Buying a new iMac

you can upgrade to 6GB as already said in this thread: when intrducing a new mac model, Apple gives the max upgrade figures, but afterwaards it has been found out and tested by others that it can be a bit more.

If you read this thread through you will see that all already has been said.

everybody happy, great to be of service...🙂...have fun with your bike.

Glad things are better with your iMac!!!

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Hi!

Would you be willing to look over my EtreCheck assessment and give some suggestions? If so, keep in mind I need some detailed instructions on how/what to change in my computer. I still get a little nervous deleting/uninstalling things. If not, do you have suggestions on who I could contact?

Here's my assessment below in case you're game! Thanks in advance for any info! 🙂

Hardware Information:

iMac (24-inch, Early 2008)

iMac - model: iMac8,1

1 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores

2 GB RAM

Video Information:

ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro - VRAM: 256 MB

Audio Plug-ins:

BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0

AirPlay: Version: 1.9

AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3

Startup Items:

comapcpcpestart - Path: /Library/StartupItems/comapcpcpestart

MySQLCOM - Path: /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM

System Software:

OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 8:1:17

Disk Information:

ST31000524AS disk0 : (1 TB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.35 GB (303.08 GB free)

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB

USB Information:

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub

Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Canon MP470 series

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Kernel Extensions:

com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver (1.0.2)

com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.5.1)

Problem System Launch Daemons:

Problem System Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist

[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist

[loaded] com.lacie.desktopmanager.service.plist

[not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinblanker.plist

[loaded] com.logmein.logmeinserver.plist

[invalid] com.rogueamoeba.hermes.plist

[loaded] com.sonos.smbbump.plist

[loaded] com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd.plist

Launch Agents:

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist

[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist

[loaded] com.flipvideo.FlipShare.AutoRun.plist

[loaded] com.lacie.eventsactions.launcher.agent.plist

[failed] com.logmein.LMILaunchAgentFixer.plist

[loaded] com.logmein.logmeingui.plist

[loaded] com.logmein.logmeinguiagent.plist

[not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin.plist

[loaded] com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist

User Launch Agents:

[failed] com.apple.SafariBookmarksSyncer.plist

[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.tom.plist

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist

[failed] com.veoh.webplayer.startup.plist

User Login Items:

LMILaunchAgentFixer

Quıcĸsıɩⅴεʀ

SpeechSynthesisServer

Mail

Calendar

3rd Party Preference Panes:

3ivx MPEG-4

APC PowerChute Personal Edition

Application Enhancer

BrowserPlus

DivX

Flash Player

Flip4Mac WMV

Growl

Logitech Control Center

MySQL

ShapeShifter

Trusteer Endpoint Protection

Internet Plug-ins:

AdobePDFViewer.plugin

ContentUploaderPlugin.plugin

CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2.plugin

Default Browser.plugin

DirectorShockwave.plugin

DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin

Flash Player.plugin

FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin

Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin

iPhotoPhotocast.plugin

JavaAppletPlugin.plugin

Mozillaplug.plugin

QuickTime Plugin.plugin

RealPlayer Plugin.plugin

Silverlight.plugin

Unity Web Player.plugin

Veoh Plugin.plugin

User Internet Plug-ins:

BrowserPlus_2.9.8.plugin

fbplugin_1_0_3.plugin

Move-Media-Player.plugin

Picasa.plugin

VeohTV2Version.plugin

Bad Fonts:

None

Time Machine:

Skip System Files: NO

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 999.35 GB Disk used: 696.27 GB

Destinations:

LaCie [Local] (Last used)

Total size: 2 TB

Total number of backups: 2

Oldest backup: 2012-06-24 01:15:17 +0000

Last backup: 2013-10-25 14:27:03 +0000

Size of backup disk: Too small

Backup size 2 TB < (Disk used 696.27 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU:

2% WindowServer

1% iPhoto

1% EtreCheck

0% ocspd

0% SystemUIServer

0% Safari

0% rapportd

0% fontd

0% aosnotifyd

Top Processes by Memory:

94 MB Safari

86 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

86 MB mds_stores

68 MB iPhoto

49 MB iTunes

43 MB Mail

35 MB firefox-bin

33 MB WindowServer

29 MB com.apple.WebKit.Networking

20 MB EtreCheck

Virtual Memory Statistics:

36 MB Free RAM

664 MB Active RAM

627 MB Inactive RAM

316 MB Wired RAM

1.50 GB Page-ins

307 MB Page-outs

The above is in response, of course, to our slow computer. I can usually be patient with it, but my wife has a hard time with it. I'm tired of hearing her frustration, so I thought I'd see if it could be rememdied! Thanks again.

1. Your wife has been buying the fake Hermes things? They have left a tracker:

in Library/LaunchDaemons delete com.rogueamoeba.hermes.plist . Then empty the Trash bin.

2. Completely Uninstall Trusteer / Report !

3. Uninstall Adobe Switchboard.

4. Uninstall RealPlayer, Shockwave, Silverlight, Growl, 3iVX, Soundflower. Quicksilver.

You can use VLC later when evrything is clean.

5. Do you use Logmein as Host or Client ???

6. Uninstall BrowserPlus, Shapeshifter, ApplicationEnhancer, FB, everything Lacie, comapcpcpestart.

Restart, run a new Etrecheck list.

There is more to do.

Lex

LexSchellings wrote:

1. Your wife has been buying the fake Hermes things? They have left a tracker:

in Library/LaunchDaemons delete com.rogueamoeba.hermes.plist . Then empty the Trash bin.

FYI, com.rogueamoeba.hermes.plist has nothing to do with Hermes fashion products, fake or otherwise. It is part of Rogue Amoeba's Audio Hijack Pro. It may not be fully functional with Mavericks, but it should not slow down the mac either.

Silverlight, as long as it is up to date, should not be a problem either, & may be necessary for certain apps like Hulu desktop to run.

merci for the Rogue. Sliverlight and the other audio things are not necessary normally. The "cleaning" was not meant to speed things up, but to clean. The Trusteer is causing trouble and maybe the Lacie also.

Yes, the rogue media is about the Audio Hijack. And I know that Silverlight is used with our netflix instant account.

Trusteer is something that checks bank sites that we use to make sure they are real. Should I still get rid of that?

Soundflower is connected to Rogue which I use quite a bit. Should I keep that? Logmein I rarely use and could do without (free account). Should I uninstall that? Uninstall FB? Is that Facebook? And will it affect our accounts? And Lacie is my back up external drive. Should I keep that?

Sorry for all the questions. I just want to make sure I don't cause any other problems with things we use all the time. And thanks for your help!

Tom

Tom,

- Yes Trusteer / Report has to go, completely, see all the reports in this forum and other forums.

- Soundflower is considered causing issues, but I have no longtime experience: only tested in MountainLion (just after MLion was available) and it did not do well in my system.

- Sound software: in general I expect problems from software that digs in the system too deep, that is why I installed the VLC application and threw out all the others, including divx. Never had a problem since.

- How about the Logmein question?

- For Facebook you do not need FB, and if so, you can reinstall.

- A backup drive well formatted and used with a mac absolutely does not need any drivers and other (Lacie) software (WD, Lacie, Seagate and others have all sorts of softwares, but with Macs you should not install those, see other threads and forums), also my own experience and testing (but when you have a Lacie Raid, you need the raid software).

We have still to do more cleaning.

Lex,

Thanks. I will go through the steps you gave and run a new report.

On the Logmein question, I'm not sure what it means to be a host or client. I downloaded a free version of it years ago and used it a few times to access my computer remotely, but I have rarely used it, and wouldn't miss it if you said I should remove it. I hope that helps... Thanks again.

Tom

Tom, Logmein is not harmfull, but when you do not need it, it is better to uninstall it, it uses resources. I use Logmein "host" in two remote technical computers running XP, and I have the LMI client in my macs (is just a plugin for the browser), to run only when I need to access the remotes. I propose to uninstall and when ever needed, you download the latest version and install again.

Lex