HighSierra10.13.2 audio issues !

EtreCheck version: 3.4.6 (460)

Report generated 2017-12-11 17:45:31

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Performance: Excellent

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Problem: Other problem

Description:

Audio freezes during playback

Hardware Information: ⓘ

Mac mini Server (Late 2012)

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

Mac mini - model: Macmini6,2

1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 (i7-3615QM) CPU: 4-core

4 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

Handoff/Airdrop2: supported

Wireless: en1: Unknown

Video Information: ⓘ

Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1536 MB

SONY TV 1360 x 768 @ 60 Hz

Disk Information: ⓘ

APPLE HDD ST1000LM024 disk0: (1 TB) (Rotational)

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EFI (disk0s1 - MS-DOS FAT32) <not mounted> [EFI]: 210 MB

Server HD (disk0s2 - Journaled HFS+) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (863.07 GB free)

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

APPLE HDD ST1000LM024 disk1: (1 TB) (Rotational)

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EFI (disk1s1 - MS-DOS FAT32) <not mounted> [EFI]: 210 MB

HD2 (disk1s2 - Journaled HFS+) /Volumes/HD2 : 999.86 GB (865.26 GB free)

USB Information: ⓘ

USB20Bus

hub_device

USB20Bus

hub_device

hub_device

Apple, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

USB30Bus

Apogee Duet USB

Apple Inc. MacBook Air SuperDrive

Logitech USB Receiver

Thunderbolt Information: ⓘ

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

System Software: ⓘ

macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 (17C88) - Time since boot: about one hour

Gatekeeper: ⓘ

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions: ⓘ

/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.apogee.driver.ApogeeUSBDuetAudio (1.0.0 - SDK 10.7) [Lookup]

[not loaded] jp.co.roland.RDUSB012ADev (1.0.0 - SDK 10.6) [Lookup]

System Launch Agents: ⓘ

[not loaded] 8 Apple tasks

[loaded] 180 Apple tasks

[running] 102 Apple tasks

System Launch Daemons: ⓘ

[not loaded] 36 Apple tasks

[loaded] 193 Apple tasks

[running] 102 Apple tasks

Launch Agents: ⓘ

[running] com.ApogeePopup.plist (? b5762f7b eadf4306 - installed 2013-10-09) [Lookup]

Launch Daemons: ⓘ

[running] com.DuetUSBDaemon.plist (? 47ec22a1 60a36a1c - installed 2013-07-11) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (? 2afb3af7 defea098 - installed 2017-10-25) [Lookup]

User Launch Agents: ⓘ

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist (? 560d19c8 982a8b77 - installed 2015-10-17) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent.plist (Dropbox, Inc. - installed 2017-08-10) [Lookup]

User Login Items: ⓘ

AdobeResourceSynchronizer Application

(/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)

iTunesHelper Application (Apple, Inc. - installed 2017-12-07)

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

Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 11.0.13 (installed 2015-10-17) [Lookup]

FlashPlayer-10.6: 27.0.0.187 (installed 2017-12-03) [Lookup]

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2017-12-07)

AdobePDFViewer: 11.0.13 (installed 2015-10-17) [Lookup]

Flash Player: 27.0.0.187 (installed 2017-12-03) [Lookup]

3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ

Flash Player (installed 2017-10-25) [Lookup]

Time Machine: ⓘ

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: OFF

Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off

Volumes being backed up:

Server HD: Disk size: 999.35 GB Disk used: 136.27 GB

Destinations:

HD2 [Local]

Total size: 999.86 GB

Total number of backups: 3

Oldest backup: 2017-12-05, 1:19 AM

Last backup: 2017-12-09, 6:58 PM

Size of backup disk: Adequate

Backup size 999.86 GB > (Disk used 136.27 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ

10% WindowServer

8% mds

5% mdworker

4% mdworker

2% kernel_task

Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ

552 MB kernel_task

162 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

128 MB mds_stores

106 MB Finder

77 MB Safari

Top Processes by Network Use: ⓘ

Input Output Process name

11 KB 11 KB mDNSResponder

Top Processes by Energy Use: ⓘ

12.62 WindowServer

3.24 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

1.94 hidd

1.66 com.apple.WebKit.Networking

Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ

1.49 GB Available RAM

18 MB Free RAM

2.51 GB Used RAM

1.48 GB Cached files

0 B Swap Used

Software installs (last 30 days): ⓘ

Adobe Flash Player: (installed 2017-11-14)

Adobe Pepper Flash Player: (installed 2017-11-14)

Bitdefender Virus Scanner: 3.10 (installed 2017-12-02)

Adobe Flash Player: (installed 2017-12-03)

Adobe Flash Player: (installed 2017-12-03)

Adobe Flash Player: (installed 2017-12-03)

Install information may not be complete.

Diagnostics Events (last 3 days for minor events): ⓘ

2017-12-11 10:51:06 accountsd Crash [Open]

Cause: *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '*** -[__NSPlaceholderDictionary initWithObjects:forKeys:count:]: attempt to insert nil object from objects[0]'

terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException

abort() called

2017-12-10 07:58:09 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent High CPU use [Open] [Details]

2017-12-09 17:06:21 mdworker High CPU use [Open] [Details]

2017-12-09 16:35:51 Kernel Panic [Open] [Details]

3rd Party Kernel Extensions: None

Files deleted by EtreCheck: ⓘ

2017-12-11 08:41:23 - /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.serverd.plist - Unknown

Thanks again. I upgraded to High Sierra from Mountain Lion 8.5 and this was the only upgrade available from the App Store ,along with some other updates. Where do I get the Combo ? I thought that all was included in the latest upgrade.

I'm not exactly a computer guy, just a musician. Having some sound every now and then wouldn't hurt.

Hi.

Pretty much all audio. For example ,when audio freezes on Youtube it freezes I tunes and Logic and vice versa.Restart fixes it only temporarily. Today I tunes froze after 3 minutes of playback without being connected to the internet.When the sound is frozen I don't even open the Logic .Last time I did it had to be Force-quit. Logic is more stable ,but unpredictable. Today it played for18 minutes then I turned it off. Things are pretty much the same before and after the Combo update . I had no problems like this in Mountain Lion 8.5 and Logic X.

As far as the gear goes,I'm using Apogee Duet ,LogicProX 10.3.2 ,that's it .

Thanks again

Thanks again.

I reset everything prescribed (twice) and the problem didn't go away.Also there are pops in the audio which I forgot to mention previously. One more thing I forgot to mention is my Kontakt5 but I don't think that it has anything to do with Youtube or iTunes.

Hi and thanks. Seems like a nice little app ( if in right hands)

I did few EtreCheck scans ( specifying my problem ,then other reasons) Here are some observations.

Diagnostic report; performance good or excellent.

System Launch Agents not loaded 8 apple tasks

System Launch Daemons not loaded 36 apple tasks

Plenty of crash reports in the Console since I upgraded.

Deleted Library/Launch Daemons/ com.apple serverd.plist through the EtreCheck. Which brings me to the Server app.

I didn't purchase the recent one and deleted the old one in order to High Sierra download.I never used it's features. Got the idea somewhere in Apple chat. Could that be the issue?

Otherwise I don't know what to look . Any thoughts?

Thank you very much.

I disconnected USB Duet and plugged in my headphones. I tried to sweat the apps by changing tracks ,tunes and videos. Not a single pop or crash. Youtube worked fine for 30 min and I turned it off.

Seems that Duet is the problem . Since it's a rather pricey device to put on the curb on Thursday ,do you have any suggestions . Perhaps more memory. I have only 4 gigs.

Hi again and thanks .I found an update on the Apogee site, and now everything seems to work fine.

I really appreciate all your help and who knows, maybe there is a future for me working for Apple .

AS A JANITOR !

Thanks, I did upgrade to 10.13.2 last week and did the latest update two days ago. Is that what "Combo update" is?

However the problems are the same.