Every time I use Safari it puts a major drain on my Memory. I have a Macbook Pro running OSX 10.9.2 and i have Safari Version 7.0.3, this does not happen with Firefox, but I really prefer to use Safari. I have gone into my library to look in my Internet Plug-ins and Input methods but both folders appear to be empty.
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)
)tFron your Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Security tab.
Deselect: Allow Plug-ins
Quit then relaunch Safari then monitor RAM in the Activity Monitor.
If that made a difference, there are two Internet Plug-Ins libraries. One is your Home folder ~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins
The other is root: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins
(Note the ~ Tilde character represents your Home folder).
How do you know it's putting a drain on your RAM? What functional problem do you have?
this did not help, i disabled the plug ins and it still happens
everything slows to a crawl, and my available memory drops as low as 85 MB
When you have the problem, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above. Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first. Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough. It is never necessary or helpful to post more than about 100 lines. "The more, the better" is not the rule here.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
This appears where the trouble begins. I can go back farther in time if you like:
4/19/14 1:35:19.881 AM mds[40]: Cannot create fileport: -1: Unknown error: -1
4/19/14 1:35:19.932 AM mds[40]: (Error) Server: *** textSnippetFDs Failed to create FD! 0 - oid:7710162699764432897 - fd:32724
4/19/14 1:35:20.561 AM mds[40]: Cannot create fileport: -1: Unknown error: -1
4/19/14 1:35:20.561 AM mds[40]: (Error) Server: *** textSnippetFDs Failed to create FD! 0 - oid:7710162699764432897 - fd:131072
4/19/14 1:35:25.147 AM Console[14490]: setPresentationOptions called with NSApplicationPresentationFullScreen when there is no visible fullscreen window; this call will be ignored.
4/19/14 1:35:26.929 AM WindowServer[99]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Console" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
4/19/14 1:35:27.362 AM WindowServer[99]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Console" after 1.43 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
4/19/14 1:36:12.167 AM com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Killing auth hosts
4/19/14 1:36:12.167 AM com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100090 destroyed
4/19/14 1:36:12.170 AM com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100094 created
4/19/14 1:36:14.969 AM WindowServer[99]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Safari" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
4/19/14 1:36:15.382 AM WindowServer[99]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Safari" after 1.41 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
4/19/14 1:38:51.040 AM mDNSResponder[41]: 124: Could not write data to clientPID[14497](com.apple.WebKi) because of error - aborting connection
4/19/14 1:38:51.040 AM mDNSResponder[41]: 124: DNSServiceGetAddrInfo v4v6 ox30ssl-bid.d.xx.openx.com.akadns.net. PID[14497](com.apple.WebKi)
4/19/14 1:40:49.000 AM kernel[0]: process com.apple.WebKit[14502] thread 914580 caught burning CPU! It used more than 50% CPU (Actual recent usage: 93%) over 180 seconds. thread lifetime cpu usage 153.237542 seconds, (145.336273 user, 7.901269 system) ledger info: balance: 90008790522 credit: 152333388947 debit: 62324598425 limit: 90000000000 (50%) period: 180000000000 time since last refill (ns): 95911537236
4/19/14 1:40:49.762 AM ReportCrash[14512]: Invoking spindump for pid=14502 thread=914580 percent_cpu=93 duration=97 because of excessive cpu utilization
4/19/14 1:40:56.795 AM spindump[14513]: Saved cpu_resource.spin report for com.apple.WebKit.WebContent version 9537 (9537.75.14) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_2014-04-19-014056_A nthonys-MacBook-Pro.cpu_resource.spin
Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party software that loads automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. You must hold down the shift key twice: once when you turn on the computer, and again when you log in.
Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a Fusion Drive or a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to start up and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models. The next normal startup may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually login automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
After testing, restart as usual (not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of the test.
agumenik --
Do you have something called "VirusTotal" on there? Or OpenX?
Or another "security" app that changes your dns numbers?
Not to my knowledge, i do not see any such program
Download and run Etrecheck. It's free, and will help us identify possible culprits.
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 0:31:27
Disk Information:
WDC WD7500BPVX-75JC3T0 disk0 : (750.16 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
MAC HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.3 GB (641.17 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.9.1 - SDK 10.6)
com.McAfee.kext.AppProtection (3.1)
com.McAfee.SFKext (1)
com.mcafee.kext.Virex (1.1.0d1)
Launch Daemons:
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.avid.bsd.DigiShoeTool.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
[invalid] com.mcafee.ssm.ScanFactory.plist
[invalid] com.mcafee.ssm.ScanManager.plist
[System] com.mcafee.virusscan.fmpd.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] PACESupport.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[System] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.mcafee.menulet.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.mcafee.reporter.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Adobe Dreamweaver CS6
Internet Plug-ins:
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.9 3rd-Party support link
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.201 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.201 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.9 3rd-Party support link
SiteAdvisor: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update
Safari Extensions:
Firebug Lite for Safari: Version: 1.2.0.16797
1-ClickWeather: Version: 1.0
SiteAdvisor: Version: 2.0
Facebook Photo Zoom: Version: 1.1206.11.1
Turn Off the Lights: Version: 2.3.0.5
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
SiteAdvisor: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/SiteAdvisor/SiteAdvisor.app
Microsoft Language Register: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app
SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
InterLok Helper: Version: 5.9.1 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/PACE Anti-Piracy/InterLok Helper.app
Solver: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011
Microsoft PowerPoint: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Excel: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Outlook: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Word: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Document Connection: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
dynamiclinkmanager: Version: 6.0.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/dynamiclink/CS6/dynamiclinkmanager.app
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office
Open XML for Excel: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Office Setup Assistant: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Alerts Daemon: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
SyncServicesAgent: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Daemon: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Graph: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Utility: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Office Reminders: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Upload Center: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
My Day: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Chart Converter: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Clip Gallery: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Miro Video Converter: Version: 2.6 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
dynamiclinkmediaserver: Version: 6.0.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/dynamiclinkmediaserver/1.0/dynamiclinkmediaserver.app
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.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
/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
Time Machine:
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
MAC HD: Disk size: 697.84 GB Disk used: 100.70 GB
Destinations:
Seagate Backup Plus Drive [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 2
Total number of backups: 1
Oldest backup: 2014-03-14 21:21:18 +0000
Last backup: 2014-03-14 21:21:18 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 2 > (Disk used 100.70 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
4% Dreamweaver
3% WindowServer
1% EtreCheck
0% Mail
0% AdobeCrashDaemon
Top Processes by Memory:
164 MB Safari
131 MB Mail
98 MB Google Chrome
90 MB Finder
90 MB Microsoft Word
Virtual Memory Information:
97 MB Free RAM
3.25 GB Active RAM
3.15 GB Inactive RAM
845 MB Wired RAM
613 MB Page-ins
14 MB Page-outs
Your problem has nothing to do with RAM. Mavericks is designed to fill your RAM if at all possible, to help your machine to run faster. Empty RAM is wasted RAM.
As for a potential cause for the problem, I see you have McAfee installed. McAfee is pretty thoroughly worthless on a Mac, with plenty of potential to cause performance issues while only detecting 53% of the Mac malware I threw at it when I last tested it in January. See:
http://www.thesafemac.com/mac-anti-virus-testing-2014/
You need to remove McAfee immediately, using the McAfee uninstaller that should be found in the Applications folder. If you do not find such an uninstaller, you will need to contact McAfee about how to remove it.
In addition to Thomas's spot on recommendation, you have a very old version of PACE, an anti-piracy POS.
/Library/Application Support/PACE Anti-Piracy/InterLok Helper.app
Solver: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] PACESupport.plist 3rd-Party support link
I'm having the same issue.
When i open Safari this happens.
I am doing nothing in Safari except a bit of surfing.
It happens reliaby like this every time I open Safari.
Everything is fine for about a min and then the Memory spikes and I have to force quit.
Not having an issue with other browers
6/16/15 8:54:15.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 763 [backupd-helper]
6/16/15 8:54:16.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 770 [coresymbolicatio]
6/16/15 8:54:17.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 757 [soagent]
6/16/15 8:54:17.695 AM com.apple.dock.extra[285]: SOHelperCenter main connection interrupted
6/16/15 8:54:18.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 759 [secinitd]
6/16/15 8:54:18.912 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
6/16/15 8:54:19.070 AM secinitd[813]: UID[501]: cache loaded: /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.app-sandbox-cache.plist
6/16/15 8:54:19.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 783 [nsurlstoraged]
6/16/15 8:54:20.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 781 [recentsd]
6/16/15 8:54:22.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 782 [pbs]
6/16/15 8:54:23.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 773 [com.apple.CodeSi]
6/16/15 8:54:24.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 774 [secd]
6/16/15 8:54:24.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 779 [CoreServicesUIAg]
6/16/15 8:54:25.000 AM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 768 [spindump_agent]
6/16/15 8:54:26.000 AM kernel[0]: process Safari[803] thread 24230 caught burning CPU! It used more than 50% CPU (Actual recent usage: 89%) over 180 seconds. thread lifetime cpu usage 90.036332 seconds, (81.836352 user, 8.199980 system) ledger info: balance: 90014884191 credit: 90014884191 debit: 0 limit: 90000000000 (50%) period: 180000000000 time since last refill (ns): 100819310654
6/16/15 8:54:26.802 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.ReportCrash[815]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.ReportCrash
6/16/15 8:54:26.804 AM ReportCrash[815]: Invoking spindump for pid=803 thread=24230 percent_cpu=89 duration=102 because of excessive cpu utilization
Safari is putting a drain on my RAM. What can I do to fix this?
