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It has been running terribly slow for quite sometime. This is my wifes computer and now she is after me to buy a new one so hopefully I can get this fixed. Etrecheck just says it has poor performance but nothing else really.
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15
What it really says that's significant is your main disk read/write speeds are dismally slow. This is most likely the bottleneck.
I suggest booting from an external SSD if you wish to keep using this Mac.
What it really says that's significant is your main disk read/write speeds are dismally slow. This is most likely the bottleneck.
I suggest booting from an external SSD if you wish to keep using this Mac.
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
iMac 21.5 Late 2012 Running Slow Etrecheck File
