EtreCheckPro version: 6.8.12 (68084) Report generated: 2025-10-15 20:09:35 Download EtreCheckPro from https://etrecheck.com Runtime: 2:12 Performance: Excellent Problem: Other problem Description: App usage shows 24/7 usage of webpage “links.com.au”, I am not, howeve r, using this website at all. Major Issues: Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention. Heavy CPU usage - Some processes are using an unusually high amount of CPU. 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. Runaway user process - A user process is using a large percentage of your CPU. Hardware Information: MacBook Air (M2, 2022) Status: Supported MacBook Air Model: Mac14,2 Apple M2 (m2) CPU: 8-core 8 GB RAM - Not upgradeable Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 40 Video Information: Apple M2 Color LCD 2940 x 1912 Drives: disk0 - APPLE SSD AP0512Z 500.28 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes) Internal Apple Fabric NVM Express S.M.A.R.T. Details: 0% used, 2.36 TB written, 100% health, 8 unsafe shutdowns disk0s1 [APFS Container] 524 MB disk2 [APFS Virtual drive] 524 MB (Shared by 4 volumes) disk2s1 - iSCPreboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (7 MB used) disk2s2 - xART (APFS) (6 MB used) disk2s3 - Hardware (APFS) (831 KB used) disk2s4 - 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] (11.94 GB used) disk3s1s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) [APFS Snapshot] (11.94 GB used) disk3s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (9.75 GB used) disk3s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (1.62 GB used) disk3s4 - Update (APFS) (639 MB used) disk3s5 - Data (APFS) [APFS Virtual drive] (64.84 GB used) disk3s6 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (6.44 GB used) disk0s3 [APFS Container] 5.37 GB disk1 [APFS Virtual drive] 5.37 GB (Shared by 2 volumes) disk1s1 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (1.74 GB used) disk1s2 - Update (APFS) (25 KB used) disk4 - Apple Disk Image 1.61 GB (Disk Image) External Virtual Interface disk4s1 - B*****r (Mac OS Extended) 1.48 GB (802 MB used) disk5 - Apple Disk Image 3.07 GB (Disk Image) External Virtual Interface disk5s1 [Partition Map] 32 KB disk5s2 - A*****************2 (Mac OS Extended) 3.07 GB (2.82 GB used) disk6 - Apple Disk Image 3.08 GB (Disk Image) External Virtual Interface disk6s1 [Partition Map] 32 KB disk6s2 - A**************2 (Mac OS Extended) 3.08 GB (2.83 GB used) disk7 - Apple Disk Image 3.07 GB (Disk Image) External Virtual Interface disk7s1 [Partition Map] 32 KB disk7s2 - A******************2 (Mac OS Extended) 3.07 GB (2.82 GB used) Mounted Volumes: disk1s1 - Recovery [Recovery] Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/Update/SFR/mnt1 Used: 1.74 GB Shared values Size: 5.37 GB Free: 3.61 GB disk2s1 - iSCPreboot [APFS Preboot] Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/iSCPreboot Used: 7 MB Shared values Size: 524 MB Free: 506 MB disk2s2 - xART Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/xarts Used: 6 MB Shared values Size: 524 MB Free: 506 MB disk2s3 - Hardware Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/Hardware Used: 831 KB Shared values Size: 524 MB Free: 506 MB disk3s1 [APFS Container] Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/Update/mnt1 Encrypted Used: 11.94 GB Shared values Size: 494.38 GB Free: 398.99 GB disk3s1s1 - Macintosh HD [APFS Snapshot] Filesystem: APFS Mount point: / Read-only: Yes Used: 11.94 GB Shared values Size: 494.38 GB Free: 398.99 GB Available: 402.70 GB disk3s2 - Preboot [APFS Preboot] Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/Preboot Used: 9.75 GB Shared values Size: 494.38 GB Free: 398.99 GB disk3s4 - Update Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/Update Used: 639 MB Shared values Size: 494.38 GB Free: 398.99 GB disk3s5 - Data [APFS Virtual drive] Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/Data Encrypted Used: 64.84 GB Shared values Size: 494.38 GB Free: 398.99 GB Available: 402.70 GB disk3s6 - VM [APFS VM] Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/VM Used: 6.44 GB Shared values Size: 494.38 GB Free: 398.99 GB disk4s1 - B*****r Filesystem: Mac OS Extended Disk Image Mount point: /Volumes/B*****r Read-only: Yes Size: 1.48 GB disk5s2 - A*****************2 Filesystem: Mac OS Extended Disk Image Mount point: /Volumes/A*****************2 Read-only: Yes Size: 3.07 GB disk6s2 - A**************2 Filesystem: Mac OS Extended Disk Image Mount point: /Volumes/A**************2 Read-only: Yes Size: 3.08 GB disk7s2 - A******************2 Filesystem: Mac OS Extended Disk Image Mount point: /Volumes/A******************2 Read-only: Yes Size: 3.07 GB USB: USB 3.1 bus USB 3.1 bus Network: Interface en3: Ethernet Adapter (en3) Interface en4: Ethernet Adapter (en4) Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge Interface en0: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax iCloud Quota: 5.00 GB available iCloud is limited without Full Disk Access System Software: macOS Ventura 13.5 (22G74) Installed 2023-12-16 Time since boot: About 545 days Security: Gatekeeper: App Store and identified developers System Integrity Protection: Enabled Secure Boot: Full Security Antivirus software: Apple System Launch Daemons: [Not Loaded] 44 Apple tasks [Loaded] 223 Apple tasks [Running] 122 Apple tasks [Other] One Apple task System Launch Agents: [Not Loaded] 22 Apple tasks [Loaded] 242 Apple tasks [Running] 133 Apple tasks Launch Daemons: [Running] com.adobe.acc.installer.v2.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2024-06-29) Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.adobe.acc.installer.v2 [Loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2024-03-26) Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper Launch Agents: [Other] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2024-06-29) Command: /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud/ACC/Creative Cloud.app/Contents/MacOS/Creative Cloud --showwindow=false --onOSstartup=true [Not Loaded] com.adobe.ccxprocess.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2024-07-17) Command: /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud Experience/CCXProcess/CCXProcess.app/Contents/MacOS/CCXProcess --openAtBoot [Not Loaded] com.microsoft.update.agent.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2024-03-26) Command: /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Update Assistant.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Update Assistant --launchByAgent User Login Items: [Not Loaded] Microsoft Teams Launcher (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2024-03-26) Modern Login Item /Applications/Microsoft Teams (work or school).app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/Microsoft Teams Launcher.app [Not Loaded] Launcher Disabler (App Store - installed 2024-03-26) Modern Login Item /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/Launcher Disabler.app [Loaded] OneDrive Launcher (App Store - installed 2024-03-26) Modern Login Item /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/OneDrive Launcher.app Applications: 585 Apple apps 78 3rd party apps 6 x86-only apps No unsigned apps App Extensions: Finder sync extensions: [Loaded] OneDrive Finder Integration - /Applications/OneDrive.app [Loaded] Adobe Content Synchronizer Finder Extension - /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Sync/CoreSync/Core Sync.app Photo editing extensions: [Loaded] Edit in Affinity Photo - /Applications/Affinity Photo 2.app File providers: [Loaded] OneDrive File Provider - /Applications/OneDrive.app QuickLook Previews: [Loaded] EtreCheckQuickLook - ~/Downloads/EtreCheckPro-2.app com.etresoft.etrecheck4 *.etrecheck QuickLook Previews (legacy): QuickLook - /Applications/Affinity Designer 2.app com.seriflabs.affinity.package *.afpackage com.seriflabs.affinitypublisher.document *.afpub com.seriflabs.affinity *.fh10 com.seriflabs.affinity.template *.aftemplate com.seriflabs.affinityphoto.document *.afphoto com.seriflabs.affinitypublisher.book *.afbook com.seriflabs.affinitydesigner.document *.afdesign Audio Plug-ins: MSTeamsAudioDevice: 2023.31.01.2 (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2023-08-08) Backup: Time Machine information is limited without Full Disk Access Performance: System Load: 4.37 (1 min ago) 7.67 (5 min ago) 7.42 (15 min ago) Nominal I/O usage: 0.12 MB/s File system: 12.13 seconds Write speed: 3546 MB/s Read speed: 2776 MB/s CPU Usage Snapshot: Type Overall System: 2 % User: 29 % Idle: 69 % Top Processes Snapshot by CPU: Process (count) CPU (Source - Location) mds_stores 99.66 % (Apple) Adobe Desktop Service 99.52 % (Adobe Inc.) EtreCheckPro 24.12 % (Etresoft, Inc.) WindowServer 9.28 % (Apple) kernel_task 5.75 % (Apple) Top Processes Snapshot by Memory: Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location) EtreCheckPro 540 MB (Etresoft, Inc.) com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (65) 497 MB (Apple) WindowServer 96 MB (Apple) Safari 71 MB (Apple) AppleSpell 70 MB (Apple) Top Processes Snapshot by Network Use: Process (count) Input / Output (Source - Location) mDNSResponder 1.30 GB / 1.26 GB (Apple) OneDrive 164 MB / 27 KB (App Store) netbiosd 7 MB / 3 MB (Apple) com.apple.WebKit.Networking 4 MB / 1011 KB (Apple) trustd 22 KB / 4 KB (Apple) Top Processes Snapshot by Energy Use: Process (count) Energy (0-100) (Source - Location) Adobe Desktop Service 47 (Adobe Inc.) mds_stores 37 (Apple) WindowServer 3 (Apple) com.apple.WebKit.GPU 0 (Apple) com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (65) 0 (Apple) Virtual Memory Information: Physical RAM: 8 GB Free RAM: 63 MB Used RAM: 7.09 GB Cached files: 867 MB Available RAM: 930 MB Swap Used: 4.90 GB Software Installs (past 60 days): Install Date Name (Version) 2025-09-22 XProtectPlistConfigData (5315) - Software update Diagnostics Information (past 60 days): 2025-10-15 20:00:21 systemstats High CPU Use (2 times) First occurrence: 2025-10-07 00:42:59 Executable: /usr/sbin/systemstats 2025-09-23 20:28:04 mds_stores High CPU Use (2 times) First occurrence: 2025-09-22 12:13:11 Executable: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Metadata.framework/Versions/A/Support/mds_stores End of report