My iMac is running very slow and I want to know the solution for it. Should I change the HDD or use external SSD. If I use external SSD will Graphic Cards work fine or will give problems. Here is the Etrecheck report of the issue:
EtreCheck version: 5.7.2 (5247)
Report generated: 2023-07-27 22:43:40
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Runtime: 8:07
Performance: Below Average
Sandbox: Enabled
Full drive access: Disabled
Problem: Computer is too slow
Description:
When I open Safari then every open window sticks and interrupts. Compu
ter is too slow. I am looking for a solution which can fix this proble
m permanently. I am unable to apple iOS or android emulator or can’t e
ven do game development in unity
Major Issues:
Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.
Hard drive too slow - The hard drive in this computer is too slow.
Runaway process - A process is using a large percentage of your CPU.
Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed that could be adware and should be reviewed.
Minor Issues:
These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems or opportunities for improvement.
No Time Machine backup - Time Machine backup not found.
Heavy network usage - This computer has recently restarted and has high network usage.
Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed. Apple has said that unsigned software will not run by default in a future version of the operating system.
Limited drive access - More information may be available with Full Drive Access.
Kernel extensions present - This computer has kernel extensions that may not work in the future.
Hardware Information:
iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017)
iMac Model: iMac18,2
3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 (i5-7400) CPU: 4-core
8 GB RAM - Upgradeable by an Apple Authorized Service Provider
BANK 0/DIMM0 - 4 GB DDR4 SO-DIMM 2400
BANK 1/DIMM0 - 4 GB DDR4 SO-DIMM 2400
Video Information:
Radeon Pro 555 - VRAM: 2 GB
iMac (built-in) 4096 x 2304
Drives:
disk0 - APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E632 1.00 TB (Mechanical - 5400 RPM)
Internal SATA 3 Gigabit Serial ATA
disk0s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB
disk0s2 [APFS Container] 499.86 GB
disk2 [APFS Virtual drive] 499.86 GB (Shared by 6 volumes)
disk2s1 (APFS) [APFS Container] (Shared)
disk2s1s1 - M**********I (APFS) [APFS Snapshot] (Shared - 9.58 GB used)
disk2s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared - 1.90 GB used)
disk2s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared)
disk2s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (Shared - 5.37 GB used)
disk2s6 - M************ - Data (APFS) [APFS Virtual drive] (Shared - 347.31 GB used)
disk2s7 - Update (APFS) (Shared - 18 MB used)
disk0s3 [APFS Container] 500.13 GB
disk1 [APFS Virtual drive] 500.13 GB (Shared by 2 volumes)
disk1s1 - M***********I (APFS) (Shared - 293.89 GB used)
disk1s2 - Update (APFS) (Shared)
Mounted Volumes:
disk1s1 - M***********I
500.13 GB (Shared - 293.89 GB used, 206.13 GB available, 206.08 GB free)
APFS
Mount point: /Volumes/M***********I
disk2s1s1 - M**********I [APFS Snapshot]
499.86 GB (Shared - 9.58 GB used, 138.73 GB available, 134.37 GB free)
APFS
Mount point: /
Read-only: Yes
disk2s2 - Preboot [APFS Preboot]
499.86 GB (Shared - 1.90 GB used, 134.37 GB free)
APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/Preboot
disk2s4 - VM [APFS VM]
499.86 GB (Shared - 5.37 GB used, 134.37 GB free)
APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/VM
disk2s6 - M************ - Data [APFS Virtual drive]
499.86 GB (Shared - 347.31 GB used, 138.73 GB available, 134.37 GB free)
APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/Data
Encrypted
disk2s7 - Update
499.86 GB (Shared - 18 MB used, 134.37 GB free)
APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/Update
Network:
Interface en0: Ethernet
Interface en1: Wi-Fi
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge
Interface en4: iPhone
Interface en6: iPhone 2
System Software:
13.4.1 13.4.1 (22F770820d)
Time since boot: Less than an hour
Notifications:
Notifications not available without Full Drive Access.
Security:
Gatekeeper: Enabled
System Integrity Protection: Enabled
Antivirus software: Apple
Unsigned Files:
Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.virtualbox.startup.plist
Executable: /Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/LaunchDaemons/VirtualBoxStartup.sh restart
Details: Exact match found in the legitimate list - probably OK
Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.OneDriveStandaloneUpdaterDaemon.plist
Executable: /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/StandaloneUpdaterDaemon.xpc/Contents/MacOS/StandaloneUpdaterDaemon
Details: Exact match found in the legitimate list - probably OK
Launchd: /Library/Apple/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dt.RemotePairingDataVaultHelper.plist
Executable: /Library/Apple/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/RemotePairing.framework/Versions/A/Resources/bin/RemotePairingDataVaultHelper
Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.OneDriveUpdaterDaemon.plist
Executable: /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/OneDriveUpdaterDaemon.xpc/Contents/MacOS/OneDriveUpdaterDaemon
Details: Exact match found in the legitimate list - probably OK
Apps: 24
System Extensions:
[Running] ProtonVPN OpenVPN - version 3.1.4 (ProtonVPN AG - 2023-05-15)
Application: /Applications/ProtonVPN.app - version 3.1.4 (ProtonVPN AG - 2023-07-11)
[Running] ProtonVPN WireGuard - version 3.1.4 (ProtonVPN AG - 2023-05-15)
Application: /Applications/ProtonVPN.app - version 3.1.4 (ProtonVPN AG - 2023-07-11)
Kernel Extensions:
/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox
VBoxDrv.kext - org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (6.1.40)
VBoxNetAdp.kext - org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (6.1.40)
VBoxNetFlt.kext - org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (6.1.40)
VBoxUSB.kext - org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (6.1.40)
System Launch Agents:
[Not Loaded] 19 Apple tasks
[Loaded] 195 Apple tasks
[Running] 169 Apple tasks
[Other] 2 Apple tasks
System Launch Daemons:
[Not Loaded] 37 Apple tasks
[Loaded] 190 Apple tasks
[Running] 158 Apple tasks
[Other] 2 Apple tasks
Launch Agents:
[Not Loaded] com.microsoft.update.agent.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2023-01-12)
Launch Daemons:
[Running] com.cloudflare.1dot1dot1dot1.macos.warp.daemon.plist (Cloudflare Inc. - installed 2023-07-26)
[Loaded] com.microsoft.OneDriveStandaloneUpdaterDaemon.plist (? f39826f0 - installed 2020-12-29)
[Loaded] com.microsoft.OneDriveUpdaterDaemon.plist (? a510a00 - installed 2020-12-29)
[Not Loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2023-01-12)
[Not Loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2022-05-26)
[Not Loaded] org.virtualbox.startup.plist (? 700b9385 - installed 2022-11-18)
[Loaded] us.zoom.ZoomDaemon.plist (Zoom Video Communications, Inc. - installed 2023-07-08)
User Launch Agents:
[Running] com.imobie.AnyTransToolHelpers.plist (2QJGLWL8Y6 - installed 2022-06-24)
User Login Items:
[Loaded] LoginLauncherApp (Cloudflare Inc. - installed 2023-07-26)
Modern Login Item
/Applications/Cloudflare WARP.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/LoginLauncherApp.app
[Not Loaded] Pomy Login Helper (App Store - installed 2023-01-28)
Modern Login Item
/Applications/Pomy.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/Pomy Login Helper.app
[Loaded] ProtonVPNStarter (ProtonVPN AG - installed 2023-07-11)
Modern Login Item
/Applications/ProtonVPN.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/ProtonVPNStarter.app
[Loaded] ScreenColorFilterHelper (App Store - installed 2023-01-28)
Modern Login Item
/Applications/Screen Colors Filter — Color Tint & Dim HEV Block.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/ScreenColorFilterHelper.app
[Not Loaded] WhatsApp Login Helper (App Store - installed 2023-07-25)
Modern Login Item
/Applications/WhatsApp.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/WhatsApp Login Helper.app
User Internet Plug-ins:
User Internet Plug-ins need Full Drive Access
User Audio Plug-ins:
User Audio Plug-ins need Full Drive Access
User iTunes Plug-ins:
User iTunes Plug-ins need Full Drive Access
Backup:
Time Machine Not Configured!
Performance:
System Load: 1.96 (1 min ago) 2.71 (5 min ago) 2.49 (15 min ago)
Nominal I/O speed: 7.80 MB/s
File system: 69.12 seconds
Write speed: 30 MB/s
Read speed: 35 MB/s
CPU Usage Snapshot:
Type Overall
System: 9 %
User: 20 %
Idle: 71 %
Top Processes Snapshot by CPU:
Process (count) CPU (Source - Location)
Other processes 96.15 % (?)
EtreCheck 15.89 % (App Store)
Brave Browser 1.12 % (Brave Software, Inc.)
exchangesyncd 0.87 % (Apple)
AMPDevicesAgent 0.37 % (Apple)
Top Processes Snapshot by Memory:
Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location)
EtreCheck 711 MB (App Store)
AppleSpell 148 MB (Apple)
Brave Browser 147 MB (Brave Software, Inc.)
Safari 100 MB (Apple)
accountsd 42 MB (Apple)
Top Processes Snapshot by Network Use:
Process (count) Input / Output (Source - Location)
Other processes 1.30 GB / 60 MB (?)
rapportd 3 KB / 4 KB (Apple)
routined 0 B / 0 B (Apple)
homed 0 B / 0 B (Apple)
NotificationCenter 0 B / 0 B (Apple)
Virtual Memory Information:
Physical RAM: 8 GB
Free RAM: 1.43 GB
Used RAM: 4.23 GB
Cached files: 2.34 GB
Available RAM: 3.77 GB
Swap Used: 122 MB
Software Installs (past 30 days):
Install Date Name (Version)
2023-07-02 macOS 13.4.1 (13.4.1)
2023-07-07 XProtectPlistConfigData (2169)
2023-07-08 Zoom (5.15.2.19786)
2023-07-14 macOS Rapid Security Response 13.4.1 (c) (13.4.1 (c))
2023-07-21 XProtectPayloads (105)
2023-07-24 Dashlane (6.2328.0)
2023-07-25 WhatsApp (2.2330.11)
2023-07-26 Cloudflare WARP
Diagnostics Information (past 7-30 days):
Directory /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports is not accessible.
Enable Full Drive Access to see more information.
End of report
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