My macbook pro 2010 on mavericks has started switching off and restarting for no reason

ive recently bought a macbook pro 2010 off a good and trusted friend ( so i am very new to the whole mac world )
the problem i have is the macbook has decided to start switching off at random times , it restarts straight away and i dont loose any work , the only programme i use is logic and google really , im on mavericks ,the person i bought it off says this has never happened to him and i do trust him on that, it does it if im working on battery or with charger in
this is the report it brought up last time it did it, and id only had the mac on 10 min and was on google
Anonymous UUID:       43AD5FD8-FBFB-46ED-0ADD-12866D6AF953
Wed Oct 15 21:27:01 2014
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff7f96a3df7c): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 3 3 7f 0 0 0 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff8130760000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.6.22/src/Apple MuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff811ed9b140 : 0xffffff8014622f79
0xffffff811ed9b1c0 : 0xffffff7f96a3df7c
0xffffff811ed9b290 : 0xffffff7f95026f1b
0xffffff811ed9b350 : 0xffffff7f950f050a
0xffffff811ed9b390 : 0xffffff7f950f057a
0xffffff811ed9b400 : 0xffffff7f9536f056
0xffffff811ed9b530 : 0xffffff7f95113ba9
0xffffff811ed9b550 : 0xffffff7f9502d96d
0xffffff811ed9b600 : 0xffffff7f9502b478
0xffffff811ed9b800 : 0xffffff7f9502c3f6
0xffffff811ed9b8e0 : 0xffffff7f960929c2
0xffffff811ed9b920 : 0xffffff7f960a237f
0xffffff811ed9b940 : 0xffffff7f960d033b
0xffffff811ed9b980 : 0xffffff7f960d039b
0xffffff811ed9b9c0 : 0xffffff7f960a7e15
0xffffff811ed9ba10 : 0xffffff7f96073b5e
0xffffff811ed9baa0 : 0xffffff7f9606fae7
0xffffff811ed9bad0 : 0xffffff7f9606d636
0xffffff811ed9bb00 : 0xffffff8014ace793
0xffffff811ed9bb90 : 0xffffff8014ad068f
0xffffff811ed9bbf0 : 0xffffff8014ace1af
0xffffff811ed9bd40 : 0xffffff80146b6998
0xffffff811ed9be50 : 0xffffff8014626bc1
0xffffff811ed9be80 : 0xffffff80146139c5
0xffffff811ed9bef0 : 0xffffff801461e013
0xffffff811ed9bf70 : 0xffffff80146c9b9d
0xffffff811ed9bfb0 : 0xffffff80146f4196
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.6.22)[32862231-50BC-3AF6-87A2-703321AE4F90]@ 0xffffff7f96a2f000->0xffffff7f96a42fff
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.6.22)[AA46D551-BE0F-33DA-93A3-8F46197BB 36F]@0xffffff7f96a27000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[045D5D6F-AD1E-36DB-A249-A346E2B48E54]@0xfffff f7f94f2c000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff 7f94cbf000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[75D81741-64C1-3941-ADFA-9D6B6C434EE4]@0 xffffff7f94f84000
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.0.4)[80899285-3952-30DA-A0F9-357C51E104 CF]@0xffffff7f96a2a000
         com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[D61B2BB9-4289-318D-9197-5E1E13B 1FF32]@0xffffff7f94fd7000->0xffffff7f9523ffff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff 7f94cbf000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[D41125CE-69BD-32E7-9B1D-4E83431662DD]@0xff ffff7f94fc7000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[75D81741-64C1-3941-ADFA-9D6B6C434EE4]@0 xffffff7f94f84000
         com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla(8.2.4)[B0E6AAA7-E970-3D81-8B43-145D56 A3A4AC]@0xffffff7f9524a000->0xffffff7f954f3fff
            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[D61B2BB9-4289-318D-9197-5E1E13B 1FF32]@0xffffff7f94fd7000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff 7f94cbf000
         com.apple.GeForceTesla(8.2.4)[B0074750-2FC6-3E26-BEA0-5AD5469686CF]@0xffffff7f9 6052000->0xffffff7f9611cfff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff 7f94cbf000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[D41125CE-69BD-32E7-9B1D-4E83431662DD]@0xff ffff7f94fc7000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[75D81741-64C1-3941-ADFA-9D6B6C434EE4]@0 xffffff7f94f84000
            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[D61B2BB9-4289-318D-9197-5E1E13B 1FF32]@0xffffff7f94fd7000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
13F34
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.4.0: Sun Aug 17 19:50:11 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.115.4~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 9477416E-7BCA-3679-AF97-E1EAAD3DD5A0
Kernel slide:     0x0000000014400000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8014600000
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 2928493304012
last loaded kext at 271275450773: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.9 (addr 0xffffff7f96bc9000, size 65536)
last unloaded kext at 346826684424: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.9 (addr 0xffffff7f96bc9000, size 57344)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.14.34
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.2.7f3
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.6.3f4
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.6.3f4
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics 8.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.13
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.4d1
com.apple.GeForceTesla 8.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.6.22
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB 8.2.4
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.7f3
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.0
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.4d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 3.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 325.7
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeLZVN 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache 35
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.6.7
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 683.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.0.5
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 3.8.1b2
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 5.0.2
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 700.20.22
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 660.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 217.92.1
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 153
com.apple.security.quarantine 3
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 217.92.1
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.6.22
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.7
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.6.3f4
com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.9.7fc2
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.14
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.12d1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.12d1
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.6
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla 8.2.4
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla 8.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.6.3f4
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.6.3f4
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.4
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.6.22
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.7f3
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 91.1
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.2.7f3
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.7.1d6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 240.10
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.6.7
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 3.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 660.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMer
Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0F, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.66 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.58f17
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353237334348302D4346382020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353237334348302D4346382020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
Bluetooth: Version 4.2.7f3 14616, 3 services, 15 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: TOSHIBA MK5055GSXF, 500.11 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Built-in iSight
USB Device: IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Bus:

Your model has two GPUs or video chips. One is integrated into the processor. The other is a standalone graphic processor. In other words it is "discrete" with respect to the other, integrated graphic processor.
A new motherboard is expensive. Between 3-500 dollars from what I understand. Your local Apple dealer can tell you more.

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Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
          1 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
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Launch Daemons:
[not loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
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iTunesHelper
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OnLiveGameClientDetector: Version: OnLiveGameClientDetector 1.0.0 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.0.61118.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.7
Safari Extensions:
Missing e: Version: 2.14.3
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User Internet Plug-ins:
Picasa: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.4 Support
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Flash Player Support
Growl Support
Top Processes by CPU:
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      1% fontd
      0% soffice
      0% coreservicesd
      0% usbmuxd
Top Processes by Memory:
344 MB WebProcess
143 MB Safari
135 MB soffice
53 MB iCal
45 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information:
1001 MB Free RAM
584 MB Active RAM
381 MB Inactive RAM
2.07 GB Wired RAM
239 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
I've had a look to book an appointment at the Genius Bar, but would you believe it, there are no available appointments at my local store! I really would appreciate if anyone could offer any assistance in how to lodge a formal complaint? My days rely on being able to do my work, so whilst I have tried to book a reservation I am at a loss, and pretty much screwed having a Mac that I clearly cannot use functionally.
If anyone can provide any help, I'd be absolutely most grateful!

I have done what you suggested. However, I have to disagree with you about the 'third party' comment. Although those minor issues were on there which I picked up on shortly afterwards, they were easily removed. It hasn't CHANGED the symptoms I described about my mac. Both items are removed (growl only tends to make your mac 'lag' and that's not the problem I'm having)
I am still having all the above issues, regardless of my mac being fully minus third party items. This mac hasn't had any heavy use, or had many applications installed on it ect, there is really no reason for it to be failing. I'd understand if it was old, but it's literally only just passed being 3 years old.
If you can provide any more help that would be appreciated, thank you!

I cannot print wirelessly to an Epson 810 from a MacBook Pro (2010). Stopped working with version 4 and has not worked since. Prints fine to Safari, Chrome, and all other programs. Resetting didn't help.

Prints fine with other browsers and programs. Works with my wife's MacBook Pro.

Took it to Apple Genius, they told me it was my memory (incompatible)
Believe the first one. No one RAM test will reliably indicate RAM is bad. Once indicated, it has to be replaced.
You have to get RAM made for the mid 2012 13" MacBook Pro. Just because it says it 4GB of 1600MHz DDR3 memory does not mean it is compatible with your Mac. You have to buy RAM for Macs with lifetime warranty, that is not ValueRAM, and says the model and its time frame within the year that it was released, and its model number when buying RAM. Both http://www.macsales.com/ (OWC) and http://www.crucial.com/ sell RAM in that means of attributing what kind of RAM it is.
I ran an internet-based free diagnostic tool and it showed that my hard drive did have bad parts (corrupted? possible to fix or not?) and it was acting irregularly...
What tool? Some are known to damage software components of drives. Especially any that address system cache.

Macbook Pro 10.6.8 -Minor start up issues and graphical problems.

Hey guys, I have a Macbook Pro 10.6.8. I have had this computer since Christmas 2010 and I am pretty sure it was made in mid 2010. In the time I have been using it, it has run smoothely and worked very well overall. However, in the past few months I have noticed a few odd things when starting up the computer.
These things include:
- My current desktop image is sometimes replaced with the one I had before.
- Sometimes the white loading screen with the apple logo will show for around 5-10 minutes before the computer fully starts up
And within the past week, I have seen a few other odd occurances:
- The graphics seem to lag at times, like when I'm typing, after I hit the keys it takes a bit more than an instant (like normally) for the letters to appear.
- A few days ago, in Safari, I got a colored pinwheel that just wouldn't go away. It also seemed like it was affecting the whole system, because when I tried to force quit, it took about 2 or 3 minutes for the menu to come up after I right clicked the Safari icon.
- Some programs taking a few seconds longer than normal to start and respond.
And just last night, this happened:
- I shut the computer and tried getting back on an hour later. When I opened it back up, there was an unresponsive black screen and the sleep light stayed lit instead of blinking.
I am becoming increasingly worried something is seriously wrong with my machine and I appreciate any help you can provide.

Hi,
Do you have all the updates installed? If so, I think you may need to do some maintenance on your Mac. Some caches to clean, some permissions to repair, etc... You can either use Onyx (here, just make sure to download the right version, not the Lion one: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx) when your session is running, but it takes some getting used to.
Alternately, you can install a small utility called AppleJack (here: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/15667/applejack), but it has to be run in Single User mode, by holding the Command and S keys down on startup. After that, you just type "applejack AUTO restart" (without the quotes, and that's a caps-on AUTO), then hit Enter, and let AppleJack do its job. Will take some time for your Mac to boot after that, but you should find a more usable machine in the end.

My MacBook Pro (2010) running Mountain Lion is getting slower and slower. How do I fix the orphan files?

My 2010 Macbook pro is running slower and slower. I went to the Genius Bar about eight months ago, and they botted up from the disk, and let it go through and find what its process to find and fix what I think were "orphan" files. I cannot remember what they did, but when they did it, the speed on my Macbook picked up considerably.
I have since upgraded to Mountain Lion, but these problems do not seem related to that. My 500 GB HDD is about 80% full.

First, back up all data immediately, as your boot drive might be failing.
There are a few other possible causes of generalized slow performance that you can rule out easily.
Reset the System Management Controller.
If you have many image or video files on the Desktop with preview icons, move them to another folder.
If applicable, uncheck all boxes in the iCloud preference pane.
Disconnect all non-essential wired peripherals and remove aftermarket expansion cards, if any.
Check your keychains in Keychain Access for excessively duplicated items.
Boot into Recovery mode, launch Disk Utility, and run Repair Disk.
Otherwise, take the steps below when you notice the problem.
Step 1
Launch the Activity Monitor application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Activity Monitor in the icon grid.
Select the CPU tab of the Activity Monitor window.
Select All Processes from the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected.
Click the heading of the % CPU column in the process table to sort the entries by CPU usage. You may have to click it twice to get the highest value at the top. What is it, and what is the process? Also post the values for % User, % System, and % Idle at the bottom of the window.
Select the System Memory tab. What values are shown in the bottom part of the window for Page outs and Swap used?
Next, select the Disk Activity tab. Post the approximate values shown for Reads in/sec and Writes out/sec (not Reads in and Writes out.)
Step 2
If you have more than one user account, you must be logged in as an administrator to carry out this step.
Launch the Console application in the same way you launched Activity Monitor. Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Select the 50 or so most recent entries in the log. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V). You're looking for entries at the end of the log, not at the beginning.
When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some personal information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting. That should be easy to do if your extract is not too long.

Macbook pro running 6.8 has wifi cutting out and extremely slow

My macbook Pro recently started having issues where the Airport says the wifi signal is full, yet is extremely slow(.5mbps compared to 30 that i normally get.)
It also cuts out but says it is still connected, but chrome, safari, itunes all cannot connect even to google.
So far I have tried,
Deleteing the playlist items in system configuration
restarting the router manually and from the router control panel
shutting off my airport card and turning it back on
set a new location in network preferences
setting DNS to Google DNS and openDNS
setting IPv4 settings to manual
checking the router channel
restarting my computer
setting the network utility to constantly ping
checked the preferences on the netgear router site
turning bluetooth on and off
setting and unsetting a firewall
using network diagnostics
the only thing that works is to turn airport off, then on again and reconnect. even then, I can only get a few page views, sometimes only one, before it stops loading anything. my wifi connection used to be amazing, then one day it just started doing this. I get very slow speeds when I can connect, and downloads are extremely slow.

I also finger McAffee as the culprit, it's not necessary on Mac's as of 10.6.8+ Apple installed their own anti-OS X malware detector and it checks for updates like every 26 hours or so.
If you need to clean the Windows malware off their files, the free ClamXav does the job nicely and doesn't bugger up the machine as it's run as you need it.
For your other slowdown issues, I suggest you look through these tips of mine, my Snow Leopard is incredibly fast.
Why is my computer slow?
Diagnosing network issues
Tune up your Mac here
For Snow Leopard Speed Freaks
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro?view=documents

Can I order Macbook pro with Thai keyboard by using online service and ask for ship it to USA???

Now I am at USA for joining summer program here for 2 months and I really need new notebook now
so is it possible that I will order Macbook Pro with the Thai keyboard from service in Thailand or Asia which have Thai language on keyboard
and ask them to ship it here ?????
thanks for all answer

Call 1-800-MY-APPLE

Need to turn PSU switch off and on for PC to start - Z77A-GD65

When i try to start the PC with the on/off button, it wont start at all. I have to switch on and off the PSU switch quickly a few times for it to suddenly start. Then when I set it in idle mode, the light flashes as it should, but when i press the on button again it turns completely off. I believe this is either a PSU issue or a motherboard issue. Other than that my PC works as it should. I would appreciate any help!
My specs are:
Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus MIDI Tower
XFX ProSeries Black Edition 1250W PSU
MSI Z77A-GD65, Socket-1155
Intel@ Core i7-3770K
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 16GB CL9
XFX Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 (2x with crossfire)
Windows 7 home premium 64-bit

Quote from: eriick97 on 23-August-14, 03:29:37
I bought it in 2012 so its still on warranty
Great
Report back once you get it up working
Quote from: eriick97 on 23-August-14, 03:29:37
Thanks for the help!

I'm trying to transfer my iTunes library from my old Windows-based Acer to my new MacBook Pro. The Acer has two hard drives, and I've had to split my music between the two drives in order to hold it all.

Neither drive has enough room to consolidate the entire library. And over time (for reasons I just chalk up to the Acer being a bad computer), I've inadvertently created multiple "libraries". After everything went missing somehow a couple of years ago, I had to import a previous library called "Previous iTunes Library," and my library has annoyingly enough been called that ever since. What's the best way to make all this get fixed into a new complete library on my new Mac? I have an external hard drive, and if I cleared everything else off of it, it might be able to store the entire consolidated library. Would that work?

It sounds like the library might have been placed in your Home/Library folder which is invisible.
NOTE: In Lion and Mountain Lion the Home/Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and press the Return key - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
For Mavericks, 10.9, go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring the this window:
When you find the iPhoto library move it to your Pictures folder.
OT

2011 macbook pro when started shows an error message and asks to be switched off and restarted again but when you do that it gives the same message. How do i fix this as its driving me mad.

I have tried to reninstall lion but to no avail and it wont let me reboot from a previous time whats happened to it and can i repair it please help

Reinstalling Lion Without Erasing the 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.
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion: Select Reinstall Lion and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

My 13" MacBook Pro (purchased in June 2012) just turned off and won't turn back on. I've tried resetting the SMC. Still no luck. The MagSafe 'L' connector is faintly flickering green. The battery was at least 25% when the computer suddenly went dead.

Any tips on what else I can try before I take it in to Apple?

I have the exact same problem. how did you fix this?

My macbook pro 2010 on mavericks has started switching off and restarting for no reason

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