10.7.4 - Applications Not Responding & WiFi

Hoping someone can help as I've been experiencing the same problems since installing the 10.7.3 in February.  I have an iMac (2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 - OS X 10.7.4) only 12 months old.  When I installed OS X version 10.7.3 I noticed that a variety of applications kept freezing and I would have to force quit them as they were "not responding".  The applications varied from itunes, word, excel, disk utility, and so on.  It didn't seem to discriminate.  I also noticed that the wifi kept dropping out and was rarely detected by my smart phone (not problems with wifi connectivity on phone).  The other problem was that I couldn't restart the computer or even shutdown as it would get stuck on a white screen.  I would have to turn off with on/off button.
I installed the 10.7.3 Combo with some difficulty as it kept freezing as well.  It seemed to help for a day but then the same problems came back.  Yesterday I installed the latest version update 10.7.4 hoping that this would solve all my problems but unfortunately I am still experiencing the exact same problems.  I'm at a loss and would appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks

Backup your files then do the following:
Install or Reinstall Lion from Scratch
If possible backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Erase the hard drive:
Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
After DU loads select your startup volume (usually Macintosh HD) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion: Select Reinstall Lion and click on the Install button.
Note: You can also re-download the Lion installer by opening the App Store application. Hold down the OPTION key and click on the Purchases icon in the toolbar. You should now see an active Install button to the right of your Lion purchase entry. There are situations in which this will not work. For example, if you are already booted into the Lion you originally purchased with your Apple ID or if an instance of the Lion installer is located anywhere on your computer.
Reinstall any third-party applications from scratch. Be sure you have the latest versions and that those versions are compatible with Lion. If not sure then do not install them. Do not install any anti-virus software. Be careful with plug-ins such as third-party preferences or application add-ons unless you know they are compatible with Lion.

Similar Messages

  • ITunes 11.2.1 freezes when I connect my iPhone 5. 'Application not responding'

    Hi,
    Recently I upgraded Mavericks. Since then I cant sync my phone anymore. iTunes works fine untill I plugin my phone. Then the spinwheel comes up and stays there forever. In dock it says 'Application Not Responding'.
    iPhone 5, iTunes 11.2.1, Macbook Pro 10.9.3 2.6 GHz 8Gb
    Does somebody can help me out? That would be very very nice!

    Hi BlackNikes
    I had exact same problem, but have now resolved it. If your problem is the same as mine your SyncServices folders have been corrupted while itunes was updated.
    See my post or spyder683 post at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6223064?start=60&tstart=0
    I am running Mavericks 10.9.3 and updated itunes to 11.2.0 and then experienced problems with itunes crashing, 11.2.2 didn't resolve the problem. I found iTunes worked fine if all my other devices (iphone, ipad, ipod) were turned off, as soon as I powered any one of them up and itunes detected them over wifi or USB itunes then froze with the dreaded colored ball spinning.
    In Mavericks 10.9.3 the SyncServices folder is not visible going into the normal library/Application support folder, your instructions below took me to a different area in the system, or at least made these folders visible. Following your instructions I was able to locate and delete both SyncService & SyncServices folders and I launched iTunes again while my devices were powered up and the issue has gone. Bliss!!!
    Many Thanks
    spyder683 wrote:
    Hi Culero,
    The fix of deleting the SyncServices folder is for Mac systems. From your desktop / finder, click the "Go" menu at the top, then "Go to Folder ..." Paste this into the field: ~/Library/Application Support
    The SyncServices folder should be in there. I had both a SyncService and a SyncServices folder. The second one should, when deleted, help with the problem you and I both had of iTunes freezing when an iOS device is plugged in.
    Hope this helps

  • I have a macbook pro 10.8.5 and the Application Safari will not open no matter what i do, I try to open the menu of Safari but it won't let me either, the mouse will just be loading. Each time i open it, it says "Application Not Responding"

    I have a macbook pro 10.8.5 and the Application Safari will not open no matter what i do, I try to open the menu of Safari but it won't let me either, the mouse will just be loading. Each time i open it, it says "Application Not Responding" and I try opening it in my Finder and it'll say "The Application 'Safari' cannot be opened." and below that it'll say "-1712" Please help? I would really like to open it again.

    The application Safari can't be opened -1712
    What to do about "The application 'Safari' can't be opened" -1712 ?

  • Help please-"Application Not Responding" for Safari and Mail

    I read in one discussion that if Safari is slow, you can go to Font Book and select the fonts with a bullet to get rid of duplicate fonts. I did that, and then decided to disable some japanese fonts I don't use.
    Now Safari and Mail don't work. Mail won't open at all, and Safari launches but doesn't load and I get the spinning wheel.
    I used Disk Utility to fix permissions, and that didn't solve the problem, and now my Disk Utility also says "Application Not Responding".
    I also went back to Font Book and enabled all the fonts I disabled. Still nothing.
    ( I can use Netscape-so it's only Mac applications I guess)
    Any help is very much appreciated.
    Thanks!
    powerpc g4   Mac OS X (10.3.2)  

    I read in one discussion that if Safari is slow, you
    can go to Font Book and select the fonts with a
    bullet to get rid of duplicate fonts. I did that, and
    then decided to disable some japanese fonts I don't
    use.
    Now Safari and Mail don't work. Mail won't open at
    all, and Safari launches but doesn't load and I get
    the spinning wheel.
    I used Disk Utility to fix permissions, and that
    didn't solve the problem, and now my Disk Utility
    also says "Application Not Responding".
    I also went back to Font Book and enabled all the
    fonts I disabled. Still nothing.
    ( I can use Netscape-so it's only Mac applications I
    guess)
    Any help is very much appreciated.
    Thanks!
    powerpc g4 Mac
    OS X (10.3.2)
    Wow- i fixed it! I remembered that when I was in Font Book originally, there were some fonts disabled, and I enabled them.
    I couldn't remember EXACTLY which ones, but I disabled some I thought were the ones, and VOILA!
    Mail works, Safari works...what a relief!
    And it only took me HOURS...oh well.
    If this might help anyone, here are the fonts I disabled again-
    BeteNoirA Regular
    BoyzRGross
    Chrome Yellow
    Coventry Garden
    FancyPants
    HardlyWorthit
    PleasinglyPlump
    RaggMoppRegular
    Anyone know if I should throw these fonts away? maybe a stupid question, but I'm not very good at this stuff and hesitate to change anything.
    powerpc g4 Mac OS X (10.3.2)

  • Microsoft Word Freezing Repeatedly, Application Not Responding

    Just wondering if anyone else was having issues with Microsoft Word from MS Office 2008, where you open the application, you type a few sentences, and the application freezes with the spinning circle of death that won't go away until you click the dock where it says "application not responding" and do a force-quit? You can leave the circle spinning for 10-20-30 minutes, and it never goes away.
    Now for the weird part--this error only happens for me when I'm using a specific document on my computer. I can open Word, start a new document, type several paragraphs of text, and it works fine. But I've been working on an existing paper for about two months that all of a sudden started causing these freezes/crashes when editing it. It's about 30 pages roughly, no images, no big inserts that would take up a lot of memory (116 kb in size). And up until today, there were no problems. So why all of a sudden can't I edit anything on this paper without freezing the program?! I downloaded the Microsoft Office 2008 Service Pack 1 that was just released after this problem started, and ran all the recent Java and program updates through Software Update with computer restarts. I even copied the text from the Word document I was working on, pasted it into a new document, tried saving it as both .doc and .docx, and again the program still freezes when working with that text in a new file. This one baffles me. It's like the text within a document is somehow freezing the application. One thing I did notice is that the freezes seem to happen when I'm scrolling using a mouse wheel. Not always, but quite a bit. I suppose this is some memory issue related to several pages of text that the program can't render or process when you add new lines of text or scroll, but again, I can't figure why this paper I've been working on for months all of a sudden decided to start freezing Word today. Can you really only have 30 double-spaced pages of text in Word before it crashes?
    Looks like I've found my reason to switch to Open Office, since I'm 3-4 days out from a deadline. Any other solution strategies would be welcome. Thanks.

    Same problem here - Microsoft Word 2008 (update 12.1.7) will open fine, and then start the spinning pizza of death. Only way out is to force-quit the app. I've tried:
    1) deleting plist and font cache files
    2) uninstalling MS Office 2008, reinstalling and then re-applying updates 12.1.0 and 12.1.7
    3) confirming that Apple's Font Card.app can verify all fonts
    No luck. Currently I can't open any MS word doc without the spinning pizza of death.
    If you are lucky enough that these symptoms only happen with a specific Word .doc file, I would see if the PC-originator could re-save the file as .RTF and resend. If you can then open it OK, you could revert back to .doc (or .docx) format. RTF format is Microsoft's interchange format. If there are anomalies in the .doc file, saving as .RTF can sometimes clean them up. Once done, you can revert back to native MS Word format.
    ...b

  • Mouse over dock icon no longer indicates "application not responding"

    A very convenient feature seems to be missing from Snow Leopard. In prior versions, if an application was not responding, holding the cursor over its dock icon would display "[Application] Not Responding" and also an option to Force Quit. This status message does not appear in Snow Leopard.
    Are we to assume that if we click and hold on a dock icon and "Force Quit" is presented as an option, that the application has stopped responding?
    Suggestions?

    drdocument wrote:
    Thanks!
    So if I click and hold a dock icon and "Force Quit" is shown instead of "Quit" would that indicate that the particular application is in the midst of some process and simply unable to respond?
    Should I simply allow more time for the app to finish whatever it's doing?
    it could be either. sometimes an application is busy and is showing as not responding but will come out of it after a while. but sometimes it's truly hanging and then you have to force quit it to get rid of it. there is no way to tell just by looking at the dock. give it a bit of time and if it's still not responding then force quit. but if it's happening all the time then you may have problems with your system.
    In particular, here, I've launched DiskWarrior 4.2 on a Mini (via Screen Sharing from my Mac Pro) in an attempt to rebuild directory on a My Book 1TB external drive connected by FireWire, which Disk Utility indicates needs repair but DU cannot repair. Ideas?
    so what does disk warrior say when you try to rebuild the directory? and you should also verify the internal drive on the mini too.

  • Itunes application not responding when I plug in my iphone

    I am on itunes 8.2 and when I plug in my iphone itunes just goes into application not responding.
    I wait for a while and then unplug the phone and it goes back to working again.
    On the phone there is no "Sync" message. In fact with the phone plugged in I can access the phones apps just as if it was not plugged in.
    But initially when I plug it in, it does the double vibrate and shows the charging graphic so I know the cable is ok.
    The phone is already on 3.1 apparently because some new features are there... like selecting multiple photos to email.
    But I don't recall ever running any updates in itunes to make it use the new software as I read you were supposed to do.
    I don't want to upgrade to itunes 9 because I read so many people having problems with it... but I wonder if the phone is no longer compatible with itunes 8.2
    Any help is appreciated.
    Thanks.
    -Jeff

    Do you know if the problems people have reported with itunes 9 was before the 9.1 release?
    I've heard tons of people saying they were reverting back to itunes 8.2 because 9 was so bad.
    Am a bit nervous about that update because of that.
    But an applecare guy told me that the 9.1 was supposed to address those issues. I have just not heard anything about that actually fixing things though. Still seems like a lot of people are dreading the new itunes 9.
    If you are an itunes 9 user, did you have any problems with it wiping out your library or any terribly long syncing times?
    Thanks.

  • Can't Open 3rd party Apps with my User (Icon Bouncing then Application Not Responding)

    Hi
    Problem:
    I can't Open 3rd Part Apps with my user (FireFox, Chrome, Dropbox, GoogleDrive, Mega, Final Cut Pro X, etc) they just star bouncing and after a while they stop bouncing then i righ click on them and it says "Application Not Responding", but i can open native apps like Safari, iTunes, iMovie, Finder, Settings
    Other Events:
    -Just Before this happend i was editting a video on FCPX, y export it and tried to upload to Google Drive (in Chrome), when it was uploading I closed FCPX and the uploading stop it at 91%, y tried to reupload but then I realized that this video was in a temp folder and it wasnt there anymore, so I open FCPX to export it again and i couldnt, it was just bouncing and then "App not responding".
    -After Installing Yosemite i feelt it slow even after it finished the encriptation File Vault, specially in chrome.
    I have tried:
    1-Repair Disk Permisions
    2-Reset SMC
    3-Reinstall FCPX
    4-Decrypted the Disk and create another user and i was able to run Chrome, FireFox and FCPX, When I opened FCPX it started but when it was trying to open the project that i was working , it restarted the app and i couldnt open FCPX again, just bouncing and App Not Responding
    Any suggestions to keep my User working?
    Macbook Pro Mid 2012
    -OSX Yosemite,
    -16GB Ram1600MHz DDR3
    -750GB 5400RPM
    -2.9GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz) with 4MB L3 cache

    Yes, as long as you let TM do a full disc backup (that is, you do not exclude anything in the TM backup settings) you will have a backup that allows a full system restore - puts everything back just as it was.
    You can also clone your system using the shareware app SuperDuper or the donation-ware app CarbonCopyCloner
    http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
    http://www.bombich.com/
    Both of these apps will make a true clone (literally, a bit-by-bit copy) of your hard drive onto an external drive.  This clone will actually be bootable itself (you plug in the drive and hold the option key during startup then select the clone to boot from).  You would boot from the clone, then reverse-clone it back onto your internal hard drive.
    If you are really serious about being highly confident of not loosing files, you could use both  - I keep a TM backup on one drive, and 2 clones on separate bus-powered hard drives.
    P.S. even if you had not had any issues, you really, REALLY should be keeping regular, up to date backups anyway - things go flooey without warning sometimes and you risk loosing everything on your machine if you DON'T keep regular backup copies available.

  • Application Not Responding Creative Suite

    Having major problems with Application Not Responding in Creative Suites 5 & 6. Whenever trying to quit applications, more than not have to force quit. Would like to be able to quit out of Adobe Apps without force quitting. Also get a lot of spinning wheel of death, that forces us to force quit and restart. Any help would be appreciated.

    What system? This behavior has nothing to do with the programs per se, "crashes on exit" always depend on systemic issues. provide the necessary details and crash info:
    Working with your Operating System’s Tools
    Mylenium

  • Keynote Crashing - with Lion.   Most often when I switch out of Keynote to another program - Keynote freezes - says Application Not Responding.  If I save the Keynote before switching, it does not crash - only when it says it is an "edited" file....help

    Keynote Crashing - with Lion.   Most often when I switch out of Keynote to another program - Keynote freezes - says Application Not Responding.  If I save the Keynote before switching, it does not crash - only when it says it is an "edited" file....help

    I posted this on another thread. See if this works:
    1) Uncheck "Backup previous version" in Keynote's Preferences.
    2) Make a duplicate copy of your file that has issues and save it.
    3) If you still get spinning wheels from switching between apps after editing or 10 seconds of inactivity, manually save with command+s. It may beach ball here but be patient and wait for it to finish! Try editing and resume doing work now.
    Command+s may be a bit slow but I think that might be normal since the files are so big.
    Good luck and let me know if this works.

  • Drag and Drop - Application not responding

    Hello,
    I have a problem regarding Drag and Drop in Mavericks (but probably all versions):
    This is especially concerning Drag and Drop from Mail or Microsoft Outlook to another application (in this case a Java Application).
    I know that it's only possible to drag mails to the desktop, where they are saved as an eml file.
    My idea was to use the Drag and Drop mechanism as a trigger for calling an Apple Script (out of my Java Application) which saves the selected mail(s) as eml, for my application later picking them up in an defined folder. Basically this works just fine BUT Mail as well as Outlook does not respond to the tell statement of my Apple Script until the dragged mail snaps back to the source application after about 20 seconds. While the Apple Script waits for the mail application to respond, both applications (mail application as well as my own application) show "Application not responding" in dock.
    Does anybody have an idea how I can get the mail applications get to respond earlier? Probably a second instance, killing of the drag/drop event or anything else?
    Regards
    Benjamin

    Hi
    I am also facing the same problem. Did u find any solution for this problem. If yes, can u post the solution.
    Thanx.

  • HP Utility 'Application Not Responding' after downloading Apple update

    Trying to setup a brand new HP Officejet Premium 6700 with a brand new Air (OSX Mavericks v10.9.3).  Was having issues with the supplied printer software and the wireless print capability so uninstalled that and added the software via an Apple Software Update.  I can now print wirelessly however every time I try to open the HP Utility (via Printers & Scanners) I receive a message of 'Application Not Responding'. 
    Have subsequently tried to access HP Utility via the printer USB and am having the same issue.
    I can't get the scanner to connect to the computer without the Utility.  Any suggestions?  I have literally uninstalled and reinstalled every variation of software for HP Officejet 6700 that I can find.  Getting very frustrated.
    Notably I did have the computer connected to the scanner via wireless but lost the ability when I ran the OSX upgrade to 10.9.3.  The printer still references the computer when I click on Scanner/ Computer on the printer itself, but when I try to select the computer it says the computer isn't available.
    Hoping someone has a good suggestion!

    I think there's a good possibility there are "mis-matched" driver files.
    I would:
    delete the HP folder from Library/Printers (you may have to use Go menu > go to folder to see it).
    Get/install the latest HP driver (hopefully includes utility) from:
    http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=5058338&cc=us&dlc=en &lc=en
    Reset the Printing System.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14141
    Re-Add the printer in Print & Scan prefs.

  • "Application not responding" when trying to open InDesign CC 2014

    I installed InDesign CC 2014 and whenever I try to open it I get the "application not responding" message. Help!

    No system information, no help. We need to know a lot more...
    Mylenium

  • Mac is running SUPER Slow, applications not responding when i open them, Beachballs everywhere

    Whenever i open an application (Take Google chrome for an example) it bounces like 20+ times, then on activity monitor it says "Application Not Responding". Whenever i type too fast on spotlight or finder, my whole desktop freezes, im suspecting this can be maybe HDD failure, i have repaired my MacintoshHD probably 3 times this past week. I have 150GB free out of a 250GB hdd, and i have 4 GB RAM. PLEASE HELP! Im currently enrolled in college and this is vital and needs to be fixed ASAP.

    Hi Rbmx1_,
    Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.  See this article for some steps to try if your Mac is running slowly:
    Mac OS X 10.6: If your Mac computer runs slowly
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH6844
    Cheers,
    - Ari

  • Applications not responding after Mavericks upgrade

    Just upgraded an IMac-2009 of a friend from Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and faced Mail & Contacts not responding (spinning ball).
    May be there coud be addtl applications not responding but i only checked the major ones and those 2 causes problems.
    I just asked him to re-install OS-X (01:40) and i will see (am living far from him)
    I have also read a lot of communities questions and have some lines of thinking like preferences & permissions.
    2 questions :
    1) Some ideas to help me
    2) is there a way to manage his IMac from home (I have a MacBookPro using Mavericks)
    Thank you in advance
    Best regards

    Hi,
    Thanks for everything you provided to me : it helped me a lot.
    The last status is (for info)
    - i decided to re-install Mavericks (for the 3rd time !!!) as the upgrade was so badly installed and i was surprised to see that this time, the re-installation shows "complements modules to re-install" (translated from french) with a schedule of 01:02 (against 01:40 before)
    - and apparently my friend called me later to say : everything is working fine. He recovered all applications.
    Strange but I am happy by now.
    Thank you again

Maybe you are looking for