EtreCheckPro version: 6.4.3 (6E010)
Report generated: 2021-03-20 11:29:46
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Runtime: 2:23
Performance: Excellent

Problem: Computer is too slow
Description: 
After upgrading from Catalina to Big Sur the iMac is starting too slow
.

Major Issues: None

Minor Issues:
  These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems or opportunities for improvement. 
  Time Machine auto backup disabled - Time Machine auto backups are disabled.
  Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed. Apple has said that unsigned software will not run by default in a future version of the operating system.
  Heavy I/O usage - Your system is under heavy I/O use. This will reduce your performance.
  Kernel extensions present - This computer has kernel extensions that may not work in the future.

Hardware Information:
  iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017)
  iMac Model: iMac18,3
  3,4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 (i5-7500) CPU: 4-core
  40 GB RAM - Upgradeable
    BANK 0/DIMM0 - 16 GB DDR4 SO-DIMM 2400  
    BANK 0/DIMM1 - 16 GB DDR4 SO-DIMM 2400  
    BANK 1/DIMM0 - 4 GB DDR4 SO-DIMM 2400  
    BANK 1/DIMM1 - 4 GB DDR4 SO-DIMM 2400  

Video Information:
  Radeon Pro 570 - VRAM: 4 GB
    iMac (built-in) 4096 x 2304

Drives:
  disk0 - APPLE SSD SM0032L 28.00 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes) 
  Internal PCI-Express 8.0 GT/s x2 NVM Express
    disk0s1 - EFI [EFI] 315 MB
    disk0s2 [APFS Fusion Drive] 27.69 GB
      disk2 [APFS Virtual drive] 1.03 TB (Shared by 8 volumes)
        disk2s1 - M******************n (APFS) [APFS Virtual drive] (Shared - 355.85 GB used)
        disk2s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared - 428 MB used)
        disk2s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared - 611 MB used)
        disk2s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (Shared - 2.15 GB used)
        disk2s5 - #****v (APFS) (Shared - 2 MB used)
        disk2s6 (APFS) [APFS Container] (Shared - 15.05 GB used)
          disk2s6s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) [APFS Snapshot] (Shared - 15.05 GB used)
        disk2s7 - B*******C (APFS) (Shared - 108.28 GB used)
        disk2s8 - Update (APFS) (Shared - 2 MB used)

  disk1 - APPLE HDD ST1000DM003 1.00 TB (Mechanical - 7200 RPM) 
  Internal SATA 6 Gigabit Serial ATA
    disk1s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB
    disk1s2 [APFS Fusion Drive] 1000.00 GB
      disk2 [APFS Virtual drive] 1.03 TB (Shared by 8 volumes)
        disk2s1 - M******************n (APFS) [APFS Virtual drive] (Shared - 355.85 GB used)
        disk2s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared - 428 MB used)
        disk2s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared - 611 MB used)
        disk2s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (Shared - 2.15 GB used)
        disk2s5 - #****v (APFS) (Shared - 2 MB used)
        disk2s6 (APFS) [APFS Container] (Shared - 15.05 GB used)
          disk2s6s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) [APFS Snapshot] (Shared - 15.05 GB used)
        disk2s7 - B*******C (APFS) (Shared - 108.28 GB used)
        disk2s8 - Update (APFS) (Shared - 2 MB used)

  disk3 - WD Elements 25A3 4.00 TB
  External USB 5 Gbit/s USB
    disk3s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB
    disk3s2 - B*************s (Journaled HFS+) 1.33 TB (1.11 GB used)
    disk3s3 - B********C (Journaled HFS+) 1.33 TB (57.51 GB used)
    disk3s4 - B*******M (Journaled HFS+) 1.33 TB (188.20 GB used)

Mounted Volumes:
  disk2s1 - M******************n [APFS Virtual drive]
    1.03 TB (Shared - 355.85 GB used, 571.43 GB available, 540.80 GB free)
    APFS
    Mount point: /System/Volumes/Data

  disk2s2 - Preboot [APFS Preboot]
    1.03 TB (Shared - 428 MB used, 540.80 GB free)
    APFS
    Mount point: /System/Volumes/Preboot

  disk2s4 - VM [APFS VM]
    1.03 TB (Shared - 2.15 GB used, 540.80 GB free)
    APFS
    Mount point: /System/Volumes/VM

  disk2s5 - #****v
    1.03 TB (Shared - 2 MB used, 540.82 GB available, 540.80 GB free)
    APFS
    Mount point: /Volumes/#****v

  disk2s6s1 - Macintosh HD [APFS Snapshot]
    1.03 TB (Shared - 15.05 GB used, 571.43 GB available, 540.80 GB free)
    APFS
    Mount point: /
    Read-only: Yes

  disk2s7 - B*******C
    1.03 TB (Shared - 108.28 GB used, 540.87 GB available, 540.80 GB free)
    APFS
    Mount point: /Volumes/B*******C

  disk2s8 - Update
    1.03 TB (Shared - 2 MB used, 540.80 GB free)
    APFS
    Mount point: /System/Volumes/Update

  disk3s2 - B*************s
    1.33 TB (1.11 GB used, 1.33 TB free)
    Journaled HFS+
    Mount point: /Volumes/B*************s
    Owners enabled: No

  disk3s3 - B********C
    1.33 TB (57.51 GB used, 1.28 TB free)
    Journaled HFS+
    Mount point: /Volumes/B********C
    Owners enabled: No

  disk3s4 - B*******M
    1.33 TB (188.20 GB used, 1.15 TB free)
    Journaled HFS+
    Mount point: /Volumes/B*******M

Network:
  Interface en0: Ethernet
  Interface en1: Wi-Fi
    802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
  Interface en4: Bluetooth PAN
  Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge
  iCloud Quota: 2.29 GB available

System Software:
  macOS Big Sur 11.2.3 (20D91) 
  Time since boot: Less than an hour

Notifications:
  EtreCheckPro.app
    4 notifications

  CleanMyMac X.app
    4 notifications (one scheduled)

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

  Antivirus software: Apple and CleanMyMac

Unsigned Files:
  Apps: 4

Kernel Extensions:
  /Library/Extensions
    [Not Loaded] hp_io_enabler_compound.kext - com.hp.kext.io.enabler.compound (3.4.0)
    [Loaded] EnergyDriver.kext - com.intel.driver.EnergyDriver (3.7.0 - SDK 10.14)

  /Volumes/B********C/A**********s/Avast.app
    [Not Loaded] AvastFileShield.kext - com.avast.FileShield (4.0.0 - SDK 10.12)
    [Not Loaded] AvastPacketForwarder.kext - com.avast.PacketForwarder (2.1 - SDK 10.12)

  /Volumes/B********C/A**********s/VMware Fusion.app
    [Not Loaded] VMwareVMCI.kext - com.vmware.kext.vmci (11.0.2)
    [Not Loaded] vmioplug.kext - com.vmware.kext.vmioplug.18.1.2 (11.0.2)
    [Not Loaded] vmnet.kext - com.vmware.kext.vmnet (11.0.2)
    [Not Loaded] vmmon.kext - com.vmware.kext.vmx86 (11.0.2)

System Launch Agents:
  [Not Loaded]  17 Apple tasks
  [Loaded]  182 Apple tasks
  [Running]  132 Apple tasks

System Launch Daemons:
  [Not Loaded]  35 Apple tasks
  [Loaded]  177 Apple tasks
  [Running]  148 Apple tasks
  [Other]  One Apple task

Launch Agents:
  [Running] com.bjango.istatmenus.agent.plist (Bjango Pty Ltd - installed 2021-03-18)
  [Not Loaded] com.bjango.istatmenus.status.plist (Bjango Pty Ltd - installed 2021-03-18)
  [Loaded] com.microsoft.update.agent.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2021-03-17)
  [Not Loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist (TeamViewer GmbH - installed 2019-11-12)
  [Not Loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist (TeamViewer GmbH - installed 2019-11-12)

Launch Daemons:
  [Running] com.bjango.istatmenus.daemon.plist (Bjango Pty Ltd - installed 2021-03-18)
  [Running] com.bjango.istatmenus.fans.plist (Bjango Pty Ltd - installed 2021-03-18)
  [Loaded] com.bjango.istatmenus.installerhelper.plist (Bjango Pty Ltd - installed 2021-03-18)
  [Loaded] com.bombich.ccchelper.plist (Bombich Software, Inc. - installed 2020-11-19)
  [Loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac4.Agent.plist (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2019-03-03)
  [Loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2021-03-17)
  [Running] com.nordvpn.osx.helper.plist (TEFINKOM & CO S.A - installed 2021-01-29)
  [Loaded] com.teamviewer.Helper.plist (TeamViewer GmbH - installed 2019-10-10)
  [Not Loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist (TeamViewer GmbH - installed 2019-11-12)

User Launch Agents:
  [Loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac4.HealthMonitor.plist (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2019-03-03)

User Login Items:
  [Not Loaded] AppCleaner SmartDelete (Julien Ramseier - installed 2020-02-03)
    Modern Login Item
    /Applications/AppCleaner.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/AppCleaner SmartDelete.app

  [Running] Avast Passwords Service (AVAST Software a.s. - installed 2019-03-05)
    Modern Login Item
    /Applications/Avast Passwords.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/Avast Passwords Service.app

  [Not Loaded] CCC User Agent (Bombich Software, Inc. - installed 2021-03-16)
    Modern Login Item
    /Applications/Carbon Copy Cloner.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/CCC User Agent.app

  [Not Loaded] NordVPNLauncher Sideload (TEFINKOM & CO S.A - installed 2021-03-16)
    Modern Login Item
    /Applications/NordVPN.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/NordVPNLauncher Sideload.app

  [Not Loaded] NordVPNLauncher (TEFINKOM & CO S.A - installed 2021-03-16)
    Modern Login Item
    /Applications/NordVPN.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/NordVPNLauncher Sideload.app

  [Not Loaded] OverSight Helper (Objective-See, LLC - installed 2017-09-25)
    Modern Login Item
    /Applications/OverSight.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/OverSight Helper.app

  [Not Loaded] HP Device Monitor (HP Inc. - installed 2019-01-26)
    Modern Login Item
    /Library/Printers/hp/Frameworks/HPDeviceMonitoring.framework/Versions/1.0/Helpers/HP Device Monitor Manager.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/HP Device Monitor.app

  [Not Loaded] HP Product Research (HP Inc. - installed 2019-01-26)
    Modern Login Item
    /Library/Printers/hp/Utilities/HPPU Plugins/ProductImprovementStudy.hptask/Contents/Helpers/HP Product Research Manager.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/HP Product Research.app

Safari Extensions:
  Avast Passwords (AVAST Software a.s. - installed 2019-03-05)

Backup:
  Skip System Files: No
  Auto backup: No
  Volumes being backed up: 
    M******************n: Disk size: 1.03 TB - Disk used: 486.88 GB 
  Destinations: 
    B*******M [Local] (Last used)
      Total size: 1.33 TB
      Total number of backups: 3
      Oldest backup: 2019-03-06 18:35:32
      Last backup: 2021-03-17 21:27:34
  One local snapshot
  Oldest local snapshot: 2021-03-17 19:39:57
  Last local snapshot: 2021-03-17 19:39:57

  3rd party backup: Carbon Copy Cloner

Performance:
  System Load: 1.82 (1 min ago) 1.36 (5 min ago) 0.68 (15 min ago)
  Nominal I/O speed: 22.01 MB/s
  File system: 22.75 seconds
  Write speed: 866 MB/s
  Read speed: 1488 MB/s

CPU Usage Snapshot:
  Type Overall
  System: 4 %
  User: 7 %
  Idle: 89 %

Top Processes Snapshot by CPU:
  Process (count) CPU (Source - Location)
  EtreCheckPro 70.84 % (Etresoft, Inc.)
  fseventsd 24.76 % (Apple)
  kernel_task 10.44 % (Apple)
  mds 6.58 % (Apple)
  mds_stores 5.36 % (Apple)

Top Processes Snapshot by Memory:
  Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location)
  EtreCheckPro 974 MB (Etresoft, Inc.)
  mdworker_shared (15) 195 MB (Apple)
  Finder 140 MB (Apple)
  softwareupdated 130 MB (Apple)
  mds_stores 127 MB (Apple)

Top Processes Snapshot by Network Use:
  Process (count) Input / Output (Source - Location)
  mDNSResponder 231 KB / 119 KB (Apple)
  apsd 51 KB / 38 KB (Apple)
  transparencyd 20 KB / 4 KB (Apple)
  cloudd 16 KB / 7 KB (Apple)
  netbiosd 11 KB / 4 KB (Apple)

Top Processes Snapshot by Energy Use:
  Process (count) Energy (0-100) (Source - Location)
  WindowServer 5 (Apple)
  Avast Passwords Service.app 1 (AVAST Software a.s.)
  mds 0 (Apple)
  pbs 0 (Apple)
  mds_stores 0 (Apple)

Virtual Memory Information:
  Physical RAM: 40 GB

  Free RAM: 28.97 GB
  Used RAM: 5.51 GB
  Cached files: 5.52 GB

  Available RAM: 34.49 GB
  Swap Used: 0 B

Software Installs (past 60 days):
  Install Date Name (Version)
  2021-02-05 Numbers (10.0)
  2021-02-05 Keynote (10.0)
  2021-02-05 Pages (10.0)
  2021-02-05 macOS 11.2 (11.2)
  2021-02-10 macOS 11.2.1 (11.2.1)
  2021-03-12 macOS 11.2.3 (11.2.3)
  2021-03-17 Xcode (12.4)
  2021-03-17 Microsoft AutoUpdate (4.33.21031401)
  2021-03-18 Intel Power Gadget (3.7.0)
  2021-03-20 MRTConfigData (1.76)
  2021-03-20 XProtectPlistConfigData (2142)

Diagnostics Information (past 7-30 days):
  2021-03-17 20:00:04 backupd High CPU Use
    Executable: /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd.bundle/Contents/Resources/backupd

  2021-03-17 19:27:27 installd High CPU Use
    Executable: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PackageKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/installd


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