Download EtreCheckPro from https://etrecheck.com Runtime: 3:34
Performance: Good
Problem: No problem - just checking
Description:
TextEdit no longer opens files, or they are visible for 1 second, then an empty file is displayed!
This has been happening for a while. Then it works again for a while.
Major Issues:
Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.
Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed that could be malicious and should be reviewed.
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 or opportunities for improv ement.
Apps crashing - There have been numerous app crashes.
Apps with heavy CPU usage - There have been numerous cases of apps with heavy CPU usage. Runaway user process - A user process is using a large percentage of your CPU.
Vintage hardware - This computer may be considered vintage.
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, 2017) Status: Vintage
iMac Model: iMac18,3
3,4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 (i5-7500) CPU: 4-core 24 GB RAM - Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0 - 4 GB DDR4 SO-DIMM 2400 BANK 0/DIMM1 - 4 GB DDR4 SO-DIMM 2400 BANK 1/DIMM0 - 8 GB DDR4 SO-DIMM 2400 BANK 1/DIMM1 - 8 GB DDR4 SO-DIMM 2400
Video Information:
Radeon Pro 570 - VRAM: 4 GB iMac (built-in) 4096 x 2304
Drives:
disk0 - APPLE HDD ST1000DM003 1.00 TB (Mechanical - 7200 RPM) Internal SATA 6 Gigabit Serial ATA
disk0s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB disk0s2 [APFS Container] 1000.00 GB
disk2 [APFS Virtual drive] 1.03 TB (Shared by 6 volumes)
disk2s1 - M******************n (APFS) [APFS Virtual drive] (489.84 GB used) disk2s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (2.22 GB used)
disk2s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (1.16 GB used)
disk2s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (2.15 GB used)
disk2s5 (APFS) [APFS Container] (9.35 GB used)
disk2s5s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) [APFS Snapshot] (9.35 GB used) disk2s6 - Update (APFS) (16 MB used)
disk1 - APPLE SSD SM0032L 28.00 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes) Internal PCI-Express 8.0 GT/s x2 NVM Express
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 disk1s1 - EFI [EFI] 315 MB
disk1s2 [APFS Container] 27.69 GB
Mounted Volumes:
disk2s1 - M******************n [APFS Virtual drive] Filesystem: APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/Data
Used: 489.84 GB
Shared values
Size: 1.03 TB
Free: 518.44 GB Available: 526.44 GB
disk2s2 - Preboot [APFS Preboot] Filesystem: APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/Preboot Used: 2.22 GB
Shared values
Size: 1.03 TB Free: 518.44 GB
disk2s4 - VM [APFS VM]
Filesystem: APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/VM Used: 2.15 GB
Shared values
Size: 1.03 TB Free: 518.44 GB
disk2s5s1 - Macintosh HD [APFS Snapshot] Filesystem: APFS
Mount point: /
Read-only: Yes
Used: 9.35 GB Shared values
Size: 1.03 TB
Free: 518.44 GB Available: 526.44 GB
disk2s6 - Update
Filesystem: APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/Update Used: 16 MB
Shared values
Size: 1.03 TB Free: 518.44 GB
USB:
USB 3.0 bus
Broadcom Corp. - Bluetooth USB Host Controller Apple Inc. - FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) Apple Inc. - Magic Keyboard
USB 3.1 bus <Empty>
Network:
Interface en0: Ethernet Interface en5: HUAWEI_MOBILE Interface en1: Wi-Fi
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
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 Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge Interface en7: iPhone
Printer sharing: Enabled Screen sharing: Enabled
System Software:
macOS Ventura 13.7.2 (22H313) Time since boot: Less than an hour
Security:
Gatekeeper: App Store and identified developers System Integrity Protection: Enabled
Antivirus software: Apple
Printer sharing: Enabled Screen sharing: Enabled
Unsigned Files:
Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.macpaw.CleanMyMac4.Agent.plist
Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.macpaw.CleanMyMac4.Agent Running app: com.macpaw.CleanMyMac4.HealthMonitor
Apps: 6
Kernel Extensions:
/Library/Extensions
[Not Loaded] SONYDeviceType04.kext - com.sony.driver.dsccamDeviceInfo00 (Sony Corporation, 1.4.0.11070
- SDK 10.9)
System Launch Daemons:
[Not Loaded] 36 Apple tasks [Loaded] 199 Apple tasks [Running] 153 Apple tasks [Other] 3 Apple tasks
System Launch Agents:
[Not Loaded] 19 Apple tasks [Loaded] 202 Apple tasks [Running] 177 Apple tasks
Launch Daemons:
[Loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac4.Agent.plist (Not signed - Not found!) Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.macpaw.CleanMyMac4.Agent
User Login Items:
[Not Loaded] FireplaceLiveFreeHelper (App Store - installed 2024-12-09)
Modern Login Item
/Applications/Fireplace live HD free.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/FireplaceLiveFreeHelper.app
[Not Loaded] Mini Diary Login Helper (App Store - installed 2022-06-25)
Modern Login Item
/Applications/Mini Diary.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/Mini Diary Login Helper.app
[Running] Stickies (Apple - installed 2024-11-21) Application
/System/Applications/Stickies.app
Applications:
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 543 Apple apps 108 3rd party apps 77 x86-only apps 6 unsigned apps
App Extensions:
Photo editing extensions:
[Loaded] Affinity Haze Removal - /Applications/Affinity Photo.app [Loaded] Affinity Retouch - /Applications/Affinity Photo.app [Loaded] Affinity Liquify - /Applications/Affinity Photo.app [Loaded] Affinity Develop - /Applications/Affinity Photo.app [Loaded] Edit in Affinity Photo - /Applications/Affinity Photo.app [Loaded] Affinity Miniature - /Applications/Affinity Photo.app [Loaded] Affinity Monochrome - /Applications/Affinity Photo.app
Share services:
[Loaded] Ulysses - /Applications/UlyssesMac.app
QuickLook Previews:
[Loaded] EtreCheckQuickLook - ~/Downloads/EtreCheckPro.app
com.etresoft.etrecheck4 *.etrecheck
[Loaded] Ulysses - /Applications/UlyssesMac.app
com.soulmen.ulysses3.sheet *.ulysses com.soulmen.ulysses3.sheet.compressed *.ulyz com.soulmen.ulysses3.group *.ulgroup com.soulmen.ulysses3.filter *.ulfilter
QuickLook Previews (legacy):
BlackmagicRaw - /Applications/Blackmagic RAW/Blackmagic RAW Player.app
com.blackmagic-design.braw-movie *.braw iBooksAuthor - /Applications/iBooks Author.app
com.apple.ibooksauthor.book *.iba
QuickLook - /Applications/Affinity Designer 2.app
com.seriflabs.affinity.package *.afpackage com.seriflabs.affinitypublisher.document *.afpub com.seriflabs.affinity *.fh10 com.seriflabs.affinity.template *.aftemplate com.seriflabs.affinityphoto.document *.afphoto com.seriflabs.affinitypublisher.book *.afbook com.seriflabs.affinitydesigner.document *.afdesign
Audio Plug-ins:
AppleAES3Audio: 3.0 (? - installed 2025-01-03) AirBeamTVAudio: 2.3 (AirBeamTV BV - installed 2021-09-20)
Backup:
Time Machine information is limited without Full Disk Access Destinations:
1********e [Local] (Last used)
7 local snapshots
Oldest local snapshot: 2025-01-08 10:11:37 Last local snapshot: 2025-01-14 02:03:00
Performance:
System Load: 1.43 (1 min ago) 1.45 (5 min ago) 0.98 (15 min ago) Nominal I/O usage: 6.75 MB/s
File system: 26.82 seconds
Write speed: 880 MB/s
Read speed: 1466 MB/s
CPU Usage Snapshot:
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 Type Overall
System: 13 % User: 13 % Idle: 75 %
Top Processes Snapshot by CPU:
Process (count) CPU (Source - Location) mds 142.68 % (Apple)
mds_stores 44.66 % (Apple)
EtreCheckPro 12.80 % (Etresoft, Inc.) WindowServer 4.54 % (Apple)
kernel_task 3.83 % (Apple)
Top Processes Snapshot by Memory:
Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location) com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (9) 1.69 GB (Apple) EtreCheckPro 776 MB (Etresoft, Inc.) MTLCompilerService (23) 523 MB (Apple)
Safari 187 MB (Apple)
Mail 184 MB (Apple)
Top Processes Snapshot by Network Use:
Process Input / Output (Source - Location) mDNSResponder 597 KB / 466 KB (Apple)
Mail 145 KB / 68 KB (Apple)
AMPDevicesAgent 75 KB / 38 KB (Apple)
apsd 6 KB / 50 KB (Apple) com.apple.WebKit.Networking 19 KB / 16 KB (Apple)
Top Processes Snapshot by Energy Use:
Process (count) Energy (0-100) (Source - Location) mds 15 (Apple)
mds_stores 5 (Apple)
WindowServer 4 (Apple)
launchd 0 (Apple)
fseventsd 0 (Apple)
Virtual Memory Information:
Physical RAM: 24 GB
Free RAM: 13.22 GB Used RAM: 5.87 GB Cached files: 4.90 GB
Available RAM: 18.13 GB Swap Used: 0 B
Software Installs (past 60 days):
Install Date Name (Version)
2024-11-16 1-Click Video Converter (6.3.57) 2024-11-16 GarageBand (10.4.11) 2024-12-18 XProtectPlistConfigData (5284) 2024-12-18 XProtectPayloads (149) 2025-01-01 Brother iPrint&Scan (12.1.0) 2025-01-01 Mobilgerät (1.0.0.0) 2025-01-03 Pro Video-Formate (2.3.2) 2025-01-03 Safari (18.2)
2025-01-03 Ulysses (36.2) 2025-01-03 macOS 13.7.2 (13.7.2)
Diagnostics Information (past 60 days):
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2025-01-14 02:43:26 CleanMyMac X - Crash
2025-01-14 02:43:26 CleanMyMac X Menu - Crash
2025-01-13 10:35:04 knowledge-agent - High CPU Use (5 times) First occurrence: 2025-01-07 11:10:56
Executable: /usr/libexec/knowledge-agent
2025-01-09 14:08:15 TextEdit - Crash (5 times) First occurrence: 2025-01-09 13:51:27 Executable: /System/Applications/TextEdit.app
2025-01-09 12:18:22 signpost_reporter - High CPU Use Executable: /usr/libexec/signpost_reporter
End of report