Understanding EtreCheck log

[nosarrra]

My Late 2012 MacBook Pro Retina occasionally slows to a crawl. Just now, there was an app taking 99% of my CPU memory (NetworkBrowserAgent). When trying to investigate what that app was, I came across a thread where users used EtreCheck to evaluate their performance. I got a log with a number of failures, but I have no idea what they are, or how to address them. I closed all applications and restarted and all the failures went away, but I'd like to understand what they were so I can prevent them from appearing in the future, or know what application to address when performance becomes slow. Thanks for your help:

Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM

Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 768 MB

System Software:
OS X 10.8.4 (12E55) - Uptime: 9 days 14:6:22

Disk Information:
APPLE SSD SM256E disk0 : (251 GB)
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 250.14 GB (56.53 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB

USB Information:


Apple Inc. Keyboard Hub
Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard

Apple Inc. Apple USB Ethernet Adapter

FiiO FiiO USB DAC-E07K

Apple Inc. Display iSight

Apple Inc. Display Audio

Apple Inc. Apple LED Cinema Display

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Kernel Extensions:
com.AmbrosiaSW.AudioSupport (4.1.2)

Problem System Launch Daemons:
[failed] com.apple.coresymbolicationd.plist
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist

Problem System Launch Agents:
[failed] com.apple.accountsd.plist
[failed] com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent.plist
[failed] com.apple.printtool.agent.plist
[failed] com.apple.scopedbookmarkagent.xpc.plist

Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.ambrosiasw.ambrosiaaudiosupporthelper.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist

Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist
[loaded] com.seagate.SeagateStorageGauge.plist

User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist

User Login Items:
Flux
Dropbox
Android File Transfer Agent

3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
Java

Internet Plug-ins:
AdobeAAMDetect.plugin
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin

User Internet Plug-ins:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin.plugin
WebEx64.plugin

Bad Fonts:
None

Top Processes by CPU:
99% NetworkBrowserAgent
4% PluginProcess
3% WebProcess
2% firefox
2% Safari
2% Activity Monitor
2% WindowServer
1% EtreCheck
1% Microsoft Outlook
1% iTunes

Top Processes by Memory:
631 MB WindowServer
623 MB WebProcess
557 MB firefox
295 MB iTunes
213 MB Microsoft Outlook
213 MB PluginProcess
213 MB Mail
147 MB plugin-container
131 MB Finder
115 MB Microsoft Excel

Virtual Memory Statistics
969 MB Free RAM
3.43 GB Active RAM
1.75 GB Inactive RAM
1.87 GB Wired RAM
28.32 GB Page-ins
616 MB Page-outs

 

[ralphd2]

So no one knows the answer to this question, then why do we bother to post the EtreCheck results

 

[z00m3rr]

Uuderstanding EtreCheck, slow Mac issues

Hi; I'm new to EtreCheck too (as of only about an hour ago!); try the Apple forums. I haven't looked there yet, but I've found a few items so far that might be of help:

Beachball issues, have EtreCheck; anyone offer diagnosis?
https://discussions.apple.com/message/24006873#24006873

Note one replier's analysis of the Virtual RAM stats, i.e. comparing Page-outs to Page-ins. This suggests you have, by comparison, enough RAM (vs free hard drive space?), but there could be other issues. Some more general links:

Why is my computer slow?
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3521

Mac troubleshooting: What to do when your computer is too slow
http://www.macworld.com/article/202...hat-to-do-when-your-computer-is-too-slow.html

Speeding up your Mac
http://www.macworld.com/article/1156418/speedier_mac.html

Also, do you often get a beachballed mouse pointer when the system is really slow or frozen? There are at least two threads on that in the Mac forums. I'll be checking those out soon for my own use...

Good luck; if/when I find something more specific/helpful, I'll pass it on.

 

[alvarnell]

Understanding EtreCheck

It constantly changes, adding new features and about the only explanation of the results is at http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck_story.

By going to the Apple Support Communities forum, you may be lucky enough to run into etresoft himself https://discussions.apple.com/people/etresoft, but many other users are skilled in interpreting your results.