MattJabbar

Q: Slow after boot, problems with spotlight, mdworker?

Hi

 

I have a iMac 27" with 3.4GHz Core i5 and 24GB of ram.

 

On boot the system is really slow and unresponsive. Launching a simple text editor or Chrome can take a long time. Also the Spotlight is really slow to produce any results if I type something.  This gets better after 15 minutes - the system is still relatively sluggish (slower than an iMac I have at work) but doesn't bother me so much.

 

Tested permissions, Hard Disk Integrity, Hard disk read/write speed, did some cleanup of running applications but no joy.

 

The only thing I can see that bothers me about the logs is A LOT of this messages:

 

6/28/16 7:31:19.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(409) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app

6/28/16 7:31:19.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(409) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents

6/28/16 7:31:19.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(409) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app

6/28/16 7:31:19.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(409) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/AirPort Utility

6/28/16 7:31:19.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(409) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Utilities/Audio MIDI Setup.app

6/28/16 7:31:19.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(409) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Utilities/Audio MIDI Setup.app/Contents

6/28/16 7:31:19.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(409) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Utilities/Audio MIDI Setup.app/Contents/MacOS/Audio MIDI Setup

6/28/16 7:31:19.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(409) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Utilities/Audio MIDI Setup.app/Contents/MacOS/Audio MIDI Setup/..namedfork/rsrc

6/28/16 7:31:19.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(409) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Utilities/Audio MIDI Setup.app

6/28/16 7:31:19.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(409) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Utilities/Audio MIDI Setup.app/Contents

 

for ALL the Applications I have installed, followed by a lot of:

 

 

6/28/16 7:31:34.198 PM SecurityAgent[254]: Error returned from iconservicesagent: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "connection to service named com.apple.iconservices" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=connection to service named com.apple.iconservices}

6/28/16 7:31:34.198 PM SecurityAgent[254]: Error returned from iconservicesagent: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "connection to service named com.apple.iconservices" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=connection to service named com.apple.iconservices}

6/28/16 7:31:34.198 PM SecurityAgent[254]: Error returned from iconservicesagent: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "connection to service named com.apple.iconservices" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=connection to service named com.apple.iconservices}

6/28/16 7:31:34.198 PM SecurityAgent[254]: Error returned from iconservicesagent: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "connection to service named com.apple.iconservices" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=connection to service named com.apple.iconservices}

6/28/16 7:31:34.199 PM SecurityAgent[254]: Error returned from iconservicesagent: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "connection to service named com.apple.iconservices" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=connection to service named com.apple.iconservices}

6/28/16 7:31:34.199 PM SecurityAgent[254]: Error returned from iconservicesagent: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "connection to service named com.apple.iconservices" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=connection to service named com.apple.iconservices}

6/28/16 7:31:34.199 PM SecurityAgent[254]: Error returned from iconservicesagent: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "connection to service named com.apple.iconservices" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=connection to service named com.apple.iconservices}

6/28/16 7:31:34.199 PM SecurityAgent[254]: Error returned from iconservicesagent: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "connection to service named com.apple.iconservices" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=connection to service named com.apple.iconservices}

6/28/16 7:31:34.200 PM SecurityAgent[254]: Error returned from iconservicesagent: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "connection to service named com.apple.iconservices" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=connection to service named com.apple.iconservices}

6/28/16 7:31:34.200 PM SecurityAgent[254]: Error returned from iconservicesagent: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "connection to service named com.apple.iconservices" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=connection to service named com.apple.iconservices}

6/28/16 7:31:34.200 PM SecurityAgent[254]: Error returned from iconservicesagent: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "connection to service named com.apple.iconservices" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=connection to service named com.apple.iconservices}

6/28/16 7:31:34.200 PM SecurityAgent[254]: Error returned from iconservicesagent: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "connection to service named com.apple.iconservices" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=connection to service named com.apple.iconservices}

 

 

 

and then A lot of

 

 

 

6/28/16 7:33:15.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: coreduetd(78) deny(1) file-read-metadata /

6/28/16 7:33:15.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: coreduetd(78) deny(1) file-read-metadata /

6/28/16 7:33:15.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: coreduetd(78) deny(1) file-read-metadata /

6/28/16 7:33:15.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: coreduetd(78) deny(1) file-read-metadata /Applications/App Store.app

6/28/16 7:33:15.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: coreduetd(78) deny(1) file-read-metadata /Applications/App Store.app

6/28/16 7:33:15.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: coreduetd(78) deny(1) file-read-metadata /Applications/App Store.app

6/28/16 7:33:15.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: coreduetd(78) deny(1) file-read-metadata /Applications/App Store.app

6/28/16 7:33:15.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: coreduetd(78) deny(1) file-read-metadata /Applications/App Store.app

6/28/16 7:33:15.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: coreduetd(78) deny(1) file-read-metadata /Applications/Automator.app

6/28/16 7:33:15.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: coreduetd(78) deny(1) file-read-metadata /Applications/Automator.app

6/28/16 7:33:15.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: coreduetd(78) deny(1) file-read-metadata /Applications/Automator.app

 

And

 

6/28/16 7:39:23.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(533) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/DVD Player.app

6/28/16 7:39:23.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(533) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/DVD Player.app/Contents/MacOS/DVD Player

6/28/16 7:39:23.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(533) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/FaceTime.app

6/28/16 7:39:23.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(533) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/FaceTime.app/Contents

6/28/16 7:39:23.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(533) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/FaceTime.app/Contents/PkgInfo

6/28/16 7:39:23.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(533) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/FaceTime.app/Contents/MacOS/FaceTime

6/28/16 7:39:23.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(533) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/FaceTime.app/Contents/MacOS/FaceTime/..namedfork/rsrc

6/28/16 7:39:23.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(533) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/FaceTime.app

 

 

Also for all the applications. After this the errors stop and do not repeat throughout the usage until next reboot. Any Ideas how to fight this?

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5), iMac 27" 2014 24GB

Posted on Jun 28, 2016 4:28 AM

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  • by greg sahli,

    greg sahli greg sahli Jun 28, 2016 5:17 AM in response to MattJabbar
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    Jun 28, 2016 5:17 AM in response to MattJabbar

    It would be helpful if you run and post the result of etrecheck, from https://etrecheck.com

  • by MattJabbar,

    MattJabbar MattJabbar Jun 28, 2016 8:18 AM in response to greg sahli
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    Mac OS X
    Jun 28, 2016 8:18 AM in response to greg sahli

    EtreCheck version: 2.9.12 (265)

    Report generated 2016-06-29 00:01:25

    Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

    Runtime 6:02

    Performance: Below Average

     

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

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

    Click the [Check files] link for help with unknown files.

     

    Problem: Computer is too slow

     

    Hardware Information:

        iMac (27-inch, Late 2013)

        iMac - model: iMac14,2

        1 3.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4-core

        24 GB RAM Upgradeable

            BANK 0/DIMM0

                4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

            BANK 1/DIMM0

                4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

            BANK 0/DIMM1

                8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

            BANK 1/DIMM1

                8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

        Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

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

     

    Video Information:

        NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M - VRAM: 2048 MB

            iMac 2560 x 1440

            Cintiq 13HD 1920 x 1080

            EV2436W 1920 x 1200

     

    System Software:

        OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 (15F34) - Time since boot: about 4 hours

     

    Disk Information:

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

            EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

            Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (349.39 GB free)

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

     

    USB Information:

        Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

            Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

        Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

        Wacom Co., Ltd. Wacom Cintiq 13HD USB Hub

            Silicon Labs CP2102 USB to UART Bridge Controller

            Wacom Co.,Ltd. Wacom Cintiq 13HD

        FujitsuComponent USB Hub

            FujitsuComponent USB Keyboard

        Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub

            Logitech USB Receiver

            Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard

        KYE Systems Corp. USB_Camera

     

    Thunderbolt Information:

        Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

     

    Gatekeeper:

        Mac App Store and identified developers

     

    Unknown Files:

        /Library/LaunchAgents/com.sony.eBookTransferLauncher.agent.plist

            /Library/Application Support/eBookTransfer/eBookTransferLauncher

        One unknown file found. [Check files]

     

    Kernel Extensions:

            /Applications/Utilities/LaCie Desktop Manager.app

        [not loaded]    com.LaCie.ScsiType00 (1.2.13 - SDK 10.5 - 2013-09-10) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.jmicron.driver.jmPeripheralDevice (2.0.4 - 2013-09-10) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.lacie.driver.LaCie_RemoteComms (1.0.1 - SDK 10.5 - 2013-09-10) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.oxsemi.driver.OxsemiDeviceType00 (1.28.13 - SDK 10.5 - 2013-09-10) [Support]

     

            /Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/Karabiner

        [loaded]    org.pqrs.driver.Karabiner (10.18.0 - SDK 10.11 - 2016-03-07) [Support]

     

            /Library/Extensions

        [loaded]    at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (3.6.1 - SDK 10.8 - 2016-06-22) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.FTDI.driver.D2XXHelper (1.0 - SDK 10.11 - 2016-06-22) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver (3.9.1 - SDK 10.8 - 2016-06-22) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver (1.3.1 - SDK 10.8 - 2016-06-22) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver64 (3.0.0d1 - 2016-06-22) [Support]

     

            /System/Library/Extensions

        [not loaded]    com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver (2.2.18 - SDK 10.6 - 2016-06-22) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.sony.driver.prs2 (1.0.2d1 - 2016-06-22) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.wacom.kext.wacomtablet (Wacom Tablet 6.3.9-5 - SDK 10.9 - 2016-06-22) [Support]

     

    System Launch Agents:

        [not loaded]    7 Apple tasks

        [loaded]    150 Apple tasks

        [running]    81 Apple tasks

     

    System Launch Daemons:

        [not loaded]    42 Apple tasks

        [loaded]    150 Apple tasks

        [running]    99 Apple tasks

     

    Launch Agents:

        [running]    at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist (2015-11-30) [Support]

        [running]    com.Logitech.Control Center.Daemon.plist (2013-11-13) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2016-06-18) [Support]

        [failed]    com.adobe.ARMDCHelper....plist (2016-05-11) [Support]

        [running]    com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist (2016-04-13) [Support]

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

        [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (2015-11-07) [Support]

        [failed]    com.sony.eBookTransferLauncher.agent.plist (2012-05-11) [Support]

        [running]    com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist (2015-10-06) [Support]

     

    Launch Daemons:

        [running]    at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist (2015-11-30) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist (2016-05-11) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (2016-05-11) [Support]

        [running]    com.adobe.adobeupdatedaemon.plist (2016-06-17) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.adobe.agsservice.plist (2015-09-24) [Support]

        [failed]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-04-16) [Support]

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

        [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (2015-11-07) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.wacom.displayhelper.plist (2015-10-06) [Support]

        [not loaded]    org.pqrs.Karabiner.load.plist (2016-03-07) [Support]

        [not loaded]    org.virtualbox.startup.plist [Support]

     

    User Launch Agents:

        [loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2014-02-25) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist (2014-04-11) [Support]

        [not loaded]    org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist (2016-01-19) [Support]

     

    User Login Items:

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

        Dropbox    Application  (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

        Karabiner    Application  (/Applications/Karabiner.app)

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

     

    Other Apps:

        [running]    com.adobe.CCLibrary.269152

        [running]    com.adobe.CCXProcess.268832

        [running]    com.adobe.acc.AdobeDesktopService

        [running]    com.adobe.accmac.266272

        [running]    com.getdropbox.dropbox.262752

        [running]    com.google.Chrome.56672

        [running]    com.mouapp.Mou.65632

        [running]    com.wacom.TabletDriver.108192

        [running]    com.wacom.WacomTouchDriver.119712

        [running]    org.pqrs.Karabiner.5792

        [loaded]    390 Apple tasks

        [running]    216 Apple tasks

     

    Internet Plug-ins:

        AdobeAAMDetect: 3.0.0.0 - SDK 10.9 (2016-06-17) [Support]

        FlashPlayer-10.6: 21.0.0.226 - SDK 10.6 (2016-04-22) [Support]

        QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-06-22)

        AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 15.016.20045 - SDK 10.11 (2016-06-02) [Support]

        AdobePDFViewer: 15.016.20045 - SDK 10.11 (2016-06-02) [Support]

        Flash Player: 21.0.0.226 - SDK 10.6 (2016-04-22) Outdated! Update

        Default Browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-06-22)

        o1dbrowserplugin: 5.41.3.0 - SDK 10.8 (2015-12-19) [Support]

        googletalkbrowserplugin: 5.41.3.0 - SDK 10.8 (2015-12-12) [Support]

        WacomTabletPlugin: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.6 - SDK 10.9 (2015-10-06) [Support]

        JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 66 build 17 (2015-11-20) Check version

     

    Safari Extensions:

        AdBlock - BetaFish, Inc. - https://getadblock.com (2015-09-30)

        Safarikai - James Chen - http://ashchan.github.io/safarikai/ (2014-10-20)

        Readability - Arc90 - http://www.readability.com (2014-08-05)

        feedly - The feedly team - http://www.feedly.com (2014-11-11)

     

    3rd Party Preference Panes:

        Flash Player (2016-04-16) [Support]

        Java (2015-11-20) [Support]

        Logitech Control Center (2014-02-25) [Support]

        WacomTablet (2015-10-06) [Support]

     

    Time Machine:

        Skip System Files: NO

        Mobile backups: OFF

        Auto backup: YES

        Volumes being backed up:

            Macintosh HD: Disk size: 999.35 GB Disk used: 649.96 GB

        Destinations:

            Data [Network]

            Total size: 2.00 TB

            Total number of backups: 44

            Oldest backup: 2/15/16, 10:38 AM

            Last backup: 6/28/16, 10:48 PM

            Size of backup disk: Adequate

                Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk used 649.96 GB X 3)

     

    Top Processes by CPU:

            22%    kernel_task

             8%    backupd

             4%    diskimages-helper

             1%    mds

             1%    Little Snitch Agent

     

    Top Processes by Memory:

        3.60 GB    Google Chrome Helper(19)

        1.45 GB    kernel_task

        467 MB    softwareupdated

        467 MB    mds_stores

        319 MB    Google Chrome

     

    Virtual Memory Information:

        12.00 GB    Free RAM

        12.00 GB    Used RAM (4.88 GB Cached)

        0 B    Swap Used

     

    Diagnostics Information:

        Jun 28, 2016, 11:35:37 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5_2016-06-28-233537_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Details]

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

        Jun 28, 2016, 07:31:03 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/UserEventAgent_2016-06-28-193103_[redacted].cpu _resource.diag [Details]

            /usr/libexec/UserEventAgent

        Jun 28, 2016, 07:28:55 PM    Self test - passed

     

  • by greg sahli,

    greg sahli greg sahli Jun 29, 2016 11:47 AM in response to MattJabbar
    Level 7 (25,395 points)
    Jun 29, 2016 11:47 AM in response to MattJabbar

    First things I would consider - disable two User Login Items:

    Karabiner

    AdobeResourceSynchronizer

     

    Then run for a while to see if it improves.