IMac beeps after running and freezes up

I just had my iMac hard drive replaced due to some corruption found on it. I had it into the genius bar because of this same issue - beeping three beeps and then locking up requiring a manual shut down. Just got it back this week. Happened again after about 6 days. Running presentation software my system was purchased optimally to run. I am also dealing with that software company too.
I have had the memory tested - no known concerns. Just had the hard drive replaced. Now what?
Any thoughts would be good...
90 mile round trip visits to the genius bar are fun and all but...

I know you had the memory tested but this is almost certainly bad RAM.
Apple Hardware Test ought to give it a good workout. Run the extended tests. I have heard anecdotal stories about marginal RAM that will pass AHT though. I have had marginal memory that would pass AHT "sometimes". I replaced it.
There are other utilities that purport to test it more thoroughly.
From http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2341 (bold text mine)
If the computer detects no RAM (Random Access Memory) or the RAM installed does not meet the appropriate specifications, the screen will remain black but the power LED on the front of the computer will blink once per second to signal the error. This error condition may be due to physically damaged RAM, installing the incorrect type of RAM, or not having RAM installed.
Some RAM may appear to pass the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) but still cannot be used by the operating system. In this case, the computer will display a gray screen, sound three tones and blink the power LED on the front of the computer three times, pause, and repeat the blinking until the computer is turned off.
The solution to both of these situations is to first re-seat the memory and test the computer again. If the memory fails the POST test again, try memory that has been verified to work correctly on another system (i.e., "known-good") or order new memory from the Apple Store.

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We just got a new Sept 2013 iMac three days ago, purchased refurbished from the Apple Store online. The whole point of the purchase was to be able to use iMovie to thoroughly edit videos for our YouTube channel, use garage band, lots of internet surfing and video watching etc. We spent the extra dollars to get what we thought was the most improved version of the iMac with all the souped up specs in order to avoid any hassle and headaches from a lack of performance. Here's what we have:
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- In the middle of using iMovie (iMac came preinstalled with the newest one, i think its 10?), it will stop responding properly or will crash and close, we wont even have any other programs running.
- When opening Quicktime to record a new video, in the middle of a recording or while the recording window is idle, it will start glitching - flashing between live footage and a freeze frame repeatedly. The only way to stop it is to quit out Quicktime and open again and try to record quickly, or in some cases we have to completely restart the iMac, which then still randomly in the middle of a recording or idle window it will continue to flash and glitch. (You can view an example here in the last minute of one of our videos, we tried to make it work and kept the take since we were doing our outro music dance, but it totally ***** when this happens randomly during our content portion and we have to redo recording. http://youtu.be/MAJzaEShJGw?t=4m34s )
- When watching YouTube videos, the computer takes a while to respond to a command, like if we click on a certain part of the video, it will not load it until we press the pause/play button a few times and wait. Also at the beginning of a video it will start glitching and freezing again, similar to how we explained above in the quicktime, but faster.
If you are familiar with what could be the problem or have any advice, PLEASE HELP, we are concerned that after dropping so much money within just 3 days of use, this iMac is not performing flawlessly in the areas that we most needed and want to know if these issues are common and fixable or if its a defect that would require we send this thing back immediately. We did not get apple care and would hate to have wasted money that we really dont have on a glitchy crashing huge piece of junk.
Want to mention a few other pros and cons unrelated to our issues, for those who may be considering buying one too:
PROS:
- The Magic mouse is really great, particularly because of the scrolling and zooming gestures. (Though sometimes i accidentaly swipe in a browser and go back to a previous page losing any information that was input on the page i was originally on, for example, i had to retype this whole apple imac inquiry because i swiped backwards by mistake and the whole form cleared! annoying, wish the horizontal swipe navigated between tabs instead of going through the page view history.)
- When the imovie is not crashing, after watching some tutorials and making a few vids, its a really greatly improved program from the '09 version we used to use. I import and edit videos much faster now, and footage does not freeze or take time to load while im dragging and dropping, it is immediately responsive.
- Love using the Talk to text function (like Siri) by pressing "fn" twice. Use this to write long emails and papers with ease. Would like to see a "Speak" read back option that allows for text to be selected and read back (like Siri on iPad)
CONS:
- The text is SO small everywhere and there is no option to exactly set text size across the whole system, only option given is to set a different resolution which lessens the quality of the screen with pixelation, and some programs give you the option to set custom sized text in their individual preferences.
- Sometimes in both iMovie & Garageband, simple automated functionality will stop working, for example in iMove, when certain screens or images are dragged and dropped to the work area by the activity bar (i dont know what else to call it, the line that rolls across during playback or stays put when pressing spacebar) usually, that screen or image will click into place to align with the activity bar and will highlight the bar yellow to further communicate that alignment before you drop it, but after extended use in a session, that snapping into alignment when adding items stops working. Or sometimes you can drag and drop the ends of a title screen to adjust/trim the clip, but after extended time that too stops responding and does not let the cursor turn into that arrow that allows you to trim or extend, until after many frustrated clicks or a quit and restart.
- When sharing/exporting a video from iMovie, i would recommend unchecking the add to theatre option because it significantly extends the amount of time needed to complete the action and i found out the theatre is just like a video stream of your movies to be shared on icloud for easy access from your other devices (similar to the icloud photostream connected to iPhoto). It takes the time to make the video readily availabe in various sizes on the Mac server for easy access, which means it takes forever for your video to be exported to where you actually want it. This is not something we need and is not worth the wait time. (For example, last ime we left the theatre box checked, the progress status of the video was estimated to be completed in 351 minutes, and then 20 minutes later that somehow inclreased to 385 minutes, then duddenly it was done, so i think this add to theatre option also cause the progress status updates to go berzerk.)

Given the maximum RAM that model can use is 32GB, and the earlier release of that 27" mid-2013 iMac is nearly the same in most regards, you may note the listing of this slightly older iMac 27" is here in an Apple support document...
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1423#1
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You could take the computer to a certified Apple service facility (retail store, or specialist reseller) and pay them to do this, and buy the RAM from them, and you will pay for this at a retail level. If they do it, you'd want to be assured the computer did all the things you sought to cure by upgrading RAM, correctly without fault. Like run tests and stuff.... Or there's no reason to not go ahead (after confirming from Apple) that you could buy quality RAM and do this job yourself, citing the Apple page link I'd posted above.
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You'd have to obtain the correct RAM (as indicated in my earlier post, citing MacTracker) of suitable quality for use in a Macintosh computer, and the recommendation for a DIY is to get the kit from 'Other World Computing' OWC online at their site. You can talk to knowledgable sales staff at OWC about what you have and what you need, and to help they may ask for the product serial number.
This is OWC and they have the spec RAM required for your iMac 27" model; double-check info:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/iMac/2012_27/DDR3L
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With questions during the first three months, you can get 'support' under the initial 90-day span of ownership of the new (and certified) Apple refurbs bought online; the other part of that is 'service' for 1 year. Call a nearest retail Apple Store, to set a genius appointment; or go online, and start the process of reporting your issue, while you still have some kind of warranty on the device. They can diagnose the issues you cite and tell you if you can upgrade the RAM (as you likely can) then you can buy and install the RAM yourself and probably pay less than 1/2 the retail rate, if you get some from OWC. A diagnosis is free if the Genius looks into it, but you'd need to set an appointment & lug the iMac to their store; protected from weather/shock.
If you want to extend the complementary service to three years (less the included 90-days) and add two years of AppleCare service, that is an affordable option of about $170. For a total of three years coverage.
{If you had a 21.5-inch iMac the RAM would require a service department visit where they use a different method to install the RAM upgrade. Those are built differently than the 27-inch iMac.}
There is a bit of detailed important information in the Apple link on how to upgrade the iMac RAM. There is a certain amount of RAM installed already and these chips would likely be removed if you get matching sets of new RAM to upgrade the capacity. And no matter what some say, there is a reason why they can be upgraded with more. Even with Mavericks OS X 10.9.x and its 'memory compression' etc, it would gladly accept all the RAM upgrade chips it could swallow. (Behind metal screen, mid-bottom iMac 27")
You may need to consider questions about applications that use system resources separate from those about whatever issues your iMac seems to exhibit. There may be some other cause of the video and iMovie symptoms, but more RAM won't hurt given the beast you bought can use 32GB and it has 8.
And if it seems too much to handle, you have 14 days from date of
purchase to take it back. Contact them ahead of then, if you do.
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iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac12,2
1 3.1 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 0/DIMM1
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BANK 1/DIMM1
empty empty empty empty
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
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Video Information: ℹ️
AMD Radeon HD 6970M - VRAM: 1024 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 3 days 11:48:59
Disk Information: ℹ️
ST31000528AS disk0 : (1 TB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (511.48 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
HL-DT-STDVDRW GA32N
SAMSUNG MZ7TE512HMHP-00000 disk1 : (512,11 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
LaCie (disk1s1) /Volumes/LaCie : 409.69 GB (409.15 GB free)
LACIE SHARE (disk1s2) <not mounted> : 102.42 GB
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Line 6 GX
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
LaCie Rugged THB USB3
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Mac App Store and identified developers
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/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.line6.driver.xtaudio (7.3.6 - SDK 10.7) Support
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.cisco.cscotun (1.0) Support
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[running] com.cisco.anyconnect.vpnagentd.plist Support
[running] com.line6.l6ksettingmgr.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
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AirPort-basestasjonsagent Program (/System/Library/CoreServices/AirPort Base Station Agent.app)
witchdaemon Program (/Users/[redacted]/Library/PreferencePanes/Witch.prefPane/Contents/Resources/wi tchdaemon.app)
iTunesHelper ProgramHidden (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Dropbox Program (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
DVDAuthorizeHelper Program (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Helper/DVDAuthorizeHelper.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
DivX Web Player: Version: 3.2.3.1164 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.12 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.12 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
GarminGpsControl: Version: 4.0.4.0 Release - SDK 10.6 Support
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.4 - SDK 10.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 67 Check version
Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️
DVCPROHDAudio: Version: 1.3.2
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Java Support
Line6AudioMIDI Support
Perian Support
Witch Support
Yamaha Steinberg USB Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
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Destinations:
Data [Network]
Total size: 2 TB
Total number of backups: 110
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      5% WindowServer
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      0% sysmond
      0% coreaudiod
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292 MB Safari
266 MB Finder
249 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
198 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
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33 MB Free RAM
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3.68 GB Inactive RAM
1.19 GB Wired RAM
3.97 GB Page-ins
4 MB Page-outs

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IMac won't sleep and freezes on shutdown

My iMac has developed an annoying problem. Most nights, when I try to put the computer to sleep, it goes to sleep and the immediately wakes back up. I exit all programs running in the dock and try to sleep it again, but the same thing happens. I will then try to shut it down, but it freezes on the screen that shows the wheel with the lines (sorry for the bad description there). Any ideas?

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Mine follow;
USB devices and hubs often cause Macs to not sleep or wake quickly from sleep (notably HP printers and scanners, HP all in ones, and Cannon scanners). Disconnect all USB except for keyboard and mouse and try. If it sleeps, add one back at a time testing after each one to find the culprit.
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Check the printer queue!"
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I got 24" iMac running OS X 10.5 and Win 7. Last night I was running windows playing some game when screen gone totaly black for unknown reason and iMac froze.
After that booting to OSX it caused grey screen just after a couple of seconds when the desktop has showed. Booting from recovery CD causes the same at the point when you see "Loading Apple" thingie.
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They only way for me to get online and post this message is getting Win7 into a safe mode or VGA mode without NVIDIA driver loaded. Btw when booting win7 normaly it goes black screen after the desktop loaded.
My warranty period has expired month ago. And last time contacting support about the hard drive issue was a real trouble. Im in Ukraine, Odessa. And this guys are in Kyiv.
So what should I do?

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OS X seems to be working in safe mode and, I got crash report after booting in normal
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panic(cpu 1 caller 0x00C706A4): NVRM[0]: Read Error 0x00088004: BAR0 0xe2000000 0x66417000 0x092480a2 D0 P2/4
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0x5b5132a8 : 0x12b4c6 (0x45f91c 0x5b5132dc 0x13355c 0x0)
0x5b5132f8 : 0xc706a4 (0xea0e80 0xea0e80 0xe656d4 0x0)
0x5b513358 : 0xf29afd (0x7b11804 0x7b1c004 0x88004 0xae7f0300)
0x5b5133a8 : 0xebaa82 (0x7b1c004 0x88004 0xae7f0300 0xebaa4f)
0x5b5133c8 : 0xf42bb5 (0x7b1c004 0x7b4bc04 0x4 0xae7f0300)
0x5b513448 : 0xf545f4 (0x7b1c004 0x7b04204 0x1 0xa)
0x5b513488 : 0xd720ce (0x7b1c004 0x6ff9004 0x0 0x0)
0x5b5134c8 : 0xd50f72 (0x6ff9004 0x2ee00 0x3 0x0)
0x5b513548 : 0xd50cfd (0x7b1c004 0x7d95a04 0x4 0x1)
0x5b513588 : 0xd39878 (0x7b1c004 0x7d95a04 0x0 0xafc8)
0x5b513678 : 0xd347a2 (0x7b1c004 0x7d93004 0x0 0x0)
0x5b5136b8 : 0xdce900 (0x7b1c004 0x7d93004 0x0 0x2)
0x5b5137d8 : 0xd531ee (0x7b1c004 0xc1d00021 0x1008000 0x20000107)
0x5b5138e8 : 0xcf6a29 (0x7b1c004 0x0 0xc1d00021 0x1008000)
0x5b513928 : 0xcf676d (0xc1d00021 0x1008000 0x20000107 0x736ac24)
0x5b513978 : 0xc7e6b9 (0xc1d00021 0x1008000 0x20000107 0x5b513c08)
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Well this is my story bought my new imac Jan 2011 - Snow leopard 10.6.4 installed - worked fine problems started after upgrades to 10.6.5 and 10.6.6 - wifi probs initially then a tendency to crash to black screen about twice a day - just a little click noise then nothing often when surfing.... anyway endured this prob and thought upgrading to Lion might fix it...
After installing Lion my new imac ran for 2 mins max before crashing to black screen - I went online and tried all 'known' fixes (no help) - I am now back to 10.6.4 and have had a trouble free day ....been using macs since 1993 and never recall a prob as bad as this - still have a Blueberry imac running OSX beta (lol changed the clock) and Emac running 10.2

Also as a general rule of thumb NEVER NEVER EVER EVER upgrade a computer that isn't 100% stable at the time of the upgrade. When you do you are NOT fixing a problem you are making the problem much more difficult to troubleshoot and fix. You may benefit by reading Understanding upgrade nightmares, this should help explain and possibly shed some light on your problems. My iMac has successfully upgraded over many many updates including major OS X upgrades from Tiger to Leopard to Snow Leopard and now Lion. In each case the migration was simple and the computer remains as reliable as it did when it was new. This is primarily because the computer was stable on each upgrade.
My recommendation would be to start all over again with the base version of OS X that was installed on your system. Do an erase and install and only upgrade to the next version of OS X when the system is 100% stable. WZZ wrote a good guide on the process he does when he upgrades, I do something very similar and as explained each update has been very smooth. Please read his Update Process.

Three beeps after closing and opening lid.

Hi everybody.
I have a MBP 13", late 2011. I installed 8 GB and 2 months later, I started to listen to 3 beeps and those happens when I close the lid and leave some hours closed and then I open it. I read in some foruns that it might be a software problem and not a dying HD.
I performed a memory test with memtest software and both banks look fine.
I also read that I should disable the option that turns off the HD.
When I open the lid I have to push Turn On buttom and it beeps. Then I push 5 sec to shut down the computer and when I turn it on, I see one bar being filled, meaning the computer hibernated.
After all of it, it still beeps. I think, but I'm not sure, that it only happens when I lock the computer and close the lid. I didn't try to leave with open session for hours.
I also run sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0 then 3, then 7 and last 25 and the beeps come over again. Now it is hibernatemode 3.
Is there any fix for that? Ah, I started in safety mode, with no good results.
Thanks
Sérgio

I'd like to add that this situation happens when I lock my account and close the lid. If I don't lock it, this problem does not happen.
Here is my configuration:
pmset -g custom
Battery Power:
lidwake              1
standbydelay         3600
standby              1
ttyskeepawake        1
hibernatemode        3
hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
displaysleep         2
sleep                10
acwake               0
halfdim              1
sms                  1
lessbright           1
disksleep            10
AC Power:
lidwake              1
standbydelay         3600
standby              0
ttyskeepawake        1
hibernatemode        3
hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
womp                 1
displaysleep         10
networkoversleep     1
sleep                10
acwake               0
halfdim              1
sms                  1
disksleep            10
Thanks!

20" Imac has white screen and freezes at start-up

my 20" imac will not start....help...All I get is a white screen and tone at start-up then it stays white. I tried hooking up a bootable firewire drive and pressing the alt/option key at start up nothing. I also tried the command/option/p/r at start up, it will reboot to the same screen. I also tried running the hardware diagnostics at start-up...no response. Computer was purchased on Nov .4 2007, warrenty just expired.
Help......Please....

I had the exact same problem today. My iMac 20" (iMac 8,1) would't boot any more, staying stuck on a white screen immediately after the normal start-up chime. Nothing worked (no safe mode, no DVD boot, no disk selection icon when starting with alt pressed, no Apple hardware test, no parameter RAM reset, power management chip reset had no effect, no verbose mode, not even open firmware).
I browsed the forums, but what I found didn't help, so I was about to stop trying and have it fixed by Apple. But my son told me he had noticed that after "a long time" (he's 4...), a folder with a flashing ? would appear. I figured that wouldn't happen in case of a severe hardware failure, so I tried one last thing: I hooked up an old PowerBook in target disk mode via Firewire and restarted the iMac. I tried several times (with and without alt pressed), but nothing happened (when pressing alt, a functional mouse pointer would appear, though).
Then I restarted a last time and left the iMac sit there on its white screen for about 20 minutes... and that's when the miracle happened: it finally booted off the target-disk mode PowerBook's system!
I ran Disk Utility, which saw the iMac internal HD as disk2s0 (or something like that), and launched the disk repair process. After about three error-ridden verify-repair cycles, the green ok message finally appeared and the volume mounted as if nothing had happened. I rebooted off the internal disk without a glitch, and I still have to find damaged or lost files.
I guess I was lucky that my HD problem was benign enough to be cured by Disk Utility. But even if that had not been the case, at least I'd have known that the HD failed, and maybe I could have saved some files using recovery software. Whatever the case, if you've got an external bootable drive, it's definitely worth trying before handing your iMac over for (usually horribly expensive) repairs.
Good luck!

IMac unsuable after Quicktime and Itunes 8 update

Hi everyone,
Yesterday, I came home, ran a software update and saw that Quicktime was available. I decided to install it and when it asked me to restart, I clicked on "Not Now". Later while reading some news site, I saw that iTunes 8 was available so I did a software update in iTunes. At this point, the software application asked to install 2 items "Quicktime" - which I had already installed, and iTunes 8.
Everything installed and I rebooted.
Once I rebooted, I couldn't open finder, my toolbar was frozen, when I click on the Dock the applications don't start. I can use spotlight but nothing opens.
I rebooted in safe mode. It worked fine for a while then started doing the same thing.
I unplugged everything but the mouse and keyboard and rebooted. It got to the login screen but once I login, it freezes on the splash screen and I never reach my desktop.
I tried resetting my pRam and I get the same thing. I can login but then I'm stuck on the splash screen.
Any ideas?

Hello mind:
An archive and install will install a fresh copy of OS X while retaining your files, programs and settings.
From your description, your current OS X is clobbered. You could play around and try a bunch of things, but an archive and install is (IMHO) the best way to get back to normal. You would then run software update to bring things to current levels (without interrupting it). A&I also creats a very large +"previous system"+ folder that is sort of a +"safety net."+ While it is not bootable, it contains all of your programs and files before the process starts. You can delete this file after things are running well (I suggest about three weeks).
barry

Unable to boot computer iMac intel after downloading and installing latest iPad software

I downloaded and installed the latest iPad software and my iMac will now not boot up. The iMac was getting a little slow just prior. Is one year old and this is the first problem. I have put the system DVD in and rolled back a couple weeks. Still no start up.

Imayit55 wrote:
Sorry. I downloaded the latest iPad update through iTunes using my iMac. Then synced the iPad to update the iPad. Updated iPad is fine. iMac will now not boot up. I put the iMac osx install dvd disk in and used it to rollback two weeks. No help. I am now running the disk verify program from the osx install DVD
There is no rollback feature on the OSX disc (which version of OSX is this, Leopard, Snow Leopard?) so I am unable to understand this unless you are referring to a restore from Time Machine, is this what you did?

IMac - spinning beach ball and freezing problems

I've had my white-screen Intel processor iMac for almost two years and its run incredibly well up until the last couple of weeks. Now whenever I switch applications, click on menus, play videos, etc the spinning beach ball appears on the screen for up to two minutes at a time. In some cases it gets so bad the computer needs to have a hard shut down.
This seems to happen in every application so its not only occurring when I'm doing certain tasks. When the beach ball appears it even pauses a song if its playing in iTunes.
I've already done a Command-S boot and also tried disk utility and both are telling me there aren't any hard drive problems.
Is anyone else having this kind of trouble? thanks

I'm having the same problem, but on my MacBook Pro... just started today. I'm even having a hard time filling out this web form.
I've run the UNIX maint scripts, repaired permissions, rebooted, everything simple... plenty of free ram, plenty of free HD space (53GB), no CPU usage (2-5% background stuff), no network traffic... just trying to use my Intel MacBook Pro...
Help!?

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