jcwahl

Q: iMac beachballing __ log messages

Hello,

Our hard drive was replaced. All was well for a while.

Lately getting beachballing spells, some of which pretty long, most during FB scrolling. Any advice appreciated.

Thanks, Jean

 

Here is sample of messages this evening:

 

6/10/16 8:46:33.211 PM GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent[5757]: 2016-06-10 20:46:33.211 GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent[5757/0xa3d75000] [lvl=2] -[KSAgentApp checkForUpdates] Finished update check.

6/10/16 8:46:33.214 PM GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[5759]: 2016-06-10 20:46:33.214 GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[5759/0xa3d75000] [lvl=2] -[KeystoneDaemon logServiceState] GoogleSoftwareUpdate daemon (1.2.4.919) vending:

  com.google.Keystone.Daemon.UpdateEngine: 1 connection(s)

  com.google.Keystone.Daemon.Administration: 0 connection(s)

6/10/16 8:46:37.000 PM syslogd[44]: ASL Sender Statistics

6/10/16 8:46:59.328 PM GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[5759]: 2016-06-10 20:46:59.328 GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[5759/0xa3d75000] [lvl=2] -[KeystoneDaemon main] GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon inactive, shutdown.

6/10/16 8:49:16.000 PM kernel[0]: process com.apple.WebKit[5750] thread 615834 caught burning CPU! It used more than 50% CPU (Actual recent usage: 97%) over 180 seconds. thread lifetime cpu usage 254.654298 seconds, (244.100909 user, 10.553389 system) ledger info: balance: 90000020677 credit: 254525639650 debit: 164525618973 limit: 90000000000 (50%) period: 180000000000 time since last refill (ns): 92674691996

6/10/16 8:49:16.256 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.ReportCrash[5767]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.ReportCrash

6/10/16 8:49:16.299 PM ReportCrash[5767]: Invoking spindump for pid=5750 thread=615834 percent_cpu=97 duration=93 because of excessive cpu utilization

6/10/16 8:49:18.035 PM spindump[474]: Saved cpu_resource.diag report for com.apple.WebKit.WebContent version 11601 (11601.6.17) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_2016-06-10-204917_D uane-Wahls-iMac.cpu_resource.diag

6/10/16 8:52:23.794 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.WebKit.Networking.162A8B3C-2394-4663-8B55-3AD543CAD5D3[5735]) Service exited with abnormal code: 1

6/10/16 8:52:27.314 PM SpotlightNetHelper[373]: LaunchServices: disconnect event received for service com.apple.lsd.mapdb

6/10/16 8:52:27.314 PM SpotlightNetHelper[373]: LaunchServices: received XPC_ERROR_CONNECTION_INVALID trying to map database

6/10/16 8:52:27.319 PM SpotlightNetHelper[373]: LaunchServices: disconnect event received for service com.apple.lsd.mapdb

6/10/16 8:52:27.319 PM SpotlightNetHelper[373]: LaunchServices: received XPC_ERROR_CONNECTION_INVALID trying to map database

6/10/16 8:52:29.105 PM locationd[193]: NETWORK: requery, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, items, fQueryRetries, 0, fLastRetryTimestamp, 487176058.5

6/10/16 8:52:29.773 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.1FEAAB3E-2F56-438E-9098-C516890C897E[5750]) Service exited with abnormal code: 1

6/10/16 8:52:45.170 PM locationd[193]: NETWORK: no response from server, reachability, 2, queryRetries, 0

6/10/16 8:52:49.652 PM Spotlight[376]: XPC connection was invalidated

6/10/16 8:52:49.692 PM Spotlight[376]: XPC connection was invalidated

6/10/16 8:52:49.692 PM Spotlight[376]: XPC connection was invalidated

6/10/16 8:52:50.476 PM sandboxd[136]: ([373]) SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny mach-lookup com.apple.lsd.mapdb

6/10/16 8:52:50.824 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.quicklook[5771]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.quicklook

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/App Store.app/Contents/PkgInfo

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/App Store.app/Contents/MacOS/App Store

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/App Store.app/Contents/MacOS/App Store/..namedfork/rsrc

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/App Store.app

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/App Store.app/Contents

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/App Store.app

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/App Store.app/Contents/MacOS/App Store

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/App Store.app/Contents/PlugIns

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Automator.app

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Automator.app/Contents

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Automator.app/Contents/PkgInfo

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Automator.app/Contents/MacOS/Automator

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Automator.app/Contents/MacOS/Automator/..namedfork/rsrc

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Automator.app

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Automator.app/Contents

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Automator.app

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Automator.app/Contents/MacOS/Automator

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Calculator.app

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Calculator.app/Contents

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Calculator.app/Contents/PkgInfo

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Calculator.app/Contents/MacOS/Calculator

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Calculator.app/Contents/MacOS/Calculator/..namedfork/rsrc

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Calculator.app

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Calculator.app/Contents

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Calculator.app

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Calculator.app/Contents/MacOS/Calculator

6/10/16 8:52:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Calculator.app/Contents/PlugIns

6/10/16 8:52:52.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Calendar.app

6/10/16 8:52:52.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Calendar.app/Contents

6/10/16 8:52:52.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Calendar.app/Contents/PkgInfo

6/10/16 8:52:52.047 PM sandboxd[136]: ([373]) SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny mach-lookup com.apple.lsd.mapdb

6/10/16 8:52:52.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Calendar.app/Contents/MacOS/Calendar

6/10/16 8:52:52.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Calendar.app/Contents/MacOS/Calendar/..namedfork/rsrc

6/10/16 8:52:52.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Calendar.app

6/10/16 8:52:52.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Calendar.app/Contents

6/10/16 8:52:52.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Calendar.app

6/10/16 8:52:52.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Calendar.app/Contents/MacOS/Calendar

6/10/16 8:52:52.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Calendar.app/Contents/PlugIns

6/10/16 8:52:52.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Chess.app

6/10/16 8:52:52.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Chess.app/Contents

6/10/16 8:52:52.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Chess.app/Contents/PkgInfo

6/10/16 8:52:52.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Chess.app/Contents/MacOS/Chess

6/10/16 8:52:52.455 PM sandboxd[136]: ([373]) SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny file-read-data /private/var/folders/ls/hy2r3brj35gbzgp9y6vt15n80000gp/0/com.apple.LaunchServic es-134502.csstore

6/10/16 8:52:52.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Chess.app/Contents/MacOS/Chess/..namedfork/rsrc

6/10/16 8:52:52.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Chess.app

6/10/16 8:52:52.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Chess.app/Contents

6/10/16 8:52:52.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Chess.app

6/10/16 8:52:52.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(373) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Chess.app/Contents/MacOS/Chess

iMac (27-inch Mid 2010), OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Jun 10, 2016 6:10 PM

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  • by macjack,

    macjack macjack Jun 10, 2016 6:13 PM in response to jcwahl
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    Mac OS X
    Jun 10, 2016 6:13 PM in response to jcwahl

    Try rebuilding your Spotlight data base

    Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support

    Then download and run EtreCheck, created by one of own helpers here in ASC. It is a diagnostic tool that's very useful to us in finding problems. Also it will give us further specs on your Mac. After it runs post the log file here. It will contain no personal information.

  • by jcwahl,

    jcwahl jcwahl Jun 10, 2016 7:52 PM in response to macjack
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    Jun 10, 2016 7:52 PM in response to macjack

    Thanks Macjack!

    I did the steps to rebuild spotlight db and ran Etrecheck. Below is report:

    EtreCheck version: 2.9.12 (265)

    Report generated 2016-06-10 22:22:12

    Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

    Runtime 2:19

    Performance: Excellent

     

    Click the [Support] links for help with non-Apple products.

    Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.

     

    Problem: Beachballing

     

    Hardware Information:

        iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010)

        [Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

        iMac - model: iMac11,3

        1 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 CPU: 2-core

        16 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

            BANK 0/DIMM0

                4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

            BANK 1/DIMM0

                4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

            BANK 0/DIMM1

                4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

            BANK 1/DIMM1

                4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

        Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

        Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

     

    Video Information:

        ATI Radeon HD 5670 - VRAM: 512 MB

            iMac 2560 x 1440

     

    System Software:

        OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 (15F34) - Time since boot: less than an hour

     

    Disk Information:

        ST2000DM001-1ER164 disk0 : (2 TB) (Rotational)

            EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

            10.11 (disk0s2) / : 2.00 TB (1.33 TB free)

            Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB

     

        PIONEER DVD-RW  DVRTS09   ()

     

    USB Information:

        Seagate Expansion Desk 5 TB

            disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 134 MB

            Seagate Expansion Drive (disk1s2) /Volumes/Seagate Expansion Drive : 5.00 TB (4.20 TB free)

        Apple Card Reader

        Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

            Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

        SanDisk  ImageMate 14 in 1 Reader/Writer 

        EPSON EPSON Artisan 830 Series

        Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

        Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

     

    Gatekeeper:

        Mac App Store and identified developers

     

    Kernel Extensions:

            /Applications/Parallels Access.app

        [loaded]    com.parallels.virtualsound (1.0.27 - SDK 10.6 - 2016-03-02) [Support]

     

            /System/Library/Extensions

        [loaded]    com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver (1.0.3 - SDK 10.5 - 2016-06-03) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.2.3 (26704) - SDK 10.4 - 2016-06-03) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.tascam.usb2audio.driver (1.13 - 2016-06-03) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.wacom.kext.pentablet (Pen Tablet 5.2.4-3 - 2016-06-03) [Support]

     

            /System/Library/Extensions/Seagate Storage Driver.kext/Contents/PlugIns

        [not loaded]    com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_4 (5.2.3 (26704) - SDK 10.4 - 2016-03-02) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.2.3 (26704) - SDK 10.5 - 2016-03-02) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.seagate.driver.SeagateDriveIcons (5.2.3 (26704) - SDK 10.4 - 2016-03-02) [Support]

     

    System Launch Agents:

        [not loaded]    8 Apple tasks

        [loaded]    163 Apple tasks

        [running]    67 Apple tasks

     

    System Launch Daemons:

        [not loaded]    43 Apple tasks

        [loaded]    165 Apple tasks

        [running]    82 Apple tasks

     

    Launch Agents:

        [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2016-03-27) [Support]

        [running]    com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist (2015-09-25) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist (2010-11-17) [Support]

        [running]    com.amazon.sendtokindle.launcher.plist (2012-04-19) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-03-03) [Support]

        [failed]    com.logmein.LMILaunchAgentFixer.plist (2014-07-03) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.logmein.logmeingui.plist (2014-07-13) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.logmein.logmeinguiagent.plist (2014-07-13) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin.plist (2014-07-13) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.parallels.mobile.prl_deskctl_agent.launchagent.plist (2014-08-05) [Support]

        [running]    com.wacom.pentablet.plist (2010-09-14) [Support]

     

    Launch Daemons:

        [not loaded]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist (2010-11-17) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.adobe.agsservice.plist (2015-09-25) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-05-09) [Support]

        [running]    com.crashplan.engine.plist (2016-05-16) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (2016-03-03) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.logmein.logmeinblanker.plist (2014-07-13) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.logmein.logmeinserver.plist (2014-07-13) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.logmein.raupdate.plist (2012-07-31) [Support]

        [running]    com.parallels.mobile.dispatcher.launchdaemon.plist (2014-08-05) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.parallels.mobile.kextloader.launchdaemon.plist (2014-08-05) [Support]

     

    User Launch Agents:

        [loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2010-11-21) [Support]

        [running]    com.akamai.single-user-client.plist (2015-09-22) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.parallels.mobile.startgui.launchagent.plist (2014-08-24) [Support]

     

    User Login Items:

        Dropbox    Application  (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

        ElementsAutoAnalyzer    Application  (/Applications/Adobe Elements 12 Organizer.app/Contents/ElementsAutoAnalyzer.app)

        CrashPlan menu bar    Application  (/Applications/CrashPlan.app/Contents/Helpers/CrashPlan menu bar.app)

     

    Other Apps:

        [running]    com.adobe.CCXProcess.42592

        [running]    com.adobe.acc.AdobeDesktopService.85472.559D73CD-1820-4595-BB08-2AB1461F2025

        [running]    com.adobe.accmac.42912

        [running]    com.code42.b42menuextra.79072

        [running]    com.etresoft.EtreCheck.109152

        [running]    com.getdropbox.dropbox.24032

        [running]    com.wacom.Consumer_TouchDriver.94112

        [running]    com.wacom.TabletDriver.94432

        [running]    jp.co.canon.cijscannerregister.4192

        [loaded]    416 Apple tasks

        [running]    183 Apple tasks

     

    Internet Plug-ins:

        WacomNetscape: 1.1.1-1 (2011-02-04) [Support]

        LogMeInSafari64: 1.0.530 (2011-01-10) [Support]

        Google Earth Web Plug-in: 7.1 (2013-10-07) [Support]

        Default Browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-05-25)

        WacomSafari: 1.1.1-1 (2011-02-04) [Support]

        AdobeAAMDetect: 3.0.0.0 - SDK 10.9 (2016-02-19) [Support]

        FlashPlayer-10.6: 21.0.0.242 - SDK 10.6 (2016-05-19) [Support]

        LogMeIn: 1.0.530 (2011-01-10) [Support]

        Silverlight: 5.1.10516.0 - SDK 10.6 (2016-03-02) [Support]

        QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-05-25)

        Flash Player: 21.0.0.242 - SDK 10.6 (2016-05-19) [Support]

        LogMeInSafari32: 1.0.530 (2011-01-10) [Support]

        iPhotoPhotocast: 7.0 (2016-01-13)

        JavaAppletPlugin: 15.0.1 - SDK 10.7 (2016-03-02) Check version

     

    Audio Plug-ins:

        TASCAM_US122L_US144: Unknown (2009-03-11) [Support]

     

    3rd Party Preference Panes:

        Akamai NetSession Preferences (2016-03-02) [Support]

        Flash Player (2016-05-09) [Support]

     

    Time Machine:

        Skip System Files: NO

        Mobile backups: OFF

        Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

        Volumes being backed up:

        Destinations:

            Seagate Expansion Drive [Local]

            Total size: 0 B

            Total number of backups: 0

            Oldest backup: -

            Last backup: -

            Size of backup disk: Excellent

                Backup size 0 B > (Disk size 0 B X 3)

     

    Top Processes by CPU:

            15%    mdworker(40)

             6%    kernel_task

             3%    WindowServer

             1%    fontd

             0%    AdobeCRDaemon(3)

     

    Top Processes by Memory:

        1.17 GB    kernel_task

        786 MB    mdworker(40)

        508 MB    CrashPlanService

        311 MB    mds_stores

        147 MB    Dropbox

     

    Virtual Memory Information:

        5.17 GB    Free RAM

        11.00 GB    Used RAM (8.68 GB Cached)

        0 B    Swap Used

     

    Diagnostics Information:

        Jun 10, 2016, 10:08:29 PM    Self test - passed

        Jun 10, 2016, 08:49:17 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_2016-06-10-204917_[ redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Details]

            /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.We bKit.WebContent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

        Jun 7, 2016, 11:15:05 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Lightroom_2016-06-07-231505_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Details]

            /Applications/Adobe Lightroom/Adobe Lightroom.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Lightroom

  • by macjack,

    macjack macjack Jun 11, 2016 7:29 AM in response to jcwahl
    Level 9 (55,709 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jun 11, 2016 7:29 AM in response to jcwahl

    And how is your Mac running now, is there still beach balling?

  • by jcwahl,

    jcwahl jcwahl Jun 11, 2016 3:34 PM in response to macjack
    Level 1 (13 points)
    Desktops
    Jun 11, 2016 3:34 PM in response to macjack

    Hello Macjack,

    We've been away most of the day. I haven't noticed a problem so far, but when we scrolled in FB late last night it seemed better. Thank-you. I didn't know about reindexing Spotlight, so I'm pretty sure that helped.

     

    One thing I noticed in the log messages: system keeps looking for pieces of programs I haven't used for a long time and was sure I uninstalled them.

    1) logmein and 2) Tascam 122L (an audio i/o device that I removed years ago)

    I have done searches to see where these are referenced but have found nothing. Must be some secret place in the bowels of whatever startup routine this uses I guess. But they keep appearing. I don't know if they're impacting things or not.

     

    meanwhile I will poke around and see if anything triggers a major slowdown. Thanks again very much for your help!!

    Jean Wahl

  • by macjack,Solvedanswer

    macjack macjack Jun 17, 2016 3:00 PM in response to jcwahl
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    Jun 17, 2016 3:00 PM in response to jcwahl