Etrecheck and RAM requirements
Hi
I have attached my latest Etrecheck result.
I want to establish whether it is worth me increasing my RAM to 24GB?
If I were to do so, what benefit would I see?
And finally, any other suggestions?
Thank you.
EtreCheck version: 2.4.1 (137)
Report generated 9/2/15, 12:48 AM
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Hardware Information: (What does this mean?)
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011) (Technical Specifications)
iMac - model: iMac12,2
1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4-core
12 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 0/DIMM1
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: (What does this mean?)
AMD Radeon HD 6770M - VRAM: 512 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: (What does this mean?)
OS X 10.10.5 (14F27) - Time since boot: about 6 days
Disk Information: (What does this mean?)
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 disk0 : (2 TB) (Rotational)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 2.00 TB (1.10 TB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5690H ()
USB Information: (What does this mean?)
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Western Digital Elements 107C 3 TB
EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted> : 315 MB
Secondary Back Up (disk3s2) /Volumes/Secondary Back Up : 3.00 TB (2.07 TB free)
GenesysLogic USB2.0 Hub
Canon MX300 series
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: (What does this mean?)
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: (What does this mean?)
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: (What does this mean?)
/Applications/MacX Video Converter Pro.app
[not loaded] com.macxdvd.driver.goodSysAudioCapture (1 - SDK 10.10) [Click for support]
/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.leapfrog.driver.LfConnectDriver (1.11.1 - SDK 10.10) [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: (What does this mean?)
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.bombich.ccchelper.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: (What does this mean?)
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Box Sync Application (/Applications/Box Sync.app)
Internet Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 18.0.0.232 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 18.0.0.232 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
NP_2020Player_WEB: Version: 5.0.94.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.0 [Click for support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version
User internet Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Click for support]
3rd Party Preference Panes: (What does this mean?)
Flash Player [Click for support]
Time Machine: (What does this mean?)
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 2.00 TB Disk used: 897.70 GB
Destinations:
Data [Network]
Total size: 3.00 TB
Total number of backups: 69
Oldest backup: 2014-10-13 08:18:17 +0000
Last backup: 2015-09-01 15:06:41 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 3.00 TB > (Disk used 897.70 GB X 3)
Secondary Back Up [Local]
Total size: 3.00 TB
Total number of backups: 41
Oldest backup: 2015-05-08 20:44:39 +0000
Last backup: 2015-09-01 16:14:56 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 3.00 TB > (Disk used 897.70 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: (What does this mean?)
2% firefox
1% diskimages-helper
1% fontd
1% Box Sync Monitor
0% Microsoft Word
Top Processes by Memory: (What does this mean?)
1.25 GB firefox
1.06 GB iTunes
1.03 GB kernel_task
602 MB Finder
479 MB com.apple.MediaLibraryService
Virtual Memory Information: (What does this mean?)
96 MB Free RAM
12.00 GB Used RAM (1.80 GB Cached)
90 MB Swap Used
Diagnostics Information: (What does this mean?)
Aug 31, 2015, 08:20:31 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Photos_2015-08-31-202031_[redacted].cpu_resourc e.diag [Click for details]
iMac
