Follow Up to iMac G5 Crash n Burn

If you go here you will read of an issue my wife was having.
We thought it was resolved and this is a follow up to that/those issues.
In the end it was a defective hard drive. Which Apple replaced after confirming what Diskwarrior® had identified after the multiple days of running the application. Just goes to show though Diskwarrior never gives up!
That was the first time an Apple product gave me such a hard time and I been using nothing but Macs since I was a teenager (graduated in 1983)
Anyway, the cable to the logic board was not set properly either. So after I installed the new hard drive I did have to take it into the shop (in order to maintain the warranty) and have it set properly.
It left me wondering if the wife really needed a new hard drive. What if it was the cable to the logic board?
The Apple rep, was convinced it was the hard drive and we swapped the old one for the new one with no probem. I just wonder though. Would have been something good to know.
Anyway just wanted to follow up on the thread I posted. The new drive whistles along and the wife is happy.
Peace,
Robert

thanks myhighway,
was able to get rebooted. its been a very long time since i have had to mess around with this stuff. totally drew a blank. i guess wheni read the word MATSHIT i was like what?
anyway, we took it into the only apple certified place to fix it but upon waiting for the work the guy walks out and says "I can't seem to get the printer to work to print out your work order"
so at this point i am thinking. ok you can't even network a printer or get one to work but i am supposed to leave a computer with you that if you can't get runnin i will be possibly sleeping in the dawg house? naw i don't think so.
so we brought it back home and re set it up. this time i incerted techtools (forgot i had it) still didn't recognize it so i shut it down n rebooted with the installation disc. opened the terminal function got the window open and for some reason decided to scratch that approach.
went back into the installation part of the cd. 99% through the process it gave me the "try restarting again, there was an error installing the software"
so i reboot again. this time i go into the disc utility. and it let me repair disc and the permissions (at this point im thinkin 'ok its found a drive)
then i rebooted. what seemed like eternity it came up. so i take back everything i said. i still love apple
i reckon watching my new bride so upset not having her machine i was getting very upset.
so it appears all is well
robert

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Brand new iMac 24" crashes and burns playing games in bootcamp

If this continues I guess I will have to call support but for those that are interested here is the story:
I have a 24" iMac 3gig and I have installed bootcamp - although I am not convinced as to how well this worked with the driver install as I have problems pairing my bluetooth mouse and keyboard in windows - works fine in OS/X.
If I play WoW in OS/X it seems to handle this. I currently bought Warhammer Online which is PC only so I put it into my bootcamp partition. It runs absolutely fine until it gets hot and then it quite happily brings the machine down.
Symptoms.
wireless networking stops
bluetooth becomes unreliable even when rebooted into OS/X
System crashes and screen goes black - no repsonse or anything
I find this worrying as such occurences cannot be doing my system any good.
I installed fan control and tried upping the fans and my ssytem is now a little noisy but it still happens.
After spending so much money on what is touted as a robust and performant system I am very disapointed. It seems despite controlling and selecting hardware Apple are no better than PC manufacturers. Except prettier
Message was edited by: Pyrolux

Consumer ? The top end iMac ? Certainly my local shop has a different definition of consumer. Agreed the Mac Pro is HIGH performance and also a high price.
For most of my needs I am happy with the Mac, a little disapointed with boot camp but that is all. Not just the game, but also the bluetooth keyboard - just can't get it to work. Works perfectly in OS/X which I guess is the main thing.
Only real niggle in OS/X is the mighty mouse seems to be a bit sporadic with the right click. Works for a time and then doesn't. Very annoying, mainly becuase when it is working properly it is brilliant - so infuriating when it doesn't.
Still - early days yet, and still learning - so hopefully I will sort everything out to my satisfaction.

IMac G5 crash n burn

Hello,
My wifes iMac G5 froze and now it won't start up. She has tried all the methods in chapter 5 (troubleshooting) up to the point of the Reinstalling Software section.
I can not convince her she will not loose any data but because it cleary states there is a possibility she has cold feet.
So, because I am not savy with the iMac G5 running Tiger 10.4.? (I use the question mark because she isn't quite sure what it is) I do know she upgraded with the last software updater release.
Anyway, I have an Imac G4 flatpanel running 10.3.9. Do these two machines work the same way, in that verifying permission, etc and reinstalling software are the same. It reads like it is. But I want to be sure.
The crash happened when I went to downlaod Garge Band file into her hard drive from my iMac (we are networked) while I was doing that at the same moment she was launching Garage Band.
I got the message window that pops up when you click connect to server viz the finder folder, and as I was realizing it wasn't letting me in, she yelled out "Oh man my computer froze"
So anyway whats the safest and quickest way to get her back up running. I want to just reinstall the software and call it a day. But because she doesn't want to loose or risk loosing any files she had created this morning (she simply didn't have time to back anything up, the work was that new) what can I do to help her get back up and running?
Sincerely,
Robert

thanks myhighway,
was able to get rebooted. its been a very long time since i have had to mess around with this stuff. totally drew a blank. i guess wheni read the word MATSHIT i was like what?
anyway, we took it into the only apple certified place to fix it but upon waiting for the work the guy walks out and says "I can't seem to get the printer to work to print out your work order"
so at this point i am thinking. ok you can't even network a printer or get one to work but i am supposed to leave a computer with you that if you can't get runnin i will be possibly sleeping in the dawg house? naw i don't think so.
so we brought it back home and re set it up. this time i incerted techtools (forgot i had it) still didn't recognize it so i shut it down n rebooted with the installation disc. opened the terminal function got the window open and for some reason decided to scratch that approach.
went back into the installation part of the cd. 99% through the process it gave me the "try restarting again, there was an error installing the software"
so i reboot again. this time i go into the disc utility. and it let me repair disc and the permissions (at this point im thinkin 'ok its found a drive)
then i rebooted. what seemed like eternity it came up. so i take back everything i said. i still love apple
i reckon watching my new bride so upset not having her machine i was getting very upset.
so it appears all is well
robert

Troubleshoting help needed: My iMac keeps crashing and restarting with a report detail: "spinlock application timed out" What can I do to fix this?timed out"

Troubleshooting help needed: My iMac keeps crashing and restarting with a notice: "Spinlock application timed out" What can I do?

Launch the Console 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 Console in the page that opens.
Select the most recent panic log under System Diagnostic Reports. Post the contents — the text, please, not a screenshot. In the interest of privacy, I suggest you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header and body of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.) Please don't post shutdownStall, spin, or hang reports.

My iMac keeps crashing and I have no idea why

My iMac keeps crashing, and I don't know why. It started yesterday and for some reason just fails. I get an message saying it has shut down due to an error, and this is then the details of the error report it produces.
Can anyone please help and tell me what is wrong?
Huge thanks.
Hardware Overview:
Model Name:          iMac
Model Identifier:          iMac9,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2.93 GHz
Number of Processors:          1
Total Number of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          6 MB
Memory:          8 GB
Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version:          IM91.008D.B08
SMC Version (system):          1.45f0
Serial Number (system):          VM******0TM
Software OS X 10.9 (13A603)
Error report as follows:
Anonymous UUID:       954FEFB3-53EC-843A-0739-711F6D804866
Sun Nov 24 16:20:47 2013
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff801dadc19e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f9fdceef1, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffff7f9fdceef1, CR3: 0x00000000012fe000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0x0000000000000006, RCX: 0x0000000003000000, RDX: 0xffffff8034a5d960
RSP: 0xffffff810e0a3740, RBP: 0xffffff810e0a37a0, RSI: 0xffffff81004a1068, RDI: 0xffffff8034a5d960
R8: 0xffffff801e0d2b30, R9: 0xffffff81004a1068, R10: 0xffffff810e0a34b0, R11: 0x0000000000000206
R12: 0x0000000000000020, R13: 0xffffff810e0a3ab4, R14: 0xffffff8030a0ba08, R15: 0x0000000000000001
RFL: 0x0000000000010282, RIP: 0xffffff7f9fdceef1, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0xffffff7f9fdceef1, Error code: 0x0000000000000010, Fault CPU: 0x0
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff810e0a33d0 : 0xffffff801da22f69
0xffffff810e0a3450 : 0xffffff801dadc19e
0xffffff810e0a3620 : 0xffffff801daf3606
0xffffff810e0a3640 : 0xffffff7f9fdceef1
0xffffff810e0a37a0 : 0xffffff7f9fdcfda2
0xffffff810e0a39b0 : 0xffffff7f9fde0077
0xffffff810e0a3a30 : 0xffffff801ddb3671
0xffffff810e0a3a90 : 0xffffff801dbdf80d
0xffffff810e0a3ae0 : 0xffffff801dbf4360
0xffffff810e0a3b80 : 0xffffff801dbe5f15
0xffffff810e0a3c30 : 0xffffff801dbe67d2
0xffffff810e0a3f50 : 0xffffff801de3de23
0xffffff810e0a3fb0 : 0xffffff801daf3e06
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mds_stores
Mac OS version:
13A603
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.0.0: Thu Sep 19 22:22:27 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2422.1.72~6/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 1D9369E3-D0A5-31B6-8D16-BFFBBB390393
Kernel slide:     0x000000001d800000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff801da00000
System model name: iMac9,1 (Mac-F2218FA9)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 705898990026
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Model: iMac9,1, BootROM IM91.008D.B08, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.93 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.45f0
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 130, NVIDIA GeForce GT 130, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x8783, 0x53524433344731333333534D414300000000
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x8783, 0x53524433344731333333534D414300000000
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8E), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
Bluetooth: Version 4.2.0f6 12982, 3 services, 23 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
Serial ATA Device: ST31000342ASQ, 1 TB
Serial ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5670S, 295 MB
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USB Device: Keyboard Hub
USB Device: Apple Keyboard
USB Device: IR Receiver
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Bus:
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And what is wrong with Trend Micro Titanium as a package?
1. This comment applies to malicious software ("malware") that's installed unwittingly by the victim of a network attack, and what you should and should not do to protect yourself from that threat. It does not apply to software, such as keystroke loggers, that may be installed deliberately by an intruder who has hands-on access to the victim's computer. That threat is in a different category, and there's no easy way to defend against it. If you have reason to suspect that you're the target of such an attack, you need expert help.
If you find this comment too long or too technical, read only sections 5, 6, and 10.
OS X now implements three layers of built-in protection specifically against malware, not counting runtime protections such as execute disable, sandboxing, system library randomization, and address space layout randomization that may also guard against other kinds of exploits.
2. All versions of OS X since 10.6.7 have been able to detect known Mac malware in downloaded files, and to block insecure web plugins. This feature is transparent to the user, but internally Apple calls it "XProtect." The malware recognition database is automatically checked for updates once a day; however, you shouldn't rely on it, because the attackers are always at least a day ahead of the defenders.
The following caveats apply to XProtect:
It can be bypassed by some third-party networking software, such as BitTorrent clients and Java applets.
It only applies to software downloaded from the network. Software installed from a CD or other media is not checked.
As new versions of OS X are released, it's not clear whether Apple will indefinitely continue to maintain the XProtect database of older versions such as 10.6. The security of obsolete system versions may eventually be degraded. Security updates to the code of obsolete systems will stop being released at some point, and that may leave them open to other kinds of attack besides malware.
   3. Starting with OS X 10.7.5, there has been a second layer of built-in malware protection, designated "Gatekeeper" by Apple. By default, applications and Installer packages downloaded from the network will only run if they're digitally signed by a developer with a certificate issued by Apple. Software certified in this way hasn't necessarily been tested by Apple, but you can be reasonably sure that it hasn't been modified by anyone other than the developer. His identity is known to Apple, so he could be held legally responsible if he distributed malware. That may not mean much if the developer lives in a country with a weak legal system (see below.)
Gatekeeper doesn't depend on a database of known malware. It has, however, the same limitations as XProtect, and in addition the following:
It can easily be disabled or overridden by the user.
A malware attacker could get control of a code-signing certificate under false pretenses, or could simply ignore the consequences of distributing codesigned malware.
An App Store developer could find a way to bypass Apple's oversight, or the oversight could fail due to human error.
For the reasons given above, App Store products, and other applications recognized by Gatekeeper as signed, are safer than others, but they can't be considered absolutely safe. "Sandboxed" applications may prompt for access to private data, such as your contacts, or for access to the network. Think before granting that access. OS X security is based on user input. Never click through any request for authorization without thinking.
4. Starting with OS X 10.8.3, a third layer of protection has been added: a "Malware Removal Tool" (MRT). MRT runs automatically in the background when you update the OS. It checks for, and removes, malware that may have evaded the other protections via a Java exploit (see below.) MRT also runs when you install or update the Apple-supplied Java runtime (but not the Oracle runtime.) Like XProtect, MRT is effective against known threats, but not against unknown ones. It notifies you if it finds malware, but otherwise there's no user interface to MRT.
5. The built-in security features of OS X reduce the risk of malware attack, but they're not absolute protection. The first and best line of defense is always going to be your own intelligence. With the possible exception of Java exploits, all known malware circulating on the Internet that affects a fully-updated installation of OS X 10.6 or later takes the form of so-called "trojan horses," which can only have an effect if the victim is duped into running them. The threat therefore amounts to a battle of wits between you and the malware attacker. If you're smarter than he thinks you are, you'll win.
That means, in practice, that you never use software that comes from an untrustworthy source, or that does something inherently untrustworthy. How do you know what is trustworthy?
Any website that prompts you to install a “codec,” “plug-in,” "player," "extractor," or “certificate” that comes from that same site, or an unknown one, is untrustworthy.
A web operator who tells you that you have a “virus,” or that anything else is wrong with your computer, or that you have won a prize in a contest you never entered, is trying to commit a crime with you as the victim. (Some reputable websites did legitimately warn visitors who were infected with the "DNSChanger" malware. That exception to this rule no longer applies.)
Pirated copies or "cracks" of commercial software, no matter where they come from, are unsafe.
Software of any kind downloaded from a BitTorrent or from a Usenet binary newsgroup is unsafe.
Software that purports to help you do something that's illegal or that infringes copyright, such as saving streamed audio or video for reuse without permission, is unsafe. All YouTube "downloaders" are in this category, though not all are necessarily harmful.
Software with a corporate brand, such as Adobe Flash Player, must be downloaded directly from the developer’s website. If it comes from any other source, it's unsafe.
Even signed applications, no matter what the source, should not be trusted if they do something unexpected, such as asking for permission to access your contacts, your location, or the Internet for no obvious reason.
6. Java on the Web (not to be confused with JavaScript, to which it's not related, despite the similarity of the names) is a weak point in the security of any system. Java is, among other things, a platform for running complex applications in a web page, on the client. That was always a bad idea, and Java's developers have proven themselves incapable of implementing it without also creating a portal for malware to enter. Past Java exploits are the closest thing there has ever been to a Windows-style virus affecting OS X. Merely loading a page with malicious Java content could be harmful.
Fortunately, client-side Java on the Web is obsolete and mostly extinct. Only a few outmoded sites still use it. Try to hasten the process of extinction by avoiding those sites, if you have a choice. Forget about playing games or other non-essential uses of Java.
Java is not included in OS X 10.7 and later. Discrete Java installers are distributed by Apple and by Oracle (the developer of Java.) Don't use either one unless you need it. Most people don't. If Java is installed, disable it — not JavaScript — in your browsers.
Regardless of version, experience has shown that Java on the Web can't be trusted. If you must use a Java applet for a task on a specific site, enable Java only for that site in Safari. Never enable Java for a public website that carries third-party advertising. Use it only on well-known, login-protected, secure websites without ads. In Safari 6 or later, you'll see a lock icon in the address bar with the abbreviation "https" when visiting a secure site.
Follow the above guidelines, and you’ll be as safe from malware as you can practically be. The rest of this comment concerns what you should not do to protect yourself from malware.
7. Never install any commercial "anti-virus" or "Internet security" products for the Mac, as they all do more harm than good, if they do any good at all. Any database of known threats is always going to be out of date. Most of the danger is from unknown threats. If you need to be able to detect Windows malware in your files, use one of the free anti-virus products in the Mac App Store — nothing else.
Why shouldn't you use commercial "anti-virus" products?
Their design is predicated on the nonexistent threat that malware may be injected at any time, anywhere in the file system. Malware is downloaded from the network; it doesn't materialize from nowhere.
In order to meet that nonexistent threat, the software modifies or duplicates low-level functions of the operating system, which is a waste of resources and a common cause of instability, bugs, and poor performance.
To recognize malware, the software depends on a database of known threats, which is always at least a day out of date. Most of the real-world danger of malware attack comes from highly targeted "zero-day" exploits that are not yet recognized.
By modifying the operating system, the software itself may create weaknesses that could be exploited by malware attackers.
8. An anti-malware product from the App Store, such as "ClamXav," doesn't have these drawbacks. That doesn't mean it's entirely safe. It may report email messages that have "phishing" links in the body, or Windows malware in attachments, as infected files, and offer to delete or move them. Doing so will corrupt the Mail database. The messages should be deleted from within the Mail application.
An anti-virus app is not needed, and should not be relied upon, for protection against OS X malware. It's useful only for detecting Windows malware. Windows malware can't harm you directly (unless, of course, you use Windows.) Just don't pass it on to anyone else.
A Windows malware attachment in email is usually easy to recognize. The file name will often be targeted at people who aren't very bright; for example:
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!!!!!!!H0TBABEZ4U!!!!!!!.AVI♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.exe
Anti-virus software may be able to tell you which particular virus or trojan it is, but do you care? In practice, there's seldom a reason to use the software unless a network administrator requires you to do it.
The ClamXav developer won't try to "upsell" you to a paid version of the product. Other developers may do that. Don't be upsold. For one thing, you should not pay to protect Windows users from the consequences of their choice of computing platform. For another, a paid upgrade from a free app will probably have the disadvantages mentioned in section 7.
9. It seems to be a common belief that the built-in Application Firewall acts as a barrier to infection, or prevents malware from functioning. It does neither. It blocks inbound connections to certain network services you're running, such as file sharing. It's disabled by default and you should leave it that way if you're behind a router on a private home or office network. Activate it only when you're on an untrusted network, for instance a public Wi-Fi hotspot, where you don't want to provide services. Disable any services you don't use in the Sharing preference pane. All are disabled by default.
10. As a Mac user you don't have to live in fear that your computer is going to be infected every time you install an application, read email, or visit a web page. But neither should you have the false idea that you will always be safe, no matter what you do. The greatest harm done by security software is precisely its selling point: it makes people feel safe. They may then feel safe enough to take risks from which the software doesn't protect them. Nothing can lessen the need for safe computing practices.

My iMac keeps crashing after AHT checked out. Running 10.7.4. Purchased this mac new about 2.5 years ago..

My iMac keeps crashing after AHT checked out. Running 10.7.4. Purchased this mac new about 2.5 years ago. Mail crashed and I can't get it to re-import mail. Safari crashes often. Entire computer crashes at least 2 times a day. I ran permessions in utiltiies. Do not know where to go next?

Good afternoon,
I have followed all previous describes steps and all has been great for a week but just crashed again....
Fri Sep 14 19:12:03 2012
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff8000301702): "new_vnode: vp (0xffffff801f93a078) on RAGE list not marked VLIST_RAGE"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1699.26.8/bsd/vfs/vfs_subr.c:3546
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80e87bb760 : 0xffffff8000220792
0xffffff80e87bb7e0 : 0xffffff8000301702
0xffffff80e87bb870 : 0xffffff80004ddf0c
0xffffff80e87bb960 : 0xffffff80004f1f7d
0xffffff80e87bbb20 : 0xffffff80005041db
0xffffff80e87bbb50 : 0xffffff80004d4c8f
0xffffff80e87bbc00 : 0xffffff80004d3eda
0xffffff80e87bbe10 : 0xffffff8000319293
0xffffff80e87bbe70 : 0xffffff800030613c
0xffffff80e87bbf50 : 0xffffff80005cd61b
0xffffff80e87bbfb0 : 0xffffff80002daa13
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: backupd
Mac OS version:
11E53
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 11.4.0: Mon Apr 9 19:32:15 PDT 2012; root:xnu-1699.26.8~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: System model name: iMac10,1 (Mac-F2268CC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 82852757487046
last loaded kext at 29873830462021: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          1.7.2 (addr 0xffffff7f81101000, size 241664)
last unloaded kext at 14387986152655: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC          4.1.17 (addr 0xffffff7f80791000, size 12288)
loaded kexts:
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com.eltima.ElmediaPlayer.kext          1.0
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          1.7.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC          4.1.17
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch          70.12
com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          122
com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.12.42
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.2.0f3
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.59
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothSCOAudioDriver          4.0.5f11
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothA2DPAudioDriver          4.0.5f11
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.2.0f3
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.9
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.26
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.0.5f11
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver          1.2.2
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight          170.1.9
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          5.0.0d0
com.apple.GeForce          7.1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.5.8
com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController          4.0.5f11
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          312
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          33
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader          3.0.1
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.2.0
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.0.3
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.8.9
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros40          504.64.2
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          4.5.0
com.apple.nvenet          2.0.17
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          4.5.8
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI          4.4.5
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          193.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          3.2.30
com.apple.security.quarantine          1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          193.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard          160.7
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard          160.7
com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver          231.4
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver          4.0.5f11
com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.2.0f3
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.10d0
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          80.0.2
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.5
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.6fc17
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.3
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.0.16
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.2.0f3
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.2.0f3
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.0.16
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.3
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.3d8
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          5.0.0d0
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal          7.1.8
com.apple.NVDAResman          7.1.8
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.2
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com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.0.5f11
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          4.4.5
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com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.6
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          3.0.1
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com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.4.5
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          420.3
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.0.8
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com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          4.5.8
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          2.1
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com.apple.driver.NVSMU          2.2.9
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Intel iMac 17'' Matshita DVD Burning extremely slow!

It seems i'm not the only one complaining about this problem:
I just bought a new iMac Intel 17'', just to discover it would only burn at speed 2x, instead of 8x as advertised. Yes, I have read all the advice about picking good media. The media I'm using is perfectly functional, and there's no reason why a drive wouldn't write on it at the right speed, unless the drive was of really bad quality.
How can it be that we buy such expensive computers, and are given the cheapest DVD Burners Apple could lay their hands on?!

I recently discovered that the Memorex DVD-R 8X media I've been using for months would only burn at 2X speed. I too was upset by this. I think my old G4 iMac was doing 4X burns. So I went looking for answers and kept coming across consistent suggestions of "try different media." I recently ran out of the Memorex media so I looked closer and followed this link <http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm> and found Memorex poorly rated. I bought TDK DVD-R 16X media today (for 25% less than I paid last time for Memorex) and my iMac is cooking away happily at 8X burn speed now.
My suspicion is that there is a great deal of empirical data to support lower burn speeds for some media in order to reduce the number of "coasters." After all, I want a reliable burn first and speed second. I bet the firmware in many drives looks at the media ID of a disk and throttles the speed to achieve the primary goal at the expense of the secondary.
BTW, the way to check media ID for yourself is to open a terminal window and enter "drutil status" with a disc inserted.

IMac constantly crashes upon different tasks... can someone read the crash report?

Hello folks!
I have a new iMac late 2013 27inch that crashes quite often...
I never had a computer that crashed THAT often...
I found out that it has to to with my external blurry drive (i think) because the crash appears when the computer tries to read a disc.
I have Mavericks on that iMac. With my Macbook Air with Mavericks and the drive (and all my MacBooks before that) I never had a problem...
But this iMac just crashes when it tries to read a Bluray (I watch them with MacGo Bluray Player). But it already crashes without the Application being even open...
Then lately, while typing university work in pages, the computer crashed again! With no drive or any USB device attached (except keyboard).
I already had it a whole week at the apple store for stress test just to let them me "there is nothing wrong".
I now have the report from that last crash and as I remember, some of you are capable of reading those reports...
So could somebody please take a look and maybe find out what is wrong?
Best wishes!
Here the report:
Anonymous UUID: 6EA83AA1-EF27-5E0D-1D72-A368E53A1453
Mon Apr 7 16:26:06 2014
panic(cpu 6 caller 0xffffff8000cdbe2e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff8000c14dd7, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x00000000245ebe80, CR3: 0x0000000032394025, CR4: 0x00000000001606e0
RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0xffffff80245ebf00, RCX: 0xffffff8244b33f44, RDX: 0xffffff802c49df00
RSP: 0xffffff8244b33ed0, RBP: 0xffffff8244b33ef0, RSI: 0xffffff802a9e97b0, RDI: 0x00000000245ebe80
R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0x00000000000010bc, R11: 0x0000000000000206
R12: 0x0000000000000000, R13: 0xffffff802c49df00, R14: 0xffffff802c49df00, R15: 0xffffff802a9e97b0
RFL: 0x0000000000010246, RIP: 0xffffff8000c14dd7, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x00000000245ebe80, Error code: 0x0000000000000002, Fault CPU: 0x6
Backtrace (CPU 6), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8244b33b60 : 0xffffff8000c22fa9
0xffffff8244b33be0 : 0xffffff8000cdbe2e
0xffffff8244b33db0 : 0xffffff8000cf3326
0xffffff8244b33dd0 : 0xffffff8000c14dd7
0xffffff8244b33ef0 : 0xffffff8000c1e01f
0xffffff8244b33f70 : 0xffffff8000cc976d
0xffffff8244b33fb0 : 0xffffff8000cf3b46
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
13C64
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.1.0: Thu Jan 16 19:40:37 PST 2014; root:xnu-2422.90.20~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 9FEA8EDC-B629-3ED2-A1A3-6521A1885953
Kernel slide: 0x0000000000a00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8000c00000
System model name: iMac14,2 (Mac-27ADBB7B4CEE8E61)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 4121840574333
last loaded kext at 248639564910: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs     1.9 (addr 0xffffff7f832b1000, size 65536)
last unloaded kext at 309069891595: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs     1.9 (addr 0xffffff7f832b1000, size 57344)
loaded kexts:
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com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch     80.14
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC     1.60
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor     1.9.5d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs     3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager     4.2.3f10
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBDisplays     360.8.14
com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim     1.0.0
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com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler     2.0.9d1
com.apple.filesystems.ntfs     3.11
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver     124
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver     2.6.0f1
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA     2.6.0f1
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet     1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD5000Graphics     8.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient     3.5.13
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport     4.2.3f10
com.apple.GeForce     8.2.4
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X     7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess     1
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP     1.1.2
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight     170.3.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU     2.0.4d1
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC     1.7.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferAzul     8.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl     1.1.12
com.apple.driver.AppleRAID     4.0.6
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless     1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib     1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache     35
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com.apple.driver.XsanFilter     404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage     2.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC     1.5.2
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com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4360     831.21.63
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com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons     2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC     2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET     1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS     2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC     2.0
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio     2.9.5f4
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com.apple.kec.corecrypto     1.0
com.apple.kec.pthread     1
Model: iMac14,2, BootROM IM142.0118.B00, 4 processors, Intel Core i7, 3.5 GHz, 20 GB, SMC 2.15f2
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M, PCIe, 4096 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54343147533641465238412D50422020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54343147533641465238412D50422020
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM1, 2 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x802C, 0x384A54463235363634485A2D3147364D3120
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 2 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x802C, 0x384A54463235363634485A2D3147364D3120
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x111), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (6.30.223.154.63)
Bluetooth: Version 4.2.3f10 13477, 3 services, 23 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
PCI Card: pci1b4b,9182, AHCI Controller, Thunderbolt@193,0,0
Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM1024F, 1 TB
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
USB Device: Keyboard Hub
USB Device: Apple Keyboard
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Display iSight
USB Device: Display Audio
USB Device: Apple LED Cinema Display
Thunderbolt Bus: iMac, Apple Inc., 23.10
Thunderbolt Device: G-RAID with Thunderbolt, G-Technology, 1, 26.3

Most likely, this is the culprit.
com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard     5.9.1
Boot into safe mode (restart holding down SHIFT key). If no KP, then uninstall it. If KP, then i'ts likely hardware related. Run the Apple Hardware Test suite, extended tests at least twice, followed by Rember. See
OS X About kernel panics,
Technical Note TN2063: Understanding and Debugging Kernel Panics,
Mac OS X Kernel Panic FAQ,
Resolving Kernel Panics,
How to troubleshoot a kernel panic, and
Tutorial: Avoiding and eliminating Kernel panics for more details.

For the second dime in a yearish,following update download my computer crashed.after installing maverick four times got a semi working computer but my backup disc is trashed and working files seem lost.anybody else get this problem or is it selective?gerr

for the second time in a yearish,following download my computer crashed and burned.four attempts to reinstall maverick resulted in a semi-working computer but my back up disc trashed and working files seem lost.Anybody else get this problem and how regularly or is it a selective event?
gerry

It is not safe to publish your email address in an open forum, so I've asked the hosts to remove them. Your post is here for anyone to see and if someone has a solution, they will post an answer, so there is no need for an email address.

Running Compressor and uploading videos. Imac keeps Crashing.

Hello,
Here are my system specs:
Model Name:          iMac
Model Identifier:          iMac11,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core i7
Processor Speed:          2.8 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          4
L2 Cache (per core):          256 KB
L3 Cache:          8 MB
Memory:          4 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed:          4.8 GT/s
Boot ROM Version:          IM111.0034.B02
SMC Version (system):          1.54f36
Serial Number (system):          QP0260Z6D4V
Hardware UUID:          AF8C3C03-C013-5D48-8FD7-74A10A4D9A6C
I am compressing video files and simultaneously uploading videos to blip.tv and my imac keeps crashing on me. This happens about four times in six hours. Is it a memory issue? An error report comes up which I should have copied and pasted here but alas, I did not. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thaqnks
Mark

com.eltima.ElmediaPlayer.kext    1.0
com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard    5.7.2
com.line6.driver.xtaudio    7.1.0
com.eltima.SyncMate.kext    0.2.5b15
Normally a good place to start troubleshooting is to remove the non-Apple stuff, following the developer's instructions (often there is an uninstaller package available).
If the problem goes away, and you need to run what you've removed, re-install one-at-a-time and test. If you do re-install, make sure you have the latest MLion compatible software.

Outlook 2013 CRASH AND BURN - with multiple 'failed VL activation attempt's just prior...

Outlook 2013 crashing frequently, have removed, reinstalled, etc etc - to no avail
Before the "Outlook" crash, the application log always shows multiple warnings as below:
The rules engine reported a failed VL activation attempt.
Reason:0x8007232B
AppId = 0ff1ce15-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663, SkuId = 771c3afa-50c5-443f-b151-ff2546d863a0
Trigger=TimerEvent
===================
"Off1ce15" - kind of a giveaway that this must be related, no??
This is "Office Home and Business 2013 32-bit" on windows 8.1u1 (32 bit)
Anybody at MS-support even remotely interested in troubleshooting this??

There is a 'volume licence' Outlook2010 installed on this machine, it's been switched back and forth to this a few times, as Outlook 2013 has had numerous issues. The licence key was supplied by our Exchange server provider.
I suspect that Windows simply doesn't clean up after itself! This (recent clean installation) W8.1u1 machine has gone through these versions:
Office365 outlook2013 (trial) - which eventually crashed and burned, so I removed it.
Outlook2013 'volume licence' from my Exchange Server provider - also crashed and burned, so I removed it.
Outlook2010 'volume licence' from my Exchange Server provider.
Office2013 Home and Business ( including Outlook 2013) - but the Outlook2013 crashed and burned, so I removed it, and re-installed the Outlook 2010, which was working fine. Exchange provider has supplied me a volume licence key for Outlook 2010, but
I cannot for the life of me find a place to enter it!!
Have tried clean boot of windows, it doesn't solve the issue of Outlook Crashing. All other Office2013 modules work fine, no problems whatsoever with Excel, Word, PPT, etc.
Outlook safe mode doesn't work, either.. see these log excerpts:
The program OUTLOOK.EXE version 15.0.4615.1000 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Action Center control panel.
Process ID: f78
Start Time: 01cfb37dc73f3a2d
Termination Time: 55
Application Path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\OUTLOOK.EXE
Report Id: 96150ae0-218a-11e4-afc1-002564df0634
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Faulting application name: OUTLOOK.EXE, version: 15.0.4615.1000, time stamp: 0x534cda15
Faulting module name: OUTLOOK.EXE, version: 15.0.4615.1000, time stamp: 0x534cda15
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00034171
Faulting process id: 0xed0
Faulting application start time: 0x01cfb5976bc8928a
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\OUTLOOK.EXE
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\OUTLOOK.EXE
Report Id: aa3b48e7-218a-11e4-afc1-002564df0634
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
The description for Event ID 2001 from source Microsoft Office 15 cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local
computer.
If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.
The following information was included with the event:
Microsoft Outlook
Outlook couldn't start last time. Safe mode could help you troubleshoot the problem, but some features might not be available in this mode.
Do you want to start in safe mode?
The description for Event ID 2000 from source Microsoft Office 15 cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local
computer.
If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.
The following information was included with the event:
Microsoft Outlook
Outlook failed to launch in safe mode. Do you want to start repair?
... and so on ...
Immediately preceding the crash, there were hourly warnings as follow:
The rules engine reported a failed VL activation attempt.
Reason:0x8007232B
AppId = 0ff1ce15-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663, SkuId = 771c3afa-50c5-443f-b151-ff2546d863a0
Trigger=TimerEvent
coincidence??
Will check out that OffCat tool, thanks!

OH NO! my iMAC keep crashing

last night when i was just browsing on internet and only few app are running, my iMac suddenly crash and tell me i have to restart my computer, after that, it just keep crashing and crashing and crashing...even i only using safari to post here ><
i try using Disk Utility to repair, and after i press Repair Disk Permission, it shows these...
Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Warning: SUID file "usr/libexec/load_hdi" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "usr/libexec/load_hdi" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions/A/Reso urces/Locum" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Versions/A/Resources/runner " has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/readconf ig" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/writecon fig" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "usr/libexec/authopen" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/OwnerGroupTool" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
anyone got any idea??????

Deakin --
Look at this article from the Knowledge Base:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306925
This is one of the ones Ricktoranto was referring to:
+Mac OS X 10.5: Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions reports issues with SUID files+
+Last Modified on: December 10, 2007+
+Article: 306925+
+Issue or symptom+
+The following messages may appear in the Disk Utility log window when repairing disk permissions.+
+Warning: SUID file "usr/libexec/load_hdi" has been modified and will not be repaired.+
+Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskManagement.framework/Versions/A/Resources /DiskManagementTool" has been modified and will not be repaired.+
+Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions/A/Reso urces/Locum" has been modified and will not be repaired.+
+Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Versions/A/Resources/runner " has been modified and will not be repaired.+
+Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/readconf ig" has been modified and will not be repaired.+
+Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/writecon fig" has been modified and will not be repaired.+
+Warning: SUID file "usr/libexec/authopen" has been modified and will not be repaired.+
+Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/OwnerGroupTool" has been modified and will not be repaired.+
+Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.+
+*You can safely ignore these messages. They are accurate but not a cause for concern.*+

My iMac just crashed, and I had some documents open in Pages that were unsaved. Is there a temporary file or backup file that I can access as on a PC? (I have just looked in Timemachine which I had operating, but it did not seem to have any temp files).

My iMac just crashed, and I had some documents open in Pages that were unsaved. Is there a temporary file or backup file that I can access as on a PC? (I have just looked in Timemachine which I had operating, but it did not seem to have any temp files in it at all - not sure what it would be useful for then).
Any suggestions?

Question asked and answered several times.
If you didn't save, nothing is recoverable.
iWork apps don't create temp files so, as far as you on't save something, Time Machine can't archive it.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mardi 5 juillet 2011 12:25:31
iMac 21”5, i7, 2.8 GHz, 4 Gbytes, 1 Tbytes, mac OS X 10.6.8
Please : Search for questions similar to your own
before submitting them to the community
To be the AW6 successor, iWork MUST integrate a TRUE DB, not a list organizer !

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Imac has crashed..need new hard drive....had external drive connected...was using time machine.....so...itunes file should be on external drive....how do i import them to my new mac mini?

my iMac has crashed...was told I need a new hard drive.....meantime I bought a mac mini.....I had an external drive connected to the mac....and was using time machine for backups....so....how do i move itunes music files to my new mac mini from the external drive?

Turn Time Machine OFF temporarily in its preference pane. Leave the window open.
Navigate in the Finder to your backup disk, and then to the folder named "Backups.backupdb" at the top level of the volume. If you back up over a network, you'll first have to mount the disk image file containing your backups by double-clicking it. Descend into the folder until you see the snapshots, which are represented by folders with a name that begins with the date of the snapshot. Find the one you want to restore from. There's a link named "Latest" representing the most recent snapshot. Use that one, if possible. Otherwise, you'll have to remember the date of the snapshot you choose.
Inside the snapshot folder is a folder hierarchy like the one on the source volume. Find one of the items you can't restore and select it. Open the Info dialog for the selected item. In the Sharing & Permissions section, you may see an entry in the access list that shows "Fetching…" in the Name column. If so, click the lock icon in the lower right corner of the dialog and authenticate. Then delete the "Fetching…" item from the access list. Give yourself read access if you don't already have it. Click the gear icon below the list and select Apply to enclosed items from the popup menu.
Now you should be able either to copy the item in the Finder or to restore it in the time-travel view. If you use the time-travel view, be sure to select the snapshot you just modified. If successful, repeat the operation with the other items you were unable to restore. You can select multiple items in the Finder and open a single Info dialog for all of them by pressing the key combination option-command-I.
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