To upgrade my iMac 27 "to the end of 2013

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  EtreCheck version: 2.9.12 (265)

  Report generated 2016-05-26 22:17:37

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  Time 04:15

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  iMac (27 inch, at the end of 2013)

  [Technical details] - [User Guide] - [warranty & Service]

  iMac - model: iMac14, 2

  1 3.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4 strands

  8 GB of RAM expandable - [Instructions]

  BANK 0/DIMM0

  OK 4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz

  BANK 1/DIMM0

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  BANK 1/DIMM1

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  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M - VRAM: 2048 MB

  iMac 2560 x 1440

  System software: ⓘ

  OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 (15F34) - since startup time: less than an hour

  Disk information: ⓘ

  ST1000DM003 disk HARD APPLE disk0: (1 TB) (rotation)

  EFI (disk0s1) < not mounted >: 210 MB

  Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999,35 go-go (640,11 free)

  Recovery HD (disk0s3) < not mounted > [recovery]: 650 MB

  USB information: ⓘ

  Apple Inc. BRCM20702 hub.

  Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB host controller.

  Apple Inc. FaceTime HD camera (built-in)

  Mitsumi Electric Apple USB optical mouse

  Information crush: ⓘ

  Apple Inc. Thunderbolt_bus.

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  Mac App Store and identified developers

  Unknown files: ⓘ

  / Library/LaunchAgents/edu. Emory.oracle_java_whitelist.plist

  SH /Library/Scripts/Emory/oracle_java_whitelist.sh

  /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.deploystudio.lkdc_fix.plist

  / usr/libexec/configureLocalKDC

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  /Applications/Boxcryptor.app

  [no charge] com.boxcryptor.BCFS.filesystems.bcfs (3.1.0 - SDK 10.9-2016-02-12) [Support]

  / Applications/Toast Basic.app

  com.roxio.BluRaySupport [no charge] (1.1.6 - 2010-03-05) [Support]

  [no charge] com.roxio.TDIXController (1.7-2010-03-05) [Support]

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  [no charge] com.m - audio .driver .firewire (1.10.2 - 2016-05-18) [Support]

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  com.palm.ClassicNotSeizeDriver [no charge] (3.2.1 - 2016-05-18) [Support]

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  tc.tctechnologies.driver.TCNear [no charge] (4.1.3 - 10.6 SDK - 2016-05-18) [Support]

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  [no charge] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.Panther (5.9.1 - SDK 10.-1-07-10-2013) [Support]

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  /System/Library/Extensions/TASCAM_US1xx.kext/contents/plugins

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  ARD: path: / Library/StartupItems/ard

  EmagicA26A62mFirmwareLoader: Path: / Library/StartupItems/EmagicA26A62mFirmwareLoader

  M-audio FireWire Audio Helper: path: Library/StartupItems/M-Audio FireWire Audio Helper

  M - Audio Firmware Loader: path: Library/StartupItems/M-Audio Firmware Loader

  PACESupport: Path: / Library/StartupItems/PACESupport

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  [loading] 151 tasks Apple

  [operation] 79 tasks Apple

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  [loading] 153 tasks Apple

  [operation] 90 tasks Apple

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  com.LANDesk.broker.plist [no charge] (2010-01-20) [Support]

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  com.McAfee.VirusScan.fmpd.plist [no charge] (2013-09-26) [Support]

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  Hidden AdobeResourceSynchronizer Application (/ Applications/Adobe Acrobat DC/Adobe Acrobat.app/Contents/Helpers/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)

  WDDriveUtilityHelper Application (/ Applications/WD Drive Utilities.app/Contents/WDDriveUtilityHelper.app)

  Boxcryptor application (/ Applications/Boxcryptor.app)

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  AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 15.016.20039 - SDK 10.11 (2016-05-15) [Support]

  Flash Player: 21.0.0.242 - SDK 10.6 (2016-05-18) [Support]

  iLokClientHelper: 3.1 (2008-05-26) [Support]

  AdobePDFViewer: 15.016.20039 - SDK 10.11 (2016-05-15) [Support]

  Scorch: 6.1.0 (2010-04-23) [Support]

  iPhotoPhotocast: 7.0 - 10.8 SDK (2013-04-18)

  DirectorShockwave: 11.5.8r612 (2010-08-18) [Support]

  QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-05-18)

  FlashPlayer - 10.6: 21.0.0.242 - SDK 10.6 (2016-05-18) [Support]

  PDF Browser Plugin: 2.4.4 - SDK 10.6 (2012-03-13) [Support]

  AdobeAAMDetect: 3.0.0.0 - SDK 10.9 (2016-04-12) [Support]

  F5 VPN SSL Plugin: 7091.2013.1208.1 - SDK 10.8 (2014-06-09) [Support]

  MeetingJoinPlugin: Unknown - SDK 10.6 (2014-11-20) [Support]

  Musicnotes: 1.18.8 (2010-09-21) [Support]

  Silverlight: 5.1.41212.0 - SDK 10.6 (2016-02-11) [Support]

  Default browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-05-18)

  Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: 3.2.0.16 - SDK 10.8 (2013-12-13) [Support]

  SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.6.4 - SDK 10.6 (2016-05-11) [Support]

  JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 update 91 build 14 version Check (2016-04-21)

  OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: 12.3.0 (2011-08-03) [Support]

  Audio plug-ins: ⓘ

  DVCPROHDAudio: 1.3.2 (2010-10-21)

  TASCAM_US1xx: Unknown - SDK 10.7 (2012-09-21) [Support]

  3rd party preference panes: ⓘ

  Flash Player (2016-05-09) [Support]

  Flip4Mac WMV (2013-03-29) [Support]

  Java (2016-04-21) [Support]

  Time Machine: ⓘ

  Skip system files: No.

  Mobile backups: OFF

  Automatic backup: YES

  Volumes to back up:

  Macintosh HD: Disc size: 999,35 GB disc used: 359,24 GB

  Destinations:

  Helen backup [Local]

  Total size: 2.00 TB

  Total number of backups: 40

  An older backup: 10/18/15, 20:39

  Last backup: 15/05/16, 01:47

  Size of backup drive: adequate

  Size of backup 2.00 TB > (disc 359,24 GB X 3)

  Top of page process CPU: ⓘ

  14% kextd

  6% McAfee Reporter

  4% WindowServer

  com.HP.devicemonitor 2%

  kernel_task 2%

  Top of the process of memory: ⓘ

  Kernel_task 725 MB

  614 MB mdworker (34)

  Firefox 418 MB

  180 MB mds_stores

  Dropbox 147 MB

  Information about virtual memory: ⓘ

  2.91 GB of free RAM

  5.08 used GB RAM (2.67 GB being cached)

  Used Swap 0 B

  Diagnostic information: ⓘ

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  / usr/local/McAfee/FMP/bin/pgme

  26 May 2016, 22:16:14 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/fmpd_2016-05-26-221614_[redacted].crash

  26 May 2016, 22:16:04 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/fmpd_2016-05-26-221604_[redacted].crash

  26 May 2016, 22:15:54 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/fmpd_2016-05-26-221554_[redacted].crash

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  26 May 2016, 21:59:09 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/rpc.net_2016-05-26-215909_[redacted].crash

  /usr/sbin/RPC.NET

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  24 may 2016, 22:00:26 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/rpc.net_2016-05-24-220026_[redacted].crash

  24 may 2016, 21:44:36 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/rpc.net_2016-05-24-214436_[redacted].crash

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  24 may 2016, 21:04:21 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/rpc.net_2016-05-24-210421_[redacted].crash

  May 23, 2016, 22:25:42 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/rpc.net_2016-05-23-222542_[redacted].crash

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