IMac Early 2011 - 10.6.7 update kills system

I've read similar threads, but here is my more specific issue, the 10.6.7 update complete screws up a brand new iMac running 10.6.6
Brand new 2011 21.5" 2.7Ghz iMac running 10.6.6 from the box, just opened and set-up for first time and ran software update chosing the 10.6.7 update and a couple of others which are suggested (Safari, iTunes etc).
Download updates, then after requesting a restart the system just hangs with the spinning beachball (doesn't restart, stays on desktop background forever).
Force power off and restart. System won't boot, hangs at the Apple logo screen. A safe boot again hangs at similar point (even waited 60 mins in one case just to make sure, but no disk activity can be heard), verbose boot shows the last successful item is: "[ffffff800c78300][AppleMultitouchDevice::start] entered" which isn't that helpful to me...
Boot to Install DVD (mouse and keyboard work fine), HD verifies ok, repaired permissions (only faults appear in Library > Updates), try to reboot, again still hangs. Tried every trick I know, but now going to attempt a reinstall from scratch, half a day wasted so far...
Very unimpressed that a recommended system update can brick a brand new Mac.
So is the 10.6.7 update officially faulty on these new iMacs, if I download the update package from here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1383 (specific to early 2011 iMac, rather than combo updater), will it still fail? I don't want to waste yet more time on re-installs, unless I can bill Apple my hourly rate

Actually in the first 3 months your Apple service is free. Call AppleCare.
>"[ffffff800c78300][AppleMultitouchDevice::start] entered"
A mouse or trackpad that is faulty could yield errors with that. It would be interesting to see if you can remove all but the Apple keyboard from the equation and it boot. If it does, then your input device is faulty, not the entire machine, or the update.
Some iMacs of that age got a graphics update, but not sure if it applies to you:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1389
No operating system update can kill a Mac. The Mac may already have something else marginal about it that needs fixing. Also is your data backed up?

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Why cant i install Mac os x snow leopard on my Imac early 2011

I have mac OS x mountain lion and I'm trying to downgrade to snow leopard by making a partition and trying to boot the install dvd that I just got but when I try to boot the install dvd by holding down (c) or doing it in the system preferences > start up disk the apple logo just appears can someone help

There is no Early 2011 iMac. There are Mids and Late. That's it. Mids came with 10.6.6 or 10.6.7. The Late requires 10.7. It's a convoluted process for the Mids, but you can install Snow Leopard on them.
How To Run Snow Leopard On A New Mac
This does not apply to new Mac Minis or MacBook Airs. When newer models are introduced that also require Lion for hardware support, the techniques described below will no longer work with the possible exception of using Parallels 7.
What has to be done:
1. Create a new partition on the hard drive.
2. Get a clone of a 10.6.8 Snow Leopard system. Put the cloned Snow Leopard
        system onto the new partition.
Step One: Create a new partition on the hard drive
To resize the drive and create a new partition do the following:
1. Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the
               COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart
               the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until
               the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the
               downward pointing arrow button.
          After the main menu appears select Disk Utility and click on the Continue button. Select the hard drive's main entry then click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
2. You should see the graphical sizing window showing the existing partitions. A portion may appear as a blue rectangle representing the used space on a partition.
3.           In the lower right corner of the sizing rectangle for each partition is a resizing gadget. Select it with the mouse and move the bottom of the rectangle upwards until you have reduced the existing partition enough to create the desired new volume's size. The space below the resized partition will appear gray. Click on the Apply button and wait until the process has completed. (Note: You can only make a partition smaller in order to create new free space.)
4.           Click on the [+] button below the sizing window to add a new partition in the gray space you freed up. Give the new volume a name, if you wish, then click on the Apply button. Wait until the process has completed.
You should now have a new volume on the drive.
It would be wise to have a backup of your current system as resizing is not necessarily free of risk for data loss. Your drive must have sufficient contiguous free space for this process to work.
Step Two: Obtain a clone of a Snow Leopard system:
You will need access to a Mac already running Snow Leopard. You will need a 16 GB USB flash drive or an external hard drive to which you can clone the Snow Leopard system from the Mac that has Snow Leopard installed. Alternatives are:
Option One:
Install a new Snow Leopard system onto a USB flash drive. Boot the Mac used for installing with the USB flash drive. Update the flash drive system to 10.6.8 using the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard. Verify that you can boot the Mac with the USB flash drive.
Take the USB flash drive to your new Mac and try booting from it. If it works then clone the system from the flash drive to the newly made partition:
          Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Check the box labeled Erase destination.
5. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination
      entry field.
6. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the new partition on the internal drive. Source means the USB
flash drive.
Option Two:
If you have a large enough external drive you can erase and use, then it would be easier to just clone the entire Snow Leopard system from the source Mac computer to the external drive.
          Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Check the box labeled Erase destination.
5. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination
      entry field.
6. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external drive. Source means the Snow Leopard Mac's
internal drive.
After cloning verify that it will boot the source Mac. If so then take the external drive to your new Mac boot with it. If all is well then restore the clone to the new partition on your new Mac:
          Restore the clone using Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Check the box labeled Erase destination.
5. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination
      entry field.
6. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the new partition on the internal drive. Source means the external drive.
You will need a retail copy of Snow Leopard. If you need to purchase Snow Leopard contact Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service. The price is $29.00 plus tax. You will receive physical media - DVD - by mail.

Macbook Pro 13" 2011 Core i5 Thunderbolt update KILLED my Macbook

I did the Thunderbolt software update, the bar went across and then it restarted but it stuck on white screen after the reboot, tried resetting PRAM and PMU no luck. Held down the option key but will not show any boot device selection screen either. Anyone have any ideas I can try? Im in a bad way without my Macbook for work.

You should post this in the MacBook Pro forum. MacBooks don't have Thunderbolt. https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro

My mac book pro is of early 2011 and i installed mountain lion and was searching for the airplay function but it is not there.

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Problem description: My iMac (early 2008) with OS 10.10.2 runs slow. I have run EtreCheck several times, and I am unable to move beyond Problem System Launch Agents (11 processes killed due to memory pressure) and Launch Daemons (12 processes killed

Problem description:
My iMac (early 2008) with OS 10.10.2 runs slow. I have run EtreCheck several times, and I am unable to move beyond Problem System Launch Agents (11 processes killed due to memory pressure) and Launch Daemons (12 processes killed).
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated April 14, 2015 at 9:50:48 AM EDT
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    iMac (24-inch, Early 2008) (Verified)
    iMac - model: iMac8,1
    1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
    4 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM1
            2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
    NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS - VRAM: 512 MB
        iMac 1920 x 1200
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.2 (14C1510) - Time since boot: 4 days 20:29:22
Disk Information: ℹ️
    Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 disk0 : (1 TB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Mac iBook HD (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (521.60 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
    Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
        Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
    Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Configuration files: ℹ️
    /etc/sysctl.conf - Exists
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [killed]    com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.Maps.pushdaemon.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.printtool.agent.plist
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    [killed]    com.apple.sbd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.scopedbookmarkagent.xpc.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist
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Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
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    [killed]    com.apple.ctkd.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.emond.aslmanager.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.ifdreader.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.nehelper.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.nesessionmanager.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.periodic-daily.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.periodic-weekly.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.softwareupdate_download_service.plist
    [killed]    com.apple.wdhelper.plist
    [killed]    org.cups.cupsd.plist
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    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist [Click for support]
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    [loaded]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.arubanetworks.via.NetworkMonitorLaunchd.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
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    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
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    Dropbox    Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
    Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2    Application Hidden (/Library/Printers/Canon/IJScanner/Utilities/Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2.app)
    Google Drive    Application (/Applications/Google Drive.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.1 [Click for support]
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]
    Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.1.0.24   - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
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3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Adobe Version Cue CS2 [Click for support]
    Flash Player [Click for support]
    Flip4Mac WMV [Click for support]
    VIA PrefPane [Click for support]
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         3%    WindowServer
         3%    Mail
         2%    com.apple.iCloudHelper
         1%    Creative Cloud
         1%    Google Chrome
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    129 MB    Google Chrome Helper
    112 MB    Mail
    69 MB    Google Drive
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
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    888 MB    Wired RAM
    27.01 GB    Page-ins
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When you see a beachball cursor or the slowness is especially bad, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
          SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
          View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above.
Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first.
Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

HT201343 I have an Early 2011 MacBook Pro from Early 2011 that is a 13-inch model... why won't it support airplay? why can't I get a software update to allow it to work?

I have an Early 2011 MacBook Pro from Early 2011 that is a 13-inch model... why won't it support airplay? why can't I get a software update to allow it to work?

About AirPlay and Airplay Mirroring
AirPlay Mirroring requires a second-generation Apple TV or later, and is supported on the following Mac models: iMac (Mid 2011 or newer), Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer), MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer), and MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer). For non-qualifying Macs you can try using Air Parrot.
Several Apple Articles Regarding AirPlay
Apple TV (2nd and 3rd gen)- How to use AirPlay Mirroring
How to set up and configure AirPort Express for AirPlay and iTunes
About AirPlay Mirroring in OS X Mountain Lion
iTunes 10- About playing music with AirPlay
Troubleshooting AirPlay and AirPlay Mirroring
Using AirPlay
Thanks to the $15 Beamer, AirPlay streaming is still possible on Macs that do not support Airplay and mirroring.
Another solution is the Air Parrot.

Friends, MacBook Pro 8,1 – Intel Core i5 – 2.23 GHz (early 2011) New MB Pro with OSX 10.6 – current on all updates. I successfully installed rEFit. I used Boot Camp to install Win 7. All was great. Then installed debian 6. Somehow after the debian i

MacBook Pro 8,1 – Intel Core i5 – 2.23 GHz (early 2011) New with OSX 10.6 – current on all updates.
I successfully installed rEFit. I used Boot Camp to install Win 7. All was great.
Then installed debian 6. Somehow after the debian install and restart (I know this sounds crazy) but I am now reduced to Win 7 only. rEFit is not present when rebooting nor is OSX or debian. Further, I am unable to force the install DVD to launch when rebooting, by holding C, D or F8. The Option key brings me to the grey screen with a padlock. I have attempted the root and local pw- no go. Restart holding D takes me to the windows boot manager. I have attempted several options within the Advanced Options; including – Repair Your computer, safe mode and “last known good config,” All of which did nothing.
I can see all my OSX files within win7. I tried to install the OSX within windows. Ya right, that did nothing..
I only desire to get back to OSX...
What are my options??

Yes, you royally hosed up your machine.
You should first try to get your files off, any way you can to a external drive.
Your going to need to hold c and boot from the disk that came with your computer and a couple of screens in under the menu is a option for Disk Utility.
Select your drive and Erase with Security Option Zero, format the drive HFS+ Journaled and when that's finished (about a hour or so) then quit and install OS X from the installer.
I hope this works, but I suspect it won't. Others have hosed their machines trying to use a Linux disk without proper partition formatting too.
Another option might be to use another Mac to c boot off the Snow Leopard disk and install OS X onto a external drive, take that to the problem Mac and try holding option and booting off of it to erase your internal drive.
You could replace the drive.
frederick s wrote:
The Option key brings me to the grey screen with a padlock.
Is this holding option while booting?
There was someone else around here who hosed their Mac with a Linux disk too. Try to find it.

Is there any way to use a late 2009 21.5 inch iMac as an external screen for an early 2011 MacBook Pro?

Hi there,
I'm trying to work out if there is any way that I can use my late 2009 21.5 inch iMac (running OS X 10.6.8; mindisplay port) as an external or second monitor when connected to my early 2011 13" MacBook Pro (OS X 10.6.8; thunderbolt).
From what I've read online, I gather that I cannot simply connect the two with a minidisplay port to thunderbolt cable, as the iMac does not support target display mode. I know I can 'share screens', but this doesn't give me much of an improvement on size compared to just using my MacBook.
Are there any other potential work arounds I might have missed? Any suggestions (or even conclusive answers to suggest I'm wasting my time by continuing to think about it!) would be much appreciated.
Many thanks!

Sorry but no, you are asking about Target Display Mode and the 2009/2010 21.5" iMacs did not support that, only the 27" iMacs did. You can read up on TDM in Apple's Target Display Mode: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

After EFI Firmware update 2.3, MBP Early 2011 will not boot. During restart it all went wrong please help!

Hello,
I've done an ample amount of Internet research to find an answer to this problem however nothing yet found is quite like this. I will start from the beginning.
I am traveling through Europe, and I normally live in California. When I arrived in Ireland my MBP early 2011 15 inch, began crashing constantly when I had several tabs open on Chrome and maybe one or two low CPU/Memory using applications, nothing the 8gb RAM &750gb hard drive can't normally handle. Thus I began trouble shooting. I ran disk utility once started up and repaired both disk and permissions. Still crashing. It didn't seem like it had anything to do with a kernel panic shut down, I never would receive the usual message indicating so. After that I did an SMC reset. It was still crashing. I then upgraded the OSX from 10.8 to 10.8.4 believing it could help. It did momentarily, but then crash again. (When it crashes screen goes black suddenly and upon pressing power button does a regular boot on my single partition). I decided attempting to repair using the Internet recovery option but it appeared my MBP had not yet have it installed, so I downloaded from Apple and began installing. Here I made a mistake, I unplugged the power source as it was restarting. When the gray screen and apple appeared, the loading bar shows up as it says it will when installing the update, but when the bar fully loads it crashes every time. I've tried starting in safe mode, which then loads but never goes further (I let it stand for two hours such as that and nothing). Then I decided to allow the MBP to fully charge overnight to give it time and charge. This morning the problem has stayed the same, even with power source plugged in. Please help I need this to work.
Thank you and please ask any questions!

Your constant crashing problem is probably some type of hardware fault which no update can fix. Doing the 10.8.4 update and then the firmware update just caused further problems. you need to take thr system to a apple store to be diagnosed and fixed if cost effective.

15 inch early 2011 Macbook Pro to Mid 2010 27 inch Imac Target Display Mode

Hi Guys
I have a early 2011 15" Macbook Pro with thunderpolt port aswell
as a Mid 2010 27" iMac with MiniDisplay port.
I am trying to use the iMac as a second screen for my Macbook.
Both has Mountain Lion on them.
I have both Thunderbolt to Thunderbolt aswell as miniDisplay to MiniDisplay
cables.
I can't get target display mode to work.
The thunderbolt cable doesn't work at all.
The MiniDisplay does seeem to work to an extend but not completeley.
When i plug in the MiniDisplayPort cable to both machines then
the Macbook pro screen becomes blue which means secondary monitor detected.
iMac screen becomes blank. Sometimes i have enough time to see in system preferences that
the Macbook pro actually has a secondary monitor.
But just as it turned blue on the Macbook pro and black on the iMac. It turns blue again
and the iMac returns to it's Desktop.
The exact same happens when i Press Command + F2 on iMac keyboard.
Any help or ideas?

I have a 13"macbook air and a Dec. 2012 iMac 27". Out of the blue it stopped working in Target Display Mode. Switching cables doesn't help, and the iMac and MBair are connect to power. I can see the iMac screen in Share Screen mode on the MB air.
This seems to be an issue, I have encountered eg. in MacRumours:
Jan 11, 2013, 10:17 AM
#5
martinm0
macrumors 6502
Join Date: Feb 2010
I have the same issue with my 2012 27" iMac (3.4, 680MX). When I initiate Target Display mode the iMac goes black and never comes back up. On the laptop I can see the display in Display Preferences, but its as if the backlight doesn't come on in TD mode. (I even did screen sharing into the laptop and can see both displays there.
Anyway, called Apple and they determined its an issue and I have to send in for a replacement.
Anyone else with a 2012 iMac (21.5 or 27), can you please test out Target Display mode and let us know if things are working or not?

Hard Drive Replacement iMac 27 i7 early 2011

Hello everyone, I just bought an iMac 27 early 2011 and would like to change the hard disk to a SSD but I read that you can not do!
Can you help me?

I agree with you, but I would still change the hard drive I with a non-Apple to spend less, you know you can?

Macbook Pro 8,1 (Early 2011 - 13") EFI update not supported

I've been scouring the web for an answer but can't seem to find a solution to this.
I need to do a hardware test on my MBP early 2011 - 13" as I've been facing boot issues with the prohibit icon (circle w/ slash) and graphics issues with applications being forced to the bottom half of my 2nd display. - When I try booting while pressing 'D' nothing happens and startup resumes normally.
I found that because I've upgrade the OS to Yosemite AND don't have the original boot disks or USB, my only option is to download the EFI firmware here: MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.7. When opening the package I get an error message that my system doesn't support it... (below)
Is there any other way that I'm able to do a hardware test to diagnose this problem? Any help would be amazing!!!

I finally determine the problem to be google drive! Thank God I didn't spend money on repairs!
I realized I had never checked the crash log on my mac. I searched the web for the error code I received and found someone with a similar problem who said uninstalling google drive fixed the problem.
In safe mode (which always worked fine) I tried to connect google drive (it hadn't done it automatically because of safe mode) and immediately received the lock up and 3 beeps. this is not listed in the normal startup items so didn't even remember I had it running.
anway I managed to get it disconncted and deleted it and so far I have been fine!
Since then I have done some searches and found several threads with people have the same problem with the latest update to google drive!
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/drive/NVy9cxgkL_g
So hopefully someone else who has this problem sees this and doesn't spend hundreds of dollars replacing their ram, logic board etc.

HT1338 Software Update is not finding latest release (April 3) of Java 2012 001 Update for Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 on iMac mid-2007 that downloaded automatically on iMac mid-2011

Software Update is not finding latest release (April 3) of Java 2012 001 Update on my iMac mid-2007, but it downloaded it automatically on my iMac mid-2011 yesterday. Both are running Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3. When I try to download the update manually from Apple on my older iMac, it downloads okay, but when I try to open the dmg file, I get a warning message saying that opening this update may make your computer LESS secure. Do you want to proceed? (I did not).
Why would Software Update find this update and install it automatically on one iMac and not the other, if they are both running the same version of Mac OS X Lion? I checked the installed software list on my old iMac and the Java update does not appear there. Why would this update make my old iMac less secure?

Recall that Java is not installed as part of Lion.
You have to install it (and are asked if you want to) when you first try to run some java stuff.
Is it possible that the iMac 2007 does not have Java yet?
Try this: open Terminal (from Utilities) and type java -version (exactly like that, with the space before the hyphen).
What do you get?
Consistent with this theory is that the dmg thing gave you the warning - installing java might make your machine less secure because java is a means for bad guys to try to do bad things to your computer.
charlie

After the last up date for Safari (Mac OS X 10.8.5 in a iMac mid 2011 21.5 inch 2.8GHz Intel Core i7) The window don't open or they are there and only in an outline, kind of like they're behind the screen. I have also done a system update and then a syst

After the last up date for Safari (Mac OS X 10.8.5 in a iMac mid 2011 21.5 inch 2.8GHz Intel Core i7)
The window don't open or they are there and only in an outline, kind of like they're behind the screen.
I have also done a system update and then a system reinstall.
What now? incident nr, 526941222.

After the last up date for Safari (Mac OS X 10.8.5 in a iMac mid 2011 21.5 inch 2.8GHz Intel Core i7)
The window don't open or they are there and only in an outline, kind of like they're behind the screen.
I have also done a system update and then a system reinstall.
What now? incident nr, 526941222.

My 13" early 2011 macbook pro is having trouble connecting back to internet after going to sleep. before updating to EFI 2.7 it was perfect now after updating its gone bad

My 13" early 2011 macbook pro is having trouble connecting back to internet after going to sleep. before updating to EFI 2.7 it was perfect now after updating its gone bad.

Same issue here too. I will try reinstalling the firmware update. This has happend to me twice. The only way to correct the issue was to reboot.
Thanks!

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