I use Chrome and Safari for multiple websites and online trading softwares. But My MacBook Air M1 2020 gets sluggish and slows down every 2-3 days.
Then I have to restart afresh. Deleting Cache from Library does not help much. Already updated to Mac OS Big Sur Can somebody help please?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.1
Please run Etrecheck and post its full report here so we can know about other third party external and daemons which may be causing problems.
Chrome is known to be a big resource hog, but there may be other issues.
Please run Etrecheck and post its full report here so we can know about other third party external and daemons which may be causing problems.
Chrome is known to be a big resource hog, but there may be other issues.
Thanks Luis!
Here's the Etrecheck Report:
EtreCheck version: 5.6.5 (5229)
Report generated: 2021-01-08 23:37:01
Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com
Runtime: 1:24
Performance: Excellent
Sandbox: Enabled
Full drive access: Disabled
Problem: Computer is too slow
Description:
I use a trading software, and 4 apps including Amazon Phots, Whatsapp
desktop, Telegram Desktop and Boom 3D Audio. Other than this I use Chr
ome and Safari with multiple tab pages (always open).
The MacBook Air M1 goes sluggish and slows down after 2-3 days and I h
ave to restart for normal working.Deleting Cache from library does not
help.
Major Issues:
Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.
Runaway process - A process is using a large percentage of your CPU.
Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed that could be adware and should be reviewed.
Minor Issues:
These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems or opportunities for improvement.
No Time Machine backup - Time Machine backup not found.
Clean up - There are orphan files that could be removed.
Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed. Apple has said that unsigned software will not run by default in a future version of the operating system.
System modifications - There are a large number of system modifications running in the background.
Limited drive access - More information may be available with Full Drive Access.
Kernel extensions present - This computer has kernel extensions that may not work in the future.
Hardware Information:
MacBook Air (M1, 2020)
MacBook Air Model: MacBookAir10,1
2.40 GHz Apple M1 CPU: 8-core
8 GB RAM - Not upgradeable
Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 26
Video Information:
Apple M1
Color LCD (built-in) 2880 x 1800
Drives:
disk0 - APPLE SSD AP0512Q 500.28 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)
Internal Apple Fabric NVM Express
disk0s1 [APFS Container] 524 MB
disk1 [APFS Virtual drive] 524 MB (Shared by 4 volumes)
disk1s1 - i********t (APFS) (Shared - 7 MB used)
disk1s2 - xART (APFS) (Shared - 6 MB used)
disk1s3 - Hardware (APFS) (Shared - 647 KB used)
disk1s4 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared)
disk0s2 [APFS Container] 494.38 GB
disk3 [APFS Virtual drive] 494.38 GB (Shared by 6 volumes)
disk3s1 (APFS) [APFS Container] (Shared)
disk3s1s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) [APFS Snapshot] (Shared - 15.05 GB used)
disk3s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared - 335 MB used)
disk3s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared)
disk3s4 - Update (APFS) (Shared - 4 MB used)
disk3s5 - Data (APFS) [APFS Virtual drive] (Shared - 336.70 GB used)
disk3s6 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (Shared - 2.15 GB used)
disk0s3 [APFS Container] 5.37 GB
disk2 [APFS Virtual drive] 5.37 GB (Shared by 2 volumes)
disk2s1 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared)
disk2s2 - Update (APFS) (Shared)
Mounted Volumes:
disk1s1 - i********t
524 MB (Shared - 7 MB used, 505 MB free)
APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/i********t
disk1s2 - xART
524 MB (Shared - 6 MB used, 505 MB free)
APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/x***s
disk1s3 - Hardware
524 MB (Shared - 647 KB used, 505 MB free)
APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/Hardware
disk3s1s1 - Macintosh HD [APFS Snapshot]
494.38 GB (Shared - 15.05 GB used, 153.11 GB available, 138.92 GB free)
APFS
Mount point: /
Read-only: Yes
disk3s2 - Preboot [APFS Preboot]
494.38 GB (Shared - 335 MB used, 138.92 GB free)
APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/Preboot
disk3s4 - Update
494.38 GB (Shared - 4 MB used, 138.92 GB free)
APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/Update
disk3s5 - Data [APFS Virtual drive]
494.38 GB (Shared - 336.70 GB used, 153.11 GB available, 138.92 GB free)
APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/Data
Encrypted
disk3s6 - VM [APFS VM]
494.38 GB (Shared - 2.15 GB used, 138.92 GB free)
APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/VM
Network:
Interface en3: Ethernet Adaptor (en3)
Interface en4: Ethernet Adaptor (en4)
Interface en0: Wi-Fi
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax
Interface en5: Bluetooth PAN
Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge
System Software:
macOS Big Sur 11.1 (20C69)
Time since boot: About 6 hours
Notifications:
Notifications not available without Full Drive Access.
Security:
Gatekeeper: Enabled
System Integrity Protection: Enabled
Antivirus software: Apple
Well, I have not seen this is quite a while!
You have remnants of that awful "mackeeper" thing. This is malware.
You also have several bits and pieces that no doubt came from your previous mac.
Also: Chrome and its "keystone" agents and daemons are terrible resource hogs.
I strongly advise you to make a backup, and then restart from recovery, erase and install and migrate ONLY the user accounts.
Only install applications and other stuff fresh from the App Store or their developers websites.
MacBook Air M1 2020
