I have a pop up window telling me "Your computer is low on memory. To free up some memory, please close a few applications." Same as this guy: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251034595?answerId=251956030022#251956030022
I run Etrecheck, but can´t identify the problem. I would appreciate some support. Greets from Germany
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15
This generally happens for 2 reasons
A) The boot disk is low for free storage, and macOS cannot create page/swap files where it can write the contents of virtual memory. This is rarely the cause, but it can happen.
If you have very little free storage on your boot volume, you should free up some storage.
B) a process or set of processes are consuming an excessive amount of virtual memory (sometimes because of a memory leak, and sometimes because you are processing huge files, such as video editing, large format graphics editing, etc... and you do not have very much RAM in your system).
Virtual memory is tracked via kernel based page tables. The more virtual memory being managed, the more page tables created. If enough virtual memory is requested, the page tables will grow to a size that ends up consuming all of the real RAM so that there is nothing left for the programs to use.
You can look at your memory usage via
Applications -> Utilities -> Activity Monitor -> View -> All Processes -> Memory tab
Chance are you will find a background process that has a very high memory consumption value, or a set of processes (such as tabs in a web browser) that are eating up memory.
This generally happens for 2 reasons
A) The boot disk is low for free storage, and macOS cannot create page/swap files where it can write the contents of virtual memory. This is rarely the cause, but it can happen.
If you have very little free storage on your boot volume, you should free up some storage.
B) a process or set of processes are consuming an excessive amount of virtual memory (sometimes because of a memory leak, and sometimes because you are processing huge files, such as video editing, large format graphics editing, etc... and you do not have very much RAM in your system).
Virtual memory is tracked via kernel based page tables. The more virtual memory being managed, the more page tables created. If enough virtual memory is requested, the page tables will grow to a size that ends up consuming all of the real RAM so that there is nothing left for the programs to use.
You can look at your memory usage via
Applications -> Utilities -> Activity Monitor -> View -> All Processes -> Memory tab
Chance are you will find a background process that has a very high memory consumption value, or a set of processes (such as tabs in a web browser) that are eating up memory.
here the report:
EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)
Report generated 12/31/20, 3:06 PM
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The following internal tasks failed to complete:
/usr/sbin/system_profiler -xml SPFontsDataType
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2,5 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
16 GB RAM Upgradeable
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
Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 160 - SN = 9G43902ZQD3MB
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Color LCD 1280 x 800
macOS 10.15.7 (19H114) - Time since boot: 0:20:44
Intenso SSD SATAIII disk0 : (512,11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
disk0s2 (disk0s2) <not mounted> : 511.90 GB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS41N
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Mac App Store and identified developers
/Applications/WD +TURBO Installer.app
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394.64.10.9 (1.0.1 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USB.64.10.9 (1.0.1 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394HP (1.0.11 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394_64HP (1.0.1 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USB-64HP (1.0.3) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USBHP (1.0.14) [Click for support]
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.openssh.ssh-agent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.xpcservice.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist [Click for support]
[failed] com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a...plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.teamviewer.Helper.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.versioncueCS4.plist [Click for support]
continue...
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.PeggleNights2.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.readerupdate.plist [Click for support]
[failed] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support] [Click for details]
[running] com.calculator.helper.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.gregorian.gettime.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.TastyBlue4.plist [Click for support]
[failed] com.hp.productresearch.plist [Click for support] [Click for details]
[running] com.copypaste.helper.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.update.updService.plist [Click for support]
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist [Click for details]
[running] com.SAGA-400.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.hp.devicemonitor.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.Fanny.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.activitymoniter.agent.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
AdobeResourceSynchronizer Programm Hidden (/Applications/Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.app/Contents/Helpers/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
AdBlock UNKNOWN (missing value)
iTunesHelper UNKNOWN (missing value)
MacMasterMenu UNKNOWN (missing value)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 32.0.0.465 - SDK 10.12 [Click for support]
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 17.012.20098 - SDK 10.13 [Click for support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 20.013.20074 - SDK 10.13 [Click for support]
Flash Player: Version: 32.0.0.465 - SDK 10.12 [Click for support]
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20125.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
DirectorShockwave: Version: 12.0.2r122 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.104 [Click for support]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Adobe Version Cue CS4 [Click for support]
Flash Player [Click for support]
Flip4Mac WMV [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Destinations:
Timemachine [Local]
Total size: 499.97 GB
Total number of backups: 1
Oldest backup: 2020-11-16 19:19:33 +0000
Last backup: 2020-11-16 19:19:33 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 499.97 GB > (Disk size 0 B X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
15% WindowServer
8% TeamViewer_Desktop
2% TeamViewer
1% launchd
0% configd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
328 MB TeamViewer_Desktop
229 MB WhatsApp Helper (Renderer)
197 MB TeamViewer
197 MB mds_stores
197 MB WhatsApp
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
8.57 GB Free RAM
7.43 GB Used RAM
0 B Swap Used
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Dec 31, 2020, 12:36:22 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/???_2020-12-31-123622_[redacted].crash
Dec 31, 2020, 02:40:26 PM Self test - passed
Low Memory Warning on Macbook 2012
