iMac slow down after 4 wonderful years

Good points! Growl & Memory Clean are gone. Dropbox I use extensively for clients and my own use. That one stays as is. 16 GB RAM has shipped and on the way. There is QuicKeys by Startly (the one you mention, I think) and QuickKey by LittleFin LLC (the one I use). Additionally in late 90's and early 00's I had QuicKeys by CE Software. I looked at Keyboard Maestro. Many, many features! Thank you again.

Have a nice day!

Good points! Thank you. I'll check out each one.

Thank you for your thoughts and suggestions. I'm on track and still working on the situation. Nothing wrong with storage, RAM, hardware, MacOS, applications, and backups. Doing full erasure and reinstall from bootable USB drive to my MacBook as a guinea pig first, then the more critically important iMac.

Thanks for your note!

Plenty of HD space––not a problem

MacOS 10.3.2 (It was in my message)

What is 'cleaning' or AV software. Can you be more specific what you mean, please

What is your source or basis for the statement Cocktail is no longer necessary? I'd like to read the original material and read it for myself

Stay well!

Thank you.

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EtreCheck version: 4.1.4 (4A203)

Report generated: 2018-04-10 15:55:32

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Runtime: 5:26

Performance: Below Average

Problem: Computer is too slow

Description:

After 4+ years, my iMac has noticeably slowed down: ordinary screen and display functions take longer. I suspect an over accumulation of junk, cruft, and files.

Major Issues:

Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.

Kernel panics - This system has experienced kernel panics. This could be a sign of hardware failure.

Minor Issues:

These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems.

Clean up - There are orphan files that could be removed.

Unsigned files - There is unsigned software installed. They appear to be legitimate but should be reviewed.

System modifications - There are a large number of system modifications running in the background.

Low performance - EtreCheck report took over 5 minutes to run. This is unusual.

32-bit Apps - This machine has 32-bits apps that may have problems in the future.

Hardware Information:

iMac (27-inch, Late 2013)

iMac Model: iMac14,2

1 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7 (i7-4771) CPU: 4-core

8 GB RAM Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 ok

BANK 0/DIMM1

Empty

BANK 1/DIMM1

Empty

Video Information:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M - VRAM: 4 GB

iMac 2560 x 1440

Drives:

disk0 - APPLE SSD SD0128F 121.33 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

Internal PCI 5.0 GT/s x2 Serial ATA

disk0s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB

disk0s2 [Core Storage Container] 120.99 GB

disk2 - Macintosh HD (Journaled HFS+) [Fusion Drive] 1.11 TB

disk0s3 - B*******X [Recovery] 134 MB

disk1 - APPLE HDD ST1000DM003 1.00 TB (Mechanical)

Internal SATA 3 Gigabit Serial ATA

disk1s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB

disk1s2 [Core Storage Container] 999.35 GB

disk2 - Macintosh HD (Journaled HFS+) [Fusion Drive] 1.11 TB

disk1s3 - Recovery HD (HFS+) [Recovery] 650 MB

Mounted Volumes:

disk2 - Macintosh HD [Fusion Drive] 1.11 TB (333.54 GB free)

Journaled HFS+

Mount point: /

disk4s2 - T******************s 2.00 TB (325.27 GB free)

Case-sensitive Journaled HFS+

Mount point: /Volumes/T******************s

Network:

Interface en0: Ethernet

Interface en5: iPhone

Interface fw0: Thunderbolt FireWire

Interface en1: Wi-Fi

802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

One IPv4 address

Interface en4: Bluetooth PAN

Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge

iCloud Quota: 44.82 GB available

System Software:

macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 (17D47)

Time since boot: About 8 hours

System Load: 2.16 (1 min ago) 1.69 (5 min ago) 1.61 (15 min ago)

Security:

Unsigned Files:

Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.cardscan.cardscan.plist

Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.cardscan.cardscan

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.amazon.music.startup.plist

Executable: /Applications/Amazon Music.app/Contents/MacOS/Amazon Music

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/com.maintain.ShutDown.plist

Executable: /usr/bin/osascript -e delay 3 -e try -e do shell script "killall Cocktail" -e end try -e ignoring application responses -e try -e tell application "System Events" to shut down -e end try -e end ignoring

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/com.maintain.Sleep.plist

Executable: /usr/bin/osascript -e delay 3 -e try -e do shell script "killall Cocktail" -e end try -e ignoring application responses -e try -e tell application "System Events" to sleep -e end try -e end ignoring

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/com.maintain.Restart.plist

Executable: /usr/bin/osascript -e delay 3 -e try -e do shell script "killall Cocktail" -e end try -e ignoring application responses -e try -e tell application "System Events" to restart -e end try -e end ignoring

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.amazon.music.plist

Executable: /Applications/Amazon Music.app/Contents/MacOS/Amazon Music Helper

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/info.lokiware.attachmenttamer.cleanup.plist

Executable: /bin/sh -c m=~/Library/Mail s="$m/Attachment Tamer" b="$m/Bundles/Attachment Tamer.mailbundle" p=info.lokiware.attachmenttamer /bin/[ -L "$b" && rm "$b" /bin/[ ! -e "$b" && { /bin/rm ~/Library/LaunchAgents/$p.*; /bin/rm "$m/.$p".*; /bin/rm -r "$s"; /bin/launchctl remove $p.cleanup; }

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.maintain.CocktailScheduler.plist

Executable: /usr/bin/osascript -e try -e set schedulerOwner to do shell script "defaults read /Library/'Application Support'/Cocktail/Scheduler.plist SchedulerOwner" -e do shell script "users" -e if the result contains schedulerOwner then -e do shell script "/bin/sh /Library/'Application Support'/Cocktail/Scheduler.sh" -e end if -e end try

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/com.maintain.LogOut.plist

Executable: /usr/bin/osascript -e delay 3 -e try -e do shell script "killall Cocktail" -e end try -e ignoring application responses -e try -e tell application "System Events" to log out -e end try -e end ignoring

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

32-bit Applications:

44 32-bit apps

Kernel Extensions:

/Applications/Little Snitch/Little Snitch Installer.app

[Loaded] LittleSnitch.kext (Objective Development Software GmbH, 4.0.5 - SDK 10.11)

/Library/Extensions

[Not Loaded] LogitechHIDDevices.kext (3.9.1 - SDK 10.8)

/System/Library/Extensions

[Not Loaded] AmbrosiaAudioSupport.kext (4.1.2 - SDK 10.7)

[Not Loaded] LogitechUnifying.kext (1.3.0 - SDK 10.6)

System Launch Agents:

System Launch Daemons:

Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

User Launch Agents:

User Login Items:

PopClip Application (Mac App Store

(/Applications/PopClip.app)

Characters Application (Mac App Store

(/Applications/Characters.app)

Growl Application (Mac App Store

(/Applications/Growl.app)

Mail Application (Apple, Inc.

(/Applications/Mail.app)

Default Folder X Application (St. Clair Software

(/Applications/DefaultFolderX/Default Folder X.app)

Safari Application (Apple, Inc.

(/Applications/Safari.app)

Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 Application

(/Applications/Adobe Photoshop CC 2018/Adobe Photoshop CC 2018.app)

CopyPaste Pro Application

(/Applications/CopyPaste Pro.app)

Dropbox Application (Dropbox, Inc.

(/Applications/Dropbox.app)

File Multi Tool 6 Application (Mac App Store

(/Applications/File Multi Tool 6.app)

Mail Application (Apple, Inc.

(/Applications/Mail.app)

QuickKeyLaunchHelper SMLoginItem (Mac App Store - installed 2018-03-30)

(/Applications/QuickKey.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/QuickKeyLaunchHelper.ap p)

Flume Helper SMLoginItem (Rafif Yalda - installed 2017-11-22)

(/Applications/Flume.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/Flume Helper.app)

GrowlLauncher SMLoginItem (Mac App Store - installed 2016-03-01)

(/Applications/Growl.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/GrowlLauncher.app)

PhotoStreamAgent SMLoginItem (Mac App Store - installed 2015-11-10)

(/Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/PhotoStreamAgent.app)

CIJSUAgent SMLoginItem (Canon Inc. - installed 2018-01-27)

(/Applications/Canon Utilities/IJ Scan Utility/Canon IJ Scan Utility2.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/CIJSUAgent.app)

Internet Plug-ins:

Silverlight: 5.1.50709.0 (installed 2017-02-08)

FlashPlayer-10.6: 29.0.0.140 (installed 2018-04-10)

Flash Player: 29.0.0.140 (installed 2018-04-10)

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2018-01-14)

AdobeAAMDetect: 3.0.0.0 (installed 2018-02-20)

User Internet Plug-ins:

CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: 1.0.105 (installed 2013-04-25)

Safari Extensions:

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player (installed 2018-03-26)

Logitech Control Center (installed 2014-07-21)

MouseLocator (installed 2006-03-30)

Time Machine:

Skip System Files: No

Mobile backups: No

Auto backup: Yes

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 1.11 TB - Disk used: 780.61 GB

Destinations:

D**a [Network] (Last used)

Total size: 2.00 TB

Total number of backups: 196

Oldest backup: 2014-06-09 08:26:44

Last backup: 2018-04-10 15:48:41

Top Processes by CPU:

Top Processes by Memory:

Top Processes by Network Use:

Top Processes by Energy Use:

Virtual Memory Information:

Software Installs (past 30 days):

Clean up:

~/Library/LaunchAgents/info.lokiware.attachmenttamer.setupagent.plist

~/Library/Mail/Bundles/Attachment Tamer.mailbundle/Contents/Resources/Attachment Tamer Setup Agent

Executable not found

Diagnostics Information (past 7 days):

2018-04-10 07:39:30 Last Shutdown Cause: 0 - Power loss (once)

2018-04-06 07:24:00 Adobe CEF Helper.app Crash (3 times)

2018-04-05 14:32:01 Adobe Photoshop CC 2018.app CPU (4 times)

2018-04-01 11:03:13 Kernel Kernel Panic (2 times)

End of report

Thank you again for your thoughts and advice. I followed your excellent suggestion to search the forum for cleaning apps, specifically Cocktail. After reading the 12th message thread and finding nothing but hearsay and unsubstantiated advice to get rid of it, I concluded in the absence of anything factual and verifiable, I'll keep it. Such is the power of urban rumor and repetition from one person to another. I've had it since 2004 or so (previous Macs). I had it 4+ years ago when there was no slow down problem. Also, the number of login items has no effect on the Mac speed throughout the day––it only affects the length of login itself. Login time is not part of the slow down problem I described. Keep working at it!