Mac with macOS Mojave freezes

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Mac with macOS Mojave freezes

My Mojave 2012 Mac keeps freezing for periods of time. The last freeze was about 15 minutes long!

I found another thread that matches my problem exactly:

warmd hogging processor 100% - Apple Community

The warmd has been hogging 100% CPU off and on a lot for me since I installed MalwareBytes. The freezes started more recently.

The last time I uninstalled MalwareBytes, I saw another CPU hogging afterwards. I’ve uninstalled it again now though; hopefully it will help some.

Does anyone have any other ideas on what could be causing this or how to fix it?

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BDAqua

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Mar 23, 2024 4:49 PM in response to RYz

warmd controls caches used during startup and login.

I'd suspect possible Disk problems to start with.

Try one of these two…

You can use Drive DX to possibly get a better view of Drive health…

https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx

Thanks to Jack-19…

It may be wise to run SMART Utility to check the drives' health.

EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info.

https://www.etrecheck.com/

Thanks for Old Toad’s etrecheck instructions…

Slow iMac 2017 - Apple Community

Use the Note tool on the bottom of this editor's toolbar, as shown in the image, to copy and paste the output from EtreCheck. In a Reply before you click post, look for this to add longer texts...

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Mac with macOS Mojave freezes

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