LOTS of beach balls spinning !?..

hi Guys
i installed M.Lion as soon as it became available & even though i am pleased with it in general, fact is i have seen a BIG increase of spinning beach balls on my iMac's screen lately...
this usually happens when launching an app, when i return to the computer after a couple of minutes away even though it hasn't gone asleep or trying to open one of my external drives ( FW800 or USB drives take the same time..)...
trying to determine what is causing this & while a total newb on the subject, i opened Activity Monitor to see if something unusual would pop out
one thing did & i was wondering if anyone can tell me this is normal or...?
at the time i was downsizing a video file using Handbrake & every other value looked kind of normal as far as i could tell except for this one from - i believe.. - my APC ups software PowerChute
  does that value mean it's using up 97.6% of the total processor useage ? isn't that MASSIVE ? i mean EVERY other use was 0.something except for the fisrt 4.8 value of Activity Monitor itslef in the first place...
any ideas how i should go about solving this ?
my machine is a 27'' iMac i7, 2.8GHz w/ 16GB RAM, now running M.Lion, purchased on 15/06/2010 running Snow Leopard, model identifier 11,1 with every update done
- 2 X NewerTech Guardian Maximus FW800 enclosures ( 2 X Western Digital 3TB drives in each.. ) one has my music, the other my video
  - 2 X Western Digital My Book 2TB USB drives set up in Raid 1 with Disk Utility as Time Machine back-up
  - 1 Cambridge Audio DacMagic connected optical out from iMac, then via RCA's to amp a couple of meters away
thanks in advance for any suggestions

well...
talk about complicating things unnecessarily !...LOL...
i opened a drawer where i keep all sorts of odds & ends & guess what ? yup, the original APC PowerChute install disk was there, laughing at me - bugger....
so i inserted it, clicked open & it does come with an ''uninstall_pcpe.command'' + some info, etc...
read everything just to make sure my iMac wouldn't go into space or something, double clicked on that command, Terminal opened, asked Y or no to remove it, then my password, pressed OK & BOOOM !! done, it's gone...uff !
i'll check out how the iMac behaves in the next few days see if the beach balls were it's fault or if it's just because it's summertime & will report back
in case this might be useful to somebody else :
& it looks like it might be the solution, the 97.04%User ( bottom left corner.. ) being Handbrake doing it's thing - i think !? :
thanks Thomas for pointing me in thre right direction ;-)

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    2014-12-03 12:00:16.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: appleeventsd(24) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ocspd
    2014-12-03 12:00:17.062 PM garcon[384]: Initialized badges.
    2014-12-03 12:00:17.063 PM garcon[384]: Connecting to Dropbox on 'com.getdropbox.dropbox.garcon.cafe_501'
    2014-12-03 12:00:17.064 PM garcon[384]: Connected to Dropbox on 'com.getdropbox.dropbox.garcon.cafe_501'.
    2014-12-03 12:00:17.065 PM garcon[384]: Invalidating watch set.
    2014-12-03 12:00:17.070 PM garcon[384]: Watch set is now: {(
        file://localhost/Volumes/RAID%200/Dropbox/
    2014-12-03 12:00:26.807 PM QuickLookSatellite[321]: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID.
    2014-12-03 12:00:26.807 PM QuickLookSatellite[321]: Invalid Connection ID 0
    2014-12-03 12:00:26.851 PM QuickLookSatellite[321]: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID.
    2014-12-03 12:00:26.851 PM QuickLookSatellite[321]: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID.
    2014-12-03 12:00:28.438 PM TextEdit[379]: ignoring invocation of retreatToConfigPhase because <NSRemoteView: 0x7f9d21d16dd0> is invalid
    timestamp: 12:00:28.437 Wednesday 03 December 2014
    process/thread/queue: TextEdit (379) / 0x1080c1300 / com.apple.main-thread
    code: line 742 of /SourceCache/ViewBridge/ViewBridge-99/ViewBridgeUtilities.m in __deferNSXPCInvocationOntoMainThread_block_invoke
    #communications_failure
    2014-12-03 12:00:31.805 PM QuickLookSatellite[321]: In -[NSApplication(NSQuietSafeQuit) _updateCanQuitQuietlyAndSafely], _LSSetApplicationInformationItem(NSCanQuitQuietlyAndSafely) returned error -50
    2014-12-03 12:00:31.850 PM bird[239]: Assertion failed: ![_xpcClients containsObject:client]
    2014-12-03 12:00:31.850 PM bird[239]: Assertion failed: ![_xpcClients containsObject:client]
    2014-12-03 12:00:31.872 PM com.apple.InputMethodKit.UserDictionary[393]: -[PFUbiquitySwitchboardEntryMetadata setUseLocalStorage:](808): CoreData: Ubiquity:  isabelleroy~2FDF2859-1249-535E-9D34-52B22D8FF66B:UserDictionary
    Using local storage: 1
    2014-12-03 12:00:31.877 PM bird[239]: Assertion failed: ![_xpcClients containsObject:client]
    2014-12-03 12:00:31.903 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
    2014-12-03 12:00:32.036 PM com.apple.InputMethodKit.UserDictionary[393]: -[PFUbiquitySwitchboardEntryMetadata setUseLocalStorage:](808): CoreData: Ubiquity:  isabelleroy~2FDF2859-1249-535E-9D34-52B22D8FF66B:UserDictionary
    Using local storage: 0
    2014-12-03 12:00:48.252 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imdmessageservices.IMDMessageServicesAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
    2014-12-03 12:00:48.252 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
    **NEW LINE not seen before**:
    2014-12-03 22:41:41,000 kernel[0]: bird[257] Unable to quarantine: 93
    EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
    Report generated December 3, 2014 at 12:14:25 PM GMT-5
    Hardware Information: ℹ️
        Mac Pro (Mid 2010) (Verified)
        Mac Pro - model: MacPro5,1
        1 3.33 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon CPU: 6-core
        24 GB RAM Upgradeable
            DIMM 1
                8 GB DDR3 ECC 1333 MHz ok
            DIMM 2
                8 GB DDR3 ECC 1333 MHz ok
            DIMM 3
                8 GB DDR3 ECC 1333 MHz ok
            DIMM 4
                empty empty empty empty
        Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
        Wireless:  en2: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Video Information: ℹ️
        ATI Radeon HD 5870 - VRAM: 1024 MB
            LED Cinema Display 2560 x 1440
    System Software: ℹ️
        OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 0:1:51
    Disk Information: ℹ️
        PIONEER BD-RW   BDR-205
        OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro SSD disk1 : (240.06 GB)
        S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
            EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
            MAC OS (disk1s2) /  [Startup]: 239.20 GB (198.03 GB free)
            Recovery HD (disk1s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB
        OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD disk3 : (480.1 GB)
        S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
            EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
            BOOTCAMP (disk3s2) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP : 479.89 GB (385.98 GB free)
        ST31000340NS disk0 : (1 TB)
        S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
            EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
            disk0s2 (disk0s2) <not mounted> : 999.86 GB
            Boot OS X (disk0s3) <not mounted> : 134 MB
        ST31000340NS disk2 : (1 TB)
        S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
            EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
            HDD TEST (disk2s2) /Volumes/HDD TEST : 999.86 GB (221.82 GB free)
        ST31000340NS disk4 : (1 TB)
        S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
            EFI (disk4s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
            disk4s2 (disk4s2) <not mounted> : 999.86 GB
            Boot OS X (disk4s3) <not mounted> : 134 MB
    USB Information: ℹ️
        HP Photosmart Plus B210 series
        Brother QL-570
        Apple Inc. Display Audio
        Apple Inc. Display iSight
        Apple Inc. Apple LED Cinema Display
        Kingston USB3.0 Media Reader
        Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
            Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard
        Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
            Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Configuration files: ℹ️
        /etc/hosts - Count: 42
    Gatekeeper: ℹ️
        Anywhere
    Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
            /Applications/Karabiner.app
        [loaded]    org.pqrs.driver.Karabiner (10.4.0 - SDK 10.9) Support
            /Applications/Viscosity.app
        [not loaded]    com.viscosityvpn.Viscosity.tap (1.0) Support
        [not loaded]    com.viscosityvpn.Viscosity.tun (1.0) Support
            /Library/Extensions
        [loaded]    com.paragon-software.kext.VDMounter (223.1 - SDK 10.8) Support
            /System/Library/Extensions
        [not loaded]    com.highpoint-tech.kext.ru1144 (1.0.3 - SDK 10.6) Support
    Launch Agents: ℹ️
        [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
        [loaded]    com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support
        [running]    com.extensis.FMCore.plist Support
        [running]    com.paragon-software.bcbnotifier.plist Support
        [not loaded]    com.paragon-software.bcbstatusbar.plist Support
        [running]    com.paragon-software.bcbupdater.plist Support
        [not loaded]    com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist Support
        [not loaded]    com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist Support
    Launch Daemons: ℹ️
        [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
        [invalid?]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
        [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
        [running]    com.paragon-software.bcbhelper.plist Support
        [loaded]    com.paragon-software.vdmounter.plist Support
        [loaded]    com.sparklabs.ViscosityHelper.plist Support
        [not loaded]    com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist Support
        [running]    HPTWebGUIDaemon.plist Support
        [loaded]    org.cindori.TEAuth.plist Support
    User Launch Agents: ℹ️
        [loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
        [not loaded]    com.paragon-software.bcbauto.plist Support
    User Login Items: ℹ️
        iTunesHelper    Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
        TrimCheck    Application (/Applications/Trim Enabler.app/Contents/Helpers/TrimCheck.app)
        Dropbox    Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
        Karabiner    Application (/Applications/Karabiner.app)
    Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
        AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
        FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.239 - SDK 10.6 Support
        AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
        Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.239 - SDK 10.6 Support
        AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.1 Support
        Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
        QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
        SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.3 - SDK 10.6 Support
        JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version
    Safari Extensions: ℹ️
        RoboForm
    3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
        Flash Player  Support
    Time Machine: ℹ️
        Skip System Files: NO
        Mobile backups: OFF
        Auto backup: YES
        Volumes being backed up:
            MAC OS: Disk size: 239.20 GB Disk used: 41.17 GB
        Destinations:
            HDD Clone Secure 2014-10-15 [Local]
            Total size: 800.00 GB
            Total number of backups: 5
            Oldest backup: 2014-12-03 04:55:29 +0000
            Last backup: 2014-12-03 15:11:35 +0000
            Size of backup disk: Excellent
                Backup size 800.00 GB > (Disk size 239.20 GB X 3)
    Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
             2%    WindowServer
             1%    fontd
             0%    Karabiner_AXNotifier
             0%    raidman-httpsd
             0%    AppleSpell
    Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
        129 MB    Finder
        103 MB    TextEdit
        103 MB    mds_stores
        103 MB    Console
        77 MB    Dropbox
    Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
        20.54 GB    Free RAM
        3.36 GB    Active RAM
        524 MB    Inactive RAM
        1.34 GB    Wired RAM
        869 MB    Page-ins
        0 B    Page-outs
    Thanks for your help!

    You have turned OFF GateKeeper, thereby eliminating the protection built into Mac OS X from non-signed downloads. Legitimate downloads from registered developers are signed with their registered signatures, and stuff that is not signed should not be downloaded onto a system you appear to be using for business purposes.
    So many entries in the Hosts file sometimes indicates the installation of pirated software.  You have a number of very invasive and quite questionable items kernel extensions installed on your Mac, and do not appear to be keeping them up-to-date.
    Why do you need aftermarket key mapping software Karabiner? Mac OS X has key mapping built in.
    If you insist on using third-party VPN, you should use one that is up-to-date. I expect some of the XPC errors are coming because of your antique VPN software.
    Configuration files: ℹ️
        /etc/hosts - Count: 42
    Gatekeeper: ℹ️
        Anywhere
    Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
            /Applications/Karabiner.app
        [loaded]    org.pqrs.driver.Karabiner (10.4.0 - SDK 10.9) Support
            /Applications/Viscosity.app
        [not loaded]    com.viscosityvpn.Viscosity.tap (1.0) Support
        [not loaded]    com.viscosityvpn.Viscosity.tun (1.0) Support
            /Library/Extensions
        [loaded]    com.paragon-software.kext.VDMounter (223.1 - SDK 10.8) Support
            /System/Library/Extensions
        [not loaded]    com.highpoint-tech.kext.ru1144 (1.0.3 - SDK 10.6) Support
    So my quick assessment is that your Mac is unstable because you have added too much Junk. [Junk is defined as stuff that is perfectly good, but you do not happen to need right now, such as the things in your attic.] Clean out the attic and your Mac will run more smoothly.

  • Tips For Solving the Mac OS X Lion Slowness (Lots of Beach Balls)

    Hi Folks,
    Just a quick list of tips for this issue that some of Mac OS X Lion users face.
    The main symptom is that we get the Beach Ball on almost any task, it takes 4, maybe five times more time to do what we need to do. So depending on the schedule, it can drive us crazy. I was facing that, and started to think that Lion was a Windows Vista relative.
    Please remind that the tips below involve backing up and restoring your system. If you are not careful, you may lose everything. You are responsible for your acts. Be cautious!
    How I solved my issue:
    1) Checked for Disk Permissions and the Disk itself:
    - Applications / Utilities / Disk Utility:
    - Click on your disk, and then VERIFY DISK. If everything is OK, move on. If it is not, REPAIR DISK.
    - Now click on VERIFY DISK PERMISSIONS. If everthing is OK, move. If not, Repair.
    This step 1 is to make sure that your slowness is due to something related to the OS itself and not to permissions/disk.
    If this solves the slowness, then you are OK. Now further steps are necessary. In my case, this just helped a little bit. The beach-balling reduced by 20% only. Still too slow.
    2) Do a full backup of your system.
    I used Time Machine. Make sure you have all of your applications closed. So the backup will be full. If you fail to do a good backup, you will lose everything! Make sure you do a good one. Maybe do it twice on 2 different disks! Now you have been warned.
    3) Do a Full Restore of your entire system.
    Now, get that Install CD that came with your Mac,
    - Put it on your drive, shut down your computer.
    - While holding the C key, press the start button of your Mac. It will boot using the Install CD that came with your Mac.
    To recover your entire system:
    Connect your Time Machine backup disk to your computer. If you’re restoring your system because of a problem with your startup disk, make sure the disk has been repaired or replaced.
    Insert your Mac OS X Install disk, and double-click the Install Mac OS X icon.
    In the Installer, choose Utilities > Restore System from Backup.
    In the Restore Your System dialog, click Continue.
    Select your Time Machine backup volume.
    Select the Time Machine backup you want to restore.
    Follow the onscreen instructions.
    4) Remove the CD, and boot.
    When I did that, the system came back very fast and responsive. No more beach balls (only on the really-intensive tasks), and everything was back to normal.
    5) So, what was it anyways?
    Before doing this Backup/Restore, I was getting lots of DISK I/O ERRORS, specially during boot time (you can check that by shutting down your mac, powering it back on and imediatelly pressing Command-V - Verbose Mode).
    Sure, the first thing in mind was that I had a faulty hard drive, but I checked it several times for errors (via Disk Utility), and nothing showed up.
    So I decided to do a full backup/restore of the system. And it solved it, at least for me.
    My config:
    MacBook Pro (2009 edition) - 5 GB RAM - 640 GB HD - Mac OS X 10.7
    Regards.

    Also my mac will not complete my 5 software updates, no idea which software, but it said it could not do it. Also backing up with time machine had failed twice today. Thanks

  • Macbook pro mid 2009 - beach ball spinning after one hour

    Hi,
    I have a problem with my macbook pro mid 2009. After one hour of working the beach ball starts spinning and you cannot work anylonger.
    You have to force shut down the macbook pro and restart it. The same problem appears once I wanna do a back-up on my time capsule, but then I receive at least a report after restart:
    Anonymous UUID: 6C0F7701-54AC-38FB-15CB-5F03089AE0B1
    Sun Oct 19 16:03:17 2014
    *** Panic Report ***
    panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80045c4594): "launchd died\nState at Last Exception:\n\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2782.1.97/bsd/kern/kern_exit.c:361
    Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
    0xffffff8104e2be50 : 0xffffff800413a811
    0xffffff8104e2bed0 : 0xffffff80045c4594
    0xffffff8104e2bf40 : 0xffffff80045c425c
    0xffffff8104e2bf50 : 0xffffff800464dcb2
    0xffffff8104e2bfb0 : 0xffffff800423ac46
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: launchd
    Mac OS version:
    14A389
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 14.0.0: Fri Sep 19 00:26:44 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2782.1.97~2/RELEASE_X86_64
    Kernel UUID: 89E10306-BC78-3A3B-955C-7C4922577E61
    Kernel slide: 0x0000000003e00000
    Kernel text base: 0xffffff8004000000
    __HIB  text base: 0xffffff8003f00000
    System model name: MacBookPro5,5 (Mac-F2268AC8)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 4582866593344
    last loaded kext at 248803063924: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs            1.10 (addr 0xffffff7f8676d000, size 69632)
    last unloaded kext at 907747435669: com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver            260.30 (addr 0xffffff7f86079000, size 94208)
    loaded kexts:
    com.apple.filesystems.afpfs            11.0
    com.apple.nke.asp-tcp            8.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC            1.70
    com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor            1.9.5d0
    com.apple.driver.AGPM            100.14.37
    com.apple.filesystems.autofs            3.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog            1
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager            4.3.0f10
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver            124
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA            266.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver            266.5
    com.apple.GeForceTesla            10.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient            3.6.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU            2.0.4d1
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight            170.4.12
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl            1.2.10
    com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport            4.3.0f10
    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet            1.0.1
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X            7.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess            1
    com.apple.driver.AppleHV            1
    com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin            1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC            1.7.3
    com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor            3.0.4d1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons            240.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleIRController            327.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard            240.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader            3.5.0
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless            1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib            1.0.0d1
    com.apple.BootCache            35
    com.apple.driver.XsanFilter            404
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage            2.6.5
    com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331            800.20.24
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub            705.4.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager            161.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort            3.0.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI            5.5.2
    com.apple.nvenet            2.0.22
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI            705.4.14
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI            656.4.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC            2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET            1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons            3.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS            2.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC            3.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC            1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient            218.0.0
    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall            161
    com.apple.security.quarantine            3
    com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet            8
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement            218.0.0
    com.apple.security.SecureRemotePassword            1.0
    com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl            3.7.21
    com.apple.kext.triggers            1.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily            11
    com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib            266.5
    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib            1.15
    com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily            200.6
    com.apple.vecLib.kext            1.2.0
    com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla            10.0.0
    com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla            10.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController            266.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily            266.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert            1.1.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController            1.0.13d1
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient            705.4.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport            4.3.0f10
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP            2.2.6
    com.apple.iokit.IOSurface            97
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily            4.3.0f10
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy            1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI            1.0.12d1
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily            5.8.0d49
    com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport            2.4.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily            2.4.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMC            3.1.9
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch            245.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver            705.4.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice            3.7.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass            3.7.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily            3.7.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub            705.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite            705.4.9
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM            2.0
    com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family            700.52
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime            2.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily            2.7.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily            4.5.6
    com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily            3.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily            705.4.14
    com.apple.driver.NVSMU            2.2.9
    com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily            2.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily            1.1
    com.apple.security.sandbox            300.0
    com.apple.kext.AppleMatch            1.0.0d1
    com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore            2
    com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity            1.0.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager            1.0
    com.apple.driver.DiskImages            389.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily            2.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily            31
    com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore            28.30
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform            3.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily            2.9
    com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily            1.4
    com.apple.kec.corecrypto            1.0
    com.apple.kec.Libm            1
    com.apple.kec.pthread            1
    Model: MacBookPro5,5, BootROM MBP55.00AC.B03, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.26 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.47f2
    Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, PCI, 256 MB
    Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x029E, 0x434D5341344758334D314131303636433720
    Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x029E, 0x434D5341344758334D314131303636433720
    AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8D), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24)
    Bluetooth: Version 4.3.0f10 14890, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
    Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
    Serial ATA Device: WDC WD5000BPVT-00HXZT1, 500.11 GB
    Serial ATA Device: M4-CT128M4SSD2, 128.04 GB
    USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
    USB Device: Built-in iSight
    USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub
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