Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
space available on my 1000GB iMac is decreasing up to 4GB per day even when it is shut down
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)
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EtreCheck version: 2.9.3 (253)
Report generated 2016-02-09 10:44:15
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Runtime 5:09
Performance: Below Average
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Problem: Other problem
Description:
space available on my 1000GB iMac is decreasing up to 4GB per day even when it is shut down
Hardware Information:ⓘ
iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)
[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]
iMac - model: iMac13,2
1 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4-core
16 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 0/DIMM1
Empty
BANK 1/DIMM1
Empty
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: Unknown
Video Information:ⓘ
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX - VRAM: 1024 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software:ⓘ
OS X El Capitan 10.11.3 (15D21) - Time since boot: about 5 hours
Disk Information:ⓘ
APPLE HDD WDC WD10EALX-408EA0 disk0 : (1 TB) (Rotational)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (121.69 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
USB Information:ⓘ
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. MacBook Air SuperDrive
Thunderbolt Information:ⓘ
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper:ⓘ
Mac App Store and identified developers
Startup Items:ⓘ
AdobeVersionCue: Path: /Library/StartupItems/AdobeVersionCue
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
System Launch Agents:ⓘ
[loaded] 159 Apple tasks
[running] 77 Apple tasks
System Launch Daemons:ⓘ
[loaded] 202 Apple tasks
[running] 86 Apple tasks
Launch Agents:ⓘ
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
Launch Daemons:ⓘ
[loaded] com.adobe.versioncueCS3.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents:ⓘ
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
User Login Items:ⓘ
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
GrowlMenu Application (~/Library/PreferencePanes/Growl.prefPane/Contents/Resources/GrowlMenu.app)
GrowlHelperApp Application (~/Library/PreferencePanes/Growl.prefPane/Contents/Resources/GrowlHelperApp.app )
System Events Application (/System/Library/CoreServices/System Events.app)
Skype UNKNOWN (missing value)
AirPort Base Station Agent Application Hidden (/System/Library/CoreServices/AirPort Base Station Agent.app)
AdobeResourceSynchronizer Application (/Applications/Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional/Adobe Acrobat Professional.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
AdobeResourceSynchronizer UNKNOWN (missing value)
HOMERunner UNKNOWN (missing value)
SpeechSynthesisServer Application (/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks /SpeechSynthesis.framework/Versions/A/SpeechSynthesisServer.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
HazelHelper Application (~/Library/PreferencePanes/Hazel.prefPane/Contents/Resources/HazelHelper.app)
HP Scheduler Application (/Library/Application Support/Hewlett-Packard/Software Update/HP Scheduler.app)
Other Apps:ⓘ
[running] com.Growl.MenuExtra.109472
[running] com.adobe.PDApp.AAMUpdatesNotifier.84832.CB8E5CEE-371F-47FF-A15D-4D4A8DE98408
[running] com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000002.UniSudoku
[running] com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x1000000e.EtreCheck
[running] com.getdropbox.dropbox.54112
[running] com.noodlesoft.HazelHelper.111072
Internet Plug-ins:ⓘ
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.1.0.24 - SDK 10.8 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
CANONiMAGEGATEWAYDL: Version: 3.0.0.2 [Support]
Default Browser: Version: 601 - SDK 10.11
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.2 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
User internet Plug-ins:ⓘ
Picasa: Version: 1.0 [Support]
PDF Browser Plugin: Version: 2.3 [Support]
Safari Extensions:ⓘ
AdBlock
3rd Party Preference Panes:ⓘ
Adobe Version Cue CS3 [Support]
Flip4Mac WMV [Support]
Growl [Support]
Hazel [Support]
Time Machine:ⓘ
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 999.35 GB Disk used: 877.66 GB
Destinations:
LaCie [Local]
Total size: 0 B
Total number of backups: 0
Oldest backup: -
Last backup: -
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 877.66 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU:ⓘ
10% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(22)
3% WindowServer
2% kernel_task
1% coreaudiod
1% fontd
Top Processes by Memory:ⓘ
10.86 GB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(22)
1.15 GB kernel_task
492 MB Safari
295 MB mdworker(17)
197 MB mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information:ⓘ
77 MB Free RAM
16.00 GB Used RAM (1004 MB Cached)
0 B Swap Used
Diagnostics Information:ⓘ
Feb 9, 2016, 05:15:15 AM Self test - passed
The only thing odd jumping out at me is HazelHelper, which is an application designed to muck around with the file system in the background. I'd say disable it. It may very well be doing something unintended.
I don't see anything that stands out, however the report indicated some of your startup items are out-of-date. Go to System Preferences - Users & Groups - click your account and click Login Items. Select the items that you don't need on startup and click the - symbol to remove them.
I also see your machine does not have enough RAM, however you have 16GB installed that indicates something is using a lot of your RAM. Open Activity Monitor (Applications - Utilities - Activity Monitor) and then click the Memory tab and look to see what is using up the RAM.
Finally I see your 1TB HD is filling up, move large libraries such as your photo, music and movie libraries to an External Hard Disk and re-direct the apps that use those libraries to the new location.
space available on my 1000GB iMac is decreasing up to 4GB per day even when it is shut down
