You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

MacMini beach balling and freezing up

Here is the latest Etrecheck report. Can someone tell me if this thing can be saved.


I partitioned the hard drive and would like to undo it. maybe made it worst. TY


EtreCheck version: 5.5.3 (5102)

Report generated: 2020-04-08 11:09:24

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 6:02

Performance: Below Average

Sandbox: Enabled

Full drive access: Disabled


Problem: Beachballing


Major Issues:

    Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.


    No Time Machine backup - Time Machine backup not found.

    Failing hard drive - This machine has a hard drive that appears to be failing.

    Runaway process - A process is using a large percentage of your CPU.

    Software/hardware problems - Software is causing performance problems.


Minor Issues:

    These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems or opportunities for improvement.


    Upgradeable RAM - This machine has upgradeable RAM that would help its performance.

    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.

    Low performance - EtreCheck report took an unusually long time to run.

    32-bit Apps - This machine has 32-bits apps will not work on macOS 10.15 "Catalina".

    Limited drive access - More information may be available with Full Drive Access.


Hardware Information:

    Mac mini (Late 2012)

    Mac mini Model: Macmini6,1

    1 2.5 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 (i5-3210M) CPU: 2-core

    4 GB RAM - Upgradeable

        BANK 0/DIMM0 - 2 GB DDR3 1600

        BANK 1/DIMM0 - 2 GB DDR3 1600


Video Information:

    Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1536 MB

        VS278 1920 x 1080


Drives:

    disk0 - APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362 500.11 GB (Mechanical - 5400 RPM)

    Internal SATA 3 Gigabit Serial ATA

        disk0s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB

        disk0s2 [APFS Container] 250.60 GB

            disk2 [APFS Virtual drive] 250.60 GB (Shared by 6 volumes)

                disk2s1 - M************ Data (APFS) [APFS Virtual drive] (Shared - 12.45 GB used)

                disk2s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared)

                disk2s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared)

                disk2s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (Shared - 2.15 GB used)

                disk2s5 - Macintosh HD (APFS) (Shared - 11.13 GB used)

                disk2s6 - U********2 (APFS) (Shared - 995 KB used)

        disk0s3 [APFS Container] 249.30 GB

            disk1 [APFS Virtual drive] 249.30 GB (Shared by 5 volumes)

                disk1s1 - N***S (APFS) (Shared - 45.27 GB used)

                disk1s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared)

                disk1s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared)

                disk1s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (Shared)

                disk1s5 - Untitled (APFS) (Shared - 991 KB used)



Mac mini, macOS 10.15

Posted on Apr 8, 2020 8:25 AM

Reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Posted on Apr 8, 2020 9:53 AM

Yes. You should be able to clone your current hard drive to the new external drive. Use a cloning software like SuperDuper! or CarbonCopy Cloner.

Or you could install the OS onto the external drive and Migrate from the internal.

How to move your content to a new Mac - Apple Support


Similar questions

7 replies

Apr 8, 2020 8:26 AM in response to 99FLHR

Mounted Volumes:

    disk1s1 - N***S

        249.30 GB (Shared - 45.27 GB used, 200.12 GB free)

        APFS

        Mount point: /Volumes/N***S


    disk1s5 - Untitled

        249.30 GB (Shared - 991 KB used, 200.12 GB free)

        APFS

        Mount point: /Volumes/Untitled


    disk2s1 - M************ Data [APFS Virtual drive]

        250.40 GB (Shared - 12.45 GB used, 225.03 GB available, 223.92 GB free)

        APFS

        Mount point: /System/Volumes/Data


    disk2s4 - VM [APFS VM]

        250.40 GB (Shared - 2.15 GB used, 223.92 GB free)

        APFS

        Mount point: /private/var/vm


    disk2s5 - Macintosh HD

        250.40 GB (Shared - 11.13 GB used, 225.03 GB available, 223.92 GB free)

        APFS

        Mount point: /

        Read-only: Yes


    disk2s6 - U********2

        250.60 GB (Shared - 995 KB used, 224.12 GB free)

        APFS

        Mount point: /Volumes/U********2


Network:

    Interface en0: Ethernet

    Interface fw0: FireWire

    Interface en1: Wi-Fi

        802.11 a/b/g/n

    Interface en3: Bluetooth PAN

    Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge


System Software:

    macOS Catalina 10.15.4 (19E266)

    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/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.xpcservice.plist

        Executable: ~/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/Resources/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent -runMode xpchost

        Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK


    Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist

        Executable: ~/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/Resources/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent -runMode ifneeded

        Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK


    Apps: 11



Apr 8, 2020 8:27 AM in response to 99FLHR

32-bit Applications:

    7 32-bit apps


System Launch Agents:

    [Not Loaded] 16 Apple tasks

    [Loaded] 180 Apple tasks

    [Running] 117 Apple tasks


System Launch Daemons:

    [Not Loaded] 35 Apple tasks

    [Loaded] 190 Apple tasks

    [Running] 112 Apple tasks


Launch Agents:

    [Loaded] com.microsoft.update.agent.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2020-04-07)


Launch Daemons:

    [Loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2020-04-07)


User Launch Agents:

    [Loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (? 0 - installed 2020-03-12)

    [Loaded] com.google.keystone.xpcservice.plist (? 0 - installed 2020-03-12)


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


Time Machine:

    Time Machine Not Configured!


Performance:

    System Load: 1.59 (1 min ago) 1.30 (5 min ago) 0.89 (15 min ago)

    Nominal I/O speed: 5.06 MB/s

    File system: 100.97 seconds

    Write speed: 78 MB/s

    Read speed: 73 MB/s


CPU Usage Snapshot:

    Type Overall

    System: 7 %

    User: 21 %

    Idle: 72 %


Top Processes Snapshot by CPU:

    Process (count) CPU (Source - Location)

    Other processes 103.88 % (?)

    EtreCheck 5.47 % (App Store)

    trustd 2.14 % (Apple)

    mdworker_shared (17) 0.23 % (Apple)

    suggestd 0.18 % (Apple)


Top Processes Snapshot by Memory:

    Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location)

    EtreCheck 477 MB (App Store)

    Finder 53 MB (Apple)

    NotificationCenter 51 MB (Apple)

    accountsd 42 MB (Apple)

    SystemUIServer 37 MB (Apple)


Top Processes Snapshot by Network Use:

    Process Input / Output (Source - Location)

    Other processes 145 KB / 73 KB (?)

    SystemUIServer 0 B / 64 B (Apple)

    mdworker_shared 0 B / 0 B (Apple)

    spindump_agent 0 B / 0 B (Apple)

    backgroundtaskmanagementagent 0 B / 0 B (Apple)


Virtual Memory Information:

    Physical RAM: 4 GB


    Free RAM: 308 MB

    Used RAM: 2.89 GB

    Cached files: 830 MB


    Available RAM: 1.11 GB

    Swap Used: 0 B


MacMini beach balling and freezing up

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.