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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1800501" data-attributes="member: 46727">The unsigned software is okay.&nbsp; Apparently, EtreCheck is misreading legal files that are needed.&nbsp; Mainly, Microsoft Office.You are using a lot of memory as indicated in the report and that is probably causing &quot;paging&quot; to occur.&nbsp; Paging means that virtual memory is being used as applications are paged in and out when real memory runs short. Likely being caused by running Adobe software alongside Microsoft Office.&nbsp; Both are memory hogs.&nbsp; (Virtual memory uses drive space in lieu of real memory; &quot;paging&quot;.)You also may be running short on drive space. Your SSD is only 256GB and that can fill up quite fast.&nbsp; You need to keep track of that.And... please start making backups!&nbsp; Time Machine is included with your MacBook Pro and should be used to make backups.&nbsp; Buy an external hard drive and set it up for Time Machine. If you need help with that, just ask. Backups are important and can save your valuable data in case something should go wrong with your MacBook Pro.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1800501, member: 46727"] The unsigned software is okay. Apparently, EtreCheck is misreading legal files that are needed. Mainly, Microsoft Office. You are using a lot of memory as indicated in the report and that is probably causing "paging" to occur. Paging means that virtual memory is being used as applications are paged in and out when real memory runs short. Likely being caused by running Adobe software alongside Microsoft Office. Both are memory hogs. (Virtual memory uses drive space in lieu of real memory; "paging".) You also may be running short on drive space. Your SSD is only 256GB and that can fill up quite fast. You need to keep track of that. And... please start making backups! Time Machine is included with your MacBook Pro and should be used to make backups. Buy an external hard drive and set it up for Time Machine. If you need help with that, just ask. Backups are important and can save your valuable data in case something should go wrong with your MacBook Pro. [/QUOTE]

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