-
All replies
-
Helpful answers
-
Jan 6, 2015 8:38 AM in response to Csound1by flemishgael,Are you sure. Paid for Symantec and not sure if I can reinstall it once removed?
-
Jan 6, 2015 8:43 AM in response to flemishgaelby Csound1,You should not have installed it in the first place.
It's your choice.
-
Jan 6, 2015 11:01 AM in response to flemishgaelby Allan Eckert,Yes, I concur with Csound1. That was extremely bad advice.
The directions to remove Symantec are at http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH103489
-
Jan 6, 2015 11:10 AM in response to Allan Eckertby flemishgael,Okay thanks.
Just checked several forums and some say you need antivirus on a mac and others say I don't.
Doesn't removing Symantec mean I'm open to viruses and malware.
Also, Symantec wouldn't be the reason I run out of memory that quickly would it?
I mean, no antivirus program should use 20Gb in a day?
-
Jan 6, 2015 11:17 AM in response to flemishgaelby flemishgael,Symantec now removed but memory is still eating away.
Any other suggestions as to what could be the problem?
And is my Mac not less protected now against such things?
-
Jan 6, 2015 11:20 AM in response to flemishgaelby Allan Eckert,You can think of Symantec on your Mac as a black hole for computer resources. It uses an inordinate amount of system resources just a black hole
draws everything into itself. And like a black home it returns nothing for those resources.
-
Jan 6, 2015 11:21 AM in response to flemishgaelby Allan Eckert,No. Symantec was in fact protecting your Mac from nothing.
Please read http://www.thesafemac.com/mmg-antivirus/
-
Jan 6, 2015 11:19 AM in response to flemishgaelby Csound1,Install Etrecheck and run it, post the report here
-
Jan 6, 2015 11:21 AM in response to flemishgaelby Michael Haffey,I have been using a variety of Mac systems for over 10 years without an antivirus system.
MacOS is extremely sturdy. At present, as far as I know, the easiest way to install malware of any sort on a Mac is via social engineering, which basically means you help the guys in black hats subvert your own system.
I have many friends who I have converted to Mac from Windows. None of them runs antivirus. This is because MacOS is very secure indeed. One day someone may work out a way to subvert the hundreds of millions of Macs but until that day antivirus is a waste of time and resources (and a possible source of errors itself)
-
Jan 6, 2015 11:25 AM in response to Csound1by flemishgael,Problem description:
running out of memory
EtreCheck version: 2.1.5 (108)
Report generated 6 January 2015 19:23:42 GMT
Click the [Support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.
Click the [Adware] links for help removing adware.
MacBook Air (Verified)
MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2
1 1.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM Not upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Intel HD Graphics 5000
Color LCD 1440 x 900
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 3:36:26
APPLE SSD SD0128F disk0 : (121.33 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / [Startup]: 120.11 GB (12.98 GB free) (Low!)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
Core Storage: disk0s2 120.47 GB Online
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Anywhere
/Library/Extensions/HuaweiDataCardDriver_10_9.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.MBB.driver.MBBACMData (5.01.05 - SDK 10.8) [Support]
[not loaded] com.MBB.driver.MBBActivateDriver (5.01.03 - SDK 10.8) [Support]
[not loaded] com.MBB.driver.MBBEthernetData (5.01.09 - SDK 10.8) [Support]
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.makemkv.kext.daspi (1) [Support]
Squeezebox: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Squeezebox
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[killed] com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent.plist
[killed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist
[killed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist
[killed] com.apple.cmfsyncagent.plist
[killed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
[killed] com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist
6 processes killed due to memory pressure
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[killed] com.apple.awdd.plist
[killed] com.apple.ctkd.plist
[killed] com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist
[killed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist
[killed] com.apple.nehelper.plist
[killed] com.apple.sandboxd.plist
[killed] com.apple.softwareupdated.plist
[killed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
[killed] org.cups.cupsd.plist
9 processes killed due to memory pressure
[loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Support]
[running] HWPortCfg.plist [Support]
[loaded] ouc.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
[failed] com.crashplan.engine.plist [Support] [Details]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Support]
[running] HWNetMgr.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.crashplan.javacheck.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist [Support]
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 [Support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16 - SDK 10.8 [Support]
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
DivX Web Player: Version: 3.1.0.13 - SDK 10.5 [Support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.5 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
EPPEX Plugin: Version: 10.0 [Support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 25 Check version
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 [Support]
Picasa: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.4 [Support]
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: Unknown
GooglePlus [Installed]
Add To Amazon Wish List [Installed]
Pin It Button [Installed]
WikiWand [Installed]
Tumblr+ [Installed]
Open in Internet Explorer [Installed]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Support]
Flip4Mac WMV [Support]
Java [Support]
Squeezebox [Support]
MacFUSE [Support]
Perian [Support]
Symantec\nQuickMenu [Support]
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 120.11 GB Disk used: 107.13 GB
Destinations:
TOSHIBA EXT [Local]
Total size: 999.86 GB
Total number of backups: 31
Oldest backup: 2014-02-08 00:13:54 +0000
Last backup: 2014-03-08 14:27:58 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 999.86 GB > (Disk size 120.11 GB X 3)
23% Safari
19% WindowServer
5% coreaudiod
2% com.apple.WebKit.Networking
1% hidd
172 MB Safari
60 MB Mail
58 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
41 MB iTunes
34 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
50 MB Free RAM
1.87 GB Active RAM
1.78 GB Inactive RAM
1.15 GB Wired RAM
17.20 GB Page-ins
560 MB Page-outs
Jan 6, 2015, 07:13:40 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/smclient_2015-01-06-191340_[redacted].crash
Jan 6, 2015, 03:47:50 PM Self test - passed
Jan 6, 2015, 12:19:11 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/QuickLookSatellite_2015-01-06- 121911_[redacted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 07:00:57 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CalendarAgent_2015-01-05-19005 7_[redacted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 03:21:48 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-05-152148_[redact ed].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 02:03:02 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-05-140302_[redact ed].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 02:02:22 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-05-140222_[redact ed].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 12:26:37 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/accountsd_2015-01-05-122637_[r edacted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 02:47:04 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CalendarAgent_2015-01-05-02470 4_[redacted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:19:21 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-05-011921_[redact ed].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:19:17 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011917_[reda cted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:19:14 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011914_[reda cted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:19:09 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011909_[reda cted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:18:32 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-05-011832_[redact ed].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:18:29 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011829_[reda cted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:18:22 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011822_[reda cted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:18:18 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011818_[reda cted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:18:12 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011812_[reda cted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:18:03 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011803_[reda cted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:18:00 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-05-011800_[redact ed].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:17:55 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011755_[reda cted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:17:50 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011750_[reda cted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:07:39 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-010739_[reda cted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:07:38 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-05-010738_[redact ed].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:07:25 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-010725_[reda cted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:07:22 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-010722_[reda cted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:06:58 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-010658_[reda cted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:06:55 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-010655_[reda cted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:06:51 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-010651_[reda cted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:06:47 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-010647_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 07:58:20 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-04-195820_[redact ed].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 05:28:36 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-172836_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 05:28:34 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-04-172834_[redact ed].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 05:28:12 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-04-172812_[redact ed].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 05:26:39 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-04-172639_[redact ed].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 05:02:50 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-04-170250_[redact ed].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 04:57:29 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-04-165729_[redact ed].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 02:27:55 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/spindump_2015-01-04-142755_[redacted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 02:08:06 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-04-140806_[redact ed].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 02:08:05 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-140805_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 01:58:43 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-135843_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 01:50:38 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-135038_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 01:45:55 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-134555_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 01:44:11 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-134411_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 01:41:58 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-134158_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 01:37:34 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133734_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 01:36:30 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133630_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 01:35:19 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133519_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 01:35:02 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133502_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 01:34:20 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133420_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 01:34:08 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133408_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 01:33:32 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133332_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 01:33:26 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133326_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 01:32:58 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133258_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 01:32:31 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133231_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 01:32:16 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133216_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 01:04:02 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/bird_2015-01-04-010402_[redact ed].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:19:03 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011903_[reda cted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:18:31 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-011831_[reda cted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:07:38 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-010738_[reda cted].crash
Jan 5, 2015, 01:07:00 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-05-010700_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 01:53:06 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-135306_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 01:39:33 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133933_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 01:33:38 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-04-133338_[reda cted].crash
Jan 4, 2015, 01:12:42 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/recentsd_2015-01-04-011242_[re dacted].crash
Jan 3, 2015, 10:14:59 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-01-03-221459_[reda cted].crash
-
Jan 6, 2015 12:28 PM in response to flemishgaelby kahjot,You have a small internal drive, and it has very little free space left. It would appear that there is no longer sufficient space available for system and application caches, etc. You will need to clean house, move some stuff off your internal drive that you don't need on a daily basis and store that on an external disk.
-
Jan 6, 2015 4:28 PM in response to flemishgaelby rccharles,Apple provides malware detection and removal as part of OS X. Apple takes responsibility for a secure OS so you do not have to worry.
-
Jan 6, 2015 5:48 PM in response to kahjotby flemishgael,Okay thanks. Removed almost every file I could find I wouldn't need regularly and got to 35Gb available. Few hours later and the storage is gone again. So still have the initial issue that the Mac runs out of storage fast
-
Mar 2, 2015 11:00 PM in response to flemishgaelby erikkadeb,my system runs out of system memory every day.
launchd spans an app launchS which eats memory
use activity monitor, look at system memory
force quit launchS
i just fixed it again
do it everyday
i keep activity monitor open and just keep an eye on it
no reboot
-
Mar 3, 2015 12:33 AM in response to erikkadebby erikkadeb,the next time it gives me this message i will do some screen shot captures and include them in my post. should not be long happens almost everyday.