Age/model of my hand-me-down iMac?
where can i easily find age/model of my hand-me-down iMac?
Go to the Finders menu... Click on the Apple logo... About this Mac... Click on the OS Version text until the serial number comes up.
That's the serial number for the Mac.
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Offlate almost everytime I am getting kernal panics when I shut down my iMac 21 2011 model. After booting back here is the problem report that comes up.
I could'nt make head or tail of it, could anybody help me out here.
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 591345 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 9
Anonymous UUID: 3C133529-E586-47C7-8799-ACB548B7537A
Sat Feb 11 11:11:39 2012
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80002c266d): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f820f0ff8, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000018, CR3: 0x0000000022963012, CR4: 0x00000000000606e0
RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0xffffff807b4f1df0, RCX: 0x0000000009000000, RDX: 0xffffff800bf05ff0
RSP: 0xffffff80ae0cb620, RBP: 0xffffff80ae0cb640, RSI: 0x0000000000000002, RDI: 0xffffff800bf05ff0
R8: 0x0000000000010000, R9: 0x0000000000000030, R10: 0x0000000000000030, R11: 0x0000000000000000
R12: 0xffffff800c8acd20, R13: 0x0000000000000020, R14: 0x0000000000000000, R15: 0xffffff800fbfcc00
RFL: 0x0000000000010286, RIP: 0xffffff7f820f0ff8, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
CR2: 0x0000000000000018, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Faulting CPU: 0x1
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80ae0cb2e0 : 0xffffff8000220702
0xffffff80ae0cb360 : 0xffffff80002c266d
0xffffff80ae0cb500 : 0xffffff80002d7a1d
0xffffff80ae0cb520 : 0xffffff7f820f0ff8
0xffffff80ae0cb640 : 0xffffff7f820eb4c2
0xffffff80ae0cb6f0 : 0xffffff7f820ef6b9
0xffffff80ae0cb970 : 0xffffff7f820e37c8
0xffffff80ae0cb9c0 : 0xffffff8000316b2b
0xffffff80ae0cba10 : 0xffffff80003041d9
0xffffff80ae0cbf20 : 0xffffff800030447c
0xffffff80ae0cbf50 : 0xffffff80005caa9b
0xffffff80ae0cbfb0 : 0xffffff80002d8363
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com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 4.5.3
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Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334648302D4348392020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x168C, 0x9A), Atheros 9380: 4.0.58.4-P2P
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.1f4, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
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USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 2
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 4
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8215, 0xfa111000 / 6
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: My Book 1140, 0x1058 (Western Digital Technologies, Inc.), 0x1140, 0xfd140000 / 6
USB Device: USB2.0 Hub, 0x05e3 (Genesys Logic, Inc.), 0x0608, 0xfd130000 / 5
USB Device: My Book 1110, 0x1058 (Western Digital Technologies, Inc.), 0x1110, 0xfd132000 / 7
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org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp 4.1.2
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt 4.1.2
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB 4.1.2
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv 4.1.2
com.vmware.kext.vmnet 3.1.3
com.vmware.kext.vmioplug 3.1.3
com.vmware.kext.vmci 3.1.3
com.vmware.kext.vmx86 3.1.3
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What is a kernel panic,
Technical Note TN2063: Understanding and Debugging Kernel Panics,
Mac OS X Kernel Panic FAQ,
Resolving Kernel Panics, and
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I need some help. I have an iMac 21" (brand new). For some reason the computer goes to sleep and then shuts down completely. I am assuming it has something to do with the UPS setting in the system preferences. My question is 1. how doe I set them correctly to stop this problem? or 2. How do I turn off the UPS altogether? PLEASE HELP!!!
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