I put my Mac to sleep when I'm away from the computer, but when I try to wake it up, it is very slow responding. It takes a while, even if I keep pushing keys to make it wake up.
Is ther a setting that will make this wake-up time faster?
iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.1)
If it’s not the hard disk drive spinning up...
Wake is usually pretty quick, so there may be something happening with the system hardware or its software configuration. There’s no make wake slower (or faster) setting, though.
Can you download and run and post the output of Etrecheck, as that’ll provide an anonymized list of the hardware and software, and might point to a potential trigger...
If it’s not the hard disk drive spinning up...
Wake is usually pretty quick, so there may be something happening with the system hardware or its software configuration. There’s no make wake slower (or faster) setting, though.
Can you download and run and post the output of Etrecheck, as that’ll provide an anonymized list of the hardware and software, and might point to a potential trigger...
I ran etrecheck as you suggested and got a pretty lengthy report, which I cannot understand. I'll try to attache it here for you to read. Sorry, its an .rtf or .pdf file and I see no way to attach it here.
Richard
EtreCheck version: 3.0.6 (315)
Report generated 2016-10-02 08:12:55
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Runtime 2:42
Performance: Excellent
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Problem: No problem - just checking
Description:
overheating and shut-down
Hardware Information: ⓘ
iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2010)
[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]
iMac - model: iMac11,2
1 3.06 GHz Intel Core i3 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]
BANK 0/DIMM0
Empty
BANK 1/DIMM0
Empty
BANK 0/DIMM1
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ⓘ
ATI Radeon HD 4670 - VRAM: 256 MB
iMac 1344 x 756
System Software: ⓘ
OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 (15G1004) - Time since boot: about 3 hours
Disk Information: ⓘ
WDC WD5000AAKS-40V6A0 disk0 : (500.11 GB) (Rotational)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / [Startup]: 498.91 GB (459.53 GB free)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H ()
USB Information: ⓘ
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
HP ENVY 4500 series
Apple Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Gatekeeper: ⓘ
Anywhere
Kernel Extensions: ⓘ
/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.avira.kext.FileAccessControl (1.2.2 - SDK 10.9 - 2016-09-14) [Support]
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.comodo.kext.FileAccessFilter (1.0.0 - SDK 10.5 - 2016-09-14) [Support]
[not loaded] com.virginmobile.driver (v3.0.5 (002) - 2016-09-14) [Support]
[not loaded] com.virginmobile.driver.DisableAutoInstall (v2.0.6 - 2016-09-14) [Support]
/System/Library/Extensions/VirginMobile.kext/Contents/Plugins
[not loaded] com.virginmobile.driver.Data (v3.0.5 (002) - 2012-07-26) [Support]
System Launch Agents: ⓘ
[not loaded] 8 Apple tasks
[loaded] 157 Apple tasks
[running] 74 Apple tasks
System Launch Daemons: ⓘ
[not loaded] 43 Apple tasks
[loaded] 158 Apple tasks
[running] 90 Apple tasks
Launch Agents: ⓘ
[failed] com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a 23d420d.plist (2016-07-13) [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-07-12) [Support]
[failed] com.lexmark.bmlaunchd.plist (2013-04-18)
[failed] com.lexmark.lexnetlaunchd.plist (2013-04-18)
[running] com.motive.userAgent.plist (2013-03-27) [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (2013-11-19) [Support]
[running] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist (2015-07-29) [Support]
Launch Daemons: ⓘ
[loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist (2016-07-13) [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (2016-07-13) [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-08-29) [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (2016-09-02) [Support]
[loaded] com.malwarebytes.HelperTool.plist (2016-06-19) [Support]
[running] com.motive.systemDaemon.plist (2013-03-27) [Support]
[loaded] com.novatelwireless.NvtlServer.plist (2009-09-18) [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (2013-11-19) [Support]
User Login Items: ⓘ
iTunesHelper Application Hidden (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Photo Stream URL SMLoginItem (/Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/PhotoStreamAgent.app)
weatherbugosxhelper SMLoginItem (/Applications/WeatherBug.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/weatherbugosxhelper.a pp)
Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ
MacCouponPrinter3: Unknown (2008-07-24)
Google Earth Web Plug-in: 7.1 (2016-01-11) [Support]
Default Browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-07-26)
npMotive: 1.0.0 - SDK 10.6 (2012-11-15) [Support]
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 15.017.20053 - SDK 10.11 (2016-08-05) [Support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: 23.0.0.162 - SDK 10.9 (2016-09-13) [Support]
Silverlight: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 (2015-01-18) [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-07-26)
Flash Player: 23.0.0.162 - SDK 10.9 (2016-09-13) [Support]
iPhotoPhotocast: 7.0 - SDK 10.7 (2013-07-02)
PepperFlashPlayer: 23.0.0.162 - SDK 10.9 (2016-09-13) [Support]
AdobePDFViewer: 15.017.20053 - SDK 10.11 (2016-08-05) [Support]
CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: Version 1.1.9 - SDK 10.5 (2012-11-14) [Support]
GarminGpsControl: 4.2.0.0 - SDK 10.8 (2014-03-31) [Support]
RL Secure Plug-In Layer: Unknown - SDK 10.5 (2016-09-04) [Support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 101 build 13 (2016-07-21) Check version
User internet Plug-ins: ⓘ
ContentManager: Unknown - SDK 10.5 (2016-09-16) [Support]
RocketEngine: Unknown - SDK 10.5 (2016-09-16) [Support]
UploadManager: Unknown - SDK 10.6 (2016-09-16) [Support]
Safari Extensions: ⓘ
Adblock Plus - Eyeo GmbH - https://adblockplus.org/ (2016-09-26)
3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ
Flash Player (2016-08-29) [Support]
GlimmerBlocker (2016-08-11) [Support]
Java (2016-07-21) [Support]
Time Machine: ⓘ
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ
5% ScreensharingAgent
4% screensharingd
2% WindowServer
2% VNCPrivilegeProxy
1% fontd
Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ
484 MB kernel_task
401 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(2)
356 MB Safari
229 MB node(2)
217 MB mdworker(13)
Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ
128 MB Free RAM
3.87 GB Used RAM (1.05 GB Cached)
0 B Swap Used
Diagnostics Information: ⓘ
Oct 2, 2016, 04:53:26 AM Self test - passed
Oct 1, 2016, 10:56:24 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_2016-10-01-105624_[ redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Details]
/System/Library/StagedFrameworks/Safari/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices /com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
I’d start by removing what looks like three anti-malware packages per the vendors’ documentation, and test again. Comodo, avira, malwarebytes. At most, one. Once this is sorted.
There’s some other odd stuff installed, if that doesn’t resolve the slow restarts.
More memory would help, too.
I’d also enable gatekeeper to the default Apple and identified developers setting, and would not depend on anti-malware detecting problems.
In Energy Saver, are you putting Disks to sleep when possible?
In recent versions of Etrecheck, copy the diagnostic report to the clipboard, and cut-and-paste and post that.
Thanx I think I did it, It is starting right up now.
Sleep mode
