Q: Yosemite memory out of control?
Upgraded to Yosemite on MacBook Pro -- memory of kernel_task runs out of control (>6GB) in approx 48 hours after using -- initially did a clean install of Yosemite, and only loaded apps that are needed.
Etrecheck reports the following with many process having to be killed due to me pressure.
Any ideas what is triggering the men usage and eventual swap to death of the Retina?
kernel_task is at 6.8GB RAM although etrecheck doesn't report it, 1.1 GB of swap according to iStat in addition
Huge number of Page Outs -- faulty memory chips perhaps?
Problem description:
kernel_task Memory out of control
EtreCheck version: 2.1.6 (109)
Report generated 24 January 2015 12:06:39 pm AEDT
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MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,1
1 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
16 GB RAM Not upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 51
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Color LCD spdisplays_2880x1800Retina
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MB
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Time since boot: one day 23:25:11
APPLE SSD SM256E disk0 : (251 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 249.77 GB (29.98 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 250.14 GB Online
Western Digital Elements 10B8 2 TB
EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Elements (disk3s2) /Volumes/Elements : 2.00 TB (1.94 TB free)
ASMedia AS2105 1 TB
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Empty (disk2s2) /Volumes/Empty : 999.86 GB (364.15 GB free)
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Apple Inc. Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Mac App Store and identified developers
/Applications/NetShade.app
[not loaded] foo.tap (1.0) [Support]
[not loaded] foo.tun (1.0) [Support]
/Applications/Parallels Desktop.app
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (10.1.1 28614 - SDK 10.7) [Support]
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.netbridge (10.1.1 28614 - SDK 10.7) [Support]
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.usbconnect (10.1.1 28614 - SDK 10.7) [Support]
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.vnic (10.1.1 28614 - SDK 10.7) [Support]
/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.2 - SDK 10.6) [Support]
/Users/[redacted]/Library/Services/ToastIt.service/Contents/MacOS
[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0) [Support]
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[killed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist
[killed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist
[killed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
[killed] com.apple.EscrowSecurityAlert.plist
[killed] com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist
[killed] com.apple.recentsd.plist
[killed] com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy.plist
[killed] com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist
8 processes killed due to memory pressure
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[killed] com.apple.awdd.plist
[killed] com.apple.ctkd.plist
[killed] com.apple.findmymac.plist
[killed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist
[killed] com.apple.periodic-daily.plist
[killed] com.apple.softwareupdate_download_service.plist
[killed] com.apple.systemstats.analysis.plist
[killed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
8 processes killed due to memory pressure
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Support]
[running] com.bjango.istatmenusagent.plist [Support]
[running] com.bjango.istatmenusnotifications.plist [Support]
[not loaded] com.maintain.PurgeInactiveMemory.plist [Support]
[not loaded] com.maintain.Restart.plist [Support]
[not loaded] com.maintain.ShutDown.plist [Support]
[running] com.maintain.SystemEvents.plist [Support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist [Support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist [Support]
[running] com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon.plist [Support]
[running] com.bombich.ccchelper.plist [Support]
[not loaded] com.maintain.HideSpotlightMenuBarIcon.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Support]
[running] com.raynersw.nshctldo.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.teamviewer.Helper.plist [Support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist [Support]
[running] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
None
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.3.3.1 - SDK 10.7 [Support]
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.7 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Open in Internet Explorer [Installed]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Akamai NetSession Preferences [Support]
Flip4Mac WMV [Support]
Time Machine not configured!
34% WindowServer
6% Google Chrome
1% Finder
1% SystemUIServer
1% fontd
1.13 GB Finder
1.10 GB WindowServer
172 MB Google Chrome
155 MB Google Chrome Helper
86 MB SystemUIServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
82 MB Free RAM
2.98 GB Active RAM
2.86 GB Inactive RAM
3.75 GB Wired RAM
1.21 TB Page-ins
3.04 GB Page-outs
Jan 23, 2015, 10:09:29 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/SWBQuicktimeProcess_2015-01-23 -100929_[redacted].crash
Jan 22, 2015, 12:42:00 PM Self test - passed
Jan 22, 2015, 07:56:14 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Finder_2015-01-22-075614_[redacted].crash
Jan 22, 2015, 07:56:12 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/loginwindow_2015-01-22-075612_[redacted].crash
Jan 22, 2015, 07:34:09 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/WindowServer_2015-01-22-073409_[redacted].crash
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
Posted on Jan 23, 2015 5:20 PM