IMac Freezes...help
I have an iMac from just before summer 2006 release. My issue now is the screen is starting to freeze and never comes back. This has happened six times in the last month. I have 55GB of HD space avail.
Any ideas of how to fix aside from buying new iMac?
As initial troubleshooting, reset PRAM
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
and when it restarts to the Desktop, run Disk Utility (in Applications/Utilities/ ) and use +Repair Disk Permissions+. If that does not resolve your problem, reset SMC
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1543
which is basically disconnecting ALL cables and power, then reconnecting it following a precise procedure. When you connect the power cord, if you have been using a crowded or old power strip (surge suppressor), try connecting it directly to the wall outlet, at least initially. Power it up with nothing connected, except the power cord. Then, connect just your keyboard/mouse and use it that way for a while. If the problem does not recur, add back your peripheral (USB/FireWire) devices; do it slowly (not all at once), if possible. If the problem recurs, note which device was added last to see if it is causing the problem. It may be faulty or otherwise interfering with your iMac's operation.
If that does not help, or if the problem recurs even with just your keyboard/mouse connected, please post back.
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Brand new iMac freezes constantly! Updates aren't helping!
Hello everyone,
This past Sunday I bought a brand new iMac intel Core 2 Duo with a 250 GB HDD and 1 GB of RAM. At home I set it up with my SAMSUNG 1080p 22" monitor, Apple bluetooth Keyboard and mightymouse, and a Western Digital 350 GB HDD hooked up via USB. I was excited to finally jump on the intel-based Mac bandwagon, as well as experience dual monitors for the first time.
That was Sunday. Tuesday evening I was watching "Rome" on itunes on my Samsung monitor while surfing the web with Omniweb on the iMac monitor. All of sudden, everything locked up. I was able to move my cursor, but nothing responeded to my clicking. I hard booted the system and loaded everything I had going again, and sure enough, it locked up a few moments later. I ran system update, updated everything, then restarted. Time went by and although not immediatly, later that night it froze up on me again.
Fast forward to last nite, and the freezing reached and all time high. 5 times. Each time was when I had a browser open in my iMac window and I had Quicktime playing in my Samsung monitor. I was watching a sports program, with the player fit to the screen.
I have read many posts about intel iMacs freezing late last year, but there was a firmware update that evidently fixed that. I have this update installed, and I have had no luck. I have even contacted Apple Care via phone where I got instructed to unplug everything, plug it back in, start in safe mode, and delete cache. That didn't help me out at all. Am I right insuspecting I have a faulty Video card? I just ordered 4GB of RAM, could this be a RAM issue?When diagnostics are run on a freezing computer and nothing shows, I'll put the program into a testing loop because this means one of two things: the issue is heat related so running the diagnostics several more times will bring on the heat so that the issue shows up or the installed RAM is marginal, just flaky enough to show up now and again but not so far off that a run through of the memory test catches it on the first run.
As I said in my original post, memory is always a suspect in a freezing or kernel panicking computer. And it does tend to top my list. But from what you describe I'm not quite willing to say, "Why don't you just wait until the RAM upgrade arrives?" -
My Imac freezes 5 x a day at least... please help!!!
Hello,
I'm pulling my hair out because I use my Imac for all my work. Everyday I hold down the reset button *at least 5 times* because the Imac freezes.
-Updated all software
-Repaired disk permissions
-Bought another gig of ram
-Won't completely verify disk, says: *Error: underlying task reported failure on exit, 1HFS volume needs repair*
- Won't allow me to repair disk
What I don't get is that when things freeze, I hit force quit and they don't quit?!! I mean the little black arrow remains underneath the icon. Then I hit "restart" in menu and it won't restart, it just freezes. I thought that was the whole point of force quitting?
So after the screen just freezes blue with the black spinning icon, I have to hold the reset button. Sometimes I don't even get that far, I have to do it on the desktop.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! The guy at the computer store said good luck when I asked if anyone in town fixed Macs, lol!+Won't allow me to repair disk+
It is a different procedure from repairing permissions, which was not the problem, but which you did correctly perform. You can only repair disk using Disk Utility on another volume, not from the same volume, and the other volume must be the same version of OS X.
If you are still using Tiger 10.4.11, not Leopard or SL, boot from your grey-labeled Install Disc and after the first screen there will be a menu bar at the top that includes a Utilities menu from which you can choose Disk Utility. You will be able to try the Repair Disk button, and you should run it completely through at least twice to see if you can get it repaired.
Then quit and restart, don't continue further into the install process. Eject the Install Disc.
If your OS X is now Leopard or SL, make sure that you use the same disc that installed your current OS X.
Message was edited by: myhighway -
24" iMac freezing occasionally/Please Help
24" iMac freezing occasionally without allowing force quit. Sometimes when I attempt to restart it, when the computer comes back on it will freeze on a gray screen with a folder in the middle with a question mark on it. If I unplug all peripherals and the iMac power cord and let it sit for a while, it starts working again Sometimes I might get 4 days of use before it happens again. Then sometimes it might happen 2 or 3 times in a day. I've always heard the gray screen with foler with question mark was the mark of death for the hard drive. If this information is true, how am I able to get it to work occasionally with no porblems?
Thanks,
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20" imac freezes just as desktop loads. Disk verify OK. It runs in safemode. Any help?
My imac freezes as the desktop loads - dock icons don't respond. Safemode OK (ish) - disk verify checks out. Help
What do you see in : (note you may not have some of these folders)
Macintosh HD -> Library -> StartupItems?
Macintosh HD -> Library -> LaunchAgents?
Macintosh HD -> Library -> LaunchDaemons?
What do you see in
Macintosh HD -> Users -> Your Name -> Library -> StartupItems ?
Macintosh HD -> Users -> Your Name -> Library -> LaunchAgents ?
Macintosh HD -> Users -> Your Name -> Library -> LaunchDaemons ?
If you have multiple accounts on the computer; dose the issue happen with every account or just some accounts?
When booted into safe mode, if you go to Apple Menu, System Prefrences, Accounts, your account, login tab. What items do you see listed there? -
Slow iMac - Apple help is so crap
Me again
My iMac supposed to be reliable and fast. Well it is not.
I spend most of my time staring at colorful spinning ball even when performing basic tasks like logging in or opening Safari web page (35 MB broadband is a joke with my iMac performance).
Been on the phone to Apple (have purchased Apple care) and done restarting, reinstalling OS X, checking zillions of statuses, everything is fine, apart from the fact my iMac is very slow.
I have started recording on my video camera my iMac performance to show the great inventors from Apple how easy they took my £1700 and delivered crap. Can very bad performance of 20 months iMac can be explained? oh, and yes Apple Genius (yes Genius) informed me my iMac is old.........
Attaching history of problems........
If that was a PC i wouldnt be surprised
Ok. This one is tricky> to me.
Last two weeks my iMac (14 months old) with latest Leopard has started playing up - freezing, waking itself up, spinning ball for 6 minutes to open Safari etc etc etc). Eventually I ended up cold restarting it 5 times per day.
I have Mac Protection Plan so when I had enough I called Apple today. The first guy I spoke tried to convince me that it was normal behavior (SIC!!!), and when I disagreed to suggest I need to archive current system by holding C key and inserting installation DVDs. I have been asked to call again after installation finishes to be guided what to next.
So when I did the other guy was puzzled why I was asked to do this and came with an idea that my problems are due to Intego anti virus software I had installed as recommended when buying my iMac. This time I was advised to reinstall Leopard from beginning and wipe everything out. I was told to create a folder and move all my important files (iTunes, Iphoto etc) and back them up using Time Machine and restore after. Easy I thought. But after archiving the system my Time Machine says it cant be mounted as the back up volume cant be found and I dont know how to sort it and back up only a folder. Plus I fear to loose 300GB of files.
Sorry guys I bought iMac for simplicity, but to me its Chineese. I am about to throw my iMac through the window.
Any idea?
iMac 24inch 2.8GHZ Core 2 Duo Extreme Mac OS X (10.5.7)
Poikkeus
Posts: 762
Registered: 30-May-2002
Re: iMac stability issues - Mess
Posted: 20-Jun-2009 20:38 in response to: Radek
Aside from relying on Intego, the second Apple guy was probably on target with his suggestions. To fix your system, I'd ask you a few questions:
1. Did you Archive and Install? With a full install, you'd lose all of your data, but Archive and Install keeps your personal apps, etc would remain otherwise untouched.
2. Have you done any diagnostics, like Disk First Aid or Onyx? This helps some basic issues become they become problems.
3. What kind of external backup drive did you use with Time Machine? Did you restore before or after your attempted Archive and Install? How large is your external backup drive?
You may have answered one or two of these questions before, but the more we know, the better chance at success.
iMac (2.93gb) - MacBook (2.1gb) Mac OS X (10.5.7) iPod Touch- v.1 (32gb)
Radek
Posts: 21
Registered: 23-Jan-2005
Re: iMac stability issues - Mess
Posted: 20-Jun-2009 21:07 in response to: Poikkeus
Hey. thank you for taking time to help me.
Few answers , hope that helps
1. I have completed archive and install. When I click on Macinstosh HD icon I can see folder called: Previous System. However when I completed installing and logged in, my system was the same (folders and files unchanged).
2. Done Onyx and Disk First Aid, also trashed all Intego files and restart. Even worse. After 5 minutes iMac freezes and goes crazy. Bluetooth has gone from Hardware.
3.I use Time Capsule with TM. Time Capsule is 1TB.
Hope that helps
iMac 24inch 2.8GHZ Core 2 Duo Extreme Mac OS X (10.5.4)
Carolyn Samit
Posts: 15,109
From: Apple USA
Registered: 05-Aug-2005
Re: iMac stability issues - Mess
Posted: 21-Jun-2009 08:52 in response to: Radek
HI,
First, delete the anti virus software from your iMac.
Next, check the hard disk for errors.
Insert the installer disk and Restart, holding down the "C" key until grey Apple appears.
Go to Installer menu (Panther and earlier) or Utilities menu (Tiger and later) and launch Disk Utility.
Select your HDD (manufacturer ID) in the left panel.
Select First Aid in the Main panel.
(Check S.M.A.R.T Status of HDD at the bottom of right panel. It should say: Verified)
Click Repair Disk on the bottom right.
If DU reports disk does not need repairs quit DU and restart.
If DU reports errors Repair again and again until DU reports disk is repaired.
When you are finished with DU, from the Menu Bar, select Utilities/Startup Manager.
Select your start up disk and click Restart
While you have the Disk Utility app open, look at the bottom of the window. You will see Capacity and Available. Make sure the available disk space never falls below 10% of the total drive.
Get Cocktail and run maintenance.
"waking itself up" Try resetting the SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1543
Intel iMac 2.66GHz PBG4SDrive iBook4 10.4 Toshiba WinXP Airport Extreme Mac OS X (10.5.7) WirelessMM Airport Wacom Intuos Tablet iLife 09 DW and TTPro Epson Olympus
Radek
Posts: 21
Registered: 23-Jan-2005
Re: iMac stability issues - Mess
Posted: 21-Jun-2009 09:07 in response to: Carolyn Samit
Hi there.
I am afraid things gone worse since yesterday.
I managed to run Disk Utility and everything is fine, SMART is verified too.
At the moment my iMac is flashing grey screen at me. When is stop, it doesnt recognise my wired mouse.
The cursor is moving, but when I try to click on anything... nothing...just a bing sound.You might want to keep Activity Monitor open and when your Mac slows down look at that and see what process might be causing the slow down.
lenn -
Imac freezes during start-up. Seems to be caused by Airport issue.
My Imac freezes during startup. I have tried starting it in safe mode without any luck. After the initial start sequence when it gets to this point: Airport linkup en1, the computer starts writing the same line endlessly: com.apple.launch [1] (com.apple.mDNSRsponder [2710]): posix_spawnp (“/usr/sbin/mDNSResponder”,...): No such file or directory
I am not a technician and new to Macs too. I have tried almost everything in the supportfile about freeze issues. I am not able to start the Mac in safe mode. I have repaired the disk. I have tried reinstalling the software, but this fails too.
Did a couple of changes on the timecapsule before it happened (creating a network and new security settings and backup settings) and installed Photoshop Elements 9 and did a lot of file restructuring. Left the computer open and came back to a blue screen. Since then I have been unable to start.
My macbook works fine with the changes. I am stuck - what to try now?
I need my files and they are luckily on the timecapsule, but i am not able to open the imac-bundle file on the macbook, why?
Thanks for helping.did a lot of file restructuring.
In Finder>Go>enter /usr/sbin do you see mDNSResponder listed there?
Try Repairing Permissions for the Volume in Disk Utility (Note: may take a long time in 10.5.8) -
Problem description:
My iMac freezes every day few times when using Safari. I have to hard reset it by holding the power button.
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16 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 0/DIMM1
4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
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Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
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iMac 2560 x 1440
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EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Data (disk1s2) /Volumes/Data : 999.35 GB (291.53 GB free)
OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD disk0 : (240,06 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
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3% WindowServer
2% Safari
1% fontd
0% avguard-ondemand-mgmt
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326 MB avguard.bin
241 MB Safari
172 MB com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64
172 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
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4.28 GB Active RAM
792 MB Inactive RAM
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527 MB Page-ins
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Feb 15, 2015, 08:41:52 PM Self test - passed
Feb 13, 2015, 09:12:26 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Premiere Pro CS6_2015-02-13-091226_[redacted].hang
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15/02/15 20:36:03,558 syncdefaultsd[2719]: AOSKit ERROR: XPC CLIENT: Connection [0x7f9c61456170] event handler received event with type: [XPC_TYPE_ERROR]. Description: [Connection interrupted]
15/02/15 20:36:27,164 xpcproxy[2916]: assertion failed: 13F34: xpcproxy + 3438 [D559FC96-E6B1-363A-B850-C7AC9734F210]: 0x2
15/02/15 20:36:30,000 kernel[0]: process 2917 set trusted
15/02/15 20:36:30,000 kernel[0]: Change trust on
15/02/15 20:36:30,000 kernel[0]: process name mdworker (pid 2917)
15/02/15 20:37:34,000 kernel[0]: Change trust on
15/02/15 20:37:34,000 kernel[0]: process name �� ������9W������9W������9W������9W���� (pid 2859)
15/02/15 20:37:34,000 kernel[0]: revoking trust for process 2859
15/02/15 20:37:34,000 kernel[0]: Change trust on
15/02/15 20:37:34,000 kernel[0]: process name ��H ����p�IX����i�IX����b�IX������IX���� (pid 2917)
15/02/15 20:37:34,000 kernel[0]: revoking trust for process 2917
15/02/15 20:38:30,000 kernel[0]: process 2942 set trusted
15/02/15 20:38:30,000 kernel[0]: Change trust on
15/02/15 20:38:30,000 kernel[0]: process name mdworker (pid 2942)
15/02/15 20:38:45,000 kernel[0]: Change trust on
15/02/15 20:38:45,000 kernel[0]: process name (pid 2719)
15/02/15 20:38:45,000 kernel[0]: revoking trust for process 2719
15/02/15 20:39:30,000 kernel[0]: Change trust on
15/02/15 20:39:30,000 kernel[0]: process name �� �����MfX�����MfX�����MfX�����MfX���� (pid 2942)
15/02/15 20:39:30,000 kernel[0]: revoking trust for process 2942
15/02/15 20:40:35,000 kernel[0]: process 2969 set trusted
15/02/15 20:40:35,000 kernel[0]: Change trust on
15/02/15 20:40:35,000 kernel[0]: process name mdworker (pid 2969)
15/02/15 20:41:51,000 bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1424029311 0
Please help, this is frustrating... :-/So, same thing happens again..
iMac freezes when I browse web with Safari, here is new console log:
18/02/15 10:20:39,000 kernel[0]: vm_page_bootstrap: 3982970 free pages and 178566 wired pages
18/02/15 10:20:39,000 kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: 65FD562A-2322-3761-B241-0F6D07DCF30F
18/02/15 10:20:39,000 kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
18/02/15 10:20:39,000 kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleIntelPchS eriesAHCI/PRT1@1/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/IOB lockStorageDriver/OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/Macintosh HD@2
18/02/15 10:20:42,435 WindowServer[122]: Display 0x04272d40: GL mask 0x1; bounds (0, 0)[2560 x 1440], 39 modes available
Main, Active, on-line, enabled, built-in, boot, Vendor 610, Model 9cb5, S/N 0, Unit 0, Rotation 0
UUID 0x7eaceae36e58dbb8a1463bb9034010b9
18/02/15 10:20:42,441 WindowServer[122]: Display 0x04272d40: GL mask 0x1; bounds (0, 0)[2560 x 1440], 39 modes available
Main, Active, on-line, enabled, built-in, boot, Vendor 610, Model 9cb5, S/N 0, Unit 0, Rotation 0
UUID 0x7eaceae36e58dbb8a1463bb9034010b9
18/02/15 10:24:42,663 mds[60]: (Normal) Volume: volume:0x7f8d13871e00 ********** Bootstrapped Creating a default store:0 SpotLoc:(null) SpotVerLoc:(null) occlude:0 /Volumes/firmwaresyncd.VZaTlM
19/02/15 15:45:24,000 bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1424357124 0
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iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) (Technical Specifications)
iMac - model: iMac11,1
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
16 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 0/DIMM1
4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
ATI Radeon HD 4850 - VRAM: 512 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Time since boot: 0:5:29
Disk Information: ℹ️
WDC WD1001FALS-40U9B0 disk1 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Data (disk1s2) /Volumes/Data : 999.35 GB (291.53 GB free)
OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD disk0 : (240,06 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 239.71 GB (23.41 GB free)
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Razer Razer DeathAdder
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
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Stanton ScratchAmp 400mbit - 400mbit max
Configuration files: ℹ️
/etc/hosts - Count: 6
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Anywhere
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Applications/Parallels Desktop.app
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (10.1.1 28614 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.netbridge (10.1.1 28614 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.usbconnect (10.1.1 28614 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.vnic (10.1.1 28614 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]
/Applications/Proxifier.app
[not loaded] com.initex.proxifier.macosx.kext (2.11.2 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.caiaq.driver.NIUSBHardwareDriver (2.7.0 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.avira.kext.FileAccessControl (1.0.0d1 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
[loaded] com.delantis.kext.tcpblocknke (4.0.0 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.paragon.NTFS.notify.plist [Click for support]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.paragon.updater.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.delantis.tcbblockd.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.delantis.tcbblocknke_load_kext.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.delantis.TCPBlock.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.paragon.ntfs12.refresh.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.teamviewer.Helper.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.delantis.tcpblocknotify.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Plex Media Server Application (/Applications/Plex Media Server.app)
Espionage Application (/Applications/Espionage.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 [Click for support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Open in Internet Explorer
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Click for support]
Native Instruments USB Audio [Click for support]
Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X [Click for support]
TCPBlock [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
3% WindowServer
2% Safari
1% com.apple.WebKit.Networking
1% fontd
0% loginwindow
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
189 MB mds_stores
189 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
172 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
137 MB Safari
103 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
11.88 GB Free RAM
3.58 GB Active RAM
618 MB Inactive RAM
1.09 GB Wired RAM
549 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Feb 19, 2015, 03:45:24 PM Self test - passed
I have disabled Safari Extensions, and didn't succeed to remove Avira's kext file, but as I said, I have experienced this freezes before I had Avira.
I don't think that is the problem.
Can anyone help me and recommend what else should I do? This thing is quite annoying. My iMac is my workplace and constant freezes are frustrating.
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My iMac freezes up after the screensaver runs for a few minutes
My 30inch iMac freezes up after the screensave has been running for a few minutes. This happens about every other day. I leave my system running all the time. nothing will unfreeze things so I have to do a hard button reset. I am running all the latest system updates etc.
Reinstall Safari 5.0.6 for Leopard
Then restart your Mac, try Safari.
If it crashes again, third party plugins could still be at fault even though they do not show up in the report.
Follow the troubleshooting help here > Safari: Unsupported third-party add-ons may cause Safari to unexpectedly quit or have performance issues -
My imac freezes daily..running osx 10.9.4
my imac freezes daily..running osx 10.9.4
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. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Step 1
For this step, 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.
In the top right corner of the Console window, there's a search box labeled Filter. Initially the words "String Matching" are shown in that box. Enter "BOOT_TIME" (without the quotes.)
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Note the timestamps of the BOOT_TIME log messages, which refer to the times when the system was started. Now clear the search box and scroll back in the log to the last boot time when you had the problem. Select the messages logged before the boot, during the time something abnormal was happening. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
For example, if the system was unresponsive or was failing to shut down for three minutes before you forced a restart, post the messages timestamped within three minutes before the boot time, not after. Please include the BOOT_TIME message at the end of the log extract—not at the beginning.
If there are long runs of repeated messages, please post only one example of each. Don’t post many repetitions of the same message.
When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
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.
Step 2
In the Console window, select
DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION ▹ System Diagnostic Reports
(not Diagnostic and Usage Messages) from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
There is a disclosure triangle to the left of the list item. If the triangle is pointing to the right, click it so that it points down. You'll see a list of reports. A crash report has a name that begins with the name of the crashed process and ends in ".crash". A panic report has a name that begins with "Kernel" and ends in ".panic". A shutdown stall report has a name that ends in ".shutdownstall". Select the most recent of each, if any. The contents of the report will appear on the right. Use copy and paste to post the entire contents—the text, not a screenshot. It's possible that none of these reports exists.
I know the report is long, maybe several hundred lines. Please post all of it anyway.
If you don't see any reports listed, but you know there was a crash or panic, you may have chosen Diagnostic and Usage Messages from the log list. Choose DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION instead.
In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.)
Please don’t post other kinds of diagnostic report—they're very long and rarely helpful. -
My IMac freezes a lot does any one knows why
My IMac freezes a lot and the multicolor circle shows up. Doe any one knows why? and How I can fix it?
The spinning beach ball can be caused by many different issues. I would suggest carefully reading the Spinning Beach Ball of Death article to troubleshoot where your problem is. Also when posting on a forum please complete your profile, without any information about your computer it's extremely difficult to help you out. Please click Profile Update for instructions.
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My IMAC freezes just as I try to watch a video in FireFox
My IMAC freezes just as I try to watch a video in FireFox. and every time I must force restart to fix it...
I would appreciate if somebody help meHi,
Have a look here http://forums.adobe.com/message/4468493#TemporaryWorkaround -
My iMac freezes while working but more often when in stand by is.
my iMac freezes while working but more often when in stand by is.
Hi ervinfromgermany,
Welcome to the Support Communities! The article below will help you troubleshoot the issue you are having with your iMac:
OS X Mavericks: If your Mac runs slowly
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13895
OS X Mavericks: If an app freezes or quits unexpectedly
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13975
Cheers,
- Judy -
My iMac freezes while using safari. I have Mavericks installed
Several times my iMac freezes while using Safari. Only way to get out is to do a hard shut-down by holding the start button. Any ideas? Version of Maveriks is 10.9.2
MelHardware Information:
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2009)
iMac - model: iMac10,1
1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
ATI Radeon HD 4670 - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 1:31:41
Disk Information:
APPLE HDD HUA722010CLA330 disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (803.35 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Western Digital My Passport 0748 1 TB
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
disk1s2 (disk1s2) <not mounted>: 999.83 GB
Boot OS X (disk1s3) <not mounted>: 134.2 MB
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
LaCie d2 quadra (button) 800mbit - 800mbit max
disk2s1 (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 32 KB
LaCie (disk2s3) /Volumes/LaCie: 1 TB (19.21 GB free)
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
com.intego.netbarrier.kext.monitor (653)
com.intego.netbarrier.kext.process (653)
com.intego.netbarrier.kext.network (653)
com.intego.virusbarrier.kext.realtime (772)
net.kromtech.kext.AVKauth (2.3.6 - SDK 10.8)
net.kromtech.kext.Firewall (2.3.6 - SDK 10.8)
Launch Daemons:
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.commonservices.daemon.integod.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.commonservices.daemon.taskmanager.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.commonservices.icalserver.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.commonservices.metrics.kschecker.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.netbarrier.daemon.logger.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.netbarrier.daemon.monitor.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.netbarrier.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.netupdate.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.virusbarrier.daemon.emlparser.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.virusbarrier.daemon.logger.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.virusbarrier.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.virusbarrier.daemon.scanner.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[System] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.commonservices.integomenu.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.commonservices.taskmanager.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.commonservices.uninstaller.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.netbarrier.alert.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.netupdate.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.virusbarrier.alert.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.wacom.pentablet.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] ca.indev.MailTagsHelper.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
Garmin Lifetime Map Updater
iTunesHelper
TextExpander (3.1.1)
FaceTime
EvernoteHelper
Fantastical
Dropbox
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
EvernoteHelper
IntegoStatusItemHelper
Internet Plug-ins:
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link
WacomNetscape: Version: 1.1.0-4 3rd-Party support link
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.0 3rd-Party support link
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.0.0.126 - SDK 10.8 3rd-Party support link
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.4 3rd-Party support link
WacomSafari: Version: 1.1.0-4 3rd-Party support link
Silverlight: Version: 4.1.10329.0 3rd-Party support link
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
CANONiMAGEGATEWAYDL: Version: 3.2.0.1 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 3rd-Party support link
Safari Extensions:
1Password: Version: 3.9.20
Evernote Web Clipper: Version: 6.1
AdBlock: Version: 2.6.18
Open in Internet Explorer: Version: 1.0
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
RocketLifeCmp: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link
UploadManager: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link
WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
WebEx: Version: 1.0 3rd-Party support link
RocketEngine: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link
ContentManager: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
PenTablet 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link
Java 3rd-Party support link
MacFUSE 3rd-Party support link
Trusteer Endpoint Protection 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
/Users/[redacted]/Downloads
NoteBook-4: Version: 3.1.7 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
NoteBook-5: Version: 3.1.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
NoteBook-6: Version: 3.1.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
NoteBook-2: Version: 3.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
NoteBook: Version: 3.0.15 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
NoteBook-3: Version: 3.1.2 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
NoteBook-7: Version: 3.1.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
NoteBook-1: Version: 3.0.10 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Language Register: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app
Meeting Center: Version: 12.27.23.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/WebEx Folder/1124/Meeting Center.app
Solver: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app
NoteBook: Version: 3.1.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Family Tree Maker: Version: 19.2.4 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Garmin Lifetime Map Updater: Version: 2.2 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011
Microsoft PowerPoint: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Outlook: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Word: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Document Connection: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Network Recording Player: Version: 2.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/WebEx Folder/500/Network Recording Player.app
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office
Microsoft Graph: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Utility: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Office Reminders: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Upload Center: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
My Day: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
SyncServicesAgent: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Open XML for Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Alerts Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Chart Converter: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Clip Gallery: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Garmin Map Update: Version: 4.5.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Garmin/Garmin Map Update/tmp/Garmin Map Update.app
/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/WebEx Folder/1224
Cisco WebEx Meeting Center: Version: 11.24.32.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
asannotation2: Version: 8.25.31.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
atmsupload: Version: 4.14.29.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
convertpdf: Version: 1.2 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0
Microsoft Error Reporting: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 930.71 GB Disk used: 182.53 GB
Destinations:
LaCie [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 931.39 GB
Total number of backups: 90
Oldest backup: 2012-07-26 15:05:23 +0000
Last backup: 2014-04-06 18:34:11 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 931.39 GB > (Disk used 182.53 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
6% mds
3% AntiVirus
2% EtreCheck
2% WindowServer
0% ocspd
Top Processes by Memory:
270 MB Safari
229 MB AntiVirus
164 MB mds_stores
156 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
131 MB MacKeeper Helper
Virtual Memory Information:
3.53 GB Free RAM
2.76 GB Active RAM
950 MB Inactive RAM
802 MB Wired RAM
676 MB Page-ins
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IMac freezes with every other click
I am new to the community and hope to find help for a big problem.
I run OS Yosemite 10.10.1 on my 2010 iMac 2.93 i7 (upgraded to 12GB RAM a year ago).
For the past 5 days it gives me the colorful wheel of death almost with every second click. I cannot open a program or search a site or move a file without the iMac freezing up. Just writing these two sentences, it froze twice for about 45 seconds, which is the average, but it can take up to 2 min before the Mac responds again. I have not changed anything on my iMac knowingly in the past few weeks.
I closed every program I don't need, shut down dropbox, Google Chrome, and any program I can imagine slows down processing speed. I cleaned my desktop, made sure I have 20% space on the HD. Since I am always suspicious of the Microsoft Office programs, particularly Outlook, I logged in with a different user name that does not use these programs. Nothing helps. I used Magician, Disk Utility, Activity monitor to see if anything looks odd, but all seems normal.
I am not that Mac literate, so I just discovered the Console that seems to log error events. This is what the last 5 min look like; it tells me I had 4000 events logged yesterday. Is this normal?
Please if anyone can advise what to check, change or do to stop this nuisance that would be awesome.
Thank You!Basic guess:
Under utilities you have to run the disk doctor to see what is wrong with either your hard drive or backup drive - stop time machine first & check the backup drive first as that is the one that may be damaged.
Hopefully someone is online now who can post the details -
Another option is to take it in for repair to apple store or authorized apple dealer (if on warrantee of any kind) -
IMac freezes when syncing iPod touch
My iMac freezes (spinning beach ball) when I attempt to sync iPod Touch, using iTunes 10.5. Otherwise, iMac, iTunes, and iPod Touch work fine.
iPod Touch 3rd Gen., IOS 4.3
iMac 21", new in Dec. 2010
Snow LeopardOh another thing:
It does step 1 ok (backing up) but when it starts downloading apps (step 2) is the problem. The first few apps end up downloading but iTunes freezes like 5 times during the process... After a few apps comes the white screen and everything... Once the iPod is removed and iTunes it closed, the background comes back and everything goes back to normal. Nothing is erased from the iPod either.
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