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How much crud do you have on your Mac?

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My iMac was starting to run a bit sluggish plus I was curious to now what was using up all the memory. In Mavericks, my Memory Pressure bar had gone into amber once but after a restart was back in the green but that bar was gradually thickening up again.

So...where had all the memory gone?

After asking this question on the Apple Community, I was introduced to this cracking little program EtreCheck which runs a load of diagnostics and reports on just how many bits and pieces left over from old programs were being loaded unnecessarily. Now my Mac is running sweet as a nut. Oh, I also ditched Chrome as that was really hammering the memory.
 
Had the same problem last week on my iMac. We also have a back up MacBook Pro so when I googled the problem it came up with three solutions. Clear out your Trash, clear out all your old downloads and reset Safari to bin temporary interweb files, all of which I hadn't done for yonks.
We also had an issue with interweb connection, which wasn't our fault. We lost the signal last week so I called the Virgin technoweenies out, who, to their credit, arrived the next morning. Apparently, they'd changed the cabinet in the adjacent road about 50m from our place and our connection within was literally hanging by a thread...which then broke :cry: Ten minutes for the blokie to put on a new connector and we were back online. He also tested our broadband speed which was 50Megs+ so that's not too shabby either.
Problems sorted - Rob
 
50 meg!!! I think my place in a rural village gets that over about a decade :-)
 
I really do recommend running Etrecheck. You'd be surprised how many launch daemons and various other bits and pieces are still being run even though you ditched the program ages ago.
 
Rod":7d7l1qh2 said:
I use fiplab memory clean

Rod
Click to expand...

Memory clean is nowhere near as comprehensive as EtreCheck. In terms of functionality all memclean does is the equivalent of the terminal purge command.

This is a typical report from EtreCheck

EtreCheck version: 2.5.5 (215)
Report generated 21/10/2015 22:32
Runtime 2:57
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck

Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.

Hardware Information: (What does this mean?)
iMac (24-inch, Early 2009)
[Click for Technical Specifications]
[Click for User Guide]
iMac - model: iMac9,1
1 2.93 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
[Click for upgrade instructions]
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Video Information: (What does this mean?)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 - VRAM: 512 MB
iMac 1920 x 1200

System Software: (What does this mean?)
OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 (13F1112) - Time since boot: about 2 days

Disk Information: (What does this mean?)
WDC WD6400AAKS-40H2B0 disk0 : (640.14 GB) (Rotational)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Snow Leopard (disk0s2) /Volumes/Snow Leopard : 250.00 GB (45.23 GB free)
Mavericks (disk0s3) / : 297.51 GB (77.62 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s4) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB

OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5670S ()

USB Information: (What does this mean?)
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
MediaTek Inc MT1806
OmniFlash UnoMas
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Logitech USB Optical Mouse
Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
harman/kardon SoundSticks
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Firewire Information: (What does this mean?)
WD My Book 800mbit - 800mbit max
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
1TB Drive (disk2s2) /Volumes/1TB Drive : 499.93 GB (286.66 GB free)
Spare (disk2s3) /Volumes/Spare : 499.80 GB (499.35 GB free)

Configuration files: (What does this mean?)
/etc/launchd.conf - File exists but not expected
/etc/hosts - Count: 1

Gatekeeper: (What does this mean?)
Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions: (What does this mean?)
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.ATITechnologiesInc.TVOut (2.6.7d1) [Click for support]

Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.machangout.glims.agent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]

Launch Daemons: (What does this mean?)
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.barebones.bbedit.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.charlessoft.pacifist.helper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.machangout.glims.loader.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.prosofteng.DriveGenius.locum.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.rogueamoeba.instanton-agent.plist [Click for support]

User Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
[running] com.c-command.SpamSieve.LaunchAgent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.shirtpocket.backupbytime.plist [Click for support]

User Login Items: (What does this mean?)
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
SMARTReporter Application (/Applications/SMARTReporter.app)
AliasKeysHelper Application (~/Library/Application Support/AliasKeys/AliasKeysHelper.app)
TextExpander Application Hidden (~/Documents/TextExpander.app)
SoundSource UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)
Rogue Amoeba Schedule Helper Application Hidden (/Library/Application Support/Audio Hijack Pro/Rogue Amoeba Schedule Helper.app)
AdobeResourceSynchronizer Application Hidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
AirDroid Application (/Applications/AirDroid.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Google Drive UNKNOWN (missing value)
SpeechSynthesisServer Application (/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/SpeechSynthesis.framework/Versions/A/SpeechSynthesisServer.app)
fuspredownloader Application Hidden (~/Library/Application Support/.FUS/fuspredownloader.app)

Other Apps: (What does this mean?)
[running] OpenObject.fuspredownloader.82576
[running] [0x0-0x12e12e].com.c-command.SpamSieve
[running] [0x0-0x12f12f].com.c-command.SpamSieveHelper
[running] [0x0-0x2e02e].com.smileonmymac.textexpander.helper
[running] com.etresoft.EtreCheck.161776
[running] com.getdropbox.dropbox.18688
[running] com.qobuz.QobuzDesktop.43504
[running] com.rogueamoeba.ScheduleHelper.82048
[running] com.smileonmymac.textexpander.76064
[running] jp.co.canon.cijscannerregister.96656
[running] net.widemann.aliaskeys.helper.81872
[running] org.corecode.SMARTReporter.42448

Internet Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)
DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.5.1r601 [Click for support]
WacomNetscape: Version: 1.1.1-1 [Click for support]
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Click for support]
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.3.1.3 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown [Click for support]
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.13 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 19.0.0.226 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
WacomTabletPlugin: Version: WacomTabletPlugin 2.0.0.4 [Click for support]
Flash Player: Version: 19.0.0.226 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 [Click for support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.13 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
GoogleOneClickPluginDeluxe: Version: 1.0 [Click for support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 60 build 27 Check version

Safari Extensions: (What does this mean?)
Bulk Seo Tools
AllMyTube
Cookie Stumbler
Feeder
Blur
Quickstyle
DuckDuckGo
AdBlock
iMedia Converter Deluxe

3rd Party Preference Panes: (What does this mean?)
ATI Displays [Click for support]
EarthDesk [Click for support]
Flash Player [Click for support]
FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) [Click for support]
Java [Click for support]
Squeezebox [Click for support]
MacFUSE (Tuxera) [Click for support]
Perian [Click for support]

Time Machine: (What does this mean?)
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Mavericks: Disk size: 297.51 GB Disk used: 219.89 GB
Destinations:
New Time Machine Backup [Network]
Total size: 2.00 TB
Total number of backups: 117
Oldest backup: 27/04/2014 14:40
Last backup: 21/10/2015 21:47
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk size 297.51 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU: (What does this mean?)
4% WindowServer
2% fontd
1% Activity Monitor
1% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(6)
1% Qobuz Desktop

Top Processes by Memory: (What does this mean?)
825 MB kernel_task
803 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(6)
475 MB Safari
336 MB Finder
262 MB SMARTReporter

Virtual Memory Information: (What does this mean?)
1.80 GB Free RAM
6.20 GB Used RAM (1.94 GB Cached)
0 B Swap Used

Diagnostics Information: (What does this mean?)
Oct 19, 2015, 04:50:16 PM Self test - passed


Roger
 
And this is the first one that I ran

EtreCheck version: 2.5.5 (215)
Report generated 18/10/2015 22:21
Runtime 5:22
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck

Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.

Hardware Information: (What does this mean?)
iMac (24-inch, Early 2009)
[Click for Technical Specifications]
[Click for User Guide]
iMac - model: iMac9,1
1 2.93 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
[Click for upgrade instructions]
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Video Information: (What does this mean?)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 - VRAM: 512 MB
iMac 1920 x 1200

System Software: (What does this mean?)
OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 (13F1112) - Time since boot: about 7 days

Disk Information: (What does this mean?)
WDC WD6400AAKS-40H2B0 disk0 : (640.14 GB) (Rotational)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Snow Leopard (disk0s2) /Volumes/Snow Leopard : 250.00 GB (45.23 GB free)
Mavericks (disk0s3) / : 297.51 GB (76.80 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s4) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB

OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5670S ()

USB Information: (What does this mean?)
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Logitech USB Optical Mouse
Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard
Apple Inc. iPod 2.02 GB
OmniFlash UnoMas
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
MediaTek Inc MT1806
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
harman/kardon SoundSticks

Firewire Information: (What does this mean?)
WD My Book 800mbit - 800mbit max
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
1TB Drive (disk2s2) /Volumes/1TB Drive : 499.93 GB (286.08 GB free)
Spare (disk2s3) /Volumes/Spare : 499.80 GB (499.35 GB free)

Configuration files: (What does this mean?)
/etc/launchd.conf - File exists but not expected
/etc/hosts - Count: 1

Gatekeeper: (What does this mean?)
Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions: (What does this mean?)
/Applications/DiskWarrior.app
[not loaded] com.alsoft.Preview (4.4) [Click for support]

/Applications/Utilities/TemperatureMonitor.app
[not loaded] com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring (4.0) [Click for support]

/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.sophos.kext.sav (9.4.50 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
[loaded] com.sophos.nke.swi (9.4.50 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]

/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.ATITechnologiesInc.TVOut (2.6.7d1) [Click for support]
[loaded] com.eltima.SyncMate.kext (0.2.5b15) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.wacomtablet (6.2.0w4) [Click for support]

Startup Items: (What does this mean?)
BRESINKx86Monitoring: Path: /Library/StartupItems/BRESINKx86Monitoring
Jaksta: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Jaksta
Squeezebox: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Squeezebox
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite

Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.machangout.glims.agent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.sophos.uiserver.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist [Click for support]
[running] syncmateStarter.plist [Click for support]

Launch Daemons: (What does this mean?)
[running] Squeezebox.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.barebones.bbedit.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.charlessoft.pacifist.helper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.machangout.glims.loader.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.prosofteng.DriveGenius.locum.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.rogueamoeba.instanton-agent.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.sophos.common.servicemanager.plist [Click for support]
[running] rapiback.plist [Click for support]

User Launch Agents: (What does this mean?)
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
[running] com.c-command.SpamSieve.LaunchAgent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.shirtpocket.backupbytime.plist [Click for support]
[failed] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist [Click for support]

User Login Items: (What does this mean?)
Steam UNKNOWN (missing value)
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
GrowlHelperApp UNKNOWN (missing value)
GrowlMenu UNKNOWN (missing value)
SMARTReporter Application (/Applications/SMARTReporter.app)
AliasKeysHelper Application (~/Library/Application Support/AliasKeys/AliasKeysHelper.app)
TextExpander Application Hidden (~/Documents/TextExpander.app)
Dropbox UNKNOWN (missing value)
SoundSource Application Hidden (/Applications/SoundSource.app)
KiesAgent UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)
Rogue Amoeba Schedule Helper Application Hidden (/Library/Application Support/Audio Hijack Pro/Rogue Amoeba Schedule Helper.app)
AdobeResourceSynchronizer Application Hidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
AirDroid Application (/Applications/AirDroid.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Google Drive Application (~/.Trash/Google Drive.app)
SpeechSynthesisServer Application (/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/SpeechSynthesis.framework/Versions/A/SpeechSynthesisServer.app)
fuspredownloader Application Hidden (~/Library/Application Support/.FUS/fuspredownloader.app)

Other Apps: (What does this mean?)
[running] OpenObject.fuspredownloader.82576
[running] [0x0-0x2e30e2e].com.etresoft.EtreCheck
[running] [0x0-0x38038].com.smileonmymac.textexpander.helper
[running] [0x0-0x43043].com.c-command.SpamSieve
[running] [0x0-0x44044].com.c-command.SpamSieveHelper
[running] com.google.Chrome.35584
[running] com.qobuz.QobuzDesktop.43504
[running] com.rogueamoeba.ScheduleHelper.82048
[running] com.rogueamoeba.soundsource.43328
[running] com.smileonmymac.textexpander.76064
[running] com.sophos.autoupdate
[running] com.sophos.configuration
[running] com.sophos.intercheck
[running] com.sophos.notification
[running] com.sophos.scan
[running] com.sophos.sxld
[running] com.sophos.webd
[running] com.wacom.TabletDriver.93136
[running] com.wacom.Wacom_TouchDriver.183072
[running] jp.co.canon.cijscannerregister.96656
[running] net.widemann.aliaskeys.helper.81872
[running] org.corecode.SMARTReporter.42448

Internet Plug-ins: (What does this mean?)
DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.5.1r601 [Click for support]
WacomNetscape: Version: 1.1.1-1 [Click for support]
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Click for support]
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.3.1.3 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown [Click for support]
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.13 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 19.0.0.226 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
WacomTabletPlugin: Version: WacomTabletPlugin 2.0.0.4 [Click for support]
Flash Player: Version: 19.0.0.226 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 [Click for support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.13 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
GoogleOneClickPluginDeluxe: Version: 1.0 [Click for support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 60 build 27 Check version

Safari Extensions: (What does this mean?)
Bulk Seo Tools
AllMyTube
Cookie Stumbler
Feeder
Blur
Quickstyle
DuckDuckGo
AdBlock
iMedia Converter Deluxe

3rd Party Preference Panes: (What does this mean?)
ATI Displays [Click for support]
EarthDesk [Click for support]
Flash Player [Click for support]
FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) [Click for support]
Java [Click for support]
Squeezebox [Click for support]
MacFUSE (Tuxera) [Click for support]
Perian [Click for support]
WacomTablet [Click for support]

Time Machine: (What does this mean?)
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Mavericks: Disk size: 297.51 GB Disk used: 220.71 GB
Destinations:
New Time Machine Backup [Network]
Total size: 2.00 TB
Total number of backups: 116
Oldest backup: 27/04/2014 14:40
Last backup: 18/10/2015 21:58
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk size 297.51 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU: (What does this mean?)
7% WindowServer
4% coreaudiod
4% SystemUIServer
2% Google Chrome Helper(10)
2% fontd

Top Processes by Memory: (What does this mean?)
1.54 GB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(10)
780 MB kernel_task
582 MB Safari
287 MB Google Chrome Helper(10)
188 MB SophosScanD

Virtual Memory Information: (What does this mean?)
37 MB Free RAM
5.89 GB Used RAM (409 MB Cached)
0 B Swap Used

A lot of the 'funny' stuff is coloured red but this has been lost in the transfer process onto a post here

Roger
 
Andyp":27f0vi0c said:
Couldn't find anything dodgy on mine Roger except for cijscannerregister which I see you have too.
Click to expand...

Unlike me who is forever trying out this or that program and ending up with detritus.
 
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