13 in mackbook pro- system pref..rainbow pinwheel of 'death'. black screen

every time I even attempt System Preferences, I get the little pinwheel of 'death', I am up to date on all my stuff so I am confused on what it could possibly be? I had saved an image off the internet, went to upload it to FaceBook and then as I went to Syst Pref to change something with my wireless setting, this is what had popped up. (last night) and today, my whole entire screen turned black while online doing some homework. Does anyone have any clue what this could be?

in my case, the performance update seems to have taken care of the problem - it hasn't recurred since applying the patch.
however, corsair has stopped shipment on their x256 drives, because they apparently do have some kind of firmware problem which is causing some disks to disappear permanently from the sata bus. i think that all these 256GB MLC drives are based on the indilix chip, and its likely that they all run the same firmware. so your crucial disk may have the same problem.
i don't know if crucial has a support forum, but it's worth looking to see if there is one. corsair is being very aggressive in doing RMAs and even giving you back a samsung-based SSD if you ask nicely. they seem to be taking this very seriously.
have you tried the performance update? in my experience it's worth a try.

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MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011) w/ML Black screen crash everyday since 1.69f4 SMC update

SInce the 1.69f4 SMC upadte installed though the App Store my Macbook has been randomly showing a black screen and the only way to get out of it is to hard reset. After that it takes a couple hours to get going again. Frequently when booting up after the black screen, the Apple logo and spinning ball disappear and it just sits on a white screen with the fan spinning like mad.
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do you have any proof fir this trick, because mymackbook pro early 2011 never used SSD for system and stroage.
but i had replace hardisk from toshiba 500 GB 5400rpm to toshiba to 1 TB 7200 rpm were normal almost 1 years.but gettong problem at least 2 month ago .
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Mac Pro 15in A few weeks old! black screen when trying to boot windows 7Ult

I have installed Windows 7 ultimate on my mac book pro 15 in, which is brand new! I have OSX 6.2 and Bootcamp 3.0.1.. I installed everything, and updated drivers. Then I closed out of Windows and everything seemed to be working fine. Until I try to boot back into windows, where nothing happens and there is a blank black screen with a white line flashing in the top left corner. The keyboard is unresponsive and so is the mouse. I have to hold power for 10 sec and then hold option during reboot to get back to OSX. I really want My windows 7 to work!!! but Idk what is wrong! I am pretty good with computers and have searched these forums for about 2 hours now. I saw there was a similar problem on the 27" IMacs... but I have found close to nothing on the 15" Macbook Pros. PLZ HELP!!!!!!!

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when I turn on my macbook pro is no apple logo, just a blackscreen!
what need i to do! sometimes it wont start up
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Here's a link you might find helpful:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1564
Safe Boot disables several things, and you can look at the list and see if you can find the culprit. As Linc says, if you still have a problem, post a new topic so that it will get the attention it deserves.

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Hello aB_Cepeda
For issues with your MacBook Pro not starting up, check out the articles below as they pertain to issues with start up. The big thing to look for to troubleshoot is to see if you can boot to either your Installation Disk or Recovery HD. If you can, try using Disk Utility to verify your hard drive to make sure that there are no issues. You may need to reinstall Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
OS X: Gray progress bar appears under Apple logo during startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3148
Mac OS X 10.6: Reinstalling Mac OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH6606
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My macbook pro doesn't turn and has a black screen. Fan is running though. Does anyone know what to do?

Does anyone have any advise when a Macbook Pro doesn't boot and has a blank screen? The fan is running but there are no backlights working.

Depending on your model MBP, see Article: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377 MacBook Pro: Distorted video or no video issues These computers were manufactured between approximately May 2007 and September 2008
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When I type in my password into the login screen I get the rainbow pinwheel and then the screen turns gray and goes back to account selection... How do I access my account?

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Has my Apple Mac Pro been hacked? Email followed by black screen.

I'm concerned that my Mac Pro may have been hacked.
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Don'tBeLoser.UseViagraPro. and we obviouslywont be getting anything
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to sit of a hot afternoonand.
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My mouse immediately locked up and then my screen started to black out in successive rows from the top.
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The email is in my trash but, oddly, the content is now blank on my Mac Pro. Yet I can see its contents when I look at my me.com account online from my laptop.
My Firewall is on so I'm not sure whether to be concerned or not. Any advice would be welcomed.
Here's the first part of that panic report. The rest is available if needed. Thanks all.
Tue Mar 6 10:32:29 2012
Machine-check capabilities (cpu 6) 0x0000000000000806:
panic(cpu6 model: 23 stepping: 6 microcode: 0 caller 0xIntf6a): Xeon(R) Kernel trap at 0x62 @ 2.80G0121867 , t6 e erro14=eporting banks
page fault, registers:
CR0: 0xpresent
Machine-check status 0x00819ff8, CR3: 0x
res00100000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0ck 0000in progress
000 error-reporting r19e6de65, EDX: 0x 00C00ca0_STATUS(000401): 0xEBP: 0x012c3a68, ESI: 0x001000000020000000 in0b1e5800
EFL: 0x00010046, EIP:405): 0x002180,00000000 00000008, DS: 0x00000010
Error409): 0xx0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0xB020000000000000)invalid
IA32_MCn Ad4_STATUS(0xtential a411): 0xtack)
0000000000000011 invalid
IA32_MC5_STATUS0x12c415): 0xx21b837 (0xb200000084200e0f12c7c 0 223ce1 0x co0)
0x0e0f
Model specif2abf6a r co(0x 0x8420
Other infor1a186tion: e 0x 0x59e59a)
Threshold-based 0x12c3978 : 0xtracki2a1a78 Status bi12c3990 0xcess1f5 0xtext corru12c3a68 Error e1218674)
Uncorrected error
0x12c3988 : 0x1218674 (0xe 0x12c0048 0x12c0010 0x2b0010)
0x12c3a68 : 0x1210ee7 (0x81e0a8 0x1 0xb1e5800 0x0)
0x12c3b48 : 0x1212850 (0xffffffff 0x7fffffff 0x0 0x0)
0x12c3c48 : 0x2ad0c5 (0xffffffff 0x7fffffff 0x0 0x84baa0)
0x12c3c68 : 0x225bba (0x84bf3c 0xbdc2dc19 0xf4f0 0x84bf28)
0x12c3cc8 : 0x22698c (0x1 0xb7cc7a8 0xb062c58 0x231a9a)
0x12c3d38 : 0x2275b0 (0xb7cc7c4 0xf4f1 0x12c3d58 0xffffffff)
0x12c3da8 : 0x227654 (0x4d4581 0x0 0x0 0xf3a37c0)
0x12c3dc8 : 0x4d3e3d (0x4d4581 0x1 0x4630c0 0x3e8)
0x12c3f28 : 0x4d526c (0x0 0x0 0x0 0xffffffff)
0x12c3f78 : 0x4f82fb (0xbab8d20 0xd662568 0x197b9594 0x0)
0x12c3fc8 : 0x2a251d (0xd662564 0x0 0x10 0xb41d0a0)
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement(142.6.0)@0x120f000->0x1232fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Mail
Mac OS version:
10K549

Here you go Linc. Any help welcomed.
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 289029 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 1
Anonymous UUID: 888712B1-524D-4EC5-BC22-FF5EB32D6AAB
Tue Mar 6 10:32:29 2012
Machine-check capabilities (cpu 6) 0x0000000000000806:
panic(cpu6 model: 23 stepping: 6 microcode: 0 caller 0xIntf6a): Xeon(R) Kernel trap at 0x62 @ 2.80G0121867 , t6 e erro14=eporting banks
page fault, registers:
CR0: 0xpresent
Machine-check status 0x00819ff8, CR3: 0x
res00100000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0ck 0000in progress
000 error-reporting r19e6de65, EDX: 0x 00C00ca0_STATUS(000401): 0xEBP: 0x012c3a68, ESI: 0x001000000020000000 in0b1e5800
EFL: 0x00010046, EIP:405): 0x002180,00000000 00000008, DS: 0x00000010
Error409): 0xx0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0xB020000000000000)invalid
IA32_MCn Ad4_STATUS(0xtential a411): 0xtack)
0000000000000011 invalid
IA32_MC5_STATUS0x12c415): 0xx21b837 (0xb200000084200e0f12c7c 0 223ce1 0x co0)
0x0e0f
Model specif2abf6a r co(0x 0x8420
Other infor1a186tion: e 0x 0x59e59a)
Threshold-based 0x12c3978 : 0xtracki2a1a78 Status bi12c3990 0xcess1f5 0xtext corru12c3a68 Error e1218674)
Uncorrected error
0x12c3988 : 0x1218674 (0xe 0x12c0048 0x12c0010 0x2b0010)
0x12c3a68 : 0x1210ee7 (0x81e0a8 0x1 0xb1e5800 0x0)
0x12c3b48 : 0x1212850 (0xffffffff 0x7fffffff 0x0 0x0)
0x12c3c48 : 0x2ad0c5 (0xffffffff 0x7fffffff 0x0 0x84baa0)
0x12c3c68 : 0x225bba (0x84bf3c 0xbdc2dc19 0xf4f0 0x84bf28)
0x12c3cc8 : 0x22698c (0x1 0xb7cc7a8 0xb062c58 0x231a9a)
0x12c3d38 : 0x2275b0 (0xb7cc7c4 0xf4f1 0x12c3d58 0xffffffff)
0x12c3da8 : 0x227654 (0x4d4581 0x0 0x0 0xf3a37c0)
0x12c3dc8 : 0x4d3e3d (0x4d4581 0x1 0x4630c0 0x3e8)
0x12c3f28 : 0x4d526c (0x0 0x0 0x0 0xffffffff)
0x12c3f78 : 0x4f82fb (0xbab8d20 0xd662568 0x197b9594 0x0)
0x12c3fc8 : 0x2a251d (0xd662564 0x0 0x10 0xb41d0a0)
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement(142.6.0)@0x120f000->0x1232fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Mail
Mac OS version:
10K549
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacPro3,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 269314813764823
unloaded kexts:
com.olympus.CamBlockCommandsDeviceUP          3.0.0 (addr 0xe7d000, size 0x16384) - last unloaded 251416286556228
loaded kexts:
com.apple.filesystems.autofs          2.1.0 - last loaded 251289717451447
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.3d0
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.7
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.20
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.0.5f14
com.apple.kext.ATIFramebuffer          6.3.6
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.57
com.apple.ATIRadeonX2000          6.3.6
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver          1.1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleMCEDriver          1.1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPenrynProfile          17
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          4.7.0a1
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.5.1
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          2.6.8
com.apple.BootCache          31.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          1.6.4
com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet          2.1.3b1
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.7.3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          4.2.4
com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43224          428.42.4
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA          2.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          4.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          4.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          142.6.0
com.apple.security.sandbox          1
com.apple.security.quarantine          0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          2.1.14
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          142.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileReadCounterAction          17
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.0.5f14
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileTimestampAction          10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileThreadInfoAction          14
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileRegisterStateAction          10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileKEventAction          10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileCallstackAction          20
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.2.1
com.apple.kext.ATI2600Controller          6.3.6
com.apple.kext.ATISupport          6.3.6
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.0.3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio          2.7.6f6
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          74.2
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          2.4.5f3
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.3fc2
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.0.5f14
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.2.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.0.5f14
com.apple.iokit.AppleProfileFamily          41
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.0d5
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          4.7.0a1
com.apple.driver.CSRUSBBluetoothHCIController          2.4.5f3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController          2.4.5f3
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          2.4.5f3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard          141.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard          141.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          4.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          4.2.4
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          2.6.8
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          2.6.7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          3.9.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          2.6.8
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.6
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.6.1
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          402.1
com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport          2.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          2.6.8
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.2.6
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          4.2.4
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          320.1
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          1.10
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com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily          2.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          4.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.6.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          6
com.apple.driver.DiskImages          289
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.6.3
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.3.6
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com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.3.0
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Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x87), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.42.4)
Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 12 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
PCI Card: ATI Radeon HD 2600, sppci_displaycontroller, Slot-1
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HDS721010CLA332, 931.51 GB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD5000AAJS-22TKA0, 465.76 GB
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HDS721010CLA332, 931.51 GB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD10EADS-00M2B0, 931.51 GB
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USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2512, 0xfd400000 / 2
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USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2602, 0xfd410000 / 3
USB Device: Keyboard Hub, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x1006, 0xfd412000 / 6
USB Device: Apple Keyboard, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0221, 0xfd412200 / 7
USB Device: Flash Card Reader, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2228, 0xfd411000 / 5
USB Device: Samson GoMic, 0x17a0, 0x0302, 0x3d100000 / 2
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Mac Pro (2009) won't start, no chime, black screen

Hi,
I am having a problem with my 2009 Mac Pro. It fails to boot. There is no chime and the screen wont turn on;stays black. It wont boot off of the system dvd and I even tried installing an HD that has a good version of the the OS on it. I also tried booting from the DVD with no installed drives to rule out one of the internal drives doing someothing funky. Nothing happens at all, the HD or DVD will spin for a moment and then all is dead.
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

or this one:
Troubleshooting: My computer won't turn on
If no joy, remove anything and everything that may be dragging down the power, in hopes of getting a chime. This includes graphics card, any other PCI cards, all drives, and some say all but a minimal amount of memory. Look for the chime.
If you get the chime, you can build slowly up from there. Add back graphics card and keep going. Add back memory and keep going. Add back DVD reader and boot from Installer/Utilities DVD or run the Apple Hardware Test. And so on.

Macbook pro will not wake up and shows black screen

Purchased a MBP three weeks ago. After putting the MBP to sleep it will not wake up. Shows black screen and makes fan sound but will not start unless power off and then on again and at times this does not work.

Hi a,
Try an SMC Reset: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
If no luck, you have 90 days of free AppleCare phone support and a one year warranty. Contact AppleCare or make an appointment at an Apple Store "genius" bar.

Mac Pro 5,1 Freezes & Pinwheels at Boot, Corrupt Font to Blame?

Hello, all. This is my first post on the Apple Support communities as I have a very strange issue that seems to be nowhere else on the Internet, so I'll ask it here before running off to my local Genius Bar.
I'm running a Mac Pro Mid 2010, with a 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Xeon and 16GB DDR3 RAM. The only aftermarket/third-party component I have installed is a Blackmagic Intensity Pro internal video capture device, which, to my knowledge, works perfectly.
I am currently typing this on my third re-install of Mountain Lion, as I have not been able to advance to the login screen after I boot my Mac Pro, due to freezing and the spinning pinwheel.
I may have an idea what's causing this issue, but I'm not sure how to pinpoint it, remove it or figure out what to do. It may be tied to a conflicting Geneva font, located in (my name) > Library > Fonts. This is not the "True" Geneva font, as that is located in the System > Library > Fonts folder on my primary hard drive. This "impostor" Geneva has a ".ttf" file extension while the original Geneva's extension is .dfont.
Here's an image of the window that pops up:
Before the problem happened (and before the boot freezing happened), I selected "Move To Trash" and thought nothing of it, seeing as though it's a fairly standard warning message.
On my first re-installation, I selected "Move To Trash". I did not see the font in the trash but had other files there and securely emptied it. I rebooted shortly afterward and the system locked up/pinwheeled before the login screen. On my second re-installation, I selected "Ignore Conflict" but I ended up with the same result. Notice the impostor "Geneva" seems to have a lock near its filename. Maybe this is what's holding it up.
The only other common message OSX gives me on each installation is a prompt to install a Java SE 6 Runtime, but it seems to be through the standard Apple Software Update so I doubt it's anything that would corrupt an installation.
These font conflicts stem from fonts that I transferred over from my old PC when I first bought my Mac Pro after Christmas in 2010. No issues have surfaced until now other than minor aesthetic issues that were easily resolved.
Now, I'm left with a dilemma (which is what brought me here). I need to find a way to resolve this, as I think this issue may be what's holding my computer up. I've done research and found that tampering with system fonts will cause your Mac to crash at startup. I'm a freelance video producer so this has been causing me more than a few headaches when attempting to do my work, so I'm scurrying for a result ASAP.
I've tried nearly every method of fixing the issue...repairing my boot disk, verifying/repairing permissions, resetting my password and resolving ACL conflicts, unsuccessfully trying Safe Mode, resetting PRAM and now re-installing Mac OSX. This is most likely an issue on the OS end --- my hardware is working properly, its S.M.A.R.T. status is verified, and permission/disk repair/verify shows no errors. I also have a Boot Camp partition that runs flawlessly --- I can even access folders and files on my Mac from the Windows parition, so it's probably not an issue of a dying hard drive. There's something screwy preventing me from logging in, and short of the first boot after re-installing Mountain Lion, there hasn't been a way to log in normally.
I'd rather not reformat my entire startup drive because of what could be one file conflict, as I have a lot of personal data and presets I'd like to keep. Nevertheless, I have an appointment at my Apple Store's Genius Bar set up for Friday but I'm leaving it as a worst-case scenario as I'd much rather pinpoint these issues myself.
If you've made it this far, thank you for reading this long post. I wanted to be as specific as possible regarding the strange issues happening with my Mac Pro. Hopefully someone has a suggestion out there that doesn't involve reformatting as I'm 90% sure this boot error has to deal with this system font conflict. The other 10% wonders what needs to be done.
Thanks in advance!

First check that you still can't boot as usual. If you can't, see below.
Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, and therefore will not, in itself, solve your problem.
Third-party system modifications are a common cause of usability problems. By a “system modification,” I mean software that affects the operation of other software — potentially for the worse. The procedure will help identify which such modifications you've installed, as well as certain other aspects of the configuration that may have a bearing on the problem. Don’t be alarmed by the apparent complexity of these instructions — they’re easy to carry out and won’t change anything on your Mac.
These steps are to be taken while booted in “normal” mode, not in safe mode, if possible. If you’re now running in safe mode, reboot as usual before continuing. If you can only boot in safe mode, you can still use this procedure, but not all of it will work. Be sure to mention that in your reply, if you haven't already done so.
Below are instructions to enter UNIX shell commands. The commands are safe and do nothing but produce human-readable text output, but they must be entered exactly as given in order to work. If you have doubts about the safety of the procedure suggested here, search this site for other discussions in which it’s been followed without any report of ill effects. I am not asking you to trust me. If you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them.
The commands will line-wrap or scroll in your browser, but each one is really just a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, and you can then copy it.
Note: If you have more than one user account, Step 2 must be taken as an administrator. Ordinarily that would be the user created automatically when you booted the system for the first time. Step 1 should be taken as the user who has the problem, if different. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this paragraph doesn’t apply.
Launch the Terminal 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 Terminal in the icon grid.
When you launch Terminal, a text window will open with a line already in it, ending either in a dollar sign (“$”) or a percent sign (“%”). If you get the percent sign, enter “sh” and press return. You should then get a new line ending in a dollar sign.
Step 1
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
PB="/u*/*/Pl* -c Print"; { echo Loaded kernel extensions:; kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/{printf "%s %s\n", $6, $7}'; echo $'\nLoaded user agents:'; launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|org\.(x|openbsd)|\.[0-9]+$/{print $3}'; echo $'\nInserted libraries:'; launchctl getenv DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES; echo $'\nUser cron tasks:'; crontab -l; echo $'\nGlobal launchd configuration:'; cat /e*/lau*; echo $'\nPer-user launchd configuration:'; cat .lau*; echo $'\nGlobal login items:'; $PB /L*/P*/loginwindow.plist | awk -F'= ' '/Path/{print $2}'; echo $'\nPer-user login items:'; $PB L*/P*/com.apple.loginitems.plist | awk -F'= ' '/Path/{print $2}'; echo $'\nSafari extensions:'; $PB L*/Saf*/*/E*.plist | awk -F'= ' '/Bundl/{print $2}' | sed 's/\..*$//;s/-[1-9]$//'; printf "\nRestricted user files: %s\n" $(find ~ $TMPDIR.. $ -flags +sappnd,schg,uappnd,uchg -o ! -user $UID -o ! -perm -600 $ | wc -l); echo $'\nExtrinsic loadable bundles:'; cd; find -L /S*/L*/E* {,/}L*/{Ad,Compon,Ex,In,Keyb,Mail/Bu,P*P,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo}* -type d -name Contents -prune | while read d; do /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print :CFBundleIdentifier' "$d/Info.plist" | egrep -qv "^com\.apple\.[^x]|Accusys|ArcMSR|ATTO|HDPro|HighPoint|driver\.stex|hp-fax|JMicron|print|SoftRAID" && echo ${d%/Contents}; done; echo $'\nUnsigned shared libraries:'; find /u*/{,*/}lib -type f -exec sh -c 'file -b $1 | grep -qw shared && ! codesign -v $1' {} {} \; -print; echo; ls -A {,/}L*/{La,Priv,Sta}* L*/Fonts; } 2> /dev/null | open -ef
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Then click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste (command-V). I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
The command may take up to a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. A TextEdit window will open with the output. Post the contents of the TextEdit window (not the Terminal window) — the text, please, not a screenshot. You can then close the TextEdit window. The title of the window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that. No typing is involved in this step.
Step 2
Remember that you must be logged in as an administrator for this step. Do as in Step 1 with this line:
{ echo "Loaded system agents:"; sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix\.cron)|org\.(amav|apac|cups|isc|ntp|postf|x)/{print $3}'; echo $'\n'"Login hook:"; sudo defaults read com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook; echo $'\n'"Root cron tasks:"; sudo crontab -l; echo $'\n'"Log check:"; syslog -k Sender kernel -k Message CReq 'GPU |hfs: Ru|I/O e|find tok|n Cause: -|NVDA\(|pagin|timed? ?o' | tail | awk '/:/{$4=""; print}'; } 2> /dev/null | open -ef
This time you'll be prompted for your login password, which you do have to type. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. Type it carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. Heed that warning, but don't post it. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
You can then quit Terminal.
To prevent confusion, I'll repeat: When you type your password in the Terminal window, you won't see what you're typing.
Note: If you don’t have a login password, set one before taking Step 2. If that’s not possible, skip the step.
Important: If any personal information, such as your name or email address, appears in the output of these commands, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
Remember, Steps 1 and 2 are all copy-and-paste — no typing, except your password. Also remember to post the output as text, not as a screenshot.
Please post the contents of the TextEdit window, not the Terminal window.

Very disturbing graphics issue in system prefs

Hi all. whenever I open the desktop/screen-saver pane in system prefs, it freezes up, and the screen saver preview locks up, forcing me to "force quit". The genius at the Apple Store showed me something interesting though: when we have the start menu active, the two pane's run smoothly, and you can choose a new desktop w/o it locking up. We isolated it as a software issue, because the graphics in other programs (iTunes visualizer, iPhoto) work just fine, and all other system prefs pane's function properly. Also the screen-saver itself works when active. Anyone having this same issue?

I'd try installing the iLife support 9.0.3 update. It solves the "screen saver of death" issue which sounds much like what you are experiencing.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2032815&start=15&tstart=0

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does anyone know how to get sidebar items synched? I explicitly synch sidebar.plist (deleted it in Apple's predefined exclusions) and BezelServices.plist - but without success.
Also annoyingly not synching: the system prefs for the keyboard menu, the screen saver prefs and the synch menu item.
Thanks for any idea to solve this.
Message was edited by: lhberg

check your ~/Library sync, remember this is not synced in the background most of these files are in use.
Do you have a login or logout sync rule?

Macbook Pro Black Screen (Yosemite 15" 2014)

Hey guys, I was just sitting down and opened up Skype and my macbook pro suddenly went black, just previously I had been watching stuff for a few hours on my macbook hooked up to my TV via HDMI cable. I thought to simply restart, I heard the sound chime but the screen remained black, I hooked my macbook back to the tv and everything shows up and works perfectly on the TV, i can adjust the backlit keyboard lighting, but as its through HDMI sound/brightness adjustment couldn't be done, without HDMI attempting this changes nothing, I have reset the PRAM & tried to enter safe mode which didnt seem to go into safe mode, instead staying as a black screen, i have now force shut down my laptop about 20 times with nothing working on the screen, the whole screen is black, no cursor or graphics visible, shining a light in the screen shows nothing, the apple logo behind is not lit. I have researched literally every available article on this matter that I could find but most relate somehow close to mine but with different issues such as cursor showing or external monitor not showing display, I am convinced this is something related to me pulling out the hdmi or confusing it somehow, this laptop is literally like 2 months old and I cant see how there could possibly be a hardware issue.
Thanks all for reading hope someone has an idea I haven't tried!
Specs:
Year: 2014
GPU: Intel Iris Pro
Memory: 16GB RAM
OS: Yosemite
Symptoms:
Black Screen
No Display on Macbook
Keyboard and Keyboard lighting working
External Monitor fully working through HDMI
Sound Chime and booting correctly

Just encountered this problem this morning. Here's the fix: (Relayed from another forum)
1. Shut the computer down by holding the pwr button down for 10 sec.
2. Restart the computer with a short push on the pwr button and press the shift key down at the same time until you see the progress bar start moving.
3. Once you reach the point when your screen goes dark and you see the cursor, type the first letter of the username for your computer, then hit Enter, then type your password and hit Enter.
4. After a moment you should see the spinning ball.
Apparently this is an issue with an uncompleted update, but instead of asking you for your details to complete the update the screen goes black, but the computer is still able to receive your inputs.

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