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Sluggish Logic Pro x issue MBP i7 16 GB 3.1 Ghz 2015

Problem: I open Logic Pro x and run one channel with the soft synth Alchemy and the CPU spikes.

What I have done ; Run Disk Utility - Applejack - no reported issues, Formatted drive, Reinstalled system OS and Logic

EtreCheck version: 5.1 (5020)

Report generated: 2019-01-19 12:31:23

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 1:37

Performance: Excellent

Sandbox: Enabled

Full drive access: Disabled

Problem: Computer is too slow

Major Issues:

    Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention. 

No Time Machine backup - Time Machine backup not found.

Minor Issues:

    These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems. 

Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed. They appear to be legitimate but should be reviewed.

Limited drive access - More information may be available with Full Drive Access.

Hardware Information:

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)

    MacBook Pro Model: MacBookPro12,1

    1 3.1 GHz Intel Core i7 (i7-5557U) CPU: 2-core

    16 GB RAM - Not upgradeable

    BANK 0/DIMM0 - 8 GB DDR3 1867 ok

    BANK 1/DIMM0 - 8 GB DDR3 1867 ok

    Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 180

Video Information:

    Intel Iris Graphics 6100 - VRAM: 1536 MB

    Color LCD 2880 x 1800

Drives:

    disk0 - APPLE SSD SM0512G 500.28 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

    Internal PCI 5.0 GT/s x4 Serial ATA

        disk0s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB

        disk0s2 [APFS Container] 500.07 GB

            disk1 [APFS Virtual drive] 500.07 GB (Shared by 5 volumes)

                disk1s1 - B******** (APFS) (Shared - 51.71 GB used)

                disk1s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared)

                disk1s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared)

                disk1s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (Shared - 1.07 GB used)

                disk1s5 - S***e (APFS) (Shared - 840 KB used)


Posted on Jan 19, 2019 5:32 AM

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Jan 19, 2019 5:33 AM in response to maggotinmyapple

Cont....

Drives:

    disk0 - APPLE SSD SM0512G 500.28 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

    Internal PCI 5.0 GT/s x4 Serial ATA

        disk0s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB

        disk0s2 [APFS Container] 500.07 GB

            disk1 [APFS Virtual drive] 500.07 GB (Shared by 5 volumes)

                disk1s1 - B******** (APFS) (Shared - 51.71 GB used)

                disk1s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared)

                disk1s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared)

                disk1s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (Shared - 1.07 GB used)

                disk1s5 - S***e (APFS) (Shared - 840 KB used)

Mounted Volumes:

    disk1s1 - B******** 500.07 GB (446.56 GB free)

        APFS

        Mount point: /

        Encrypted

disk1s4 - VM [APFS VM] (Shared - 1.07 GB used)

        APFS

        Mount point: /private/var/vm

    disk1s5 - S***e 500.07 GB (446.56 GB free)

        APFS

        Mount point: /Volumes/S***e

Network:

    Interface Bluetooth-Modem: Bluetooth DUN

    Interface en4: iPhone

    Interface en0: Wi-Fi

        802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

    Interface en3: Bluetooth PAN

    Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge

System Software:

    macOS Mojave 10.14.2 (18C54) 

    Time since boot: About 2 hours

Security:

    GatekeeperEnabled

    System Integrity ProtectionEnabled

Unsigned Files:

    Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/de.rme-audio.firefaceAgent.plist

        Executable: /Library/Extensions/FirefaceAudioDriver.kext/Contents/Resources/firefaceAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/firefaceAgent

        Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK


    Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/de.rme-audio.RMEfirefaceUSBAgent.plist

        Executable: /Library/Extensions/RMEFirefaceUSB.kext/Contents/Resources/firefaceUSBAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/firefaceUSBAgent

        Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

32-bit Applications:

    None

Kernel Extensions:

    /Library/Extensions

        FirefaceAudioDriver.kext (RME GmbH, 3.35 - SDK 10.9)

        RMEFirefaceUSB.kext (RME GmbH, 3.10 - SDK 10.11)

        RMEUSBNetworkDriver.kext (RME GmbH, 1.0.1 - SDK 10.11)


Jan 19, 2019 5:35 AM in response to maggotinmyapple

cont.......

Kernel Extensions:

    /Library/Extensions

        FirefaceAudioDriver.kext (RME GmbH, 3.35 - SDK 10.9)

        RMEFirefaceUSB.kext (RME GmbH, 3.10 - SDK 10.11)

        RMEUSBNetworkDriver.kext (RME GmbH, 1.0.1 - SDK 10.11)

System Launch Agents:

    [Not Loaded] 17 Apple tasks

    [Loaded] 165 Apple tasks

    [Running] 117 Apple tasks

System Launch Daemons:

    [Not Loaded] 36 Apple tasks

    [Loaded] 185 Apple tasks

    [Running] 114 Apple tasks

    [Other] One Apple task

Launch Agents:

    [Running] de.rme-audio.RMEfirefaceUSBAgent.plist (? 2aa8da5a - installed 2018-09-19)

    [Running] de.rme-audio.firefaceAgent.plist (? f775870f - installed 2018-04-23)

Launch Daemons:

    [Loaded] com.apple.installer.osmessagetracing.plist (Apple - installed 2018-11-30)

User Login Items:

    iTunesHelper.app (Apple - installed 2018-11-30)

         (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

Internet Plug-ins:

    QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2018-11-30)

Time Machine:

    Time Machine Not Configured!

Performance:

    System Load: 1.66 (1 min ago) 1.58 (5 min ago) 1.51 (15 min ago)

    Nominal I/O speed: 0.38 MB/s

    File system: 24.66 seconds

    Write speed: 1417 MB/s

    Read speed: 1295 MB/s

CPU Usage:

    Type Overall

    System 4 %

    User 3 %

    Idle 94 %

Top Processes by CPU:

    Process (count) CPU (Source - Location)

    Other processes 16.60 % (?)

    Logic Pro X 4.18 % (App Store)

    EtreCheck 4.02 % (App Store)

    Dock 0.09 % (Apple)

    App Store 0.07 % (Apple)

Top Processes by Memory:

    Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location)

    EtreCheck 524 MB (App Store)

    Logic Pro X 380 MB (App Store)

    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (2) 369 MB (Apple)

    App Store 355 MB (Apple)

    Dock 177 MB (Apple)

Top Processes by Network Use:

    Process Input / Output (Source - Location)

    mDNSResponder 322 KB / 57 KB (Apple)

    commerce 91 KB / 2 KB (Apple)

    apsd 8 KB / 15 KB (Apple)

    netbiosd 10 KB / 1 KB (Apple)

    SystemUIServer 0 B / 64 B (Apple)

Virtual Memory Information:

    Available RAM 11.35 GB

    Free RAM 8.16 GB

    Used RAM 4.65 GB

    Cached files 3.19 GB

    Swap Used 0 B

Software Installs (past 30 days):

    Install Date Name (Version)

    2019-01-11 XProtectPlistConfigData (2101)

    2019-01-11 Gatekeeper Configuration Data (158)

    2019-01-19 MRTConfigData (1.38)

    2019-01-19 EtreCheck (5.1)

Diagnostics Information (past 7 days):

    Directory /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports is not accessible without Full Drive Access.


End of report

Sluggish Logic Pro x issue MBP i7 16 GB 3.1 Ghz 2015

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