iMac 21.5 Late 2012 Running Slow Etrecheck File

Problem: Computer is too slow

Description:

All actions slow than usual

Major Issues:

Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.

No Time Machine backup - Time Machine backup not found.

Poor performance - EtreCheck report shows poor performance. This is unusual.

Obsolete hardware - This computer may be considered obsolete.

Adobe Flash Player installed - Adobe Flash Player is installed on this computer. This is a security risk and no longe

r supported.

Minor Issues:

These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems or opportunities for improvem

ent.

Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed. These files could be old, incompatible, and cause prob

lems. They should be reviewed.

x86-only Apps - This computer has x86-only apps might not work on future versions of the operating system.

Kernel extensions present - This computer has kernel extensions that may not work in the future.

Hardware Information:

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012) - Obsolete!

iMac Model: iMac13,1

2.7 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 (i5-3330S) CPU: 4-core

8 GB RAM - Upgradeable by an Apple Authorized Service Provider

BANK 0/DIMM0 - 4 GB DDR3 1600

BANK 1/DIMM0 - 4 GB DDR3 1600

Video Information:

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M - VRAM: 512 MB

iMac 1920 x 1080

Drives:

disk0 - APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662 1.00 TB (Mechanical - 5400 RPM)

Internal SATA 3 Gigabit Serial ATA

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

disk0s2 [APFS Container] 1000.00 GB

disk1 [APFS Virtual drive] 1000.00 GB (Shared by 5 volumes)

disk1s1 - Macintosh HD - Data (APFS) [APFS Virtual drive] (Shared - 523.74 GB used)

disk1s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared - 25 MB used)

disk1s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared - 526 MB used)

disk1s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (Shared - 4.30 GB used)

disk1s5 - Macintosh HD (APFS) (Shared - 11.61 GB used)

Mounted Volumes:

disk1s1 - Macintosh HD - Data [APFS Virtual drive]

1000.00 GB (Shared - 523.74 GB used, 481.75 GB available, 459.59 GB free)

APFS

Mount point: /System/Volumes/Data

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disk1s4 - VM [APFS VM]

1000.00 GB (Shared - 4.30 GB used, 459.59 GB free)

APFS

Mount point: /private/var/vm

disk1s5 - Macintosh HD

1000.00 GB (Shared - 11.61 GB used, 481.75 GB available, 459.59 GB free)

APFS

Mount point: /

Read-only: Yes

Network:

Interface en0: Ethernet

Interface en1: Wi-Fi

802.11 a/b/g/n

Interface en5: iPhone

Interface en4: Bluetooth PAN

Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge

iCloud Quota: 2.73 GB available

System Software:

macOS Catalina 10.15.7 (19H1922)

Time since boot: Less than an hour

Security:

Gatekeeper: App Store and identified developers

System Integrity Protection: Enabled

Antivirus software: Apple

Security Risk! - Adobe Flash Player installed!

System Launch Daemons:

[Not Loaded] 36 Apple tasks

[Loaded] 184 Apple tasks

[Running] 119 Apple tasks

System Launch Agents:

[Not Loaded] 16 Apple tasks

[Loaded] 179 Apple tasks

[Running] 120 Apple tasks

Launch Daemons:

[Loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (Not signed - installed 2016-04-24)

[Loaded] com.apple.installer.osmessagetracing.plist (Apple - installed 2019-09-19)

[Loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2022-06-20)

[Loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2022-05-26)

Launch Agents:

[Loaded] com.lexmark.hostregister.plist (Not signed - installed 2011-06-27)

[Other] com.lexmark.profilelistener.plist (Not signed - installed 2011-06-27)

[Loaded] com.microsoft.update.agent.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2022-06-20)

User Launch Agents:

[Loaded] com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent.plist (Dropbox, Inc. - installed 2022-06-19)

[Loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google LLC - installed 2022-04-18)

[Loaded] com.google.keystone.xpcservice.plist (Google LLC - installed 2022-04-18)

Performance:

System Load: 2.24 (1 min ago) 1.89 (5 min ago) 1.37 (15 min ago)

Nominal I/O usage: 4.02 MB/s

File system: 39.90 seconds

Write speed: 56 MB/s

Read speed: 59 MB/s

CPU Usage Snapshot:

Type Overall

System: 6 %

User: 14 %

Idle: 79 %

Top Processes Snapshot by CPU:

Process (count) CPU (Source - Location)

WindowServer 6.50 % (Apple)

EtreCheckPro 5.80 % (Etresoft, Inc.)

kernel_task 3.77 % (Apple)

find 3.52 % (Apple)

mdworker_shared (16) 2.15 % (Apple)

Top Processes Snapshot by Memory:

Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location)

EtreCheckPro 547 MB (Etresoft, Inc.)

Dropbox (3) 361 MB (Dropbox, Inc.)

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NotificationCenter 245 MB (Apple)

Dropbox Helper (Renderer) (2) 206 MB (Dropbox, Inc.)

mdworker_shared (22) 201 MB (Apple)

Top Processes Snapshot by Network Use:

Process Input / Output (Source - Location)

mDNSResponder 294 KB / 49 KB (Apple)

CalendarAgent 68 KB / 9 KB (Apple)

Dropbox 20 KB / 33 KB (Dropbox, Inc.)

apsd 5 KB / 22 KB (Apple)

rapportd 8 KB / 5 KB (Apple)

Top Processes Snapshot by Energy Use:

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

kextcache 9 (Apple)

WindowServer 4 (Apple)

trustd (4) 3 (Apple)

photolibraryd 1 (Apple)

photoanalysisd 1 (Apple)

Virtual Memory Information:

Physical RAM: 8 GB

Free RAM: 1.05 GB

Used RAM: 4.65 GB

Cached files: 2.30 GB

Available RAM: 3.35 GB

Swap Used: 0 B