How to stop beach balling, intermittent slowness and fix "ProxiedDevice-Bridge" crashes?

What are these crashes that EtreCheck found .. /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/recoverylogd-2023-03-22-040907.ips?

Beach balling on 2 year old MacBook Air (Intel) with 16 GB RAM, 250 GB SSD, macOS Ventura 13.2.1.

I did (1) a bunch of safe boots, then (2) at least 2 full Disk Utility First Aid checks/repairs — volumes, containers and disks. After that, I (3) reinstalled Ventura through the Recovery System boot. Doing all this freed up a bunch of space (100 GB now free; 25 GB free before all of this)

AFTER all of this, the Mac is running fine now, but an EtreCheck scan, right after all the above, shows some crashes. Some kind of "ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired" thing.

Is that a problem? How do I get rid of "ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired"?

My Etre Check scan is attached.

EtreCheck Scan 3-22-2023

MacBook Air 13″

Posted on Mar 22, 2023 7:29 AM

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HWTech

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Mar 23, 2023 6:18 PM in response to markmadness

I've been seeing these crashes in many EtreCheck reports over the last two years...usually associated with the 2019 MBPros. I believe it has something to do with the TouchID and/or the T2 security chip. Most threads never have a solution or follow up from the original posters, but the ones which have updated their threads have mentioned needing to have the Logic Board replaced.

About the only thing left to try is to "Restore" the firmware which resets the T2 security chip, updates the firmware, and performs a clean install of macOS. Unfortunately in Apple's infinite wisdom, it requires access to another Mac running macOS 12.4 to perform the "Restore" of the T2 firmware. If you still have the issue after this, then you will need to have Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider examine the laptop to provide you with a repair estimate (it will be expensive if out of warranty).

Miche11e_P

Community Specialist

Mar 23, 2023 11:15 AM in response to markmadness

Hi markmadness,

Thanks for contacting Apple Support Communities!

We understand that you're concerned with "ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired" outlined in your report.

We do see that it indicates high CPU use. You can use Activity Monitor to help you to determine what specifically is causing high CPU usage as outlined here: View CPU activity in Activity Monitor on Mac - Apple Support

"In the Activity Monitor app on your Mac, do any of the following:

To view processor activity over time, click CPU (or use the Touch Bar). The following percentages appear in the bottom of the Activity Monitor window:
- System: The percentage of CPU capability that’s being used by processes that belong to macOS.
- User: The percentage of CPU capability that’s being used by apps you opened, or by the processes opened by those apps.
- Idle: The percentage of CPU capability that’s not being used.
To view current processor activity, choose Window > CPU Usage.
To view recent processor activity, choose Window > CPU History.
To display more columns, choose View > Columns, then choose the columns you want to show."

We hope this helps.

Cheers!

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How to stop beach balling, intermittent slowness and fix "ProxiedDevice-Bridge" crashes?