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launchd high cpu usage

Hello,

since I created a second user profile the cpu usage of launchd on this second profile went up to 70-90% without opening any program. When I am logged in into this profile the computer gets very hot and uses a lot of battery.


MacBook Pro

IntelCore i7

2.66Ghz

4 GB Ram

OS X 10.11.1


I made a scan with EtreCheck:


EtreCheck version: 2.5.5 (215)

Report generated 26.11.15, 17:37

Runtime 6:55

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Hardware Information: (What does this mean?)

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)

[Click for Technical Specifications]

[Click for User Guide]

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2

1 2,66 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2-core

4 GB RAM Upgradeable

[Click for upgrade instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

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

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 572 - SN = W0018P41XBWZA


Video Information: (What does this mean?)

Intel HD Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 512 MB

Color LCD 1440 x 900


System Software: (What does this mean?)

OS X El Capitan 10.11.1 (15B42) - Time since boot: less than an hour


Disk Information: (What does this mean?)

Hitachi HTS545050B9SA02 disk0 : (500,11 GB) (Rotational)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 498.88 GB (116.05 GB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online


MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898 ()


USB Information: (What does this mean?)

Apple Card Reader

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight


Gatekeeper: (What does this mean?)

Mac App Store and identified developers


Kernel Extensions: (What does this mean?)

/Applications/Toast 10 Titanium/Toast Titanium.app

[not loaded] com.roxio.BluRaySupport (1.1.6) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (1.7) [Click for support]


/Incompatible Software/Parallels Service.app

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.prl_hid_hook (5.0 9376.600278) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.prl_hypervisor (5.0 9376.600278) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge (5.0 9376.600278) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.prl_usb_connect (5.0 9376.600278) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic (5.0 9376.600278) [Click for support]


System Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

[loaded] com.apple.MRTa.plist - Invalid signature!


System Launch Daemons: (What does this mean?)

[loaded] com.apple.MRTd.plist - Invalid signature!


Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

[failed] com.WebTools.oiuqw343sQ9a.helpd.plist [Click for support]

[failed] com.WebTools.oiuqw343sQ9a.plist [Click for support]

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

[loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist [Click for support]


Launch Daemons: (What does this mean?)

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

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist [Click for support]


User Login Items: (What does this mean?)

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


Other Apps: (What does this mean?)

[running] com.etresoft.EtreCheck.76512


Internet Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)

Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.2 [Click for support]

Default Browser: Version: 601 - SDK 10.11

OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 [Click for support]

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.13 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 19.0.0.245 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

DivX Web Player: Version: 3.2.3.1164 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

Flash Player: Version: 19.0.0.245 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

NP_2020Player_IKEA: Version: 5.0.7.0 [Click for support]

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.13 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

EPPEX Plugin: Version: 3.0.5.0 [Click for support]


3rd Party Preference Panes: (What does this mean?)

Flash Player [Click for support]

MacFUSE [Click for support]


Time Machine: (What does this mean?)

Time Machine not configured!


Top Processes by CPU: (What does this mean?)

77% launchd

42% UserEventAgent(2)

18% opendirectoryd

13% notifyd

10% syslogd


Top Processes by Memory: (What does this mean?)

426 MB kernel_task

274 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(2)

205 MB mds_stores

188 MB ocspd

131 MB Safari


Virtual Memory Information: (What does this mean?)

666 MB Free RAM

3.35 GB Used RAM (1.45 GB Cached)

0 B Swap Used


Diagnostics Information: (What does this mean?)

Nov 26, 2015, 05:26:23 PM Self test - passed


Standard users cannot read /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports.

Run as an administrator account to see more information.

MacBook Pro

Posted on Nov 26, 2015 9:02 AM

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Posted on Nov 26, 2015 9:54 AM

High launchd CPU usage means that an app or service is continuously trying launch/start.

Sing in as Admin and open the Console app in Finder>Applications>Utilities and look for log entries at the time high CPU usage and look for something continually trying to start. Post suspicious ones here

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Nov 26, 2015 9:54 AM in response to TineM

High launchd CPU usage means that an app or service is continuously trying launch/start.

Sing in as Admin and open the Console app in Finder>Applications>Utilities and look for log entries at the time high CPU usage and look for something continually trying to start. Post suspicious ones here

launchd high cpu usage

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