windowserver high cpu + system crashes

my MacBook Pro crashes a few times per day. in safe mode it seems to be better. I noticed in activity monitor that windowserver uses much cpu and memory, also in safe mode. but can't find the cause.


I tried already a lot:

- apple store performed different checks and said the hardware is ok, so it should be a software problem that I should fix myself

- update every time to new OS (now Mojave) and updates

- uninstall many apps

- reinstall OS

- repair disk permissions

- reset PRAM

- mission control - unselect display separate spaces

- display - selection default and scaled

- energy saver - unselect automatic graphic switching

- accessibility - select reduce transparency


who can help me?


here is the etrecheck report:


EtreCheck version: 5.0.2 (5015)

Report generated: 2018-11-10 22:42:26

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 1:25

Performance: Excellent

Sandbox: Enabled

Full drive access: Enabled


Problem: Other problem


Major Issues:

Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.


Time Machine backup out-of-date - The last Time Machine backup is over 10 days old.

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.


Time Machine auto backup disabled - Time Machine auto backups are disabled.

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

Abnormal shutdown - Your machine shut down abnormally.


Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)

MacBook Pro Model: MacBookPro11,5

1 2,5 GHz Intel Core i7 (i7-4870HQ) CPU: 4-core

16 GB RAM - Not upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0 - 8 GB DDR3 1600 ok

BANK 1/DIMM0 - 8 GB DDR3 1600 ok

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 541


Video Information:

AMD Radeon R9 M370X - VRAM: 2048 MB

Color LCD 1680 x 1050

Intel Iris Pro - VRAM: 1536 MB


Drives:

disk0 - APPLE SSD SM0512G 500.28 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

Internal PCI 8.0 GT/s x4 Serial ATA

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

disk0s2 [APFS Container] 500.07 GB

disk1 [APFS Virtual drive] 500.07 GB (Shared by 4 volumes)

disk1s1 - A***************D (APFS) (Shared - 446.29 GB used)

disk1s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared)

disk1s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared)

disk1s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (Shared - 1.07 GB used)


Mounted Volumes:

disk1s1 - A***************D 500.07 GB (50.41 GB free)

APFS

Mount point: /


disk1s4 - VM [APFS VM] (Shared - 1.07 GB used)

APFS

Mount point: /private/var/vm


Network:

Interface en0: Wi-Fi

802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

Interface en4: iPhone

Interface en3: Bluetooth PAN

Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge


System Software:

macOS Mojave 10.14.1 (18B75)

Time since boot: About an hour


Security:

SystemStatus
GatekeeperEnabled
System Integrity ProtectionEnabled


Kernel Extensions:

/Library/Application Support/Citrix Receiver

CitrixGUSB.kext (Citrix Systems, Inc., 18.9.0 - SDK 10.9)


/Library/Extensions

Soundflower.kext (2.0b2 - SDK 10.10)


System Launch Agents:

[Not Loaded]16 Apple tasks
[Loaded]191 Apple tasks
[Running]92 Apple tasks


System Launch Daemons:

[Not Loaded]39 Apple tasks
[Loaded]191 Apple tasks
[Running]105 Apple tasks


Launch Agents:

[Not Loaded]com.microsoft.update.agent.plist (? 5cdbb3ff - installed 2018-06-23)
[Not Loaded]com.citrix.ServiceRecords.plist (? 8e6543d - installed 2018-09-21)
[Not Loaded]com.citrix.ReceiverHelper.plist (? 651dd29e - installed 2018-09-21)
[Not Loaded]com.citrix.AuthManager_Mac.plist (Citrix Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-09-21)


Launch Daemons:

[Not Loaded]com.citrix.ctxusbd.plist (Citrix Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-09-21)
[Not Loaded]com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-07-12)
[Not Loaded]com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2018-06-23)
[Not Loaded]com.apple.installer.osmessagetracing.plist (Apple - installed 2018-10-24)
[Not Loaded]com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Agent.plist (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2018-10-30)
[Not Loaded]com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-07-12)


User Launch Agents:

[Not Loaded]com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent.plist (Dropbox, Inc. - installed 2018-11-01)


User Login Items:

CleanMyMac 3 Menu.app (MacPaw Inc. - installed 2018-09-25)

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

Dropbox.app (Dropbox, Inc. - installed 2018-11-08)

(/Applications/Dropbox.app)


Internet Plug-ins:

FlashPlayer-10.6: 29.0.0.171 (installed 2018-06-21)

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2018-11-07)

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 17.012.20098 (installed 2018-10-30)

AdobePDFViewer: 19.008.20080 (installed 2018-10-30)

Flash Player: 29.0.0.171 (installed 2018-06-21)

CitrixICAClientPlugIn: 18.9.0 (installed 2018-10-06)

Silverlight: 5.1.50901.0 (installed 2018-09-30)


User Internet Plug-ins:

ZoomUsPlugIn: 4.1.19666.0122 (installed 2018-01-30)


Safari Extensions:

1Password - App Store (installed 2018-09-27)


3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player (installed 2018-04-29)


Time Machine:

Skip System Files: No

Mobile backups:

Auto backup: No

Volumes being backed up:

A***************D: Disk size: 500.07 GB - Disk used: 449.66 GB

Destinations:

D**a [Network] (Last used)

Total size: 997.71 GB

Total number of backups: 25

Oldest backup: 2017-12-30 13:18:53

Last backup: 2018-10-30 23:46:11


Performance:

System Load: 1.60 (1 min ago) 1.56 (5 min ago) 1.65 (15 min ago)

Nominal I/O speed: 0.87 MB/s

File system: 18.26 seconds

Write speed: 690 MB/s

Read speed: 1966 MB/s


CPU Usage:

TypeOverallIndividual cores
System1 %2 %0 %1 %0 %1 %0 %1 %0 %
User1 %6 %0 %2 %0 %1 %0 %1 %0 %
Idle98 %92 %99 %97 %99 %98 %100 %99 %99 %


Top Processes by CPU:

Process (count)SourceCPULocation
Other processes?10.15 %
EtreCheckApp Store4.76 %
Activity MonitorApple1.42 %
SystemUIServerApple0.04 %
SafariCloudHistoryPushAgentApple0.03 %


Top Processes by Memory:

Process (count)SourceRAM usageLocation
EtreCheckApp Store435 MB
FinderApple167 MB
Activity MonitorApple107 MB
DockApple86 MB
AppleSpellApple73 MB


Top Processes by Network Use:

ProcessSourceInputOutputLocation
mDNSResponderApple34 KB25 KB
apsdApple5 KB7 KB
netbiosdApple810 B558 B
SystemUIServerApple0 B64 B
tccdApple0 B0 B


Virtual Memory Information:

Available RAM13.09 GB
Free RAM11.13 GB
Used RAM2.91 GB
Cached files1.96 GB
Swap Used0 B


Software Installs (past 30 days):

NameVersionInstall Date
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (19.008.20080)19.008.200802018-10-30
Gatekeeper Configuration Data1562018-11-01
1Password 77.2.12018-11-08
EtreCheck5.0.22018-11-10


Clean up:

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.citrix.ServiceRecords.plist

/usr/local/libexec/ServiceRecords.app/Contents/MacOS/ServiceRecords

Executable not found

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.microsoft.update.agent.plist

/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft AU Daemon.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft AU Daemon

Executable not found

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.citrix.ReceiverHelper.plist

/usr/local/libexec/ReceiverHelper.app/Contents/MacOS/ReceiverHelper

Executable not found


Diagnostics Information (past 7 days):

2018-11-10 21:27:54 Last Shutdown Cause: 3 - Hard shutdown


2018-11-10 16:47:17 Kernel Panic (47 times)



End of report

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), macOS Mojave (10.14.1)

Posted on Nov 10, 2018 1:57 PM

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