my iMac Pro issues

The **** goes on!
1. High Sierra Combo Update: The current version of High Sierra on my iMac Pro is 10.13.3. (17D2102). I've downloaded the update from here Download macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 Update for iMac Pro but wasn't able to install. The error message means, the target drive must be formatted with APFS. Have a look to the information of that drive: It is APFS formatted!!!
2. Creating an USB boot stick: I've tried to download High Sierra from the App Store. But App Store tells me that the version already installed is newer than the one in App Store, so no download possible!

In a nutshell: No update, no boot stick! Great job, Apple!

@seventy one:

1.) I won't return the device, because on all the problems I have, I'm not alone! So it seems that my iMac Pro is faulty, but there're several general issues with this new device. Fortunately I don't discovered all the problems, others are reporting (as looping during normal boot etc.) I hope that Apple will come up with some piece of software (macOS or firmware) to overcome all the problems. Otherwise they'll receive a lot of delivered iMac Pros in their stores...
2.) Thanks for the hint with the different methode to reset the SMC. But is such information also available for other options (e.g. that startup manager is reached as I described above)?

@CountryGirl56: You've wrote "... in the case of iMac Pros, the USB stick would have to have an iMac Pro version of High Sierra." Does that mean when downloading High Sierra from the App Store with an iMac Pro that's a different version as I would download with my MacBookAir? That would be a pitty because up to now I thought, if I would have a bootable USB stick with macOS on it, it would be fine for all Macs...

Hi countrygirl, how to post a report here? I transfered as PDF and RTF, but I can't move the files into the post. Here's my eMail adress: ********
Please write to that one and I'll answer with the report attached...

@smokerz: Thanks for your reply. But what you wrote on #2, I don't understand. Can't fetch the reason why the startup keys on a pro are different...

@countrygirl: Ok, hope it will work now. Here's the report:

EtreCheck version: 4.1 (4A162)

Report generated: 2018-03-02 05:05:19

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 2:29

Performance: Excellent

Problem: No problem - just checking

Major Issues: None

Minor Issues:

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

Unsigned files - There is unsigned software installed. It appears to be legitimate but should be reviewed.

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

Hardware Information:

iMac Pro (2017)

iMac Pro Model: iMacPro1,1

1 3,2 GHz Intel Xeon W (W-2140B) CPU: 8-core

32 RAM Upgradeable

NODE 1/CPU1_DIMM_A0

8 GB DDR4 2666 ok

NODE 1/CPU1_DIMM_B0

8 GB DDR4 2666 ok

NODE 1/CPU1_DIMM_C0

8 GB DDR4 2666 ok

NODE 1/CPU1_DIMM_D0

8 GB DDR4 2666 ok

Video Information:

Radeon Pro Vega 56 - VRAM: 8 GB

iMac 5120 x 2880

Drives:

disk0 - APPLE SSD AP1024M 1.00 TB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

Internal PCI-Express 8.0 GT/s x4 NVM Express

disk0s1 - EFI [EFI] 315 MB

disk0s2 1.00 TB

disk1s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) 1.00 TB 53.84 GB

disk1s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] 1.00 TB 50 MB

disk1s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] 1.00 TB 1.03 GB

disk1s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] 1.00 TB 17.18 GB

disk2 - C400-MTFDDAK512MAM 512.11 GB (Solid State - TRIM: No)

External Thunderbolt 6 Gigabit Serial ATA

disk2s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB

disk2s2 [RAID Member] 511.77 GB

disk2s3 - B******X (HFS+) [Recovery] 134 MB

disk3 - C400-MTFDDAK512MAM 512.11 GB (Solid State - TRIM: No)

External Thunderbolt 6 Gigabit Serial ATA

disk3s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB

disk3s2 [RAID Member] 511.77 GB

disk3s3 - B******X (HFS+) [Recovery] 134 MB

disk5 - LaCie 2big v2 THB USB3 Raid 1 8.00 TB (Mechanical)

External Thunderbolt 6 Gigabit Serial ATA

disk5s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB

disk5s2 - L************B (Journaled HFS+) 8.00 TB

Mounted Volumes:

disk1s1 - Macintosh HD 1.00 TB (927.93 GB free)

APFS

Mount point: /

Encrypted

disk1s4 - VM [APFS VM] 1.00 TB (927.93 GB free)

APFS

Mount point: /private/var/vm

Encrypted

disk4 - L**********B [RAID Set] 1.02 TB (931.41 GB free)

Journaled HFS+

Mount point: /Volumes/L**********B

disk5s2 - L************B 8.00 TB (4.07 TB free)

Journaled HFS+

Mount point: /Volumes/L************B

Network:

Interface en0: Ethernet

One IPv4 address

Interface en1: Wi-Fi

802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

One IPv4 address

Interface en7: Bluetooth PAN

Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge

iCloud Quota: 43.08 GB available

System Software:

macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 (17D2102)

Time since boot: Less than an hour

System Load: 0.91 (1 min ago) 0.93 (5 min ago) 0.53 (15 min ago)

Security:

Unsigned Files:

Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/com.brother.LOGINserver.plist

Executable: /Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities/Server/LOGINserver.app/Contents/MacOS/LOGIN server

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist

Executable: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/SwitchBoard/SwitchBoard.app/Contents/MacOS/launch.switchboard

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

32-bit Applications:

Kernel Extensions:

/Applications/VMware Fusion.app

[Not Loaded] VMwareVMCI.kext (VMware, Inc., 10.1.1)

[Not Loaded] vmioplug.kext (VMware, Inc., 10.1.1)

[Not Loaded] vmnet.kext (VMware, Inc., 10.1.1)

[Not Loaded] vmmon.kext (VMware, Inc., 10.1.1)

/Library/Extensions

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

[Loaded] ufsd_NTFS.kext (Paragon Software GmbH, 15.1.70 - SDK 10.10)

System Launch Agents:

System Launch Daemons:

Launch Agents:

Launch Daemons:

User Launch Agents:

User Login Items:

Dropbox Programm (Dropbox, Inc.

(/Applications/Dropbox.app)

iTunesHelper Programm (Apple, Inc. - installed 2018-02-21)

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

CleanMyMac 3 Menu Programm (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2018-02-11)

(/Applications/CleanMyMac 3.app/Contents/MacOS/CleanMyMac 3 Menu.app)

com.adobe.SwitchBoard.monitor.plist MachInit

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

Internet Plug-ins:

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2018-02-22)

AdobePDFViewer: 10.1.1 (installed 2018-01-30)

3rd Party Preference Panes:

NTFS (installed 2017-12-13)

Time Machine:

Skip System Files: No

Mobile backups:

Auto backup: Yes

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 1.00 TB - Disk used: 72.31 GB

Destinations:

L************B [Local] (Last used)

Total size: 8.00 TB

Total number of backups: 31

Oldest backup: 2018-01-29 07:23:17

Last backup: 2018-03-02 04:59:15

Top Processes by CPU:

Top Processes by Memory:

Top Processes by Network Use:

Top Processes by Energy Use:

Virtual Memory Information:

Diagnostics Information (past 7 days):

2018-03-01 19:07:18 Ultimaker Cura.app Crash

2018-02-25 18:41:45 cloudd Crash

End of report

It seems, I was able to put in the report here...

Greetings from Germany!

Countrygirl, are you doing anything else than answering to my posts? Thank you so much! But uninstalling CMM? It's running on all my other Macs and I never had a problem. And sometimes I really need it. (Some days ago I had > 200.000 files in my bin. Finder wasn't able to finally empty the bin, but CMM did it. And I'm using it sometimes to uninstall something, because CMM is also cleaning the library etc.) I'll think about it.

Btw, where are you located? I guess West coast of the US. So it's evening with you while here (Germany) it's 5:30 am in the morning...