2009 Macbook Pro Reinstall Freezing

My folks Mid 2009 15" MacBook Pro's hard drive failed. I replaced with an SSD (using the computer to type this).
Initially I installed OS X 10.9.3 and could not get past the registration screen. It looped by getting to the iCloud login screen then return to the first step. I punted and reinstalled, after wiping the drive, with OS X 10.5 using the disk that come with the machine originally.
Now everything I do causes the machine to beachball. It takes almost 5 minutes to boot with an SSD, 1 minute to launch Safari into a working state, and 30 seconds to get a working terminal.
There seems to be other issues that I can't pin down. Does anyone have suggestions? Nothing seems to be adding up. Could it be bad RAM? The drive is the only thing replaced, but I can't think of anything else. I doubt any other hardware issues as they would likely cause the system to be unbootable or unusable.
Thanks!

Not a bad idea, but I would be suspect of that type of failure but it is worth a try.

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I own a late 2009 Macbook Pro, and it keeps freezing after OSX Lion installation.

I own a late 2009 Macbook Pro, and it keeps freezing after OSX Lion installation. I will post my computer's 'specs' below. I installed Lion, from Snow Leopard, through the App store. The first week, it worked like a dream, and was loving my brand new computer, or so it seemed. I then began to run into problems, and I can't confirm this 100%, but I believe it was after I updated from 10.7.1, to 10.7.2.
The freezes are sporatic at best, and cannot be narrowed down to one app. I googled the issue about two weeks ago, and found a fix involving a temporary log-in, verifying the disk, restarting the computer holding CMD+R, and repairing the disk from there. That fixed the problem. For about three or four days. From there I brought my laptop to Best Buy, where I purchased the computer (start the groans, my dad wanted the accidental damage, and he was paying, there was no argument). My warranty there was still good, but all they were offering was to check my hard-drive, and possibly ship it out. That would not be good for me, as I am a High School student, who works online.
So I then decided to go to the Apple store, see what they said. They said a bunch of people had this problem, it would cost a lot to fix, as I would need a new Logic Board. This did not make any sense to me, as I knew it was Lion's fault, so why would they not make the L-2009MBP Logic Board compatible, and why are only a few people having this problem, well a lot more than a few, but I mean not everyone.
So I asked a friend about it, and we decided to run a back up, and erase the computer, and re-install Lion. Figuring maybe my data was corrupted during install. This helped for a day or two, and happened again. So this time, we backed up only files (music, pics, documents, etc.,) and did a fresh install. I got my computer back last night. Now, I am not saying that didn't help. Previously I would have frozen about 18 times well writing this, but I have not frozen once (hopefully I didn't just jinx myself). I have gone from about one freeze every 10-15 minutes (sometimes worse), to about one every 1-3 hours. Which, let's be honest is still a lot.
So, before I just decide to go and revert to Snow Leopard on my merry way, I ask, do any of you have any other ideas? Or guarenteed fixes? I know a guarentee is a hard thing to ask for, but I am desperate, my teachers are getting angry with me for not sending work, and I know this would help a lot of people. Thank you to those who read through my whole spiel, and thank you to those who will help me!
[Ps, while I am somewhat of a noob, I know my way around a computer, so any help, or knowledge you could bestow upon me is awesome. Especially DIY fixes. (if your only advice is, don't buy a mac at Best Buy, don't bother commenting)]
Macbook Pro
15-inch, 2.53GHz, Mid 2009
Processor: 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
Software: Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2 (11C74)

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My macbook pro keeps freezing up - i get the spinning rainbow for 20-30 min at a time ... (mid 2009 w/Maverick - re-installed after wipe)

I have the mid 2009 macbook pro and it was very slow and freezing all the time so I took it to the Apple store - they "wiped" it clean and re-installed the software it came with and Mavericks. It has 138.95 gb out of 249.2 available. I get the spinning rainbow all the time and sometimes it doesn't stop for 20-30 minutes at a time. It's not just one program - it can happen anytime. I've had to power off with the power button too many times and force quit programs repeatedly. I've done the repair disk including done in restore and in safe modes. I'm not sure if Mail is clogging it up or what. I don't know if I just need a new computer or if this is something relatively "simple".
I mostly use the computer for websites, blogs, and some video. I also have photoshop and do use that a bit as well. Would adding more memory help this issue? Not sure which way to turn - thanks in advance for any advice.

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Clinton

2009 Macbook Pro 13" Yosemite Display Port Freeze

I have a
2009 Macbook Pro 13"
2.26 Core Duo
8gb Ram
Nvidia Geforce 9400M 256mb
Yosemite 10.10.1
Dell 24" Monitor run through apple display port to DVI Adapter
Sony 32" HD TV run through aftermarket display port to HDMI cable
I've been running Yosemite since it was released without any issues. I was calibrating my monitor using spyder3 pro. When the calibration finished I was asked to save the ICC profile when I got an error. The file wasn't able to save properly. I did not write down the error code and at this point i'm not able to recreate it.
I restarted the computer and connected the Dell monitor. The colors that showed were all cartoon yellow and blue with slight outlines of windows but not legible in all areas. More troubling is the fact that the computer itself would start the spinning beach ball as soon as the external monitor was connected. Mouse still moves but nothing is clickable.
I did a hard reset of the computer without the monitor connected. Everything worked fine. I updated the Spyder3 software and calibrated the internal monitor with no issues. I physically deleted the ICC profiles for the Dell monitor. Still the same issue after restart.
I've experimented with the issue a bit more. If I connect the external dell monitor through the DVI Converter I get the same issues stated above. When I disconnect it, the computer hangs for a minute but resets the internal display. I still have the beach ball at this point. If I hover over open programs and right click I can force close them. Once all programs open have been force closed and the finder has been relaunched everything works ok again but the bar at the top of the screen is all grayed out unless I restart the computer. Not the menus just the time, background programs, battery life, sound. search does work.
I've Attached and calibrated my HD TV through the same display port. It seems to hang for a minute but then converts sizes. It did show the the yellow and blue screen for a few seconds once but then corrected itself to display properly.
I've heard similar but not exactly the same symptoms related to Yosemite upgrade.
I'm having trouble eliminating variables here.
Is anyone else experiencing issues like this?
Can anyone shed some light on what is going on here?
Cheers,
Chris

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Macbook Pro constantly freezing after installing 10.9.4

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This sort of thing constantly happens when I upgrade and very annoying. If anyone has any suggestions, please I need help.
My MacBook is from mid 2009.
Thanks!

Startup your Mac while holding down the Command + R keys so you can access the built in utilities to repair the startup disk and restore OS X using OS X Recovery.

I am having problems rebooting my mid 2009 macbook pro (grey screen other issues), need help!

I am having problems rebooting, I have experienced the same problem as others with the grey screen but my case is a little different, It started with my mid 2009 macbook pro acting a little slower than normal, the screen would freeze, mouse wouldnt move and i'd be forced to "force reboot" this went on for a couple of days until i was tinkering with the wifi connection and it froze again. I had to reboot and this time i noticed that it took a long time to get to the login screen. i put in my password and it went into infinite load (i also tried the guest account and other accounts with same result). i tried rebooting again and the same thing would happen. after several reboots, the screen just stayed grey, sometimes with the apple logo and gear sometimes without it. Since its a 2009, (and for the most part, still works like a champ) i decided test the ram, i took one stick of ram out at a time to see if i could notice anything wrong with them. when i stuck just one in, the mac was still having the same problem rebooting. i pulled that ram and and stuck in the other and i noticed that this time the apple logo never appeard and a big crossed out circle appeared. figuring that the ram must be the problem, i ordered new ram and installed it. i noticed that when i rebooted for the first time with the new ram it was rather quick and took me straight to the login screen and i was able to log in with no problem. at this point i thought the problem was solved, but i noticed the macbook still acting funny. at first, none of my files appeared on my desktop or in the finder window. after about 20 minutes, everything magically popped up. i also noticed long pauses/freezes with the colored pin wheel spinnig. i closed the laptop and opened it again and the screen just stayed black. i tried rebooting again, and again i got the grey screen with no signs of being able to log in... i waited about 20 minutes and tried to reboot again and again i was able to log in, however the macbook is still acting slow and will freeze with no signs of unfreezing without a reboot.
my macbook is 5 years old and has plenty of miles on it, so i understand if the thing needs to be replaced alltogether but does anyone know what could be the issue? could the bad ram have corrupted the hard drive in anyway? would re-installing the OS fix it?? and if so, how would i do that if i downloaded mavericks from the app store? are there any other solutions to this problem?
all my files and what not are backed up on an external HD so theres nothing on it that i'd miss desperately if i had to whipe the hard drive but id really like to get her working again without any whiping of the HD. if anyone can help me out, it'd be greatly appreciated

It is very difficult to offer troubleshooting suggestions when the "os version" you are using is unknown as each os has their own troubleshooting solutions.
How large is your hard drive and how much hard drive space do you have left?

My 2009 Macbook Pro is running very slow

After installing Maverick on my 2009 Macbrook Pro initially the result was very slow, practically unresponsive and unusable. After investigating many reports of similar problems I have not found anything to rectify the problem. Have downloaded and reinstalled Maverick - have tried many suggestions but whilst currently marginally usable I am getting to the end of my patience and am very disapponted that it would not seem that Apple have sorted this problem out with an answer or even an apology. Please, please Apple sort yourseves out - you will cause yourselves iripairable damage if you continue to ignore the many problems that are being reported - this is my question to you - when and if will you sort this out please?

Thank you for your reply and help - information below:-
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
          1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          2 GB RAM
Video Information:
          NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 1:31:19
Disk Information:
          Hitachi HTS545016B9SA02 disk0 : (160.04 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 124.98 GB (37.76 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
                    BOOTCAMP (disk0s4) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP: 34.2 GB (1.38 GB free)
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-868
USB Information:
          Seagate Desktop          2 TB
                    EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    SEAGATE 2TB MAC (disk1s2) /Volumes/SEAGATE 2TB MAC: 2 TB (863.85 GB free)
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. iPhone
          Apple Inc. iPad
          Logitech USB Receiver
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
          com.avg.Antivirus.OnAccess.kext          (14.0)
          net.kromtech.kext.Firewall          (2.3.5 - SDK 10.8)
          com.livedrive.filesystems.livedrivefs          (2.1.14)
          com.trusteer.driver.gakl_driver_2          (1)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
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          [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd.plist 3rd-Party support link
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Launch Agents:
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          [loaded] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] uk.co.markallan.clamxav.clamscan.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] uk.co.markallan.clamxav.freshclam.plist 3rd-Party support link
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          iTunesHelper
          Dropbox
          AutoLaunchApp
          LivedriveCore
          RealPlayer Downloader Agent
          VMware Fusion Start Menu
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          Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.0 3rd-Party support link
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16   - SDK 10.8 3rd-Party support link
          npBTEmailConfig: Version: 1.0 3rd-Party support link
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          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.8.0 - SDK 10.9 Outdated! Update
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          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
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          Picasa: Version: 1.0 3rd-Party support link
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          Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link
          MacFUSE 3rd-Party support link
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          TaskBoard 3rd-Party support link
          Trusteer Endpoint Protection 3rd-Party support link
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Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Mobile backups: ON
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
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          Destinations:
                    SEAGATE 2TB MAC [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 2
                    Total number of backups: 26
                    Oldest backup: 2013-12-28 13:51:44 +0000
                    Last backup: 2014-01-05 07:31:48 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Excellent
                              Backup size 2 > (Disk size 116.40 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
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               1%          RealPlayer Downloader Agent
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          213 MB          com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
          117 MB          Safari
          43 MB          Finder
          41 MB          Messages
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I have a 2009 Macbook Pro with 1T hdd 8GB Ram and ran Maverick without problem...Yosemite installation has me completely frozen, nothing works but the spinning ball...I had to force shutdown last night, and haven't turned it on again...what do you ad

I have a 2009 Macbook Pro with 1T hdd 8GB Ram and ran Maverick without problem...Yosemite installation has me completely frozen, nothing works but the spinning ball...I had to force shutdown last night, and haven't turned it on again...what do you advise? During installation emptied cache, etc. Backed up using time machine, fortunately.

Try these in order testing your system after each to see if it's back to normal:
1. a. Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM
    b. Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
2. Restart the computer in Safe Mode, then restart again, normally. If this doesn't help, then:
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the Utilities 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.
3. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the Utilities 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. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
4. Reinstall Yosemite: Reboot from the Recovery HD. Select Reinstall OS X from the Utilities menu, 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.
5. Reinstall Yosemite from Scratch:
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
How to Clean Install OS X Yosemite
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
            because it is three times faster than wireless.

How to startup 2009 macbook pro

hello guys
i would like o know hot to bypass the start up proceduce on a 2009 macbook pro
after i switch it on the apple logo appierce and the tone then the progrees indidcator appeared and thats. after 10 min its still the same picture.
i switched it off and try to start in a safe mode (comand -r) nothing happend. i tried to hold down "alt" after switching on ,again nothing happend
please help

Go step by step and test.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2570
Start up in Safe Mode.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14204?viewlocale=en_US
Repair Disk
Steps 2 through 8
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836
Reset PRAM. http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4405
Reinstall OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10763?viewlocale=en_US

MacBook Pro frequent freezes problem

Hi everyone,
My MacBook Pro frequently freezes despite very light use. I took it to a "genius" today, but he was not very helpful. Actually, it froze again right at the apple store while they were checking it. The log showed some errors from Quicksilver right before the freeze and they suggested disabling Quicksilver for a while. At the same time they said that Quicksilver is "solid" and should not cause any serious problems. They also recommending deleting flash plugins, but admitted that it was unlikely that a flash plugin was causing freezes.
Nothing came up during hardware tests, and I already did a clean reinstall of the OS (twice).
I would appreciate any suggestions. The Macbook Pro is 6 months old, 17in, 2.66 Ghz Core i7 with 8 GB of RAM. There is 300+ GB of free space on the hard disk.
Thanks

I had similar issues. I formatted, did a clean install, and ran software update to make sure everything was up to date. Then I logged in for the first time, ran handbreak and 6 vlc windows and it froze within 10 minutes. This is most likely not caused by Quicksliver or any other software. You should register your complaints in this thread to keep them all together:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2768351&tstart=0
Then you should call apple care to register your complaint. I've scheduled a call for tomorrow.

I have a 2009 MacBook Pro. Does anyone else have issues with their laptop having problems starting when shut off or restarting when asleep since installing Yosemite?

I have a 2009 MacBook Pro which I have upgraded a few things on. I have updated to Yosemite and am having problems with getting my laptop to come out of sleep mode, and to start when shut off. Any ideas of what this might be or how to correct it? Is this more probably a hardware issue or software?

Try these in order testing your system after each to see if it's back to normal:
1. a. Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM
    b. Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
2. Restart the computer in Safe Mode, then restart again, normally. If this doesn't help, then:
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the Utilities 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.
3. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the Utilities 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. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
4. Reinstall Yosemite: Reboot from the Recovery HD. Select Reinstall OS X from the Utilities menu, and click on the Continue button.
Download and install the 10.10.1 update.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
            because it is three times faster than wireless.
5. Reinstall Yosemite from Scratch:
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
How to Clean Install OS X Yosemite
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
            because it is three times faster than wireless.

Macbook Pro Retina Freezes!

Hey guys,
Lately I've encountered a problem with my 2012 retina 15" Macbook Pro: it freezes! I've noticed this happens whenever I:
Make a video full screen on Google Chrome
Try to play any video games (i.e. Dota 2, Starcraft)
Intermittently (it's really not fun when it happens randomly)
Since it started happening, I have erased everything on my hard drive and reinstalled OSX Mountain Lion (10.8.2) on my computer, and have still encountered the problem. I have a feeling it's a graphics card problem (I use the Nvidia GeForce 650M 1024MB), as any YouTube or Vimeo video flickers and has strange thin lines that flicker from black to white rapidly whenever I play a video.
To try to help you guys help me, I looked at my console log and this is what I found when my computer froze briefly:
1/6/13 11:05:05.000 PM kernel[0]: vtd[0] fault: device 1:0:0 reason 0x6 R:0x106a50000
1/6/13 11:05:09.000 PM kernel[0]: vtd[0] fault: device 1:0:0 reason 0x6 R:0x106a50000
1/6/13 11:06:29.000 PM kernel[0]: vtd[0] fault: device 1:0:0 reason 0x6 R:0x10dfa0000
1/6/13 11:06:29.000 PM kernel[0]: vtd[0] fault: device 1:0:0 reason 0x6 R:0x10979c000
1/6/13 11:06:30.000 PM kernel[0]: vtd[0] fault: device 1:0:0 reason 0x6 R:0x108509000
1/6/13 11:06:30.000 PM kernel[0]: vtd[0] fault: device 1:0:0 reason 0x6 R:0x10e777000
1/6/13 11:06:30.000 PM kernel[0]: vtd[0] fault: device 1:0:0 reason 0x6 R:0x10df90000
1/6/13 11:06:30.000 PM kernel[0]: vtd[0] fault: device 1:0:0 reason 0x6 R:0x10dfa0000
1/6/13 11:06:30.000 PM kernel[0]: vtd[0] fault: device 1:0:0 reason 0x6 R:0x10e794000
1/6/13 11:06:30.000 PM kernel[0]: vtd[0] fault: device 1:0:0 reason 0x6 R:0x10e7d9000
1/6/13 11:06:30.000 PM kernel[0]: vtd[0] fault: device 1:0:0 reason 0x6 R:0x10e7f6000
1/6/13 11:06:31.000 PM kernel[0]: vtd[0] fault: device 1:0:0 reason 0x6 R:0x10dfa0000
1/6/13 11:06:33.000 PM kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0xd = GR: SW Notify Error
1/6/13 11:06:33.000 PM kernel[0]: IOVendorGLContext::ReportGPURestart
1/6/13 11:06:33.000 PM kernel[0]: 0000006e
1/6/13 11:06:33.000 PM kernel[0]: 00100000 0000a097 00000000 00000000
1/6/13 11:06:33.000 PM kernel[0]: 00000000 0000201c 00001004 00000005
1/6/13 11:06:33.000 PM kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00000081
1/6/13 11:06:33.000 PM kernel[0]: 00000000 0000000c
1/6/13 11:06:53.000 PM kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel timeout!
If you would like any more console logs, please just ask. Thanks for all your help!

I was actually hoping somebody on here would have a way to fix the problem without going to the apple store since it's a hassle

MacBook Pro, always freezing! Help!

Hey, so I need help.
My MacBook Pro always freezes but not totally freezes, like, you can move the cursor around and everything but you can't click on anything. It has this color wheel something and it is reaaally driving me crazy.
I've had this macbook for about 2 years now and this is not the first time it happened. It happened like months ago, and then I thought maybe I should reformat it because it was sooo slow and terrible. Back then, my macbook is worthless because it takes half an hour to open and then when I type in my password, it begins to freeze. It takes like 20 minutes to unfreeze and then when I click on anything it freezes again. It even freezes when I'm doing simple tasks like typing, opening a folder, backspacing, dragging icons, etc. I can't even open an internet browser or an application! So I took my macbook to a professional and then he said that I should reformat my macbook, and so I did.
I was happy because everything was back to normal but a week later, it slowed down. I didn't mind it though because I can still use it and everything. But it came to this point again where simple tasks take a 2-minute freeze first! It's really driving me crazy and I don't want to make it worse. I need to know what was really the problem behind this!
I tried uninstalling a few applications including chrome. Right now I'm using Safari because I was told it uses less memory than Chrome. Nothing happened. It still freezes, I can't even research properly because everytime I use it, it freezes!
Please help! I'm not a computer expert so I need all the help I can get. I don't want to spend a lot of money again on professionals!
More info about my macbook:
About This Mac
OS X
Version 10.8
Processor: 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Storage: 450.44 GB free out of 499.25 GB
System Memory
Free: 2.49 GB
Wired: 650.7 MB
Active: 766.3 MB
Inactive: 133.3 MB
Used: 1.51 GB
VM size: 189.11 GB
Page ins: 428.1 MB (0 bytes/sec)
Page outs: 0 bytes (0 bytes/sec)
Swap used: 0 bytes

These are the results:
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
          1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.8 (12A178q) - Uptime: 0 days 2:30:41
Disk Information:
          ST9500325AS disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Untitled (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (450.34 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Launch Daemons:
          [System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
Internet Plug-ins:
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.0.1.98 3rd-Party support link
          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
          Flash Player: Version: 11.0.1.98 Outdated! Update
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.8 Outdated! Update
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 3rd-Party support link
Audio Plug-ins:
          AirPlay: Version: 1.4.1 - SDK 10.8
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1 - SDK 10.8
iTunes Plug-ins:
          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.8
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
          None
Time Machine:
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
               4%          WindowServer
               2%          EtreCheck
               0%          ps
               0%          mds
               0%          WebProcess
Top Processes by Memory:
          143 MB          WebProcess
          53 MB          Dock
          45 MB          Finder
          41 MB          Safari
          41 MB          mds
Virtual Memory Information:
          2.30 GB          Free RAM
          809 MB          Active RAM
          241 MB          Inactive RAM
          430 MB          Wired RAM
          348 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

Nuke and pave 2007 iMac and 2009 MacBook Pro

Hi all,
I'm a moderately competent Mac user, with a mid 2007 iMac and mid 2009 MacBook Pro both running the OSX 10.9.3. (What I know about running a Mac I've taught myself so maybe the term "moderately competent" is a little biased!)
I'm seriously thinking about wiping both my machines to out-of-the-box, factory settings, and reinstalling all necessary software from scratch. Most of my applications are available online and I still have all license keys, as well as the disks for any other applications that require them. I also know the basics such as documents stored on either machine need backed up otherwise I'd loose them. What I'm not sure of is this a good idea at all? The last thing I want to do is do irreparable damage to my beloved Macs!
There are a few reasons I'm contemplating such a daunting process. First of all, I fell like iMac and MacBook have both got quite slow in the last few months. I've read here about solutions to such a problem, but to be honest, I didn't have much of a clue what the solutions involved which to me was a warning sign not to go with it (maybe the "moderately competent user" label was a little more than biased!!!). The other reason is that I feel like there's lots of unnecessary applications, settings and other data on both machines that a nuke and pave process would get rid of.
This all started happening when I added a few user adducts for additional users, but don't think I done that correctly ("moderately competent user" is getting thinner and thiner isn't it??) so when getting both machines back up and running again, I would know better how to set up separate accounts and set different permissions for accessing applications for each, different user settings for each etc etc etc.
Any help and advice is much appreciated.
Thanks
E

Thanks everyone for their help here, some really good advice.
Drew, I'd need some more explanation around the steps you suggest in your post, but for now, I was hoping maybe some, if not all of you could take a look at the EtreCheck report that I just done for the iMac.
I also wonder might this report differ from one user account to another on the same machine?
Really appreciate all the help and advice from everyone guys!
E
EtreCheck version: 1.9.12 (48)
Report generated 22 June 2014 13:05:06 BST
Hardware Information:
iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac10,1
1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
ATI Radeon HD 4670 - VRAM: 256 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software:
OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021) - Uptime: 1 day 0:43:47
Disk Information:
WDC WD1001FALS-40U9B0 disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
iMac HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (120.25 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GA11N
USB Information:
Western Digital Ext HDD 1021 2 TB
EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
VIDEO (disk3s2) /Volumes/VIDEO: 2 TB (415.04 GB free)
Western Digital Ext HDD 1021 2 TB
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
BACK-UPS (disk2s2) /Volumes/BACK-UPS: 2 TB (1.19 TB free)
Freecom Freecom Hard Drive 500.11 GB
EFI (disk4s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
AUDIO (disk4s2) /Volumes/AUDIO: 499.76 GB (388.09 GB free)
Western Digital Ext HDD 1021 1 TB
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
iPHOTO (disk1s2) /Volumes/iPHOTO: 999.34 GB (951.15 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk1s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
[loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.5.1) Support
[not loaded] com.iospirit.driver.RBTSRPlugin (1.18 - SDK 10.6) Support
[loaded] com.iospirit.driver.rbiokithelper (1.21 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.pctools.iantivirus.kfs (1.0.1) Support
[loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.97) Support
[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.97) Support
[loaded] com.squirrels.airparrot.framebuffer (3 - SDK 10.8) Support
[loaded] com.squirrels.driver.AirParrotSpeakers (1.8 - SDK 10.8) Support
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.1.20) Support
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.1.20) Support
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.1.20) Support
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.1.20) Support
Startup Items:
HP Trap Monitor: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP Trap Monitor
VirtualBox: Path: /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.versioncueCS4.plist Support
[loaded] com.barebones.authd.plist Support
[running] com.cleverfiles.cfbackd.plist Support
[running] com.freemacsoft.appcleanerd.plist Support
[loaded] com.iospirit.candelair.daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.iospirit.candelair.sync.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[invalid] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
[running] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist Support
[not loaded] com.slinkware.slinkDaemon.plist Support
[running] com.wdc.WDRAIDDriveService.plist Support
[loaded] net.sourceforge.MonolingualHelper.plist Support
[failed] org.samba.nmbd.plist Support
[running] org.samba.smbd.plist Support
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist Support
[invalid] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
[running] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist Support
[running] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist Support
[running] com.wdc.raidmanagerstatusmenu.plist Support
[running] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist Support
[running] syncmateStarter.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[failed] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[running] com.plexapp.helper.plist Support
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
User Login Items:
Garmin Express Service
Citations
Citations
iTunesHelper
Mobile Mouse Server
Skip Tunes
Dropbox
AirParrot
Google Drive
Internet Plug-ins:
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 Support
Yahoo! Installer 3: Version: 1.0.128 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.0.0 Support
GarminGpsControl: Version: 4.2.0.0 - SDK 10.8 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Safari Extensions:
Searchme: Version: 1.2
Amazon Shopping Assistant: Version: 1.1
Ebay Shopping Assistant: Version: 1.1
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User iTunes Plug-ins:
TuneUp Visualizer: Version: 2.4.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
User Internet Plug-ins:
Picasa: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.4 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Adobe Version Cue CS4 Support
Candelair Support
Flash Player Support
MacFUSE (Tuxera) Support
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
iMac HD: Disk size: 930.71 GB Disk used: 818.72 GB
Destinations:
BACK-UPS [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 2
Total number of backups: 1
Oldest backup: 2013-12-06 10:01:05 +0000
Last backup: 2013-12-06 10:01:05 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 2 < (Disk used 818.72 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
      2% WindowServer
      2% Dropbox
      0% fontd
      0% iTunes
      0% Skip Tunes
Top Processes by Memory:
229 MB mds_stores
184 MB iTunes
139 MB softwareupdated
82 MB WindowServer
78 MB Dropbox
Virtual Memory Information:
1.01 GB Free RAM
2.11 GB Active RAM
267 MB Inactive RAM
634 MB Wired RAM
624 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs

Every time I watch a video on youtube (on any browser) my macbook pro starts freezing

Hello everyone,
Every time I watch a video on youtube (on any browser) my macbook pro starts freezing half a minute, works fine for 10 seconds, then freezes again... This started a couple days ago. The only solution is to restart and not watch video's... Anyone know how to solve this?
I have a pretty old macbook pro, from around 2006. I've never had this problem...
Thanks,
Tommy
P.S. My family is currently deleting some items and it seems to be working, I'll update you if the problem is fixed.

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