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User profile for user: palefox
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Etrecheck report / can you check?

Hi. A few minor issues appeared in the report. Namely Limited Drive Access vs. Full Drive access. Is this a matter of the free version vs. the paid version?


MacBook Pro 13" mid-2012 | 9,2

8gb Ram

750gb HDD

Etrecheck Report



Also, the performance results seem to be slow, or maybe I'm reading it wrong? Full report to attached.

Performance:

    System Load: 1.39 (1 min ago) 1.20 (5 min ago) 0.91 (15 min ago)

    Nominal I/O speed: 3.06 MB/s

    File system: 22.73 seconds

    Write speed: 79 MB/s 

Read speed: 74 MB/s



Posted on Sep 7, 2020 2:18 PM

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User profile for user: babowa
babowa
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Posted on Sep 7, 2020 5:57 PM

I was using a different browser earlier and the report was not accessible. I got it now...


Ah, I was right: your 5400 rpm hard drive has the speed of a very slow snail. There is not anything you can do to improve that except put in an either 7200 rpm drive or an SSD. I had the same model and increased the RAM plus put in an SSD and it was very quick and responsive.


Also it mentions your battery - you need to replace that very soon. Batteries will start to swell before they fail and can cause damage to other parts. That has nothing to do with the drive, but also needs attention.



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User profile for user: babowa
babowa
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Sep 7, 2020 5:57 PM in response to palefox

I was using a different browser earlier and the report was not accessible. I got it now...


Ah, I was right: your 5400 rpm hard drive has the speed of a very slow snail. There is not anything you can do to improve that except put in an either 7200 rpm drive or an SSD. I had the same model and increased the RAM plus put in an SSD and it was very quick and responsive.


Also it mentions your battery - you need to replace that very soon. Batteries will start to swell before they fail and can cause damage to other parts. That has nothing to do with the drive, but also needs attention.



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User profile for user: K Shaffer
K Shaffer
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Sep 7, 2020 4:38 PM in response to palefox

The version EtreCheck "Pro" acquired by direct download from Maker's site

is free and is the full version. If you chose instead, App from App store, that

hasn't all the details the download one has.


..In settings in download version, should be way to choose 'Full Access'

for more of a detailed Report. Maybe sift through the instructions again...


I see two places your MacBook Pro has rotational HDD: outside report & within.

(If that's stock, probably 5400-RPM. ~ Or maybe optional 7200; didn't notice.)


Take care & good luck!🌻🐝

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User profile for user: palefox
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Sep 7, 2020 6:04 PM in response to palefox

nope. Let's try this.

EtreCheckPro version: 6.3.1 (6D012)


Report generated: 2020-09-07 15C04C39


Download EtreCheckPro from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 3C21


Performance: Good

Problem: No problem - just checking

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 or opportunities for improvem

ent.

No Time Machine backup - Time Machine backup not found.

Upgradeable hard drive - This machineʼs hard drive could be replaced with an SSD. This would dramatically improv

e your machineʼs performance.

High battery cycle count - Your battery may be losing capacity.


32-bit Apps - This machine has 32-bits apps will not work on current versions of the operating system.

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


Hardware Information:


MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)


MacBook Pro Model: MacBookPro9,2


2.90 GHz Intel Core i7 (i7-3520M) CPU: 2-core

8 GB RAM - At maximum

BANK 0/DIMM0 - 4 GB DDR3 1600


BANK 1/DIMM0 - 4 GB DDR3 1600


Battery: Health = Replace Soon - Cycle count = 1267


Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1536 MB

Color LCD 1280 x 800


Drives:

disk0 - APPLE HDD HTS541075A9E682 750.16 GB (Mechanical - 5400 RPM)

Internal SATA 3 Gigabit Serial ATA


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

disk0s2 [APFS Container] 749.95 GB


disk1 [APFS Virtual drive] 749.95 GB (Shared by 4 volumes)

disk1s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) (Shared - 20.57 GB used)

disk1s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared - 24 MB used)

disk1s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared - 507 MB used)

disk1s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (Shared - 4.29 GB used)


Mounted Volumes:

disk1s1 - Macintosh HD


749.95 GB (Shared - 20.57 GB used, 731.93 GB available, 724.37 GB free)

APFS


Mount point: /

disk1s4 - VM [APFS VM]


749.95 GB (Shared - 4.29 GB used, 724.37 GB free)

APFS


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User profile for user: palefox
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Sep 7, 2020 6:10 PM in response to babowa

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Mount point: /private/var/vm

Network:

Interface en0: Ethernet

Interface fw0: FireWire

Interface en1: Wi-Fi

802.11 a/b/g/n


Interface en3: Bluetooth PAN

Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge


System Software:


macOS Mojave 10.14.6 (18G6020)

Time since boot: Less than an hour

Security:

Gatekeeper: App Store and identified developers

System Integrity Protection: Enabled

Antivirus software: Apple

32-bit Applications:

2 32-bit apps

System Launch Agents:

[Not Loaded] 14 Apple tasks

[Loaded] 181 Apple tasks

[Running] 105 Apple tasks


System Launch Daemons:

[Not Loaded] 36 Apple tasks

[Loaded] 187 Apple tasks

[Running] 109 Apple tasks

[Other] 2 Apple tasks

Launch Daemons:

[Loaded] com.apple.installer.osmessagetracing.plist (Apple - installed 2020-07-09)

Audio Plug-ins:

AppleTimeSyncAudioClock: 1.0 (Apple - installed 2019-09-20)

BluetoothAudioPlugIn: 6.0.14 (Apple - installed 2020-09-03)

AirPlay: 2.0 (Apple - installed 2020-09-03)


AppleAVBAudio: 760.6 (Apple - installed 2019-09-20)

BridgeAudioSP: 5.52 (Apple - installed 2020-09-03)

iSightAudio: 7.7.3 (Apple - installed 2019-09-20)

Backup:

Time Machine Not Configured!


One local snapshot


Oldest local snapshot: 2020-09-03 09f35f15

Last local snapshot: 2020-09-03 09f35f15

Performance:

System Load: 1.39 (1 min ago) 1.20 (5 min ago) 0.91 (15 min ago)

Nominal I/O speed: 3.06 MB/s


File system: 22.73 seconds


Write speed: 79 MB/s

Read speed: 74 MB/s

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admin’s MacBook Pro 2020-09-07

CPU Usage Snapshot:

Type Overall

System: 2 %

User: 2 %

Idle: 96 %


Top Processes Snapshot by CPU:


Process (count) CPU (Source - Location)

EtreCheckPro 7.20 % (Etresoft, Inc.)

WindowServer 5.02 % (Apple)

kernel_task 1.80 % (Apple)

usbd 0.18 % (Apple)

softwareupdated 0.00 % (Apple)

Top Processes Snapshot by Memory:


Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location)

com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (5) 521 MB (Apple)

EtreCheckPro 436 MB (Etresoft, Inc.)

MTLCompilerService (14) 204 MB (Apple)

mds_stores 132 MB (Apple)

softwareupdated 111 MB (Apple)

Top Processes Snapshot by Network Use:

Process Input / Output (Source - Location)

mDNSResponder 260 KB / 9 KB (Apple)

netbiosd 8 KB / 1 KB (Apple)


apsd 4 KB / 3 KB (Apple)

SystemUIServer 0 B / 64 B (Apple)

softwareupdated 0 B / 0 B (Apple)


Top Processes Snapshot by Energy Use:


Process (count) Energy (0-100) (Source - Location)

WindowServer 3 (Apple)

SafariBookmarksSyncAgent 0 (Apple)

mDNSResponder 0 (Apple)

studentd 0 (Apple)

softwareupdated 0 (Apple)

Virtual Memory Information:

Physical RAM: 8 GB

Free RAM: 748 MB

Used RAM: 3.07 GB

Cached files: 4.20 GB

Available RAM: 4.93 GB

Swap Used: 0 B

Software Installs (past 30 days):

Install Date Name (Version)

2020-08-31 SU_TITLE (10.14.6.1.1.1569030045)

2020-09-03 Safari (13.1.2)

2020-09-03 Voice Update - Nora (1.3.2)

2020-09-03 Security Update 2020-004 (10.14.6)

2020-09-03 CompatibilityNotificationData (1.0.6)

2020-09-03 XProtectPlistConfigData (2129)

2020-09-03 Gatekeeper Configuration Data (181)

2020-09-03 MRTConfigData (1.66)

Diagnostics Information (past 7-30 days):

End of report

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User profile for user: K Shaffer
K Shaffer
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Sep 7, 2020 6:23 PM in response to palefox

Both reports (saw first one, awhile ago) appear similar and show the MacBook/Pro

to be slower; due mostly due to the Rotational 5400-RPM storage hard disk drive.


The reports show small difference; but not substantial given they were in same day.

I've only looked through each; notice both of these don't show Full Access report.

With both EtreCheck reports 'open' (read one-scroll-then other) they're much alike.


Don't have time now to review performance related matters; the EtreCheck product

can help with removal of adware and other issues, too. I'm going offline now, though.

Take care and happy trails!🌻🙂

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