What process is this?

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juca2929 Author

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What process is this?

Hi, does anyone knows what process is this?

It's showing up since Sierra. Many thanks

Mac mini, macOS Sierra (10.12.2), Core i5 - SSD - 16Gb Ram

Posted on Jan 26, 2017 3:45 AM

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Answer 1

juca2929 Author

Level 1

12 points

Jan 26, 2017 6:04 AM in response to juca2929

EtreCheck version: 3.1.5 (343)

Report generated 2017-01-26 14:01:43

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Runtime 2:05

Performance: Excellent

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Problem: Other problem

Description:

SGDawNodeService

Hardware Information: ⓘ

Mac mini (Late 2014)

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

Mac mini - model: Macmini7,1

1 2,6 GHz Intel Core i5 (i5-4278U) CPU: 2-core

8 GB RAM Not upgradeable

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/ac

Video Information: ⓘ

Intel Iris

HP 27es 1920 x 1080

System Software: ⓘ

macOS Sierra 10.12.2 (16C67) - Time since boot: about 3 hours

Disk Information: ⓘ

TOSHIBA Q300 disk0 : (240,06 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: No)

[Show SMART report]

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 239.20 GB (90.70 GB free)

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

USB Information: ⓘ

Western Digital Elements 107C

iLok iLok

Apple, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 USB

Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub

JMicron USB to ATA/ATAPI bridge

Alesis Q25

Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard

Thunderbolt Information: ⓘ

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Configuration files: ⓘ

/etc/sysctl.conf - File exists but not expected

Gatekeeper: ⓘ

Anywhere

Kernel Extensions: ⓘ

/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.line6.driver.xtaudio (7.5.7 - SDK 10.7 - 2017-01-21) [Support]

[loaded] net.telestream.driver.TelestreamAudio (1.1.1 - SDK 10.8 - 2017-01-21) [Support]

/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.digidesign.mbox2.boot.driver (10.3.5.211 - SDK 10.6 - 2017-01-21) [Support]

[not loaded] com.digidesign.mbox2.driver (10.3.9.12 - SDK 10.7 - 2017-01-21) [Support]

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.master (5.9.1 - SDK 10.6 - 2017-01-21) [Support]

[loaded] com.waves.driver.soundgrid (9.7.96 - 2017-01-21) [Support]

/System/Library/Extensions/PACESupportFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.leopard (5.9.1 - SDK 10.4 - 2016-12-16) [Support]

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.panther (5.9.1 - SDK 10.-1 - 2016-12-16) [Support]

[loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.9.1 - SDK 10.6 - 2016-12-16) [Support]

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.tiger (5.9.1 - SDK 10.4 - 2016-12-16) [Support]

~/Dropbox/macOS Sierra Patcher.app

[not loaded] com.parrotgeek.LegacyHDMIAudio (1.0 - 2016-09-25) [Support]

[not loaded] com.parrotgeek.LegacyUSBEthernet (1.0 - 2016-09-25) [Support]

[not loaded] com.parrotgeek.LegacyUSBInjector (1.0 - 2016-09-25) [Support]

System Launch Agents: ⓘ

[not loaded] 7 Apple tasks

[loaded] 172 Apple tasks

[running] 101 Apple tasks

System Launch Daemons: ⓘ

[not loaded] 40 Apple tasks

[loaded] 169 Apple tasks

[running] 102 Apple tasks

Launch Agents: ⓘ

[loaded] com.Arturia.ArturiaSoftwareCenterAgent.plist (2016-12-24) [Support]

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2016-04-08) [Support]

[not loaded] com.avid.ApplicationManager.plist (2016-12-22) [Support]

[not loaded] com.avid.ApplicationManagerHelper.plist (2016-12-21) [Support]

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist (2016-12-02) [Support]

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist (2016-11-28) [Support]

Launch Daemons: ⓘ

[loaded] PACESupport.plist (2013-02-01) [Support]

[loaded] com.Arturia.UpdaterHelper.plist (2016-12-24) [Support]

[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist (2016-04-08) [Support]

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-10-26) [Support]

[running] com.avid.bsd.shoetoolv120.plist (2016-01-19) [Support]

[running] com.avid.hub.service.plist (2016-12-14) [Support]

[running] com.avid.transport.client.plist (2016-12-14) [Support]

[running] com.line6.l6ksettingmgr.plist (2016-10-21) [Support]

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist (2016-04-11) [Support]

[running] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist (2016-12-16) [Support]

[loaded] com.teamviewer.Helper.plist (2016-11-28) [Support]

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist (2016-12-02) [Support]

[running] com.timesoftware.timemachineeditor.backup-auto.plist (2017-01-25) [Support]

[loaded] com.timesoftware.timemachineeditor.helper.plist (2016-02-24) [Support]

[running] com.waves.daemon.SoundGrid.DawNodeService.plist (2016-03-02) [Support]

User Launch Agents: ⓘ

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2017-01-14) [Support]

User Login Items: ⓘ

iTunesHelper Application (2016-12-16)

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

com.adobe.SwitchBoard.monitor.plist MachInit

(/etc/mach_init_per_user.d/com.adobe.SwitchBoard.monitor.plist)

Mach Init items are deprecated

Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

Silverlight: 5.1.50901.0 - SDK 10.6 (2016-11-09) [Support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: 23.0.0.207 - SDK 10.9 (2016-11-11) [Support]

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2017-01-21)

Flash Player: 23.0.0.207 - SDK 10.9 (2016-11-11) Outdated! Update

3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ

Flash Player (2016-10-26) [Support]

Line6AudioMIDI (2013-08-21) [Support]

SwitchResX (2016-11-18) [Support]

Time Machine: ⓘ

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: OFF

Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 239.20 GB Disk used: 148.50 GB

Destinations:

Time Machine [Local]

Total size: 999.86 GB

Total number of backups: 2

Oldest backup: 25/01/2017, 23:19

Last backup: 26/01/2017, 13:53

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 999.86 GB > (Disk size 239.20 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ

3% kernel_task

3% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(5)

3% WindowServer

2% SGDawNodeService

2% Safari

Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ

801 MB kernel_task

778 MB mdworker(24)

598 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(5)

532 MB Finder

336 MB mds_stores

Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ

3.53 GB Available RAM

830 MB Free RAM

4.47 GB Used RAM

2.72 GB Cached files

0 B Swap Used

Diagnostics Information: ⓘ

Jan 26, 2017, 10:51:37 AM Self test - passed

Jan 25, 2017, 11:56:28 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_2017-01-25-235628_[ redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Details]

/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.We bKit.WebContent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

Jan 25, 2017, 03:38:57 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Pro Tools_2017-01-25-153857_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Details]

/Applications/Pro Tools.app/Contents/MacOS/Pro Tools

Jan 24, 2017, 12:00:07 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.Networking_2017-01-24-000007_[ redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Details]

/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.We bKit.Networking.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.Networking

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Answer 2

Jan 26, 2017 6:00 AM in response to juca2929

It appears to be adware.

Run Etrecheck to see what stuff is installed on your machine.

I don't know about this one specifically, but for several types of adware Etrecheck can assist you in removing it.

Etrecheck is a utility by a respected member of this community that gives you information about the software and hardware you have, information that has helped inumerous users in solving their problems.

If you are in doubt about what you see, post Etrecheck's report here so we can have a look and assist you.

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Answer 3

juca2929 Author

Level 1

12 points

Jan 26, 2017 5:54 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Many thanks. I already had that program and it told me that everything was ok. No problems.

I sampled the process and it logs to some software I use like pro tools and waves plugins.

Any malware software you would recommend?

Ch

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Answer 4

Jan 26, 2017 6:30 AM in response to juca2929

I was wondering if "DAW" in this context could mean "Digital Audio Workstation".

I can see an item in your report: com.waves.daemon.SoundGrid.DawNodeService.plist

Does this mean anything to you?

SoundGrid produces audio hardware. It looks like this is part of its software.

An odd point from your report:

You have Gatekeeper set to "Anywhere" - which is odd since "Anywhere" is no longer an option in Sierra.

I suggest you set this to "App Store and identified developers" in System Preferences->Security&Privacy->General.

(You can still run other applications you trust)

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Answer 5

pokey b

Level 4

1,899 points

Jan 26, 2017 6:30 AM in response to juca2929

Do a Google search for the term sgdawnodeservice. I haven't really studied the results but it seems that it is a somewhat common question that comes up on forums. Looks like it could have something to do with sound or music software. One of the results calls it "an unwanted program file that could be dangerous to computer system...". Not sure if that is an overstatement or not.

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Answer 6

Jan 26, 2017 6:37 AM in response to juca2929

juca2929 wrote:

Yes, Digital Audio Workstation. I run Pro Tools and some other software like Logic plus the Waves and other plugins.

Look at my Gatekeeper: (I still have from anywhere option) Sierra 10.12.2

Just guessing here... maybe it was set that way in El Capitan and the update left it as was?

It is not supposed to be there in Sierra - this was widely discussed at the time, with a lot of people fearing they might be prevented from using unsigned applications (fortunately not true, at least for now; one just has to control-click, choose Open and confirm in a dialog, the *first* time one runs each unsigned application, then one can use it like any other)

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Answer 7

tomachi

Level 1

13 points

Jul 25, 2017 5:40 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

I also run Logic and have previously installed SoundGrid by Waves.

After switching to network card "none" I still saw CPU use, so I ran the uninstaller SoundGrid Driver Uninstaller.app in

/Applications/Waves/SoundGrid/Utilities/

I will now restart and see if this helps. Previously:

PID USER PRI NI VIRT RES SHR S CPU% MEM% TIME+ Command

100 root 97 0 663M 11288 0 S 3.0 0.1 0:00.93 /System/Library/Extensions/SoundGrid.kext/Contents/MacOS/SGDawNodeService runasservice

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Answer 8

juca2929 Author

Level 1

12 points

Jan 26, 2017 6:08 AM in response to juca2929

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Answer 9

juca2929 Author

Level 1

12 points

Jan 26, 2017 6:30 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Yes, Digital Audio Workstation. I run Pro Tools and some other software like Logic plus the Waves and other plugins.

Look at my Gatekeeper: (I still have from anywhere option) Sierra 10.12.2

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Answer 10

macjack

Level 10

111,180 points

Jan 26, 2017 5:56 AM in response to juca2929

Download and run MalwareBytes. Malwarebytes was developed by one of our own colleagues here in ASC. It gets rave reviews and is about the most proven anti-malware software for Mac.