Battery problem & Safe mode
hey guys. i don't know is this really a big issue or not..but when i turned on my MacBook pro early 2011, it runs in kinda safe mode for the first time!!.. i don't know why?! MBP battery was fully charged..now, after 30 minutes.. I am using just safari with DSL modem connected..its now 88%..my display and keyboard light is as low as possible. i have this MBP for almost a year and battery cycle is 144..which i think it's great!
so, my question, is it normal? and what was that safe mode?!
> Disappointingly there was no paperwork with the returned item to advised what work had been carried out, ie replacement of hardware, drive or software or advising how to open an account.
So why you dont get in contact with the ASP who repaired the notebook and why you dont ask what has been done? Only these guys can provide more details
> When it was returned the operating system was reconfigured so that I could not open it as administrator, had to open new user account. According to Technical Support, the factory use a different recovery disc! I asked if I should use my recovery discs again, but was told it was not necessary. However, now that I have spent several hours downloading folders and installing various programs, I find that Windows 7 is working differently. In particular, no thumbnail pictures are appearing in various picture files, only the picture icon. Same with preview pane, only an icon appears. Any advice, would be welcome.
Of course you can use the own recovery disk and could reinstall the OS again.
But I think its just an matter of Win 7 configuration;
Check this page:
+Windows 7 tip: Preview audio and video files before playing+
http://digitizor.com/2009/09/21/windows-7-tip-preview-audio-and-video-files-before-playing/
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Hi everyone,
I'm simply all out of ideas on what to do - my best guess is the problem is not specifically hard-drive related since all the 'normal' fixes just won't work.
What could be the cause of my issue? The only way i've managed to keep the Macbook Pro on for longer than a minute is through target drive, where it seems to work just fine - i can access everything. To sum up everything:
1 - I tried resetting the PRAM
2 - I tried to go in to safe mode, it shut off before i could type the password
3 - I tried fsck -fy command from single user mode, sometimes i can get to actually typing it but mostly it shuts off before
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5 - I reinstalled OS Mavericks.
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RogeroSafe Mode is not intended to be an "answer"...rather, it is a diagnostic tool to try and root out the cause of issues. It's sole intended purpose is to try and determine if any auto-running add-on or 3rd party apps might be causal to a situation, by suppressing the auto-run at boot up of those items. But, it is not intended to be part of any "normal operation" of the device.
If the results of Safe Mode are that the behavior continues, then other diagnostic steps must be conducted to try and determine the proper course of action. Quite often, there never can be any true diagnosis...but, rather, attempting a series of different remedies until the behavior is cured. For example, if OS corruption is the root cause, it can't really be diagnosed (especially at an internet distance)...rather, reloading the OS might cure the corruption and re-establish good operations.
But, reloading the OS might also cure other causes, so truly knowing exactly what the root cause is quite often impossible. And, if the issue is hardware (as with your suspicion of the battery), then no amount of OS or software "fixes" can truly be a remedy at all.
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Hey community of amazing computer lovers, to preface my question... my setup is:
Macbook Pro, mid-2009 15in.
Processor 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT 256 MB
Software OS X 10.9.1 (13B42)
Recently, after a move to Hawaii my laptop has begun having issues starting up normally. With ample power in the battery, and even when plugged into the wall via (a slightly damaged adapter), the macbook will do a number of abnormal responses to pushing the power button.
1. The indicator light (small white mini rectangle near front right of base) will blink once when power button is depressed. Nothing else happens. No boot up.
2. Holding power button down, indicator light will turn on, a boot up screen appears for a moment, then power cuts out and boot up ends.
3. (When holding the power button down) The indicator light will light up, then flicker and turn off.
4. (When holding shift for safe mode) System will boot up and has allowed me to work here in Safe mode.
I have restarted the machine while holding command+R, ran disk utility and repaired the disk. This action has not solved issue. Last night I left the computer in sleep mode after doing this, and woke up to a shut down machine with power left in the battery...
What is the issue at hand? Hardware?
How can I take steps to fix it myself?
Any help much appreciated,
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hello I have imac (27-inch mid 2011) 3.1ghz intel core i5 1tb serial ata hard drive, amd radeon hd 6970m
my problem is
imac works fine in safe mode,
but when you try to startup normal it's connstantly restart by it self.in safe mode works perfectly,soon as I try to boot in normal mode it's keep restarting.on screen I don't see any line vertical or horizontal picture look normal on safe mode.but unable to start normal it just restarting over and over.I try another HDD but same things happen,I replace memory but still same.works ok in safe mode but not in normal mode.I will try to post system error report.
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Why does my iMac run fine in Safe Mode but has many problems when it isn't?
If you take a look at my previous posts you will see that I have had the usual problems that many, many other iMac G5 1.8 20" Rev A owners have been recently experiencing (Kernel Panics, Screen Blurs, Screen darker at top more than bottom, etc)
I have discovered that the only way to stop all the numerous problems that I have been having is to start the iMac up in Safe Boot Mode
In this mode it has been running Perfect! No Crashes! No Screen Problems! It's been wonderful to get it back to normal after all the peristant problems I have had! The only thing being that you can't use sound in or out or the DVD Player with Safe Mode!
So the question I would like to ask is:
So does this mean that the problems I had before were just Software conflicts/issues and not Hardware ones?
Cheers for your help
Bob
iMac G5 1.8 20" Mac OS X (10.4.3) 2 Gig RAMWhen you start up in Safe Mode various things aren't loaded at startup, Bob.
Have a thinbk about which of the following may be involved in your own case:
It forces a directory check of the startup volume.
It loads only required kernel extensions (some of the items in /System/Library/Extensions).
It runs only Apple-installed startup items (some of the items in /Library/StartupItems and /System/Library/StartupItems - and different than login items).
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger only: It disables all fonts other than those in /System/Library/Fonts .
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger only: It moves to the Trash all font caches normally stored in /Library/Caches/com.apple.ATS/(uid)/ , where (uid) is a user ID number such as 501.
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger only: It disables any Login Items.
(from http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107392)
Have a look at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106464 for some more possibilities.
You may find it worth while using System Prefernces/Accounts to creat a new admin user account and see if the problem persists with it. THis may help you narrow down the problem further.
Cheers
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Firefox crashes as soon as I click on the icon. Even in safe mode. I've tried all options of resolving this problem but nothing is working. I really hate using Safari and Chrome. Please help!
Scan your computer in safe mode for bots, malware, trojan's and viruses. Remove any Found and reboot. If Problem still exists, go to control panel, add/remove programs remove firefox. and then download and reinstall firefox. Remember to always close as many running programs like messangers and widgetts when installing any program. This should fix your problem. only other option is to do a system restore to when you were not having any problems, this works 90% of time.
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What can I do in Safe Mode to fix boot problem?
MY MBP is giving me the "NOT" sign on start-up. This comes after initially displaying the Apple logo.
This MBP had a new logic board installed by Apple just two weeks ago -- and I know I can take it back but I'd like to fix this myself.
Here's what's happening.
BTW -- I put in a different hard drive after getting the MBP back. It has worked fine for several days.
Don't know if these points are relevant, but:
1. First thing I noticed today is that neither of the USB ports would read a flash drive. The port would, however, work mouse and keyboard.
2. The initial non-boot episode took place when I had external hard drives daisy-chained in via Firewire. But, again, this had worked previously, as recent as this morning.
This may be significant:
3. The last tasks performed on the MBP were -- for the first time -- to edit video in FCE, make DVD in iDVD, burn IMG file.
4. I have connect this MBP as a target FW drive to another MBP and run "disk verify" and "disk repair" in Disk Utility. It says the drive and permissions are okay.
5. I have booted to a copy of Disk Warrior (latest version, version 4, I believe) and rebuilt directories and files along with verify/repair permissions (everything DW will do). And when re-starting, it still won't boot.
6. When I boot off Snow Leopard DVD and run Disk Utility…"verify disk" says "the volume appears to be ok"….when I "repair disk" it reports "Volume repair complete." and "Updating boot partitions for the volume as required."
7. I'm able to boot in SAFE MODE, but when I try to restart in normal mode, it won't boot (so nothing was automatically fixed)
What can I do in safe mode to address my problem?
Thanks,
TDLinc:
Thanks for your thorough and detailed help. Unfortunately, I'm a poor partner in this project.
Searching "BOOT_TIME" in "All Messages" produced the following:
7/2/12 2:05:42 PM bootlog[42] BOOT_TIME: 1341252333 0
7/2/12 2:10:17 PM bootlog[42] BOOT_TIME: 1341252609 0
7/3/12 10:33:56 AM bootlog[41] BOOT_TIME: 1341326028 0
7/3/12 2:34:01 PM bootlog[41] BOOT_TIME: 1341340431 0
7/3/12 7:34:52 PM bootlog[41] BOOT_TIME: 1341358484 0
7/4/12 4:18:42 AM bootlog[41] BOOT_TIME: 1341389911 0
7/4/12 11:20:15 AM bootlog[41] BOOT_TIME: 1341415206 0
7/4/12 11:41:58 AM bootlog[41] BOOT_TIME: 1341416510 0
7/5/12 8:55:38 AM bootlog[43] BOOT_TIME: 1341492928 0
7/5/12 9:01:22 AM bootlog[41] BOOT_TIME: 1341493271 0
7/5/12 9:11:21 AM bootlog[43] BOOT_TIME: 1341493870 0
7/5/12 9:00:19 PM bootlog[38] BOOT_TIME: 1341536357 0
7/5/12 9:18:41 PM bootlog[38] BOOT_TIME: 1341537462 0
7/6/12 6:00:30 AM bootlog[38] BOOT_TIME: 1341568771 0
When I try to do "System Diagnostic Reports" nothing opens. Right above it on the menu, however, are "Diagnostic Usage Messages" .... which are quite lengthy:
7/5/12 8:55:52 AM airportd[79] [most time: (2.753687) _scan] trace: <CFArray 0x101200630 [0x1005f7ee0]>{type = immutable, count = 12, values = (
0 : <CFString 0x10003ccd0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "pref_netwk_AJ"}
1 : <CFString 0x10003cb90 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "scan non-DFS channels"}
2 : <CFString 0x101205f30 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.955868) _scan"}
3 : <CFString 0x1012006c0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.000001) _lookup"}
4 : <CFString 0x10003cbf0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "scan DFS channels"}
5 : <CFString 0x10100af20 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(1.884684) _scan"}
6 : <CFString 0x1010042e0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.000000) _lookup"}
7 : <CFString 0x10003cc10 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "scan all channels"}
8 : <CFString 0x101209650 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(2.753687) _scan"}
9 : <CFString 0x1012069d0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.000010) _lookup"}
10 : <CFString 0x101014f20 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.022895) _keychain"}
11 : <CFString 0x10122a310 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.549176) _association"}
com.apple.message.domain: com.apple.airport.autojoin.summary
com.apple.message.signature: AutoJoinSuccess
com.apple.message.result: success
com.apple.message.value: 6.180804
com.apple.message.value2: 3.000000
com.apple.message.value3: 1.000000
com.apple.message.uuid: 23DA91E9-04B0-4025-B74A-552331A20578
7/5/12 8:55:52 AM airportd[79] [most time: (2.753687) _scan] trace: <CFArray 0x101200630 [0x1005f7ee0]>{type = immutable, count = 12, values = (
0 : <CFString 0x10003ccd0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "pref_netwk_AJ"}
1 : <CFString 0x10003cb90 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "scan non-DFS channels"}
2 : <CFString 0x101205f30 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.955868) _scan"}
3 : <CFString 0x1012006c0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.000001) _lookup"}
4 : <CFString 0x10003cbf0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "scan DFS channels"}
5 : <CFString 0x10100af20 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(1.884684) _scan"}
6 : <CFString 0x1010042e0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.000000) _lookup"}
7 : <CFString 0x10003cc10 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "scan all channels"}
8 : <CFString 0x101209650 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(2.753687) _scan"}
9 : <CFString 0x1012069d0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.000010) _lookup"}
10 : <CFString 0x101014f20 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.022895) _keychain"}
11 : <CFString 0x10122a310 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.549176) _association"}
com.apple.message.domain: com.apple.airport.autojoin.summary
com.apple.message.signature: AutoJoinSuccess
com.apple.message.result: success
com.apple.message.value: 6.180804
com.apple.message.value2: 3.000000
com.apple.message.value3: 1.000000
com.apple.message.uuid: 23DA91E9-04B0-4025-B74A-552331A20578
7/5/12 9:11:34 AM airportd[79] [most time: (2.720380) _scan] trace: <CFArray 0x1013040f0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{type = immutable, count = 12, values = (
0 : <CFString 0x10003ccd0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "pref_netwk_AJ"}
1 : <CFString 0x10003cb90 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "scan non-DFS channels"}
2 : <CFString 0x1010044e0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.973924) _scan"}
3 : <CFString 0x10100c640 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.000000) _lookup"}
4 : <CFString 0x10003cbf0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "scan DFS channels"}
5 : <CFString 0x101300630 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(1.888195) _scan"}
6 : <CFString 0x10130a3a0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.000001) _lookup"}
7 : <CFString 0x10003cc10 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "scan all channels"}
8 : <CFString 0x1010151e0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(2.720380) _scan"}
9 : <CFString 0x101010ea0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.000010) _lookup"}
10 : <CFString 0x1013064f0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.023988) _keychain"}
11 : <CFString 0x101304bf0 [0x1005f7ee0]>{contents = "(0.445394) _association"}
com.apple.message.domain: com.apple.airport.autojoin.summary
com.apple.message.signature: AutoJoinSuccess
com.apple.message.result: success
com.apple.message.value: 6.080535
com.apple.message.value2: 3.000000
com.apple.message.value3: 1.000000
com.apple.message.uuid: E3FB8E32-8281-44D4-B072-0DF5C83C7834
Does this mean anything? Next step? I'm desparate.
Thanks again.
TD -
Hi
I just now updated dec 2013 c.u to sharepoint server 2010 sp2
I get this error in event viewer when I browse web applications , they not open even
Load control template file /_controltemplates/TaxonomyPicker.ascx failed: Could not load type 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.WebControls.TaxonomyPicker' from assembly 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c'.
SharePoint Web Services Round Robin Service Load Balancer Event: EndpointFailure
Process Name: OWSTIMER
Process ID: 3836
AppDomain Name: DefaultDomain
AppDomain ID: 1
Service Application Uri: urn:schemas-microsoft-com:sharepoint:service:548f72e6a39f401e95e92711aea13c45#authority=urn:uuid:9aebe976322541d280e4bd3799fa283f&authority=https://spfwf01:32844/Topology/topology.svc
Active Endpoints: 2
Failed Endpoints:1
Safe mode did not start successfully. This page has encountered a critical error. Contact your system administrator if this problem persists.
adilThis messge I get initially I get two times (1)
SharePoint Web Services Round Robin Service Load Balancer Event: EndpointFailure
Process Name: w3wp
Process ID: 4600
AppDomain Name: /LM/W3SVC/2141356646/ROOT-1-130405218187772398
AppDomain ID: 2
Service Application Uri: urn:schemas-microsoft-com:sharepoint:service:548f72e6a39f401e95e92711aea13c45#authority=urn:uuid:9aebe976322541d280e4bd3799fa283f&authority=https://spfwf01:32844/Topology/topology.svc
Active Endpoints: 2
Failed Endpoints:1
Affected Endpoint: http://spfapp02:32843/548f72e6a39f401e95e92711aea13c45/MetadataWebService.svc
aftert this message three times (2)
The Managed Metadata Service 'Managed Metadata Service' is inaccessible.
and after (3)
The health service has removed some items from the send queue for management group "MOJOmanagement" since it exceeded the maximum allowed size of 15 megabytes.
after (4)
Safe mode did not start successfully. This page has encountered a critical error. Contact your system administrator if this problem persists.
and this time I seen I am unable to browse web applications
and
Load control template file /_controltemplates/TaxonomyPicker.ascx failed: Could not load type 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.WebControls.TaxonomyPicker' from assembly 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c'.
adil -
Hello. I've encountered a problem with my iTunes that I would like some help on solving. My computer uses Windows Vista. iTunes recently began to freeze as soon as I opened its window. On two occasions, it appeared to work the first time after turning the computer on, but would freeze upon subsequent openings. No error messages are given. It will either freeze while saying "Accessing iTunes Store," or without saying anything at all. However, iTunes appears to work just fine when I open it in safe mode (holding Shift + Ctrl while opening), although I have not yet attempted to sync a device while using safe mode. I attempted to update iTunes to its most recent version (10.6.3.25) after first experiencing this problem. The first time I tried, it didn't work, saying that "errors occured" during the update. I disabled my antivirus software (Kaspersky Antivirus 2012) and tried again. This time, my computer said that the update was successful. However, the freezing problem has persisted.
After looking through Apple support and other discussion topics, I found several things to check for (relating to similar problems) as follows. I checked for them, but they don't seem to apply to my situation. Here is what i found.
From Apple Support:
Check for third-party plugins in the following two folders:
-C:\Users\username\App Data\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes\iTunes Plug-ins\
Result: I found this folder, but it is empty, even with "Show hidden files and folders" enabled.
-C:\Program Files\iTunes\Plug-ins
Results: I did not find a "Plug-ins" folder in this directory, nor in the iTunes directory in Program Files (x86). However, there is a "Mozilla Plugins" folder in the (x86) directory, containing files "npitunes.dll" and "npitunes.xpt."
From Community Discussions:
-Conflict with Advanced SystemCare security tool by IObit or iCloud Control Panel
Result: These do not appear to be installed on my computer.
I also found something about Bonjour service, and that some people's similar problems were temporarily resolved when disabling Bonjour and reopening iTunes. I tried this, but it did not make a difference.
Does anyone have any ideas of what might be causing this? Thanks for the help!No error messages are given. It will either freeze while saying "Accessing iTunes Store," or without saying anything at all.
I'd try the following document:
Apple software on Windows: May see performance issues and blank iTunes Store
(If there's a SpeedBit LSP showing up in Autoruns, it's usually best to just uninstall your SpeedBit Video Accelerator.) -
I have had Windows 7 64 bit for the past year and have run Firefox with no problem. It was the most problem free of the three browsers including IE and Chrome.
I have a Vista side where I run my online backup and did so yesterday. Went on Firefox. No Problem.
Today I booted into the Windows 7 side. Seemed to boot up okay. Until I opened Firefox. Suddenly, my whole computer crashed, windows shut down and that bluescreen popped up. I restarted normally. Same thing. I restarted in safe-mode. Couldn't find any problems. Went back to regular mode. Started FF. Boom crash.
Back to safe mode. Did a system restore. Back to regular startup. Didn't help. Attempting to open FF crahed windows.
So back to safe mode. Started Firefox. Crashed the whole computer and same blues screen.
So I uninstalled FF. Reinstalled FF. It still makes Windows crash.
So now I am on IE :PSee below -- the way I asked the question the first time may not be clear. This post was a goof but I can't figure out how to delete it
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Please help me, I have a mid 2010 Mac book pro with a toshiba mk3266gsxf harddrive. It started making a clicking noise and then my computer crashed. I proceeded to boot in safe mode, but it doesn't work. When I ran disk utility in recovery mode, it showed no problem with my disk. Does any one know what the problem is?
Sounds like a mechanical problem with the drive and it ruined the sectors where the Macintosh HD partition (and OS X, and files and programs) reside, but not your Recovery HD partition.
If you held command option r while booting, that's Internet Recovery and it's loaded via the Internet, not via the Recovery HD partition on the boot drive, so that could mean the drive is dead mechanically or there is another issue.
In either case the drive will likely have to be replaced, it's a matter of what occured to where and the drive state if you can recover data or not. If you made recent backups then your fine.
My computer is not working, is my personal data lost?
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