Luis_Mercado
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Q: Guide: How to solve Yosemite memory leaks and CPU usage

I post this hoping to help those users who, like me, are experiencing high CPU usage and massive memory leaking with OS X core services and apps, leading to slow performance and battery drain.

 

I've tried everything mentioned, but found the right combination of steps to follow. I've tried this with seven different Apple computers, including mine, and has worked well so far. I applied this method yesterday to give these process a 24 hour window to fail again, so far everything good.

 

First step: disconnect any external or secondary monitors, if any is present. The video memory allocation leak can also happen if you have a system with an integrated card, like Intel, with no external monitors attached.

 

Second step: Shut down your machine and enter Safe Mode (press shift once you turn on your computer again, more info below). Once you're there, fix your disk permissions.

 

Guide of how to access Safe Mode: OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?

 

Third step: From Safe Mode turn off your machine again and reset your System Management Controller (SMC). There are different methods, depending on machine, to do this. To know what method applies to yours read the following guide.

 

Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

 

Fourth step: Once your machine completes a full boot after resetting the SMC turn it off again and reset your PRAM (THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP, BUT THE PREVIOUS ONES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THIS ONE TO WORK). The PRAM stores small bits of data that indicate our Apple computer how to interact with the devices connected to it, including monitors and video cards. It also affects software.

 

To reset it you should hold the OPTION, COMMAND, P and R keys in your keyboard immediately after turning on your machine again.You'll hear the start up chime, continue pressing the keys until the machine boots and the chime starts A SECOND TIME, then release. IF YOUR YOSEMITE INSTALLATION LOCKS UP AT A BLACK SCREEN AFTER THIS, DONT PANIC! It's normal, just turn off your computer and let it boot again.

 

More info about PRAM: OS X Mavericks: Reset your computer’s PRAM

 

Voila, reconnect your external displays and enjoy your system.

 

Message was edited by: Luis_Mercado

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 23, 2014 10:59 AM

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If you mark it as solved, more people are apt to look at it. You won't get any points, but it will stand out more.

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  • by monostone,

    monostone monostone Nov 27, 2014 10:43 PM in response to MadMacs0
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    Nov 27, 2014 10:43 PM in response to MadMacs0

    Hi,

    thanks for your detailed information. Helps a lot in understanding!

    I think, I did mix drivers and Agents/Daemons. Apple-Support was looking for Agents and Daemons and did not find any responsible ones.

    What the senior support found out: There must be something wrong in upgrading to Yosemite because of these known propblems with mail and windowserver and the crashing while hibernating.

    The guy told me that two things were strange:

    1. In recovery mode I can only reinstall Mavericks instead of Yosemite (no other choice) and the online-recovery also does not offer Yosemite.

        (Actually it is supposed to be correct this way according to Apples online-information being posted in this forum)

    2. The 'Fix-permissions' in recovery-mode is greyed

     

    They called back twice and wanted to call back another time, but no call at fixed time.

     

    Etrecheck reports:

     

    Problematische Start-Agents des Systems: ??

        [geladen]    com.paragon.NTFS.trial.plist Unterstützt

        [geladen]    com.paragon.NTFS.upd.plist Unterstützt

     

    Start-Agents: ??

        [läuft]    at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist Unterstützt

        [ungültig?]    com.epson.esua.launcher.plist Unterstützt

        [geladen]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Unterstützt

     

    Start-Daemons: ??

        [läuft]    at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist Unterstützt

        [geladen]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Unterstützt

        [nicht geladen]    com.DesignScience.DSMTTool.plist Unterstützt

        [geladen]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Unterstützt

        [geladen]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Unterstützt

        [geladen]    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Unterstützt

     

    Anmeldeobjekte: ??

        AdobeResourceSynchronizer    Programm (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)

     

    Does not look too bad, doesn't it?

     

    I have no idea of what doing next.

    BTW: I followed the instructions of Luis M. first of all and it was a little bit better but problems are returning.

    Regards

    Bernd

     

     

     

    MacBookPro Late 2011

     

    Freezes after about one hour hibernating

    Mail and Windoeserver CPU 120% 20 GB Memory

     

    EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)

    Bericht vom 28. November 2014 07:22:51 MEZ

     

    Hardware-Informationen: ??

        MacBook Pro (15 Zoll, Ende 2011) (Verifiziert)

        MacBook Pro - Modell: MacBookPro8,2

        1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

        4 GB RAM Nachrüstbar

            BANK 0/DIMM0

                2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

            BANK 1/DIMM0

                2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

        Bluetooth: Älter - Handoff/Airdrop2 nicht unterstützt

        Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

     

    Video Informationen: ??

        Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB

        AMD Radeon HD 6770M - VRAM: 1024 MB

            Color LCD 1440 x 900

            L22W-7SD 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz

     

    System-Software: ??

        OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Laufzeit: 0:8:31

     

    Festplatteninformationen: ??

        Samsung SSD 840 Series disk0 : (500,11 GB)

        S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verifiziert

            EFI (disk0s1) <nicht sichtbar>  : 210 MB

            Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /  [Startup] : 449.35 GB (153.43 GB frei)

            Recovery HD (disk0s3) <nicht sichtbar>  [Erholung] : 785 MB

            BOOTCAMP (disk0s4) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP  : 49.76 GB (19.16 GB frei)

     

        HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS31N 

     

    USB-Informationen: ??

        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

     

    Thunderbolt Informationen: ??

        Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

     

    Gatekeeper: ??

        Mac App Store und verifizierte Entwickler

     

    Kernel-Erweiterungen: ??

            /Applications/Parallels Desktop.app

        [nicht geladen]    com.parallels.kext.hidhook (9.0 24172.951362) Unterstützt

        [nicht geladen]    com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (9.0 24172.951362) Unterstützt

        [nicht geladen]    com.parallels.kext.netbridge (9.0 24172.951362) Unterstützt

        [nicht geladen]    com.parallels.kext.usbconnect (9.0 24172.951362) Unterstützt

        [nicht geladen]    com.parallels.kext.vnic (9.0 24172.951362) Unterstützt

     

            /Library/Extensions

        [geladen]    at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (4216 - SDK 10.8) Unterstützt

     

            /System/Library/Extensions

        [nicht geladen]    com.Belcarra.iokit.USBLAN_netpart (3.1.1 - SDK 10.6) Unterstützt

        [nicht geladen]    com.Belcarra.iokit.USBLAN_usbpart (3.1.1 - SDK 10.6) Unterstützt

        [nicht geladen]    com.RemoteControl.USBLAN.usbpart (3.1.1 - SDK 10.7) Unterstützt

        [nicht geladen]    com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMData (1.3.41) Unterstützt

        [nicht geladen]    com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBMassStorageFilter (1.3.43) Unterstützt

        [geladen]    com.hzsystems.terminus.driver (4) Unterstützt

        [nicht geladen]    com.icera.zte.ICZTUSBCDC1060 (1000.01.01) Unterstützt

        [nicht geladen]    com.icera.zte.ICZTUSBCDC1060ACMControl (1000.01.01) Unterstützt

        [nicht geladen]    com.icera.zte.ICZTUSBCDC1060ACMData (1000.01.01) Unterstützt

        [nicht geladen]    com.icera.zte.ICZTUSBCDC1060ECMControl (1000.01.01) Unterstützt

        [nicht geladen]    com.icera.zte.ICZTUSBCDC1060ECMData (1000.01.01) Unterstützt

        [nicht geladen]    com.icera.zte.ICZTUSBCDC1060ModeChange (1000.01.01) Unterstützt

        [nicht geladen]    com.roxio.BluRaySupport (1.1.6) Unterstützt

        [nicht geladen]    com.zte.driver.cdc_ecm_qmi (1.0.30) Unterstützt

        [nicht geladen]    com.zte.driver.cdc_usb_bus (1.0.30) Unterstützt

     

            /System/Library/Extensions/2.2.0/Belcarra.USBLAN_netpart.kext/Contents/Plug-Ins

        [nicht geladen]    com.belcarra.iokit.netpart.panther (1.6.3) Unterstützt

     

            /System/Library/Extensions/2.2.0/Belcarra.USBLAN_usbpart.kext/Contents/Plug-Ins

        [nicht geladen]    com.belcarra.iokit.usbpart.panther (1.6.3) Unterstützt

     

            /System/Library/Extensions/2.2.0/RemoteControl.USBLAN_usbpart.kext/Contents/Plu g-Ins

        [nicht geladen]    com.RemoteControl.USBLAN.panther (1.6.2) Unterstützt

     

            /System/Library/Extensions/ICZTUSBCDC1060.kext/Contents/PlugIns

        [nicht geladen]    com.icera.zte.ICZTUSBCDC1045 (1000.01.01) Unterstützt

     

            /System/Library/Extensions/ICZTUSBCDC1060ACMControl.kext/Contents/PlugIns

        [nicht geladen]    com.icera.zte.ICZTUSBCDC1045ACMControl (1000.01.01) Unterstützt

     

            /System/Library/Extensions/ICZTUSBCDC1060ACMData.kext/Contents/PlugIns

        [nicht geladen]    com.icera.zte.ICZTUSBCDC1045ACMData (1000.01.01) Unterstützt

     

            /System/Library/Extensions/ICZTUSBCDC1060ECMControl.kext/Contents/PlugIns

        [nicht geladen]    com.icera.zte.ICZTUSBCDC1045ECMControl (1000.01.01) Unterstützt

     

            /System/Library/Extensions/ICZTUSBCDC1060ECMData.kext/Contents/PlugIns

        [nicht geladen]    com.icera.zte.ICZTUSBCDC1045ECMData (1000.01.01) Unterstützt

     

            /System/Library/Extensions/ICZTUSBCDC1060ModeChange.kext/Contents/PlugIns

        [nicht geladen]    com.icera.zte.ICZTUSBCDC1045ModeChange (1000.01.01) Unterstützt

     

            /Users/[redigiert]/Library/Services/ToastIt.service/Contents/MacOS

        [nicht geladen]    com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0) Unterstützt

     

    Problematische Start-Agents des Systems: ??

        [geladen]    com.paragon.NTFS.trial.plist Unterstützt

        [geladen]    com.paragon.NTFS.upd.plist Unterstützt

     

    Start-Agents: ??

        [läuft]    at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist Unterstützt

        [ungültig?]    com.epson.esua.launcher.plist Unterstützt

        [geladen]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Unterstützt

     

    Start-Daemons: ??

        [läuft]    at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist Unterstützt

        [geladen]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Unterstützt

        [nicht geladen]    com.DesignScience.DSMTTool.plist Unterstützt

        [geladen]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Unterstützt

        [geladen]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Unterstützt

        [geladen]    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Unterstützt

     

    Anmeldeobjekte: ??

        AdobeResourceSynchronizer    Programm (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)

     

    Internet Plug-Ins: ??

        MeetingJoinPlugin: Version: (null) - SDK 10.6 Unterstützt

        FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.239 - SDK 10.6 Unterstützt

        Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

        AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6 Unterstützt

        AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6 Unterstützt

        Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.239 - SDK 10.6 Unterstützt

        QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

        SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.5 - SDK 10.6 Unterstützt

        DirectorShockwave: Version: 12.0.5r146 - SDK 10.6 Unterstützt

        JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 25 Version prüfen

     

    Safari Extensions: ??

        OpenIE

     

    Einstellungskarten von Drittanbietern: ??

        Flash Player  Unterstützt

        FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE)  Unterstützt

        Java  Unterstützt

        Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X  Unterstützt

     

    Time Machine: ??

        Überspringen Systemdateien: NEIN

        Automatische Sicherungskopie: JA

         Gesicherte Platten:

            Macintosh HD: Festplattengröße: 449.35 GB Disk verwendet: 295.92 GB

        Sicherungsziele:

            KLOSS TIME 1 [Local]

            Gesamt Größe: 999.86 GB

            Gesamtzahl der Sicherungskopie: 62

            Älteste Sicherungskopie: 2013-03-02 22:38:19 +0000

            Letzten Sicherung: 2014-11-26 21:15:51 +0000

            Größe der Sicherungsplatte: Angemessene

            Größe der Sicherungsplatte 999.86 GB > (Disk verwendet 295.92 GB X 3)

            KLOSS-TIME2 [Local]

            Gesamt Größe: 500.11 GB

            Gesamtzahl der Sicherungskopie: 13

            Älteste Sicherungskopie: 2013-12-29 00:36:29 +0000

            Letzten Sicherung: 2014-11-19 06:23:24 +0000

            Größe der Sicherungsplatte: Zu klein

            Größe der Sicherungsplatte 500.11 GB < (Disk verwendet 295.92 GB X 3)

     

    Top Prozesse von der CPU: ??

             5%    WindowServer

             1%    plugin-container

             0%    fontd

             0%    AppleSpell

             0%    Little Snitch Agent

     

    Top Prozesse vom Speicher: ??

        275 MB    firefox

        176 MB    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

        133 MB    Mail

        103 MB    Finder

        99 MB    mds_stores

     

    Informationen zum virtuellen Speicher: ??

        535 MB    Freier RAM

        1.65 GB    Aktive RAM

        974 MB    Inaktive RAM

        1.13 GB    Wired RAM

        938 MB    Seite-ins

        0 B    Seite-outs

  • by MadMacs0,

    MadMacs0 MadMacs0 Nov 28, 2014 12:00 AM in response to monostone
    Level 5 (4,801 points)
    Nov 28, 2014 12:00 AM in response to monostone

    monostone wrote:

     

    What the senior support found out: There must be something wrong in upgrading to Yosemite because of these known propblems with mail and windowserver and the crashing while hibernating.

    The guy told me that two things were strange:

    1. In recovery mode I can only reinstall Mavericks instead of Yosemite (no other choice) and the online-recovery also does not offer Yosemite.

        (Actually it is supposed to be correct this way according to Apples online-information being posted in this forum)

    2. The 'Fix-permissions' in recovery-mode is greyed

    The two "strange" things point to a bad install problem, as well. A complete Yosemite install should have given you a new Recover HD allowing you to install Yosemite. Since it's telling you it can only install Mavericks it must be left over from your original Mavericks install. There is a hack utility that allows you to replace the Recovery HD, but it requires you to have a Yosemite installer so you you might just as well use it to do a re-install. And yes, Internet Recovery will only install the version of OS X that originally shipped with that model Mac. I'd have to guess that Fix Permissions is grayed because it's the wrong version of Disk Utility and can't be used to fix Yosemite permissions.

     

    So you should be able to go to OS X Yosemite and download the 10.10.1 installer.  When it launches it will tell you that you already have it installed. Just chose to install it anyway. Before doing that it would be a good idea to copy or move the installer from /Applications/ to someplace safe as it will be deleted from there when the installation completes. That way you won't have to download it if needed again.

     

    I assume that Parallels 9 is responsible for most of the Extensions I don't recognize as well as NTFS and FUSE software. I know those last two can cause issues, but suspect they are essential to access Windows volumes.

     

    I wasn't familiar with DesignScience.DSMTTool so had to look it up.  Apparently associated with MathType for use in Word Documents. Don't see that as a problem, except that it didn't load for whatever reason. Possible it only loads when needed.

     

    [ungültig?]    com.epson.esua.launcher.plist might be something left over from Epson Printer Software that's no longer needed/installed where it should be.

     

    DirectorShockwave: Version: 12.0.5r146 - SDK 10.6 is out of date (current is Version 12.1.4.154) but unless you really need it for something, best to trash it. See Why You Should Ditch Adobe Shockwave.

  • by monostone,

    monostone monostone Nov 28, 2014 8:53 AM in response to MadMacs0
    Level 1 (4 points)
    iPad
    Nov 28, 2014 8:53 AM in response to MadMacs0

    Thank you for the information. Shockwave uninstalled.

    The re-install of Yosemite I'll take care of these days and shall report on success.

    Just in case somebody knows: Will there be a complete loss of data with re-installation or will mails and accounts (mail and iTunes/iTunesmatch) travel to the new system? (timemachine backup exists double)

  • by MadMacs0,

    MadMacs0 MadMacs0 Nov 28, 2014 11:11 AM in response to monostone
    Level 5 (4,801 points)
    Nov 28, 2014 11:11 AM in response to monostone

    monostone wrote:

     

    Will there be a complete loss of data with re-installation or will mails and accounts (mail and iTunes/iTunesmatch) travel to the new system?

    As long as you don't erase the hard drive first (clean install) only the System will be replaced. It won't bother User folders or third party apps.

  • by monostone,

    monostone monostone Nov 29, 2014 3:28 AM in response to MadMacs0
    Level 1 (4 points)
    iPad
    Nov 29, 2014 3:28 AM in response to MadMacs0

    Hi and thanks!!!

     

    Yosemite (only found 10.10.-installer) installed and update (10.10.1) installed afterwards.

    Recovery-boot:

    1. Yosemite now is the recovery-install-version

    2. 'Fix-permissions' now active!

     

    HD could be checked and repaired: bad blocks

    Permissions could be fixed.

    Let's see whether so problems have gone!

    Thanks again!

  • by MadMacs0,

    MadMacs0 MadMacs0 Nov 29, 2014 3:47 AM in response to monostone
    Level 5 (4,801 points)
    Nov 29, 2014 3:47 AM in response to monostone

    Glad to see progress!

    monostone wrote:

     

    HD could be checked and repaired: bad blocks

    That isn't good. Modern drives are normally self-repairing with regard to bad blocks. Usually the only time you see that kind of error is when the drive is out of spares that can be re-allocated. The drive may be failing and when it does it will almost certainly go very quickly.  Check it with SMART Utility or DriveDX for best diagnostics.

  • by Yuck9,

    Yuck9 Yuck9 Nov 29, 2014 12:02 PM in response to MadMacs0
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Nov 29, 2014 12:02 PM in response to MadMacs0

    What people will do to install this junk. I've gone back to 10.8.5 and no one should have to go thru all this to install a OS,

  • by MacManiac_,

    MacManiac_ MacManiac_ Nov 29, 2014 12:10 PM in response to Yuck9
    Level 1 (15 points)
    Nov 29, 2014 12:10 PM in response to Yuck9

    Thats one possible solution.....thanks for your value-added comment.

  • by Yuck9,

    Yuck9 Yuck9 Nov 29, 2014 12:17 PM in response to MacManiac_
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Nov 29, 2014 12:17 PM in response to MacManiac_

    I've come to the old saying time and time again. Not broke, don't fix it. I need to remember that.

  • by theplantgeek,

    theplantgeek theplantgeek Nov 30, 2014 11:38 AM in response to Luis_Mercado
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Nov 30, 2014 11:38 AM in response to Luis_Mercado

    Hi Luis,

     

    Thank you for posting this information.  Since I use my laptop for work almost everyday I am kinda going nuts.

     

    Unfortunately, after doing all the steps you listed, my Early 2011 MacBook Pro is still so sluggish with Yosemite it makes work almost impossible.

     

    I have checked other discussions for other tips such as turning off file vault which I have also done.

     

    Note:  I have just backed up everything which I manually do regularly.

     

    Below is the latest etrecheck:    I have no idea what it means. 

     

    Maybe you or someone can help me.    Thanks.

     

    ---

     

     

     

    Problem description:

    Yosemite runs incredibly slow and sluggish

     

    EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)

    Report generated November 30, 2014 at 11:28:52 AM PST

     

    Hardware Information: ℹ️

      MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) (Verified)

      MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2

      1 2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

      4 GB RAM Upgradeable

      BANK 0/DIMM0

      2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

      BANK 1/DIMM0

      2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

      Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

      Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

     

    Video Information: ℹ️

      Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB

      AMD Radeon HD 6490M - VRAM: 256 MB

      Color LCD 1440 x 900

     

    System Software: ℹ️

      OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 3 days 18:49:5

     

    Disk Information: ℹ️

      Hitachi HTS545050B9A302 disk0 : (500.11 GB)

      S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

      EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

      Macintosh HD (disk1) /  [Startup]: 498.88 GB (318.44 GB free)

      Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online

     

      MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898 

     

    USB Information: ℹ️

      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

     

    Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️

      Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

     

    Gatekeeper: ℹ️

      Mac App Store and identified developers

     

    Startup Items: ℹ️

      AdobeVersionCueCS2: Path: /Library/StartupItems/AdobeVersionCueCS2

      Qmaster: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Qmaster

      Startup items are obsolete and will not work in future versions of OS X

     

    Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️

      [failed] com.apple.accountsd.plist

      [failed] com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent.plist

      [failed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist

      [failed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist

      [failed] com.apple.cloudd.plist

      [failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist

      [failed] com.apple.coreservices.uiagent.plist

      [failed] com.apple.EscrowSecurityAlert.plist

      [failed] com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist

      [failed] com.apple.iconservices.iconservicesagent.plist

      [failed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist

      [failed] com.apple.pluginkit.pkd.plist

      [failed] com.apple.printtool.agent.plist

      [failed] com.apple.recentsd.plist

      [failed] com.apple.SafariNotificationAgent.plist

      [failed] com.apple.scopedbookmarkagent.xpc.plist

      [failed] com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy.plist

      [failed] com.apple.spindump_agent.plist

      [failed] com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist

     

    Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️

      [failed] com.apple.AirPlayXPCHelper.plist

      [failed] com.apple.awdd.plist

      [failed] com.apple.cache_delete.plist

      [failed] com.apple.coresymbolicationd.plist

      [failed] com.apple.ctkd.plist

      [failed] com.apple.findmymac.plist

      [failed] com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist

      [failed] com.apple.iconservices.iconservicesagent.plist

      [failed] com.apple.iconservices.iconservicesd.plist

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  • by Luis_Mercado,

    Luis_Mercado Luis_Mercado Nov 30, 2014 2:27 PM in response to Luis_Mercado
    Level 1 (45 points)
    Nov 30, 2014 2:27 PM in response to Luis_Mercado

    Original OP here.

     

    After more researching I've found ANOTHER cause for this problem: Those who have dark mode activate it, turn it off.

     

    I'm serious.

     

    I'm looking into why dark mode is causing this problem, but the effects of turning it off are dramatic, now Yosemite runs better than Mavericks for me.

  • by theplantgeek,

    theplantgeek theplantgeek Nov 30, 2014 7:57 PM in response to Luis_Mercado
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Nov 30, 2014 7:57 PM in response to Luis_Mercado

    Hi Luis,

     

    Thanks for replying so quickly.    I do not have dark mode activated.  (In other words, in the General tab of System Preferences, I do not have the "use dark Menu bar and Dock" box checked. 

     

    If there is another box I need to change, pls. let me know. 

     

    Many thanks.

     

    - tpg

  • by Xfacter,

    Xfacter Xfacter Dec 1, 2014 8:12 PM in response to theplantgeek
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Dec 1, 2014 8:12 PM in response to theplantgeek

    I've been trying to fix this issue ever since Yosemite came out. I had already tried the PRAM and SMC resets and permission fixes but they didn't do anything. I figured maybe doing things in this exact order might help but after following the instructions a few days ago I am once again experiencing system slowdown after a couple days uptime. Arghhhh

  • by Yuck9,

    Yuck9 Yuck9 Dec 1, 2014 9:31 PM in response to Xfacter
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Dec 1, 2014 9:31 PM in response to Xfacter

    You are not going to fix it. Sad but true. If it was as easy as un clicking a few boxes, don't you think Apple would have said such ? I'm on my 2013 MacPro with 16gb and it idles at 5297 MB Used with nothing. Open a web session and it's 7-8gb Enough, going back to ML...

  • by MadMacs0,

    MadMacs0 MadMacs0 Dec 1, 2014 9:59 PM in response to Yuck9
    Level 5 (4,801 points)
    Dec 1, 2014 9:59 PM in response to Yuck9

    Yuck9 wrote:

     

    I'm on my 2013 MacPro with 16gb and it idles at 5297 MB Used with nothing. Open a web session and it's 7-8gb Enough, going back to ML...

    That's exactly the way it's supposed to work. Memory management strives to keep RAM as full as possible to maximize efficiency and energy use. Much faster to use what's already in RAM when needed instead of going to the hard drive to retrieve it. Is RAM use your only complaint here?

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