audiomxd high memory allocation port allocation CPU time

2025-05-16 Friday

macOS Sequoia - Apple Community

Here's a history of audiomxd activity after Startup on Wednesday 2025-05-14. I'll try to look at it again in a few days. Perhaps, audiomxd is always running.

2025-05-15 06.48PM CPU Time 22:23:46.90 797.3 MB 6,062 Ports.

2025-05-16 06.44AM CPU Time 31:05:06.69 921.8 MB 19,721 Ports.

2025-05-16 08.22AM CPU Time 31:49:12.74 932.0 MB 19,806 Ports.

Digression: Unified memory is unfamiliar; here's a description I just now found.

In the Apple Mac Mini M4 Pro, unified memory means that a single, high-speed memory module handles both RAM and GPU memory, rather than having separate pools for system and graphics memory. When a task requires more RAM, the system can allocate it from the unified memory pool. Similarly, when the GPU needs more memory for graphics processing, it can access the unified memory pool.

Is audiomxd used continually by the Apple-developed processes that dynamically allocate both system memory and graphics memory?

Epson printer software was uninstalled.

Logged Out. Shut Down.

2025-05-19 5:50 PM Monday. Started. Logged In.

audiomxd history after startup at 5:50 PM Monday 2025-05-19

2025-05-19 7:47PM CPU Time 56:01.46 201.0 MB 3,049 Ports.

2025-05-20 9.08AM CPU Time 13:10:46.50 631.1 MB 13,781 Ports.

2025-05-20 4.40PM CPU Time 19:44:09.20 756.9 MB 34,778 Ports.

Following your suggestion den.thed, I first searched for an appropriate gpg uninstaller on the Mac and online. No success, so I read through the EtreCheckPro report and removed what I could find.

Finder ~/Applications/GPG Keychain.app

Remove GPG Keychain.app

Finder ~/Library/LaunchAgents

Remove org.gpgtools.gpgmail.enable-bundles.plist

Remove org.gpgtools.macgpg2.shutdown-gpg-agent.plist

Remove org.gpgtools.gpgmail.patch-uuid-user.plist

Remove org.gpgtools.Libmacgpg.xpc.plist

Remove org.gpgtools.updater.plist

Remove org.gpgtools.macgpg2.fix.plist

Finder ~/Library/LaunchDaemons

Remove org.gpgtools.gpgmail.patch-uuid.plist

Finder ~/Library/Logs

Remove gpgmail-uuid-patcher

Finder ~/Library/PreferencePanes

Remove GPGPreferences.prefpane

Finder ~/Library

Remove GPGServices.service

Finder ~/usr/local

Remove gnupg-2.2

Remove MacGPG2

Logged Out, Shut Down, Started Up, Logged In.

In a Terminal window: uptime

16:08 up 50 mins

The time of day at Startup was 15:18

audiomxd history after startup at 03:18 PM Saturday 2025-05-24

2025-05-24 4.11PM CPU Time 2.93 18.6 MB 882 Ports.

audiomxd memory allocation is much improved. We'll know more in a day or two.

The other app, SENA device manager, remains on the Mac Mini. One change at a time.

audiomxd activity after startup at 12:40 PM Sunday 2025-05-25

2025-05-25 1:35PM CPU Time 48:02.88 189.3 MB 2,960 Ports

2025-05-25 3:50PM CPU Time 48:03.70 189.4 MB 2,959 Ports

2025-05-26 7:25AM CPU Time 15:51:04.50 684.0 MB 2,961 Ports

2025-05-26 1:30PM CPU Time 20:08:59.49 764.1 MB 25,818 Ports

2025-05-26 3:58PM CPU Time 20:09:02.76 764.1 MB 25,820 Ports

2025-05-27 8:18AM CPU Time 35:23:58.33 979.9 MB 35,137 Ports

EtreCheckPro: Mac Mini 2025-05-27 08.27.53.txt

audiomxd activity after startup at 12:40 PM Sunday 2025-05-25

2025-05-25 1:35PM CPU Time 48:02.88 189.3 MB 2,960 Ports

2025-05-25 3:50PM CPU Time 48:03.70 189.4 MB 2,959 Ports

2025-05-26 7:25AM CPU Time 15:51:04.50 684.0 MB 2,961 Ports

2025-05-26 1:30PM CPU Time 20:08:59.49 764.1 MB 25,818 Ports

2025-05-26 3:58PM CPU Time 20:09:02.76 764.1 MB 25,820 Ports

2025-05-27 8:18AM CPU Time 35:23:58.33 979.9 MB 35,137 Ports

2025-05-28 6:14AM CPU Time 56:08:04.12 1.18 GB 64,688 Ports

2025-05-28 2:33PM CPU Time 62:17:24.90 1.25 GB 90,057 Ports

2025-05-29 6:45AM CPU Time 77:59:44.71 1.38 GB 90,083 Ports

2025-05-29 9:43AM CPU Time 80:45:05.48 1.40 GB 102,914 Ports

2025-05-30 10:27AM CPU Time 103:12:07.47 1.59 GB 169,999 Ports

2025-05-30 10:46AM CPU Time 103:14:15.34 1.59 GB 184,332 Ports

2025-05-31 6:11AM CPU Time 120:35:03.76 1.72 GB 228,144 Ports

2025-06-01 10:04AM CPU Time 14:54:35.52 667.1 MB 5,539 Ports

2025-06-01 2:50PM CPU Time 17:34:56.22 718.3 MB 11,417 Ports

CPU Time, Memory, and Ports exhibit their usual rates of increase.

EtreCheckPro reports no Major Issues.

I just now removed more old software apps, including Amazon Music app and Movai video converter, then restarted.

Startup: Monday 2025-06-02 16:50

Here's a new EtreCheckPro report.

EtreCheckPro report 2025-06-02 16.55.33.txt

audiomxd activity after startup 2025-06-02 at 16:50

Logged Out most of the time between samples unless otherwise indicated.

2025-06-03 11:11AM CPU Time 17:51:55.75 724.3 MB 5,776 Ports

2025-06-03 6:50PM CPU Time 24:17:13.45 827.8 MB 13,266 Ports

2025-06-04 6:19AM CPU Time 35:25:22.10 980.4 MB 30,308 Ports

2025-06-04 2:56PM CPU Time 41:48:31.47 1.04 GB 69,905 Ports

SLEEP

2025-06-04 4:48PM CPU Time 41:54:37.48 1.04 GB 69,904 Ports

2025-06-05 6:35PM CPU Time 65:19:43.77 1.28 GB 91,568 Ports

2025-06-06 8:34AM CPU Time 77:39:46.72 1.38 GB 103,566 Ports

LOCK SCREEN

2025-06-06 10:49AM CPU Time 77:45:33.06 1.38 GB 103,566 Ports

2025-06-07 6:16AM CPU Time 96:13:26.53 1.53 GB 139,749 Ports

audiomxd activity after Start Up 2025-06-09 6:58PM

Logged Out most of the time between samples unless otherwise indicated.

2025-06-09 7:37PM CPU Time 2.32 15.5 MB 796 Ports

2025-06-10 6:30AM CPU Time 10:36:28.87 573.6 MB 10,870 Ports

audiomxd activity after Start Up 2025-06-10 4:16PM

Logged Out most of the time between samples unless otherwise indicated.

2025-06-10 6:15PM CPU Time 0.06 2.8 MB 55 Ports

2025-06-10 6:45PM CPU Time 59.21 50.6 MB 2,949 Ports

2025-06-11 5:52AM CPU Time 10:58:56.46 583.6 MB 8,377 Ports

Thank you, den.thed, for the excellent descriptions. Given the growing amount of memory allocated and of the growing number of ports opened, it appears that processes or services or apps are CHECKING IN, but they are NOT CHECKING OUT.

Previous reports from EtreCheckPro mentioned the following kernel extension:

Kernel Extensions:

/Applications/Toolkit.app

[Not Loaded] SeagateDiskService.kext - com.seagate.IOSED01 (67.0 - SDK 10.10)

I just now removed it and rebooted.

audiomxd activity after Start Up 2025-06-11 2:35PM

Logged Out most of the time between samples unless otherwise indicated.

2025-06-11 4:00PM CPU Time 1:19:32.28 230.3 MB 3,260 Ports

2025-06-12 9:51AM CPU Time 18:51:17.30 740.1 MB 3,262 Ports

Logged Out.

Printed a few pages from iPhone to nearby AirPrint printer.

Just now Logged In and launched Activity Monitor.

2025-06-12 11:13AM CPU Time 19:49:13.29 760.5 MB 18,527 Ports

2025-06-12 12:10PM CPU Time 20:22:36.66 771.7 MB 26,335 Ports

Uninstalled LaCie Seagate Toolkit.

https://www.seagate.com/support/kb/lacie/uninstalling-toolkit/

In the top left, click on the Apple icon

Click on System Settings

In the left-hand window, scroll towards the bottom and locate Toolkit

Click the Toolkit icon then click uninstall

Finder Search: This Mac "Macintosh HD" > Search "LaCie"

Removed

LaCieToolkit.zip

Logged Out.

Shut Down.

Moved Mac Mini back to original location.

Start Up 2025-06-12 1:01 PM.

audiomxd activity after Start Up 2025-06-12 1:01PM

Logged Out most of the time between samples unless otherwise indicated.

2025-06-12 1:19PM CPU Time 14:50.00 130.2 MB 2,450 Ports

audiomxd activity after Start Up 2025-06-13 11:04AM

Screen Locked(?)

2025-06-13 2.21PM CPU Time 0.00 2.8 MB 55 Ports

Logged Out.

2025-06-13 4.22PM CPU Time 44:58.00 189.0 MB 7,135 Ports

Logged Out.

2025-06-14 7.08AM CPU Time 15:13:42.05 675.6 MB 7,217 Ports

CPU Time and Memory grew, but Ports did not grow much overnight.

Uninstalled Adobe Photoshop 21

Start Up 2025-06-14 05:42PM.

Disk Utility

File system check exit code is 0.

Restoring the original state found as mounted.

Operation successful.

audiomxd activity after Start Up 2025-06-14 05:42PM

2025-06-14 7.26PM CPU Time 1:20:25.78 231.8 MB 3,273 Ports

2025-06-15 6:03AM CPU Time 11:51:53.96 603.6 MB 6,554 Ports

Reinstalled macOS

How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support

Start Up 2025-06-17 5:01PM.

audiomxd activity after 2025-06-17 5:01PM

2025-06-18 4.54AM CPU Time 11:17:17.02 588.5 MB 56 Ports

CPU Time and Memory are similar to previous Start Up statistics, but the number of open Ports is smaller.

Significant REDUCTION in: CPU Time, Memory, Ports.

The Mac mini was NOT restarted.

Terminal > uptime indicates the following:

10:34 up 4 days, 23:52, 2 users, load averages: 1.84 1.77 2.35

"uptime" says there are 2 users, but I'm the only user at this time.

Does "uptime" count the terminal window as an additional user login?

Monitoring audiomxd memory growth -

audiomxd activity after Start Up 2025-06-23 10:42AM

2025-06-23 10.58AM CPU Time 0.06 2.9 MB 55 Ports

2025-06-23 12.50AM CPU Time 1:36:51.94 249.0 MB 3,390 Ports

2025-06-23 3.03PM CPU Time 3:22:24.95 337.6 MB 7,752 Ports

2025-06-24 6.57AM CPU Time 18:23:05.68 733.1 MB 12,265 Ports

2025-06-24 12.52PM CPU Time 24:08:27.34 828.2 MB 29,518 Ports

2025-06-24 4.35PM CPU Time 27:18:14.56 876.1 MB 40,574 Ports

2025-06-25 6.58AM CPU Time 41:36:07.62 1.03 GB 40,578 Ports

2025-06-25 6.36PM CPU Time 51:35:29.81 1.15 GB 114,475 Ports

2025-06-26 5.41AM CPU Time 62:24:15.94 1.25 GB 127,171 Ports

2025-06-26 3.24PM CPU Time 71:35:38.54 1.34 GB 155,207 Ports

2025-06-27 6.58AM CPU Time 86:54:51.69 1.47 GB 169,520 Ports

2025-06-27 10.53AM CPU Time 88:29:23.29 1.48 GB 184,937 Ports

2025-06-27 2.08PM CPU Time 91:20:43.53 1.51 GB 200,539 Ports

2025-06-28 5.05AM CPU Time 105:46:01.07 1.63 GB 263,458 Ports

2025-06-28 10.09AM CPU Time 2:53:34.28 314.9 MB 3,813 Ports

audiomxd activity after Start Up 2025-06-29 05:16 PM

2025-07-12 11:19 AM CPU Time 143:58:04.97 1.87 GB 234,061 Ports

2025-07-17 4:08 PM CPU Time 264:41:44.71 2.52 GB 305,453 Ports