"The connection to service named com.apple.lsd.modifydb was invalidated"

I have a MacPro Mid 2010 5,1 running 10.13.4, Boot ROM version MP51.0089.B00. I noticed the problem about a month ago when I would be in normal mode and the computer would crash after attempting to do two things at once, like have the internet open, then open a random app...the pizza wheel would spin and I'd have to press the power button to bring it back up. The problem got quickly worse so that every time it would come back up, it would crash after a few minutes. Going into Safe mode however and the Mac seemed to be fine. I checked in Activity Monitor and 'secd' and 'lsd' both took up over 120% of the CPU. In Console I kept getting the continual message "The connection to service named com.apple.lsd.modifydb was invalidated". I noticed that the Security Update 2019-002 10.13.6 was available so I tried to do the update thinking that this might help, and although it would go through the motions of downloading and restarting, the Mac was still in 10.13.4 with the update still in the 'Updates Available' area of the app store. I then booted into Recovery Mode and ran Disk Utility and ran First Aid on all my volumes and everything came back ok. I also used my original start up disk and ran the extended Apple Hardware Test, and after an hour and half, it came back as okay as well. I also tried to install the Combo version of the High Sierra, but this also either did not help or update the computer. Finally tried a PRAM and SMC reset, in addition to a virus scan, which also came back as clean. Now run out of ideas I thought I'd do a clean install of High Sierra so I wiped my SSD (which I use for the OS and apps) and my HDD (to store everything else) and reinstalled it using a USB backup. With just High Sierra installed, and nothing else, the computer would work fine, no issues at all. So I decided to bring back everything from a Time Machine backup from over a month ago (when I believed my system was running okay), but it's back to the same constant "The connection to service named com.apple.lsd.modifydb was invalidated" message in Console with Activity Monitor Showing CPU usage at over 120% for 'secd', basically right where I started again. A call into Apple offered no help since they said I've done pretty much everything that they would have suggested. Is there anything else that I can do?? Please help!!


Mac Pro, macOS 10.13

Posted on May 22, 2019 7:28 AM

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Posted on May 23, 2019 8:57 AM

Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode?


You may have better luck doing all this in Safe Mode.


Avast has been known to cause big problems in OSX. Remove per their instructions.


Get rid of any Symantec/Norton items.


Unistall Trusteer.


Do you really need WD drivers? Dealing with NTFS volumes maybe?


I'd remove all those Startup Items: except the FXLicense Manager.


Whew, f-secure also??? more than 1 Anti-virus app is plenty of problems, no idea on f-secure itself.


Oh wait... fsavd (10) 626.04 % (? - /usr/local/f-secure/fssp/sbin)... uninstall it.


I'd remove the very old...

com.micromat.TechToolProDaemon.plist

com.prosofteng.DriveGenius.locum.plist

xxx.qnation.PeerGuardian.locum.plist


OH NO, get rid of MacKeeper!


o1dbrowserplugin is a fake plugin a disguised replacement for oldbrowserplugin


Delete all those plists under Executable not found.


To get rid of Spigot Searchme, try  Malwarebytes…


https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/ m

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May 25, 2019 9:54 PM in response to BDAqua

So it took me a while but I did everything in the list you recommended. The problem with the computer crashing shortly after rebooting each time I believe has resolved itself, however when I check Activity Monitor, 'secd' still occupies over 123% CPU usage for about the first five minutes after reboot, but then it goes away. I hope that this is okay?

The one big issue I still face is that I can't get my Mac to update past 10.13.4. I have tried multiple times to update to the High Sierra 10.13.6 update, but each time after going through the motions of downloading and restarting, it just doesn't work.

Another issue is that my Time Machine icon doesn't always appear on my desktop after rebooting sometimes. This is an internal drive so I'm not sure why the computer doesn't recognize it every time, even though it has appeared and worked to backup in the past couple of days. It just seems to be completely random whether it appears or not - before all these recent issues, I had absolutely no problems with it.

I'm also curious, since I've now deleted all of my antivirus software from my Mac, what should I be using to protect my computer? Is there one actually recommended out there in the Apple community?

Thanks again for all of your help!

Jun 2, 2019 9:36 PM in response to NeedMacHelpPls

Follow up...

I booted back into regular mode, and boom, SafariBooksSyncAgent was gone from Activity Monitor! I guess signing out of the iCloud that I didn't know I even had solved that one. My Time Machine was also back on my desktop, but as I said before, it's been kind of random as to whether it appears or not, so I just might have been lucky this time?

'Secd' is still at the top of Activity Monitor right after boot up though, with the same "The connection to service named com.apple.lsd.modifydb was invalidated" message over and over again in Console, until it finally goes away after about five minutes.

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