Kernel Task is using CPU and slowing down MacBook massivly

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Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2

1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores

16 GB RAM

Video Information:

AMD Radeon HD 6770M - VRAM: 1024 MB

Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB

System Software:

Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63) - Uptime: 36 days 5:38:19

Disk Information:

TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)

disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 749.3 GB (306.29 GB free)

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

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N

USB Information:

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Apple, Inc. MacBook Pro

Kernel Extensions:

com.avatron.AVExVideo (1.7 - SDK 10.8)

com.jft.driver.PdaNetDrv (1.0.64)

net.telestream.driver.TelestreamAudio (1.0.5 - SDK 10.6)

com.avatron.AVExFramebuffer (1.7 - SDK 10.8)

Startup Items:

HWNetMgr: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr

HWPortDetect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect

Problem System Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.jft.PdaNetMac.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] de.novamedia.nmnetmgrd.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] ftp-proxy.plist 3rd-Party support link

Problem System Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

[loaded] cn.com.zte.PPPMonitor.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist 3rd-Party support link

[failed] com.dean.s3backup.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.intego.BackupAssistant.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

[failed] com.Letfus.s3backup.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.rogueamoeba.hermes.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.wyse.PocketCloud.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Agents:

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.brother.LOGINserver.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.intego.backupassistant.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist 3rd-Party support link

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.wyse.MacCompanion.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] de.novamedia.VodafoneDeviceObserver.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.google.GoogleContactSyncAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Login Items:

Garmin Express Service

PdaNetMac

Arq Agent

Jing

MagicMenu

MagicMenu

ScreenCapture

SIMBL Agent

VMCStatusMenu

Vodafone Mobile Broadband

AdobeResourceSynchronizer

Android File Transfer Agent

Dropbox

Skype

VMware Fusion Start Menu

Internet Plug-ins:

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update

o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010 3rd-Party support link

Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.0 3rd-Party support link

OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.6 3rd-Party support link

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.0.0.126 - SDK 10.8 3rd-Party support link

OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 3rd-Party support link

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.8 3rd-Party support link

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2 3rd-Party support link

Silverlight: Version: 4.0.60831.0 3rd-Party support link

Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010 3rd-Party support link

npgtpo3dautoplugin: Version: 0.1.44.29 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.8 3rd-Party support link

GarminGpsControl: Version: 4.0.3.0 Release - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.2 3rd-Party support link

DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.5.9r620 3rd-Party support link

Audio Plug-ins:

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1 - SDK 10.7

User Internet Plug-ins:

CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.39 3rd-Party support link

Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 3rd-Party support link

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Air Display Preferences 3rd-Party support link

Akamai NetSession Preferences 3rd-Party support link

Application Enhancer 3rd-Party support link

Flash Player 3rd-Party support link

Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link

Perian 3rd-Party support link

Bad Fonts:

None

Old Applications:

Kindle: Version: 1.8.3 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link

Time Machine:

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:

10% coreaudiod

4% Skype

3% WindowServer

3% WebProcess

2% EtreCheck

Top Processes by Memory:

2.61 GB WebProcess

393 MB Safari

229 MB mds

180 MB Skype

180 MB Finder

Virtual Memory Information:

7.73 GB Free RAM

5.90 GB Active RAM

715 MB Inactive RAM

1.66 GB Wired RAM

152.11 GB Page-ins

55 MB Page-outs

1. I think you and I may have different definitions of "clean install". A clean install means that you erase the HD completely and then reinstall mavericks from scratch, and then reinstall your applications from scratch. And if you just reinstall old/bad/incompatible software, you are just going to reinstall your problems.
2. I don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of every item on your report, you're going to have to research some things yourself. But:
   1. I see a lot of junk that is unnecessary.
   2. In particular, these items are very suspicious:

      1. PPP monitor: sounds unnecessary

      2. the failed launch daemons

      3. google keystone daemon: lots of posts in the forums about it.

      4. intego

      5. rogue amoeba: I don’t think rogue amoeba is up to date yet with Mavericks.

      6. two magic menus can’t be good. One probably isn’t good.

      7. SIMBL and Perian

You could try to uninstall this stuff and see if it helps. But, your OS is very heavily modified. If I were you, I'd cut to the chase and do a (real) clean install:

1. download mavericks again
2. backup your documents. Not your apps or system files.
3. make a USB Mavericks installer with DiskMaker X (formerly Lion DiskMaker)
4. boot from the USB installer, completely erase your HD, reinstall mavericks.
5. reinstall from known good installers, not from backups, not from migration
6. don't reinstall
   1. crapware (anything that purports to "optimize", "clean", "accelerate", "monitor", or "protect" your Mac.)
   2. haxies (stuff that just modifies the GUI)
   3. antivirus software

Now, this is just my philosophy of mac computing. I also have a MBP 8,2; it is extremely fast. I use it mostly for audio recording and editing with Logic. I have learned (mostly the hard way) to avoid the junk that I listed above. But people get very attached to their crapware and their haxies.

This worked for me thanks davidnajeradj!

Steve

Apart from your RAM being barely enough, a simple thing which may help is to reset PRAM (at least it worked OK for me when I had the same issue) :

Immediately after hitting the ON button, hold +ALT+P+R, until you hear the gong a second time (usually louder, with usually a brighter screen).

same problem, PRAM reset didnt work

Hi Arthur,

I'm hoping you would be so kind as to further share some of your wisdom! I too am experiencing this Kernel Task issue (ridiculously high CPU) and am not having any success rectifying the issue. I've done disk repair and repaired permissions, memory clean, some of the basics.....I've been pouring through the community discussion (which is taking an exceedingly long period of time with the computer continuously lagging), and have run etrecheck based on seeing this. Here is the info that comes up:

Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1

1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores

4 GB RAM

Video Information:

NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB

System Software:

OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 16:40:46

Disk Information:

Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02 disk0 : (320.07 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 319.21 GB (200.7 GB free)

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

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898

USB Information:

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Kernel Extensions:

Startup Items:

HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO

Problem System Launch Daemons:

Problem System Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Agents:

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Login Items:

iTunesHelper

WDQuickView

HPEventHandler

HP Scheduler

Internet Plug-ins:

MacCouponPrinter3: Version: (null)

Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.1 3rd-Party support link

Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.1.2.72 3rd-Party support link

RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link

Silverlight: Version: 4.0.60129.0 3rd-Party support link

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 1.1 3rd-Party support link

Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 3rd-Party support link

ContentUploaderPlugin: Version: 1.0 3rd-Party support link

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 3rd-Party support link

Audio Plug-ins:

BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9

AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9

AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9

User Internet Plug-ins:

Move_Media_Player: Version: npmnqmp 07076003 3rd-Party support link

fbplugin_1_0_3: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link

3rd Party Preference Panes:

DivX 3rd-Party support link

Flash Player 3rd-Party support link

Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link

Growl 3rd-Party support link

Java 3rd-Party support link

Perian 3rd-Party support link

Bad Fonts:

None

Old Applications:

/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0

Microsoft Error Reporting: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

Solver: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app

/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office

Microsoft Graph: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Database Utility: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Office Reminders: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Upload Center: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

My Day: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

SyncServicesAgent: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Open XML for Excel: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Alerts Daemon: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Database Daemon: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Chart Converter: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Clip Gallery: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011

Microsoft PowerPoint: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Excel: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Outlook: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Word: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Document Connection: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Language Register: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app

Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app

/Applications/iWork '09

Time Machine:

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: ON

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 297.29 GB Disk used: 110.38 GB

Destinations:

My Passport [Local] (Last used)

Total size: 464.98 GB

Total number of backups: 39

Oldest backup: 2010-02-01 20:31:56 +0000

Last backup: 2014-01-02 04:25:58 +0000

Size of backup disk: Adequate

Backup size 464.98 GB > (Disk used 110.38 GB X 3)

Time Machine details may not be accurate.

All volumes being backed up may not be listed.

Top Processes by CPU:

4% WindowServer

3% EtreCheck

1% Activity Monitor

0% sysmond

0% configd

Top Processes by Memory:

152 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent

131 MB softwareupdated

115 MB Finder

111 MB Google Chrome

61 MB mds_stores

Virtual Memory Information:

42 MB Free RAM

1.65 GB Active RAM

1.63 GB Inactive RAM

440 MB Wired RAM

822 MB Page-ins

0 B Page-outs

Any suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated, I am at a loss right. Thanks in advance for your time and thoughts (and to anyone else who recognizes any issues here and has suggestions!!)

-Corissa

Hi Corissa,

Here's what I'd do:

1. make sure you have a good backup first.
2. Your report is pretty clean. (You do have a lot of internet plugins, though, so if your slow performance is mostly while browsing, I'd get rid of those first.) Nothing that looks particularly suspicious to me in terms of misbehaving third party software. But I don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of all your startup items, daemons, and agents, so you'll have to do some research yourself.
3. I'd try a safe boot: restart and hold down the shift key until you see the apple logo. A safe boot does some diagnostic checking and then starts up without third-party added on software. If the symptoms are gone, then the problem is some third party item that you have installed. OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? . Then you need to figure out what the third-party item is that is causing the problem and uninstall it.
4. Try a test user account: Isolating an issue by using another user account
5. If your Mac's symptoms are still there after a safe boot, then the problem is probably with OSX itself. If that's the case, I would:
   1. Boot into your recovery partition (restart, hold down ⌘R until you see the Apple logo), and use Disk Utility to repair your hard drive. Repair permissions too while you're there. OS X: About OS X Recovery . Then restart and see how your mac behaves.
   2. If that doesn't work, I'd try TechTool Techtool Pro 7 , which can occasionally fix a problem that Disk Utility can't.
   3. If that doesn't work, I'd reinstall Mavericks over your current installation.
   4. If that doesn't work, I'd do a clean reinstall.
6. If you need more guidance for any of these options, let me know.
7. I suppose there's a chance that your hard drive is failing, so if nothing else works, then I'd swap out the drive. But it sounds more like a software issue to me.

Hi Arthur,

Thank you so much for your suggestions. I've done a recovery boot but have not done a safe boot, will do that now. I've been having issues with an extremely slowed start up time when starting/restarting the computer. I've noticed that there are 3 items in my Users & Group preferences that I con't know why they are their, but the system won't let me remove them, says their Users & Groups preferences are locked. I'll go into the safe boot right now and try things from their. Thank you so much for your time and suggestions, I appreciate it. Let's see how this goes..... 🙂

Hi Arthur i have the same problem with the "kernel_task" can you help me please, this is the info of my iMac:

Hardware Information:

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012)

iMac - model: iMac13,1

1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4 cores

8 GB RAM

Video Information:

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M - VRAM: 512 MB

System Software:

OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 4 days 14:7:24

Disk Information:

APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662 disk0 : (1 TB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.35 GB (648.05 GB free)

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

USB Information:

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Kernel Extensions:

Startup Items:

QuickTimeStreamingServer: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/QuickTimeStreamingServer

Problem System Launch Daemons:

Problem System Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.paragon.NTFS.auth.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.xrite.device.xrdd.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Agents:

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.epson.epw.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.seagate.SeagateStorageGauge.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.xrite.device.softwareupdate.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Login Items:

iTunesHelper

Google Chrome

Google Drive

Google Chrome

RealPlayer Downloader Agent

Android File Transfer Agent

AdobeResourceSynchronizer

Spotify

Music Manager

Internet Plug-ins:

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 3rd-Party support link

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.3.1f1 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update

Audio Plug-ins:

BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9

AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9

AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9

User Internet Plug-ins:

RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link

Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 3rd-Party support link

3rd Party Preference Panes:

AirServer Preferences 3rd-Party support link

Flash Player 3rd-Party support link

MusicManager 3rd-Party support link

Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X 3rd-Party support link

Bad Fonts:

None

Old Applications:

None

Time Machine:

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:

5% MusicManagerHelper

2% WindowServer

2% Activity Monitor

1% sysmond

1% Google Drive

Top Processes by Memory:

377 MB Finder

303 MB Google Chrome

262 MB Google Drive

188 MB WindowServer

98 MB mds_stores

Virtual Memory Information:

26 MB Free RAM

2.79 GB Active RAM

3.08 GB Inactive RAM

958 MB Wired RAM

10.95 GB Page-ins

273 MB Page-outs

thanks

Hey there Arthur,

I am also very slow...

Kernel_task is at 1.3 GB

Below are my stats... I really appreciate your help here! 🙂

Hardware Information:

iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011)

iMac - model: iMac12,2

1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4 cores

16 GB RAM

Video Information:

AMD Radeon HD 6770M - VRAM: 512 MB

System Software:

OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 0:8:27

Disk Information:

WDC WD1001FALS-403AA0 disk0 : (1 TB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.35 GB (254.02 GB free)

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

OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5690H

USB Information:

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

harman/kardon SoundSticks

Western Digital External HDD 1 TB

SATURN (disk1s1) /Volumes/SATURN: 1 TB (67.27 GB free)

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Tablet GD-0608-U

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Kernel Extensions:

Startup Items:

M-Audio Firmware Loader: Path: /Library/StartupItems/M-Audio Firmware Loader

MAudioMobilePreUSB: Path: /Library/StartupItems/MAudioMobilePreUSB

Problem System Launch Daemons:

Problem System Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.m-audio.usb.firmwareloader.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Agents:

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.amazon.sendtokindle.launcher.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link

[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link

[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Login Items:

HPEventHandler

Internet Plug-ins:

o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 4.2.1.14031 3rd-Party support link

WacomNetscape: Version: 1.1.1-1 3rd-Party support link

Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 3.5.5f4 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101750: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

WacomSafari: Version: 1.1.1-1 3rd-Party support link

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.01 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.01 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

RL Secure Plug-In Layer: Version: (null) - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 3rd-Party support link

Audio Plug-ins:

BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9

AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9

AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9

User Internet Plug-ins:

WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Picasa: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 3rd-Party support link

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player 3rd-Party support link

Growl 3rd-Party support link

Java 3rd-Party support link

MAudioMobilePreUSB 3rd-Party support link

MusicManager 3rd-Party support link

WacomTablet 3rd-Party support link

Bad Fonts:

None

Old Applications:

HP Photo Creations: Version: 1.0.0.10572 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

Picasa: Version: 3.9.16 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

Amazon MP3 Downloader: Version: INFO_PLIST_VERSION - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app

TomTomHOMERunner: Version: 2.9.5.1974 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/TomTom HOME/TomTomHOMERunner.app

SA Color Finesse 3 UI: Version: 3.0.6(275) - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

/Applications/Adobe After Effects CS6/Plug-ins/Effects/Synthetic Aperture/(CF3 Support)/SA Color Finesse 3 UI.app

dynamiclinkmanager: Version: 6.0.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/dynamiclink/CS6/dynamiclinkmanager.app

dynamiclinkmediaserver: Version: 6.0.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/dynamiclinkmediaserver/1.0/dynamiclinkmediaserver.app

EDGE: Version: 1.3 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link

/Applications/Apps/EDGE.app

Time Machine:

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:

3% mds

3% TOCGenerator

1% WindowServer

1% Activity Monitor

0% EtreCheck

Top Processes by Memory:

164 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent

82 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

66 MB Finder

66 MB Safari

49 MB WindowServer

Virtual Memory Information:

12.61 GB Free RAM

1.20 GB Active RAM

514 MB Inactive RAM

1.68 GB Wired RAM

244 MB Page-ins

0 B Page-outs

Hello all,

I don't understand any of this as I'm barely technically inclined, but here's my etrecheck.

My RAM is hovering around 3.64 GB of an available 4.0 GB.

Help!

Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1

1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores

4 GB RAM

Video Information:

NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB

System Software:

OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 18 days 22:52:20

Disk Information:

Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02 disk0 : (250.06 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 249.2 GB (139.92 GB free)

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

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898

USB Information:

Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet P2035

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Kernel Extensions:

com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.74)

Problem System Launch Daemons:

Problem System Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.leapfrog.connect.shell.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Agents:

[System] com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.sony.ReaderLibrary.RunReaderLibrary.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Launch Agents:

[not loaded] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist

[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Login Items:

Monitor

iTunesHelper

The Weather Network

Reader Library Launcher

Google Drive

Dropbox

Android File Transfer Agent

LOGINserver

InstUtilLaunch

BlackBerry Device Manager

DeviceManager

Internet Plug-ins:

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 45 Outdated! Update

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

Musicnotes: Version: 1.18.8 3rd-Party support link

OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 3rd-Party support link

GarminGpsControl: Version: 2.9.3.0 Release 3rd-Party support link

Scorch: Version: (null) - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.6.8r638 3rd-Party support link

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

Audio Plug-ins:

BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9

AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9

AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9

User Internet Plug-ins:

Picasa: Version: 1.0 3rd-Party support link

Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 3rd-Party support link

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player 3rd-Party support link

Java 3rd-Party support link

Bad Fonts:

None

Old Applications:

/Applications/iWork '09

/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0

Microsoft Error Reporting: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app

SketchUp: Version: 8.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

/Applications/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp.app

Time Machine:

Mobile backups: ON

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 232.09 GB Disk used: 101.78 GB

Destinations:

Justin's My Book [Local] (Last used)

Total size: 1

Total number of backups: 9

Oldest backup: 2012-07-31 19:54:40 +0000

Last backup: 2013-08-29 11:16:16 +0000

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 1 > (Disk size 232.09 GB X 3)

Time Machine details may not be accurate.

All volumes being backed up may not be listed.

Top Processes by CPU:

15% PluginProcess

8% WindowServer

6% com.apple.WebKit.Networking

1% Safari

1% sysmond

Top Processes by Memory:

205 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

156 MB softwareupdated

135 MB systemstats

78 MB WeatherEye

72 MB WindowServer

Virtual Memory Information:

539 MB Free RAM

1.40 GB Active RAM

552 MB Inactive RAM

660 MB Wired RAM

7.45 GB Page-ins

498 MB Page-outs

Hi Arthur,

I was wondering if you could do the same for me. Here's the Etrecheck:

Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1

1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores

4 GB RAM

Video Information:

NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB

System Software:

OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 18 days 23:51:47

Disk Information:

Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02 disk0 : (250.06 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 249.2 GB (139.69 GB free)

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

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898

USB Information:

Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet P2035

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Kernel Extensions:

com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.74)

Problem System Launch Daemons:

Problem System Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.leapfrog.connect.shell.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Agents:

[System] com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link

[System] com.sony.ReaderLibrary.RunReaderLibrary.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Launch Agents:

[not loaded] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist

[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Login Items:

Monitor

iTunesHelper

The Weather Network

Reader Library Launcher

Google Drive

Dropbox

Android File Transfer Agent

LOGINserver

InstUtilLaunch

BlackBerry Device Manager

DeviceManager

Internet Plug-ins:

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 3rd-Party support link

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

Musicnotes: Version: 1.18.8 3rd-Party support link

OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 3rd-Party support link

GarminGpsControl: Version: 2.9.3.0 Release 3rd-Party support link

Scorch: Version: (null) - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.6.8r638 3rd-Party support link

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

Audio Plug-ins:

BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9

AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9

AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9

User Internet Plug-ins:

Picasa: Version: 1.0 3rd-Party support link

Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 3rd-Party support link

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player 3rd-Party support link

Java 3rd-Party support link

Bad Fonts:

None

Old Applications:

/Applications/iWork '09

/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0

Microsoft Error Reporting: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app

SketchUp: Version: 8.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link

/Applications/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp.app

Time Machine:

Mobile backups: ON

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 232.09 GB Disk used: 101.99 GB

Destinations:

Justin's My Book [Local] (Last used)

Total size: 1

Total number of backups: 9

Oldest backup: 2012-07-31 19:54:40 +0000

Last backup: 2013-08-29 11:16:16 +0000

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 1 > (Disk size 232.09 GB X 3)

Time Machine details may not be accurate.

All volumes being backed up may not be listed.

Top Processes by CPU:

11% WindowServer

7% Safari

5% com.apple.WebKit.Networking

2% hidd

2% sysmond

Top Processes by Memory:

156 MB softwareupdated

139 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

135 MB systemstats

123 MB Safari

90 MB Pages

Virtual Memory Information:

289 MB Free RAM

1.27 GB Active RAM

1.04 GB Inactive RAM

651 MB Wired RAM

7.58 GB Page-ins

498 MB Page-outs

Thanks!

I really appreciate your help.

After trying a TON of things that were suggest, resetting the nvram seemed to fix this issue for me.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4472173

Hi Arthur, I have the same problem with my Kernel Task the CPU of my Kernel task is 260%. My % System is 70.72 and % User is 3.86

The issue is i always encounter lagging, my cpu fan is running very fast. I've checked my Activity Monitor and my CPU is fully.

Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1

1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores

4 GB RAM

Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB

System Software:

Mac OS X 10.7 (11A511) - Uptime: 0 days 1:21:8

Disk Information:

SAMSUNG HM250HI disk0 : (250.06 GB)

disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

Untitled (disk0s2) /: 249.2 GB (232.35 GB free)

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

MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898

USB Information:

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Apple, Inc. MacBook Pro

Kernel Extensions:

Problem System Launch Daemons:

[System] ftp-proxy.plist 3rd-Party support link

Problem System Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

[System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link

Launch Agents:

User Launch Agents:

[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link

User Login Items:

iTunesHelper

Internet Plug-ins:

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 3rd-Party support link

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.0.3 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update

3rd Party Preference Panes:

None

Bad Fonts:

None

Old Applications:

None

Time Machine:

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:

18% WindowServer

8% EtreCheck

8% Grab

8% storeagent

6% activitymonitord

Top Processes by Memory:

94 MB Google Chrome

86 MB Microsoft Word

66 MB WindowServer

53 MB App Store

33 MB Dock

Virtual Memory Information:

32 MB Free RAM

1.12 GB Active RAM

1.99 GB Inactive RAM

873 MB Wired RAM

515 MB Page-ins

22 MB Page-outs

Please help me with this. 😟