I received a memory warning on my 2010 MacBook pro. When I open up the about my mac box I see a lot of memory being conumed with "other".  However, when i go into finder and look whjat I have stored, i have difficulty in seeing what is eating up my comput

I have a 2010 MacBook pro with 500 Gig of memory.  Recently, i received a warning about running out of memory space.  When I open up my about my mac icon, I see that "other" is chewing up most of the memory.
1. When I open finder, I can't seem to see where/why my computer's memory is almost exhausted.
2. What is the best way to focus on where my memory is being consumed.
3. What is the safest way of deleting programs/files that are not needed.
4. In my mail account I see hundreds of messages for email, but they have an OLK designator, if I delete these, does that erase the same message from Microsofy outlook for Mac or is it a redundant file.  These messages do not consume much memory though.
5. I know there will be a new operating system available this summer, and I am trying to make sure that if I pursue it, I will have sufficient memory available.
many thanks,

there is an app called daisydisk on mac app store which will help you see exactly where the memory is focused and consumed try using that app and see which folders are using more memory

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    0xffffff813083beb0 : 0xffffff801da10448
    0xffffff813083bf00 : 0xffffff801da1961b
    0xffffff813083bf70 : 0xffffff801daa5b16
    0xffffff813083bfb0 : 0xffffff801daced53
          Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
             com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f9ee72 000->0xffffff7f9f174fff
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.2)[B1B77B26-7984-302F-BA8E-544DD3D75E73]@0xffff ff7f9e050000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.5)[86DDB71C-A73A-3EBE-AC44-0BC9A38B9A44]@0xff ffff7f9ee60000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.5)[803496D0-ADAD-3ADB-B071-8A0A197DA53D]@0 xffffff7f9edb8000
             com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(8.0)[9F3D09B5-3158-3D9E-BDA3-E71576AAD3B7]@0xffffff7f9 f175000->0xffffff7f9f497fff
                dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f9ee 72000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.2)[B1B77B26-7984-302F-BA8E-544DD3D75E73]@0xffff ff7f9e050000
             com.apple.GeForce(8.0)[2E56ED9A-D848-3795-9E52-56BABDC9000C]@0xffffff7f9f7ff000 ->0xffffff7f9f8c1fff
                dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f9ee 72000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.5)[86DDB71C-A73A-3EBE-AC44-0BC9A38B9A44]@0xff ffff7f9ee60000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.2)[B1B77B26-7984-302F-BA8E-544DD3D75E73]@0xffff ff7f9e050000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.5)[803496D0-ADAD-3ADB-B071-8A0A197DA53D]@0 xffffff7f9edb8000
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: PluginProcess
    Mac OS version:
    12C60
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.0: Sat Aug 25 00:48:52 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.18.24~1/RELEASE_X86_64
    Kernel UUID: 69A5853F-375A-3EF4-9247-478FD0247333
    Kernel slide:     0x000000001d800000
    Kernel text base: 0xffffff801da00000
    System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 4567640256295
    last loaded kext at 291508757115: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs          1.8 (addr 0xffffff7f9fbc1000, size 65536)
    last unloaded kext at 352521325148: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs          1.8 (addr 0xffffff7f9fbc1000, size 57344)
    loaded kexts:
    com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          1.8
    com.apple.filesystems.udf          2.3
    com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.0.9f33
    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60
    com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.10
    com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.12.69
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          122
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics          8.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.3.1f2
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
    com.apple.GeForce          8.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.3.1f2
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC          1.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet          3.2.5b3
    com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f33
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU          2.0.2d0
    com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          602.15.22
    com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.2.11
    com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl          3.2.11
    com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB          8.0.0
    com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor          3.0.2d6
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.33
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons          235.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader          3.1.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          320.15
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard          235.4
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.BootCache          34
    com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.5.1
    com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.2.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.2.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.4.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.6.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager          161.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          196.0.0
    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          4.0.39
    com.apple.security.quarantine          2
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          196.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.6
    com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          86.0.3
    com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.3.1f2
    com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.9fc10
    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.6
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.0.9f33
    com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController          1.0.2b1
    com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f33
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.3.1f2
    com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.3.1f2
    com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          500.15
    com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.2.11
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4
    com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal          8.0.0
    com.apple.NVDAResman          8.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.5
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.10d0
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.2.0d16
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.4d2
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.10d0
    com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.5.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          3.5.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch          235.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          5.2.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          5.2.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          5.2.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.5.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7
    com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.5.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.5.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          5.2.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.2.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          5.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.6.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.8.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
    com.apple.security.sandbox          220
    com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
    com.apple.driver.DiskImages          344
    com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.21
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.6
    com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.7.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
    com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0
    Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0F, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.8 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.58f16
    Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB
    Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 512 MB
    Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x0198, 0x393930353432382D3030352E4130324C4620
    Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x0198, 0x393930353432382D3030352E4130324C4620
    AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.81.22)
    Bluetooth: Version 4.0.9f33 10885, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
    Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
    Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
    Serial ATA Device: ST9500325ASG, 500.11 GB
    Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS23N, 7.99 GB
    USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424  (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 2
    USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, apple_vendor_id, 0x8403, 0xfa130000 / 5
    USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0237, 0xfa120000 / 4
    USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c  (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 3
    USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8218, 0xfa113000 / 6
    USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424  (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000 / 2
    USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 4
    USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8507, 0xfd110000 / 3

    Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
    It looks like your NVIDIA graphic is damaged. If you need your computer now, you can fix the computer downloading gfxCardStatus and selecting the option to use only the integrated graphic, so that kernel panic won't appear anymore. Note that you won't be able to use the NVIDIA graphic, so the graphic performance may be worse than with this graphic.
    Of course, that's a temporary fix, because you should take the computer to an Apple Store as soon as possible to get the Mac repaired. As the NVIDIA graphic is not soldered, the repair won't be expensive

  • Mid 2010 MacBook Pro 15" Blacks Out Without Warning

    Quick Summary of Problem: My MacBook Pro is currently shutting down without warning. It would be more accurate to say that the screen goes blank but the machine remains on as can be heard by the fan. Nothing resolves it without powering down and restarting. It has occurred when attached to a power source or via the battery.
    My machine specs: Mid 2010 MacBook Pro 15” with 500GB hard drive, 8GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics/nVidia GeForce GT 330M with 512MB, anti-glare 15” screen with max resolution 1680 x 1050). Running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 with 2013-001 Security Patch installed.
    I have AppleCare which commenced when I first bought the machine in July 2010.
    System Profiler says my battery condition is ‘Normal’. Cycle count: 610.
    Detailed Summary of Problem: Back in January, my MacBook Pro shut down several times without warning. Each time, I was creating selections on high resolution imagery in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
    Not long after, I saw the ‘MacBook Pro SMC Firmware Update 1.7’ relased on Feb 12 (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1633) and installed it via Software Update. By coincidence or not, my MBP behaved much better afterwards and the seemingly random blank screens requiring a restart disappeared.
    But then I installed the ‘Security Update 2013-001 (Snow Leopard)’(http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1642) via Software Update and that’s the only thing I can really remember changing to my system. Since then, the black-outs have reappeared. As before, I was usually using Photoshop and working with high resolution imagery. However, one time the machine blacked-out, I was simply doing a two-finger scroll on the built-in trackpad whilst in Chrome (Version 25.0.1364.172).
    The blackout has occurred twice now not being connected to power, and twice with it being connected to a wall socket. Needless to say, I lost work in Photoshop (even though I’ve begun to save more regularly) and now it feels like it’s a ticking time bomb and I don’t know when it’s going to go off.
    One thing I’ve found rather odd is that in the crash log, the kernal version doesn’t seem right for Snow Leopard:
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun  7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386
    System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
    The full crash log can be found at the bottom of this post.
    Fixes I’ve tried:
    1) Resetting the NV-RAM has done nothing. (was suggested
    2) I’ve tried reinstalling the ‘MacBook Pro SMC Firmware Update 1.7’ by downloading the manual installer from Apple, however it now says ‘Alert: This software is not supported on your system’ which in a way makes sense given I’d already applied the firmware update, but a more accurate message along the lines of ‘This firmware update has already been installed’ would be more reassuring.
    3) If all else fails, I could resort to copying over a backup I created with Carbon Copy Cloner, which was done before I reinstalled the 2013-001 Security Update for Snow Leopard. But that’s a bit of a headache too, because my documents I’ve updated since the backup will be out of sync. Another reason this isn’t a great solution is that I can’t take advantage of the 2013-001 security update, nor future ones.
    Any suggestions? There’s probably no good time for something like this to happen, but this is a particularly bad time – I’m currently beginning design and finished art freelancing and brushing up on some applications I haven’t used in years. Nor am I going to make an impression meeting with recruiters without my folio being presented from my MBP.
    I’ve already booked a Genius appointment 2.5 days from now, but all help and ideas greatly appreciated!
    Interval Since Last Panic Report:  1499814 sec
    Panics Since Last Report:          3
    Anonymous UUID:                    64BB09F4-C27C-4BA6-A3C4-EAF953593C01
    Sun Mar 17 21:18:55 2013
    panic(cpu 2 caller 0x83506c9b): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xc0000000 0xa691c000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4
    Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
    0x81ec2188 : 0x21b837 (0x5dd7fc 0x81ec21bc 0x223ce1 0x0)
    0x81ec21d8 : 0x83506c9b (0x8371c28c 0x8378c800 0x8372ae60 0x0)
    0x81ec2278 : 0x83621608 (0xe826c04 0xd8e9004 0x100 0x16043000)
    0x81ec22c8 : 0x83618601 (0xd8e9004 0x100 0x81ec22f8 0x834f6778)
    0x81ec22f8 : 0x83d3b9a6 (0xd8e9004 0x100 0x438004ee 0x1)
    0x81ec2438 : 0x836402b5 (0xd8e9004 0xd8eb004 0x0 0x0)
    0x81ec2478 : 0x8350fe7c (0xd8e9004 0xd8eb004 0x0 0x0)
    0x81ec2518 : 0x8350c55b (0x0 0x9 0x0 0x0)
    0x81ec26c8 : 0x8350e58f (0x0 0x600d600d 0x702b 0x81ec26f8)
    0x81ec2798 : 0x82b07eae (0xc1d00041 0xbfef0033 0xbfef0034 0x857c)
    0x81ec2808 : 0x82b17734 (0x1a699c00 0x1a106300 0x8 0x0)
    0x81ec2828 : 0x82b3c322 (0x1a106300 0xb 0x81ec2848 0x2345f4)
    0x81ec2858 : 0x82b3cb3d (0xe863000 0x0 0x81ec287c 0x0)
    0x81ec2888 : 0x82b1cd79 (0xe863000 0xa4837080 0x0 0x0)
    0x81ec28d8 : 0x82aded0c (0x6bbcb000 0x0 0x0 0x3)
    0x81ec2948 : 0x82ade40f (0x6bbcb000 0x0 0x2 0x3)
    0x81ec2978 : 0x82ad405f (0x6bbcb000 0x0 0x2 0x6be38000)
    0x81ec2ab8 : 0x82b0d5d8 (0x6be38000 0x1 0x81ec2bcc 0x81ec2bc8)
    0x81ec2b68 : 0x82acffe1 (0x6be38000 0x1 0x81ec2bcc 0x81ec2bc8)
    0x81ec2be8 : 0x56da06 (0x6be38000 0x0 0x81ec2e3c 0x81ec2c74)
    0x81ec2c38 : 0x56e2a5 (0x82b5e720 0x6be38000 0x160bc588 0x1)
    0x81ec2c88 : 0x56eb59 (0x6be38000 0x10 0x81ec2cd0 0x0)
    0x81ec2da8 : 0x286638 (0x6be38000 0x10 0x160bc588 0x1)
    0x81ec3e58 : 0x21dbe5 (0x160bc560 0x1b4155a0 0x1ecfa8 0x5d43)
    0x81ec3e98 : 0x210a86 (0x160bc500 0x0 0xe759570 0xea560e0)
    0x81ec3ef8 : 0x216f84 (0x160bc500 0x0 0x0 0x0)
    0x81ec3f78 : 0x295c57 (0xda5e288 0x0 0x0 0x0)
    0x81ec3fc8 : 0x2a256d (0xda5e284 0x0 0x10 0x18c5fa84)
          Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
             com.apple.GeForce(6.4.0)@0x82ac4000->0x82b7afff
                dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x834a0000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2.1)@0x82fd3000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.5)@0x7a802000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2.1)@0x8301b000
             com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(6.4.0)@0x83c05000->0x84019fff
                dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x834a0000
             com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x834a0000->0x8378dfff
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.5)@0x7a802000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2.1)@0x82fd3000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2.1)@0x8301b000
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
    Mac OS version:
    10K549
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun  7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386
    System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 27346403042381
    unloaded kexts:
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          4.2.0 (addr 0x7ab8a000, size 0x65536) - last unloaded 108333775323
    loaded kexts:
    com.vmware.kext.vmnet          3.1.2
    com.vmware.kext.vmioplug          3.1.2
    com.vmware.kext.vmci          3.1.2
    com.vmware.kext.vmx86          3.1.2
    virtualcdrw.driver          1.0
    com.AmbrosiaSW.AudioSupport          3.2
    at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch          2.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.3d0 - last loaded 44829748683
    com.apple.filesystems.autofs          2.1.0
    com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.12.31
    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.57
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.CHUDUtils          364
    com.apple.iokit.CHUDProf          364
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          1.2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.0.5f14
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics          6.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.0.5f14
    com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver          1.1.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.20
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB          6.4.0
    com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor          3.0.1d2
    com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet          3.0.5b8
    com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          2.10.6
    com.apple.GeForce          6.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43224          428.42.4
    com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          4.7.0a1
    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.5.1
    com.apple.kext.AppleSMCLMU          1.5.2d10
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons          201.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader          2.6.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          303.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard          201.6
    com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          2.6.8
    com.apple.BootCache          31.1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          4.2.4
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          1.6.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.7.3
    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.3.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          4.2.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager          160.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.3.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.3.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          142.6.0
    com.apple.security.sandbox          1
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    com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport          2.5.1
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    Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0C, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.66 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.58f17
    Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 512 MB
    Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB
    Memory Module: global_name
    AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.42.4)
    Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 12 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
    Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
    Serial ATA Device: ST9500420ASG, 465.76 GB
    Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
    USB Device: Hub, 0x0424  (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000 / 2
    USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.), 0x8507, 0xfd110000 / 4
    USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 3
    USB Device: Hub, 0x0424  (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 2
    USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.), 0x0236, 0xfa120000 / 5
    USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c  (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 4
    USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.), 0x8218, 0xfa113000 / 8
    USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.), 0x8403, 0xfa130000 / 3

    I am sorry. The page that came up has an AD for issues with a 13" MacBook Pro in the corner. I read the AD as if it were part of the article and assumed the whole page referred to the 13" model. My Mistake.
    However, the issue described by TS4088 is not a soldering problem. It is a Latent Defect -- a flaw built into certain batches of those chips from the day they were packaged and installed.
    If your Mac fails the VST test used to detect this Latent Defect, re-flowing the solder is likely to have NO EFFECT on its performance -- the solution is the remove the defective chip and replace with a good one.
    There certainly can be problems in these and other Macs where a re-flow would be beneficial. But I caution Readers not to generalize your solution to Macs that are known to fail VST. Re-flow alone will not solve the Latent Defect problem.

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