EtreCheckPro version: 6.8.7 (68068) Report generated: 2025-01-08 19:49:59 Download EtreCheckPro from https://etrecheck.com Runtime: 3:46 Performance: Good Problem: Computer is too slow Description: After updating to MAC OS Sequoia my Mac is starting really slow (10-15 minutes). After login Mac is still very slow and not respronding. PCU, network and FD load is always very small Major Issues: None Minor Issues: These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems or opportunities for improvement. Heavy RAM usage - Apps are using a large amount of RAM. Apps crashing - There have been numerous app crashes. Apps with heavy CPU usage - There have been numerous cases of apps with heavy CPU usage. Clean up - There are orphan files that could be removed. Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed. These files could be old, incompatible, and cause problems. They should be reviewed. System modifications - There are a large number of system modifications running in the background. Limited permissions - More information may be available with Full Disk Access. Kernel extensions present - This computer has kernel extensions that may not work in the future. Sharing enabled - This computer has sharing services enabled that could be a security risk. Hardware Information: iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019) Status: Supported iMac Model: iMac19,1 3,1 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5 (i5-8600) CPU: 6-core 64 GB RAM - At maximum BANK 0/ChannelA-DIMM0 - 16 GB DDR4 2667 BANK 1/ChannelA-DIMM1 - 16 GB DDR4 2667 BANK 2/ChannelB-DIMM0 - 16 GB DDR4 2667 BANK 3/ChannelB-DIMM1 - 16 GB DDR4 2667 Video Information: Radeon Pro 575X - VRAM: 4 GB iMac (built-in) 5120 x 2880 Drives: disk0 - APPLE SSD SM0032L 28.00 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes) Internal PCI-Express 8.0 GT/s x2 NVM Express disk0s1 - EFI [EFI] 315 MB disk0s2 [APFS Fusion Drive] 27.69 GB disk4 [APFS Virtual drive] 1.03 TB (Shared by 7 volumes) disk4s1 (APFS) [APFS Container] (11.19 GB used) disk4s1s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) [APFS Snapshot] (11.19 GB used) disk4s2 - Update (APFS) (1 MB used) disk4s3 - M******************n (APFS) [APFS Virtual drive] (511.78 GB used) disk4s4 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (2.38 GB used) disk4s5 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (1.31 GB used) disk4s6 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (1 MB used) disk4s7 - A******************************d (APFS) (944 MB used) disk1 - APPLE HDD ST1000DM003 1.00 TB (Mechanical - 7200 RPM) Internal SATA 6 Gigabit Serial ATA disk1s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB disk1s2 [APFS Fusion Drive] 1000.00 GB disk4 [APFS Virtual drive] 1.03 TB (Shared by 7 volumes) disk4s1 (APFS) [APFS Container] (11.19 GB used) disk4s1s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) [APFS Snapshot] (11.19 GB used) disk4s2 - Update (APFS) (1 MB used) disk4s3 - M******************n (APFS) [APFS Virtual drive] (511.78 GB used) disk4s4 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (2.38 GB used) disk4s5 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (1.31 GB used) disk4s6 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (1 MB used) disk4s7 - A******************************d (APFS) (944 MB used) disk2 - Samsung Portable SSD X5 500.11 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes) External 8.0 GT/s x4 NVM Express disk2s1 - EFI [EFI] 315 MB disk2s2 [APFS Container] 499.79 GB disk3 [APFS Virtual drive] 499.79 GB (Shared by 6 volumes) disk3s1 - M*****D (APFS) (120.17 GB used) disk3s3 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (25 KB used) disk3s4 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (20 KB used) disk3s5 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (3.22 GB used) disk3s6 - Update (APFS) (1.43 GB used) disk3s7 - A******************************d (APFS) (7.55 GB used) Mounted Volumes: disk3s1 - M*****D Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /Volumes/M*****D Owners enabled: No Used: 120.17 GB Shared values Size: 499.79 GB Free: 367.27 GB disk4s1s1 - Macintosh HD [APFS Snapshot] Filesystem: APFS Mount point: / Fusion drive Read-only: Yes Used: 11.19 GB Shared values Size: 1.03 TB Free: 495.55 GB disk4s2 - Update Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/Update Fusion drive Used: 1 MB Shared values Size: 1.03 TB Free: 495.55 GB Available: 520.65 GB disk4s3 - M******************n [APFS Virtual drive] Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/Data Fusion drive Used: 511.78 GB Shared values Size: 1.03 TB Free: 495.55 GB disk4s4 - Preboot [APFS Preboot] Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/Preboot Fusion drive Used: 2.38 GB Shared values Size: 1.03 TB Free: 495.55 GB Available: 520.65 GB disk4s6 - VM [APFS VM] Filesystem: APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/VM Fusion drive Used: 1 MB Shared values Size: 1.03 TB Free: 495.55 GB Available: 520.65 GB disk6s1 - Creedence11M6270.SECUREPKITRUSTSTOREASSETS_SECUREPKITRUSTSTORE_Cryptex Filesystem: APFS Disk Image Mount point: /System/Library/A******2/c*********************************e/p**********o/6********************************************t/.********a Read-only: Yes Size: 4 MB USB: USB 3.1 bus Apple Inc. - FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) USB 3.1 bus Network: Interface en0: Ethernet Interface en1: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Interface en4: iPhone Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge Screen sharing: Enabled Firewall: Blocked apps: Stealth mode: enabled System Software: macOS Sequoia 15.2 (24C101) Time since boot: Less than an hour Security: Gatekeeper: App Store and identified developers System Integrity Protection: Enabled Antivirus software: Apple Screen sharing: Enabled Unsigned Files: Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.teams.TeamsUpdaterDaemon.plist Executable: /Applications/Microsoft Teams classic.app/Contents/TeamsUpdaterDaemon.xpc/Contents/MacOS/TeamsUpdaterDaemon Details: Restrictive config permissions - possibly malware Apps: 8 System Extensions: [Not Loaded] AdBlockVPNMacOSProvider - version 2.1.2 (App Store - installed 2024-01-11) Application: /Applications/AdBlock.app - version 2.1.2 (App Store - installed 2025-01-07) [Removed after restart] VirtualCamera - version 1.1.0 (Casablanca.AI Gmbh - installed 2023-01-25) Kernel Extensions: /Applications/Synology Active Backup for Business Agent.app [Loaded] ActiveBackupKextV2.kext - com.synology.activebackupkext-v2 (1.0 - SDK 12) /Applications/VMware Horizon Client.app [Not Loaded] vmioplug.kext - com.vmware.kext.vmioplug.20.5.0 (20.5.0) /Library/Application Support/VirtualBox [Not Loaded] VBoxDrv.kext - org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (6.1.16) [Not Loaded] VBoxNetAdp.kext - org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (6.1.16) [Not Loaded] VBoxNetFlt.kext - org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (6.1.16) [Not Loaded] VBoxUSB.kext - org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (6.1.16) /Library/Extensions [Not Loaded] CH34xVCPDriver.kext - cn.wch.driver.CH34xVCPDriver (1.0 - SDK 10.9) System Launch Daemons: [Not Loaded] 41 Apple tasks [Loaded] 195 Apple tasks [Running] 170 Apple tasks [Other] 4 Apple tasks System Launch Agents: [Not Loaded] 23 Apple tasks [Loaded] 214 Apple tasks [Running] 209 Apple tasks Launch Daemons: [Loaded] com.BlueStacks.AppPlayer.bstservice_helper.plist (BlueStack Systems, Inc. - installed 2021-05-18) Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.BlueStacks.AppPlayer.bstservice_helper [Running] com.adobe.acc.installer.v2.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2024-09-09) Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.adobe.acc.installer.v2 [Running] com.adobe.agsservice.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2024-10-04) Executable: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/AdobeGCClient/AGSService [Running] com.bombich.ccchelper.plist (Bombich Software, Inc. - installed 2022-01-10) Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.bombich.ccchelper [Running] com.microsoft.OneDriveStandaloneUpdaterDaemon.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2024-12-08) Executable: /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/StandaloneUpdaterDaemon.xpc/Contents/MacOS/StandaloneUpdaterDaemon [Loaded] com.microsoft.OneDriveUpdaterDaemon.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2024-12-08) Executable: /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/OneDriveUpdaterDaemon.xpc/Contents/MacOS/OneDriveUpdaterDaemon [Loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2025-01-06) Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper [Loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2023-10-09) Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper [Loaded] com.microsoft.teams.TeamsUpdaterDaemon.plist (Not signed - installed 2023-10-13) Executable: /Applications/Microsoft Teams classic.app/Contents/TeamsUpdaterDaemon.xpc/Contents/MacOS/TeamsUpdaterDaemon [Not Loaded] com.synology.activebackupagent.plist (Synology Inc. - installed 2025-01-07) Executable: /Applications/Synology Active Backup for Business Agent.app/Contents/Synology Active Backup for Business Daemon.app/Contents/MacOS/synology-backupd [Loaded] com.teamviewer.Helper.plist (TeamViewer GmbH - installed 2021-03-12) Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.teamviewer.Helper [Not Loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist (Not signed - installed 2021-03-12) Command: /Applications/TeamViewer.app/Contents/MacOS/TeamViewer_Service -Module Full [Not Loaded] org.openvpn.client.plist (Not signed - installed 2021-12-08) Executable: /Library/Frameworks/OpenVPNConnect.framework/Versions/Current/usr/sbin/ovpnagent [Not Loaded] org.openvpn.helper.plist (Not signed - installed 2021-12-08) Executable: /Library/Frameworks/OVPNHelper.framework/Versions/Current/usr/sbin/ovpnhelper Launch Agents: [Running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2024-09-09) Command: /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud/ACC/Creative Cloud.app/Contents/MacOS/Creative Cloud --showwindow=false --onOSstartup=true [Running] com.adobe.GC.AGM.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2024-10-04) Command: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/AdobeGCClient/Adobe Genuine Software Monitor Service -mode=logon [Not Loaded] com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2019-08-21) Command: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/AdobeGCClient/agcinvokerutility -mode=logon [Loaded] com.adobe.ccxprocess.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2024-12-05) Command: /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud Experience/CCXProcess/CCXProcess.app/Contents/MacOS/CCXProcess --openAtBoot [Running] com.ecamm.iglasses3agent.plist (Ecamm Network, LLC - installed 2021-03-18) Executable: /Library/Application Support/iGlasses3/iGlasses.app/Contents/MacOS/iGlasses [Loaded] com.microsoft.OneDriveStandaloneUpdater.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2024-12-08) Executable: /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/StandaloneUpdater.app/Contents/MacOS/OneDriveStandaloneUpdater [Loaded] com.microsoft.SyncReporter.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2024-12-08) Executable: /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/SyncReporter.app/Contents/MacOS/SyncReporter [Loaded] com.microsoft.update.agent.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2025-01-06) Command: /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Update Assistant.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Update Assistant --launchByAgent [Not Loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist (Not signed - installed 2021-03-12) Command: /Applications/TeamViewer.app/Contents/MacOS/TeamViewer -RunAsAgent YES [Not Loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist (Not signed - installed 2021-03-12) Command: /Applications/TeamViewer.app/Contents/MacOS/TeamViewer_Desktop -RunAsAgent YES -Module Full User Launch Agents: [Not Loaded] com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2019-08-21) Command: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/AdobeGCClient/agcinvokerutility -mode=scheduled [Not Loaded] com.adobe.ccxprocess.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2025-01-08) Command: /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud Experience/CCXProcess/CCXProcess.app/Contents/MacOS/CCXProcess --openAtBoot [Loaded] com.google.GoogleUpdater.wake.plist (Google LLC - installed 2024-11-21) Command: ~/Library/Application Support/Google/GoogleUpdater/Current/GoogleUpdater.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleUpdater --wake-all --enable-logging --vmodule=*/components/update_client/*=2,*/chrome/enterprise_companion/*=2,*/chrome/updater/*=2 [Not Loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Not signed - installed 2023-12-09) [Not Loaded] com.google.keystone.xpcservice.plist (Not signed - installed 2023-12-09) [Loaded] com.synology.SynologyDrive.plist (Synology Inc. - installed 2025-01-08) Command: /usr/bin/open '/Applications/Synology Drive Client.app' [Loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist (Valve Corporation - installed 2025-01-08) Command: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/steamclean Public User Login Items: [Not Loaded] LaunchAtLoginHelper (App Store - installed 2025-01-07) Modern Login Item /Applications/AdBlock.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/LaunchAtLoginHelper.app [Not Loaded] NewFileMenuLiteLauncher (App Store - installed 2025-01-07) Modern Login Item /Applications/NewFileMenuLite.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/NewFileMenuLiteLauncher.app [Running] OneDrive (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2025-01-07) Application /Applications/OneDrive.app [Not Loaded] Launcher Disabler (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2025-01-07) Modern Login Item /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/Launcher Disabler.app [Not Loaded] OneDrive Launcher (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2025-01-07) Modern Login Item /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/OneDrive Launcher.app [Running] Synology Drive Client (Synology Inc. - installed 2025-01-07) Application /Applications/Synology Drive Client.app [Not Loaded] PasswordsMenuBarExtra (Apple - installed 2024-12-07) Modern Login Item /System/Applications/Passwords.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/PasswordsMenuBarExtra.app [Not Loaded] WeatherMenu (Apple - installed 2024-12-07) Modern Login Item /System/Applications/Weather.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/WeatherMenu.app Applications: 782 Apple apps 119 3rd party apps 54 x86-only apps 8 unsigned apps App Extensions: Plugins: [Loaded] Intents - /Applications/WhatsApp.app Widgets: [Loaded] PowerPointWidgetKit - /Applications/Microsoft PowerPoint.app [Loaded] CalendarWidgetExtension - /Applications/Microsoft Outlook.app [Loaded] WordWidgetKit - /Applications/Microsoft Word.app [Loaded] ExcelWidgetKit - /Applications/Microsoft Excel.app Safari extensions: [Loaded] AdBlock Icon - /Applications/AdBlock.app Notification providers: [Loaded] ServiceExtension - /Applications/WhatsApp.app File providers: [Loaded] Synology Drive - ~/Library/Application Support/SynologyDrive/SynologyDrive.app [Loaded] OneDrive File Provider - /Applications/OneDrive.app Share services: [Loaded] New File Menu Lite - /Applications/NewFileMenuLite.app [Loaded] Spark - /Applications/Spark.app [Loaded] OneNote - /Applications/Microsoft OneNote.app Finder sync extensions: [Loaded] Synology Drive Finder Integration - ~/Library/Application Support/SynologyDrive/SynologyDrive.app/Contents/Resources/FinderHelper.app [Loaded] OneDrive Finder Integration - /Applications/OneDrive.app [Loaded] New File Menu Lite Extension - /Applications/NewFileMenuLite.app [Loaded] Adobe Content Synchronizer Finder Extension - /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Sync/CoreSync/Core Sync.app Ad-blockers: [Loaded] AdBlock Engine - /Applications/AdBlock.app QuickLook Previews: [Loaded] EtreCheckQuickLook - ~/Downloads/EtreCheckPro.app com.etresoft.etrecheck4 *.etrecheck Internet Plug-ins: WebVideoPlugin: 3.0.5.43 (? - installed 2025-01-07) AdobeAAMDetect: 3.0.0.0 (Adobe Inc. - installed 2025-01-07) JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 231 build 11 (? - installed 2025-01-07) Audio Plug-ins: MSTeamsAudioDevice: 2024.28.00.50 (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2024-07-03) CoreMediaIO Plug-ins: iGlasses: 3.5.6 (Ecamm Network, LLC - installed 2025-01-07) 3rd Party Preference panels: Java (? - installed 2019-10-05) Backup: Time Machine information is limited without Full Disk Access Destinations: T****************p [Network] (Last used) 4 local snapshots Oldest local snapshot: 2025-01-07 13:08:04 Last local snapshot: 2025-01-08 11:45:50 One other local snapshot 3rd party backup: Carbon Copy Cloner Performance: System Load: 1.49 (1 min ago) 1.53 (5 min ago) 1.35 (15 min ago) Nominal I/O usage: 13.76 MB/s File system: 18.23 seconds Write speed: 887 MB/s Read speed: 1494 MB/s CPU Usage Snapshot: Type Overall System: 4 % User: 12 % Idle: 84 % Top Processes Snapshot by CPU: Process (count) CPU (Source - Location) EtreCheckPro 33.66 % (Etresoft, Inc.) Finder 22.94 % (Apple) WindowServer 17.64 % (Apple) kernel_task 2.46 % (Apple) coreaudiod 1.90 % (Apple) Top Processes Snapshot by Memory: Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location) com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (10) 2.12 GB (Apple) EtreCheckPro 1.51 GB (Etresoft, Inc.) MTLCompilerService (11) 764 MB (Apple) Creative Cloud UI Helper (Renderer) 647 MB (Adobe Inc.) PaperKitExtension 488 MB (Apple) Top Processes Snapshot by Network Use: Process (count) Input / Output (Source - Location) synology-backupd 1 MB / 512 KB (Synology Inc.) mDNSResponder 1 MB / 158 KB (Apple) apsd 175 KB / 387 KB (Apple) Mail 414 KB / 43 KB (Apple) rapportd 309 KB / 143 KB (Apple) Top Processes Snapshot by Energy Use: Process (count) Energy (0-100) (Source - Location) WindowServer 7 (Apple) Finder 6 (Apple) coreaudiod 1 (Apple) App Store 1 (Apple) Activity Monitor 1 (Apple) Virtual Memory Information: Physical RAM: 64 GB Free RAM: 38.90 GB Used RAM: 15.52 GB Cached files: 9.58 GB Available RAM: 48.48 GB Swap Used: 0 B Software Installs (past 60 days): Install Date Name (Version) 2025-01-07 macOS 15.2 (15.2) 2025-01-07 XProtectPlistConfigData (5284) 2025-01-07 Gatekeeper Compatibility Data (1.0) 2025-01-07 MRTConfigData (1.93) 2025-01-07 XProtectPayloads (149) 2025-01-07 Microsoft Word (16.92.24120731) 2025-01-07 Synology Active Backup for Business Agent (3234) Clean up: [Removed after restart] VirtualCamera - version 1.1.0 (Casablanca.AI Gmbh - installed 2023-01-25) /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist /Applications/TeamViewer.app/Contents/MacOS/TeamViewer_Service Executable not found /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.openvpn.helper.plist /Library/Frameworks/OVPNHelper.framework/Versions/Current/usr/sbin/ovpnhelper Executable not found /Library/LaunchAgents/com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist /Applications/TeamViewer.app/Contents/MacOS/TeamViewer Executable not found /Library/LaunchAgents/com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist /Applications/TeamViewer.app/Contents/MacOS/TeamViewer_Desktop Executable not found /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.openvpn.client.plist /Library/Frameworks/OpenVPNConnect.framework/Versions/Current/usr/sbin/ovpnagent Executable not found Diagnostics Information (past 60 days): 2025-01-08 11:46:33 backupd High CPU Use (3 times) First occurrence: 2025-01-07 13:07:50 Executable: /System/Library/CoreServices/TimeMachine/backupd 2025-01-07 15:02:34 mds_stores High CPU Use (3 times) First occurrence: 2025-01-07 13:51:41 Executable: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Metadata.framework/Versions/A/Support/mds_stores 2025-01-07 13:55:28 Microsoft OneNote Crash Executable: /Applications/Microsoft OneNote.app 2025-01-07 03:07:35 lsd Crash (14 times) First occurrence: 2025-01-07 01:47:09 Executable: /usr/libexec/lsd End of report