User profile for user: emailmesoicanignoreyou
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kernel_task // Virtual Memory Size 74.24 GB

Hi guys,


My work iMac is running real slow when opening apps or simply doing a right click sometimes. I'm using a lot of apps for graphic design , app development, etc. but I feel like the system was a bit more agile in the past. I read some forums, removed some rubbish, changed some settings, etc. but the issue is still here. Although I'm an admin the system is managed by IT, so a fresh install isn't an easy nor a quick option.


Whilst looking around I noticed that the kernel task is always at the top in CPU and Memory tabs in activity monitor. So I opened it up and noticed that it's using 74GB of virtual memory ... is this a cause for concern? Could this cause the performance issues?


Thanks for your ideas/help in advance!


OS X 10.11.2 (15C50)

iMac (27-inch, Late 2013)

3.5 GHz Intel Core i7

16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M 2048 MB

iMac, Mac OS X (10.1.x)

Posted on Jun 17, 2016 2:54 AM

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User profile for user: Old Toad
Old Toad
User level: Level 10
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Jul 8, 2016 9:11 AM in response to emailmesoicanignoreyou

First get rid of [running] com.fiplab.memoryclean2.357152. The system manages it's own memory and use of 3rd party apps can interfere with efficient memory use. Run Activity Monitor and check the memory pressure graph. As long as it's in the green and steady you're OK.


There were other topics where it was reported that the Wacom Tablet didn't play well with El Capitan. Uninstall the Wacom software and see if there's any improvement in the problem. Also make sure you have the latest version of the software and it's certified to be compatible with EC by the developer.

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User profile for user: muhammed.abad
muhammed.abad
User level: Level 1
4 points

Jul 8, 2016 1:08 AM in response to Old Toad

EtreCheck version: 2.9.13 (267)

Report generated 2016-07-08 10:01:34

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime 1:28

Performance: Excellent


Click the [Support] links for help with non-Apple products.

Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.


Problem: No problem - just checking


Hardware Information: β“˜

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)

[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2

1 2,5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core

8 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

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

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 39


Video Information: β“˜

Intel HD Graphics 4000

Color LCD 1280 x 800


System Software: β“˜

OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 (15F34) - Time since boot: about one day


Disk Information: β“˜

Samsung SSD 750 EVO 250GB disk0 : (250,06 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

OS (disk1) / : 248.83 GB (210.61 GB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 249.20 GB Online


MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8 ()


USB Information: β“˜

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller


Thunderbolt Information: β“˜

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus


Configuration files: β“˜

/etc/sudoers, File size 2333 but expected 2299


Gatekeeper: β“˜

Anywhere


Kernel Extensions: β“˜

/Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/Karabiner

[loaded] org.pqrs.driver.Karabiner (10.21.0 - SDK 10.11 - 2016-07-06) [Support]


System Launch Agents: β“˜

[not loaded] 7 Apple tasks

[loaded] 153 Apple tasks

[running] 78 Apple tasks


System Launch Daemons: β“˜

[not loaded] 45 Apple tasks

[loaded] 157 Apple tasks

[running] 88 Apple tasks


Launch Agents: β“˜

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (2016-04-28) [Support]

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist (2016-02-01) [Support]

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist (2016-02-01) [Support]


Launch Daemons: β“˜

[loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helpertool.plist (2016-05-08) [Support]

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (2012-04-02) [Support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (2016-04-28) [Support]

[loaded] com.teamviewer.Helper.plist (2016-02-01) [Support]

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist (2016-02-01) [Support]

[not loaded] org.pqrs.Karabiner.load.plist (2016-07-05) [Support]


User Launch Agents: β“˜

[running] com.coppertino.VoxHelper.plist (2016-04-28) [Support]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-04-28) [Support]

[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist (2016-05-18) [Support]

[running] homebrew.mxcl.elasticsearch.plist (2016-06-07) [Support]

[running] homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist (2016-07-01) [Support]

[running] homebrew.mxcl.rabbitmq.plist (2016-04-28) [Support]

[running] homebrew.mxcl.redis.plist (2016-04-28) [Support]


User Login Items: β“˜

Karabiner Application (/Applications/Karabiner.app)


Other Apps: β“˜

[running] WhatsApp.85472

[running] com.coppertino.VOXAgent

[running] com.coppertino.Vox.65632

[running] com.etresoft.EtreCheck.129312

[running] com.github.GitHub.69152

[loaded] com.google.Chrome.57952

[running] com.googlecode.iterm2.65952

[running] com.skype.skype.56352

[running] com.sublimetext.3.123232

[running] com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap.123552

[running] org.mozilla.firefox.112672

[running] org.pqrs.Karabiner.59872

[loaded] 401 Apple tasks

[running] 204 Apple tasks


Internet Plug-ins: β“˜

SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.6.3 - SDK 10.6 (2016-05-08) [Support]

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-05-17)

JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 92 build 14 (2016-04-28) Check version

Default Browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-05-17)


Safari Extensions: β“˜

AdBlock - BetaFish, Inc. - https://getadblock.com (2016-05-16)


3rd Party Preference Panes: β“˜

Java (2016-04-01) [Support]

VOX Preferences (2015-02-21) [Support]


Time Machine: β“˜

Time Machine not configured!


Top Processes by CPU: β“˜

20% WindowServer

12% Activity Monitor

9% sysmond

4% Skype

3% kernel_task


Top Processes by Memory: β“˜

842 MB kernel_task

369 MB firefox

238 MB Skype

229 MB Slack

156 MB WhatsApp Helper(2)


Virtual Memory Information: β“˜

2.83 GB Free RAM

5.17 GB Used RAM (1.48 GB Cached)

136 MB Swap Used


Diagnostics Information: β“˜

Jul 7, 2016, 12:41:02 PM Self test - passed


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User profile for user: emailmesoicanignoreyou
emailmesoicanignoreyou Author
User level: Level 1
14 points

Jul 8, 2016 3:34 AM in response to Old Toad

great, thanks! hope you can spot the culprit for me. πŸ™‚

EtreCheck version: 2.9.13 (267)

Report generated 2016-07-08 11:33:01

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime 2:45

Performance: Excellent


Click the [Support] links for help with non-Apple products.

Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.


Problem: No problem - just checking


Hardware Information:β“˜

iMac (27-inch, Late 2013)

[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

iMac - model: iMac14,2

1 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7 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: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac


Video Information:β“˜

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M - VRAM: 2048 MB

iMac 2560 x 1440

DELL P2210 1050 x 1680 @ 60 Hz


System Software:β“˜

OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 (15F34) - Time since boot: about 2 days


Disk Information:β“˜

APPLE HDD ST1000DM003 disk0 : (1 TB) (Rotational)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (652.79 GB free)

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


USB Information:β“˜

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Wacom Co.,Ltd. Wacom Wireless Receiver

Wacom Co.,Ltd. Intuos5 touch M


Thunderbolt Information:β“˜

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus


Configuration files:β“˜

System Integrity Protection status: disabled


Gatekeeper:β“˜

Anywhere


Kernel Extensions:β“˜

/Applications/System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection.app

[not loaded] com.microsoft.kext.scep_kac (4.5.22 - 2016-01-18) [Support]


/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.FTDI.driver.D2XXHelper (1.0 - SDK 10.11 - 2016-06-25) [Support]

[loaded] com.globaldelight.driver.Boom2Device (1.2 - SDK 10.10 - 2016-06-25) [Support]


/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.wacomtablet (Wacom Tablet 6.3.15-3 - SDK 10.11 - 2016-06-25) [Support]


System Launch Agents:β“˜

[running] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist (2016-01-18) [Support]

[not loaded] 7 Apple tasks

[loaded] 147 Apple tasks

[running] 84 Apple tasks


System Launch Daemons:β“˜

[not loaded] 44 Apple tasks

[loaded] 151 Apple tasks

[running] 95 Apple tasks


Launch Agents:β“˜

[not loaded] com.Monity.Helper.plist (2015-08-12) [Support]

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2016-06-27) [Support]

[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist (2016-04-14) [Support]

[loaded] com.googlecode.munki.ManagedSoftwareCenter.plist (2015-08-12) [Support]

[not loaded] com.googlecode.munki.MunkiStatus.plist (2015-08-12) [Support]

[not loaded] com.googlecode.munki.managedsoftwareupdate-loginwindow.plist (2015-08-12) [Support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (2016-01-18) [Support]

[running] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist (2015-12-16) [Support]


Launch Daemons:β“˜

[loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist (2016-05-12) [Support]

[loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (2016-05-12) [Support]

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-06-13) [Support]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (2016-03-02) [Support]

[loaded] com.googlecode.munki.logouthelper.plist (2015-08-12) [Support]

[running] com.googlecode.munki.managedsoftwareupdate-check.plist (2015-08-12) [Support]

[loaded] com.googlecode.munki.managedsoftwareupdate-install.plist (2015-08-12) [Support]

[loaded] com.googlecode.munki.managedsoftwareupdate-manualcheck.plist (2015-08-12) [Support]

[loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helpertool.plist (2016-04-01) [Support]

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist (2015-07-01) [Support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (2016-01-18) [Support]

[loaded] com.wacom.displayhelper.plist (2015-12-16) [Support]


User Launch Agents:β“˜

[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2016-01-18) [Support]

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist (2016-07-06) [Support]


User Login Items:β“˜

AdobeResourceSynchronizer Application (/Applications/Adobe Acrobat DC/Adobe Acrobat.app/Contents/Helpers/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)

System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection Application (/Applications/System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection.app)


Other Apps:β“˜

[running] WhatsApp.241952

[running] com.adobe.CCLibrary.231712

[running] com.adobe.CCXProcess.72352

[running] com.adobe.Photoshop.244192

[running] com.adobe.acc.AdobeDesktopService.86112.1A83FA1D-B578-4B44-A043-0DB5ECBBA731

[running] com.adobe.accmac.229472

[running] com.adobe.dreamweaver-16.0.150112

[running] com.adobe.illustrator.260192

[running] com.cisco.Jabber.346912

[loaded] com.fiplab.mc2loginhelper

[running] com.fiplab.memoryclean2.357152

[running] com.microsoft.Lync.48032

[running] com.microsoft.Outlook.48352

[running] com.microsoft.alerts.daemon.126432

[loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.fba.104032

[running] com.spotify.client.165792

[running] com.wacom.TabletDriver.71392

[running] com.wacom.WacomTouchDriver.71072

[running] org.mozilla.firefox.188192

[loaded] 410 Apple tasks

[running] 232 Apple tasks


Internet Plug-ins:β“˜

JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 65 build 17 (2016-06-23) Check version

Default Browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-06-25)

WacomTabletPlugin: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.6 - SDK 10.9 (2015-12-16) [Support]

AdobeAAMDetect: 3.0.0.0 - SDK 10.9 (2016-06-13) [Support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: 22.0.0.192 - SDK 10.9 (2016-06-23) [Support]

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 15.016.20045 - SDK 10.11 (2016-06-06) [Support]

Silverlight: 5.1.50428.0 - SDK 10.6 (2016-06-29) [Support]

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-06-25)

Flash Player: 22.0.0.192 - SDK 10.9 (2016-06-23) [Support]

AdobePDFViewer: 15.016.20045 - SDK 10.11 (2016-06-06) [Support]

WebEx64: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 (2015-04-28) [Support]

MeetingJoinPlugin: Unknown - SDK 10.2 (2016-04-01) [Support]


Safari Extensions:β“˜

Awesome Screenshot - Diigo - http://www.diigo.com/ (2016-06-20)

Save to Pocket - Read It Later, Inc. - http://getpocket.com/ (2016-06-20)


3rd Party Preference Panes:β“˜

Flash Player (2016-06-13) [Support]

FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) (2015-10-25) [Support]

Java (2015-10-06) [Support]

WacomTablet (2015-12-16) [Support]


Time Machine:β“˜

Time Machine not configured!


Top Processes by CPU:β“˜

6% WindowServer

5% CEPHtmlEngine Helper(20)

5% Adobe CEF Helper(2)

5% (sshd)(2)

4% WacomTabletDriver


Top Processes by Memory:β“˜

3.71 GB Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5

1.79 GB kernel_task

1.30 GB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(8)

672 MB CEPHtmlEngine Helper(20)

360 MB Spotify Helper(2)


Virtual Memory Information:β“˜

25 MB Free RAM

16.00 GB Used RAM (2.41 GB Cached)

1.43 GB Swap Used


Diagnostics Information:β“˜

Jul 8, 2016, 10:16:01 AM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/WacomTouchDriver_2016-07-08-101601_[redacted]. crash

com.wacom.WacomTouchDriver - /Library/Application Support/Tablet/WacomTabletDriver.app/Contents/Resources/WacomTouchDriver.app/Co ntents/MacOS/WacomTouchDriver

Jul 6, 2016, 10:38:54 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5_2016-07-06-103854_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Details]

/Applications/Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5/Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5

Jul 6, 2016, 10:08:57 AM Self test - passed

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