.12 GB disk3s4 - Update Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/Update Used: 676 MB Shared values Size: 494.38 GB Free: 189.12 GB disk3s5 - Data [APFS Virtual drive] Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/Data Encrypted Used: 274.86 GB Shared values Size: 494.38 GB Free: 189.12 GB Available: 272.90 GB disk3s6 - VM [APFS VM] Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/VM Used: 2.15 GB Shared values Size: 494.38 GB Free: 189.12 GB USB: USB 3.1 bus USB 3.1 bus USB 3.1 bus Network: Interface en0: Ethernet Interface en4: Ethernet Adapter (en4) Interface en5: Ethernet Adapter (en5) Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge Interface en1: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax Interface en6: iPhone iCloud is limited without Full Disk Access System Software: macOS Sonoma 14.5 (23F79) Installed 2024-07-15 Time since boot: About 2 days Notifications: Google Chrome Helper (Alerts).app one notification WhatsApp.app 11 notifications Microsoft Teams.app 3 notifications Creative Cloud.app one notification Security: Gatekeeper: App Store and identified developers System Integrity Protection: Enabled Secure Boot: Full Security Antivirus software: Apple Unsigned Files: Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.teams.TeamsUpdaterDaemon.plist Executable: /Applications/Microsoft Teams classic.app/Contents/TeamsUpdaterDaemon.xpc/Contents/MacOS/TeamsUpdaterDaemon Details: Restrictive config permissions - possibly malware Apps: 3 System Extensions: [Not Loaded] NordVPN Threat Protection Pro™ - version 9.3.1 (Nordvpn S.A. - installed 2025-08-21) Application: /Applications/NordVPN.app - version 9.3.1 (Nordvpn S.A. - installed 2025-08-21) Description: System extension is used to scan files downloaded from the internet for malware. Kernel Extensions: /Library/Extensions [Not Loaded] SamsungPortableSSDDriver.kext - com.samsung.portablessd.driver (2.0.0 - SDK 11) System Launch Daemons: [Not Loaded] 45 Apple tasks [Loaded] 222 Apple tasks [Running] 136 Apple tasks [Other] One Apple task System Launch Agents: [Not Loaded] 24 Apple tasks [Loaded] 267 Apple tasks [Running] 134 Apple tasks Launch Daemons: [Running] com.adobe.acc.installer.v2.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2025-10-06) Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.adobe.acc.installer.v2 [Loaded] com.adobe.agsservice.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2025-06-26) Executable: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/AdobeGCClient/AGSService [Running] com.microsoft.OneDriveStandaloneUpdaterDaemon.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2025-10-28) Executable: /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/StandaloneUpdaterDaemon.xpc/Contents/MacOS/StandaloneUpdaterDaemon [Loaded] com.microsoft.OneDriveUpdaterDaemon.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2025-11-03) Executable: /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/OneDriveUpdaterDaemon.xpc/Contents/MacOS/OneDriveUpdaterDaemon [Not Loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2025-10-17) Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper Location: /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app [Running] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2025-10-17) Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper [Loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2023-10-20) Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper [Loaded] com.microsoft.teams.TeamsUpdaterDaemon.plist (Not signed - installed 2023-12-14) Executable: /Applications/Microsoft Teams classic.app/Contents/TeamsUpdaterDaemon.xpc/Contents/MacOS/TeamsUpdaterDaemon [Running] com.nordvpn.macos.helper.plist (Nordvpn S.A. - installed 2025-08-21) Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.nordvpn.macos.helper Launch Agents: [Loaded] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2025-10-06) Command: /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud/ACC/Creative Cloud.app/Contents/MacOS/Creative Cloud --showwindow=false --onOSstartup=true [Not Loaded] com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2025-06-26) Command: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/AdobeGCClient/agcinvokerutility -mode=logon [Loaded] com.adobe.ccxprocess.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2025-10-20) Command: /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud Experience/CCXProcess/CCXProcess.app/Contents/MacOS/CCXProcess --openAtBoot [Loaded] com.microsoft.OneDriveStandaloneUpdater.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2025-10-28) Executable: /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/StandaloneUpdater.app/Contents/MacOS/OneDriveStandaloneUpdater [Loaded] com.microsoft.SyncReporter.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2025-11-03) Executable: /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/SyncReporter.app/Contents/MacOS/SyncReporter [Not Loaded] com.microsoft.teams2.agent.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2025-10-20) Executable: /Applications/Microsoft Teams.app/Contents/Library/LaunchAgents/com.microsoft.teams2.agent Location: /Applications/Microsoft Teams.app [Not Loaded] com.microsoft.teams2.respawn.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2025-10-20) Executable: /Applications/Microsoft Teams.app/Contents/Library/LaunchAgents/com.microsoft.teams2.respawn Location: /Applications/Microsoft Teams.app [Not Loaded] com.microsoft.update.agent.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2025-10-14) 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 2025-10-17) 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: [Not Loaded] com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2025-06-26) Command: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/AdobeGCClient/agcinvokerutility -mode=scheduled [Loaded] com.google.GoogleUpdater.wake.plist (Google LLC - installed 2025-11-03) Command: ~/Library/Application Support/Google/GoogleUpdater/Current/GoogleUpdater.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleUpdater --wake-all --enable-logging --vmodule=*/components/update_client/*=2,*/chrome/enterprise_companion/*=2,*/chrome/updater/*=2 [Not Loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Not signed - installed 2023-12-06) [Not Loaded] com.google.keystone.xpcservice.plist (Not signed - installed 2023-12-06) [Running] com.samsung.portablessdplus.mon.plist (Samsung Electronics - installed 2023-11-02) Executable: ~/Library/Application Support/Portable_SSD/SamsungPortableSSD_1.0.app/Contents/Resources/SamsungPortableSSDMon_1.0 [Loaded] us.zoom.updater.gui.501.login.check.plist (Zoom Video Communications, Inc. - installed 2025-10-16) Command: ~/Applications/zoom.us.app/Contents/Library/LaunchAgents/ZoomUpdater.app/Contents/MacOS/ZoomUpdater --login-check [Loaded] us.zoom.updater.gui.501.plist (Zoom Video Communications, Inc. - installed 2025-10-16) Command: ~/Applications/zoom.us.app/Contents/Library/LaunchAgents/ZoomUpdater.app/Contents/MacOS/ZoomUpdater --update User Login Items: [Not Loaded] DSLoginItemHelper (App Store - installed 2025-10-15) Modern Login Item /Applications/Antivirus One.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/DSLoginItemHelper.app [Not Loaded] Malwarebytes Browser Guard Updater (App Store - installed 2025-10-15) Modern Login Item /Applications/Malwarebytes Browser Guard.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/Malwarebytes Browser Guard Updater.app [Not Loaded] NordVPNLauncher Sideload (Nordvpn S.A. - installed 2025-08-21) Modern Login Item /Applications/NordVPN.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/NordVPNLauncher Sideload.app [Not Loaded] Launcher Disabler (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2025-11-03) Modern Login Item /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/Launcher Disabler.app [Not Loaded] OneDrive Launcher (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2025-11-03) Modern Login Item /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/OneDrive Launcher.app Applications: 613 Apple apps 190 3rd party apps 8 x86-only apps No unsigned apps App Extensions: Safari extensions: [Loaded] Antivirus One - /Applications/Antivirus One.app [Loaded] Malwarebytes Browser Guard Extension - /Applications/Malwarebytes Browser Guard.app Plugins: [Loaded] Intents - /Applications/WhatsApp.app [Loaded] mSecure AutoFill Extension - /Applications/mSecure.app Widgets: [Loaded] PowerPointWidgetKit - /Applications/Microsoft PowerPoint.app [Loaded] WordWidgetKit - /Applications/Microsoft Word.app [Loaded] ExcelWidgetKit - /Applications/Microsoft Excel.app [Loaded] CalendarWidgetExtension - /Applications/Microsoft Outlook.app Notification providers: [Loaded] ServiceExtension - /Applications/WhatsApp.app File providers: [Loaded] OneDrive File Provider - /Applications/OneDrive.app Share services: [Loaded] OneNote - /Applications/Microsoft OneNote.app Finder sync extensions: [Not Loaded] OneDrive Finder Integration - /Applications/OneDrive.app [Loaded] Adobe Content Synchronizer Finder Extension - /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Sync/CoreSync/Core Sync.app Ad-blockers: [Loaded] Malwarebytes Browser Guard Malware Blocker - /Applications/Malwarebytes Browser Guard.app [Loaded] Malwarebytes Browser Guard Scam Blocker - /Applications/Malwarebytes Browser Guard.app [Loaded] Malwarebytes Browser Guard Ad and Tracker Blocker - /Applications/Malwarebytes Browser Guard.app QuickLook Previews: [Loaded] EtreCheckQuickLook - ~/Downloads/EtreCheckPro.app com.etresoft.etrecheck4 *.etrecheck Audio Plug-ins: MSTeamsAudioDevice: 2025.30.00.37 (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2025-07-22) Backup: Time Machine information is limited without Full Disk Access Destinations: T7 [Local] (Last used) 18 local snapshots Oldest local snapshot: 2025-10-22 12:06:00 Last local snapshot: 2025-11-05 16:03:53 Performance: System Load: 1.81 (1 min ago) 1.96 (5 min ago) 2.10 (15 min ago) Nominal I/O usage: 7.82 MB/s File system: 7.85 seconds Write speed: 2400 MB/s Read speed: 2369 MB/s CPU Usage Snapshot: Type Overall System: 3 % User: 8 % Idle: 88 % Top Processes Snapshot by CPU: Process (count) CPU (Source - Location) EtreCheckPro 27.58 % (Etresoft, Inc.) WindowServer 16.10 % (Apple) Microsoft PowerPoint 12.74 % (Microsoft Corporation) kernel_task 5.53 % (Apple) WhatsApp 3.86 % (App Store) Top Processes Snapshot by Memory: Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location) Google Chrome Helper (Renderer) (11) 720 MB (Google LLC) EtreCheckPro 693 MB (Etresoft, Inc.) Microsoft PowerPoint 203 MB (Microsoft Corporation) Google Chrome 200 MB (Google LLC) mdworker_shared (10) 170 MB (Apple) Top Processes Snapshot by Network Use: Process (count) Input / Output (Source - Location) mDNSResponder 14 MB / 9 MB (Apple) apsd 243 KB / 1 MB (Apple) MSTeams 41 KB / 28 KB (Microsoft Corporation) netbiosd 42 KB / 22 KB (Apple) trustd 45 KB / 5 KB (Apple) Top Processes Snapshot by Energy Use: Process (count) Energy (0-100) (Source - Location) WindowServer 6 (Apple) WhatsApp 2 (App Store) Microsoft PowerPoint 1 (Microsoft Corporation) Google Chrome Helper (Renderer) (11) 1 (Google LLC) Google Chrome 1 (Google LLC) Virtual Memory Information: Physical RAM: 8 GB Free RAM: 48 MB Used RAM: 6.71 GB Cached files: 1.25 GB Available RAM: 1.29 GB Swap Used: 1.21 GB Software Installs (past 60 days): Install Date Name (Version) 2025-09-10 Microsoft Excel (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-09-10 Microsoft OneNote (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-09-10 Microsoft PowerPoint (16.102.25102623) - Installer 2025-09-10 Microsoft Word (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-09-10 Microsoft Outlook (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-09-11 XProtectPlistConfigData (5314) - Software update 2025-09-16 Microsoft Excel (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-09-16 Microsoft OneNote (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-09-16 Microsoft PowerPoint (16.102.25102623) - Installer 2025-09-16 Microsoft Word (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-09-16 XProtectPlistConfigData (5315) - Software update 2025-09-16 Microsoft OneDrive (25.194.1005) - Installer 2025-09-17 Microsoft Teams (25240.1603.3956.3103) - Installer 2025-09-17 Microsoft Outlook (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-09-21 Microsoft OneDrive (25.194.1005) - Installer 2025-09-23 Microsoft Excel (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-09-23 Microsoft OneNote (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-09-23 Microsoft PowerPoint (16.102.25102623) - Installer 2025-09-23 Microsoft Word (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-09-24 XProtectPlistConfigData (5316) - Software update 2025-09-24 Microsoft Outlook (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-09-26 Microsoft Teams (25255.702.3963.1832) - Installer 2025-09-30 Microsoft Excel (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-09-30 Microsoft OneNote (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-09-30 Microsoft PowerPoint (16.102.25102623) - Installer 2025-09-30 Microsoft Word (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-09-30 Microsoft Outlook (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-10-01 XProtectPlistConfigData (5317) - Software update 2025-10-07 Microsoft Teams (25255.703.3981.5698) - Installer 2025-10-08 Microsoft OneDrive (25.194.1005) - Installer 2025-10-08 Microsoft Excel (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-10-08 Microsoft OneNote (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-10-08 Microsoft PowerPoint (16.102.25102623) - Installer 2025-10-08 Microsoft Word (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-10-08 Microsoft Outlook (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-10-09 XProtectPlistConfigData (5318) - Software update 2025-10-10 Microsoft AutoUpdate (4.81.25101344) - Installer 2025-10-10 Microsoft Outlook (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-10-13 Microsoft OneDrive (25.194.1005) - Installer 2025-10-14 Microsoft Excel (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-10-14 Microsoft OneNote (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-10-14 Microsoft PowerPoint (16.102.25102623) - Installer 2025-10-14 Microsoft Word (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-10-15 Malwarebytes Browser Guard (2.6.1) - App Store 2025-10-15 Antivirus One (3.10.9) - App Store 2025-10-15 Microsoft Outlook (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-10-15 ‎WhatsApp (25.29.73) - App Store 2025-10-16 Zoom Workplace (6.5.12.63499) - Installer 2025-10-16 XProtectPlistConfigData (5319) - Software update 2025-10-17 Microsoft AutoUpdate (4.81.25101344) - Installer 2025-10-21 Microsoft OneNote (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-10-21 Microsoft PowerPoint (16.102.25102623) - Installer 2025-10-21 Microsoft Word (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-10-21 Microsoft Excel (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-10-21 Microsoft Outlook (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-10-21 Microsoft OneDrive (25.194.1005) - Installer 2025-10-22 XProtectPlistConfigData (5320) - Software update 2025-11-03 Microsoft OneDrive (25.194.1005) - Installer 2025-11-03 Microsoft Excel (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-11-03 XProtectPlistConfigData (5321) - Software update 2025-11-03 Microsoft OneNote (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-11-03 Microsoft Outlook (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-11-03 Microsoft PowerPoint (16.102.25102623) - Installer 2025-11-03 Microsoft Word (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-11-04 Microsoft Teams (25290.302.4044.3989) - Installer 2025-11-05 XProtectPlistConfigData (5322) - Software update 2025-11-05 XProtectPayloads (156) - Software update 2025-11-05 Microsoft Excel (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-11-05 Microsoft OneNote (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-11-05 Microsoft Word (16.102.25110228) - Installer 2025-11-05 Microsoft Outlook (16.102.25110228) - Installer Diagnostics Information (past 60 days): 2025-11-04 22:01:26 signpost_reporter High CPU Use Executable: /usr/libexec/signpost_reporter 2025-11-04 18:53:04 photoanalysisd High CPU Use Executable: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PhotoAnalysis.framework/Versions/A/Support/photoanalysisd 2025-11-04 11:25:20 Microsoft Teams.app High CPU Use Executable: /Applications/Microsoft Teams.app 2025-11-03 22:04:44 apfsd High CPU Use Executable: /usr/libexec/apfsd End of report