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I am seeing a lot of these: kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid

I get a lot of what you see below. My drive is thrashing. My iMac is rendered unusable. Can't even quit apps half the time. It can sometimes take as much as a half an hour to quit apps and restart the machine. Seems like the only way for it to stop. Does this indicate bad RAM? or something else?




2/23/13 1:50:41.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13907 [SleepServicesD]


2/23/13 1:50:48.363 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[177]: (com.apple.cfprefsd.xpc.agent[13908]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:50:48.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13908 [cfprefsd]

2/23/13 1:50:52.830 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.sleepservicesd[13909]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:50:52.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13909 [SleepServicesD]

2/23/13 1:51:04.081 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.sleepservicesd[13910]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:51:04.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13910 [SleepServicesD]

2/23/13 1:51:15.829 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.sleepservicesd[13913]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:51:15.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13913 [SleepServicesD]

2/23/13 1:51:27.780 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.sleepservicesd[13914]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:51:27.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13914 [SleepServicesD]

2/23/13 1:51:34.656 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[177]: (com.apple.cfprefsd.xpc.agent[13916]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:51:34.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13916 [cfprefsd]

2/23/13 1:51:35.323 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.cfprefsd.xpc.daemon[13917]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:51:35.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13917 [cfprefsd]

2/23/13 1:51:39.782 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.sleepservicesd[13918]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:51:39.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13918 [SleepServicesD]

2/23/13 1:51:52.996 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[177]: (com.apple.cfprefsd.xpc.agent[13921]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:51:52.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13921 [cfprefsd]

2/23/13 1:51:54.012 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.cfprefsd.xpc.daemon[13920]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:51:54.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13920 [cfprefsd]

2/23/13 1:51:54.756 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.sleepservicesd[13919]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:51:54.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13919 [SleepServicesD]

2/23/13 1:52:07.182 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.sleepservicesd[13923]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:52:07.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13923 [SleepServicesD]

2/23/13 1:52:18.389 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.sleepservicesd[13930]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:52:18.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13930 [SleepServicesD]

2/23/13 1:52:30.083 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.sleepservicesd[13933]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:52:30.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13933 [SleepServicesD]

2/23/13 1:52:34.884 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[177]: (com.apple.tccd[13931]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:52:34.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13931 [tccd]

2/23/13 1:52:41.345 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.sleepservicesd[13935]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:52:41.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13935 [SleepServicesD]

2/23/13 1:52:42.087 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.cfprefsd.xpc.daemon[13929]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:52:42.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13929 [cfprefsd]

2/23/13 1:52:42.899 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[177]: (com.apple.cfprefsd.xpc.agent[13928]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:52:42.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13928 [cfprefsd]

2/23/13 1:52:52.365 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.sleepservicesd[13937]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:52:52.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13937 [SleepServicesD]

2/23/13 1:53:03.488 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.sleepservicesd[13941]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:53:03.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13941 [SleepServicesD]

2/23/13 1:53:04.384 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[177]: (com.apple.pbs[13942]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:53:04.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13942 [pbs]

2/23/13 1:53:05.635 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.cfprefsd.xpc.daemon[13939]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:53:05.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13939 [cfprefsd]

2/23/13 1:53:06.076 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[177]: (com.apple.cfprefsd.xpc.agent[13938]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:53:06.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13938 [cfprefsd]

2/23/13 1:53:14.765 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.sleepservicesd[13946]) Exited: Killed: 9

2/23/13 1:53:15.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 13946 [SleepServicesD]

Posted on Feb 23, 2013 2:33 PM

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May 3, 2015 10:34 AM in response to Kevin Callahan

This goes back further than I suspected. I see these myself but only in Safari 8.0.5/Yosemite. You don't specify what apps are active when you see this. I found that switching to Chrome clears this up. I get a frequent slowdowns and high swap usage, up to 19 Gb in one recent episode.


These are the apps that get killed when these occur: all of them are Apple processes, many, if not all related to Safari/iCloud.


AirPlayUIAgent

AppleIDAuthAgent

CMFSyncAgent

CalNCService

CallHistoryPlugi

CallHistorySyncH

CloudKeychainPro

ContainerMetadat

CoreServicesUIAg

DataDetectorsDyn

EscrowSecurityAl

FindMyMacd

IMDMessageServic

IMDPersistenceAg

QuickLookSatelli

SafariCloudHisto

SafariNotificati

ScopedBookmarkAg

XPCKeychainSandb

accountsd

amfid

awdd

backupd-helper

bird

callservicesd

cfprefsd

cloudd

cloudphotosd

com.apple.Accoun

com.apple.Addres

com.apple.CloudP

com.apple.CodeSi

com.apple.Commer

com.apple.GSSCre

com.apple.HasTRB

com.apple.ICPPho

com.apple.InputM

com.apple.MailSe

com.apple.NotesM

com.apple.Perfor

com.apple.PhotoI

com.apple.Safari

com.apple.audio.

com.apple.geod

com.apple.hiserv

com.apple.iCloud

com.apple.ifdrea

com.apple.intern

com.apple.lakitu

com.apple.notifi

com.apple.photom

com.apple.photos

com.apple.sbd

com.apple.toneli

coreduetd

corestoragehelpe

coresymbolicatio

ctkd

deleted

diagnosticd

distnoted

findmydeviced

fmfd

gamed

hdiejectd

iconservicesagen

iconservicesd

lsuseractivityd

mapspushd

nehelper

networkd_privile

nsurlsessiond

nsurlstoraged

pbs

periodic-wrapper

photolibraryd

pkd

recentsd

sandboxd

secd

secinitd

soagent

softwareupdate_d

softwareupdated

spindump

spindump_agent

syncdefaultsd

systemstatsd

tccd

wdhelper

I am seeing a lot of these: kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid

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