5 year old iMac freezes momentarily every few seconds
Over the past few months, anytime I use my iMac, it will freeze for a second or 2 then resume its work. It is especially bad when web surfing or watching videos. I have upgraded the RAM to 12gb with no improvement. It has a 3.2ghz i3 quadcore processor. From what I have read, the graphics module is integrated on the motherboard.
Is this a graphics card issue? If so, are their any solutions besides replacing the computer?
OK. Since the issue is specific to your original user account, you can proceed in two ways. One is to log into your new account, make a list of the preference files (plists) located in /username/Library/Preferences/, including any in the ByHost subfolder, log back into the original account, move everything on the ne account's list from the original account's Preferences folder into a newly created folder on the Desktop, log out and back in, and see if the problem goes away. If so, you can copy the ones in the Desktop folder (one or more at time) back into /Preferences/, restart, and see if the problem returns. If so, you've identified the corrupt/conflicting ones. Continue with all of them until isolating the bad ones. That'll save you the trouble of resetting preferences.
The second way is much more detailed and I'll not burden you with the steps unless the above doesn't fix the issue.
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Hello Microsoft Technet
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EtreCheck version: 1.9.12 (48)
Report generated 30 June 2014 22:30:19 GMT+5
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: (null)
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software:
OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 8:1:9
Disk Information:
TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.3 GB (519.34 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
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Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
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[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
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[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[failed] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[failed] com.nero.HSMMonitor.plist Support
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Dropbox-PG
Dropbox
Tunnelblick
Internet Plug-ins:
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.125 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.125 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.0 Support
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
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 Internet Plug-ins:
WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 Support
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Flash Player Support
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15% WindowServer
7% mdworker
2% Activity Monitor
2% Dock
1% SystemUIServer
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211 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
188 MB Safari
123 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
90 MB Dropbox
74 MB mds_stores
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2.70 GB Active RAM
410 MB Inactive RAM
870 MB Wired RAM
552 MB Page-ins
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01/07/2014 12:33:37.914 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent[656]: NSURLConnection/CFURLConnection HTTP load failed (kCFStreamErrorDomainSSL, -9812)
01/07/2014 12:33:38.743 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0x687
01/07/2014 12:33:39.351 com.apple.WebKit.Networking[422]: NSURLConnection/CFURLConnection HTTP load failed (kCFStreamErrorDomainSSL, -9812)
01/07/2014 12:34:09.781 fontd[194]: ATSFindFolder timeout. (domain:-32763, dirType:'font', createFolder:false, ATSServer pid:194)
01/07/2014 12:34:11.764 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0x6ad
01/07/2014 12:35:04.047 com.apple.WebKit.Networking[422]: CFNetwork SSLHandshake failed (-9806)
01/07/2014 12:37:36.000 kernel[0]: MacAuthEvent en1 Auth result for: 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8 MAC AUTH succeeded
01/07/2014 12:37:36.000 kernel[0]: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link UP virtIf = 0
01/07/2014 12:37:36.000 kernel[0]: wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8
01/07/2014 12:37:36.000 kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8
01/07/2014 12:37:36.000 kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
01/07/2014 12:39:34.215 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0x80f
01/07/2014 12:39:44.059 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0x834
01/07/2014 12:40:00.570 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0x858
01/07/2014 12:41:14.463 WindowServer[90]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Microsoft Word" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
01/07/2014 12:41:14.669 WindowServer[90]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Microsoft Word" after 1.21 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
01/07/2014 12:45:25.000 kernel[0]: MacAuthEvent en1 Auth result for: 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8 MAC AUTH succeeded
01/07/2014 12:45:25.000 kernel[0]: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link UP virtIf = 0
01/07/2014 12:45:25.000 kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
01/07/2014 12:45:25.000 kernel[0]: wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8
01/07/2014 12:45:25.000 kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8
01/07/2014 12:46:01.496 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0x905
01/07/2014 12:46:57.825 com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Killing auth hosts
01/07/2014 12:46:57.825 com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100012 destroyed
01/07/2014 12:50:06.454 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent[685]: NSURLConnection/CFURLConnection HTTP load failed (kCFStreamErrorDomainSSL, -9812)
01/07/2014 12:50:08.330 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.qtkitserver[689]) Could not terminate job: 3: No such process
01/07/2014 12:50:08.330 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.qtkitserver[689]) Using fallback option to terminate job...
01/07/2014 12:52:41.749 WindowServer[90]: _CGXHWCaptureWindowList: No capable active display found.
01/07/2014 12:53:02.180 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0x9e1
01/07/2014 12:53:55.256 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xa58
01/07/2014 12:53:58.964 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xa6a
01/07/2014 12:54:44.057 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xae9
01/07/2014 12:56:03.269 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xb92
01/07/2014 12:56:26.912 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xbc9
01/07/2014 12:57:24.560 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xc17
01/07/2014 12:58:52.024 Safari[419]: Couldn't contact spell checker for Multilingual
01/07/2014 12:59:00.610 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:00.610 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:00.611 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:00.612 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:00.614 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:22.496 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xd1e
01/07/2014 12:59:37.440 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:37.440 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:37.441 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:37.441 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:37.441 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 13:00:16.000 kernel[0]: MacAuthEvent en1 Auth result for: 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8 MAC AUTH succeeded
01/07/2014 13:00:16.000 kernel[0]: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link UP virtIf = 0
01/07/2014 13:00:16.000 kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
01/07/2014 13:00:16.000 kernel[0]: wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8
01/07/2014 13:00:16.000 kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8
01/07/2014 13:00:24.747 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xd91
01/07/2014 13:00:28.448 Safari[419]: Error launching spell checker for U.S. English: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=256 "The application “AppleSpell.service” could not be launched because a miscellaneous error occurred (OSStatus -1712)." UserInfo=0x60800027bdc0 {NSURL=file:///System/Library/Services/AppleSpell.service, NSLocalizedDescription=The application “AppleSpell.service” could not be launched because a miscellaneous error occurred (OSStatus -1712)., NSUnderlyingError=0x608000242e80 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -1712.)"}
01/07/2014 13:00:28.448 Safari[419]: Suppressing further spell checker launch failure warnings -
Toshiba Qosmio X505 Q8102 freezes every few seconds in games.
Again i have to post in this forums, so im not satisfied and dissapointed..
The laptop is freezing every few seconds in most 3D games, i thought it's the OS problem, so installed a fresh copy of Windows7 (original), downloaded newest drivers from toshiba support site, and installed every one of the without problem. But the problem is still here.. Don't know what to do, gave 1800$ for this pice of junk and ill i got is problems..
I'm not a newbie within computers, working with them for past 15 years (at the moment Network Administrator in Croatian Military).
Tried replacing the memory, hdd, and still nothing, same problem.. The warranty expired and doesn't work in Europe.. Contacted US support and asked for recovery disks because this **bleep** recovery partition is damaged and can't boot from recovery.. tried with Toshiba media builder but same problem, doesn't work -_-... One thing is for sure.. im never gonna buy Toshiba again. Oh yeah, forggot tu mention, I've contacted Toshiba Croatia for recovery disks and support, and they said to me that thy don't give recovery disks and don't sell them (than why can i buy recovery dvd's from toshiba us?, and can't from Croatia)..
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Yeah, i know the procedure with the zerro key, and with toshiba media creator to make backup dvd-s etc, but non of that work because my recovery partition is kinda damaged, don't know why is that so. Didn't mess with the hdd or anything else. But that's not the problem, installed a fresh copy of windows, updated it and installed drivers and everything i need, than made a acronis secure zone on my hdd and made recovery by my self and works great.
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I believe OS 10.10.2 is causing my mac to freeze every few seconds.
For the last two weeks or so, my MacBook Pro (2011) has been freezing every few seconds. I can barley type this now. When I pull up Activity Monitor, it shows my memory running at 3.0+ out of 4 GB's. I've tried everything I could think of. My Mac is more of a internet surfing comp so I didn't mind reinstalling OS. It worked great for about 30 minutes then everything started to freeze again. Im curious if anyone else is having this issue and if anyone's figured out how to fix it. I ran a diagnostic on my ram and thats not the issue. Im to the point of upgrading my ram but i think it's dumb reverting to that when the 4 GB has been plenty for me in the past.
Thank You.Problem description:
System lagging every few seconds.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated February 16, 2015 at 4:19:55 AM PST
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
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Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 216
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 2 days 23:36:23
Disk Information: ℹ️
ST9320325ASG disk0 : (320.07 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 318.84 GB (288.95 GB free)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked Failed
Core Storage: disk0s2 319.21 GB Online
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 31 Check version
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Click for support]
Java [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
6% WindowServer
0% com.apple.WebKit.Networking
0% fontd
0% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
0% Safari
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
163 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
142 MB softwareupdated
103 MB Safari
77 MB mds_stores
77 MB Finder
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208 MB Free RAM
1.60 GB Active RAM
1.41 GB Inactive RAM
1.03 GB Wired RAM
2.92 GB Page-ins
66 MB Page-outs
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My macbook pro freezes every few seconds
Hi everyone!
About a week ago my MBP started freezing every few seconds showing the well known spinning beach balls every time, even when running no apps, I've sepnt plenty of time looking for a solution, I've read this problem might be due to a physically damaged hard drive, bt I've tested it several times using different apps and it shows no error, I've read from another discussion about Etrecheck as a useful app to quickly gather certain system information that may help point to a cause of this problem, so I hope some of you guys can help me checking the log output. Here it is:
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB
Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
Startup Items:
Digidesign Mbox 2 - Path: /Library/StartupItems/Digidesign Mbox 2
DigidesignLoader - Path: /Library/StartupItems/DigidesignLoader
HWNetMgr - Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr
HWPortDetect - Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect
M-Audio FireWire Audio Helper - Path: /Library/StartupItems/M-Audio FireWire Audio Helper
M-Audio Firmware Loader - Path: /Library/StartupItems/M-Audio Firmware Loader
PACESupport - Path: /Library/StartupItems/PACESupport
System Software:
Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63) - Uptime: 0 days 5:1:32
Disk Information:
TOSHIBA MK5055GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
HD MACINTOSH (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (310.21 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Information:
Apple Inc. iPhone
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.7.2)
com.digidesign.iokit.DigiDal (8.0.3f1)
com.waves.driver.soundgrid (2.0.0)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[not loaded] ftp-proxy.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.digidesign.elevenrack.helper.plist
[loaded] com.digidesign.fwfamily.helper.plist
[loaded] com.m-audio.firewire.helper.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
[loaded] com.waves.daemon.SoundGridProtocolService.plist
[loaded] PACESupport.plist
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
ProFire Agent
TrapsMonitor
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Digidesign Eleven Rack
DigidesignMbox2
Digidesign Mbox 2 Pro
DivX
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
Growl
Java
PreferencesPane
PreferencesPane
YAMAHA-USBMIDIPatch
Internet Plug-ins:
DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
OVSHelper.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
None
Top Processes by CPU:
8% Skype
3% firefox
2% WindowServer
1% EtreCheck
1% plugin-container
1% SGProtocolService
0% fontd
0% SystemUIServer
0% configd
0% aosnotifyd
Top Processes by Memory:
836 MB firefox
123 MB mds
115 MB Skype
82 MB plugin-container
66 MB WindowServer
57 MB Finder
57 MB quicklookd
41 MB Dock
41 MB mdworker
33 MB coreservicesd
Virtual Memory Statistics
4.77 GB Free RAM
1.50 GB Active RAM
881 MB Inactive RAM
882 MB Wired RAM
415 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Thank you very much for your help!Hi Carolyn!
Thank yo very much for your help, I've done everything you suggested, but the spinning beach ball is still appearing every few seconds, I also created another admin account just to check and it showed the same behaviour. this is ehat I have now:
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB
Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
Startup Items:
M-Audio FireWire Audio Helper - Path: /Library/StartupItems/M-Audio FireWire Audio Helper
M-Audio Firmware Loader - Path: /Library/StartupItems/M-Audio Firmware Loader
System Software:
Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63) - Uptime: 0 days 0:12:0
Disk Information:
TOSHIBA MK5055GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
HD MACINTOSH (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (310.02 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Information:
Apple Inc. iPhone
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
com.digidesign.iokit.DigiDal (8.0.3f1)
com.waves.driver.soundgrid (2.0.0)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[not loaded] ftp-proxy.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[failed] com.digidesign.elevenrack.helper.plist
[loaded] com.digidesign.fwfamily.helper.plist
[loaded] com.m-audio.firewire.helper.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
[loaded] com.waves.daemon.SoundGridProtocolService.plist
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
ProFire Agent
TrapsMonitor
3rd Party Preference Panes:
DivX
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
Java
PreferencesPane
PreferencesPane
YAMAHA-USBMIDIPatch
Internet Plug-ins:
DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
OVSHelper.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
None
Top Processes by CPU:
2% WindowServer
1% SGProtocolService
1% EtreCheck
1% firefox
1% SystemUIServer
0% fontd
0% iTunes
0% configd
0% usbmuxd
0% Finder
Top Processes by Memory:
287 MB firefox
131 MB iTunes
74 MB mds
57 MB WindowServer
57 MB Finder
33 MB Dock
25 MB coreservicesd
25 MB SystemUIServer
25 MB plugin-container
25 MB EtreCheck
Virtual Memory Statistics
6.11 GB Free RAM
916 MB Active RAM
202 MB Inactive RAM
817 MB Wired RAM
222 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Do you have any idea about something else to be done?
Thank you very much for you time -
I deleted my old email address and added a new one, after my iPhone died iCloud keeps popping up asking for the password of my old email address. I can't remember my password and the account is still gone, it pops up every few seconds. How can I fix this?
If you are unable to remember your password, security questions, don’t have access to your rescue address or are unable to reset your password for whatever reason, your only option is to contact AppleCare(or Apple ID Support), upon speaking to an operator you should explain that your problem is related to your Apple ID, this way you will not be charged for assistance, even if you don’t have an AppleCare plan.
The operator will take you through some steps you may have already tried, however they need to be sure they have exhausted all usual approaches before trying to reset your account, so you should try to be helpful and show patience with the procedure.
The operator will need to verify they are speaking to the account holder and may ask you some questions that only the account holder could know, and you will need to answer them if the process is to proceed.
Once the operator has verified your identity they will send a message through to your device which contains an alpha numeric code, which you will need to read back to them.
Once this has been completed they will send an email to your iCloud email address after a period of 24 hours, so you should check that mail is enabled in your devices iCloud settings.
Upon receipt of the email, use the reset link provided to reset your password, after which you should be able to make the adjustments to iCloud that you wish to do. -
Video freezes every few seconds
My new iPad video playback freezes every few seconds. I have a decentish Internet speed (2.3MB) and have turned all apps off and even reset. Any ideas?
Does it always take a long time to buffer the video? Can take several minutes for a video of the same length.
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I have a year-old iMac and Macbook, both on 10.7.3. Every time the iMac goes to sleep I lose wi-fi from Airport Express. No problem with the Macbook or my iPad. It seems a lot Mac users are having the same problem. Is there a solution? Does Apple have a solution?
Sometimes there are problems.
Somethings to try but probably won't help....
1. Repair Disk Permissions
2. Startup in Safe mode by holding down the "Shift" key....
3. Reset the P Ram by holding down the "Command/Option/P/R" keys at the same time...
The above are standard items to do on any Mac from time to time.
I repair permissions at least once a month....
The other 2 periodically as they do straighten things out when they get out of whack....
Thanks for the feedback.
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