Shut down or restart my iMac?
Should I shut down my iMac on a regular basis? Or should I just restart it? I normally leave it on all the time because it takes so long to reboot.
Thanks for any input.
iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.1)
Should I shut down my iMac on a regular basis? Or should I just restart it? I normally leave it on all the time because it takes so long to reboot.
Thanks for any input.
iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.1)
Wow! Really good information. I wonder why the Apple genius didn’t mention this when I bought the new hard drive? Rhetorical, of course. I will look into the costs and decide on updating vs replacing with a new Mac. There are other issues after the hard drive replacement so I’m guessing that I will soon have a new Mac! Thanks for your help. Really appreciate it.
Wow! Really good information. I wonder why the Apple genius didn’t mention this when I bought the new hard drive? Rhetorical, of course. I will look into the costs and decide on updating vs replacing with a new Mac. There are other issues after the hard drive replacement so I’m guessing that I will soon have a new Mac! Thanks for your help. Really appreciate it.
EtreCheck version: 3.4.6 (460)
Report generated 2017-11-15 19:28:20
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Performance: Good
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Problem: Computer is too slow
Description:
Applications are slow to open
Hardware Information: ⓘ
iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2010)
[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]
iMac - model: iMac11,2
1 3.06 GHz Intel Core i3 (i3) CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]
BANK 0/DIMM0
Empty
BANK 1/DIMM0
Empty
BANK 0/DIMM1
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Handoff/Airdrop2: not supported
Wireless:
en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
iCloud Quota: 3.09 GB available
Video Information: ⓘ
ATI Radeon HD 4670 - VRAM: 256 MB
iMac 1920 x 1080
Disk Information: ⓘ
APPLE HDD HUA722010CLA330 disk0: (1 TB) (Rotational)
[Show SMART report]
EFI (disk0s1 - MS-DOS FAT32) <not mounted>
[EFI]: 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2 - Journaled HFS+) /
[Startup]: 999.35 GB (866.48 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3 - HFS+) <not mounted>
[Recovery]: 650 MB
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
()
USB Information: ⓘ
USB20Bus
hub_device
USB2.0 Hub
USB2.0 Hub
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
USB20Bus
hub_device
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Firewire Information: ⓘ
Seagate GoFlex Desk Mac 800mbit - 800mbit max
EFI (disk1s1 - MS-DOS FAT32) <not mounted>
[EFI]: 210 MB
A PORSCHE (disk1s2 - Journaled HFS+) /Volumes/A PORSCHE : 2.00 TB (1.53 TB free)
Boot OS X (disk1s3 - Journaled HFS+) <not mounted> : 134 MB
System Software: ⓘ
macOS High Sierra
10.13.1 (17B48) - Time since boot: about one day
Gatekeeper: ⓘ
Mac App Store and identified developers
Clean up: ⓘ
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.epson.Epson_Low_Ink_Reminder.launcher.plist
/Applications/Epson Software/Epson Low Ink Reminder.app/Contents/EpsonLowInkReminderAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/EpsonLowInkRe minderAgent
Executable not found!
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.epson.esua.launcher.plist
/Applications/Epson Software/EPSON Software Updater.app/Contents/EPSON Software Updater Agent.app/Contents/MacOS/EPSON Software Updater Agent
Executable not found!
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.epson.eventmanager.agent.plist
/Applications/Epson Software/Event Manager.app/Contents/Resources/Assistants/Event Manager/EEventManager.app/Contents/MacOS/EEventManager
Executable not found!
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.sony.ReaderDesktop.RunReaderDesktop.plist
/Applications/Reader.app/Contents/Resources/RunReaderDesktop.sh
Executable not found!
4 orphan files found. [Clean up]
Kernel Extensions: ⓘ
/Applications/Kies.app
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.4.31 - SDK 10.6) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.4.31 - SDK 10.6) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.4.31 - SDK 10.6) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.4.31 - SDK 10.5) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.4.31 - SDK 10.6) [Lookup]
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.MCCI.SLAB_USBtoUART (V1.02.2) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.sony.driver.prs (1.0.1d1) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.sony.driver.prs2 (1.0.2d1) [Lookup]
System Launch Agents: ⓘ
[not loaded] 9 Apple tasks
[loaded] 163 Apple tasks
[running] 116 Apple tasks
System Launch Daemons: ⓘ
[not loaded] 35 Apple tasks
[loaded] 176 Apple tasks
[running] 120 Apple tasks
Launch Agents: ⓘ
[failed] com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a2 3d420d.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-01-12) [Lookup]
[failed] com.epson.Epson_Low_Ink_Reminder.launcher.plist (? e5b56ea9 0 - installed 2015-01-19) [Lookup] - /Applications/Epson Software/Epson Low Ink Reminder.app/Contents/EpsonLowInkReminderAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/EpsonLowInkRe minderAgent: Executable not found!
[failed] com.epson.esua.launcher.plist (? 70512568 0 - installed 2016-11-09) [Lookup] - /Applications/Epson Software/EPSON Software Updater.app/Contents/EPSON Software Updater Agent.app/Contents/MacOS/EPSON Software Updater Agent: Executable not found!
[failed] com.epson.eventmanager.agent.plist (? cd93600d 0 - installed 2014-09-21) [Lookup] - /Applications/Epson Software/Event Manager.app/Contents/Resources/Assistants/Event Manager/EEventManager.app/Contents/MacOS/EEventManager: Executable not found!
[loaded] com.epson.scannermonitor.plist (? d676d40 b7c58655 - installed 2017-02-08) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2017-09-27) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.sony.ReaderDesktop.RunReaderDesktop.plist (? 7f1377b1 0 - installed 2011-09-22) [Lookup] - /Applications/Reader.app/Contents/Resources/RunReaderDesktop.sh: Executable not found!
[not loaded] com.sony.ReaderLibrary.RunReaderLibrary.plist (Shell Script e3bfdacf - installed 2010-07-13) [Lookup]
Launch Daemons: ⓘ
[loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-01-12) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-01-12) [Lookup]
[failed] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (? 2afb3af7 bda8713f - installed 2016-06-13) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.apple.installer.cleanupinstaller.plist (? 1963bf56 0 - installed 2017-11-07)
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2017-10-22) [Lookup]
[loaded] jp.co.canon.MasterInstaller.plist (Canon Inc. - installed 2017-02-24) [Lookup]
User Launch Agents: ⓘ
[running] com.google.Chrome.framework.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2017-11-14) [Lookup]
Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: 3.2.0.16
(installed 2013-05-11) [Lookup]
FlashPlayer-10.6: 22.0.0.192 (installed 2016-06-30) [Lookup]
QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2017-10-25)
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 15.010.20056 (installed 2015-12-18) [Lookup]
AdobePDFViewer: 15.010.20056 (installed 2015-12-18) [Lookup]
Flash Player: 22.0.0.192 (installed 2016-06-30) Outdated! Update
EPPEX Plugin: 10.0 (installed 2014-09-15) [Lookup]
SkyCaddiePlugIn: 1.02 (installed 2012-04-17) [Lookup]
Google Earth Web Plug-in: 6.1 (installed 2011-10-17) [Lookup]
Silverlight: 5.1.10411.0 (installed 2013-02-12) [Lookup]
iPhotoPhotocast: 7.0 (installed 2013-04-20)
3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ
Flash Player (installed 2016-06-13) [Lookup]
Flip4Mac WMV (installed 2013-03-29) [Lookup]
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: 132.87 GB
Destinations:
FreeAgent GoFlex Drive [Local]
Total size: 2.00 TB
Total number of backups: 205
Oldest backup: 6/7/12, 10:20 AM
Last backup: 11/15/17, 6:52 PM
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk used 132.87 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ
14%
mdworker
14%
mdworker
3%
WindowServer
2%
trustd
1%
trustd
Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ
534 MB kernel_task
237 MB Google Chrome
168 MB mds_stores
131 MB Google Chrome Helper
126 MB Mail
Top Processes by Network Use: ⓘ
Input Output Process name
6 MB 2 MB mDNSResponder
126 KB 50 KB netbiosd
6 KB 5 KB apsd
7 KB 2 KB cloudd
0 B 1 KB SystemUIServer
Top Processes by Energy Use: ⓘ
4.76 WindowServer
0.78 loginwindow
0.18 launchd
0.04 Google Chrome Helper
Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ
1.22 GB
Available RAM
21 MB Free RAM
2.78 GB
Used RAM
1.20 GB
Cached files
308 MB Swap Used
Software installs (last 30 days): ⓘ
"Malwarebytes for Mac Uninstaller":
(installed 2017-10-25)
Install information may not be complete.
It should sleep instead of being shut down, however it's not a bad idea to restart it 1x week. If it's taking a long time to boot that indicates something may be wrong. Please follow the directions below.
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Thanks for your answer. I just had my hard drive replaced due to VERY slow performance. It's much better now but still when I restart, it seems to take a long time to be able to access calendar, mail, etc. Another question, is it safe to post the report on this community? Really appreciate your quick response!
Note that you have a) the absolute minimum RAM installed on your computer - you should seriously consider getting more RAM (a total of 8 or 16 GB), and b) you have a very slow 5400 rpm hard drive (which is 33% slower than the stock 7200 rpm drive in a 27" iMac. RAM is easy to upgrade yourself; the drive is more difficult, but you could have an AASP do it for you if you'd like. An SSD would seriously make yours a lot faster. However, also remember that yours is 7 years old, so you need to decide if upgrading components is worth it. I'd recommend OWC (macsales.com) for RAM and drives:
OWC Performance Upgrades for iMac 2010
As for shutting down: I do it at least once or twice a week; a shutdown/boot up cleans up a lot of files which may help with glitches.
What your biggest problem is, is the computer is starved for RAM. 4GB was fine 7 years ago when still running Snow Leopard, however new OS's need more RAM. Upgrade to 12-16GB of RAM and the computer should respond. If you decide to do this only purchase from Crucial (buy it direct) or OWC (www.macsales.com) as iMacs are sensitive to using quality RAM and both vendors mentioned supply high quality products at reasonable prices.
Please note that I no longer have the Epson printer.
Shut down or restart my iMac?