Gray screen of doom

This question pertains to my wife's Mac Mini.
I'm not sure of the cause, but I suspect this issue may somehow be related to her iPod shuffle.
I get a blank gray screen at power-on. No "radar" progress indicator, nothing. It will sit like this indefinitely. I have tried the PMU reset. That worked once, but it is not working now. I've tried booting into safe mode, and booting into single-user mode. No dice.
Right now, the machine is an elegant brick.
thanks in advance.

Try things in Mac101 (no offense) and Apple doc.#106464 for your startup issue.
Also, try using Disk Utility to repair your startup disk (hard drive) as shown in Dr.Smokes Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption.
Cheers!
DALE

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Restarting: gray screen of doom

Having problems restarting - we set up one of our new Intel Mac Pros four days ago and this has happened once a day since then. A gray Apple logo first appears then a dark gray screen comes down from the top with a message "You need to restart your computer....." This has happened when waking the computer, a forced restart & restarting from the Apple menu. This screen keeps showing up after repeated restarts - finally did a soft restart, ran disk first-aid (no problems), then restarted again from the Apple menu, which did the trick. BUT...this is time consuming. Is it the computer or is there something we need to be doing differently?
Also, I've been installing Adobe software: InDesign 2.0 & Photoshop 7.0 are working fine (I know they're 4 years old, but hoping to get by until Adobe comes out with native versions for the Intel Macs). However, Illustrator 10 will not install at all - something about Vise(?) quitting. Tried it four times & this just keeps happening. Acrobat 5 won't install because "there must be a system folder"....what does that mean? I can find a system folder, why can't the Acrobat Installer? I admit that installing software is something I don't have a lot of experience with. Is there something I'm missing here?
Any help would be greatly appreciated....Thanks
Intel Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.7)

1. You wrote: "A gray Apple logo first appears then a dark gray screen comes down from the top with a message "You need to restart your computer....." This has happened when waking the computer, a forced restart & restarting from the Apple menu. "You are describing the following message:
That indicates a kernel panic.
See my "Resolving Kernel Panics" FAQ. This FAQ includes step-by-step instructions for identifying and resolving some of the most common causes of kernel panics. The FAQ is a roadmap: start at the beginning and work systematically through the end, i.e. the "If all else fails..." section.
2. You wrote: "Acrobat 5 won't install because "there must be a system folder"....what does that mean?"If memory serves, Acroabt 5 was designed for Mac OS 9 and requires Classic. If that's the case, then it won't run on an Intel-based Mac as Classic/Mac OS 9 do not run on Intel-based Macs. Update to Acroabt 7: its much improved. Note that Adobe plans to release the next update for Acrobat sometime this fall. It will be a Universal Binary.
3. You wrote: "However, Illustrator 10 will not install at all - something about Vise(?) quitting"It is referring to the the Vise Installer from MindVision. Apparently, Adobe uses that to install Illustrator 10. The version of Vise in question may not be Rosetta-compatible. As to these Illustrator 10 issues, try the Adobe Support site or the Adobe Discussions.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
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Gray Screen of Doom after restoring from TM backup . . .

OK here's what happened:
I tried installing Vista (32bit and home edition) via boot camp but it asked me to repartition my Mac HD *because some files could not be moved* to a single osx journal.
So I used TM to backup my system before popping in the Snow Leopard installation DVD and formatting + reinstalling OSX. After I got my re-installed system up and going, I popped in the Vista CD again and successfuly installed Windows.
Then, I jumped back on my mac to restore it from a backup (around 250 GB backup); so I rebooted from the OSX DVD again, and selected restore from backup via TM. All was going well, and I left it on overnight while it restored (About 6 hours) . . .
When I checked this morning, my iMac had fallen asleep, so I nudged it awake and found that the restore had been successful and that I needed to restart. Hence, I did.
Upon system restart, the apple logo of course popped out and things were looking well, when suddenly that grey box containing international messages of having to hold down the power button popped out. I did, and the same thing happened when I rebooted. Again and again and again.
So I booted it from Windows now, and making this post.
Things I've tried:
-Booted from OSX DVD, used repair disk/disk permissions in disk utility on my Mac HD (it said it was OK)
Things I've got in my mind to try:
-Re-restore from the Backup via the OSX DVD again, this time sticking around to restart it upon finish without too much delay (even though I"m not sure if that has anything to do with it)
-Re-install OSX via DVD, and then try restoring.
I will update this when I try these; but in the meantime, I was hoping someone had an easier solution that doesn't require too much time consumption.
-Jason

banditcloud wrote:
Upon system restart, the apple logo of course popped out and things were looking well, when suddenly that grey box containing international messages of having to hold down the power button popped out.
That's a *kernel panic.*
They are usually caused by hardware problems, but can be software.
Disconnect all peripherals, except keyboard and mouse. Reconnect one at a time to see if you can find the culprit.
If that's no help, run the Apple Hardware Test, from the separate disc that came with your Mac.
more kernel panic info:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1392
http://www.index-site.com/kernelpanic.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/kernelpanics.html

Grey Screen of Doom

I've just been through a diagnostic saga, and I hope this might be useful to someone else.
Situation
Recently my Mac Pro refused to boot. It chimed, but I could do nothing to persuade it past the beyond the grey (gray) screen of doom. I tried booting into safe mode with shift, single-user mode with command-S, verbose mode with command-V, target disk mode with T. I tried holding option to select one of my other boot drives. Nothing. I couldn't start from a disk, either with C or D (hardware test). I reset the PRAM and NVRAM – no change. I disconnected all peripherals, expansion cards and additional RAM. No change.
Remedy
Using my PowerBook, I found one other Mac Pro user with identical symptoms. His local Genius Bar had wiped the drive, reinstalled the OS, and the fault had cleared. The thread implied that some kinds of system corruption can affect the computer at such a deep level that it can't start at all. If so, you have to wipe the disk before you can even re-install from DVD.
I removed each of my drives, starting with #1. In the end, #2 was the culprit, not the boot drive. To me, this changes the focus of blame from the OS to hardware. The failure of one SATA drive prevented the rest of the system from booting. I've never experienced that before.
*_Data Recovery_*
I didn't hold much hope for recovering data. I installed it in a Firewire enclosure, and after several minutes with the spinning pizza, Disk Utility found it, but refused to mount it. It failed to repair. reporting "+Invalid B-tree node size+".
Disk Warrior reported hardware malfunctions, but it did enable me to recover the majority of the data.
Summary
Anyone experiencing a totally impenetrable grey screen of doom should also try disconnecting their hard drive to eliminate either system corruption or failure – which I've not seen in a fault-finding tree before.
G.

Hi JCohen,
Welcome to Apple Discussions
What I believe is wrong with your computer is that your Firmware is corrupted. I don't know why it happened since you were changing network locations, but it might be the way you shut off you computer. I believe if you do an Archive and Install, you should be fine. In order to preform and Archive and Install, you need to have:
Install Disks - You need to have the install/restore discs that came with your last version of OS X (The current version). Meaning if you got your computer with Tiger, use the Tiger DVDs that came with your iBook. If you had Panther and upgraded to Tiger, use the Tiger DVDs. You are going to want to have the Disc 1.
Hard Drive Space - When one performs an Archives and Install, they are basically archiving their current hard drive (Some applications/preferences may not work after an Archive and Install!) and putting it on your new one. You will see a Previous System folder, which has all your files from before your Archive and Install.
Patience - Working with computers can be aggravating and stressful, don't let it get to you. From years of experience I have learned that the more annoyed and aggravated I become, the worse the problem gets. The reason being most people don't think things through nor take their time when they are annoyed. If you notice your becoming stress/annoyed, take a break and relax. When you feel better you can resume working.
I hope that helps,
Jon
PS Please respond back with any questions or comments
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Mac Mini won't boot, distorted startup chime, gray screen

Hi all --
I've seen similar posts (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12170891&#12170891) but thought I'd start a new one, mainly because I haven't heard anyone mention the startup chime.
I woke up my 2007 stock Mac Mini Friday morning and the cursor was frozen. Unplugged and replugged the mouse to no avail. Couldn't force quit, so I had to power down. Restarted with a badly distored startup chime (not "speaker breakup" from excessive volume, just distortion, and some "stuttering") and a gray screen that didn't go away. Restarted many, many times. Inserted Snow Leopard DVD to run Disc Utility but it wasn't recognized -- just a gray screen. Tried resetting the PMU and SMC with no results. Tried booting into single-user mode (with a wired USB keyboard) to eject the DVD, but no luck. Tried open firmware, but nothing. Once in an while I would get the Apple icon and a spinning progress bar that never went away.
Took it to the Genius Bar, where they tried to boot from a Firewire drive, with no success. The best they could do was tell me my 17-month old Mac was out of warranty. That confirmed, I took it home, cracked it open and removed the Snow Leopard DVD (with a credit card) to insert the install disc it shipped with. That didn't work. A couple of times it looked like it would, but then after the spinning bar I got the multilingual system bomb message. Tried to run Hardware Test, but nothing. Put in original Disc 2... and that gave me a flashing folder! Progress! Forced the DVD out and slipped in Disc 1. That started to read, and then I got some kernel-panic looking text and a shutdown. My last attempt was to create a USB boot drive from the original install discs, but my old Sawtooth won't let me run the installer.
Is there any hope at this point? I just bought the thing last May, so I've had it less than a year and a half. The distorted startup chime makes me think the logic board is fried and no amount of fooling with the startup drive will make a difference. The only thing out of the ordinary in this case was that it went to sleep last Thursday night with a DV camera hooked up via Firewire.
I'm not thrilled about giving Apple any more money for another Mini, but I'm heavily invested in Logic Studio so I don't have much of a choice of platform.
I'm pretty sure I'm doomed, but I thought I'd post anyway. A quick internet search shows I'm not the only one with the gray screen of death on a fairly new Mini. Thanks in advance for any pointers.

Thanks.
The Genius was able to get to the Apple logo and spinning... thing (what used to be the beachball). His theory was that as long as the Snow Leopard disc was in there, the boot process would never get to the Firewire port. Once I got home I literally pried the Snow Leopard disc out and put in the original install disc. But any progress whatsoever ends in the system bomb message.
Thing is, I had tried to eject the disc by booting with the mouse button down. But on restarting, the laser in the optical mouse flashes quickly, once. I don't think the USB ports are going "live" at all... so I can't get into single user mode, safe mode, hardware test, anything. The Genius' keyboard was no help in that regard. So yeah, I suspect a hardware problem.
A search of "gray screen of death" shows this happening to a lot of models.

IMac won't boot! (gray screen of death?)

Hello,
I just had a kernel panic on my main iMac computer, so I had to restart it...
When it logged in automatically, it restarted again (by itself)...
Now, once it booted, I'm staring at the horrendous Gray Screen of Death/Doom...
No apple logo, no loading wheel, nothing... just a blank gray screen.
Please help! I have no idea how to fix this!
Thank you. All help is greatly appreciated.

Hi mik.e245
Pop in the Install Disk 1 that came with your iMac and run disk repairs as described in the articles below:
http://kb.wisc.edu/helpdesk/page.php?id=3810
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=DiskUtility/10.5/en/duh1018.html
Not always, but many times Kernal Panic's are associated with a ram issue's. If a ram module was recently added it may have become partially dislodged/unseated and needs to be reseated.
If your still having trouble run the Hardware Test from the same install disk as per this article.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303081-en
Dennis

Why does my safari browser frequently gives me a gray screen? I resetted my safari many times and it doesn't help. Also sometimes when I scroll it gives me this weird scrolling effect where everything is either upside or messed up.

Why does my safari browser frequently gives me a gray screen? I resetted my safari many times and it doesn't help. Also sometimes when I scroll it gives me this weird scrolling effect where everything is either upside or messed up.

This article is for startup but it might help. http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2570

15" i7 Macbook Pro from early 2011.takes the mac laptop two or three tries to boot successfully. It would turn on, show gray screen, shut down, turn on again, show gray screen, shutdown, and then turn on, show gray screen, before it can finally get

Hello All,
I have a 15" i7 Macbook Pro from early 2011. The past few weeks, it has been getting increasingly difficult to get on my computer. It takes the mac laptop two or three tries to boot successfully. It would turn on, show gray screen, shut down, turn on again, show gray screen, shutdown, and then turn on, show gray screen, before it can finally get to the dark gray log-in screen. Even when I finally get logged in to start working, thinking it would be okay now, it shuts down randomly.
I've ruled out the possibility of a software problem because I've just done a clean re-install of Mac OS X Mavericks on my computer just yesterday.
I did upgrade the RAM recently, about a month and a half ago, from 4GB to 16GB, I went to the apple store four days after that upgrade to have them do a hardware test, and clean the inside of my laptop, which helped with previous heat issues. When they did the hardware test, the hardware was all registered as fine from their system.
I've tried resetting the SMC, PRAM, and doing the internet recovery hardware test, but to no avail. I thought I could at least find out what parts needed to be replaced from the hardware test but it seems that when the hardware test is almost finished, the computer just shuts down, So I am unable to see the results.
My computer is also having battery issues, under battery condition, it says "replace now," parts have been ordered, waiting for arrival. But if the battery health is low, it should still boot up fine, it would just hold a significantly less charge.
Could this be a hard drive issue?
Has anyone had similar symptoms and how was it resolved?
Does anyone know what I can do to alleviate this issue?
I haven't had time to take it to Apple because I'm currently taking a 21 credit semester academically. I'm an art and design student so my computer is basically the bane of my existence. Help! Any constructive advice is welcomed!
Thank you so much for your input!
-Christina C.

Problem description:
The Hard Disk is failing.
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated November 4, 2014 at 7:59:28 AM EST
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
16 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
Color LCD 1440 x 900
AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 0:3:43
Disk Information: ℹ️
TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
HDV4 (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.30 GB (712.10 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Library/Application Support/Avast/components/fileshield/unsigned
[loaded] com.avast.AvastFileShield (2.1.0 - SDK 10.9) Support
/Library/Application Support/Avast/components/proxy/unsigned
[loaded] com.avast.PacketForwarder (1.4 - SDK 10.9) Support
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.avast.userinit.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[invalid?] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
[loaded] com.avast.init.plist Support
[loaded] com.avast.uninstall.plist Support
[loaded] com.avast.update.plist Support
[invalid?] com.perion.searchprotectd.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[invalid?] com.avast.home.userinit.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[invalid?] com.jdibackup.ZipCloud.autostart.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
None
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.1 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
TroviNPAPIPlugin: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9 Support
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: Unknown
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Avast Online Security
Trovi Search for Safari
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
None
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      16% mds
      7% WindowServer
      1% loginwindow
      1% fontd
      1% com.avast.daemon
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
120 MB com.avast.daemon
86 MB Google Chrome
52 MB Finder
52 MB WindowServer
41 MB Google Chrome Helper
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
13.45 GB Free RAM
1.34 GB Active RAM
944 MB Inactive RAM
1.43 GB Wired RAM
1.11 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs

Gray screen, spinning cog and midway to first back up of time machine

Hi,
I got a new external hard drive and wanted to back up my system, which I tried using time machine. At some point during the back up, it appeared to me that time machine is stuck. I tried stopping the back up but my machine was not responding, even any other application. I power it down by down the power key. So, I had backed up some data and not all of it.
Now, when I restarted it is showing gray screen with apple logo and spinning cog and not moving beyond that (even after 4 hours). I am kind of worried if my hard disk has crashed and I have lost the remaining data.
Any help regarding trouble shooting this will be highly appreciated.
Thanks,
v8r.

Basically, you need to boot from a drive other than the one that is failing. If your external already has an operating system on it, you can boot from that one. Since you're asking, though, I'm going to assume it does not.
First things first: cables. You need a firewire cable to connect your MacBook Pro to your Mac mini. I don't know what FireWire ports are available on your two machines. The two types of FireWire (400/800) are compatible, so if the two machines don't have the same ports, you can get an adapter. See this page for info about types of FireWire ports: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8259.html
- Next, boot the machine with the failing drive into "Target Disk Mode." When you hear the chime, hold down the "T" key. You should not see the Apple logo. Instead, you should see the FireWire logo slowly moving around the screen. This tells the computer to act as if it were simply an external hard drive.
- Connect the MacBook Pro to your Mac mini via FireWire. If you're lucky, the drive will show up on the desktop of your Mac mini. Copy the files to a safe location.
- If it does not, you'll need to use software to recover the data. If you already have DiskWarrior, you can run DiskWarrior from your Mac mini on the MBP's drive. If you don't or if DW failed to produce a read-only "preview," I would recommend ProSoft's Data Rescue: http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php DiskWarrior has more long-term use, but Data Rescue is better for this situation.
I know I still skimmed over a few things (e.g. using third-party software that I no longer have), but I hope that gets you started.

My grandson deleted all the data from his ipod touch . all he gets when he turns it on is a gray screen and an apple logo. Our computer no longer recognizes the ipod nor does itunes, Help.

My grandson delted all data from his ipod touch {thinking he was deleting his songs.] Now all he gets when he turns it on is a gray screen with an apple logo. We do not have it backed up nor was it ever turned on to itunes. We purchased it used from a co worker and didnt get that far.. Our computers do not recognise it as any thing nor does itunes when we have it plugged into itunes. Any way to fix this? Apple support will remote into our computer to fix it. For $ 99.00. Well needless to say he used all his savings to buy the ipod so ...... Any free ideas??

Try:
- iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iOS device fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
- Try on another computer
- If still not successful that usually indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

Mid 2010 MacBook pro gray screen beeps no startup

Hello,
My mid 2010 MacBook pro will not startup. What I get is the startup chimes with white or gray screen. Then some beeping and clicking starts. Will not boot remotely from FireWire drive.
I'm thinking it might be ram based on what I have read so far as opposed to a hard drive crash.
Any ideas?

The number of beeps should tell you what the problem is.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1547

Two crashes: one OS crash with gray screen and loading bar- help? (Stuck overseas, so you guys are it!)

Hey everyone.
When firefox crashed last night, I figured it was just firefox being difficult, but when while using firefox my entire computer crashed this afternoon and rebooted with a gray screen, the spinny wait symbol, and a loading bar, I started to get concerned. After looking through console, I'm not sure what's caused it to crash like this so I'm hoping one of you bright people here can tell me what exactly happened. I'm running a mac book pro with 10.6.8, have no real addons on firefox aside from adblock plus, divx, memory restart, a french dictionary, and a skin I've been using forever and have also spoken to the developer in the past about. I'm also using Firefox 17.0.1. After trying to google some of the more unfamiliar/suspicious lines (mostly relating to launch agents), I typed into terminal the command to list all launch agents and received 3 replies naming adobe, divx, and google. I used terminal to delete them all just for safe measure (plus the adobe update window has been irritating me to no end so maybe it'll go away now, haha). I did three things when I tried to boot up again after the crash and the weird launch screen with loading bar came up: 1) I held down the power button again because a) the screen was weirding me out and b) I thought it got hung up again (bar seemed to stall for an unusually long time), 2) I tried to boot again and when the same gray screen came back I just figured I had no choice and had to sit through it. 3) when the bar was at about half way I pulled out my ethernet cord for safe measure in case something shady was going on. These three things are also reflected in the log below.
I currently live overseas and the nearest Apple store is over two hours away with no guarantee of a native english speaker working, so if anyone can let me know what caused the crash and if there's anything I can do about it, I would be extremely grateful. The following is my current console log in its entirety from today, including my attempted system update to see if that would improve things (which also resulted in a gray screen with loading bar later), and a really weird bit at the end that is also confusing (but possibly caused by me tinkering in terminal- not sure).
NAME is replacing my HD name, and my screen name here (caithris) has replaced my computer user name. NUMBER has replaced anything that looks like a serial number of some kind.
Thanks so much ahead of time-- please let me know if there's anything else I can share.
Mar 31 00:30:01 NAME newsyslog[9228]: logfile turned over
Mar 31 01:03:25 NAME firefox[8993]: Mozilla has caught an Obj-C exception [NSRangeException: *** -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (1) beyond bounds (1)]
Mar 31 01:03:25 NAME [0x0-0x10010].org.mozilla.firefox[0]: 2013-03-31 01:03:25.193 firefox[8993:903] Mozilla has caught an Obj-C exception [NSRangeException: *** -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (1) beyond bounds (1)]
Mar 31 01:04:06 NAME [0x0-0x10010].org.mozilla.firefox[0]: pure virtual method called
Mar 31 01:04:06 NAME [0x0-0x10010].org.mozilla.firefox[0]: terminate called without an active exception
Mar 31 01:04:20 NAME ReportCrash[9260]: Saved crash report for firefox[8993] version 17.0.1 (1712.11.28) to /Users/Caithris/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/firefox_2013-03-31-010420_NAME.c rash
Mar 31 01:05:35 NAME SubmitDiagInfo[9280]: Submitted crash report: /Users/Caithris/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/firefox_2013-03-31-010420_NAME.c rash
Mar 31 03:00:27 NAME loginwindow[31]: loginwindow SleepWakeCallback WILL sleep
Mar 31 03:00:28 NAME configd[13]: PMConnection IPConfiguration com.apple.powermanagement.applicationresponse.slowresponse 1120 ms
Mar 31 11:22:53 NAME configd[13]: Sleep: Success - AC 97 - Idle Sleep
Mar 31 11:22:53 NAME configd[13]: Wake: Success - AC 97 - OHC2
Mar 31 11:22:53 NAME configd[13]: Hibernate Statistics
Mar 31 11:22:53 NAME loginwindow[31]: loginwindow SleepWakeCallback will power on, Currenttime:3/31/2013 11:22:53.195 AM - Waketime:3/31/2013 11:22:43.930 AM = Deltatime:9.265338957
Mar 31 11:22:53 NAME loginwindow[31]: askForPasswordBuiltIn after makekey, Currenttime:3/31/2013 11:22:53.212 AM - Waketime:3/31/2013 11:22:43.930 AM = Deltatime:9.281565964
Mar 31 11:22:53 NAME loginwindow[31]: builtInAuthWindowBecameKey, Currenttime:3/31/2013 11:22:53.243 AM - Waketime:3/31/2013 11:22:43.930 AM = Deltatime:9.312892973
Mar 31 11:22:53 NAME configd[13]: network configuration changed.
Mar 31 11:22:54 NAME configd[13]: PMConnection AirPort configd plug-in com.apple.powermanagement.applicationresponse.slowresponse 9839 ms
Mar 31 11:22:54 NAME configd[13]: PMConnection IPConfiguration com.apple.powermanagement.applicationresponse.slowresponse 9849 ms
Mar 31 11:22:57 NAME configd[13]: network configuration changed.
Mar 31 11:22:57 NAME ntpd[20]: sendto(17.171.4.13) (fd=24): Network is unreachable
Mar 31 11:23:02 NAME loginwindow[31]: in pam_sm_authenticate(): Failed to determine Kerberos principal name.
Mar 31 11:23:02 NAME loginwindow[31]: builtInAuthWindowDidResignKey
Mar 31 11:23:02 NAME loginwindow[31]: handleUnlockResult, Currenttime:3/31/2013 11:23:02.536 AM - Waketime:3/31/2013 11:22:43.930 AM = Deltatime:18.606058955
Mar 31 11:23:32 NAME loginwindow[31]: no spins reported for this wake
Mar 31 11:27:31 NAME SubmitDiagInfo[9444]: Cleaning up expired diagnostic messages database at path: /var/log/DiagnosticMessages/2013.03.01.asl
Mar 31 11:33:29 NAME [0x0-0x3b63b6].org.mozilla.firefox[9264]: NOTE: child process received `Goodbye', closing down
Mar 31 11:36:14 NAME ntpd[20]: time reset -4.060579 s
Mar 31 12:11:05 NAME firefox[9264]: -deltaZ is deprecated for NSEventTypeMagnify. Please use -magnification.
Mar 31 15:19:22 NAME kernel[0]:
Mar 31 15:28:23 NAME kernel[0]:
Mar 31 15:28:53: --- last message repeated 7 times ---
Mar 31 15:28:23 NAME kernel[0]:
Mar 31 15:30:22 NAME kernel[0]:
Mar 31 15:56:08 NAME kernel[0]:
Mar 31 15:56:13: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 31 15:56:13 NAME loginwindow[31]: in pam_sm_authenticate(): Failed to determine Kerberos principal name.
Mar 31 15:56:16 NAME kernel[0]:
Mar 31 15:56:46: --- last message repeated 8 times ---
Mar 31 16:00:10 NAME kernel[0]:
Mar 31 16:00:40: --- last message repeated 3 times ---
Mar 31 16:00:44 NAME kernel[0]:
Mar 31 16:01:14: --- last message repeated 5 times ---
Mar 31 16:02:36 NAME kernel[0]:
Mar 31 16:03:06: --- last message repeated 9 times ---
Mar 31 16:03:22 NAME kernel[0]:
Mar 31 16:10:31 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]: *** launchd[1] has started up. ***
Mar 31 16:17:50 localhost DirectoryService[15]: Improper shutdown detected
Mar 31 16:17:54 localhost fseventsd[33]: event logs in /.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (707133 444 707763)
Mar 31 16:17:54 localhost bootlog[41]: BOOT_TIME: 1364713830 0
Mar 31 16:17:58 localhost fseventsd[33]: log dir: /.fseventsd getting new uuid: NUMBER
Mar 31 16:17:58 localhost blued[42]: Apple Bluetooth daemon started
Mar 31 16:18:02 localhost mDNSResponder[28]: mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-258.21 (May 26 2011 14:40:13) starting
Mar 31 16:18:03 localhost com.apple.usbmuxd[21]: usbmuxd-296.4 on Dec 21 2012 at 16:11:14, running 64 bit
Mar 31 16:18:04 localhost configd[13]: bootp_session_transmit: bpf_write(en1) failed: Network is down (50)
Mar 31 16:18:04 localhost configd[13]: DHCP en1: INIT transmit failed
Mar 31 16:18:04 localhost configd[13]: network configuration changed.
Mar 31 16:18:04 NAME configd[13]: setting hostname to "NAME.local"
Mar 31 16:18:04 NAME /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[29]: Login Window Application Started
Mar 31 16:18:04 NAME configd[13]: network configuration changed.
Mar 31 16:18:04 NAME mDNSResponder[28]: mDNSPlatformSetDNSConfig: Error: dns_configuration_copy returned NULL
Mar 31 16:18:04 NAME configd[13]: network configuration changed.
Mar 31 16:18:11 NAME mds[27]: (Normal) DiskStore: Creating index for /
Mar 31 16:18:17 NAME loginwindow[29]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Mar 31 16:18:18 NAME WindowServer[71]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Mar 31 16:18:18 NAME com.apple.WindowServer[71]: Sun Mar 31 16:18:18 NAME.local WindowServer[71] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Mar 31 16:18:29 NAME SecurityAgent[92]: NSSecureTextFieldCell detected a field editor ((null)) that is not a NSTextView subclass designed to work with the cell. Ignoring...
Mar 31 16:18:30 NAME loginwindow[29]: Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
Mar 31 16:18:30 NAME loginwindow[29]: USER_PROCESS: 29 console
Mar 31 16:18:30 NAME com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[96] (com.divx.agent.postinstall): Unknown key: LimitToSessionType
Mar 31 16:18:30 NAME com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[96] (com.apple.ReportCrash): Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
Mar 31 16:18:36 NAME root[113]: /usr/libexec/ntpd-wrapper: scutil key State:/Network/Global/DNS not present after 30 seconds
Mar 31 16:18:37 NAME root[130]: sntp options: a=2 v=1 e=0.100 E=5.000 P=2147483647.000
Mar 31 16:18:37 NAME root[130]: d=15 c=5 x=0 op=1 l=/var/run/sntp.pid f= time.apple.com
Mar 31 16:18:37 NAME root[130]: sntp: getaddrinfo(hostname, ntp) failed with nodename nor servname provided, or not known
Mar 31 16:18:38 NAME-2 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[96] (com.apple.mrt.uiagent[123]): Exited with exit code: 255
Mar 31 16:18:38 NAME-2 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[96] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[124]): Exited with exit code: 1
Mar 31 16:19:55 NAME-2 XProtectUpdater[19]: NSURLConnection error: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1009 UserInfo=0x100174890 "This computer’s Internet connection appears to be offline." Underlying Error=(Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=-1009 UserInfo=0x1001744e0 "This computer’s Internet connection appears to be offline.")
Mar 31 16:19:55 NAME com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.xprotectupdater[19]): Exited with exit code: 255
Mar 31 16:22:04 NAME kextd[10]: updated kernel boot caches
Mar 31 16:25:04 NAME Software Update[178]: SWU: scan found 0 products:
Mar 31 16:25:05 NAME Software Update[178]: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1009 UserInfo=0x10052e600 "This computer’s Internet connection appears to be offline." Underlying Error=(Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=-1009 UserInfo=0x10052f760 "This computer’s Internet connection appears to be offline.")
Mar 31 16:25:14 NAME com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.suhelperd[181]): Exited with exit code: 2
Mar 31 16:25:18 NAME configd[13]: network configuration changed.
Mar 31 16:26:17 NAME Software Update[188]: SWU: scan found 1 products:\n041-9605
Mar 31 16:26:30 NAME ntpd[18]: time reset +1.140167 s
Mar 31 16:26:57 NAME com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.suhelperd[190]): Exited with exit code: 2
Mar 31 16:26:57 NAME com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[96] ([0x0-0xf00f].com.apple.Console[142]): Exited: Killed
Mar 31 16:26:57 NAME com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[96] ([0x0-0x15015].com.apple.SoftwareUpdate[188]): Exited: Killed
Mar 31 16:26:57 NAME com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[96] (com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent[126]): Exited: Killed
Mar 31 16:26:57 NAME loginwindow[29]: DEAD_PROCESS: 29 console
Mar 31 16:26:57 NAME /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[200]: Login Window Application Started
Mar 31 16:26:58 NAME loginwindow[200]: USER_PROCESS: 200 console
Mar 31 16:26:58 NAME WindowServer[203]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Mar 31 16:26:58 NAME com.apple.WindowServer[203]: Sun Mar 31 16:26:58 NAME.local WindowServer[203] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Mar 31 16:26:59 NAME Software Update[209]: Looking for products to install
Mar 31 16:27:02 NAME Software Update[209]: Performing preflight
Mar 31 16:27:02 NAME Software Update[209]: Preparing session
Mar 31 16:27:02 NAME Software Update[209]: Starting session
Mar 31 16:27:03 NAME Software Update[209]: PKG: extracting "com.apple.pkg.MacBookProSMCUpdate"
Mar 31 16:27:03 NAME Software Update[209]: PKG: pre-flight scripts for "com.apple.pkg.MacBookProSMCUpdate"
Mar 31 16:27:03 NAME Software Update[209]: PKG: pre-install scripts for "com.apple.pkg.MacBookProSMCUpdate"
Mar 31 16:27:16 NAME Software Update[209]: REQ: moving files into place with shove
Mar 31 16:27:17 NAME Software Update[209]: PKG: post-install scripts for "com.apple.pkg.MacBookProSMCUpdate"
Mar 31 16:27:17 NAME Software Update[209]: PKG: post-flight scripts for "com.apple.pkg.MacBookProSMCUpdate"
Mar 31 16:27:17 NAME Software Update[209]: PKG: writing receipt for "com.apple.pkg.MacBookProSMCUpdate"
Mar 31 16:27:17 NAME Software Update[209]: REQ: install succeeded
Mar 31 16:27:18 NAME Software Update[209]: SWU: installing "MacBook Pro SMC Firmware Update, 1.6"
Mar 31 16:27:20 NAME [0x0-0x1a01a].com.apple.SoftwareUpdate[209]: /: no supported helper partitions to update.
Mar 31 16:27:20 NAME kextd[10]: updated kernel boot caches
Mar 31 16:27:20 NAME Software Update[209]: kextcache returned 0
Mar 31 16:27:20 NAME Software Update[209]: Running /sbin/reboot
Mar 31 16:27:20 NAME reboot[242]: rebooted by Caithris
Mar 31 16:27:20 NAME reboot[242]: BOOT_TIME: 1364714840 524942
Mar 31 16:27:20 NAME mDNSResponder[28]: mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-258.21 (May 26 2011 14:40:13) stopping
Mar 31 16:27:20 NAME DirectoryService[15]: BUG in libdispatch: 10K549 - 1960 - 0x10004004
Mar 31 16:27:20 NAME WindowServer[203]: hidd died. Reestablishing connection.
Mar 31 16:27:20 NAME WindowServer[203]: Unable to create event queue via hidd: (0x10000003)
Mar 31 16:28:03 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]: *** launchd[1] has started up. ***
Mar 31 16:29:52 localhost bootlog[47]: BOOT_TIME: 1364714882 0
Mar 31 16:29:53 localhost mDNSResponder[34]: mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-258.21 (May 26 2011 14:40:13) starting
Mar 31 16:29:54 localhost configd[13]: network configuration changed.
Mar 31 16:29:54 NAME configd[13]: setting hostname to "NAME.local"
Mar 31 16:29:54 NAME com.apple.usbmuxd[27]: usbmuxd-296.4 on Dec 21 2012 at 16:11:14, running 64 bit
Mar 31 16:29:56 NAME blued[17]: Apple Bluetooth daemon started
Mar 31 16:29:57 NAME /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[35]: Login Window Application Started
Mar 31 16:29:59 NAME configd[13]: network configuration changed.
Mar 31 16:30:12: --- last message repeated 2 times ---
Mar 31 16:30:12 NAME ntpd[24]: time reset +0.227711 s
Mar 31 16:30:13 NAME loginwindow[35]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Mar 31 16:30:14 NAME WindowServer[61]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Mar 31 16:30:14 NAME com.apple.WindowServer[61]: Sun Mar 31 16:30:14 NAME.local WindowServer[61] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Mar 31 16:30:21 NAME SecurityAgent[96]: NSSecureTextFieldCell detected a field editor ((null)) that is not a NSTextView subclass designed to work with the cell. Ignoring...
Mar 31 16:30:22 NAME loginwindow[35]: Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
Mar 31 16:30:22 NAME loginwindow[35]: USER_PROCESS: 35 console
Mar 31 16:30:22 NAME com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[99] (com.divx.agent.postinstall): Unknown key: LimitToSessionType
Mar 31 16:30:22 NAME com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[99] (com.apple.ReportCrash): Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
Mar 31 16:30:32 NAME com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[99] (com.apple.mrt.uiagent[124]): Exited with exit code: 255
Mar 31 16:30:35 NAME com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[99] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[125]): Exited with exit code: 1
Mar 31 16:30:47 NAME mdworker[81]: (Error) SyncInfo: Catalog changed during searchfs too many times -- falling back to fsw search /
Mar 31 16:36:05 NAME mdworker32[158]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Mar 31 16:36:22 NAME mdworker32[161]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Mar 31 16:36:29 NAME [0x0-0x10010].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: NOTE: child process received `Goodbye', closing down
Mar 31 16:39:07 NAME mdworker[157]: Warning: unknown JFIF revision number 0.01
Mar 31 16:39:22 NAME login[182]: USER_PROCESS: 182 ttys000
Mar 31 16:40:34 NAME /System/Library/CoreServices/CCacheServer.app/Contents/MacOS/CCacheServer[132]: No valid tickets, timing out
Mar 31 16:40:35 NAME mdworker[157]: Error, could not create MachMessagePort for com.apple.AddressBook.abd
Mar 31 16:40:37 NAME mdworker[157]: Unable to parse date (<XHTML-STRIPONREPLY>
</XHTML-STRIPONREPLY>)
Mar 31 16:40:38 NAME mdworker[157]: Unable to parse date ( S<XHTML-STRIPONREPLY>
</XHTML-STRIPONREPLY>him to any)
Mar 31 16:40:41: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 1
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 2
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 3
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 4
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 5
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 6
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 7
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 8
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 9
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 10
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 11
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 12
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 13
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 14
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 15
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 16
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 17
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 18
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 19
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 20
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 21
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 22
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 23
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 24
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 25
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 26
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char ^M for PropertyName in line 26
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 26
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char ^M for PropertyName in line 26
Mar 31 16:40:41 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 26
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 1
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 2
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 3
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 4
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 5
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 6
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 7
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 8
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 9
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 10
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 11
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 12
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 13
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 14
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 15
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 16
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 17
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 18
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 19
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 20
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 21
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 22
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 23
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 24
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 25
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 26
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char ^M for PropertyName in line 26
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 26
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char ^M for PropertyName in line 26
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 26
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char ^M for PropertyName in line 26
Mar 31 16:40:43 NAME mdworker[157]: Invalid char \n for PropertyName in line 26
Mar 31 16:41:27 NAME mdworker[157]: Corrupt JPEG data: 1 extraneous bytes before marker 0xd9
Mar 31 16:41:27 NAME mdworker[157]: JPEG datastream contains no image
Mar 31 16:41:33: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 31 16:41:33 NAME login[182]: DEAD_PROCESS: 182 ttys000
Mar 31 16:41:50 NAME mdworker[156]: iCal.mdimporter: could not parse ICS file: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/OutlookCore.framework/Versions/14/Resources/en.lproj/Timezones.ics
Mar 31 16:41:51 NAME mdworker32[204]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Mar 31 16:43:41 NAME [0x0-0x10010].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: NOTE: child process received `Goodbye', closing down
Mar 31 17:07:10 NAME firefox[149]: -deltaZ is deprecated for NSEventTypeMagnify. Please use -magnification.
Thanks again- I mean it. It's lousy being stuck away from home when crazy thing happen to your main line of communication!
-Caithris

The gray screen with loading bar issue is a at boot fsck (file system check) that has discovered something wrong with your boot drive/partition and was attempting to fix it.
OS X is booting but can't complete, so that means your hard drive is good, just likely has been either subjected to shock which damaged data on the platters, or bad sectors (the drive is dying if after fixing it, problems occurs again), or something messed something up in the file structure.
Firefox is currently at 19.02, so it appears your background auto-update has not been occurring, which makes me suspect the machine's data is broken in some manner or you have malware on the machine blocking the updates.
Your problems are multiple, in your case I advise a complete erase and install.
1: If you have a backup of your user data on a external storage drive (not TimeMachine as it might be corrupted and compromised with malware it's just going to restore back) then your good, else you have to do this.
Create a data recovery/undelete external boot drive
Copy your data to a blank plain jane external storage drive as you want no executable files on it when you connect to the cleaned machine later.
2: Once your data is safely copied (copy visible files manually and what you know is good, not folders that can contain invisible malware programs!) then disconnect the drive(s)
3: Next assume all writeable media is contaminated with malware and treat as so. Even if you erased it.
4: Stick in your 10.6 install disk and reboot holding the c or option key down. You want Disk Utility and you want to select the ENTIRE internal drive and MUST USE the Security Option > Zero All Data (unless your in the military then use 7x erase, do not use 35x as it will take weeks and is unnecessary)
The Zero/7x erase will do two things, do a low level format and erradicate everything (including hidden stuff and deleted files) also will map off any failing sectors on the hard drive.
5: Follow the procedure here to install 10.6
How to erase and install Snow Leopard 10.6
6: Reboot the machine twice, then once you set up the machine (using a alias of course and not allowing registration), use a secured network and IMMEDIATLY Software update to 10.6.8, if you can download the 10.6.8 Combo update on another secure machine to a (new) USB thumb drive and install it on the clean Mac, do that instead.
WiFi security issues, at home and WiFi hotspots
https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399
Still run Software update afterwards as Apple might not have fully updated the combo update yet.
7: Once you machine is secure, download the free ClamXav and run a scan on the external storage drive with just your files, perhaps one or more PDF's or other files are not what they seem to be.
8: Make sure to install fresh copies of software from original sources and not from rewriteable media, update them to be current. Malware can be hidden in copies of programs.
9: Trash all your rewritable media, or use a Linux PC or Linux Mint in a virtual machine (VirtualBox) on another computer like Windows to scrub and reformat all the rewritable media before attaching them to the clean Mac. You have to make sure it's getting the entire media.
10: Once your machine is set back up, then make clones and time and date them.
Most commonly used backup methods
If your still having problems with the machine, it's likley a failing hard drive and you will have to replace it and repeat the steps above pretty much.
Really it's best to replace the drive in the interest of security.
Install/upgrade RAM or storage drive in Mac's
For performance of Snow Leopard, check out this tip
For Snow Leopard Speed Freaks
Your overseas, if your in a foriegn country you have to assume FinSpy is being installed on your machine (uses a older iTunes verison "update" to get on) or there is other tricks via the ISP to install something on your machine. So mix things up and don't stick any old USB you see laying around into your Mac.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro?view=documents#/

I upgraded my 3rd generation ipad to ios 6.0.1 and now am experiencing various issues. Neither Pages or Numbers will open. I just see a gray screen that says Pages or Numbers at the top and all of my documents are gone.

I upgraded my "new ipad" (the 3rd generation I think) to ios 6.0.1 and now am experiencing various issues.
1- Neither Pages or Numbers will open. I just see a gray screen that says Pages or Numbers at the top and all of my documents are gone. The icon that allows me to create a new document also does not appear. I went to icloud.com to see whether my documents still existed, which brings me to the 2nd problem.
2- It appears that all of my Pages documents are still on icloud, but all of my Numbers documents are gone. There were only about 10, but I access 2 of them nearly every day, so this is a big issue for me.
I went into Settings and all of the icloud information is correct and it "Documents & Data" is on. When I look at the storage, I see the Pages documents but not the Numbers ones. The next thing I did was turn my ipad off and back on, but this didn't fix anything. Since my Pages documents are still on icloud, I then tried to delete the Pages app from the ipad so that I could reinstall it, which resulted in the 3rd problem.
3- I cannot delete any apps. I can get all of the icons to shake and the small x IS available, but everything freezes when I click it. I can't do anything at that point except reset the ipad or wait until it eventually restarts itself. I've tried this with Pages as well as multiple other apps, all with the same result. I've also tried downloading a new app (which worked fine) and then deleting that one, but I got the same result.
3a- A small related issue to this that I am far less concerned about is that when the ipad restarts itself, it comes back on and the screen is really dark and I can barely make out what appears on the screen. If I enter my password right away, it stays that way until I go into Settings - Brightness & Wallpaper and touch the brightness setting (although I'm not actually changing the setting because it already shows that the brightness is turned up a little over halfway). If I don't enter my password right away and let it go completely dark, then click the home button, the brightness is fine.
So now I'm stuck. My guess is that I will need to restore it, but wanted to check before I take that step. Unfortunately, my laptop is on its deathbed so I haven't been synching my ipad to it and I fear my Numbers documents are gone forever. I'd like to try everything I can to fix these issues before doing the restore in hopes that I can get the Numbers documents back.
Any suggestions for any or all of these problems?

Purplehiddledog wrote:
I do backup with iCloud. I can't wait until the new iMac is available so that I can once again have my files in more than 1 location without needing to rely solely on the cloud.
I also rely on iTunes and my MacBook and Time Machine as well as backing up to iCloud. I know many users know have gone totally PC free, but I chose to use iCloud merely as my third backup.
I assume that the restore would result in my ability to open Pages and Numbers and fix the problem with deleting apps, but this would also mean that if my Numbers documents still exist solely within the app and are just not on iCloud for some reason that they would be gone forever. Is that right?
In a word, yes. In a little more detail.... When you restore from an iCloud backup, you must erase the device and start all over again. There is no other way to access the backup in iCloud without erasing the device. Consequently, you are starting all over again. Therefore, it would also be my assumption that Pages and Numbers will work again and that the deleting apps issues would be fixed as well.
If the documents are not in the backup, and you do not have a backup elsewhere, the documents could be gone forever.

My MacBook Pro stated that it needed to be updated. I clicked yes to restart the computer and update but when it restarted it stays on the gray screen with the apple logo and then pops up, stating "unable to find driver for this platform." What do I do?

My MacBook Pro stated that it needed to be updated. I clicked yes to restart the computer and update but when it restarted it stays on the gray screen with the apple logo and then pops up, stating "unable to find driver for this platform." What do I do?

Boot into Recovery by holding down the key combination command-R at the startup chime. Release the keys when you see a gray screen with a spinning dial.
Note: You need an always-on Ethernet or Wi-Fi connection to the Internet to use Recovery. It won’t work with USB or PPPoE modems, or with networks that require any kind of authentication other than a WPA or WPA2 Personal password.
When the Mac OS X Utilities screen appears, follow the prompts to reinstall the Mac OS. You don't need to erase the boot volume, and you won't need your backup unless something goes wrong. If your Mac didn’t ship with Lion, you’ll need the Apple ID and password you used to upgrade, so make a note of those before you begin.
Don't install the Thunderbolt update -- it's defective.

When I restart my computer instead of the gray screen that is supposed to appear before the login screen it shows a screen with a lot of letter

I upgrade my ssd for my macbook pro retina from the 256 to 480 GB but when I tunr it on or restarted the computer the gray screen that is suppost to apper dosent show insted a screen with lettler show before the login screen besides that the computer works fine.

I cannot decipher what is written on the images you have posted but they are reminiscent of what I have seen when a MBP is dealing with some totally incompatible software or perhaps in your case hardware.
How and or who installed the larger SSD and what manufacture is it. I suspect that is the problem.
Ciao.

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