autumnbliss
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Q: 20" Early 2008 iMac freezing in all possible ways

User MichelPM requested users with freezing iMacs (with Radeon HD 2600 Pro) to post reports using EtreCheck so here's my report

 

EtreCheck version: 1.9.11 (43) - report generated 2June, 2014 at 14:42:19 GMT-3

 

Hardware Information:

    iMac (20-inch, Early 2008)

    iMac - model: iMac8,1

    1 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores

    4 GB RAM

 

Video Information:

    ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro - VRAM: 256 MB

 

System Software:

    OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 3:16:53

 

Disk Information:

    WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 disk0 : (1 TB)

        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB

        System (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 119,48 GB (23,67 GB free)

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

        Jujubas (disk0s4) /Volumes/Jujubas: 500 GB (387,95 GB free)

        Work (disk0s5) /Volumes/Work: 379,59 GB (327,49 GB free)

 

USB Information:

    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

    Wacom Co.,Ltd. Intuos PS

    Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub

        Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse

        Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard

    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

    Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

 

Configuration files:

    /etc/hosts - Count: 16

 

Gatekeeper:

    Anywhere

 

Kernel Extensions:

    [kext loaded]    com.Cycling74.driver.WondershareAudioDevice (1.5.2) Support

    [not loaded]    com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver (3.0.0d1) Support

    [not loaded]    com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver64 (3.0.0d1) Support

    [not loaded]    com.wacom.kext.pentablet (5.3.2 - SDK 10.8) Support

    [not loaded]    com.wacom.kext.wacomtablet (6.3.7 - SDK 10.8) Support

 

Startup Items:

    Jaksta: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Jaksta

 

Launch Daemons:

    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

    [loaded]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support

    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support

    [loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist Support

    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support

 

Launch Agents:

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

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

    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support

    [loaded]    com.paragon.updater.plist Support

    [running]    com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist Support

 

User Launch Agents:

    [loaded]    com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist Support

    [not loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist Support

    [loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist Support

    [running]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support

    [not loaded]    com.victorpimentel.TVShowsHelper.plist Support

 

User Login Items:

    iTunesHelper

    BambooCore

 

Internet Plug-ins:

    o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.1.18709 Support

    WacomNetscape: Version: 2.1.0-1 - SDK 10.8 Support

    OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 Support

    Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

    WacomTabletPlugin: Version: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.2 Support

    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20513.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support

    DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2 Support

    Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update

    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.1.18709 Support

    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.0.0 Support

    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 Check version

 

Safari Extensions:

    Stop/Reload Button: Version: 1.6

 

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

 

User Internet Plug-ins:

    npsf_uni: Version: sf 3.3.2.1 Support

    WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

 

3rd Party Preference Panes:

    DivX  Support

    Flash Player  Support

    HP Scanjet  Support

    Java  Support

    TVShows  Support

    WacomTablet  Support

 

Time Machine:

    Time Machine not configured!

 

Top Processes by CPU:

        33%    firefox

         4%    WindowServer

         0%    Unibox

         0%    plugin-container

         0%    WacomTabletDriver

 

Top Processes by Memory:

    1.08 GB    firefox

    164 MB    Unibox

    143 MB    softwareupdated

    119 MB    Wunderlist

    98 MB    mds_stores

 

Virtual Memory Information:

    395 MB    Free RAM

    1.59 GB    Active RAM

    1.51 GB    Inactive RAM

    531 MB    Wired RAM

    556 MB    Page-ins

    0 B    Page-outs

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 20 inch (early 2008), Core 2 Duo

Posted on Jun 2, 2014 10:50 AM

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Q: 20" Early 2008 iMac freezing in all possible ways

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  • by rob3837,

    rob3837 rob3837 Jun 2, 2014 11:15 AM in response to autumnbliss
    Level 1 (90 points)
    Jun 2, 2014 11:15 AM in response to autumnbliss

    Cleanmymac has to go, it's something that does more harm than anything else.

    Instructions here

    http://macpaw.com/support/cleanmymac/knowledgebase/how-to-uninstall-cleanmymac-2

  • by autumnbliss,

    autumnbliss autumnbliss Jun 2, 2014 11:20 AM in response to rob3837
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    Jun 2, 2014 11:20 AM in response to rob3837

    thank you! i had no idea cleanmymac was that bad for my mac. just uninstalled it.

  • by rob3837,

    rob3837 rob3837 Jun 2, 2014 11:31 AM in response to autumnbliss
    Level 1 (90 points)
    Jun 2, 2014 11:31 AM in response to autumnbliss

    It's considered malware, not a good thing at all.

    Hopefully this clears up the issues you've been having!

  • by MichelPM,

    MichelPM MichelPM Jun 2, 2014 12:19 PM in response to autumnbliss
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    Jun 2, 2014 12:19 PM in response to autumnbliss

    "User MichelPM requested users with freezing iMacs (with Radeon HD 2600 Pro) to post reports using EtreCheck so here's my report"

     

    No.

    I asked one user to post his/her Etrecheck reports on the two Macs that Poster had.

    It was not an invitation for any one else and the reply was not directed at you, either.

     

    Did you read my previous post where I mentioned hard drive cleaning garbageware?

    So, it looks like you had one piece of garbageware installed.

     

    Is your Mac running better, now?

     

    If not, if you have been using CleanMyMac for any regularity on your Mac, you may have trashed/corrupted important data and, possibly, system files, already.

    In that event you cannot simply reinstall Mavericks, you may have to do a complete, CLEAN install of your operating system and applications by starting with a retail install disc of OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and wiping and reformatting your hard drive and basically clean installing your OS and applications from scratch.

    You will need to create a backup of all your important data/ information before doing this as a clean install will complete erase your hard drive.

     

    If you haven't been using CleanMyMac on a regular basis, then...

    In addition, I would add that you need to update all of your third party software if there are OS X Mavericks updates that can be applied.

    You may need to ACTUALLY go to the third party developers' websites if there are no updates through the Mac App Store.

     

    Update all of your Web browser Internet plugins and extensions, too!

     

    Also, if you have any connected  third party devices, like keyboards, mice, drawing tablets, hubs, card  readers, audio/video peripherals, etc, you need to update the drivers for these devices to OS X Mavericks compatible versions by going to each device makers' websites and looking for, downloading and installing any Mavericks updates that are available and applicable.

     

    After completing all of this, restart your Mac

  • by MichelPM,

    MichelPM MichelPM Jun 2, 2014 12:34 PM in response to autumnbliss
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    Jun 2, 2014 12:34 PM in response to autumnbliss

    FYI,

    Here is some of my info pertaining to apps like CleanMyMac and others.

     

    Apps like MacKeeper or any other maintenance apps like CleanMyMac 1 or 2, TuneUpMyMac, MacCleanse or anything like these apps, installed on your Mac, while they appear to be helpful, can do too good a job of data "cleanup" causing the potential to do serious data corruption or data deletion and render a perfectly running OS completely dead and useless leaving you with a frozen, non-functional Mac.

    Plus, these type of apps aren't really needed or necessary. They really aren't.

    There are manual methods to clear off unnecessary data off of your Mac that are safer and you have complete control over your Mac and not just leave a piece of auto cleaning software in charge of clearing off data off of your Mac.

    These types of apps potential of causing OS X issues outweighs the implied good and benefits these types of hard drive or memory "cleaning" apps are written and portend to do.

    Plus, the software companies that write these apps make it hard to easily uninstall these apps if something DOES go wrong and these apps work in a way where you have no recovery or revert function to return your Mac back to its former, working state in the event something does go wrong.

    These companies that sell these apps are only interested in one thing only...scamming and robbing you of your hard earned money. This is their primary motivation.

    That is why their wares are written poorly and their uninstallers, sometimes, are non-existent or, also, written poorly.

    It is best to never, EVER download and install these types of apps.

    The risk to your system and your important data is too great a risk!

  • by d00dbro,

    d00dbro d00dbro Jun 3, 2014 3:29 PM in response to autumnbliss
    Level 1 (55 points)
    Jun 3, 2014 3:29 PM in response to autumnbliss

    "System cleanup tools" are almost always malware or garbage. Etrecheck, Onyx, and OmniDiskSweeper are the only ones you should use.