'09 MBP with some odd screen anomalies

My MBP has some odd screen anomalies. They appear as small blotches of greyness and can only be seen clearly on a white background and when the backlight is bright. When viewed from a viewing angle almost parallel with the screen, one can clearly see the overall shape. They exist in an almost perfectly round ring around the center of the display with an average diameter of about 2.5 inches. The greyness is thickest on the top half of the ring. There is a distinct spot about half an inch above center and the lower semicircle is filled with random grey dots. It looks like, of all things, the Death Star if looked at straight on, or as if someone used the screen as a cupholder.
It doesn't look like image persistence or dead pixles. The anomaly does not move around or change colors, nor does it appear to get any better or worse with time.
I have no idea where it came from or why...
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!
/Tycho

do a pram reset http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379 and then try verifying your icc color profiles with colorsync utility (verify and repair) found in your utlities folder in the applications folder.
This sounds hardware related though and you should take it in to an apple specialist. sounds like a ball hit it or someone punched it and the LCD is broken. can you still see it when you turn the screen/computer off?)

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Anonymous UUID:       F1CB4D58-C5DE-D8BB-D543-3270C7724738
Wed Oct 30 21:51:58 2013
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff80070dc19e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff80071c5e3d, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x0000000000001018, CR3: 0x0000000029716000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0xffffff81d7fa3740, RBX: 0xffffff80368dc8c2, RCX: 0x0000000000001000, RDX: 0xffffff8027862650
RSP: 0xffffff81d7fa3720, RBP: 0xffffff81d7fa3770, RSI: 0x0000000000000005, RDI: 0xffffff8027862650
R8: 0xffffff81d7fa3490, R9: 0xffffff81d7fa348e, R10: 0x0000000000002000, R11: 0x000000000000065e
R12: 0xffffff80368dc8f0, R13: 0x0000000000000000, R14: 0xffffff80368dc8c2, R15: 0xffffff80368dc8e8
RFL: 0x0000000000010202, RIP: 0xffffff80071c5e3d, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x0000000000001018, Error code: 0x0000000000000002, Fault CPU: 0x2
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81d7fa33b0 : 0xffffff8007022f69
0xffffff81d7fa3430 : 0xffffff80070dc19e
0xffffff81d7fa3600 : 0xffffff80070f3606
0xffffff81d7fa3620 : 0xffffff80071c5e3d
0xffffff81d7fa3770 : 0xffffff80071db854
0xffffff81d7fa37c0 : 0xffffff80071daf60
0xffffff81d7fa3800 : 0xffffff80071e1fa0
0xffffff81d7fa3830 : 0xffffff80071d9e8f
0xffffff81d7fa38f0 : 0xffffff80073611e4
0xffffff81d7fa3a00 : 0xffffff80073697cb
0xffffff81d7fa3bd0 : 0xffffff80071fc9db
0xffffff81d7fa3c30 : 0xffffff80071d544b
0xffffff81d7fa3cb0 : 0xffffff80071d4da4
0xffffff81d7fa3d70 : 0xffffff80071c2ebf
0xffffff81d7fa3f50 : 0xffffff800743de23
0xffffff81d7fa3fb0 : 0xffffff80070f3e06
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Mac OS version:
13A603
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.0.0: Thu Sep 19 22:22:27 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2422.1.72~6/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 1D9369E3-D0A5-31B6-8D16-BFFBBB390393
Kernel slide:     0x0000000006e0
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Anonymous UUID:       F1CB4D58-C5DE-D8BB-D543-3270C7724738
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panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff80184dc19e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff80187cf663, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x0000000000008014, CR3: 0x000000002b62c000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0x0000000000008000, RCX: 0xffffff81e9e8bcc8, RDX: 0x0000000000000001
RSP: 0xffffff81e9e8bc60, RBP: 0xffffff81e9e8bcb0, RSI: 0xffffff8042096108, RDI: 0x0000000000008000
R8: 0xffffff81e9e8bcd0, R9: 0xffffff81e9e8be70, R10: 0x000000000000064e, R11: 0x0000000000000297
R12: 0x0000000000000000, R13: 0x0000000000000001, R14: 0x0000000000000000, R15: 0xffffffffffffffff
RFL: 0x0000000000010202, RIP: 0xffffff80187cf663, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x0000000000008014, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x2
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81e9e8b8f0 : 0xffffff8018422f69
0xffffff81e9e8b970 : 0xffffff80184dc19e
0xffffff81e9e8bb40 : 0xffffff80184f3606
0xffffff81e9e8bb60 : 0xffffff80187cf663
0xffffff81e9e8bcb0 : 0xffffff80187cf310
0xffffff81e9e8bd00 : 0xffffff80187cea6f
0xffffff81e9e8bde0 : 0xffffff80185ff47a
0xffffff81e9e8be50 : 0xffffff80187bf04c
0xffffff81e9e8bec0 : 0xffffff80187bc6de
0xffffff81e9e8bf10 : 0xffffff80187bee5a
0xffffff81e9e8bf50 : 0xffffff801883de23
0xffffff81e9e8bfb0 : 0xffffff80184f3e06
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mdworker
Mac OS version:
13A603
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.0.0: Thu Sep 19 22:22:27 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2422.1.72~6/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 1D9369E3-D0A5-31B6-8D16-BFFBBB390393
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Kernel text base: 0xffffff8018400000
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Mark

Hmm, I've got screen zoom turned off so I don't think that's it. Now some of my icons are coming up corrupted,but again, only when I'm logged into my admin acct. Is there a preference file that in the user/~/library/preferences file that i could toss and see if it helps? I could always just toss the whole preference files folder after backing up and then try replacing them one at a time but I'd rather not do that if I have a choice.

HT4907 I am able to connect to my Mac Mini on Back to My Mac through iCloud but the keyboard/trackpad on the MBAir or MBP with which I access does not register on the Mini. So I can see the screen but cannot interact with it. Mini works accessing MBP/Air

I am able to connect to my Mac Mini on Back to My Mac through iCloud but the keyboard/trackpad on the MBAir or MBP with which I access does not register on the Mini. So I can see the screen but cannot interact with it. Mini works accessing MBP/Air and I can use Mini to input data or interact with screens of those computers.

Regarding your first question about bookmarks, I think you discovered the answer in when you pressed the address bar. The second tab there has your bookmarks.
As for the keyboard, I'm not sure why your Firefox is reacting so slowly; mine seems to show keyboards even when I don't want them. If you have accumulated a lot of history, perhaps that's an issue?
Did you use any third party software to move your Firefox data from internal memory to the storage card?

I dropped my iphone 4s and the screen is black with some blue lines. IS there a way to view my text messages on the computer?

I dropped my iphone 4s and the screen is black with some blue lines. IS there a way to view my text messages on the computer?

For instance, DigiDNA's DiskAid will let you extract your messages from the phone in human-readable format. Like .pdf.

I installed Mountain Lion and now some times when I start my mac it look with a black screen and white text. I'm really worry about it, can somebody help me?

I installed Mountain Lion in my IMac and now, some times, when I start up my mac it looks with a black screen and white text. I'm really worry about it, can somebody help me?

Don't worry, this is probably just Verbose Mode. It's perfectly harmless. If you're not specifically invoking it, than it's probably down to an unwanted setting in NVRAM. See this article on resetting NVRAM if it continues to bother you.

PDF files not being displayed correctly, instead I get a blank screen with some sort of small pinned icon in the centre. It was working fine until today HELP!

PDF files not being displayed correctly, instead I get a blank screen with some sort of small pinned icon in the centre. It was working fine until today HELP!

What is your operating system? Reader version? Are these local or online PDFs? If online, in what browser?
Can you post a screenshot: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1070933

'09 MBP with some odd screen anomalies

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