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My Mac Pro is lagging! :(

Hello,


I have NO idea why this is happening but my Mac is really starting to lag, it can be fine for a few minutes or so, then randomly start again. It can be when opening finder, or whilst typing this question!


I saw someone post about doing an EtreCheck and here are the results, I have also ran CleanMyMac and got rid of rubbish!


Hope someone can help!

Thank you!



EtreCheck version: 4.3.4 (4D037)

Report generated: 2018-07-07 22:11:27

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 5:55

Performance: Below Average


Problem: Beachballing


Major Issues:

Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.


No Time Machine backup- Time Machine backup not found.


Minor Issues:

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


High battery cycle count- Your battery may be losing capacity.

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

Corrupt hosts file- Hosts file is corrupt.

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


Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)

MacBook Pro Model: MacBookPro9,2

1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 (i7-3520M) CPU: 2-core

8 GB RAM - At maximum

BANK 0/DIMM0 - 4 GB DDR3 1600 ok

BANK 1/DIMM0 - 4 GB DDR3 1600 ok

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 1186


Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1536 MB

Color LCD 1280 x 800


Drives:

disk0 - Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB 500.11 GB (Solid State - TRIM: No)

Internal SATA 6 Gigabit Serial ATA

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

disk0s2 499.90 GB

disk1s1 - A****w (APFS) 499.90 GB (145.89 GB used)

disk1s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] 499.90 GB (21 MB used)

disk1s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] 499.90 GB (518 MB used)

disk1s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] 499.90 GB (4.29 GB used)


Mounted Volumes:

disk1s1 - A****w 499.90 GB (349.02 GB free)

APFS

Mount point: /


disk1s4 - VM [APFS VM] 499.90 GB (349.02 GB free)

APFS

Mount point: /private/var/vm


Network:

Interface en0: Ethernet

Interface en5: iPad

Interface fw0: FireWire

Interface en1: Wi-Fi

802.11 a/b/g/n

One IPv4 address

4 IPv6 addresses

Interface en4: iPhone

Interface en3: Bluetooth PAN

Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge

iCloud Quota: 2.07 GB available


System Software:

macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 (17F77)

Time since boot: Less than an hour

System Load: 1.85 (1 min ago) 4.07 (5 min ago) 2.58 (15 min ago)


Configuration Files:

/etc/hosts - Count: 0 - Corrupt!


Security:

SystemStatus
GatekeeperMac App Store and identified developers
System Integrity ProtectionEnabled


32-bit Applications:

34 32-bit apps


Kernel Extensions:

/Library/Extensions

[Loaded] Boom2Device.kext (Global Delight Technologies Pvt. Ltd, 1.2 - SDK 10.10)


/System/Library/Extensions

[Loaded] SoundflowerSigned.kext (Corel Inc., 1.6.7 - SDK 10.7)

[Loaded] WondershareAudioDevice.kext (1.5.2)


System Launch Agents:

[Not Loaded]9 Apple tasks
[Loaded]188 Apple tasks
[Running]95 Apple tasks
[Other]One Apple task


System Launch Daemons:

[Not Loaded]37 Apple tasks
[Loaded]186 Apple tasks
[Running]113 Apple tasks


Launch Agents:

[Loaded]com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-04-27)
[Not Loaded]com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (? ffb65062 - installed 2018-05-17)
[Loaded]org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist (Apple Inc. - XQuartz - installed 2016-10-26)
[Not Loaded]com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-06-04)
[Other]com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a2 3d420d.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-02-15)


Launch Daemons:

[Loaded]com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-02-15)
[Running]com.aaa.windscribe.OVPNHelper.plist (Windscribe Limited - installed 2017-11-13)
[Loaded]com.apple.installer.osmessagetracing.plist (Apple - installed 2018-05-30)
[Running]com.adobe.acc.installer.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-04-27)
[Loaded]com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-06-02)
[Loaded]org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist (Apple Inc. - XQuartz - installed 2016-10-26)
[Running]com.adobe.agsservice.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-06-04)
[Loaded]com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Agent.plist (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2018-07-07)
[Loaded]com.zenmate.charon-xpc.plist (ZenGuard GmbH - installed 2016-02-25)
[Loaded]com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-02-15)
[Running]com.adobe.agmservice.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-06-04)
[Loaded]com.ea.origin.ESHelper.plist (EA Swiss Sarl - installed 2018-02-28)


User Launch Agents:

[Loaded]com.spotify.webhelper.plist (Spotify - installed 2018-04-29)
[Loaded]com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2018-05-20)
[Loaded]com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Scheduler.plist (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2018-07-07)
[Not Loaded]com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-06-04)
[Loaded]com.ea.origin.WebHelper.plist (EA Swiss Sarl - installed 2018-03-11)
[Loaded]com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (? 0 - installed 2018-05-17)


Internet Plug-ins:

Unity Web Player: UnityPlayer version 4.6.4f1 (installed 2015-03-30)

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: 3.0.0.126 (installed 2013-02-08)

AdobeAAMDetect: 3.0.0.0 (installed 2018-04-27)

FlashPlayer-10.6: 30.0.0.113 (installed 2018-07-07)

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 17.012.20098 (installed 2018-07-07)

Silverlight: 5.1.50428.0 (installed 2018-07-07)

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2018-07-07)

Flash Player: 30.0.0.113 (installed 2018-07-07)

AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101749:

SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.3.4 (installed 2013-05-10)

AdobePDFViewer: 18.011.20040 (installed 2018-07-07)

CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: 5.2.0 (installed 2015-06-02)

JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 171 build 11 (installed 2018-07-07)


User Internet Plug-ins:

Google Earth Web Plug-in: 7.1 (installed 2018-07-07)


Safari Extensions:

AdBlock.safariextz - BetaFish, Inc. - https://getadblock.com(installed 2018-02-27)
Honey.safariextz - Honey Science Corporation - https://www.joinhoney.com(installed 2018-06-17)
SaveFrom.net helper.safariextz - SaveFrom.net - http://savefrom.net(installed 2018-03-02)


3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player (installed 2018-06-02)

Flip4Mac WMV (installed 2012-09-15)

Java (installed 2018-07-07)


Time Machine:

Time Machine Not Configured!


Top Processes by CPU:

Process (count)Source% of CPULocation
WindowServerApple8
kernel_taskApple2
Adobe (2)?0/Library/Application Support/Adobe
AdobeCRDaemonAdobe Systems, Inc.0
bluetoothdApple0


Top Processes by Memory:

Process (count)SourceRAM usageLocation
kernel_taskApple682 MB
mdworker (12)Apple227 MB
Adobe (2)?156 MB/Library/Application Support/Adobe
mds_storesApple126 MB
FinderApple74 MB


Top Processes by Network Use:

ProcessSourceInputOutputLocation
mDNSResponderApple121 KB68 KB
apsdApple4 KB14 KB
rapportdApple2 KB2 KB
netbiosdApple522 B354 B
SystemUIServerApple0 B64 B


Top Processes by Energy Use:

Process (count)SourceEnergy (0-100)Location
WindowServerApple4
launchdApple0
Adobe (2)?0/Library/Application Support/Adobe
SystemUIServerApple0
AdobeCRDaemonAdobe Systems, Inc.0


Virtual Memory Information:

Available RAM5.23 GB
Free RAM2.68 GB
Used RAM2.77 GB
Cached files2.55 GB
Swap Used0 B


Software Installs (past 30 days):

NameVersionInstall Date
Adobe Flash Player30.0.0.1132018-06-08
The Unarchiver4.0.02018-06-16
MRTConfigData1.352018-06-19
WhatsApp0.2.97392018-07-01
Gatekeeper Configuration Data1462018-07-04


End of report

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), macOS High Sierra (10.13.5)

Posted on Jul 7, 2018 2:37 PM

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Jul 7, 2018 2:41 PM in response to andydrewis

There does not seem to be anything wrong according to the EtreCheck report.


A Troubleshooting Procedure that may Fix Problems with macOS El Capitan or Later

You should try each, one at a time, then test to see if the problem is fixed before going on to the next.


Be sure to backup your files before proceeding if possible.


  1. Shutdown the computer, wait 30 seconds, restart the computer.
  2. Disconnect all third-party peripherals.
  3. Resetting your Mac’s PRAM and NVRAM
  4. Reset the System Management Controller (SMC)
  5. Reset your Startup Disk and Sound preferences.
  6. Start the computer in Safe Mode. Test in safe mode to see if the problem persists, then restart normally. Also, see Use safe mode to isolate issues with your Mac - Apple Support and Playing Safe- what does Safe mode do?.
  7. Use Apple Hardware Test to see if there is any hardware malfunction. How to invoke and interpret the Apple hardware tests - CNET.
  8. Repair the disk by booting from the Recovery HD. Immediately after the chime hold down the Command and R keys until the Utility Menu appears. Choose Disk Utility and click on the Continue button. Select the indented (usually, Macintosh HD) volume entry from the side list. Click on the First Aid button in the toolbar. Wait for the Done button to appear. Quit Disk Utility and return to the Utility Menu. Restart the computer from the Apple Menu.
  9. Repair permissions on the Home folder: Resolve issues caused by changing the permissions of items in your home folder.
  10. Create a New User Account Open Users & Groups preferences. Click on the lock icon and enter your Admin password when prompted. On the left under Current User click on the Add [+] button under Login Options. Setup a new Admin user account. Upon completion log out of your current account then log into the new account. If your problems cease, then consider switching to the new account and transferring your files to it - Transferring files from one User Account to another.
  11. Download and install the OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 Combo Update or 10.12.6 Combo Update or Download macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 Combo Update as needed.
  12. Reinstall OS X by booting from the Recovery HD using the Command and R keys. When the Utility Menu appears select Reinstall OS X then click on the Continue button.
  13. Erase and Install OS X Restart the computer. Immediately after the chime hold down the Command and R keys until the Apple logo appears. When the Utility Menu appears:
  1. Select Disk Utility from the Utility Menu and click on Continue button.
  2. When Disk Utility loads select the drive (out-dented entry) from the Device list.
  3. Click on the Erase icon in Disk Utility's toolbar. A panel will drop down.
  4. Set the Format type to APFS (for SSDs only) or Mac OS Extended (Journaled.)
  5. Click on the Apply button, then wait for the Done button to activate and click on it.
  6. Quit Disk Utility and return to the Utility Menu.
  7. Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Continue button.

14. If none of the above helps then see How to Downgrade macOS High Sierra and macOS Reversion- How to Downgrade from High Sierra.

15. If you get here without success then make an appointment at the Apple Genius Bar for service. If you need to find an Apple Store - Find a Store - Apple.

Ways to help make a slow Mac faster


  1. 17 Reasons Why Your Mac Runs Slower Than it Should
  2. Slow Mac Performance? This Article Solves It!
  3. Fix slow start-ups in OS X | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews
  4. How to fix slow shutdown and startup times. | MacTip.net
  5. 6 Easy Tips to Speed Up OS X Yosemite on Your Mac
  6. OS X El Capitan- If your Mac runs slowly
  7. Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on Performance
  8. Tips to Fix Issues that affect Mac Performance
  9. Avoid using any third-party cleanup software. Usually, this software does more bad than good. You don't need it. All computers become slower over time even under normal use. Experienced users erase the hard drive and do a clean install from scratch from time to time; or whenever installing a major OS upgrade. Doing so means you must maintain regular and multiple backups.
  10. If you have enabled iCloud Disk and are storing your Documents and Data in iCloud, then consider turning that off and signing out of iCloud. It can slow down the computer considerably. Please see the following from the user, fotomac: "The solution was to SIGN OUT of iCloud and my problem STOPPED! NO MORE SPINNING BEACHBALL! My computer's speed increased to what it should be and all my Apps now work!"
  11. Add more RAM or cut back on the number of concurrently running applications and utilities. Remove unnecessary anti-malware software and any software that promises to clean your Mac. Check for runaway processes: Runaway applications can shorten battery runtime, affect performance, and increase heat and fan activity. Also, visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on dealing with The Spinning Beach Ball of Death.
  12. The Ultimate Fix: Backup everything, erase the drive, reinstall OS X, and restore your data from the backup. Reinstall third-party software from original media/scratch.

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