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How to Defrag MacBook

Hello all,


I have a MacBook pro and I've noticed that it has slowed down quite a bit. Is a defrag recommended? If so, I am guessing I need a outside vendors software and if that is the case, does anyone have any recommendations? Or, does anyone have any suggestions for what I can attempt without the defrag to attempt to clean up my MacBook?


Thanks in advance!

Posted on Mar 2, 2018 1:46 PM

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Mar 2, 2018 1:50 PM in response to glexav8tr

No. There is no practical reason to defrag a disk drive in a Mac.


Instead, I suggest you use the program created by Etresoft, a frequent contributor. It will provide a snapshot of your system which we can analyze to possibly determine the cause of your problem. Please use copy and paste as screen shots can be hard to read. On the screen with Options, please open Options and check the bottom 2 boxes before running. Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy to Clipboard” and then paste into a reply. This will show what is running on your computer. No personal information is shown.


Etrecheck – System Information

Mar 2, 2018 3:01 PM in response to Allan Eckert

Allen,


Here is the report minus the one piece of malware/adware they found that I selected to remove.


EtreCheck version: 4.1 (4A162)

Report generated: 2018-03-02 14:48:04

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 3:36

Performance: Good


Problem: Computer is too slow

Description:

The computer is running slow and I do get the beachball more often.


Major Issues:

Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.


Adware - Adware detected.


Minor Issues:

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


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

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:

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)

MacBook Pro Model: MacBookPro11,1

1 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5 (i5-4288U) CPU: 2-core

8 RAM Not upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 ok

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 525


Video Information:

Intel Iris - VRAM: 1536 MB

Color LCD 2560 x 1600


Drives:

disk0 - APPLE SSD SM0512F 500.28 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

Internal PCI 5.0 GT/s x2 Serial ATA

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

disk0s2 500.07 GB

disk1s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) 500.07 GB 373.59 GB

disk1s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] 500.07 GB 22 MB

disk1s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] 500.07 GB 510 MB

disk1s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] 500.07 GB 3.22 GB


Mounted Volumes:

disk1s1 - Macintosh HD 500.07 GB (122.56 GB free)

APFS

Mount point: /

Encrypted


disk1s4 - VM [APFS VM] 500.07 GB (122.56 GB free)

APFS

Mount point: /private/var/vm


Network:

Interface en0: Wi-Fi

802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

One IPv4 address

Interface en3: Bluetooth PAN

Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge

iCloud Quota: 26.07 GB available


System Software:

macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 (17D102)

Time since boot: About 8 days

System Load: 1.84 (1 min ago) 2.16 (5 min ago) 2.46 (15 min ago)


Security:

SystemStatus
GatekeeperMac App Store and identified developers
System Integrity ProtectionEnabled


Adware:

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/yeti.notification.plist

Reason: Adware name match

Executable: /Applications/Yeti.app/Contents/MacOS/Yeti -trigger notification -app_key yeti


Unsigned Files:

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.microsoft.LaunchAgent.SyncServicesAgent.plist

Executable: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/SyncServicesAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/SyncServicesAgent

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist

Executable: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Resources/Helper-Tool

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist

Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist

Executable: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Resources/Java Updater.app/Contents/MacOS/Java Updater -bgcheck

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK


32-bit Applications:

NameVersion
ReadMe(Image Handling Library)2.0.0.1
PhotoStitch Launcher1.2.5.26
Microsoft Document Connection14.7.2
UploaderForCiG1.1.3.11
CameraWindow7.11.0.1
DVD Player5.8
Microsoft Alerts Daemon14.7.2
Falcon_900EX_Rev_59.0.45.0
GoToMeeting v66.4.0.1558
Install4.3.0.256
InkServer10.9
Microsoft Error Reporting2.2.9
Movie Uploader for YouTube1.4.4.25
GoToMeeting v7.0...1848
MovieBinder1.5.0.4
WFTPairing
Open XML for Excel14.7.2
Microsoft Word14.7.2
PhotoStitch3.2.6.28
Creative Cloud Desktop App4.3.0.256
ReadMe(EOS Utility)2.0.0.1
Adobe Application Updater4.3.0.256
Uninstall Product9.0.0.65
Microsoft Chart Converter14.7.2
ColorBrightnessAdjustment Task1.2.0.2
EOS Video Snapshot Task1.2.0.11
Microsoft Database Utility14.7.2
AAM Registration Notifier10.0.0.163
GoToMeeting v6.36.3.1.1468
LevelAdjustment Task1.2.0.2
Microsoft Ship Asserts1.1.4
SLLauncher1.0
ImageBrowser EX1.5.1.7
Microsoft Graph14.7.2
AdobeIPCBroker5.4.0.12
AutoAdjustment Task1.2.0.2
EOS Utility2.13.20
Microsoft Outlook14.7.2
AAMLauncherUtil10.0.0.49
Microsoft Query12.0.0
Remote Desktop Connection2.1.1
Creative Cloud Installer4.3.0.256
IndexPrint Task1.1.0.3
Viewer3.2.6.28
ReadMe(Movie Uploader for YouTube)2.0.0.1
AAM Updates Notifier9.0.0.281
Equation Editor14.2.0
quicklookd325.0
Adobe Flash Player Install Manager28.0.0.161
Microsoft Upload Center14.7.2
Trimming Task1.2.0.2
MovieFrame Task3.3.0.1
ReadMe(AutoUpdateService)2.0.0.1
GoToMeeting v6.46.4.5.1865
ReadMe(ImageBrowser EX)2.0.0.1
ReadMe(MovieEdit Task)2.0.0.1
Microsoft Office Reminders14.7.2
NETGEAR Powerline Utility
MyHarmony1.0.0.97
Uninstaller4.3.0.256
Microsoft Excel14.7.2
PreIBXuist1.5.0.4
Uploader for Facebook1.0.4.25
UpdateChecker2.4.2.5
Adobe Desktop Service4.3.0.256
Adobe Application Manager10.0.0.49
ReadMe(PhotoStitch)2.0.0.1
MFManager1.5.0.4
OnePagePrint Task1.1.0.3
ToneCurveAdjustment Task1.2.0.2
GoToMeeting v6.16.1.2.1312
adobe_licutil10.0.0.119
AmWellVideo9.3.1.4.20161208.1024
ReadMe(EOS Sample Music)2.0.0.1
Microsoft Office Setup Assistant14.2.0
Digital Photo Professional Batch3.13.20
Creative Cloud Uninstaller4.3.0.256
PictureStyleEditor1.13.20
Microsoft Database Daemon14.7.2
Falcon_900B_Rev_79.0.45.0
Digital Photo Professional3.13.20
Solver1.0
Microsoft Messenger8.0.1
RedEyeCorrection Task1.4.0.2
Setup5.0.65.0
MCU2.5.0.2
HP Photo Creations1.0.0.22192
Microsoft Clip Gallery14.7.2
UniversalUninstaller2.5.0.2
My Day14.7.2
SendEmail Task1.2.0.2
SyncServicesAgent14.7.2
UniversalInstaller2.5.0.4
MovieEdit Task4.3.0.4
GarageBand6.0.5
SlideShowViewer1.5.1.7
Office365Service14.7.2
iMovie 9.09.0.9
Sharpness Task1.2.0.2
Microsoft PowerPoint14.7.2
Microsoft Language Register14.7.2
CitrixOnlineLauncher1.0.168
COSY_2_4_4_324.3.0.256
ReadMe(EOS Video Snapshot Task)2.0.0.1
InsertText Task1.2.0.2
FLIR Cloud Client
GoToMeeting v6.26.2.1.1350


Kernel Extensions:

/System/Library/Extensions

[Not Loaded] Seagate Storage Driver.kext (5.2.4 (26840) - SDK 10.4)

/System/Library/Extensions/Seagate Storage Driver.kext/Contents/PlugIns

[Not Loaded] SeagateLeafPowSecDriver_10_4.kext (5.2.4 (26840) - SDK 10.4)

[Not Loaded] SeagateLeafPowSecDriver_10_5.kext (5.2.4 (26840) - SDK 10.5)

[Not Loaded] SeagateDriveIcons.kext (5.2.4 (26840) - SDK 10.4)


System Launch Agents:

[Not Loaded] 8 Apple tasks
[Loaded] 151 Apple tasks
[Running] 131 Apple tasks


System Launch Daemons:

[Not Loaded] 38 Apple tasks
[Loaded] 178 Apple tasks
[Running] 117 Apple tasks


Launch Agents:

[Running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-09-27)
[Not Loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (? ffb65062 - installed 2018-01-24)
[Loaded] com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-01-24)
[Loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (? 952b6798 - installed 2017-12-19)
[Other] com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a2 3d420d.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-02-13)
[Running] com.canon.MFManager.plist (? 8a8296d7 - installed 2015-01-19)


Launch Daemons:

[Loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-02-13)
[Loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2017-04-11)
[Loaded] com.adobe.acc.installer.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-09-27)
[Loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-02-01)
[Loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (? 6d8cb30e - installed 2012-04-02)
[Loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (? e3fefdd2 - installed 2017-12-19)
[Running] com.adobe.agsservice.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-01-24)
[Running] com.fitbit.galileod.plist (Fitbit, Inc. - installed 2017-09-25)
[Loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-02-13)


User Launch Agents:

[Running] com.hp.devicemonitor.plist (HP Inc. - installed 2017-08-29)
[Running] yeti.notification.plist (? 0 - installed 2015-11-02)
[Other] com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist (? 0 - installed )
[Running] com.microsoft.LaunchAgent.SyncServicesAgent.plist (? 0 - installed 2017-02-28)
[Running] com.hp.productresearch.plist (HP Inc. - installed 2017-08-29)
[Loaded] com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-01-24)
[Other] com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist (? 0 - installed )


User Login Items:

AmWellVideo Application

(~/Applications/AmWellVideo.app)

Garmin Express Service Application (Garmin International - installed 2018-02-22)

(/Applications/Garmin Express.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/Garmin Express Service.app)

iTunesHelper Application (Apple, Inc. - installed 2018-01-24)

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

AdobeResourceSynchronizer Application (Adobe Systems, Inc.

(/Applications/Adobe Acrobat DC/Adobe Acrobat.app/Contents/Helpers/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)

Fitbit Connect Menubar Helper Application (Fitbit, Inc. - installed 2017-09-30)

(/Applications/Fitbit Connect.app/Contents/MacOS/Fitbit Connect Menubar Helper.app)

App Store Application (Apple, Inc.

(/Applications/App Store.app)

FLIR Cloud Client Application

(~/Downloads/FLIR Cloud Client.app)

Seagate Dashboard 2.0 Application

(/Applications/Seagate Dashboard 2.0.app)

HP Product Research SMLoginItem (HP Inc. - installed 2017-10-25)

(/Library/Printers/hp/Utilities/HPPU Plugins/ProductImprovementStudy.hptask/Contents/Helpers/HP Product Research Manager.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/HP Product Research.app)

HP Device Monitor SMLoginItem (HP Inc. - installed 2017-10-25)

(/Library/Printers/hp/Frameworks/HPDeviceMonitoring.framework/Versions/1.0/Help ers/HP Device Monitor Manager.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/HP Device Monitor.app)


Internet Plug-ins:

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: 3.3.3.1 (installed 2015-02-02)

nprtAudioVideoPlugin: rtAudioVideoPlugin_x86_64 0.8.878 (installed 2016-09-14)

AdobeAAMDetect: 3.0.0.0 (installed 2017-09-27)

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 17.012.20098 (installed 2018-02-22)

FlashPlayer-10.6: 28.0.0.161 (installed 2018-02-06)

Silverlight: 5.1.30514.0 (installed 2015-01-20)

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2018-01-31)

Flash Player: 28.0.0.161 (installed 2018-02-06)

PepperFlashPlayer: 28.0.0.161 (installed 2018-02-06)

SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.7.2 (installed 2017-03-16)

AdobePDFViewer: 18.011.20035 (installed 2018-02-22)

RL Secure Plug-In Layer: Unknown (installed 2016-12-29)

JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 161 build 12 (installed 2018-01-26)


User Internet Plug-ins:

CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: 1.0.105 (installed 2013-04-25)

UploadManager: Unknown (installed 2014-06-30)

ContentManager: Unknown (installed 2014-06-30)

RocketEngine: Unknown (installed 2014-06-30)


Safari Extensions:

Amazon Assistant for Safari.safariextz - Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/gp/BIT/AmazonAssistant/TOU (installed 2018-02-14)
DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials.safariextz - DuckDuckGo - http://duckduckgo.com (installed 2018-02-11)


3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player (installed 2018-02-01)

Java (installed 2018-01-26)

Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X (installed 2013-12-18)


Time Machine:

Skip System Files: No

Mobile backups:

Auto backup: No

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 500.07 GB - Disk used: 377.50 GB

Destinations:

S***********************e [Local] (Last used)

Total size: 2.00 TB

Total number of backups: 8

Oldest backup: 2016-04-05 00:01:23

Last backup: 2018-03-02 12:39:14


Top Processes by CPU:

Process (count)Source% of CPU
WindowServerApple9
kernel_taskApple5
com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (9)Apple3
AcroCEFAdobe Systems, Inc.2
Fitbit Connect Menubar HelperFitbit, Inc.2


Top Processes by Memory:

Process (count)SourceRAM usage
com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (9)Apple1.12 GB
kernel_taskApple927 MB
SafariApple579 MB
mds_storesApple136 MB
FinderApple102 MB


Top Processes by Network Use:

ProcessSourceInputOutput
mDNSResponderApple30 MB9 MB
netbiosdApple2 MB917 KB
apsdApple38 KB38 KB
com.apple.WebKit.NetworkingApple20 KB6 KB
SystemUIServerApple0 B14 KB


Top Processes by Energy Use:

Process (count)SourceEnergy usage (0-100)
WindowServerApple4
com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (9)Apple2
AcroCEFAdobe Systems, Inc.2
HP Device MonitorHP Inc.1
Seagate Dashboard 2.01


Virtual Memory Information:

Available RAM1.50 GB
Free RAM24 MB
Used RAM6.50 GB
Cached files1.48 GB
Swap Used1020 MB


Software Installs (past 30 days):

NameVersionInstall Date
Pocket1.7.12018-02-07


Clean up:

~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist

~/Library/Application Support/CitrixOnline/GoToMeeting/G2MUpdate

Executable not found

~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc5 6a8fd83a6f7ae.plist

/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/MacOS/Updater/Adobe Reader Updater Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Reader Updater Helper

Executable not found


Diagnostics Information (past 7 days):

2018-02-26 12:05:23 com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64 Crash

Terminating app due to uncaught exception NSInternalInconsistencyException reason: UIT_Picture_NSButton 0x7fd8600c8d90 has reached dealloc but still has a super view. Super views strongly reference their children so this is being over-released or has been over-released in the past.terminating with uncaught exception of type NSExceptionabort called

2018-02-24 05:09:55 loginwindow.app CPU

2018-02-23 17:56:01 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent CPU


End of report

Mar 3, 2018 7:46 AM in response to glexav8tr

You do not appear to have enough real RAM memory for all the things you are choosing to run simultaneously.

Virtual Memory Information:

Available RAM 1.50 GB
Free RAM 24 MB
Used RAM 6.50 GB
Cached files 1.48 GB
Swap Used 1020 MB

any substantial "swap used" indicates that additional needed RAM is being simulated on Disk, which is always slower than real RAM.


You could consider adding more real RAM, or reducing some of you User Login Items that launch when you log in and stay resident. If you take them off that list, they will only launch when needed.


You appear to have several items that may "phone home" across the Internet and use system resources to do so. If you do not need constant access to those, it will be less resource intensive to launch only when needed.

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