Amy Lossie1

Q: Kernel task eating memory

My kernel task is taking up tons of memory. Earlier today, my memory (16Gb) was entirely RED and my fans were going (rare, as I have an SSD). I restarted and now it's 1/2 green. Normally, my memory runs 3/4 green.  Something is amiss, and my computer is slowing down.

 

Two things happened recently:  I upgraded to EndNOte x7.1. This was a huge disaster. I ended up having to trash all preference files for EndNOte. Also, Papers keeps crashing, and it, too, is taking up TONS of memory.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

Thanks!  Amy

 

 

Here is my etrecheck report:

 

Hardware Information:

          MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013)

          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,1

          1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores

          16 GB RAM

 

Video Information:

          Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 512 MB

          NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MB

 

System Software:

          OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Uptime: 0 days 5:56:20

 

Disk Information:

          APPLE SSD SM768E disk0 : (751.28 GB)

                    disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

                    Akamai (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 750.42 GB (501.99 GB free)

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

 

USB Information:

 

          Fitbit Inc. Fitbit Base Station

 

          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

 

          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

 

          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

 

FireWire Information:

 

Thunderbolt Information:

          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

 

Kernel Extensions:

          com.techsmith.TACC          (1.0.2 - SDK 10.8)

 

Startup Items:

          KeyAccess: Path: /Library/StartupItems/KeyAccess

 

Launch Daemons:

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

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

          [System] com.cisco.anyconnect.vpnagentd.plist 3rd-Party support link

          [System] com.fitbit.galileod.plist 3rd-Party support link

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

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

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

          [System] com.sassafras.KeyAccess.plist 3rd-Party support link

 

Launch Agents:

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

          [System] com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.plist 3rd-Party support link

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

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

          [System] com.sassafras.KeyAccess.plist 3rd-Party support link

 

User Launch Agents:

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

          [not loaded] com.microsoft.LaunchAgent.SyncServicesAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link

 

User Login Items:

          Citations

          iTunesHelper

          Fitbit Connect Menubar Helper

          RealPlayer Downloader Agent

 

Internet Plug-ins:

          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.201 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1

          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.9 3rd-Party support link

          Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.201 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link

          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.9 3rd-Party support link

          o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link

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

          googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link

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

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

          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 Outdated! Update

 

Audio Plug-ins:

          AirPlay: Version: 1.7 - SDK 10.8

          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1 - SDK 10.8

 

iTunes Plug-ins:

          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.8

 

User Internet Plug-ins:

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

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

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

          rbjnplugin_2.3.123.8: Version: rbjnplugin 2.3.123.8 - SDK 10.7 3rd-Party support link

          rbjninstallplugin_2.3.123.8: Version: rbjninstallplugin 2.3.123.8 - SDK 10.7 3rd-Party support link

 

3rd Party Preference Panes:

          Flash Player  3rd-Party support link

          Java  3rd-Party support link

          KeyAccess  3rd-Party support link

 

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

          /Users/[redacted]/Downloads/Downloads Hokua

                    CrucialMacScanner:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link

                    gfxCardStatus:          Version: 2.0.1 - SDK 10.0 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

          SuperDuper!:          Version: 2.7.1 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link

 

Time Machine:

          Time Machine not configured!

 

Top Processes by CPU:

              11%          WebProcess

               6%          Papers

               5%          PluginProcess

               4%          Microsoft Outlook

               2%          WindowServer

 

Top Processes by Memory:

          999 MB          Papers

          705 MB          WebProcess

          311 MB          mds

          229 MB          Finder

          229 MB          WindowServer

 

Virtual Memory Information:

          7.93 GB          Free RAM

          4.87 GB          Active RAM

          1.17 GB          Inactive RAM

          2.03 GB          Wired RAM

          57.49 GB          Page-ins

          0 B          Page-outs

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Apr 17, 2014 2:38 PM