Q: How can I fix kernel_task on a Mac mini running El Capitan
Here is the info from my Mac:
EtreCheck version: 2.9.11 (264)
Report generated 2016-04-23 16:41:26
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Runtime 2:16
Performance: Excellent
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Problem: Computer is too slow
Mac mini (Late 2012)
[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]
Mac mini - model: Macmini6,1
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
16 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: Unknown
Intel HD Graphics 4000
G276HL 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
CE210W 1680 x 1050
OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 (15E65) - Time since boot: less than an hour
ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD disk0 : (2 TB) (Rotational)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Jim's Brain (disk0s2) / : 2.00 TB (1.67 TB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard
Apple, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Western Digital Ext HDD 1021 2 TB
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Mac 2TB Backup Drive (disk2s2) /Volumes/Mac 2TB Backup Drive : 2.00 TB (37.73 GB free)
Data Robotics Inc. Drobo 17.59 TB
EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Jim's Drobo 02 - Files (disk3s2) /Volumes/Jim's Drobo 02 - Files : 17.59 TB (16.23 TB free)
Data Robotics Inc. Drobo 17.59 TB
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Jim's Drobo 01 - Photos (disk1s2) /Volumes/Jim's Drobo 01 - Photos : 17.59 TB (16.06 TB free)
The Neat Company Neat ADF Scanner
MediaTek Inc MT1807
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
/etc/sysctl.conf - File exists but not expected
Mac App Store and identified developers
/Applications/AVG AntiVirus.app
[loaded] com.avg.Antivirus.OnAccess.kext (4791 - SDK 10.8 - 2016-04-23) [Support]
/Applications/MacX Video Converter Pro.app
[not loaded] com.macxdvd.driver.goodSysAudioCapture (1.0 - SDK 10.10 - 2016-01-30) [Support]
/Library/Application Support/MacKeeper/AntiVirus.app
[not loaded] net.kromtech.kext.AVKauth (2.3.7 - SDK 10.9 - 2014-09-04) [Support]
[not loaded] net.kromtech.kext.Firewall (2.3.7 - SDK 10.9 - 2014-09-04) [Support]
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.5.2 - 2016-04-06) [Support]
[not loaded] com.TrustedData.driver.VendorSpecificType00 (1.7.0 - SDK 10.7 - 2016-04-06) [Support]
[not loaded] com.attotech.driver.ATTOiSCSI (3.4.1b1 - SDK 10.6 - 2016-04-06) [Support]
[not loaded] com.drobo.SCSI.ThunderBolt (1.1 - SDK 10.8 - 2016-04-06) [Support]
[not loaded] com.dymo.usbprinterclassdriver.kext (1.1 - SDK 10.9 - 2016-04-06) [Support]
[not loaded] com.eltima.ElmediaPlayer.kext (1.58 - SDK 10.4 - 2016-04-06) [Support]
[not loaded] com.stuffit.kext.AVR (8.0 - 2016-04-06) [Support]
[not loaded] com.vara.driver.VaraAudio (1.0.2 - 2016-04-06) [Support]
[not loaded] com.wb.driver.CF32A (1.0.4 - 2016-04-06) [Support]
Parallels: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Parallels
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
[not loaded] 7 Apple tasks
[loaded] 160 Apple tasks
[running] 71 Apple tasks
[not loaded] 44 Apple tasks
[loaded] 161 Apple tasks
[running] 84 Apple tasks
[running] com.Affinegy.InstaLANa.plist (2011-06-03) [Support]
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2015-09-03) [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist (2009-03-18) [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist (2010-07-19) [Support]
[running] com.avg.Antivirus.gui.plist (2015-02-12) [Support]
[loaded] com.citrix.AuthManager_Mac.plist (2015-06-22) [Support]
[running] com.citrix.ReceiverHelper.plist (2015-06-22) [Support]
[running] com.citrix.ServiceRecords.plist (2015-06-22) [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (2014-10-21) [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist (2010-07-19) [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.agsservice.plist (2015-09-03) [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-04-15) [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.versioncueCS4.plist (2009-04-29) [Support]
[loaded] com.avg.Antivirus.crashpad.plist (2015-09-16) [Support]
[running] com.avg.Antivirus.infosd.plist (2015-02-12) [Support]
[running] com.avg.Antivirus.services.plist (2015-02-12) [Support]
[running] com.datarobotics.ddservice64d.plist (2014-02-11) [Support]
[not loaded] com.dymo.pnpd.plist (2014-10-16) [Support]
[running] com.eltima.ElmediaPlayer.daemon.plist (2012-08-02) [Support]
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist (2015-09-23) [Support]
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Agent.plist (2016-02-29) [Support]
[loaded] com.marketcircle.daylite.dlbackup.plist (2010-01-13) [Support]
[loaded] com.marketcircle.daylite.dlconfigd.plist (2010-01-13) [Support]
[loaded] com.marketcircle.daylite.dlserver.plist (2010-01-13) [Support]
[failed] com.marketcircle.daylite.touch.localsync.plist (2010-01-13) [Support]
[loaded] com.marketcircle.daylite.touch.remotesync.plist (2010-01-13) [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (2014-10-21) [Support]
[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus.plist (2012-03-15) [Support]
[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.plugin.AntiTheft.daemon.plist (2014-10-06) [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2010-07-25) [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist (2009-10-14) [Support]
[running] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist (2015-09-23) [Support]
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist (2014-08-08) [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-03-02) [Support]
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Scheduler.plist (2016-02-29) [Support]
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
iCleanMemory Application (/Applications/iCleanMemory.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
CleanMyMac 3 Menu Application (/Applications/CleanMyMac 3.app/Contents/MacOS/CleanMyMac 3 Menu.app)
XPSLauncher Application (/Applications/Xerox/PrintingScout/XPSLauncher.app)
[running] com.dymo.pnpd
[running] com.etresoft.EtreCheck.186912
[running] com.getdropbox.dropbox.60832
[running] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Menu.103392
[running] com.neat.neatscanners.107552.40455424-8819-4C8B-B585-108D8909CF4F
[loaded] com.tinylq.iCleanMemory.102752
[loaded] 420 Apple tasks
[running] 187 Apple tasks
ContentUploaderPlugin: 1.0 (2007-05-20) [Support]
Flash Player: 21.0.0.226 - SDK 10.6 (2016-04-22) [Support]
WeatherScope: 1.7.1 (2015-11-04) [Support]
AdobePDFViewer: 9.5.5 (2013-05-19) [Support]
AdobeExManDetect: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 (2015-09-03) [Support]
iPhotoPhotocast: 7.0 - SDK 10.8 (2013-04-19)
DYMO Safari Addin: Unknown - SDK 10.9 (2015-09-01) [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-04-01)
FlashPlayer-10.6: 21.0.0.226 - SDK 10.6 (2016-04-22) [Support]
CitrixICAClientPlugIn: 12.0.0 - SDK 10.9 (2015-11-04) [Support]
AdobeAAMDetect: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 (2015-09-03) [Support]
DirectorShockwave: 12.2.0r162 - SDK 10.6 (2015-08-31) [Support]
DivXBrowserPlugin: 1.2 (2006-11-29) [Support]
Silverlight: 5.1.41212.0 - SDK 10.6 (2016-02-29) [Support]
Google Earth Web Plug-in: 5.1 (2015-11-04) [Support]
DYMO NPAPI Addin: 1.0 - SDK 10.9 (2015-09-01) [Support]
Default Browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-04-01)
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: 3.3.1.3 - SDK 10.8 (2014-06-28) [Support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 91 build 14 (2016-04-20) Check version
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: 12.3.6 (2014-10-06) [Support]
WebEx64: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 (2011-08-09) [Support]
RealPlayer Plugin: Unknown
WebEx: 1.0 (2009-09-28) [Support]
Twitter for Safari - Twitter, Inc. - http://twitter.com (2012-10-08)
Add To Amazon Wish List - Amazon.com - https://www.amazon.com/wishlist?ref=cm_wl_saf_ext (2014-10-06)
My eBay Manager - eBay Inc (2014-10-06)
clea.nr Videos - A Cleaner Internet - http://clea.nr/ (2015-09-29)
MacVeXe - Aloni - http://macvx.com (2014-09-19)
Adobe Version Cue CS4 (2015-11-04) [Support]
Akamai NetSession Preferences (2015-11-04) [Support]
DivX (2006-11-29) [Support]
Flash Player (2016-04-15) [Support]
Flip4Mac WMV (2014-05-11) [Support]
Growl (2015-11-04) [Support]
Java (2016-04-20) [Support]
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Jim's Brain: Disk size: 2.00 TB Disk used: 328.87 GB
Destinations:
Mac 2TB Storage 01 [Local]
Total size: 2.00 TB
Total number of backups: 251
Oldest backup: 6/15/11, 12:58 PM
Last backup: 4/23/16, 4:29 PM
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk used 328.87 GB X 3)
54% CalendarAgent
54% accountsd
30% CalNCService
7% WindowServer
5% sysmond
1.24 GB kernel_task
1016 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(20)
541 MB mds_stores
328 MB Safari
246 MB AntiVirus
9.34 GB Free RAM
6.66 GB Used RAM (2.05 GB Cached)
0 B Swap Used
Apr 23, 2016, 03:40:27 PM Self test - passed
Apr 23, 2016, 02:34:45 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_2016-04-23-143445_ [redacted].crash
/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.We bKit.WebContent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
Apr 23, 2016, 02:18:36 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mdwrite_2016-04-23-141836_[redacted].crash
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Metadat a.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdwrite
As you can see the kernel_task is using up 1.24 GB and slowing down my computer at times. How do I fix this (or get rid of it)?
Thanks
Jim
Mac mini, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)
Posted on Apr 23, 2016 3:50 PM

