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photos keeps crashing

Hi all,


I've not been able to use Photos since High Sierra.

Unfortunately, Photos keeps crashing every time I change my library (e.g., add new pictures, add names to faces, etc...).

I've tried to erase my current photo library and create a new one. Nothing changed.

Photos is so unstable that it is unusable. I keep reporting all of the crashes I had for months, but nothing changed.

I'm using Photos from MacBook pro 2015 and I'm not using the cloud.


Any suggestions?


Thanks,

Simone

MacBook Pro with Retina display, MacOs 10.13.4

Posted on Apr 21, 2018 10:08 AM

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3 replies

Apr 21, 2018 11:57 AM in response to Old Toad

Thanks, I wasn't aware of Etrecheck.

Next is the report.

Do you have suggestions for the next steps ?


EtreCheck version: 4.2.1 (4C020)

Report generated: 2018-04-21 13:33:40

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 3:56

Performance: Good


Problem: Apps are crashing

Description:

Photos keeps crashing


Major Issues:

Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.


Heavy CPU usage - Some processes are using an unusually high amount of CPU.


Minor Issues:

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


Heavy RAM usage - This machine is using a large amount of RAM.

Apps crashing - There have been numerous app crashes.

Unsigned files - There is unsigned software installed. They appear 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, Early 2015)

MacBook Pro Model: MacBookPro12,1

1 3.1 GHz Intel Core i7 (i7-5557U) CPU: 2-core

16 GB RAM Not upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0 - 8 GB DDR3 1867 ok

BANK 1/DIMM0 - 8 GB DDR3 1867 ok

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 466


Video Information:

Intel Iris Graphics 6100 - VRAM: 1536 MB

Color LCD


Drives:

disk0 - APPLE SSD SM1024G 1.00 TB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

Internal PCI 5.0 GT/s x4 Serial ATA

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

disk0s2 () 1.00 TB

disk1s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) 1.00 TB (453.17 GB used)

disk1s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] 1.00 TB (20 MB used)

disk1s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] 1.00 TB (518 MB used)

disk1s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] 1.00 TB (3.22 GB used)


Mounted Volumes:

disk1s1 - Macintosh HD 1.00 TB (543.21 GB free)

APFS

Mount point: /


disk1s4 - VM [APFS VM] 1.00 TB (543.21 GB free)

APFS

Mount point: /private/var/vm


disk2s2 - T******************s 2.00 TB (575.15 GB free)

Case-Sensitive Journaled HFS+

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


Network:

Interface en4: Thunderbolt Ethernet

Interface en0: Wi-Fi

802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

One IPv4 address

2 IPv6 addresses

Interface en3: Bluetooth PAN

Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge


System Software:

macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 (17E199)

Time since boot: About 3 days

System Load: 2.18 (1 min ago) 2.11 (5 min ago) 2.02 (15 min ago)


Security:

SystemStatus
GatekeeperMac App Store and identified developers
System Integrity ProtectionEnabled


Unsigned Files:

Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist

Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper

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

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist

Executable: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/steamclean

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.virtualbox.startup.plist

Executable: /Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/LaunchDaemons/VirtualBoxStartup.sh restart

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK


32-bit Applications:

69 32-bit apps


Kernel Extensions:

/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox

[Loaded] VBoxDrv.kext (Oracle America, Inc., 5.1.4)

[Loaded] VBoxNetAdp.kext (Oracle America, Inc., 5.1.4)

[Loaded] VBoxNetFlt.kext (Oracle America, Inc., 5.1.4)

[Loaded] VBoxUSB.kext (Oracle America, Inc., 5.1.4)


/Library/Extensions

[Loaded] DisplayLinkDriver.kext (DisplayLink Corp, 3.0.0 (79478) - SDK 10.9)


/System/Library/Extensions

[Not Loaded] CUSBInterface.kext (2.0.2)


System Launch Agents:

[Not Loaded] 8 Apple tasks
[Loaded] 161 Apple tasks
[Running] 123 Apple tasks
[Other] One Apple task


System Launch Daemons:

[Not Loaded] 34 Apple tasks
[Loaded] 171 Apple tasks
[Running] 131 Apple tasks


Launch Agents:

[Running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-02-20)
[Loaded] com.microsoft.update.agent.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2018-04-11)
[Not Loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (? ffb65062 - installed 2018-01-06)
[Loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist (Apple Inc. - XQuartz - installed 2016-10-26)
[Running] com.displaylink.useragent.plist (? 634b9508 - installed 2017-02-09)
[Loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2018-02-03)
[Not Loaded] com.displaylink.useragent-prelogin.plist (? fd7d3eb2 - installed 2017-02-09)
[Loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (? bc2b71fe - installed 2018-03-28)
[Other] com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a2 3d420d.plist (? ed2af8df - installed 2018-01-06)


Launch Daemons:

[Loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (? 1574c81e - installed 2018-01-06)
[Loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2018-04-11)
[Not Loaded] org.virtualbox.startup.plist (? 700b9385 - installed 2016-08-22)
[Running] com.adobe.acc.installer.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-04-21)
[Loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (? 6d8cb30e - installed 2012-11-05)
[Loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (? e3fefdd2 - installed 2018-03-28)
[Loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist (Apple Inc. - XQuartz - installed 2016-10-26)
[Running] com.adobe.agsservice.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-02-06)
[Loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist (? d94017c4 - installed 2018-01-06)
[Running] com.displaylink.displaylinkmanager.plist (? a65a6fcd - installed 2017-02-09)
[Loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2018-03-05)
[Loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist (? 689758eb - installed 2015-07-01)


User Launch Agents:

[Loaded] com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent.plist (Dropbox, Inc. - installed 2018-04-12)
[Loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist (? 0 - installed 2016-02-03)
[Not Loaded] org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist (Oracle America, Inc. - installed 2016-08-22)
[Loaded] com.skype.skype.shareagent.plist (Skype Communications S.a.r.l - installed 2018-04-18)
[Loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (? 0 - installed 2018-01-06)


User Login Items:

AdobeResourceSynchronizer Application (Adobe Systems, Inc.

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

Backup and Sync from Google Application (Google, Inc.

(/Applications/Backup and Sync.app)

Terminal Application (Apple

(/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)

Microsoft Outlook Application (Microsoft Corporation

(/Applications/Microsoft Outlook.app)

Music Manager Application (?

(~/Library/PreferencePanes/MusicManager.prefPane/Contents/Helpers/MusicManagerH elper.app)


Internet Plug-ins:

AdobeExManDetect: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 (installed 2018-01-06)

AdobeAAMDetect: 3.0.0.0 (installed 2018-02-20)

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2018-03-30)

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 17.009.20044 (installed 2017-04-04)

AdobePDFViewer: 17.009.20044 (installed 2017-04-04)

SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.7.7 (installed 2017-09-13)

MeetingJoinPlugin: (installed 2017-03-20)

JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 171 build 11 (installed 2018-04-21)


3rd Party Preference Panes:

FUSE (installed 2017-09-21)

Java (installed 2018-04-21)

MusicManager (installed 2015-11-17)

TeXDistPrefPane (installed 2015-10-15)


Time Machine:

Skip System Files: No

Mobile backups: Yes

Auto backup: Yes

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 1.00 TB - Disk used: 457.14 GB

Destinations:

D**a [Network] (Last used)

Total size: 2.00 TB

Total number of backups: 97

Oldest backup: 2017-02-05 15:48:56

Last backup: 2018-04-16 02:12:21


Top Processes by CPU:

Process (count)Source% of CPU
Google Chrome Helper (62)Google, Inc.129
Google ChromeGoogle, Inc.42
WindowServerApple14
kernel_taskApple13
syncdefaultsd (2)Apple9


Top Processes by Memory:

Process (count)SourceRAM usage
Google Chrome Helper (62)Google, Inc.4.42 GB
kernel_taskApple1.57 GB
Microsoft OutlookMicrosoft Corporation404 MB
Slack Helper (4)Slack Technologies, Inc.368 MB
mdworker (19)Apple364 MB


Top Processes by Network Use:

ProcessSourceInputOutput
kernel_taskApple3.50 GB11.31 GB
mDNSResponderApple3 MB1 MB
netbiosdApple354 KB179 KB
SlackSlack Technologies, Inc.358 KB149 KB
SkypeSkype Communications S.a.r.l170 KB206 KB


Top Processes by Energy Use:

Process (count)SourceEnergy usage (0-100)
backupdApple9
diskimages-helperApple3
Google ChromeGoogle, Inc.3
lsd (2)Apple2
WindowServerApple2


Virtual Memory Information:

Available RAM3.69 GB
Free RAM42 MB
Used RAM12.31 GB
Cached files3.65 GB
Swap Used758 MB


Diagnostics Information (past 7 days):

2018-04-21 11:59:29 Photos.app Crash (5 times)

BUG IN CLIENT OF LIBDISPATCH: Use-after-free of dispatch_semaphore_t or dispatch_group_t

2018-04-20 13:01:05 Backup and Sync.app Crash (4 times)

objc_msgSend() selector name: updatePath:withStatus:

2018-04-15 18:05:40 Preview.app Crash (15 times)

objc_msgSend() selector name: respondsToSelector:

Validating menu item 'Yellow' with action @selector(forwardToActionControllerFrom:)


End of report

photos keeps crashing

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