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My keyboard 'freezes' when typing

My keyboard 'freezes' when I'm doing typing like Mail. It comes back on in a few seconds, but can I fix this?




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MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.14

Posted on May 9, 2019 4:56 AM

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May 12, 2019 7:28 AM in response to Jean N

John Galt wrote a compressive procedure to Un-Install CleanMyMac, featured on this thread:


How do I remove Clean My Mac 3 from Mac b… - Apple Community


That 'Erase and Re-Install' Procedure is sometimes necessary after a major virus outbreak. Note the prominence of a Trusted Time Machine Backup in that procedure.


In my opinion, the full Re-Install is not warranted in your case unless you find additional damage which cannot be repaired otherwise. I suggest you use the CleanMyMac UnInstaller, delete the file mentioned, and leave it at that and see if you will end up needing more.

May 11, 2019 6:27 AM in response to Jean N

this is why you are having keyboard problems. something is eating up all your CPU cycles:

Major Issues:

Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.

Runaway process - A process is using a large percentage of your CPU.

Adware - Adware detected.

More than one antivirus app - This machine has multiple antivirus apps installed.

Antivirus apps: CleanMyMac and MalwareBytes


Un-Install CleanMyMac. It is no better at cleaning than random guessing, and sometimes removes parts of MacOS as well. You should Never use such junk. Filth is not a reason for slowness, and the Mac does not accumulate filth. There is no benefit to such cleaning, and the program is inept.


Adware:

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.MainSearch.plist

Executable: ~/Library/Application Support/com.MainSearch/MainSearch r

Reason: Adware pattern match

Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.MainSearchDaemon.plist

Executable: /Library/Application Support/com.MainSearchDaemon/MainSearch r

Reason: Adware pattern match





May 11, 2019 6:30 AM in response to Jean N

Time Machine:

Time Machine information not available without Full Drive Access.

10 local snapshots

Oldest local snapshot: 2019-05-04 08:39:14

Last local snapshot: 2019-05-08 18:20:15


You are not connecting your Backup drive often enough. This makes each backup take about half-a-day longer than necessary. Try to connect your backup drive every-other-day, at least.

May 11, 2019 6:35 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Do you need dropbox running all the time? It takes a toll on your Mac because it spends all day trying to make sure all your dropbox files are up to date with all your Mac files. This punishes performance greatly, for a very small payback. If you remove dropbox from the automatic launch list, and use it only when needed, your computer will run much better.

May 12, 2019 4:43 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Hooray! I finally found something! My MalwareByte app was out of date, so I upgraded the freebie version and scanned.

Found a bad actor and deleted it.

Still cannot find CleanMyMac -- altho the darned thing pops up frequently.

Fixed (I think!) the DropBox problem.

EtreCheck doesn't do anything for free except scan. Do you think it's worth the $$$?

Thanks for your patience!

My keyboard 'freezes' when typing

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