61319tele
Level 1 (8 points)
Mac OS X

Q: ..system out of application memory

Can anyone suggest anything? Computer slowed right down and demanded force quit apps, with the message: Your system is out of application memory.

As suggested from another post, I ran an EtreCheck and the report is quoted below. I deleted some adware. Should I be looking into this further?

 

EtreCheck version: 3.0.3 (307)

Report generated 2016-09-12 13:04:59

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime 12:06

Performance: Poor

 

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

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

Click the [Remove] links to remove adware.

 

Problem: Computer is too slow

Description:

“Your system has run out of application memory”

 

Hardware Information: ⓘ

    iMac (27-inch, Late 2013)

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

    iMac - model: iMac14,2

    1 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4-core

    8 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

        BANK 0/DIMM0

            4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

        BANK 1/DIMM0

            4 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: ⓘ

    NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M - 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 ST1000DM003 disk0 : (1 TB) (Rotational)

        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

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

        Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 999.03 GB (777.47 GB free)

            Core Storage: disk0s2 999.35 GB Online

 

USB Information: ⓘ

    Western Digital My Passport 0748 1 TB

        disk2s1 (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 32 KB

        disk2s2 (disk2s2) <not mounted> : 29 KB

        disk2s3 (disk2s3) <not mounted> : 29 KB

        disk2s4 (disk2s4) <not mounted> : 29 KB

        disk2s5 (disk2s5) <not mounted> : 29 KB

        disk2s6 (disk2s6) <not mounted> : 262 KB

        disk2s7 (disk2s7) <not mounted> : 262 KB

        disk2s8 (disk2s8) <not mounted> : 262 KB

        My Passport for Mac (disk2s10) /Volumes/My Passport for Mac : 500.02 GB (345.38 GB free)

        My Passport for Mac 2 (disk2s12) /Volumes/My Passport for Mac 2 : 499.88 GB (413.28 GB free)

    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

 

Thunderbolt Information: ⓘ

    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

 

Gatekeeper: ⓘ

    Mac App Store and identified developers

 

Adware: ⓘ

    ~/Library/LaunchAgents/Jimbrie.AppVemoral.plist

    ~/Library/LaunchAgents/Jimbrie.btvlit.plist

    ~/Library/LaunchAgents/Jimbrie.dolnwoad.plist

    ~/Library/LaunchAgents/Jimbrie.uadpte.plist

    ~/Library/LaunchAgents/Manroling.update.plist

    ~/Library/LaunchAgents/Smokyashan.update.plist

    ~/Library/LaunchAgents/yeti.notification.plist

    7 adware files found. [Remove]

 

Kernel Extensions: ⓘ

        /System/Library/Extensions

    [not loaded]    com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver (2.2.14 - 2016-02-27) [Support]

    [not loaded]    com.line6.driver.xtaudio (7.2.4 - SDK 10.7 - 2016-02-27) [Support]

    [not loaded]    com.m-audio.usb.midisupport.driver (M-Audio USB MIDI Support 1.1 - 2016-02-27) [Support]

    [not loaded]    com.tomtom.driver.UsbEthernetGadget (1.0.0d1 - 2016-02-27) [Support]

 

Startup Items: ⓘ

    M-Audio Firmware Loader: Path: /Library/StartupItems/M-Audio Firmware Loader

    Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite

 

System Launch Agents: ⓘ

    [not loaded]    6 Apple tasks

    [loaded]    153 Apple tasks

    [running]    59 Apple tasks

    [killed]    18 Apple tasks

    18 processes killed due to insufficient RAM

 

System Launch Daemons: ⓘ

    [not loaded]    45 Apple tasks

    [loaded]    154 Apple tasks

    [running]    75 Apple tasks

    [killed]    13 Apple tasks

    13 processes killed due to insufficient RAM

 

Launch Agents: ⓘ

    [loaded]    com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist (2009-07-28) [Support]

 

Launch Daemons: ⓘ

    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-06-29) [Support]

    [running]    com.line6.l6ksettingmgr.plist (2013-04-03) [Support]

    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (2014-02-26) [Support]

    [loaded]    jp.co.canon.MasterInstaller.plist (2015-09-17) [Support]

 

User Launch Agents: ⓘ

    [loaded]    Jimbrie.AppVemoral.plist (2016-08-20) Adware!  [Remove]

        ~/Library/Application Support/Jimbrie/Jimbrie.app/Contents/MacOS/AppYM

    [loaded]    Jimbrie.btvlit.plist (2016-08-20) Adware!  [Remove]

        ~/Library/Application Support/Jimbrie/Jimbrie.app/Contents/MacOS/AppYM

    [loaded]    Jimbrie.dolnwoad.plist (2016-08-20) Adware!  [Remove]

        ~/Library/Application Support/Jimbrie/Jimbrie.app/Contents/MacOS/AppYM

    [loaded]    Jimbrie.uadpte.plist (2016-08-20) Adware!  [Remove]

        ~/Library/Application Support/Jimbrie/Jimbrie.app/Contents/MacOS/AppYM

    [failed]    Manroling.update.plist (2016-02-10) Adware!  [Remove]

    [loaded]    Smokyashan.update.plist (2016-08-20) Adware!  [Remove]

        ~/Library/Application Support/Smokyashan/Smokyashan.app/Contents/MacOS/AppNOS

    [loaded]    com.nchsoftware.wavepad.schedule.LikeSurvey.plist (2014-02-23) [Support]

    [not loaded]    jp.co.canon.Inkjet_Extended_Survey_Agent.plist (2012-12-04) [Support]

    [running]    yeti.notification.plist (2016-04-13) Adware!  [Remove]

        /Applications/Yeti.app/Contents/MacOS/Yeti

 

User Login Items: ⓘ

    System Events    Application  (/System/Library/CoreServices/System Events.app)

    Mail    Application  (/Applications/Mail.app)

    MyTomTomSA    Application Hidden (/Applications/MyTomTomSA.app)

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

    Dropbox    Application  (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

    HP Scheduler    Application  (/Library/Application Support/Hewlett-Packard/Software Update/HP Scheduler.app)

    HP Product Research    Application  (/Library/Application Support/Hewlett-Packard/Customer Participation/HP Product Research.app)

 

Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

    Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: 2.3.8.1 (2011-01-13) [Support]

    FlashPlayer-10.6: 22.0.0.209 - SDK 10.9 (2016-07-17) [Support]

    QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-01-27)

    Flash Player: 22.0.0.209 - SDK 10.9 (2016-07-17) [Support]

    EPPEX Plugin: 10.0 (2015-04-10) [Support]

    Default Browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-01-27)

    JavaAppletPlugin: 15.0.1 - SDK 10.11 (2012-06-18) Check version

    OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: 12.3.6 (2013-03-20) [Support]

    SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.6.7 - SDK 10.6 (2016-08-30) [Support]

    Silverlight: 5.1.40416.0 - SDK 10.6 (2015-05-20) [Support]

    iPhotoPhotocast: 7.0 - SDK 10.7 (2012-04-22)

 

User internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

    RealPlayer Plugin: Unknown

 

3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ

    Flash Player (2016-06-29) [Support]

    Flip4Mac WMV (2011-01-13) [Support]

    Line6AudioMIDI (2012-04-26) [Support]

 

Time Machine: ⓘ

    Mobile backups: OFF

    Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

    Volumes being backed up:

        Macintosh HD: Disk size: 999.03 GB Disk used: 221.55 GB

    Destinations:

        My Passport for Mac 2 [Local]

        Total size: 499.88 GB

        Total number of backups: 14

        Oldest backup: 14/09/2015, 07:17

        Last backup: 16/09/2015, 14:21

        Size of backup disk: Too small

            Backup size 499.88 GB < (Disk used 221.55 GB X 3)

 

Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ

         6%    kernel_task

         4%    AppNOS

         3%    WindowServer

         0%    Dropbox

         0%    MyTomTomSA

 

Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ

    4.88 GB    kernel_task

    369 MB    AppNOS

    279 MB    mdworker(29)

    57 MB    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(2)

    57 MB    mds_stores

 

Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ

    41 MB    Free RAM

    7.96 GB    Used RAM (446 MB Cached)

    49.33 GB    Swap Used

 

Diagnostics Information: ⓘ

    Sep 12, 2016, 07:44:40 AM    Self test - passed

    Sep 12, 2016, 07:38:18 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Microsoft Outloo_2016-09-12-073818_[redacted].hang

        UNKNOWN PATH

    Sep 12, 2016, 06:59:09 AM    ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/AppYM_2016-09-12-065909_[redacted].crash

        /Users/USER/Library/Application Support/Jimbrie/Jimbrie.app/Contents/MacOS/AppYM

Posted on Sep 12, 2016 5:30 AM

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61319tele

Q: ..system out of application memory

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  • by Luis Sequeira1,Helpful

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Sep 12, 2016 6:26 AM in response to 61319tele
    Level 6 (11,948 points)
    Sep 12, 2016 6:26 AM in response to 61319tele

    I suggest you run Etrecheck again after deleting adware, to see if it ALL successfully removed, and then see if the system works without problems.

  • by 61319tele,

    61319tele 61319tele Sep 12, 2016 6:26 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1
    Level 1 (8 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 12, 2016 6:26 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

    Thank you for your interest and help, I restarted and ran it again. Performance has changed from "poor" to "excellent", which is always a good thing. Only one red comment about one out of date item. It is through this forum that I learned of EtreCheck and I'm glad. Now, ....... how much is that extra memory?

    Thanks again

  • by Luis Sequeira1,Helpful

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Sep 12, 2016 9:32 AM in response to 61319tele
    Level 6 (11,948 points)
    Sep 12, 2016 9:32 AM in response to 61319tele

    61319tele wrote:

     

    Thank you for your interest and help, I restarted and ran it again. Performance has changed from "poor" to "excellent", which is always a good thing. Only one red comment about one out of date item. It is through this forum that I learned of EtreCheck and I'm glad. Now, ....... how much is that extra memory?

    Thanks again

     

    Do you still see an "out of application memory" after the adware cleanup?

    I am not arguing against adding more RAM (actually, as the saying goes, "there is no such thing as too much RAM" :-)), just interested to know; 8GB is not too shabby.

     

    Two well regarded vendors for RAM that I am many people in these fora have used are OWC and Crucial.

  • by etresoft,

    etresoft etresoft Sep 12, 2016 8:43 AM in response to 61319tele
    Level 7 (29,101 points)
    Sep 12, 2016 8:43 AM in response to 61319tele

    Hello 61319tele,

    Maybe run EtreCheck again in a couple of days to make sure it was the adware causing the memory problems. Your kernel_task was 4.8 GB. It is difficult to track down exactly what causes that. You do have a "line6" system modification from 2013 that could be contributing. If your kernel_task gets very large (more than 1 GB) like this again, try uninstalling the "line6" software. If you need to do that, make sure to use only the vendor-provided uninstaller or uninstallation instructions. Never use an "app zapper" and never try to delete these hidden files by hand.

  • by 61319tele,

    61319tele 61319tele Sep 12, 2016 9:42 AM in response to etresoft
    Level 1 (8 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 12, 2016 9:42 AM in response to etresoft

    Maybe run EtreCheck again in a couple of days to make sure it was the adware

     

    Good thinking. The Kernel Extensions on the latest report are not showing anything alarming, so perhaps I'll hold fire on the Line 6 uninstall.

     

    Luis: the out of appli...... message has not been seen after the adware clear up, and the system is working normally

  • by etresoft,

    etresoft etresoft Sep 12, 2016 11:26 AM in response to 61319tele
    Level 7 (29,101 points)
    Sep 12, 2016 11:26 AM in response to 61319tele

    Hello again 61319tele,

    Thanks for following up. It is always a challenge to find out what is causing some of these specific issues that show up on other people's EtreCheck reports.

  • by 61319tele,

    61319tele 61319tele Sep 12, 2016 12:45 PM in response to etresoft
    Level 1 (8 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 12, 2016 12:45 PM in response to etresoft

    This has been developing over the last 8 hours. Just now I tried uninstalling Jimbrie and had a severe slowdown, ran EtreCheck - kernel task 4  'n bit GB  and had to forced it to shut down. Started up in safe mode and uninstalled Line 6 stuff, backed up and ran EtreCheck again. Kernel task down to 714Mb.

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Sep 12, 2016 12:54 PM in response to 61319tele
    Level 9 (70,250 points)
    iTunes
    Sep 12, 2016 12:54 PM in response to 61319tele

    So things are working now?

  • by 61319tele,

    61319tele 61319tele Sep 12, 2016 1:01 PM in response to Eric Root
    Level 1 (8 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 12, 2016 1:01 PM in response to Eric Root

    For the time being! Since last posting I have restarted with a PRAM clear out (old habits form blue&White days). What I forgot to mention on the last posting, I uninstalled Flip4Mac, Jimbrie refuses to uninstall. Things seem normal now and I am running another EtreCheck - all good. What I want to know now is what wisdom can we preserve from this? I believe Etrecheck automatically receives  the info (?) and Apple should know. On the 365th day it went doolally.

  • by etresoft,

    etresoft etresoft Sep 12, 2016 1:13 PM in response to 61319tele
    Level 7 (29,101 points)
    Sep 12, 2016 1:13 PM in response to 61319tele

    Hello again 61319tele,

    There is no connection between EtreCheck and Apple. All that matters is that your machine is running better.