Freezing iMac 24" 2.4

So, I breezed into a store and saw the new iMacs and being a PC guy for years (Dells) I decide its time to see what all the fuss is about. Well, when I seee the new iMacs on the shelf I lose all self control and pay cash for mine with all the bells and whistles.
Got it home and have rebooted the machine 27 times in one day. Freezes constantly out of the box. Store has no more.
As a PC user and administrator for large PC based networks across the US, I am disappointed especially after all the posts I see for the same issue.
A lot of money for this paperweight.
Jim in New Orleans

With all of the freezing going on, I have to think that the store models are freezing up too. Has anyone experienced a store display model freezing, or does Apple have a special fix for them to keep them stable? Because I would think that having a freezing store display computer would be just about as bad for business as going for a new car test drive in a car that stalls at every stop sign.

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Will Apple ever address freezing iMacs

this is driving me nuts. i'm getting a run around.
will apple ADDRESS the freezing iMac issue properly? not some cheap software update that DOESN'T work.

Not likely. It is up to you to call AppleCare and request a repair under warranty. Info and phone numbers would have been included in the original box - the same are available online.
There will be no recall since there is not a hazardous condition.

Should I exchange my freezing iMac?

Hi I just got my 24" iMac 2 days ago. Yesterday the iMac froze 3 times.. .twice within 5 mintues! and twice today already. Now I know Apple is aware of this issue but I am also aware this does not happen on every iMac, so should I send this back into Apple for an exchange? What did you do about your freezing iMac?

First of all I can't believe Apple is letting this go on as long as they have. People buying new computers and right out of the box having issues is unacceptable.
I bought the first computer a week after they were released and had no problems until the Software update 1.1 was released then as soon as I downloaded it I crashed and froze all time after that. After nearly two weeks of phone calls back and forth with Apple I was told it was a hardware problem and that they needed to swap out the graphics card.
To say the least I was a little mad seeing how this was a brand new computer so I fired off a angry email to Steve Jobs. The very next day I got a call from a woman saying she was from the Apple executive offices and they were very sorry about my troubles and they would replace the computer. The next night I brought the computer home I turned it on, downloaded the updates and an hour later it froze. So at that point I removed the update called Apple again and told them the issue. And then unbelievably they told me to put the update back on the computer. So once again like an idiot I did it and had the same problems.
After that I said enough, I erased and reinstalled did not put the 1.1 update on my new computer but I went out on the web and downloaded the 1.0 update put that back on and everything has been stable ( I did have one questionable crash in the last 21/2 weeks which does lead me to think there is some kind of hardware issue which hopefully will be solved with a newer update. Though I don't want to be the first one to try it.) Also two days after I did this Apple made their "small number of computers" announcement.
So to cut to the chase if you can get your computer stable (maybe by taking the 1.1 update off and putting 1.0 on. Though a lot of people are saying that is not working for them either) I would stick with what you have. If not I would not put up with constant freezing.
I'm not buying the whole "small numbers" thing myself but thats just my opinion.

Solved freezing iMac

I thought I would post a separate thread as my experience may get lost in all the other threads about freezing iMacs.
I too like a lot of other people here suffered (sorry to those still suffering) my iMac freezing. It was not tied down to doing anything in particular it just did it when it liked.
After 3 phone calls to apple support and being refered to the higher level of support twice I told apple support that with all due respect I am going round in circles talking to you and will be taking it to the apple store in Birmingham.
Believe it or not but it didn't freeze once in the apple store, I asked the genius after he had spent half an hour on it that if it freezes again it has to be hardware. He confirmed this (not too loudly I may add).
On getting back home the first thing it did was freeze. I phoned up apple care again (no. 4) and basically said to them in no uncertain terms that they will repair or replace it. After trying to fob me off to the higher level of support again, they came back and informed me that there was a footnote on my file that said send it straight for repair.
Well after 3 weeks (busy local repair centre) I received my iMac in full working order; repair diagnosis - new graphics card. It has now been a week and it has operated flawlessly.
To those of you still having problems I would suggest that you ignore emailing them as I have still yet to receive a reply. But just keep phoning them and eventually you will get you just deserves.
Sorry to make you sit and read this but I just wanted to tell my story.
Now, a very happy iMac user and fully updated.

Hi bud ive just posted a thread about just taking delivery of a new imac..
When did you get yours fixed.. and could it be.. that my imac may have the same or a newer batch of graphics cards that may fix it?
I will be seriously urinated off if i have to send back a brand new £1500 computer.. like all of us i guess!!
I knew i shouldnt of googled new aluminium imac problems.
On another note i've also got an oldschool g4 emac arriving (strange ebay deal..!) so who knows where my next reply could be from, it arrives a week today

Freezing iMac with both Tiger and now Leopard PLEASE HELP!!

Hello,
Our 1st gen 24" iMac was giving us Kernal Panics under Tiger 10.4.11 recently it all started two months ago.
We took it into the Apple store for a Cleaning and fresh install of Leopard.
When we received it back it locked/froze up immediately, forcing a hard restart. When I called the store they said one of my sticks of ram was not techinically bad but still suspect.
This is what I did after that call.
1. Checked the ram physically (the Apple store had placed my 512mb Apple ram stick in slot 1) which I thought very strange.
2. I corrected the ram, meaning I put the 2gb (suspect) stick in slot 0 and the 512 Apple ram in slot 1. Things were better it would take 10-15 minutes of use before locking up not 1-2 minutes.
3. I placed a new stick of Crucial (2gb from OWC) in place of the supect stick. that has had ZERO affect, our mac still freezes.
4. I pulled out the 512mb Apple (Micron) ram and replaced it with a 1gb Micron stick from OWC and that gives us roughly 20-40 minutes of time befroe freezing.
The software is up to date, I've max'd out the ram (at Apple's request) and all we have running is iTunes in the background to stream to AppleTV and a few tabs of Safari open when this locks up.
Right before it freezes we notice lines arcoss the application windows almost as though there a distorted pixels.
If any of you Mac Gods can help guide me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it!
Thanks

Thanks, they did test the HD and booted from an external when I had it at the store, so maybe it is the Logic Board. That would suck bad!

Freezing iMac G5 with random red and black pixels, HELP!

Hello all, and thanks in advance for helping. Here's my dilemma: I have a 20" iMac G5 that I have been using for 2-3 years or so. I recently started doing less work on it, as I replaced it with a new 24" iMac, so now it is used for one or two programs as well as occasional internet use. The system began to become slower, then finally started freezing between minimal tasks, even something as simple as pressing TAB in Safari, to trying to make a new folder in iPhoto. We restarted a bunch of times, and even tried clearing the PRAM. Now, it freezes during the start-up and there's little red and black boxes (small, maybe 4x4 or 6x6 worth of pixels) appearing randomly on the screen. When we are able to get the system to start, after one or two small tasks (opening the Address Book, or starting Safari) the program freezes, the pinwheel starts spinning, and I lose any chance to do anything more on the computer without powering down. Any advice or suggestions is appreciated! Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you.

Hi PPRI and Miriam,
Same deal going on here. It's been a while since I last posted - meaning no problems (which is goooood). So here is the issue:
Would stop at blue screen before loading to main screen. Minor repair on HD volume, and now freezes on main screen very quickly, after booting past blue screen. A few wierd pixels are seen, which lets me know that it has frozen.
Here's what I did:
Hardware check with utility - no problems found, including logic board. From the manual, it seems like it is a software issue.
As before, I repaired a few permissions and minor repair on HD volume. Still not working.
Also opened up my vents and carefully vacuumed the dust - fans were spinning hard. Still, not working.
My next step is to do an archive & install. I'm not sure how to backup my files, so this will have to suffice. This leads me to my questions:
Q1 - How do you burn a backup, without an external HD and without being able to get past my main screen?
Q2 - I noticed a post before this one, concerning the same issue, with Miriam posting on it. Is it overkill to post the same problem/question in another thread in order to maximize the chances for a good response? Any suggestions Miriam?
Thank you for being so helpful. Apple community rocks!
(PS - will let you know how the archive/install goes. If it doesn't work, I may pay to back my files on disc, and then I'll try reformatting HD altogether. Again, will let you know how it goes).
(PS2 - Not sure if this matters, but my imac was one the ones that needed the free extended warranty for the capacitor issues - identified by the serial numbers. Doubt that's the problem since it was working fine after repairs).

Weird screen pattern freezes iMac, can't boot from HD or DVD

I woke up today to find the screen of my iMac black with a sparse pattern of bright pixels on it. I wasn't able to power down holding the Power buton so I unplugged it and left it for a bit before plugging back in. I was then able reboot without any problems. Then a few hours latter a weird pattern appeared across my screen, kind of rolling, animated in spots as seen here:
I powered down, started it up and the screen had this pattern on it:
It froze during startup at the point shown in the photo with the Apple logo. I powered down, unplugged, plugged back in and then tried booting up from my Snow Leopard install disc. It also froze on the logo screen. Another attempt brought up the "You need to restart your computer…" message in different languages shown here:
I figured it was having a kernel panic so I did some searching around and followed instructions on The X Lab - Resolving Kernel Panics page and Apple's Kernel Panic Troubleshooting page. I unplugged everything but my mouse (wireless keyboard) and tried booting into Safe Mode. The screen still had the same pattern but it froze again during startup, the grey progress bar having disappeared.
I can't boot from my hard drive or from a DVD and the pattern is always on screen when I turn the iMac back on. I can't run Apple Hardware Test. I'm stuck but I'm wondering if anyone knows what the cause might be or has any suggestions on how to fix it or even get it to boot up somehow.
I have TechTool Pro and a large flash drive. I'm going to try creating a bootable USB drive with Snow Leopard on it from this backup computer and try to get TechTool Pro on it as well. I'll report back but I'd really appreciate any feedback on this problem.

Some things to report. First, the night before any of this happened, I noticed the fan was running when there wasn't really any reason for it. The computer was idle, no major tasks running. I'm wondering if perhaps the videocard overheated and is causing problems. Perhaps the temperature sensors are screwed up?
Today I got a USB keyboard hooked up and reset the PRAM. Still unable to boot but the pattern on the screen did change from the mess of b&w squigglies above to vertical bars as shown here:
Trying to boot normally or in Safe Mode both result in the spinning wheel freezing and halting startup.
I found powering down then gets weird. It's like it tries to turn on again but can't after a second. Or sometimes it will and the mouse lights up, I can hear the optical drive but the screen stays dark. At that point I need to unplug and try again.
I tried booting from Snow Leopard install DVD during one of these weird cycles and could hear it trying to access the optical drive but I don't believe it even got to the chime stage.
I attempted booting from the install DVD again after unplugging. No luck there but instead of a frozen spinning wheel, it brings up the "You need to restart message…". Other methods don't do this.
Still at a loss to find a reason for this but it appears to be a hardware problem, no doubt the video card based on the screen issues. Does any of this shed any light on what the problem is or (even better) how to fix it?

Connected wi-fi freezes IMAC

Hi,
I recently had my 10.4.11 installed with more ram and a new hard drive. The OS is now 10.5.8. Prior to this work, the system froze up periodically, but the web sites still loaded and fairly quickly. Now with the rebuild, it constantly freezes up on the web. If the wi-fi is connected, the IMAC also begins to lag and freeze up., but if airport is turned off, the system works pretty well. Nothing has changed in the pre/post WI-Fi connection. I have killed the router, but no change. Any thoughts on what could be causing this?
Thanks for all helpful comments.

Hi Jim,
Thank you so much for your response and advice.
I have rebooted my wireless router as you instructed and my iPad now seems to be working ok with the wireless connection.
I know it would have seemed an obvious thing to try, but I did test the wireless router with both my wife and my mobile phones, and they both worked perfectly and uninterrupted connection, so I assumed that it must be the iPad at fault.
I guess the configuration of the iPad wi-fi must be completely different to that of our HTC phones, and hence threw the glitch.
Anyway all is fine now, for the time being.
Thank you so much for your help. I only wish I had posted my request for help yesterday, and saved hours of messing around and numerous restoration attempts.
Best wishes
Kevin,
A happy Brit, across the pond in the UK.
p.s. This message was sent via my iPad !!! Ha ha

Frequent Crashes/freezes iMac OsX 10.7.5

Hello.
I Have an iMac:
Processor 2,66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 4 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB
Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63)
It freezes regularly (every couple of weeks) and the only thing I can seem to do is to shut it down and boot again.
I did a memory test with memtest86 but it showed no problems.
Below is a copy of a System Diagnostic Report I found in Console.
Any ideas what the problem is and what I can do about it.
Many thanks in advance.
Best Wishes
crsud_2013-12-17-115526_localhost.crash:
Process:
crsud [48]
Path:
/usr/libexec/crsud
Identifier:
crsud
Version:
Code Type:
X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [1]
Date/Time:
2013-12-17 11:54:53.795 +0100
OS Version:
Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63)
Report Version: 9
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: 0x000000000000000a, 0x000000010068a000
VM Regions Near 0x10068a000:
Stack
0000000100608000-000000010068a000 [ 520K] rw-/rwx SM=COW thread 4
--> mapped file
000000010068a000-0000000100692000 [   32K] r--/r-x SM=PRV /private/var/db/*
shared memory
0000000100692000-0000000100693000 [
4K] rw-/rw- SM=SHM
Application Specific Information:
objc[48]: garbage collection is OFF
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   com.apple.security
0x00007fff88d94278 Security::SharedMemoryClient::SharedMemoryClient(char const*, unsigned int) + 288
1   com.apple.security
0x00007fff88d9495c Security::ModuleNexus<Security::SecurityServer::SharedMemoryClientMaker>::make( ) + 59
2   com.apple.security
0x00007fff88c33eb4 Security::ModuleNexusCommon::create(void* (*)()) + 166
3   com.apple.security
0x00007fff88d9486d Security::ModuleNexus<Security::SecurityServer::SharedMemoryClientMaker>::opera tor()() + 71
4   com.apple.security
0x00007fff88d9472e Security::SecurityServer::NotificationPort::NotificationPort(unsigned int) + 40
5   com.apple.security
0x00007fff88d9479f Security::SecurityServer::ThreadNotifier::ThreadNotifier() + 79
6   com.apple.security
0x00007fff88c6391c Security::ThreadNexus<Security::SecurityServer::ThreadNotifier>::operator()() + 48
7   com.apple.security
0x00007fff88cd2a3e Security::KeychainCore::CCallbackMgr::CCallbackMgr() + 32
8   com.apple.security
0x00007fff88cd2ac2 CallbackMaker::CallbackMaker() + 44
9   com.apple.security
0x00007fff88cd2b87 Security::ModuleNexus<CallbackMaker>::make() + 28
10 com.apple.security
0x00007fff88c33eb4 Security::ModuleNexusCommon::create(void* (*)()) + 166
11 com.apple.security
0x00007fff88c98cf5 Security::ModuleNexus<CallbackMaker>::operator()() + 71
12 com.apple.security
0x00007fff88cd28fc Security::KeychainCore::CCallbackMgr::AddCallback(int (*)(unsigned int, SecKeychainCallbackInfo*, void*), unsigned int, void*) + 42
13 com.apple.security
0x00007fff88cfacfd SecKeychainAddCallback + 29
14 com.apple.CFNetwork
0x00007fff879a0d8d _CFURLProtocolInitHTTPProtocol + 17
15 com.apple.CFNetwork
0x00007fff879a0d5e URLProtocolRegistry::URLProtocolRegistry() + 78
16 com.apple.CFNetwork
0x00007fff879a0cf7 URLProtocol::InitClass() + 65
17 libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff87f8ae06 pthread_once + 86
18 com.apple.CFNetwork
0x00007fff879a0cad URLProtocol::Class() + 23
19 com.apple.CFNetwork
0x00007fff879a0c7d _CFURLProtocolRegisterFoundationBridge + 30
20 com.apple.Foundation
0x00007fff91ae31b8 +[_NSCFURLProtocolBridge registerWithCFURLProtocol] + 118
21 libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff87f8ae06 pthread_once + 86
22 com.apple.Foundation
0x00007fff91ae3033 +[NSURLProtocol(NSURLProtocolPrivate) _registeredClasses] + 23
23 com.apple.Foundation
0x00007fff91ae2e83 NSURLConnectionInit + 184
24 libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff87f8ae06 pthread_once + 86
25 com.apple.Foundation
0x00007fff91bec044 -[NSURLConnection(NSURLConnectionPrivate) _initWithRequest:delegate:usesCache:maxContentLength:startImmediately:connectio nProperties:] + 62
26 com.apple.Foundation
0x00007fff91ae2dc5 -[NSURLConnection initWithRequest:delegate:] + 47
27 com.apple.Foundation
0x00007fff91bea487 +[NSURLConnection connectionWithRequest:delegate:] + 56
28 crsud
0x00000001000022d7 0x100000000 + 8919
29 crsud
0x0000000100002e00 0x100000000 + 11776
30 crsud
0x0000000100001ec2 0x100000000 + 7874
31 crsud
0x0000000100001aaf 0x100000000 + 6831
32 crsud
0x0000000100001951 0x100000000 + 6481
33 crsud
0x0000000100001870 0x100000000 + 6256
Thread 1:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib
0x00007fff86e987e6 kevent + 10
1   libdispatch.dylib
0x00007fff8e146786 _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 923
2   libdispatch.dylib
0x00007fff8e145316 _dispatch_mgr_thread + 54
Thread 2:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib
0x00007fff86e98192 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff87f8d594 _pthread_wqthread + 758
2   libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff87f8eb85 start_wqthread + 13
Thread 3:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib
0x00007fff86e98192 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff87f8d594 _pthread_wqthread + 758
2   libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff87f8eb85 start_wqthread + 13
Thread 4:: com.apple.NSURLConnectionLoader
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib
0x00007fff86e9667a mach_msg_trap + 10
1   libsystem_kernel.dylib
0x00007fff86e95d71 mach_msg + 73
2   com.apple.CoreFoundation
0x00007fff89bd550c __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 188
3   com.apple.CoreFoundation
0x00007fff89bddc74 __CFRunLoopRun + 1204
4   com.apple.CoreFoundation
0x00007fff89bdd486 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 230
5   com.apple.Foundation
0x00007fff91ae2fd7 +[NSURLConnection(NSURLConnectionReallyInternal) _resourceLoadLoop:] + 335
6   com.apple.Foundation
0x00007fff91ad772a -[NSThread main] + 68
7   com.apple.Foundation
0x00007fff91ad76a2 __NSThread__main__ + 1575
8   libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff87f8b8bf _pthread_start + 335
9   libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff87f8eb75 thread_start + 13
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
rax: 0x000000010068a000 rbx: 0x0000000100692000 rcx: 0x0000000100689fff rdx: 0x0000000000000000
rdi: 0x0000000000000004 rsi: 0x0000000000008000 rbp: 0x00007fff5fbff020 rsp: 0x00007fff5fbfefe0
   r8: 0x0000000000000004   r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x00007fff86e97a1e r11: 0x0000000000000206
r12: 0x000000010030b4d8 r13: 0x00007fff5fbfeff0 r14: 0x0000000000000004 r15: 0x000000010030b4c0
rip: 0x00007fff88d94278 rfl: 0x0000000000010203 cr2: 0x000000010068a000
Logical CPU: 1
Binary Images:
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0x7fff895adfff com.apple.CFOpenDirectory (10.7 - 146) <E6D4F114-678B-3957-9C59-9206ECDA756E> /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenDirectory.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CFOpen Directory.framework/Versions/A/CFOpenDirectory
0x7fff895ae000 -
0x7fff895d9ff7 libxslt.1.dylib (3.24.0 - compatibility 3.0.0) <E71220D3-8015-38EC-B97D-7FDB383C2BDC> /usr/lib/libxslt.1.dylib
0x7fff895da000 -
0x7fff89645ff7 com.apple.framework.IOKit (2.0 - ???) <FE838BB6-D42E-3291-A1A0-6F53FC970261> /System/Library/Frameworks/IOKit.framework/Versions/A/IOKit
0x7fff896b0000 -
0x7fff896ebfff libsystem_info.dylib (??? - ???) <35F90252-2AE1-32C5-8D34-782C614D9639> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_info.dylib
0x7fff8986b000 -
0x7fff8990cfff com.apple.LaunchServices (480.40 - 480.40) <C936A07F-0CF8-3F8E-BDB3-76AA7611B4CA> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchS ervices.framework/Versions/A/LaunchServices
0x7fff89a10000 -
0x7fff89a18fff libsystem_dnssd.dylib (??? - ???) <584B321E-5159-37CD-B2E7-82E069C70AFB> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_dnssd.dylib
0x7fff89b1b000 -
0x7fff89b9efef com.apple.Metadata (10.7.0 - 627.37) <B9BEB598-B6F2-3BFF-A8F3-C3C87CD076AB> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Metadat a.framework/Versions/A/Metadata
0x7fff89b9f000 -
0x7fff89ba4fff libpam.2.dylib (3.0.0 - compatibility 3.0.0) <D952F17B-200A-3A23-B9B2-7C1F7AC19189> /usr/lib/libpam.2.dylib
0x7fff89ba5000 -
0x7fff89d79ff7 com.apple.CoreFoundation (6.7.2 - 635.21) <62A3402E-A4E7-391F-AD20-1EF20236CE1B> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation
0x7fff89d7a000 -
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0x7fff89df1000 -
0x7fff89e2ffff com.apple.bom (11.0 - 183) <F300B9EC-995E-33A7-9175-9F07D4B68F16> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Bom.framework/Versions/A/Bom
0x7fff89f52000 -
0x7fff89f53ff7 libsystem_sandbox.dylib (??? - ???) <5459F293-E1F2-33B3-B9B2-2ABB7B915B62> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_sandbox.dylib
0x7fff89f54000 -
0x7fff89f62ff7 libkxld.dylib (??? - ???) <01161870-E3B3-3F87-BA4A-0AA7A081F409> /usr/lib/system/libkxld.dylib
0x7fff89f63000 -
0x7fff8a047e5f libobjc.A.dylib (228.0.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <871E688B-CF57-3BC7-80D6-F6476DFF109B> /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib
0x7fff8a076000 -
0x7fff8a088ff7 libbsm.0.dylib (??? - ???) <349BB16F-75FA-363F-8D98-7A9C3FA90A0D> /usr/lib/libbsm.0.dylib
0x7fff8a089000 -
0x7fff8a0fcfff libstdc++.6.dylib (52.0.0 - compatibility 7.0.0) <6BDD43E4-A4B1-379E-9ED5-8C713653DFF2> /usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib
0x7fff8ab98000 -
0x7fff8ac32ff7 com.apple.SearchKit (1.4.0 - 1.4.0) <4E70C394-773E-3A4B-A93C-59A88ABA9509> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/SearchK it.framework/Versions/A/SearchKit
0x7fff8ac36000 -
0x7fff8ac3bfff libcache.dylib (47.0.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <1571C3AB-BCB2-38CD-B3B2-C5FC3F927C6A> /usr/lib/system/libcache.dylib
0x7fff8b2fa000 -
0x7fff8b3fcfff libxml2.2.dylib (10.3.0 - compatibility 10.0.0) <AFBB22B7-07AE-3F2E-B88C-70BEEBFB8A86> /usr/lib/libxml2.2.dylib
0x7fff8bd17000 -
0x7fff8bd8dff7 libc++.1.dylib (28.4.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <A24FC3DA-4FFA-3DD2-9DCC-2B8D1B3BF97C> /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib
0x7fff8bdd7000 -
0x7fff8bde1ff7 liblaunch.dylib (392.39.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <8C235D13-2928-30E5-9E12-2CC3D6324AE2> /usr/lib/system/liblaunch.dylib
0x7fff8be4c000 -
0x7fff8be4dfff libdnsinfo.dylib (395.11.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <853BAAA5-270F-3FDC-B025-D448DB72E1C3> /usr/lib/system/libdnsinfo.dylib
0x7fff8be59000 -
0x7fff8be68ff7 libxar-nossl.dylib (??? - ???) <A6ABBFB9-E4ED-38AD-BBBB-F9958B9CEFB5> /usr/lib/libxar-nossl.dylib
0x7fff8c649000 -
0x7fff8c657fff com.apple.NetAuth (3.2 - 3.2) <F0D60E34-37A9-308D-B44E-E3450906173A> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/NetAuth.framework/Versions/A/NetAuth
0x7fff8c6eb000 -
0x7fff8c75bfff com.apple.datadetectorscore (3.0 - 179.4) <9C01D16F-75A9-3BDD-B91A-F0F32261A2E7> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DataDetectorsCore.framework/Versions/A/DataDe tectorsCore
0x7fff8cce4000 -
0x7fff8cd7ffff com.apple.PackageKit (2.0.3 - 173) <2D37EB54-BFC7-3731-A27E-9BDE3211FE31> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PackageKit.framework/Versions/A/PackageKit
0x7fff8cd80000 -
0x7fff8ce22fff com.apple.securityfoundation (5.0 - 55116) <A9311EF6-B7F7-3DA5-84E8-21BC9B2C3C69> /System/Library/Frameworks/SecurityFoundation.framework/Versions/A/SecurityFoun dation
0x7fff8d648000 -
0x7fff8d68aff7 libcommonCrypto.dylib (55010.0.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <BB770C22-8C57-365A-8716-4A3C36AE7BFB> /usr/lib/system/libcommonCrypto.dylib
0x7fff8d698000 -
0x7fff8d9b4fff com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore (960.25 - 960.25) <4FC1AB30-022C-3C67-AC46-FDCBFCB7EEDE> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonC ore.framework/Versions/A/CarbonCore
0x7fff8e017000 -
0x7fff8e01cfff libcompiler_rt.dylib (6.0.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <98ECD5F6-E85C-32A5-98CD-8911230CB66A> /usr/lib/system/libcompiler_rt.dylib
0x7fff8e01d000 -
0x7fff8e101ff7 com.apple.CoreServices.OSServices (478.50 - 478.50) <3D6AA4EF-C601-36C7-8F3A-A00964F01759> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/OSServi ces.framework/Versions/A/OSServices
0x7fff8e143000 -
0x7fff8e151fff libdispatch.dylib (187.10.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <8E03C652-922A-3399-93DE-9EA0CBFA0039> /usr/lib/system/libdispatch.dylib
0x7fff8efee000 -
0x7fff8efeffff libunc.dylib (24.0.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <337960EE-0A85-3DD0-A760-7134CF4C0AFF> /usr/lib/system/libunc.dylib
0x7fff8fa0b000 -
0x7fff8fa19ff7 com.apple.AppleFSCompression (37 - 1.0) <8981D804-EBFE-35D5-9F79-6689DCCBA43A> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AppleFSCompression.framework/Versions/A/Apple FSCompression
0x7fff8fa1a000 -
0x7fff8fa27ff7 libbz2.1.0.dylib (1.0.5 - compatibility 1.0.0) <3373D310-3B10-3DD1-B754-B7B138CD448D> /usr/lib/libbz2.1.0.dylib
0x7fff8fec4000 -
0x7fff8fec4fff com.apple.CoreServices (53 - 53) <043C8026-8EDD-3241-B090-F589E24062EF> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/CoreServices
0x7fff8ff06000 -
0x7fff8ff19ff7 libCRFSuite.dylib (??? - ???) <0B76941F-218E-30C8-B6DE-E15919F8DBEB> /usr/lib/libCRFSuite.dylib
0x7fff8ff1a000 -
0x7fff8ff1cfff libquarantine.dylib (36.7.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <8D9832F9-E4A9-38C3-B880-E5210B2353C7> /usr/lib/system/libquarantine.dylib
0x7fff90d48000 -
0x7fff90d48fff libkeymgr.dylib (23.0.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <61EFED6A-A407-301E-B454-CD18314F0075> /usr/lib/system/libkeymgr.dylib
0x7fff90d8e000 -
0x7fff90da0ff7 libz.1.dylib (1.2.5 - compatibility 1.0.0) <30CBEF15-4978-3DED-8629-7109880A19D4> /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib
0x7fff90f04000 -
0x7fff90f05ff7 libsystem_blocks.dylib (53.0.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <8BCA214A-8992-34B2-A8B9-B74DEACA1869> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_blocks.dylib
0x7fff910e7000 -
0x7fff910f0ff7 libsystem_notify.dylib (80.1.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <A4D651E3-D1C6-3934-AD49-7A104FD14596> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_notify.dylib
0x7fff91107000 -
0x7fff9110dff7 libunwind.dylib (30.0.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <1E9C6C8C-CBE8-3F4B-A5B5-E03E3AB53231> /usr/lib/system/libunwind.dylib
0x7fff91383000 -
0x7fff913a0fff libxpc.dylib (77.19.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <9F57891B-D7EF-3050-BEDD-21E7C6668248> /usr/lib/system/libxpc.dylib
0x7fff913ad000 -
0x7fff914b9fef libcrypto.0.9.8.dylib (49.1.0 - compatibility 0.9.8) <FB999E54-C9BC-3A6D-9FE5-BFCC236775ED> /usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.8.dylib
0x7fff91a7d000 -
0x7fff91d96fff com.apple.Foundation (6.7.2 - 833.25) <22AAC369-B63C-3C55-8AC6-C3ECBA44DA7B> /System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Versions/C/Foundation
0x7fff91eed000 -
0x7fff91ef8ff7 libc++abi.dylib (14.0.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <8FF3D766-D678-36F6-84AC-423C878E6D14> /usr/lib/libc++abi.dylib
0x7fff91f94000 -
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0x7fff91fad000 -
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0x7fff92a9afe7 libsqlite3.dylib (9.6.0 - compatibility 9.0.0) <EE02BB01-64C9-304D-9719-A35F5CD6D04C> /usr/lib/libsqlite3.dylib
External Modification Summary:
Calls made by other processes targeting this process:
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thread_create: 0
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thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
VM Region Summary:
ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=78.1M resident=48.8M(62%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=29.3M(38%)
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If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Enter "BOOT_TIME" (without the quotes) in the search box. Note the timestamps of those log messages, which refer to the times when the system was booted. Now clear the search box and scroll back in the log to the last boot time after you had the problem. Select the messages logged before the boot, while the system was unresponsive or was failing to shut down. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V). Please include the BOOT_TIME message at the end of the log extract.
If there are runs of repeated messages, post only one example of each. Don’t post many repetitions of the same message.
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

Test for freezing iMacs

Hello.
I am awaiting a new iMac, and though I realise it's a relatively rare condition, like many others I am anxious not to get a freezing one. I think it would be great if people could post "tests" for people to run on their new iMacs - i.e. processes or applications or combinations of applications that seem to bring on a freeze. This way, folks taking possession of new iMacs can subject their machines to some questioning as soon as they get them - and therefore remain within their 14 day return/replacement rights should patterns of freezing arise.
So, could a few people with freezing problems perhaps list some issues that commonly (or, even better: reliably) cause a freeze?
Thanks

Here's what I did (all at the same time):
1. I ran iTunes visualizer with the window open all the way so it was as close to full screen as I could get without hitting CTRL-F.
2. I played a mini-movie in PhotoBooth that I had recorded earlier. It was 2 minutes long.
3. I opened iPhoto, selected a photo, blew it up, and continuously rotated it using CTRL-R.
All of that, and I randomly went to my screensaver (Arabesque) and put it in sleep mode and woke it abruptly.
I've been testing it this way for a few hours and haven't had one glitch yet. A couple of slow-downs, but no video problems.
Hope this helps.
Chris Orcutt
http://www.orcutt.net

Spacebar freeze & IMac restart?

I was typing an email (Eudora) on my new, one month old intel iMac. Suddenly the spacebar wouldn't work (no space made when clicking on it). I hit the return key. The other keys worked. I tried the spacebar again. And again! Suddenly the computer restarted on its own. What the???? What happened?? Nothing else went out. I had Eudora open. TextEdit and Safari were running in the background. I ran Disk Utility & verified disk. Says all is fine. But if all were fine, why the sudden spacebar freeze and iMac restart?

To Stop Windows Opening on Start Up
System Preferences > General > uncheck Restore windows when Quitting and Re-opening Apps
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Paragon Hard Disk Manager 2011 Suite rescue disk freezes iMac

Hi,
After seeing several recommendations here and on the net for Paragon's Hard Disk Manager 2011 Suite, and having good luck with their HFS+ and NTFS products, I decided to purchase it today. Immediately after installing it in my Win7 x64 boot camp setup, I used their tools to create a disaster recovery disk on a CD. The burn went fine (and the volume name is PARAGON), I rebooted my iMac to test it out. However, after clicking on the disk in the bootup screen, my iMac freezes, causing me to power it down to eject the disk.
Along with the download came an .exe to create a WinPE disaster recovery disk. I booted back into Windows and ran the exe, successfully creating the WinPE rescue disk. However, when I tried to boot with this disk, it also froze on the volume selection screen. Again I booted into Windows and fired up HDM, thinking there was some kind of option to make a rescue disk that's compatible with my iMac, but I couldn't find anything
I'm thinking it might be due to my iMac's BIOS (or lack of one) that's causing me problems, but I'm not sure. I would think that the Linux/DOS option in the normal rescue disk creation would work, but it doesn't work for me.
Does anyone have a clue on what's going on? Paragon advertises support for HFS+ volumes (and I saw my many HFS+ partitions displayed in the program's main screen) and boot camp, so there is something really funny going on.
Thanks.

Well, I found out that the problem is not with the Paragon rescue disk, but with the inordinate amount of time my iMac takes to recognize non-OS X bootable media. I'll explain...
After trying several different manufacturer's media and still getting the same frozen system, I was about to give up. As a last resort I was going to try putting the media on a USB stick, but my stick was in the car. I ran outside to get it from the glove compartment and headed back to the family room. I looked at my iMac's screen and there was the Paragon Hard Disk Manager main screen!! I couldn't believe it; the media and the burn was good after all.
Taking my iPhone and getting my stopwatch app, I powered off my iMac (with the rescue disk still in it), turned it on, and as soon as I heard the gong, I pressed the 'c' key and hit 'start' on the stopwatch. I was astonished to find that it takes 1 minute 48 seconds for the iMac to begin the boot process. No wonder I thought the disks were causing my iMac to hang. I was sitting on the white screen or the volume chooser bar for almost 2 minutes while my iMac did.....nothing. No spinning disk, no progression bar (like sometimes appears when you boot OS X and there's a system problem), no nothing.
After reading the net, I found out that my (apparently) frozen boot is not my problem alone. It seems to occur with different machines and different setups. It must have something to do with the BIOS (EFI) emulation, because once boot starts it runs fast.
If anyone has a clue about the frozen white screen, please post here. I'm glad it's not my machine or my burning techniques, but it's a bear waiting 2 minutes each time Win7 needs to reboot (which seems to happen at least twice a day).

Time Machine starts normally, then stalls and freezes iMac

Hello.
Time Machine always worked fine on this system.
Now-it starts to back up, then freezes after about 45 mb. When this happens, the toolbar at the top of the screen ("File", etc.) disappears, I can't run any other functions, and have to push the power button to crash the system.
I have:
--deleted the time machine preferences file
--turned off Virus Barrier background scanning
--tried from scratch with a new back-up disc (same problem)
--done all Software Updates
--repaired permissions
--booted up from the OS X disc, and "repaired disc" on the hard drive.
--deleted "in progress" files on the back-up disc, and started over.
I have seen others with what sounds like a similar problem, but I can't find a suitable solution among the discussions.
Any help much appreciated.
Thank you.

On the MacBook, there was a specific file ("developer pckg") that was crashing back-up. I deleted the file, and I'm back in business.
In the iMac, things seem more complicated, and additional attempts at back-up not only stall--they also freeze the whole computer.
__At the start of the back-up the log reads:__
Oct 5 11:20:35 Susies-Magnificent-New-iMac-2 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[259]: Backup requested by user
Oct 5 11:20:35 Susies-Magnificent-New-iMac-2 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[259]: Starting standard backup
Oct 5 11:20:35 Susies-Magnificent-New-iMac-2 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[259]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Master Back-Up/Backups.backupdb
Oct 5 11:20:36 Susies-Magnificent-New-iMac-2 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[259]: Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
Oct 5 11:20:36 Susies-Magnificent-New-iMac-2 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[259]: Backup content size: 110.6 GB excluded items size: 3.9 MB for volume Macintosh HD
Oct 5 11:20:36 Susies-Magnificent-New-iMac-2 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[259]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 132.93 GB requested (including padding), 263.08 GB available
_*Then, there is a VERY long string of "bad alias" messages, and then the back-up freezes at 45.2 mb:*_
The back-up doesn't actually cancel itself--I did that.
The last several lines before the freeze at 45.2 mb are:
Oct 5 11:21:37 Susies-Magnificent-New-iMac-2 com.apple.backupd[259]: LaunchServices: bad alias at 0x2201e84, size 13392, CSStore size 1851417683
Oct 5 11:21:37 Susies-Magnificent-New-iMac-2 com.apple.backupd[259]: LaunchServices: bad alias at 0x2201fe0, size 14392, CSStore size 1932476755
Oct 5 11:21:37 Susies-Magnificent-New-iMac-2 com.apple.backupd[259]: LaunchServices: bad alias at 0x21fd800, size 19561, CSStore size 793999731
Oct 5 11:21:37 Susies-Magnificent-New-iMac-2 com.apple.backupd[259]: LaunchServices: bad alias at 0x21fd970, size 11896, CSStore size 1700881516
Oct 5 11:21:37 Susies-Magnificent-New-iMac-2 com.apple.backupd[259]: LaunchServices: bad alias at 0x21fdbbc, size 29299, CSStore size 1667593007
Oct 5 11:21:37 Susies-Magnificent-New-iMac-2 com.apple.backupd[259]: LaunchServices: bad alias at 0x21fde98, size 30050, CSStore size 1869967971
Oct 5 11:21:37 Susies-Magnificent-New-iMac-2 com.apple.backupd[259]: LaunchServices: bad alias at 0x21fdfa4, size 28263, CSStore size 2004299383
Oct 5 11:21:37 Susies-Magnificent-New-iMac-2 com.apple.backupd[259]: LaunchServices: bad alias at 0x21fe0d4, size 30050, CSStore size 1702326130
Oct 5 11:21:41 Susies-Magnificent-New-iMac-2 com.apple.backupd[259]: LaunchServices: bad alias at 0x21fdaf8, size 29539, CSStore size 1668246831
Oct 5 11:22:11 Susies-Magnificent-New-iMac-2 com.apple.backupd[259]: LaunchServices: bad alias at 0x21fdaf8, size 29539, CSStore size 1668246831
Oct 5 11:23:40 Susies-Magnificent-New-iMac-2 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[259]: Copied 2 files (45.2 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Oct 5 11:23:45 Susies-Magnificent-New-iMac-2 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[259]: Backup canceled.
THANKS for having a look!

Time Machine freezes iMac

Time Machine was working fine with external LaCie 500 USB drive. Since installing Mac updates on 11/5/07, when I open Time Machine--2 finder windows open and the whole computer freezes. Is this because Fire Vault was turned on during the software update??

It happens to  me  on my iMac as well using Lacie Porsche 500Gb. Can't use Time Machine. Every time I try  to launch TM it goes till a point where only the cursor is alive but nothing else. Sometime is half the way to the full screen in TM, sometime stars start  to glow...and then the cold universe freeze.
But the problem I have now I had it before  when I was using a 2nd partition on my iMac
Exactly same problem.
Freezing all the time  using TM. I was afraid to have one of those iMac with freezing problem
but it never freezes any other time.
I guess using a Lacie is not the real problem. The problem is TM consuming probably too much memory. Spotlight doesn't remember I excluded TM disk from indexing and also Tm +Spotlight is deadly for Leopard.
Apple should do something and soon.
I feel I'm back at the time of classic, system 7: freezing and restarting,  freezing and restarting .

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My NEW iMac keeps freezing randomly. Can anyone explain why?

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