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MacOs Memory Consumption Issues
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EtreCheckPro version: 6.8.1 (68024)
Report generated: 2023-06-19 15:20:47
Download EtreCheckPro from https://etrecheck.com
Runtime: 2:11
Performance: Excellent
Problem: Other problem
Description:
Services are taking up all the memory. Usually donotdisturbd but now
knowledge-agent
Major Issues:
Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.
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 improvement.
Apps with heavy CPU usage - There have been numerous cases of apps with heavy CPU usage.
Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed. These files could be old, incompatible, and cause problems. They should be reviewed.
Runaway user process - A user process is using a large percentage of your CPU.
Limited permissions - More information may be available with Full Disk Access.
Sharing enabled - This computer has sharing services enabled that could be a security risk.
Hardware Information:
Mac mini (2023)
Status: Supported
Under warranty: Yes
Warranty expiration: 2024-05-09
Mac mini Model: Mac14,3
Apple M2 (m2) CPU: 8-core
16 GB RAM - Not upgradeable
Video Information:
Apple M2
LG HDR 4K 5120 x 2880
LG HDR 4K 5120 x 2880
Drives:
disk0 - APPLE SSD AP0256Z 251.00 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)
Internal Apple Fabric NVM Express
disk0s1 [APFS Container] 524 MB
disk1 [APFS Virtual drive] 524 MB (Shared by 4 volumes)
disk1s1 - iSCPreboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (6 MB used)
disk1s2 - xART (APFS) (6 MB used)
disk1s3 - Hardware (APFS) (467 KB used)
disk1s4 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (20 KB used)
disk0s2 [APFS Container] 245.11 GB
disk3 [APFS Virtual drive] 245.11 GB (Shared by 6 volumes)
disk3s1 (APFS) [APFS Container] (9.07 GB used)
disk3s1s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) [APFS Snapshot] (9.07 GB used)
disk3s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (4.64 GB used)
disk3s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (783 MB used)
disk3s4 - Update (APFS) (4 MB used)
disk3s5 - Data (APFS) [APFS Virtual drive] (144.24 GB used)
disk3s6 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (4.30 GB used)
disk0s3 [APFS Container] 5.37 GB
disk2 [APFS Virtual drive] 5.37 GB (Shared by 2 volumes)
disk2s1 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (775 MB used)
disk2s2 - Update (APFS) (29 KB used)
disk4 - SanDisk Extreme SSD 1.00 TB
External USB 480 Mbit/s USB
disk4s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB
disk4s2 - E******l (Journaled HFS+) 999.86 GB (274.01 GB used)
Mounted Volumes:
disk1s1 - iSCPreboot [APFS Preboot]
Filesystem: APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/iSCPreboot
Used: 6 MB
Shared values
Size: 524 MB
Free: 506 MB
disk1s2 - xART
Filesystem: APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/xarts
Used: 6 MB
Shared values
Size: 524 MB
Free: 506 MB
disk1s3 - Hardware
Filesystem: APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/Hardware
Used: 467 KB
Shared values
Size: 524 MB
Free: 506 MB
disk3s1s1 - Macintosh HD [APFS Snapshot]
Filesystem: APFS
Mount point: /
Read-only: Yes
Used: 9.07 GB
Shared values
Size: 245.11 GB
Free: 81.95 GB
Available: 97.24 GB
disk3s2 - Preboot [APFS Preboot]
Filesystem: APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/Preboot
Used: 4.64 GB
Shared values
Size: 245.11 GB
Free: 81.95 GB
disk3s4 - Update
Filesystem: APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/Update
Used: 4 MB
Shared values
Size: 245.11 GB
Free: 81.95 GB
disk3s5 - Data [APFS Virtual drive]
Filesystem: APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/Data
Encrypted
Used: 144.24 GB
Shared values
Size: 245.11 GB
Free: 81.95 GB
Available: 97.24 GB
disk3s6 - VM [APFS VM]
Filesystem: APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/VM
Used: 4.30 GB
Shared values
Size: 245.11 GB
Free: 81.95 GB
disk4s2 - E******l
Filesystem: Journaled HFS+
Mount point: /Volumes/E******l
Owners enabled: No
Used: 274.01 GB
Size: 999.86 GB
Free: 725.85 GB
Available: 728.72 GB
Network:
Interface en0: Ethernet
Interface en4: Ethernet Adapter (en4)
Interface en5: Ethernet Adapter (en5)
Interface en6: USB 10/100/1000 LAN
Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge
Interface en1: Wi-Fi
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax
Interface utun3: PrivateVPN
Screen sharing: Enabled
Remote login: Enabled
System Software:
macOS Ventura 13.4 (22F66)
Time since boot: About 5 hours
Notifications:
Path Finder.app
18 notifications
Thunderbird.app
5 notifications
Security:
Gatekeeper: App Store and identified developers
System Integrity Protection: Enabled
Antivirus software: Apple
Screen sharing: Enabled
Remote login: Enabled
Unsigned Files:
Apps: 19
Applications:
467 apps
8 x86-only apps
22 unsigned apps
System Launch Daemons:
[Not Loaded] 40 Apple tasks
[Loaded] 236 Apple tasks
[Running] 111 Apple tasks
[Other] 2 Apple tasks
System Launch Agents:
[Not Loaded] 23 Apple tasks
[Loaded] 249 Apple tasks
[Running] 125 Apple tasks
Launch Daemons:
[Running] com.backblaze.bzserv.plist (Backblaze - installed 2023-06-06)
Executable: /Applications/Backblaze.app/Contents/MacOS/bzserv
[Loaded] com.cocoatech.PathFinder.SMFHelper7.plist (Distant Future Corp - installed 2023-06-10)
Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.cocoatech.PathFinder.SMFHelper7
[Running] com.pvpn.privatevpn-macos.helper.plist (PrivateVPN Global AB - installed 2023-06-06)
Executable: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.pvpn.privatevpn-macos.helper
User Launch Agents:
[Running] com.backblaze.bzbmenu.plist (Backblaze - installed 2023-06-19)
Executable: /Library/Backblaze.bzpkg/bzbmenu.app/Contents/MacOS/bzbmenu
[Loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google LLC - installed 2023-05-13)
Command: ~/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/Resources/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent -runMode ifneeded
[Loaded] com.google.keystone.xpcservice.plist (Google LLC - installed 2023-05-13)
Command: ~/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/Resources/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent -runMode xpchost
User Login Items:
[Running] 1Password Browser Helper (AgileBits Inc. - installed 2023-06-06)
Modern Login Item
/Applications/1Password.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/1Password Browser Helper.app
[Loaded] 1Password Launcher (AgileBits Inc. - installed 2023-06-06)
Modern Login Item
/Applications/1Password.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/1Password Launcher.app
[Loaded] magnetLauncher (App Store - installed 2023-06-06)
Modern Login Item
/Applications/Magnet.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/magnetLauncher.app
[Not Loaded] MessengerHelper (App Store - installed 2023-06-06)
Modern Login Item
/Applications/Messenger.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/MessengerHelper.app
[Not Loaded] MessengerLoginHelper (App Store - installed 2023-06-06)
Modern Login Item
/Applications/Messenger.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/MessengerLoginHelper.app
[Not Loaded] PathFinderLauncher (Distant Future Corp - installed 2023-06-15)
Modern Login Item
/Applications/Path Finder.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/PathFinderLauncher.app
[Not Loaded] WhatsApp Login Helper (App Store - installed 2023-06-06)
Modern Login Item
/Applications/WhatsApp.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/WhatsApp Login Helper.app
App Extensions:
Safari extensions:
Safari Extension - /Applications/1Password for Safari.app
Plugins:
MoneyWizWidgetsIntentsExtension - /Applications/MoneyWiz.app
Widgets:
MoneyWizWidgets - /Applications/MoneyWiz.app
Share services:
MoneyWiz - /Applications/MoneyWiz.app
VPNs:
PacketTunnel - /Applications/PrivateVPN.app
QuickLook Previews:
EtreCheckQuickLook - ~/Downloads/EtreCheckPro.app
com.etresoft.etrecheck4 *.etrecheck
3rd Party Preference panels:
Backblaze Settings Launcher (Backblaze - installed 2023-06-06)
Backup:
Time Machine information is limited without Full Disk Access
Destinations:
m*************e [Network] (Last used)
Performance:
System Load: 4.36 (1 min ago) 6.22 (5 min ago) 5.08 (15 min ago)
Nominal I/O usage: 7.38 MB/s
File system: 9.12 seconds
Write speed: 976 MB/s
Read speed: 1474 MB/s
CPU Usage Snapshot:
Type Overall
System: 5 %
User: 21 %
Idle: 74 %
Top Processes Snapshot by CPU:
Process (count) CPU (Source - Location)
knowledge-agent 91.40 % (Apple)
WindowServer 37.36 % (Apple)
kernel_task 13.30 % (Apple)
mdbulkimport (2) 13.00 % (Apple)
mobileassetd 8.86 % (Apple)
Top Processes Snapshot by Memory:
Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location)
EtreCheckPro 720 MB (Etresoft, Inc.)
com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (5) 437 MB (Apple)
Google Chrome Helper (Renderer) (3) 321 MB (Google LLC)
knowledge-agent 190 MB (Apple)
AppleSpell 157 MB (Apple)
Top Processes Snapshot by Network Use:
Process (count) Input / Output (Source - Location)
PacketTunnel 470 MB / 17 MB (App Store)
mDNSResponder 53 MB / 12 MB (Apple)
apsd 1 MB / 14 MB (Apple)
com.apple.WebKit.Networking 2 MB / 71 KB (Apple)
thunderbird 572 KB / 21 KB (Mozilla Corporation)
Top Processes Snapshot by Energy Use:
Process (count) Energy (0-100) (Source - Location)
knowledge-agent 46 (Apple)
WindowServer 10 (Apple)
com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (5) 2 (Apple)
App Store 2 (Apple)
Path Finder 2 (Distant Future Corp)
Virtual Memory Information:
Physical RAM: 16 GB
Free RAM: 110 MB
Used RAM: 13.79 GB
Cached files: 2.10 GB
Available RAM: 2.21 GB
Swap Used: 3.03 GB
Software Installs (past 60 days):
Install Date Name (Version)
2023-05-04 macOS 13.2.1 (13.2.1)
2023-05-04 Setup macOS Recovery Dependencies (202103122236)
2023-05-04 MobileAssets (1.0.0.0.1645860813)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0048_AlchemyPadsDigitalHolyGhost (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0310_UB_DrumMachineDesignerGB (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0312_UB_UltrabeatKitsGBLogic (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0314_AppleLoopsHipHop1 (2.1.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0315_AppleLoopsElectroHouse1 (2.1.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0316_AppleLoopsDubstep1 (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0317_AppleLoopsModernRnB1 (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0320_AppleLoopsChillwave1 (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0321_AppleLoopsIndieDisco (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0322_AppleLoopsDiscoFunk1 (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0323_AppleLoopsVintageBreaks (2.1.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0324_AppleLoopsBluesGarage (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0325_AppleLoopsGarageBand1 (2.1.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0354_EXS_PianoSteinway (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0357_EXS_BassAcousticUprightJazz (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0358_EXS_BassElectricFingerStyle (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0371_EXS_GuitarsAcoustic (3.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0375_EXS_GuitarsVintageStrat (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0482_EXS_OrchWoodwindAltoSax (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0484_EXS_OrchWoodwindClarinetSolo (3.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0487_EXS_OrchWoodwindFluteSolo (3.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0491_EXS_OrchBrass (3.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0509_EXS_StringsEnsemble (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0536_DrummerClapsCowbell (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0537_DrummerShaker (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0538_DrummerSticks (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0539_DrummerTambourine (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0540_PlugInSettingsGB (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0554_AppleLoopsDiscoFunk2 (2.1.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0557_IRsSharedAUX (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0560_LTPBasicPiano1 (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0593_DrummerSoCalGBLogic (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0597_LTPChordTrainer (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0598_LTPBasicGuitar1 (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0615_GBLogicAlchemyEssentials (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0637_AppleLoopsDrummerKyle (3.1.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0646_AppleLoopsDrummerElectronic (3.1.0.0)
2023-05-04 MAContent10_AssetPack_0806_PlugInSettingsGBLogic (2.0.0.0)
2023-05-12 XProtectPlistConfigData (2167)
2023-05-12 MRTConfigData (1.93)
2023-05-13 Magnet (2.11.0)
2023-05-13 1Password 7 (7.9.10)
2023-05-15 Keynote (13.0)
2023-05-15 Pages (13.0)
2023-05-15 Numbers (13.0)
2023-05-15 GarageBand (10.4.8)
2023-05-18 op (v2.18.0)
2023-05-29 MoneyWiz (2023.18.1)
2023-06-02 Anaconda3 2023.03-1
2023-06-02 1Password for Safari (2.11.0)
2023-06-05 iMovie (10.3.6)
2023-06-05 Messenger (187.0)
2023-06-05 TripIt (17.5.0)
2023-06-05 WhatsApp (2.2319.9)
2023-06-06 Command Line Tools for Xcode (14.3)
2023-06-06 macOS 13.4 (13.4)
2023-06-06 RosettaUpdateAuto (1.0.0.0.1.1683936435)
2023-06-07 macOS Ventura (13.4)
2023-06-09 XProtectPayloads (99)
2023-06-13 Infuse (7.5.6)
2023-06-14 IP Scanner Ultra (5.10)
Diagnostics Information (past 7-30 days):
2023-06-19 11:50:28 knowledge-agent High CPU Use (7 times)
Executable: /usr/libexec/knowledge-agent
2023-06-19 00:43:39 knowledgeconstructiond High CPU Use (2 times)
Executable: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/IntelligencePlatformCore.framework/Versions/A/knowledgeconstructiond
2023-06-18 23:56:34 IMDPersistenceAgent High CPU Use
Executable: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/IMDPersistence.framework/XPCServices/IMDPersistenceAgent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/IMDPersistenceAgent
2023-06-18 22:34:35 AddressBookSourceSync.app High CPU Use (18 times)
Executable: /System/Library/Frameworks/AddressBook.framework/Versions/A/Helpers/AddressBookSourceSync.app
2023-06-18 20:56:08 donotdisturbd High CPU Use (3 times)
Executable: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DoNotDisturbServer.framework/Support/donotdisturbd
2023-06-18 13:10:52 ndoagent Crash (5 times)
Executable: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/NewDeviceOutreach.framework/ndoagent
Details:
libsystem_c.dylib: abort() called
2023-06-18 12:29:49 suggestd High CPU Use (3 times)
Executable: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreSuggestions.framework/Versions/A/Support/suggestd
2023-06-16 10:13:36 Messages.app High CPU Use
Executable: /System/Applications/Messages.app
End of report
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