Q: Will this work?
I posted about an hour ago about losing apps on my iMac and some not working at all. I did a disk check and everything was OK but Time Machine wont' open either.
Fortunately, I have a MacBook Pro that's pretty much a clone of the iMac. I use Dropbox for storing documents so differences in docs between them won't be an issue.
I backup the MacBook Pro by copying all the files onto a USB drive.
Can I simply copy all those files back to my iMac, replacing the duplicates with the working versions, to get it working again or is it more complicated than that?
Thanks!
Posted on Sep 19, 2016 7:31 AM
Here are the results from Etrecheck, thanks!
EtreCheck version: 3.0.3 (307)
Report generated 2016-09-19 17:17:56
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Runtime 2:12
Performance: Excellent
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Problem: Other problem
Description:
Apps have vanished and/or are not opening any longer
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013)
[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]
iMac - model: iMac14,3
1 3.1 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
16 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M - VRAM: 1024 MB
iMac 1920 x 1080
Acer T272HL 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 (15G31) - Time since boot: less than an hour
APPLE SSD SD0128F disk0 : (121.33 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Boot OS X (disk0s3) <not mounted> : 134 MB
Macintosh HD (disk3) / : 1.11 TB (573.21 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 120.99 GB Online
Core Storage: disk1s2 999.35 GB Online
APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662 disk1 : (1 TB) (Rotational)
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk1s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk3) / : 1.11 TB (573.21 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 120.99 GB Online
Core Storage: disk1s2 999.35 GB Online
Western Digital My Passport 0820 2 TB
MacMusic (disk4s1) /Volumes/MacMusic : 2.00 TB (1.35 TB free)
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Audioengine Audioengine D3
VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub 1.5 TB
VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub
C-Media Electronics Inc. USB Advanced Audio Device
Logitech USB Receiver
Apple Inc. iPod 159.84 GB
IPOD (disk5s1) /Volumes/IPOD : 159.84 GB (110.16 GB free)
VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub 1.5 TB
Seagate Expansion Desk
Seagate BUP Slim SL 1.5 TB
Music Backup (disk8s1) /Volumes/Music Backup : 1.50 TB (707.54 GB free)
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
/etc/hosts - Count: 5
Mac App Store and identified developers
/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.Creative.driver.SBUSBAudioDriver (1.0.2 - SDK 10.8 - 2016-09-11) [Support]
[not loaded] com.Creative.driver.TruStudioPCUSBAudioPlugin (2.2.4 - SDK 10.8 - 2016-09-11) [Support]
[loaded] com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver (3.9.1 - SDK 10.8 - 2016-09-11) [Support]
[loaded] com.logitech.manager.kernel.driver (5.30.1 - SDK 10.8 - 2016-09-11) [Support]
[loaded] com.paragon-software.filesystems.ntfs (14.2.359 - SDK 10.5 - 2016-09-11) [Support]
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.2 - SDK 10.6 - 2016-08-09) [Support]
[loaded] com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver (1.3.0 - SDK 10.6 - 2016-08-09) [Support]
/Volumes/Music Backup/MacBack/Applications/Boom 2.app
[not loaded] com.globaldelight.driver.Boom2Device (1.2 - SDK 10.10 - 2016-09-16) [Support]
/Volumes/Music Backup/MacBack/Applications/Parallels Desktop.app
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (11.2.1 32626 - SDK 10.9 - 2016-08-25) [Support]
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.netbridge (11.2.1 32626 - SDK 10.9 - 2016-08-25) [Support]
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.usbconnect (11.2.1 32626 - SDK 10.9 - 2016-08-25) [Support]
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.vnic (11.2.1 32626 - SDK 10.9 - 2016-08-25) [Support]
/Volumes/Music Backup/MacBack/Applications/Webroot SecureAnywhere.app
[loaded] com.webroot.driver.WebrootSecureAnywhere (9.0.2 - SDK 10.9 - 2016-09-12) [Support]
Executor: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Executor
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
[not loaded] 7 Apple tasks
[loaded] 151 Apple tasks
[running] 80 Apple tasks
[not loaded] 43 Apple tasks
[loaded] 154 Apple tasks
[running] 95 Apple tasks
[running] com.Logitech.Control Center.Daemon.plist (2014-06-19) [Support]
[loaded] com.acronis.acep.plist (2015-08-01) [Support]
[running] com.citrix.AuthManager_Mac.plist (2015-03-16) [Support]
[running] com.citrix.ReceiverHelper.plist (2015-03-16) [Support]
[running] com.citrix.ServiceRecords.plist (2015-03-16) [Support]
[running] com.creative.trustudiopc_agent_le.plist (2013-10-28) [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-07-13) [Support]
[running] com.logitech.manager.daemon.plist (2015-09-01) [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (2014-05-24) [Support]
[running] com.paragon-software.NTFS.fsnotify.agent.plist (2016-07-04) [Support]
[loaded] com.paragon-software.facebook.agent.plist (2016-07-04) [Support]
[loaded] com.paragon.updater.plist (2016-07-04) [Support]
[loaded] com.quark.quarkupdate.agent.plist (2016-05-16) [Support]
[not loaded] com.webroot.WRMacApp.plist (2016-04-23) [Support]
[running] com.webroot.WRMacBackNSync.plist (2016-02-24) [Support]
[not loaded] com.acronis.1_39.plist (2016-09-19) [Support]
[loaded] com.acronis.2_3.plist (2016-09-19) [Support]
[not loaded] com.acronis.4_39.plist (2016-09-19) [Support]
[loaded] com.acronis.startup.plist (2015-12-29) [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-06-28) [Support]
[running] com.creative.trustudiopc_le.plist (2013-10-28) [Support]
[loaded] com.ea.origin.ESHelper.plist (2014-12-21) [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (2016-09-01) [Support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helpertool.plist (2016-08-03) [Support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (2014-10-03) [Support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist (2015-08-07) [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (2014-05-24) [Support]
[running] com.paragon-software.NTFS.fsnotify.daemon.plist (2016-07-04) [Support]
[loaded] com.paragon.NTFS.launch.plist (2016-07-04)
[running] com.prosoftnet.idrivedaemon.plist (2016-09-19) [Support]
[loaded] com.prosoftnet.idsyncdaemon.plist (2016-09-19) [Support]
[failed] com.prosoftnet.idwebdaemon.plist (2016-08-04) [Support]
[running] com.prosoftnet.idwifimanager.plist (2016-09-19) [Support]
[loaded] com.quark.QXPHelper.plist (2016-07-13) [Support]
[loaded] com.quark.quarkupdate.quhelper.plist (2016-07-13) [Support]
[loaded] com.rogueamoeba.instanton-agent.plist (2016-06-23) [Support]
[running] com.webroot.security.mac.plist (2016-09-11) [Support]
[running] com.webroot.webfilter.mac.plist (2016-08-10) [Support]
[failed] com.acronis.monitor.plist (2015-08-01) [Support]
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist (2016-09-13) [Support]
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist (2016-08-23) [Support]
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Music Volume (/Volumes/Music)
Paste Helper Application (~/Library/Application Support/Paste Helper/Paste Helper.app)
Dash Application (/Applications/Dash.localized/Dash.app)
TextExpander Application Hidden (/Applications/TextExpander.app)
Audio Hijack 3 Schedule Helper Application Hidden (/Library/Application Support/Audio Hijack/Audio Hijack 3 Schedule Helper.app)
Spotify Application Hidden (/Applications/Spotify.app)
HazelHelper Application (/Library/PreferencePanes/Hazel.prefPane/Contents/MacOS/HazelHelper.app)
IDriveMonitor Application (/Library/Application Support/IDriveforMac/IDriveHelperTools/IDriveMonitor.app)
FlashPlayer-10.6: 22.0.0.209 - SDK 10.9 (2016-08-09) [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-08-09)
Flash Player: 22.0.0.209 - SDK 10.9 (2016-08-09) Outdated! Update
Default Browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-08-09)
npDDRia: 0.0.14.3 - SDK 10.9 (2014-10-24) [Support]
CitrixICAClientPlugIn: 11.9.15 - SDK 10.9 (2015-03-16) [Support]
SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.5.3 - SDK 10.6 (2015-07-20) [Support]
GarminGpsControl: 4.2.0.0 - SDK 10.8 (2014-03-31) [Support]
Silverlight: 5.1.41212.0 - SDK 10.6 (2016-09-18) [Support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 65 build 17 (2015-10-22) Check version
Stamps.com: 1.1.13 (2014-12-05) [Support]
Open in Internet Explorer - Parallels - http://www.parallels.com (2016-05-19)
Flash Player (2016-06-28) [Support]
Hazel (2016-08-06) [Support]
Java (2015-10-22) [Support]
Logitech Control Center (2014-12-21) [Support]
Logi Options Launcher (2016-04-03) [Support]
Paragon NTFS for Mac® (2016-07-13) [Support]
Quark Update Preferences (2016-05-16) [Support]
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 1.11 TB Disk used: 540.94 GB
Destinations:
NetBackup [Network]
Total size: 3.22 TB
Total number of backups: 25
Oldest backup: 9/12/16, 1:46 AM
Last backup: 9/19/16, 5:14 PM
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 3.22 TB > (Disk used 540.94 GB X 3)
100% WSDaemon
71% bird
9% WindowServer
9% mdworker(17)
6% kernel_task
1.12 GB kernel_task
295 MB mds_stores
279 MB mdworker(17)
246 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(2)
147 MB Finder
9.69 GB Free RAM
6.30 GB Used RAM (3.89 GB Cached)
0 B Swap Used
Sep 19, 2016, 05:16:38 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/WSDaemon_2016-09-19-171638_[redacted].cpu_resou rce.diag [Details]
/usr/local/bin/WSDaemon
Sep 19, 2016, 05:09:06 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/TextExpander_2016-09-19-170906_[redacted].cras h
com.smileonmymac.textexpander - /Applications/TextExpander.app/Contents/MacOS/TextExpander
Sep 19, 2016, 05:04:43 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/TextExpander_2016-09-19-170443_[redacted].cras h
Sep 19, 2016, 05:04:30 PM Self test - passed
Sep 19, 2016, 06:16:10 AM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/TextExpander_2016-09-19-061610_[redacted].cras h
Sep 19, 2016, 06:10:57 AM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/TextExpander_2016-09-19-061057_[redacted].cras h
Sep 18, 2016, 12:59:57 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/_2016-09-18-125957_[redacted].crash
com.dayoneapp.dayone-agent - /Applications/Day One Classic.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/Day One Classic Reminders.app/Contents/MacOS/Day One Classic Reminders
Posted on Sep 19, 2016 5:23 PM