Q: Frequent beachballing, apps crashing, system crashing
Also, OS seems to "forget" which app should be used to open a MS Office document, using Preview or Text edit instead. Etre Check report:
EtreCheck version: 3.0.3 (307)
Report generated 2016-09-17 11:48:45
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Runtime 2:00
Performance: Excellent
Problem: Beachballing
Description:
beachballing, apps crashing
Hardware Information: ⓘ
iMac (27-inch, Late 2013)
[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]
iMac - model: iMac14,2
1 3.4 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: Unknown
Video Information: ⓘ
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M - VRAM: 2048 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ⓘ
OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 (15G1004) - Time since boot: less than an hour
Disk Information: ⓘ
APPLE SSD SD0128F disk0 : (121.33 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Boot OS X (disk0s3) <not mounted> : 134 MB
Macintosh HD (disk2) / : 3.11 TB (1.55 TB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 120.99 GB Online
Core Storage: disk1s2 3.00 TB Online
APPLE HDD ST3000DM001 disk1 : (3 TB) (Rotational)
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk1s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk2) / : 3.11 TB (1.55 TB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 120.99 GB Online
Core Storage: disk1s2 3.00 TB Online
ST6000DX000-1H217Z disk4 : (6 TB) (Rotational)
EFI (disk4s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
iMac CCC Backup (disk4s2) /Volumes/iMac CCC Backup : 6.00 TB (4.41 TB free)
USB Information: ⓘ
VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub 6 TB
VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub 6 TB
Western Digital My Book 1230 6 TB
EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted> : 315 MB
Time Machine2 (disk3s2) /Volumes/Time Machine2 : 6.00 TB (4.37 TB free)
VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. MacBook Air SuperDrive
VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub
VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub
Full-Speed Mouse Full-Speed Mouse
VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub
Thunderbolt Information: ⓘ
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
LaCie d2 TBT2 USB3
Apple Inc. Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter
Gatekeeper: ⓘ
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ⓘ
/Library/Application Support/Roxio
[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0 - 2015-03-20) [Support]
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.avira.kext.FileAccessControl (1.0.0d1 - SDK 10.9 - 2016-09-13) [Support]
[not loaded] com.marvell.kext.USBGenericPrinterClass (1.0.0 - 2016-09-13) [Support]
System Launch Agents: ⓘ
[not loaded] 7 Apple tasks
[loaded] 154 Apple tasks
[running] 77 Apple tasks
System Launch Daemons: ⓘ
[not loaded] 45 Apple tasks
[loaded] 157 Apple tasks
[running] 88 Apple tasks
Launch Agents: ⓘ
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-07-11) [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (2014-02-20) [Support]
Launch Daemons: ⓘ
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-06-28) [Support]
[loaded] com.barebones.textwrangler.plist (2009-09-04) [Support]
[loaded] com.bombich.ccchelper.plist (2015-01-04) [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (2016-09-01) [Support]
[loaded] com.malwarebytes.MBAMHelperTool.plist (2016-03-01) [Support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (2010-12-06) [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (2014-02-20) [Support]
[loaded] uk.co.canimaansoftware.ClamXavHelper.plist (2016-08-12) [Support]
[loaded] uk.co.canimaansoftware.ClamXavHelperUpdater.plist (2016-08-12) [Support]
User Launch Agents: ⓘ
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist (2010-01-29) [Support]
[failed] com.amazon.cloud-player.plist (2013-11-23) [Support]
[running] com.amazon.music.plist (2015-08-22) [Support]
[failed] com.hp.printerAgent.plist (2011-10-21) [Support]
[loaded] uk.co.canimaansoftware.clamxav.UninstallWatcher.plist (2016-08-16)
User Login Items: ⓘ
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
ExpanderDaemon Application (/Applications/StuffIt 12/StuffIt Expander.app/Contents/MacOS/ExpanderDaemon.app)
EEventManager Application Hidden (/Applications/Epson Software/Event Manager.app/Contents/Resources/Assistants/Event Manager/EEventManager.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
EEventManager Application (/Applications/Epson Software/Event Manager.app/Contents/Resources/Assistants/Event Manager/EEventManager.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ
Flash Player: 22.0.0.209 - SDK 10.9 (2016-08-01) Outdated! Update
AdobePDFViewer: 9.5.5 (2013-05-16) [Support]
ebrary Reader: 2.22 - 1/26/10 (2012-06-07) [Support]
iPhotoPhotocast: 7.0 (2008-11-26)
AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin1017265: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17 (2012-07-31) [Support]
RealPlayer Plugin: Unknown (2008-03-08) [Support]
DirectorShockwave: 11.5.1r601 (2009-08-03) [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-07-28)
FlashPlayer-10.6: 22.0.0.209 - SDK 10.9 (2016-08-01) [Support]
GarminGpsControl: 2.9.3.0 Release (2010-10-28) [Support]
AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17 (2012-02-04) [Support]
Mozillaplug: 1.0 (2009-08-17)
Silverlight: 5.1.50428.0 - SDK 10.6 (2016-08-04) [Support]
Google Earth Web Plug-in: 7.0 (2012-11-01) [Support]
FolxNetscapePlugIn: Unknown
Default Browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-07-28)
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: 3.2.0.16 - SDK 10.8 (2013-10-30) [Support]
SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.6.8 - SDK 10.6 (2016-09-14) [Support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 101 build 13 (2016-07-24) Check version
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: 12.2.7 (2010-10-16) [Support]
Safari Extensions: ⓘ
HoverSee - SideTree.com - Apps for Mac - http://SideTree.com/extensions.html#HoverSee (2016-08-08)
Add To Amazon Wish List - Amazon.com - https://www.amazon.com/wishlist?ref=cm_wl_saf_ext (2011-11-14)
AutoPagerize - swdyh - http://autopagerize.net/ (2016-08-08)
ClickToPlugin - Marc Hoyois - http://hoyois.github.com/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/ (2016-08-08)
Recent Tab List - Nick van der Ploeg - http://nickvdp.com/tablist (2016-08-14)
SearchPreview - Edward Ackroyd - https://searchpreview.de (2016-08-08)
AdBlock - BetaFish, Inc. - https://getadblock.com (2016-08-01)
derpyme - adasiko (2016-08-08)
3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ
Flash Player (2016-06-28) [Support]
Flip4Mac WMV (2013-10-30) [Support]
Java (2016-07-24) [Support]
Perian (2011-07-23) [Support]
Xmarks for Safari (2014-05-31) [Support]
Time Machine: ⓘ
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 3.11 TB Disk used: 1.56 TB
Destinations:
Time Machine [Local]
Total size: 6.00 TB
Total number of backups: 50
Oldest backup: 4/11/16, 1:29 PM
Last backup: 9/16/16, 5:37 AM
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 6.00 TB > (Disk used 1.56 TB X 3)
Time Machine2 [Local]
Total size: 6.00 TB
Total number of backups: 53
Oldest backup: 4/14/16, 4:04 PM
Last backup: 9/17/16, 10:28 AM
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 6.00 TB > (Disk used 1.56 TB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ
29% mdworker(13)
5% com.apple.SafariServices
5% WindowServer
3% Finder
2% kernel_task
Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ
844 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(4)
758 MB kernel_task
344 MB mds_stores
287 MB Safari
238 MB mdworker(13)
Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ
3.08 GB Free RAM
4.92 GB Used RAM (1.65 GB Cached)
0 B Swap Used
Diagnostics Information: ⓘ
Sep 17, 2016, 11:40:11 AM Self test - passed
Sep 16, 2016, 08:59:00 AM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/java_2016-09-16-085900_[redacted].crash
/Users/USER/*/jre.bundle/Contents/Home/jre/bin/java
Sep 16, 2016, 08:59:00 AM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/_2016-09-16-085900_[redacted].crash
com.install4j.5889-6375-8446-2021.5097 - /Volumes/*/Trader Workstation Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11), (late 2013) 3.4 GHz i5; 8 GB Ram
Posted on Sep 17, 2016 10:52 AM