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Was noticing poor battery life and my Macbook Pro 2017 was running quite hot, so I ran an EtreCheck report. I received the below results, indicating I am experiencing Heavy CPU usage. Any solutions to the problems identified in the report would be very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 13.6
You have Symantec and Norton anti-virus running, that type of software can wreak havoc with Macs. You should completely uninstall them. The MacOS is now kept in a sealed, signed, read-only volume that even you cannot modify, let alone some sort of rogue program. Anti-virus and similar “security” software can only do harm, never anything good. Unfortunately, people have reported difficulty in completely uninstalling these programs, which may pose an ongoing issue for you.
2024-10-23 05:45:45 Norton.app High CPU Use
Executable: /Applications/Norton.app
You also did not grant Etrecheck permission to see everything, so there may be more to "fix" if you rerun it with full permissions.
You have Symantec and Norton anti-virus running, that type of software can wreak havoc with Macs. You should completely uninstall them. The MacOS is now kept in a sealed, signed, read-only volume that even you cannot modify, let alone some sort of rogue program. Anti-virus and similar “security” software can only do harm, never anything good. Unfortunately, people have reported difficulty in completely uninstalling these programs, which may pose an ongoing issue for you.
2024-10-23 05:45:45 Norton.app High CPU Use
Executable: /Applications/Norton.app
You also did not grant Etrecheck permission to see everything, so there may be more to "fix" if you rerun it with full permissions.
Yep, that is expected behavior with those 2 apps. Make sure you use their provided uninstaller and follow up with another EtreCheck report to make sure all remnants have been removed. It is likely that some files will be left behind as those companies want their apps to forever live on your computer.
Thank you both! Removing those apps appears to have improved things greatly.
Macbook Pro 2017 Running Hot, EtreCheck Shows Heavy CPU Usage
