Slowing down and running out of memory.

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Slowing down and running out of memory.

Hi

I need help Also when I leave the computer for over an hour it takes a long time to react when I click on anything, also see below. I have run System Diagnostics from the Activity monitor and EtreCheck.

I am running out of memory I am now down to 46Mb and I have 8Gb installed.

EtreCheck version: 2.6.6 (226)

Report generated 09/01/2016, 12:03

Runtime 2:12

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Hardware Information: (What does this mean?)

iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010)

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[Click for User Guide]

iMac - model: iMac11,3

1 2.93 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

8 GB RAM Upgradeable

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BANK 0/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

2 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?)

ATI Radeon HD 5750 - VRAM: 1024 MB

iMac 2560 x 1440

System Software: (What does this mean?)

OS X El Capitan 10.11.2 (15C50) - Time since boot: less than an hour

Disk Information: (What does this mean?)

APPLE HDD HUA722010CLA330 disk0 : (1 TB) (Rotational)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

George's Mac (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (821.21 GB free)

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

HL-DT-STDVDRW GA32N ()

USB Information: (What does this mean?)

LaCie Porsche Desktop for Mac 3 TB

EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 315 MB

TimeMachine (disk1s2) /Volumes/TimeMachine : 3.00 TB (238.27 GB free)

Apple Card Reader

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Configuration files: (What does this mean?)

/etc/sysctl.conf - File exists but not expected

Gatekeeper: (What does this mean?)

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions: (What does this mean?)

/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.tomtom.driver.UsbEthernetGadget (1.0.0d1) [Click for support]

Launch Daemons: (What does this mean?)

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

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Agent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.malwarebytes.MBAMHelperTool.plist [Click for support]

User Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)

[loaded] com.bittorrent.uTorrent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Scheduler.plist [Click for support]

User Login Items: (What does this mean?)

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

CopyPaste Pro Application (/Applications/CopyPaste Pro.app)

Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

CleanMyMac 3 Menu Application (/Applications/CleanMyMac 3.app/Contents/MacOS/CleanMyMac 3 Menu.app)

Other Apps: (What does this mean?)

[running] 2BUA8C4S2C.com.agilebits.onepassword-osx-helper

[running] com.PeterHoerster.CopyPasteUniversal.23072

[running] com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000002.MiVue Manager

[running] com.etresoft.EtreCheck.4832

[running] com.getdropbox.dropbox.4192

[running] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Menu.66272

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

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 20.0.0.267 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

Flash Player: Version: 20.0.0.267 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

Default Browser: Version: 601 - SDK 10.11

User internet Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)

Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Click for support]

Safari Extensions: (What does this mean?)

1Password

AdBlock

AllPagesZoom

Translate

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

Flash Player [Click for support]

Time Machine: (What does this mean?)

Skip System Files: NO

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

George's Mac: Disk size: 999.35 GB Disk used: 178.13 GB

Destinations:

TimeMachine [Local]

Total size: 3.00 TB

Total number of backups: 57

Oldest backup: 18/09/2015, 00:31

Last backup: 09/01/2016, 11:11

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 3.00 TB > (Disk size 999.35 GB X 3)

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

5% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(10)

2% WindowServer

2% mds_stores

1% kernel_task

1% fontd

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

1.25 GB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(10)

609 MB kernel_task

557 MB mdworker(12)

205 MB Safari

147 MB mds_stores

Virtual Memory Information: (What does this mean?)

93 MB Free RAM

7.90 GB Used RAM (2.08 GB Cached)

26 MB Swap Used

Diagnostics Information: (What does this mean?)

Jan 9, 2016, 11:54:47 AM Self test - passed

2.93GHz Intel Core i7, Mac OS X (10.6.7), Memory 8GB also Mac OS X now (10.7)

Posted on Jan 9, 2016 3:45 AM

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Answer 1

chroot

Level 4

1,102 points

Jan 9, 2016 4:01 AM in response to George Hilton

Open the Activity Monitor to check which processes are using the most memory. That will give an idea of where to start troubleshooting.

Activity Monitor: View system memory usage

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Answer 2

Jan 9, 2016 4:05 AM in response to chroot

Hi chroot

I have looked at the activity monitor but no help_

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Answer 3

Jan 9, 2016 4:08 AM in response to chroot

Hi

Also at the bottom of the Activity monitor are see below '

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Answer 4

chroot

Level 4

1,102 points

Jan 9, 2016 4:08 AM in response to George Hilton

How much memory was used and available at the time of those screenshots?

Used/available memory will fluctuate often depending on which applications you are using and what you are doing in those applications. Try to reproduce the issue then check the Activity Monitor.

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Answer 5

Jan 9, 2016 4:10 AM in response to chroot

Hi

208MB there seems a lot of small things using memory, do you know if I need them all?

Ta

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Answer 6

Jan 9, 2016 4:14 AM in response to chroot

Hi

I mean what are and do I need then? -

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Answer 7

SeaPapp

Level 7

26,492 points

Jan 9, 2016 4:17 AM in response to George Hilton

First, you are not running out of memory. If you were you would see killed processes in your EtreCheck report. Starting with Mavericks OS X changed the way the system used and allocated memory. OS X will use as much ram as it can and release it to applications as needed. You WANT your computer to use every asset available in order to work as fast and efficiently as possible. What good is "free ram" doing you? This may help you understand http://www.switchingtomac.com/tutorials/osx/understanding-memory-pressure-in-os- x-mavericks/

Your biggest problem, and it is a BIG problem, is that you have installed CleanMyMac. Uninstall it per these directions http://macpaw.com/support/cleanmymac/knowledgebase/how-to-uninstall-cleanmymac-3

Restart after uninstalling and test. Learn how to use Activity Monitor and pay attention to the Memory Pressure graph.

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Answer 8

Duane

Level 10

124,293 points

Jan 9, 2016 6:25 AM in response to SeaPapp

Mike's explanation is a great one. Having free RAM is like having employees sitting around idle.

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Answer 9

Jan 11, 2016 6:14 AM in response to SeaPapp

Hi Mike

Thanks for the advice I have removed Cleanmymac and all now seems well.

Ta

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Answer 10

Apr 6, 2016 9:22 AM in response to George Hilton

I had the same problem. Install Memory Clean app (it's free on iTunes and there's the Extreme Clean for $4.99). I ran it one time and it stopped the problem (trojan horse of some kind)

Memory Clean runs constantly and I'm able to see what apps are hogging up my system. There may be other apps but this one did the trick for me.

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Answer 11

SeaPapp

Level 7

26,492 points

Apr 6, 2016 2:57 PM in response to roondoggie

You should xonsider uninstalling MemoryClean. Regardless of your positive outcome with it you already have an app, a better app, installed as part of OS X that does the same thing and more, Activity Monitor Use Activity Monitor on your Mac - Apple Support

MemoryClean is a third party application and it's never a good idea to onstall something that does the same thing an Apple provided app does, especially with the latest versions of OS X.

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