Q: can my time capsule 802.11n (4th gen) affect performance?
for several months i have been having trouble with what i think is excessive read/writing and a slowdown creating the dreaded beachballs. i especially have trouble when safari is open.
can my time capsule cause these symptoms? about a week ago i got a message that i was not connected to the internet even though i had just been using it. i called my isp (wow) thinking they were down. the rep said that they weren't having trouble, but he was getting a week signal from my router (time capsule).
in the last few days i have been experiencing beachball delays on my laptop, which uses my home wifi. i have not had trouble with my laptop before, only my intel imac.
when i run the airport utility, it tells me that my time capsule is ok.
is it possible that a failing time capsule is causing my problems? i bought the time capsule in early 2012.
here is my etrecheck report, if this helps.
Hardware Information:
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010)
iMac - model: iMac11,3
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
ATI Radeon HD 5750 - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software:
Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) - Uptime: 0 days 3:46:9
Disk Information:
WDC WD1001FALS-40Y6A0 disk0 : (931.51 GB)
(null) (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 200 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 931.19 GB (702.51 GB free)
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
USB Information:
HP Photosmart Prem C410 series
Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard
Fitbit Inc. Fitbit Base Station
Bose Corporation Bose USB Audio
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
FireWire Information:
Seagate GoFlex Desk Mac 800mbit - 800mbit max
(null) (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 200 MB
FreeAgent GoFlex Drive (disk1s2) /Volumes/FreeAgent GoFlex Drive: 1.82 TB (1.56 TB free)
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.0.3)
com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.0.3)
Startup Items:
HP Trap Monitor: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP Trap Monitor
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[System] org.samba.winbindd.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Daemons:
[invalid] .SM.gul..SM.gul..SM.gul.com.dymo.pnpd.plist
[System] .SM.gul..SM.gul..SM.gul.com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (hidden)
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
[invalid] .SM.gul..SM.gul.com.dymo.pnpd.plist
[System] .SM.gul..SM.gul.com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (hidden)
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
[invalid] .SM.gul.com.dymo.pnpd.plist
[System] .SM.gul.com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (hidden)
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[invalid] com.dymo.pnpd.plist
[System] com.fitbit.galileod.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[System] .SM.gul..SM.gul..SM.gul.com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist (hidden)
/Library/Documentation/Help/Hewlett-Packard/TOCGenerator.app/Contents/MacOS/TOC Generator
[System] .SM.gul..SM.gul..SM.gul.com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist (hidden)/Library/Application Support/Tablet/WacomTabletSpringboard
[System] .SM.gul..SM.gul.com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist (hidden)
/Library/Documentation/Help/Hewlett-Packard/TOCGenerator.app/Contents/MacOS/TOC Generator
[System] .SM.gul..SM.gul.com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist (hidden)/Library/Application Support/Tablet/WacomTabletSpringboard
[System] .SM.gul.com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist (hidden)
/Library/Documentation/Help/Hewlett-Packard/TOCGenerator.app/Contents/MacOS/TOC Generator
[System] .SM.gul.com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist (hidden)/Library/Application Support/Tablet/WacomTabletSpringboard
[System] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.seagate.SeagateStorageGauge.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.amazon.cloud-player.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
[not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
Fitbit Connect Menubar Helper
WeatherBug Alert
HP Product Research
HPEventHandler
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.9 3rd-Party support link
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.9 3rd-Party support link
WidevineMediaOptimizer: Version: 6.0.0.12607 - SDK 10.7 3rd-Party support link
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
.SM.gul.lk.AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin: Version: Unknown
RL Secure Plug-In Layer: Version: (null) - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
DYMO Safari Addin: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.6.6
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 3rd-Party support link
AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101750: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
DYMO NPAPI Addin: Version: 1.0 3rd-Party support link
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.0.11 3rd-Party support link
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
WacomTabletPlugin: Version: WacomTabletPlugin 2.0.0.4 3rd-Party support link
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 13.9.8 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
WacomNetscape: Version: 1.1.1-1 3rd-Party support link
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.2
User Internet Plug-ins:
UploadManager: Version: (null) - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 2.6.1f3 3rd-Party support link
ContentManager: Version: (null) - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
RocketEngine: Version: (null) - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Akamai NetSession Preferences 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link
WacomTablet 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
Classic Timer: Version: 1.2 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
Time Machine information requires OS X 10.7 "Lion" or later.
Top Processes by CPU:
2% EtreCheck
1% WindowServer
1% hpdot4d
1% plugin-container
0% Fitbit Connect Menubar Helper
Top Processes by Memory:
381 MB WebProcess
328 MB firefox
176 MB Safari
139 MB mds
78 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information:
1.72 GB Free RAM
1.44 GB Active RAM
414 MB Inactive RAM
432 MB Wired RAM
867 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
thank you for your help.
intel imac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), pc user bought imac; 160g click wheel ipod
Posted on Mar 19, 2014 9:06 AM