Computer Running Slow - launchd process near 100% CPU

Lately I've been having some performance issues, beachballing, and crashing.

Looking at Activity Monitor, launchd process is consistently running 95%-100% CPU.

VM Fusion crashing too. This is for Windows 10, and some software that I use daily for my job.

Ran EtreCheck. Can someone help interpret the results and give suggestions as to what to check or repair?

I've attached the full report, and summary below.

Thanks!

EtreCheckPro version: 6.8.5 (68049)

Report generated: 2024-08-08 11:28:35

Performance: Poor

Problem: Beachballing

Description:

launchd running at 95%-100% CPU

Frequent beach balling

Frequent performance and crashing issues with VMWare Fusion

Major Issues: None

Minor Issues:

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

    SSD too slow - SSD is showing poor performance.

    No Time Machine backup - Time Machine backup not found.

    Heavy RAM usage - Apps are using a large amount of RAM.

    Apps crashing - There have been numerous app crashes.

    Apps hanging - There have been numerous app hangs.

    Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed. These files could be old, incompatible, and cause problems. They should be reviewed.

    System modifications - There are a large number of system modifications running in the background.

    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.

    Kernel extensions present - This computer has kernel extensions that may not work in the future.

CPU Usage Snapshot:

    Type Overall

    System: 8 %

    User: 1 %

    Idle: 90 %

Top Processes Snapshot by CPU:

    Process (count) CPU (Source - Location)

    launchd 100.04 % (Apple)

    mdworker (2) 16.35 % (Apple)

    EtreCheckPro 13.46 % (Etresoft, Inc.)

    vmware-vmx 10.02 % (VMware, Inc.)

    Google Chrome Helper (Renderer) (13) 4.82 % (Google LLC)

Top Processes Snapshot by Memory:

    Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location)

    vmware-vmx 40.68 GB (VMware, Inc.)

    Google Chrome Helper (Renderer) (13) 2.18 GB (Google LLC)

    Microsoft Excel 1008 MB (Microsoft Corporation)

    EtreCheckPro 774 MB (Etresoft, Inc.)

    Finder 361 MB (Apple)

Top Processes Snapshot by Network Use:

    Process Input / Output (Source - Location)

    mDNSResponder 387 KB / 208 KB (Apple)

    UserEventAgent 52 KB / 64 KB (Apple)

    apsd 30 KB / 13 KB (Apple)

    vmnet-natd 34 KB / 9 KB (VMware, Inc.)

    netbiosd 10 KB / 17 KB (Apple)

Top Processes Snapshot by Energy Use:

    Process (count) Energy (0-100) (Source - Location)

    launchd 50 (Apple)

    ReportCrash (2) 3 (Apple)

    vmware-vmx 2 (VMware, Inc.)

    Google Chrome Helper (Renderer) (13) 2 (Google LLC)

    Activity Monitor 1 (Apple)

Virtual Memory Information:

    Physical RAM: 64 GB

    Free RAM: 4.87 GB

    Used RAM: 51.41 GB

    Cached files: 7.72 GB

    Available RAM: 12.59 GB

    Swap Used: 1 MB

Software Installs (past 60 days):

    Install Date Name (Version)

    2024-07-11 Promise Pegasus Software (4.04.0000.48)

    2024-07-17 Microsoft AutoUpdate (4.73.24071426)

    2024-08-08 XProtectPlistConfigData (5271)

Diagnostics Information (past 60 days):

    2024-08-08 11:19:12 GoToMyPC.app - Crash (20 times)

        First occurrence: 2024-08-07 08:16:57

        Executable: /Library/Application Support/GoToMyPC/GoToMyPC.app

    2024-08-08 11:11:02 OneDrive.app - Crash (20 times)

        First occurrence: 2024-07-09 11:11:05

        Executable: /Applications/OneDrive.app

        Details:

            dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries

    2024-08-07 17:02:37 VMware Fusion.app - Hang (6 times)

        First occurrence: 2024-08-03 07:02:22

        Executable: /Applications/VMware Fusion.app

    2024-08-07 13:01:04 suggestd - Crash (19 times)

        First occurrence: 2024-07-17 14:14:13

        Executable: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreSuggestions.framework/Versions/A/Support/suggestd

        Details:

            dyld3 mode

            *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistency

            Exception', reason: 'Asset identifier storage too small'

            terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException

            abort() called

    2024-08-03 07:14:39 Promise Utility.app - Crash

        First occurrence: 2024-08-03 07:14:40

        Executable: /Applications/Promise Utility.app

        Details:

            crashed on child side of fork pre-exec

            httpd(1834,0x1135925c0) malloc: *** error for object 0x7fef3b81f400: p

            ointer being freed was not allocated