My memory usage is very high during random periods




Description:


Seems to be remotely controlled. My memory usage is very high during r


andom periods during the day, A bit of searching on lib. paths constan


tly show me some kind of people afraid their system is compromised by


an external thing.


The most terms a read (sorry I have no clue if they are relevant to th


e issue) are chromium, some kind of a Xcode project that is able to ru


n 24/7 if it wants to by a few “commands” like —




Major Issues:


    Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.




    Heavy CPU usage - Some processes are using an unusually high amount of CPU.






    No Time Machine backup - Time Machine backup not found.


    Apps crashing - There have been numerous app crashes.


    Runaway user process - A user process is using a large percentage of your CPU.


    Limited permissions - More information may be available with Full Disk Access.






(Somehow I find this interesting?)


    disk3s6 - VM [APFS VM]


        Filesystem: APFS


        Mount point: /System/Volumes/VM


        Used: 2.15 GB


        Shared values


            Size: 245.11 GB


            Free: 142.90 GB




Applications:


    423 apps


    3 x86-only apps


    2 unsigned apps




System Launch Agents:


    [Not Loaded] 23 Apple tasks


    [Loaded] 187 Apple tasks


    [Running] 187 Apple tasks




Launch Agents:


    [Not Loaded] com.apple.dt.xcode.xcbackgrounddownloader.plist (Apple - installed 2023-05-20)


        Command: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/xcodebuild -downloadAllPreviouslySelectedPlatforms


        Location: /Applications/Xcode.app




App Extensions:


    QuickLook Previews:


        EtreCheckQuickLook - ~/Downloads/EtreCheckPro.app


            com.etresoft.etrecheck4 *.etrecheck




Performance:


    System Load: 2.18 (1 min ago) 2.22 (5 min ago) 2.15 (15 min ago)


    Nominal I/O usage: 1.20 MB/s


    File system: 9.11 seconds


    Write speed: 2538 MB/s


    Read speed: 2729 MB/s




CPU Usage Snapshot:


    Type Overall


    System: 5 %


    User: 26 %


    Idle: 68 %




Top Processes Snapshot by CPU:


    Process (count) CPU (Source - Location)


    xcsreciperunner 99.80 % (Apple)


    WindowServer 33.52 % (Apple)


    Finder 20.60 % (Apple)


    EtreCheckPro 19.46 % (Etresoft, Inc.)


    mdbulkimport (2) 14.50 % (Apple)




Top Processes Snapshot by Memory:


    Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location)


    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (9) 934 MB (Apple)


    EtreCheckPro 713 MB (Etresoft, Inc.)


    Xcode 563 MB (Apple)


    Instruments 549 MB (Apple)


    com.apple.appkit.xpc.openAndSavePanelService (6) 373 MB (Apple)




Top Processes Snapshot by Network Use:


    Process Input / Output (Source - Location)


    mDNSResponder 4 MB / 3 MB (Apple)


    com.apple.WebKit.Networking 477 KB / 102 KB (Apple)


    apsd 12 KB / 61 KB (Apple)


    netbiosd 23 KB / 15 KB (Apple)


    trustd 7 KB / 913 B (Apple)




Top Processes Snapshot by Energy Use:


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


    xcsreciperunner 48 (Apple)


    WindowServer 11 (Apple)


    sharingd 7 (Apple)


    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (9) 5 (Apple)


    DisplaysExt 2 (Apple)




Virtual Memory Information:


    Physical RAM: 16 GB




    Free RAM: 66 MB


    Used RAM: 12.23 GB


    Cached files: 3.70 GB




    Available RAM: 3.77 GB


    Swap Used: 386 MB




Diagnostics Information (past 7-30 days):


    2023-09-14 14:43:42 Preferences - Crash (2 times)


        Executable: /Applications/Xcode.app




    2023-09-14 14:38:08 InternetAccountsSettingsExtension - Crash


        Executable: /System/Library/ExtensionKit/Extensions/InternetAccountsSettingsExtension.appex/Contents/MacOS/InternetAccountsSettingsExtension




    2023-09-14 12:53:05 chromium - Crash (2 times)


        Executable: ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/chromium-cfbwkpdhacfsgphcumpmgrmjdabj/Build/Intermediates.noindex/Previews/chromium/Products/Debug/chromium.app




    2023-09-14 05:58:49 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent - High CPU Use


        Executable: /Volumes/VOLUME/*/W**************k/V******s/A/X*********s/c*****************************c/C******s/M***S/c*************************t




    2023-09-13 21:51:18 mdworker - High CPU Use


        Executable: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Metadata.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdworker




    2023-09-13 20:09:24 Terminal - Crash


        Executable: /System/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app


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Posted on Sep 14, 2023 11:34 AM

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Sep 14, 2023 2:11 PM in response to wessel163

Rerun Etrecheck and post it according to the following:


Be sure to give it Full Disk access before running.



Copy and paste the results into your reply. Etrecheck is a diagnostic tool that was developed by one of the most respected users here in the ASC and recommended by Apple Support  to provide a snapshot of the system and help identify the more obvious culprits that can adversely affect a Mac's performance.


Copy the report


and use the Additional Text button to paste the report in your reply.



Then we can evaluate the report to see if we can determine the cause of the problem.


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