Windows side of Mac Mini shuts down saying RAM is causing problem

My windows side of my Mac Mini periodically shuts down saying there is a problem with the RAM saying I need a BIOS upgrade. What is that and can I do it or do I have to take it in or do I have to reinstall everything and give the windows side more hard drive? Currently my windows side is using 17GB of hard drive and I have 9 left after installing my windows and my bookkeeping program. If I have to give it more Har Drive how do I do that withouth reinstalling everything?

Welcome!
Could you possibly give us the exact error message?
Are you running Windows via BootCamp, or are you using Parallels Desktop to run Windows.
Which version of Windows: XP, Vista, or what?
How much RAM do you have in your Mini? Was more RAM installed after it left the factory?

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Mac Mini shutting down while asleep.

I have frequent problems with my Mac Mini shutting down while asleep. Resetting the SMC doesn't seem to help. SMC firmware is the latest version. Hardware details are:
Model Name:          Mac mini
Model Identifier:          Macmini6,2
Processor Name:          Intel Core i7
Processor Speed:          2.3 GHz
Number of Processors:          1
Total Number of Cores:          4
L2 Cache (per Core):          256 KB
L3 Cache:          6 MB
Memory:          8 GB
Boot ROM Version:          MM61.0106.B03
SMC Version (system):          2.8f1
OS X 10.9.1

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Mac mini shut down on its own, will not restart, grey screen, spinning wheel. Unplugged everything, will still not restart. Did safe boot, will not restart after safe boot, only grey screen with spinning wheel.

Mac mini shut down on its own. Could not restart, chime, grey screen and spinning wheel. Unplugged everything but monitor, still only chime, grey screen and spinning wheel. Started in safe boot, shut Down, will not restart.
This happened a couple of months ago, unplugged everything and it restarted, now that won't work.

Hi BDAqua,
I just did the repair as you suggested. T ran the disc repair, and twice it cam back, the volume macintosh seems ti be okay, I also ran the verify and permissions repair, both came back okay.
I was actually hoping that they would find something, so they could repair. I shut the computer down, and restated with out holding a key, and I started up great. I'm baffled. I have moved 20 GB to an external hard drive, as I only had 10% open space.
I have Tech Tool 6, would you recommend to run a repair check on that, or just leave well enough alone.
I agree with you on the new Mac's, I have problems with no disc for back up, until they realize their mistake I will stay with Snow a Leopard. This is the first problem I have experienced, so I can't complain. Their last programs are not as perfected as under Steve, prior to his handling over the reins, hope this is not going to be the future we can expect from Apple.
I will wait to here back as to your suggestion regarding the Tech Tool check
Thanks for all your help.
Gratefully,
Cheri

Mac mini shuts down after 10 seconds..

At first today, the CDs and discs kept automatically ejecting and wouldn't read (obviously). So I keep putting them back in hoping it would read or hold something. Then I restarted and the Mac Mini shuts down after 10 seconds of the seeing the desktop. Did I fry it? I did hear a weird sizzling when I put my hand on top of the mini. And is this under any warranty - I bought it Feb. 07? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Any thoughts on that?
One or two come to mind, not least that if the unit is under warranty now (as it clearly is) and they aren't taking this fault seriously, then buying AppleCare so it remains under warranty longer isn't the right solution - having them examine it and resolve the problem is.
There's no doubt at all that in the event there is a system with a suspected fault, extending the warranty long enough that the system ceases to function and can be repaired is a good thing, but it shouldn't be necessary to go to that extreme in order to get a problem resolved now!
I would simply take this elsewhere and have it looked at. While odd noises are sometimes hard to hear in an environment where there are people and other activities going on, and thus it is reasonable to expect diagnosis of them to prove difficult, a system that shuts down of its own accord after a few seconds is clearly not working correctly. To be sure, if it is overheating, then testing it when it's cold is likely to miss the problem, but the description of the fault from the user ought to give enough clues to put the system on test long enough to see what happens when it warms up. If the fault can't then be replicated with a system that is at normal running temperature and under load, then giving it a clean bill of health is reasonable.
Thus, in your place I would ask them if they did, in fact, test it in that way. Alternatively, write a description of the fault, specifically identifying the premature shutdowns and the circumstances in which they happen (if they still do) and the noises and the circumstances in which they occur (if they still do) and take the system and description to an approved service provider and let them look at it.
If the shutdowns are no longer occurring, and the noise is absent, then whether you buy AppleCare or not is really a matter of how confident you are that the problem has gone. If you have doubts that the system is running correctly, AppleCare is expensive but at least extends the warranty sufficiently that you can stop worrying too much. Alternatively, if the problem(s) still persist, rather than AppleCare, have the system examined and repaired right now.

MY mac mini shut down unexpectedly and now it won't restart properly

My mac mini shut down unexpectedly. When I restarted it the screen turns blue and a box pops up that advises "Finder quit unexpectedly". It gives me an option to ignore, Report, or Reopen. The cursor works, but none of those button work. I'm stuck on this screen. I tried all the support suggestions with no luck. What else can I do?

The "worm" as you call it is usually referred to as a Thermometer progress bar. It is showing that your Hard Drive cannot be mounted, and a Disk Utility (Repair Disk) is taking place. If not successful, your Mac will shut down, since it cannot be started up successfully.
You have unresolved Damage to the Disk Directory.
If you do not have Backups, making them should be Top Priority.
Otherwise, boot your Mac from an alternate Boot Drive. If you do not already have one, buy a drive to replace the Internal Drive currently inside your Mac, and an External enclosure to run it in. Install Mac OS X on it and boot your Mac from the fresh Install.
Then you can attempt to repair or salvage from the old drive at your leisure, using the full power of Mac OS X to do so. When your situation is stable, swap the Internal and External drives.

2012 Mac Mini shuts down at night on its own.

Every night for the last week my Mac mini shuts all the way down at night. I have not made any changes to this machine it just started doing this on its own. When I reboot in the morning it tells me that the computer has shut down and then gives the following for the error report:
Anonymous UUID: E6A1AB4A-69C1-7F0F-E205-C4588CCB015A
Thu Jul 3 11:51:44 2014
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff8027ed1066): trying to interlock destroyed mutex (0xffffff80715265f0)
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8211f33680 : 0xffffff8027e22fa9
0xffffff8211f33700 : 0xffffff8027ed1066
0xffffff8211f33710 : 0xffffff802816017c
0xffffff8211f33730 : 0xffffff802816140e
0xffffff8211f33770 : 0xffffff8027fffbd0
0xffffff8211f337c0 : 0xffffff8027fdc148
0xffffff8211f33810 : 0xffffff8027fdb710
0xffffff8211f33850 : 0xffffff8027fe27d0
0xffffff8211f33880 : 0xffffff8027fda63f
0xffffff8211f33940 : 0xffffff8028010c6b
0xffffff8211f339f0 : 0xffffff8028012888
0xffffff8211f33a60 : 0xffffff8027ffd23b
0xffffff8211f33ac0 : 0xffffff8027fd5bfb
0xffffff8211f33b40 : 0xffffff8027fd5554
0xffffff8211f33c00 : 0xffffff8027ff1422
0xffffff8211f33d80 : 0xffffff8027fe96dc
0xffffff8211f33f50 : 0xffffff8028240653
0xffffff8211f33fb0 : 0xffffff8027ef3c56
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13D65
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Darwin Kernel Version 13.2.0: Thu Apr 17 23:03:13 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.100.13~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: ADD73AE6-88B0-32FB-A8BB-4F7C8BE4092E
Kernel slide: 0x0000000027c00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8027e00000
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My mac mini shuts down 15 minutes into watching Netflix. Why?

After watching Netflix for 15 minutes, my Mac mini shuts off. I've tried to reboot it, log back on, but again the computer shuts off completely after another minute. I bought the Mac mini in 2008. Any idea what could be causing this problem, or how to fix it?

Check System Preferences under Energy Saver. You may have the system set to go to sleep when inactive for 15 minutes. Netflix playback isn't necessarily seen as the computer being 'active', because the keyboard and mouse are not providing any input. This may be more especially true if you are using a browser other than Safari to access Netflix.

Mac mini shut down with USB and USB Over Current Notice

I just spent the day dealing with my mini shutting down when I connected my iphone. If I left it connected at restart, I got the infamous USB Over Current Notice. I tried all suggestions and finally used an apple connector instead of the one I had been using. Everything OK again... Other comments? It was very time consuming and frustrating.

Do you have other devices connected to USB ports ?
Try to connect with a powerde hub in between.
and look here https://discussions.apple.com/message/7191644#7191644

Mac mini shuts down on its own during sleep shows a prolonged white screen when starting

10.9.4 2.4 f 8 g menmory ..shuts down by itself when it sleeps..when I restart in the am I get a prolonged white screen. took it to a genius bar who found it checked out ok. but found a slightly loose monitor jack was loose...recomended more ram which I did . then reinstalling my os which I have not done...iphoto lost everything too...as my brother Tim used to say whattttttt ?

From the news page here...
http://xlr8yourmac.com/
See if it's related to this...
It also seems to be related to later OSX versions, like 10.8.x & 10.9.x
The 2012 macs (and later apparently) (also later OSX versions on earlier Macs can do it also), not waking normally from sleep after hours being in sleep. (noted here ...
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/archives/feb13/022813.html#2012macswontwake
"Why 2012 iMac/2012 Mac Mini won't Wake After Hours of Sleep (Hibernates/Powers Off)")
The sleepimage file still reappears even if never slept. Delete it (hibernate off, etc) - within minutes its back.
A note on that here - http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/feedback/Chameleon_SSD_Optimizer.html
About iMac sleep...
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1529750
Try this: "sudo pmset autopoweroff 0" and "sudo pmset standby 0"
http://xlr8yourmac.com/archives/sep13/091313.html#10.8.5SleepEjectTip
Two users reported that the opposite worked...
Try this: "sudo pmset autopoweroff 1" and "sudo pmset standby 1"

Mac mini shut down problems under Lion

Since I installed Lion on my Mac mini (mid 2010, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) I cannot shut down the Mac mini any more. I always have to shut it down by pushing the power button. Can anybody please help me? Thank you.

Hello, Yes, I see the gray spinwheel which goes on for ever.
In the meantime I have installed the lion update and I have uninstalled all applications which I do not need any longer. What I also realized is that if I do not tick "open same windows when restarting again" (I don't know the exact English version as I am using the German one) the shot down does not work properly - as mentioned above. At the end I believe I found the solution now:
- Lion update
- all apps which I don't need anymore: deleted
- all USB, Firewire etc. drives "eject"
- Shut down
It works.
Hope you also find the solution for your problems.
Best reagards

Mac Mini shuts down without warning, doesn't want to re-boot again

My mini is only 3 months old. I upgraded to 2 gigs of Ram when I got it (saved about a hundred bucks). It seems to be overheating and shutting down, problem is it happens all the time. When I try to restart it, I must wait until it is cold to the touch otherwise it will lock-up and I have to manually shut it down again. I have tried raising the mini up a little to try and get some extra air underneath but no luck. Should I take it back/get it serviced?

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Is it just coincidence that several people are finding this issue arise at this point in time or has an update affected it (not that I've updated anything on it recently other than installing the new version of Inquisitor for Safari).
It's just coincidental I think - and given you've not updated anything, it is therefore not an update-related issue. However, the way the G4 mini's cooling system is designed, it's entirely possible for many things to potentially contribute to escalating heat issues in the system. In the first instance, the systems tend to collect dust and debris inside and around the vents as a result of the way the airflow is directed, so cleaning can be helpful. A strong vacuum cleaner used around the vents at the base and on the back can remove a lot of material and help system cooling. There's also potential for the CPU heatsink to become dislodged if the system has been opened or subject to movement or vibration, or for the thermal paste between it and processor to degrade, reducing efficiency of the heatsink. In addition, there's a thermal pad squeezed between the underside of the logic board and the base of the casing, designed to help draw heat from the CPU and dissipate it that way. The pad can deteriorate - it's a service part so can be replaced. Add to that the possibility for the fan to fail, and for any combination of the above to occur, and you have a number of scenarios in which an otherwise healthy Mac mini can begin to show thermal problems.
In your situation, I'd start by cleaning the system out. If you've previously opened it, I'd say do so again and take some time to ensure that all dust and debris is removed - blowing through the system can be sufficient for that. Also check the heatsink is secure and that when running, the fan is actually spinning. If you haven't previously opened it and don't want to try, try the vacuum cleaner method on the vents to see if that helps.
If those steps don't help, then it becomes increasingly likely the system needs some service attention, and the thermal pad and paste become likely culprits.

Mavericks & FileVault & logging out results in Mac mini shutting down?

Hello.
Did a clean install of Mavericks and set up FileVault on my primary SSD and every night, before I go home, I log out of the system (by restarting) and the machine restarts and lands on the login screen (and then I leave the office). Since I enabled FileVault, I find that when I come in the next morning, my Mac mini has shut down at some point (resulting in a failed network backups via one of my Retrospect servers as it can't find my mini on the network, since it's offline).
- The mini is on a UPS and nothing in the UPS logs show power issues resulting in a shutdown.
- There is no schedule (Preferences > Energy Saver > Schedule) shutting the machine down.
- I don't have any scripts or other set schedules that shut the machine down and nobody else has physical/remote access to the machine resulting in it shutting down.
I've checked the logs and I constantly see this when I restart the machine before leaving...
12/18/2013 5:29:50.378 PM loginwindow[84]: ERROR | -[ApplicationManager quitPrivateProcesses] | Private process did not quit
12/18/2013 5:29:50.418 PM sessionlogoutd[2850]: sessionlogoutd Launched
12/18/2013 5:29:50.438 PM sessionlogoutd[2850]: DEAD_PROCESS: 84 console
12/18/2013 5:29:50.514 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.iospirit.candelair.sync) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
12/18/2013 5:29:50.641 PM loginwindow[84]: ERROR | -[Application hardKill:] | Application hardKill returned -600
12/18/2013 5:29:50.642 PM loginwindow[84]: ERROR | -[Application hardKill:] | Application hardKill returned -600
12/18/2013 5:29:50.643 PM loginwindow[84]: ERROR | -[Application hardKill:] | Application hardKill returned -600
12/18/2013 5:29:50.000 PM kernel[0]: hfs: unmount initiated on Time Machine on device disk6
12/18/2013 5:29:51.034 PM shutdown[2854]: reboot by _timezone:
12/18/2013 5:29:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Kext loading now disabled.
12/18/2013 5:29:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Kext unloading now disabled.
12/18/2013 5:29:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Kext autounloading now disabled.
12/18/2013 5:29:51.000 PM kernel[0]: Kernel requests now disabled.
12/18/2013 5:29:51.034 PM shutdown[2854]: SHUTDOWN_TIME: 1387405791 33746
Then, nothing until the next morning, when I physically have to turn the machine back on...
12/19/2013 9:06:04.000 AM bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1387461964 0
Anyone have an idea what would be causing this? Does enabling FileVault result in an eventual shutdown if it's left sitting at the login window for too long?
Thanks,
Kristin.

Hi BDAqua
Thanks for your response.
I looked into console for the unusual shutdown prior to my post and I found the following:
14/02/2014 18:23:28.521 powerd[16]: com.apple.message.domain: com.apple.sleep.failure
com.apple.message.signature: Platform Failure
com.apple.message.summarize: YES
Sender_Mach_UUID: 5255D529-353E-3C81-A31C-8B5064DBA765
14/02/2014 18:23:34.837 loginwindow[41]: com.apple.message.domain: com.apple.loginwindow.autologin
com.apple.message.servers_mounted: NO
com.apple.message.mcxmount: NO
com.apple.message.usermount: NO
com.apple.message.machinemount: NO
Sender_Mach_UUID: 743BD562-083A-33F0-8CC1-1EBBFE59CBD6
I also did a search in String Matching for 'shutdown' and got the following:
14/02/2014 18:22:45.483 com.apple.launchd[1]: *** Shutdown logging is enabled. ***
14/02/2014 18:23:09.146 locationd[43]: locationd was started after an unclean shutdown
14/02/2014 18:23:28.000 kernel[0]: Previous Shutdown Cause: 0
I hope this is helpful.
Jonty

Mac mini shut down when start

Hi all,
My Mac mini doesn't want to start anymore ... I have run the Apple Hardware Test from the CD and all seems ok (all test are ok) but when I try to start on the hard drive, the mac mini suddenly shut down
Where it can comes from ? hard drive failure ? how can I diagnostic the issue ?
I am afraid to reinstall Mac OS X from the CD because I don't want to lose my date :[
Thanks in advance for your help and advices
Victor

Hi,
my Mini has been also suddenly shutting down. Power light goes off. Not at start-up. First it lasts longer, but gradually, as I restart it, it gradually takes less and less time to suddenly shut down. Or yesterday, for example, I tryied starting it up and not touching it. It lasted for hours. Thought it was cured. Then I popped a CD in and opened iTunes. Didn't take to long before it was shutting down all of a sudden. It would seem not to be able to take any activity. Here is a Console Message I run a few days ago:
(in the meanwhile I'll try Safe Mode)
2/1/09 12:30:20 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] fsck_hfs: Volume is journaled. No checking performed.
2/1/09 12:30:20 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] fsck_hfs: Use the -f option to force checking.
2/1/09 12:30:23 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist
2/1/09 12:30:23 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.blued) Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
2/1/09 12:30:23 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.ODSAgent) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2/1/09 12:30:23 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2/1/09 12:30:23 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.ntp.ntpd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2/1/09 12:30:40 PM com.apple.SystemStarter[31] Starting Qmaster services
2/1/09 12:30:40 PM org.ntp.ntpd[29] Error : nodename nor servname provided, or not known
2/1/09 12:32:57 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[80]) Exited: Terminated
2/1/09 1:36:43 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] fsck_hfs: Volume is journaled. No checking performed.
2/1/09 1:36:43 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] fsck_hfs: Use the -f option to force checking.
2/1/09 1:36:46 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist
2/1/09 1:36:46 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.blued) Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
2/1/09 1:36:46 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.ODSAgent) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2/1/09 1:36:46 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2/1/09 1:36:46 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.ntp.ntpd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2/1/09 1:36:57 PM org.ntp.ntpd[24] Error : nodename nor servname provided, or not known
2/1/09 1:36:57 PM com.apple.SystemStarter[26] Starting Qmaster services
2/1/09 1:37:39 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[73]) Exited: Terminated
2/1/09 1:52:22 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] fsck_hfs: Volume is journaled. No checking performed.
2/1/09 1:52:22 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] fsck_hfs: Use the -f option to force checking.
2/1/09 1:52:25 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist
2/1/09 1:52:25 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.blued) Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
2/1/09 1:52:25 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.ODSAgent) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2/1/09 1:52:25 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2/1/09 1:52:25 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.ntp.ntpd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2/1/09 1:52:36 PM org.ntp.ntpd[24] Error : nodename nor servname provided, or not known
2/1/09 1:52:37 PM com.apple.SystemStarter[26] Starting Qmaster services
2/1/09 1:52:57 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[74]) Exited: Terminated
2/1/09 1:54:38 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] fsck_hfs: Volume is journaled. No checking performed.
2/1/09 1:54:38 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] fsck_hfs: Use the -f option to force checking.
2/1/09 1:54:39 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] BootCacheControl: could not open /var/db/BootCache.playlist: No such file or directory
2/1/09 1:54:39 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] BootCacheControl:
2/1/09 1:54:39 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] could not unlink playlist /var/db/BootCache.playlist: Unknown error: -1
2/1/09 1:54:40 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist
2/1/09 1:54:40 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.blued) Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
2/1/09 1:54:40 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.ODSAgent) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2/1/09 1:54:40 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2/1/09 1:54:40 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.ntp.ntpd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2/1/09 1:54:50 PM org.ntp.ntpd[25] Error : nodename nor servname provided, or not known
2/1/09 1:54:53 PM com.apple.SystemStarter[27] Starting Qmaster services
2/1/09 1:56:27 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] fsck_hfs: Volume is journaled. No checking performed.
2/1/09 1:56:27 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] fsck_hfs: Use the -f option to force checking.
2/1/09 1:56:28 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] BootCacheControl: could not open /var/db/BootCache.playlist: No such file or directory
2/1/09 1:56:28 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] BootCacheControl: could not unlink playlist /var/db/BootCache.playlist: Unknown error: -1
2/1/09 1:56:29 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist
2/1/09 1:56:29 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.blued) Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
2/1/09 1:56:29 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.ODSAgent) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2/1/09 1:56:29 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2/1/09 1:56:29 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.ntp.ntpd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2/1/09 1:56:40 PM org.ntp.ntpd[25] Error : nodename nor servname provided, or not known
2/1/09 1:56:41 PM com.apple.SystemStarter[27] Starting Qmaster services
2/1/09 2:02:45 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] fsck_hfs: Volume is journaled. No checking performed.
2/1/09 2:02:45 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] fsck_hfs: Use the -f option to force checking.
2/1/09 2:02:46 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] BootCacheControl: could not open /var/db/BootCache.playlist: No such file or directory
2/1/09 2:02:46 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] BootCacheControl: could not unlink playlist /var/db/BootCache.playlist: Unknown error: -1
2/1/09 2:02:47 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist
2/1/09 2:02:47 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.blued) Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
2/1/09 2:02:47 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.ODSAgent) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2/1/09 2:02:47 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2/1/09 2:02:47 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.ntp.ntpd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2/1/09 2:02:57 PM org.ntp.ntpd[25] Error : nodename nor servname provided, or not known
2/1/09 2:03:00 PM com.apple.SystemStarter[27] Starting Qmaster services
2/1/09 2:03:24 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[74]) Exited: Terminated
2/1/09 3:08:48 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] fsck_hfs: Volume is journaled. No checking performed.
2/1/09 3:08:48 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] fsck_hfs: Use the -f option to force checking.
2/1/09 3:08:51 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist
2/1/09 3:08:51 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.blued) Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
2/1/09 3:08:51 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.ODSAgent) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2/1/09 3:08:51 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2/1/09 3:08:51 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.ntp.ntpd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2/1/09 3:09:01 PM org.ntp.ntpd[24] Error : nodename nor servname provided, or not known
2/1/09 3:09:02 PM com.apple.SystemStarter[26] Starting Qmaster services
2/1/09 3:12:51 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[74]) Exited: Terminated

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