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
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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)