jteare
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Q: Major Memory Loss after Yosemite 10.10.2

Greetings, all.

 

I've had Yosemite installed since the first day it was released, and have diligently (now regretfully) applied every update since. The only trouble I had to date was a very infrequent and intermittent WiFi disconnection. Up until last week, and according to Memory Clean, I consistently saw 11.5-12 GB of free memory with no apps running. Even when running VMWare (4 GB allocated) plus 6-8 others apps simultaneously, I would still see 3-4 GB of available memory. Performance has always been solid. However, since installing the latest Yosemite update just last week, I now see 8 GB of free memory with nothing running, and 1.5 GB of memory available when running VMWare (2 GB now allocated) and only 2 apps running (Chrome, Messages). Additionally, this usually drops into MB with fans running and sluggish performance.

 

What's happened?!? Really appreciate any expertise and guidance as this has significantly degraded performance on my MacBook (specs and report below).

 

Perhaps there's another thread I've missed. Do share if that's the case.

 

I followed steps in this article to no avail.

 

Guide: How to solve Yosemite memory leaks and CPU usage

 

I downloaded EtreCheck per this thread, but not certain if there is something standing out as the culprit.

 

Yosemite made my MacBook Pro so slow. Need help.

 

EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)

Report generated February 2, 2015 at 08:57:14 MST

Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck

 

Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.

Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.

 

Hardware Information: ℹ️

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

    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,1

    1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

    16 GB RAM Not upgradeable

        BANK 0/DIMM0

            8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

        BANK 1/DIMM0

            8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

    Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

    Wireless:  en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n

    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 191

 

Video Information: ℹ️

    Intel HD Graphics 4000

    NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MB

        Color LCD spdisplays_2880x1800Retina

        DELL 2009W 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz

        DELL 2009W 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz

 

System Software: ℹ️

    OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 0:26:29

 

Disk Information: ℹ️

    APPLE SSD SD512E disk0 : (500.28 GB)

        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

        Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 498.91 GB (204.25 GB free)

            Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked

            Core Storage: disk0s2 499.28 GB Online

 

USB Information: ℹ️

    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

 

Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️

    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

 

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

    Anywhere

 

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

        /Applications/SpaceMonkey.app

    [not loaded]    com.spacemonkey.filesystems.spacefuse (2.7.2 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]

 

        /Applications/VMware Fusion.app

    [loaded]    com.vmware.kext.vmci (90.6.3) [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.vmware.kext.vmioplug.14.1.3 (14.1.3) [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.vmware.kext.vmnet (0231.47.74) [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.vmware.kext.vmx86 (0231.47.74) [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.vmware.kext.vsockets (90.6.0) [Click for support]

 

        /System/Library/Extensions

    [not loaded]    com.cisco.kext.acsock (1.1.0 - SDK 10.0) [Click for support]

 

Launch Agents: ℹ️

    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.adobe.it.idletime.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]

    [running]    com.jamfsoftware.jamf.agent.plist [Click for support]

    [running]    com.mcafee.menulet.plist [Click for support]

    [running]    com.mcafee.reporter.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]

    [running]    net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist [Click for support]

 

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

    [running]    com.adobe.adobeupdatedaemon.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]

    [running]    com.cisco.anyconnect.vpnagentd.plist [Click for support]

    [running]    com.crashplan.engine.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.ea.origin.ESHelper.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]

    [running]    com.ipass.monitordaemon.plist [Click for support]

    [running]    com.jamfsoftware.jamf.daemon.plist [Click for support]

    [not loaded]    com.jamfsoftware.startupItem.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.jamfsoftware.task.1.plist [Click for support]

    [running]    com.mcafee.agent.cma.plist [Click for support]

    [unknown]    com.mcafee.ssm.Eupdate.plist [Click for support]

    [unknown]    com.mcafee.ssm.ScanFactory.plist [Click for support]

    [unknown]    com.mcafee.ssm.ScanManager.plist [Click for support]

    [unknown]    com.mcafee.virusscan.fmpd.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.spacemonkey.SpaceFSHelper.plist [Click for support]

 

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

    [loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]

    [failed]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support] [Click for details]

    [running]    com.akamai.single-user-client.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist [Click for support]

    [running]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    net.infinite-labs.SIMBLEnablerForSandboxedApps.plist [Click for support]

 

User Login Items: ℹ️

    iTunesHelper    Application  (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

    HubStatus    UNKNOWN  (missing value)

    Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector EX    Application Hidden (/Applications/Canon Utilities/IJ Network Scanner Selector EX/Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector EX.app)

    AdobeResourceSynchronizer    Application Hidden (/Applications/Adobe Acrobat Beta/Adobe Acrobat.app/Contents/Helpers/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)

 

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

    o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]

    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

    AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]

    AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]

    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.296 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 12 . 001 . 10114 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]

    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

    Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.296 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]

    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.7 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 12 . 001 . 10114 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]

    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version

 

User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

    CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 [Click for support]

    WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

 

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

    Akamai NetSession Preferences  [Click for support]

    Flash Player  [Click for support]

    Java  [Click for support]

 

Time Machine: ℹ️

    Time Machine not configured!

 

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

        16%    vmware-vmx

         4%    WindowServer

         1%    Google Chrome

         1%    Cisco Jabber

         1%    coreaudiod

 

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

    2.37 GB    vmware-vmx

    258 MB    Google Chrome

    241 MB    Dock

    223 MB    mds_stores

    223 MB    VMware Fusion

 

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

    2.70 GB    Free RAM

    7.87 GB    Active RAM

    2.38 GB    Inactive RAM

    3.69 GB    Wired RAM

    6.46 GB    Page-ins

    28 MB    Page-outs

 

Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

    Feb 2, 2015, 08:30:20 AM    Self test - passed

    Jan 31, 2015, 11:49:32 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Memory Clean_2015-01-31-114932_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]

    Jan 31, 2015, 09:24:36 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Memory Clean_2015-01-31-092436_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]

    Jan 31, 2015, 09:09:48 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/spindump_2015-01-31-090948_[redacted].crash

    Jan 30, 2015, 04:51:46 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Memory Clean_2015-01-30-165146_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]

    Jan 30, 2015, 10:00:46 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/adobeconnectaddin_2015-01-30-1 00046_[redacted].crash

 

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Feb 2, 2015 8:16 AM

by OGELTHORPE,Solvedanswer
OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE
Level 9 (52,769 points)
Mac OS X
A:

First understand hoe OSX uses RAM in Yosemite:

 

http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201464

 

No longer is the amount of RAM being used (OSX will try to as much as possible for efficiency) the important parameter but PRESSURE.  If it is green, the everything is fine.  Yellow or red require some investigation and remedial steps.

 

Please rid your MBP of Mcafee.  You do not need it and your MBP will run better. Check the developers wen site for uninstall instructions.

 

Ciao.

Posted on Feb 2, 2015 8:25 AM

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Q: Major Memory Loss after Yosemite 10.10.2

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  • by OGELTHORPE,Solvedanswer

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Feb 2, 2015 8:25 AM in response to jteare
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    Feb 2, 2015 8:25 AM in response to jteare

    First understand hoe OSX uses RAM in Yosemite:

     

    http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201464

     

    No longer is the amount of RAM being used (OSX will try to as much as possible for efficiency) the important parameter but PRESSURE.  If it is green, the everything is fine.  Yellow or red require some investigation and remedial steps.

     

    Please rid your MBP of Mcafee.  You do not need it and your MBP will run better. Check the developers wen site for uninstall instructions.

     

    Ciao.

  • by jteare,

    jteare jteare Feb 2, 2015 10:36 AM in response to OGELTHORPE
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    Feb 2, 2015 10:36 AM in response to OGELTHORPE

    Thanks, @OGELTHORPE.

     

    I actually had skimmed that very article, and do see green in the memory pressure. Interesting. Perhaps the concern arose more so because of my fans kicking on more and the third-party app Memory Clean all of a sudden started showing lower figures. Correlating that with the fans raised the concern. Yes, it's green under Memory Pressure, but why would my fans be running more--especially with hardly any apps on? Are you saying then that Yosemite will apply all RAM available to what's running and as I run more and more apps it will gradually reallocate RAM across everything? Should the fans running more concern me? They do get quieter gradually; I guess with this gradual "reallocation".

     

    Thanks for the tip about McAfee. I'm pretty sure that it's standard from IT at work, but I'll double-check.

  • by OGELTHORPE,Helpful

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Feb 2, 2015 11:06 AM in response to jteare
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    Feb 2, 2015 11:06 AM in response to jteare

    Rid the M<BP also of Memory Clean.  All so called performance, cleaning and AV applications serve more to hinder MBP performance.

     

    After you have deleted this garbage that you do not need, if the fans start running, open Activity Monitor to ALL PROCESSES and see which applications are using a lot of CPU resources.  If there is none found, run an Apple Hardware Test.  That may offer a clue.

     

    Ciao.

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Feb 2, 2015 11:10 AM in response to OGELTHORPE
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    Feb 2, 2015 11:10 AM in response to OGELTHORPE

    I forgot to mention that OSX will allocate RAM based on what is required at given moment.  It will be very dynamic in that regard.  As mentioned, the amount that OSX is no longer the prime parameter since the introduction of Mavericks.  You probably made the proper choice selecting a MBP with maximum RAM possible.

     

    Ciao.

  • by jteare,

    jteare jteare Feb 2, 2015 2:30 PM in response to OGELTHORPE
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    Feb 2, 2015 2:30 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

    Thanks again, OGELTHORPE.

     

    Seems this was more of a misunderstanding of memory management and how not to rely on third-party applications seemingly helping. Thanks for setting the record straight.

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Feb 2, 2015 3:04 PM in response to jteare
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    Feb 2, 2015 3:04 PM in response to jteare

    You are very welcome. 

     

    Ciao.

  • by LRD777,

    LRD777 LRD777 Mar 27, 2015 7:21 PM in response to OGELTHORPE
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    Mar 27, 2015 7:21 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

    I'm having cascading crashes after updating to 10.10.2, Safari (the culprit, I think ) crashes and then the cascade stars happening.  I have 64GB memory. I have 3 apps open. Not sure what is happening.

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Mar 28, 2015 6:41 AM in response to LRD777
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    Mar 28, 2015 6:41 AM in response to LRD777

    LRD777 wrote:

     

    I'm having cascading crashes after updating to 10.10.2, Safari (the culprit, I think ) crashes and then the cascade stars happening.  I have 64GB memory. I have 3 apps open. Not sure what is happening.

    I urge you to start a new discussion.

     

    Identify the MBP that you have and  log and post the kernel panic report per these instructions:

     

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201753

     

    Ciao.