Catalina/Big Sur is too slow.
Hi. I updated from Catalina to Big Sur and my Mac became ridiculously slow. Reseting SMC/NVRAM/PRAM didn't help. I wiped it out and installed Catalina again. A couple of days later OS started to get slow again. Sudden and quite long spikes in CPU usage up to 90% make it impossible to work. Any help?
Here's current EtreCheckPro report:
EtreCheckPro version: 6.4.4 (6E015)
Report generated: 2021-05-09 12:47:25
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Runtime: 6:17
Performance: Below Average
Problem: Computer is too slow
Major Issues:
Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.
Heavy CPU usage - Some processes are using an unusually high amount of CPU.
Minor Issues:
These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems or opportunities for improvement.
SSD too slow - SSD is showing poor performance.
No Time Machine backup - Time Machine backup not found.
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.
Runaway user process - A user process is using a large percentage of your CPU.
Limited drive access - More information may be available with Full Drive Access.
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
MacBook Pro Model: MacBookPro13,3
2.6 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 (i7-6700HQ) CPU: 4-core
16 GB RAM - Not upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0 - 8 GB LPDDR3 2133
BANK 1/DIMM0 - 8 GB LPDDR3 2133
Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 354
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 530 - VRAM: 1536 MB
AMD Radeon Pro 450 - VRAM: 2 GB
Color LCD (built-in) 3360 x 2100
Drives:
disk0 - APPLE SSD SM0256L 251.00 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)
Internal PCI-Express 8.0 GT/s x4 NVM Express
disk0s1 - EFI [EFI] 315 MB
disk0s2 [APFS Container] 250.04 GB
disk1 [APFS Virtual drive] 250.04 GB (Shared by 6 volumes)
disk1s1 - Macintosh HD - Data (APFS) [APFS Virtual drive] (Shared - 74.96 GB used)
disk1s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared - 82 MB used)
disk1s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared - 529 MB used)
disk1s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (Shared - 4.30 GB used)
disk1s5 0 B (15.35 GB used)
disk1s6 - Macintosh HD (APFS) (Shared - 11.08 GB used)
disk2 - WD My Passport 25E2 4.00 TB
External USB 5 Gbit/s USB
disk2s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB
disk2s2 - P******t 4.00 TB (2.52 TB used)
Mounted Volumes:
disk1s1 - Macintosh HD - Data [APFS Virtual drive]
250.04 GB (Shared - 74.96 GB used, 144.18 GB available, 143.60 GB free)
APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/Data
disk1s3 - Recovery [Recovery]
250.04 GB (Shared - 529 MB used, 143.60 GB free)
APFS
Mount point: /Volumes/Recovery
disk1s4 - VM [APFS VM]
250.04 GB (Shared - 4.30 GB used, 143.60 GB free)
APFS
Mount point: /private/var/vm
disk1s6 - Macintosh HD
250.04 GB (Shared - 11.08 GB used, 144.18 GB available, 143.60 GB free)
APFS
Mount point: /
Read-only: Yes
disk2s2 - P******t
4.00 TB (2.52 TB used, 1.48 TB free)
Mount point: /Volumes/P******t
Network:
Interface en5: USB 10/100/1000 LAN
Interface en0: Wi-Fi
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Interface en7: Bluetooth PAN
Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge
iCloud Quota: 4.98 GB available
System Software:
macOS Catalina 10.15.7 (19H15)
Time since boot: About 2 days
Notifications:
VOX.app
59 notifications
CleanMyMac X.app
3 notifications (one scheduled)
Creative Cloud.app
7 notifications
Security:
Gatekeeper: App Store and identified developers
System Integrity Protection: Enabled
Antivirus software: Apple and CleanMyMac
Unsigned Files:
Running app: S8EX82NJP6.com.macpaw.CleanMyMac-mas.HealthMonitor
System Launch Agents:
[Not Loaded] 16 Apple tasks
[Loaded] 163 Apple tasks
[Running] 134 Apple tasks
System Launch Daemons:
[Not Loaded] 38 Apple tasks
[Loaded] 166 Apple tasks
[Running] 132 Apple tasks
[Other] One Apple task
Launch Agents:
[Not Loaded] com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a23d420d.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2021-05-08)
[Not Loaded] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2021-05-08)
[Running] com.adobe.GC.AGM.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2021-05-08)
[Not Loaded] com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2021-05-08)
[Not Loaded] com.adobe.ccxprocess.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2021-05-08)
Launch Daemons:
[Loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2021-01-09)
[Loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2021-01-09)
[Loaded] com.adobe.acc.installer.v2.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2021-05-08)
[Loaded] com.adobe.agsservice.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2021-05-08)
[Running] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac4.Agent.plist (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2021-05-09)
User Launch Agents:
[Loaded] com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2021-05-08)
[Loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac4.Updater.plist (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2021-05-09)
User Login Items:
[Not Loaded] Autoupdate (Brave Software, Inc. - installed 2021-05-09)
Modern Login Item
/Applications/Brave Browser.app/Contents/Frameworks/Brave Browser Framework.framework/Versions/90.1.24.82/Frameworks/Sparkle.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Autoupdate.app
[Running] CleanMyMac X Menu (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2021-05-09)
Modern Login Item
/Applications/CleanMyMac X.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/CleanMyMac X Menu.app
[Running] CleanMyMac X HealthMonitor (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2021-05-09)
Modern Login Item
/Applications/CleanMyMac X.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/CleanMyMac X Menu.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/CleanMyMac X HealthMonitor.app
[Running] Loop (App Store - installed 2021-05-09)
Modern Login Item
/Applications/VOX.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/Loop.app
[Not Loaded] VOXAgent (App Store - installed 2021-05-09)
Modern Login Item
/Applications/VOX.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/VOXAgent.app
[Running] FigmaAgent (Figma, Inc. - installed 2021-05-08)
Application
~/Library/Application Support/Figma/FigmaAgent.app
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 17.012.20098 (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2021-03-06)
AdobeAAMDetect: 3.0.0.0 (Adobe Inc. - installed 2021-05-08)
AdobePDFViewer: 21.001.20145 (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2021-03-06)
Backup:
Time Machine Not Configured!
Performance:
System Load: 6.08 (1 min ago) 7.95 (5 min ago) 8.35 (15 min ago)
Nominal I/O speed: 1.01 MB/s
File system: 102.82 seconds
Write speed: 1247 MB/s
Read speed: 1692 MB/s
CPU Usage Snapshot:
Type Overall
System: 16 %
User: 28 %
Idle: 56 %
Top Processes Snapshot by CPU:
Process (count) CPU (Source - Location)
system_profiler (2) 123.18 % (Apple)
EtreCheckPro 70.68 % (Etresoft, Inc.)
deleted 44.66 % (Apple)
mdworker (4) 37.00 % (Apple)
WindowServer 29.32 % (Apple)
Top Processes Snapshot by Memory:
Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location)
Brave Browser Helper (Renderer) (11) 1.27 GB (Brave Software, Inc.)
Adobe XD 1004 MB (Adobe Inc.)
system_profiler (2) 634 MB (Apple)
EtreCheckPro 565 MB (Etresoft, Inc.)
MTLCompilerService (31) 395 MB (Apple)
Top Processes Snapshot by Network Use:
Process (count) Input / Output (Source - Location)
mDNSResponder 869 KB / 723 KB (Apple)
EmbeddedOSInstallService 157 KB / 215 KB (Apple)
biometrickitd 152 KB / 59 KB (Apple)
apsd 12 KB / 70 KB (Apple)
Loop.app 17 KB / 25 KB (App Store)
Top Processes Snapshot by Energy Use:
Process (count) Energy (0-100) (Source - Location)
trustd (4) 24 (Apple)
deleted 22 (Apple)
WindowServer 11 (Apple)
system_profiler (2) 11 (Apple)
diskarbitrationd 2 (Apple)
Virtual Memory Information:
Physical RAM: 16 GB
Free RAM: 4.18 GB
Used RAM: 9.12 GB
Cached files: 2.70 GB
Available RAM: 6.88 GB
Swap Used: 1.83 GB
Software Installs (past 60 days):
Install Date Name (Version)
2021-05-06 Commander One PRO (3.0)
2021-05-06 VOX (3.4)
2021-05-06 XProtectPlistConfigData (2145)
2021-05-06 Gatekeeper Configuration Data (181)
2021-05-06 MRTConfigData (1.78)
2021-05-06 FileZilla Pro (3.53.1)
2021-05-07 Elmedia Video Player (7.17)
2021-05-08 Adobe Acrobat DC (Continuous) (21.001.20145)
2021-05-09 CleanMyMac X (4.8.3)
2021-05-09 Meta (1.9.9)
Diagnostics Information (past 7-30 days):
End of report
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15
Posted on May 9, 2021 3:00 AM
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