EtreCheckPro version: 6.8.1 (68024)
Report generated: 2023-04-05 17:35:04
Download EtreCheckPro from https://etrecheck.com
Runtime: 2:60
Performance: Excellent

Problem: Other problem
Description: 
Sound cuts out when played to my two Apple HomePod speakers. 

Major Issues: None

Minor Issues:
  These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems or opportunities for improvement. 
  Apps with heavy CPU usage - There have been numerous cases of apps with heavy CPU usage.
  Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed. These files could be old, incompatible, and cause problems. They should be reviewed.
  System modifications - There are a large number of system modifications running in the background.
  Limited permissions - More information may be available with Full Disk Access.
  Kernel extensions present - This computer has kernel extensions that may not work in the future.

Hardware Information:
  Mac mini (2018)
    Status: Supported
  Mac mini Model: Macmini8,1
  3 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5 (i5-8500B) CPU: 6-core
  16 GB RAM - Upgradeable
    BANK 0/ChannelA-DIMM0 - 8 GB DDR4 2667  
    BANK 2/ChannelB-DIMM0 - 8 GB DDR4 2667  

Video Information:
  Intel UHD Graphics 630 - VRAM: 1536 MB
    SA240Y 1920 x 1080
  AMD Radeon RX 560 - VRAM: 4 GB
    S27F350 1920 x 1080

Drives:
  disk0 - APPLE SSD AP0256M 251.00 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes) 
  Internal PCI-Express 8.0 GT/s x4 NVM Express
    disk0s1 - EFI [EFI] 315 MB
    disk0s2 [APFS Container] 250.69 GB
      disk1 [APFS Virtual drive] 250.69 GB (Shared by 6 volumes)
        disk1s1 - Macintosh HD - Data (APFS) [APFS Virtual drive] (190.96 GB used)
        disk1s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (1.86 GB used)
        disk1s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (1.15 GB used)
        disk1s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (25 KB used)
        disk1s5 (APFS) [APFS Container] (9.08 GB used)
          disk1s5s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) [APFS Snapshot] (9.08 GB used)
        disk1s6 - Update (APFS) (15 MB used)

  disk2 - WD My Book 1230 2.00 TB
  External USB 5 Gbit/s USB
    disk2s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB
    disk2s2 [APFS Container] 1.00 TB
      disk4 [APFS Virtual drive] 1.00 TB (Shared by 1 volumes)
        disk4s1 - T**********e (APFS) (372.86 GB used)
    disk2s3 [APFS Container] 1.00 TB
      disk3 [APFS Virtual drive] 1.00 TB (Shared by 2 volumes)
        disk3s1 - F***s (APFS) (23.58 GB used)
        disk3s2 - Update (APFS) (33 KB used)

  disk5 - Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 10.00 TB
  External USB 5 Gbit/s USB
    disk5s1 134 MB
    disk5s2 - V********B (MS-DOS FAT12) 10.00 TB

Mounted Volumes:
  disk1s1 - Macintosh HD - Data [APFS Virtual drive]
    Filesystem: APFS
    Mount point: /System/Volumes/Data
    Encrypted
    Used: 190.96 GB
    Shared values
      Size: 250.69 GB
      Free: 47.49 GB
      Available: 55.57 GB

  disk1s2 - Preboot [APFS Preboot]
    Filesystem: APFS
    Mount point: /System/Volumes/Preboot
    Used: 1.86 GB
    Shared values
      Size: 250.69 GB
      Free: 47.49 GB

  disk1s4 - VM [APFS VM]
    Filesystem: APFS
    Mount point: /System/Volumes/VM
    Used: 25 KB
    Shared values
      Size: 250.69 GB
      Free: 47.49 GB

  disk1s5s1 - Macintosh HD [APFS Snapshot]
    Filesystem: APFS
    Mount point: /
    Read-only: Yes
    Used: 9.08 GB
    Shared values
      Size: 250.69 GB
      Free: 47.49 GB
      Available: 55.57 GB

  disk1s6 - Update
    Filesystem: APFS
    Mount point: /System/Volumes/Update
    Used: 15 MB
    Shared values
      Size: 250.69 GB
      Free: 47.49 GB

  disk3s1 - F***s
    Filesystem: APFS
    Mount point: /Volumes/F***s
    Owners enabled: No
    Used: 23.58 GB
    Shared values
      Size: 1.00 TB
      Free: 976.35 GB
      Available: 976.58 GB

  disk4s1 - T**********e
    Filesystem: APFS
    Mount point: /Volumes/T**********e
    Used: 372.86 GB
    Shared values
      Size: 1.00 TB
      Free: 626.95 GB

Network:
  Interface en0: Ethernet
  Interface en8: Apple USB Ethernet Adapter
  Interface en1: Wi-Fi
    802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
  Interface en7: iPhone
  Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge

System Software:
  macOS Ventura 13.3 (22E252) 
  Time since boot: About 8 hours

Notifications:
  EtreCheckPro.app
    2 notifications

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

  Antivirus software: Apple and Malwarebytes

Unsigned Files:
  Running app: /Applications/Keyboard Maestro.app/Contents/Resources/Keyboard Maestro Engine.app/Contents/MacOS/Keyboard Maestro Engine

  Login Item: /Applications/Keyboard Maestro.app/Contents/Resources/Keyboard Maestro Engine.app

  Apps: 2

Applications:
  529 apps
  77 x86-only apps
  7 unsigned apps

Kernel Extensions:
  /Library/Extensions
    [Not Loaded] hp_io_enabler_compound.kext - com.hp.kext.io.enabler.compound (3.4.0)
    [Loaded] ufsd_NTFS.kext - com.paragon-software.filesystems.ntfs (15.8.108 - SDK 10.10)

System Launch Daemons:
  [Not Loaded]  39 Apple tasks
  [Loaded]  179 Apple tasks
  [Running]  169 Apple tasks
  [Other]  2 Apple tasks

System Launch Agents:
  [Not Loaded]  23 Apple tasks
  [Loaded]  184 Apple tasks
  [Running]  189 Apple tasks

Launch Daemons:
  [Loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2022-01-08)
    Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator

  [Loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2022-01-08)
    Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper

  [Loaded] com.adobe.acc.installer.v2.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2022-05-07)
    Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.adobe.acc.installer.v2

  [Loaded] com.adobe.agsservice.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2023-03-21)
    Executable: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/AdobeGCClient/AGSService

  [Loaded] com.fxfactory.FxFactory.helper.plist (Noise Industries, LLC - installed 2022-06-20)
    Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.fxfactory.FxFactory.helper

  [Loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (Google LLC - installed 2022-10-27)
    Executable: /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/MacOS/GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon

  [Running] com.malwarebytes.mbam.rtprotection.daemon.plist (Malwarebytes Corporation - installed 2023-04-03)
    Command: /Library/Application Support/Malwarebytes/MBAM/Engine.bundle/Contents/PlugIns/RTProtectionDaemon.app/Contents/MacOS/RTProtectionDaemon -i Malwarebytes-Mac-4.18.11.4873.pkg

  [Running] com.malwarebytes.mbam.settings.daemon.plist (Malwarebytes Corporation - installed 2023-04-03)
    Executable: /Library/Application Support/Malwarebytes/MBAM/Engine.bundle/Contents/PlugIns/SettingsDaemon.app/Contents/MacOS/SettingsDaemon

  [Running] com.muse.museservice.plist (Musecy SM Ltd - installed 2023-04-02)
    Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.muse.museservice

  [Loaded] com.paragon-software.ntfs.loader.plist (Paragon Software GmbH - installed 2020-12-09)
    Command: /sbin/kextload /Library/Extensions/ufsd_NTFS.kext

  [Running] com.paragon-software.ntfsd.plist (Paragon Software GmbH - installed 2020-12-30)
    Executable: /Library/Application Support/Paragon Software/com.paragon-software.ntfsd

  [Running] com.rogueamoeba.aceagent.plist (Rogue Amoeba Software, Inc. - installed 2022-12-19)
    Executable: /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/ACE.driver/Contents/Resources/aceagent

  [Loaded] com.rogueamoeba.acetool.plist (Rogue Amoeba Software, Inc. - installed 2022-12-19)
    Executable: /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/ACE.driver/Contents/Resources/acetool

  [Running] org.pqrs.Karabiner-DriverKit-VirtualHIDDeviceClient.plist (Fumihiko Takayama - installed 2021-04-03)
    Executable: /Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/Karabiner-DriverKit-VirtualHIDDevice/Applications/Karabiner-DriverKit-VirtualHIDDeviceClient.app/Contents/MacOS/Karabiner-DriverKit-VirtualHIDDeviceClient

  [Running] org.pqrs.karabiner.karabiner_grabber.plist (Fumihiko Takayama - installed 2021-05-15)
    Executable: /Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/Karabiner-Elements/bin/karabiner_grabber

  [Running] org.pqrs.karabiner.karabiner_observer.plist (Fumihiko Takayama - installed 2021-05-15)
    Executable: /Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/Karabiner-Elements/bin/karabiner_observer

Launch Agents:
  [Other] com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a23d420d.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2022-01-08)
    Executable: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/ARMDC/Application/Acrobat Update Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/Acrobat Update Helper

  [Running] com.adobe.GC.AGM.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2023-03-21)
    Command: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/AdobeGCClient/Adobe Genuine Software Monitor Service -mode=logon

  [Not Loaded] com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2023-03-21)
    Command: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/AdobeGCClient/agcinvokerutility -mode=logon

  [Loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google LLC - installed 2022-10-27)
    Command: /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/Resources/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent -runMode ifneeded

  [Loaded] com.google.keystone.xpcservice.plist (Google LLC - installed 2022-10-27)
    Command: /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/Resources/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent -runMode xpchost

  [Running] com.malwarebytes.mbam.frontend.agent.plist (Malwarebytes Corporation - installed 2023-04-03)
    Executable: /Library/Application Support/Malwarebytes/MBAM/Engine.bundle/Contents/PlugIns/FrontendAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/FrontendAgent

  [Running] com.paragon-software.ntfs.notification-agent.plist (Paragon Software GmbH - installed 2020-12-09)
    Executable: /Library/Application Support/Paragon Software/com.paragon-software.ntfs.notification-agent.app/Contents/MacOS/NotificationAgent

  [Not Loaded] org.pqrs.karabiner.NotificationWindow.plist (Fumihiko Takayama - installed 2021-04-04)
    Executable: /Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/Karabiner-Elements/Karabiner-NotificationWindow.app/Contents/MacOS/Karabiner-NotificationWindow

  [Loaded] org.pqrs.karabiner.agent.karabiner_grabber.plist (Fumihiko Takayama - installed 2021-05-15)
    Executable: /Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/Karabiner-Elements/bin/karabiner_grabber

  [Loaded] org.pqrs.karabiner.agent.karabiner_observer.plist (Fumihiko Takayama - installed 2021-05-15)
    Executable: /Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/Karabiner-Elements/bin/karabiner_observer

  [Not Loaded] org.pqrs.karabiner.karabiner_console_user_server.plist (Fumihiko Takayama - installed 2021-05-15)
    Executable: /Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/Karabiner-Elements/bin/karabiner_console_user_server

  [Running] org.pqrs.karabiner.karabiner_session_monitor.plist (Fumihiko Takayama - installed 2021-05-15)
    Executable: /Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/Karabiner-Elements/bin/karabiner_session_monitor

User Launch Agents:
  [Not Loaded] com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2023-03-21)
    Command: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/AdobeGCClient/agcinvokerutility -mode=scheduled

User Login Items:
  [Running] AdobeResourceSynchronizer (Adobe Inc. - installed 2023-03-29)
    Application
    /Applications/Adobe Acrobat Reader.app/Contents/Helpers/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app

  [Not Loaded] CIJSUAgent (Canon Inc. - installed 2020-01-30)
    Modern Login Item
    /Applications/Canon IJ Scan Utility2.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/CIJSUAgent.app

  [Running] Keyboard Maestro Engine (Not signed - installed 2016-09-01)
    Application
    /Applications/Keyboard Maestro.app/Contents/Resources/Keyboard Maestro Engine.app

  [Loaded] LoginLauncher (Musecy SM Ltd - installed 2023-01-07)
    Modern Login Item
    /Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/LoginLauncher.app

  [Loaded] FSMenuAppLoginItemHelper (Paragon Software GmbH - installed 2020-12-30)
    Modern Login Item
    /Applications/NTFS for Mac.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/FSMenuAppLoginItemHelper.app

  [Not Loaded] HP Device Monitor (HP Inc. - installed 2020-12-28)
    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 2020-12-28)
    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

App Extensions:
  Widgets:
    Tasks Widget - /Applications/Tasks.app

  Notification providers:
    NotificationServiceExtension - /Applications/Tasks.app

  Plugins:
    Task Intent Handler - /Applications/Tasks.app
    TasksIntentsUI - /Applications/Tasks.app

  Safari extensions:
    LastPass - /Applications/LastPass.app
    Save to Pocket - /Applications/Save to Pocket.app

  Action services:
    Create task - /Applications/Tasks.app

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

  QuickLook Previews (legacy):
    Hype4 - /Applications/Hype4.app
      com.tumult.hype.document *.hype
      com.tumult.hype.template *.hypetemplate
    QuickLook - /Applications/Affinity Designer.app
      com.seriflabs.affinitypublisher.document *.afpub
      com.seriflabs.affinity *.fh10
      com.seriflabs.affinityphoto.document *.afphoto
      com.seriflabs.affinitydesigner.document *.afdesign
    Cinema 4D - /Applications/Maxon Cinema 4D R22/Cinema 4D.app
      net.maxon.cinema4d.c4d *.c4d

Internet Plug-ins:
  AdobePDFViewer: 21.005.20058 (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2021-07-26)
  AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 17.012.20098 (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2021-07-26)

Audio Plug-ins:
  ACE: 11.9.2 (Rogue Amoeba Software, Inc. - installed 2023-02-11)
  MSTeamsAudioDevice: 2020.42.00.9 (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2020-10-13)

3rd Party Preference panels:
  ParagonNTFS (Paragon Software GmbH - installed 2020-12-09)

Backup:
  Time Machine information is limited without Full Disk Access
  Destinations: 
    T**********e [Local] (Last used)
  14 local snapshots
  Oldest local snapshot: 2023-04-04 17:00:13
  Last local snapshot: 2023-04-05 16:10:02

Performance:
  System Load: 1.91 (1 min ago) 1.71 (5 min ago) 1.68 (15 min ago)
  Nominal I/O usage: 0.38 MB/s
  File system: 18.77 seconds
  Write speed: 1035 MB/s
  Read speed: 2792 MB/s

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

Top Processes Snapshot by CPU:
  Process (count) CPU (Source - Location)
  RTProtectionDaemon 30.26 % (Malwarebytes Corporation)
  WindowServer 15.34 % (Apple)
  plugin-container (12) 12.36 % (Mozilla Corporation)
  firefox 10.80 % (Mozilla Corporation)
  mscore (2) 6.02 % (MuseScore)

Top Processes Snapshot by Memory:
  Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location)
  plugin-container (12) 1.44 GB (Mozilla Corporation)
  firefox 891 MB (Mozilla Corporation)
  EtreCheckPro 760 MB (Etresoft, Inc.)
  mscore (2) 655 MB (MuseScore)
  Numbers 278 MB (Apple)

Top Processes Snapshot by Network Use:
  Process (count) Input / Output (Source - Location)
  AirPlayXPCHelper 837 KB / 53 MB (Apple)
  mDNSResponder 3 MB / 482 KB (Apple)
  apsd 139 KB / 727 KB (Apple)
  firefox 744 KB / 85 KB (Mozilla Corporation)
  Mail 523 KB / 119 KB (Apple)

Top Processes Snapshot by Energy Use:
  Process (count) Energy (0-100) (Source - Location)
  mscore (2) 13 (MuseScore)
  coreaudiod 3 (Apple)
  RTProtectionDaemon 3 (Malwarebytes Corporation)
  WindowServer 3 (Apple)
  plugin-container (12) 2 (Mozilla Corporation)

Virtual Memory Information:
  Physical RAM: 16 GB

  Free RAM: 2.25 GB
  Used RAM: 8.80 GB
  Cached files: 4.95 GB

  Available RAM: 7.20 GB
  Swap Used: 0 B

Software Installs (past 60 days):
  Install Date Name (Version)
  2023-02-07 Adobe Acrobat Reader (Continuous) (22.003.20314)
  2023-03-11 Final Cut Pro Trial (10.6.5)
  2023-03-14 Okta Verify (3.12.0)
  2023-03-18 TVU Anywhere (10.0.9)
  2023-03-29 macOS Ventura (13.3)
  2023-03-29 Adobe Acrobat Reader (23.001.20093) (23.001.20093)
  2023-03-29 macOS 13.3 (13.3)
  2023-03-30 MRTConfigData (1.93)
  2023-03-31 XProtectPlistConfigData (2167)
  2023-03-31 XProtectPayloads (95)
  2023-03-31 Numbers (13.0)
  2023-03-31 Pages (13.0)
  2023-04-03 Pro Video Formats (2.2.4)
  2023-04-03 Malwarebytes for Mac (1.0)

Diagnostics Information (past 7-30 days):
  2023-04-05 09:20:03 signpost_reporter High CPU Use (6 times)
    Executable: /usr/libexec/signpost_reporter

  2023-04-04 10:05:28 normalizerd High CPU Use (2 times)
    Executable: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PSNormalizer.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/normalizerd.xpc/Contents/MacOS/normalizerd

  2023-04-03 17:40:50 RTProtectionDaemon.app High CPU Use
    Executable: /Library/Application Support/Malwarebytes/*/Engine.bundle/Contents/PlugIns/RTProtectionDaemon.app

  2023-04-03 08:34:52 EtreCheckPro.app High CPU Use
    Executable: /private/var/folders/*/EtreCheckPro.app

  2023-04-02 09:36:42 intelligenceplatformd High CPU Use (4 times)
    Executable: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/IntelligencePlatformCore.framework/Versions/A/intelligenceplatformd

  2023-03-31 12:34:35 installd High CPU Use
    Executable: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PackageKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/installd

  2023-03-30 12:41:49 Mail.app High CPU Use
    Executable: /System/Applications/Mail.app

  2023-03-30 09:28:40 suggestd High CPU Use
    Executable: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreSuggestions.framework/Versions/A/Support/suggestd

  2023-03-29 21:55:20 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/recoverylogd-2023-03-29-215520.ips Crash (2 times)

  2023-03-29 21:55:08 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/recoverylogd-2023-03-29-215508.ips Crash (2 times)

  2023-03-29 21:54:56 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/recoverylogd-2023-03-29-215456.ips Crash (2 times)

  2023-03-29 21:54:43 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/recoverylogd-2023-03-29-215443.ips Crash (2 times)

  2023-03-29 21:54:22 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/recoverylogd-2023-03-29-215422.ips Crash (2 times)

  2023-03-29 18:49:48 PerfPowerServices Crash (4 times)
    Executable: /usr/libexec/PerfPowerServices
    Details:
      libsystem_c.dylib: abort() called


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