IMac Freezing constantly
I have an iMac that was running slow and had random freeze issue, decided it's time to reformat and do a clean install, went with Snow Leopard. However, after the install, the freeze became too frequent, sometimes even within a minute after force restart.
Symtom: The freeze happens at random which means it will froze when in finder, in applications, or do nothing. Noticed there are line glitches too, black out screen. Mouse would move, but have to force shut down with the power button. The freeze can happens as fast as within a minute after restart, sometimes can run for 45 minutes...etc.
iMac 4.1
RAM 1.5GB
HD: 250GB - 190GB still available.
Graphic: ATI x1600
OS: 10.5 and 10.6.
Here is what I've tried:
- At first I thought it had something to do with Snow Leopard 10.6.8, and ATI, tried the KrzysiuTurek technique. https://discussions.apple.com/message/11300357#11300357
- Rolled back to 10.6.2.
- Downgrade to 10.5, and 10.5.8.
Read about resetting SMC or PRAM, doubt it's those.
- Did clean install, reformat.
I have two other iMacs that are the same model running on 10.5.8, it's slow but at least don't freeze. I think I am going to leave those two along.
There doesn't seem to be a definite fix, not even Apple. Any ideas?
Open Activity Monitor, Show:>All Processes, sort on CPU%, see if anything using too much CPU% when this happens, click on Memory tab, do you have many Pageouts?
Open Console in Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages when this happens.
Get Temperature Monitor to see if it's heat related...
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/12381/temperature-monitor
iStat Menus...
http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
And/or iStat Pro...
http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatpro/
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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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[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.odscan.default.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.scheduler.agent.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.avira.antivirus.systray.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.telemetry.agent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.avira.antivirus.update.default.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]
[failed] com.avira.antivirus.dbcleaner.plist [Click for support]
[failed] com.avira.antivirus.ipm.loader.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.avira.helper.watchdox.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
AdBlock
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
5% Console
3% WindowServer
2% Safari
1% fontd
0% avguard-ondemand-mgmt
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
378 MB savapi
326 MB avguard.bin
241 MB Safari
172 MB com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64
172 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
11.00 GB Free RAM
4.28 GB Active RAM
792 MB Inactive RAM
1.10 GB Wired RAM
527 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
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
Feb 13, 2015, 09:12:17 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Premiere Pro CS6_2015-02-13-091217_[redacted].crash
Feb 13, 2015, 09:09:26 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Premiere Pro CS6_2015-02-13-090926_[redacted].crash
Console log:
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
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated 19 Feb 2015 15:51:03 GMT+1
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
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)
USB Information: ℹ️
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
Firewire Information: ℹ️
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.
Thanks in advance -
IMac Freezing - No video glitch, but unresponsive
Good morning all,
In the past week or so, I've started to have problems with my iMac freezing. This has occurred while using iChat, playing World of Warcraft and while using Safari (not all at once).
In short, the video display seems to freeze. I can still hear audio (ie. the other person on iChat speaking), but everything else in non-responsive. The keyboard does not respond and I cannot ALT-Tab or open any other programs. My only recourse is to manually turn off the computer and try again.
It's usually a guaranteed failure when opening up Warcraft. About 4 seconds after the program has opened, the computer freezes.
I've searched the forums and have come across several threads that involve some sort of graphical glitch, from which I do not suffer. That being said, I thought a new thread might be appropriate.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,My iMac has been repeatedly freezing when I am working in Final Cut Express. It plays the sound but freezes the video. It has been a horrible experience to try to edit 'blind'!
I have vacuumed the air vents, installed smcFan Control (great to manual adjust fan speeds on all 3 internal fans), re-installed Snow Leopard & gone through copious hours as all the software updates each time I've re-installed, and I run the disc doctor program. It started happening around the time Steve Jobs said Apple would no longer use Flash. I thought it a Flash issue since it only has to do with the playback of video. Today I discovered that clips I downloaded yesterday were also freezing in my desktop Picasa. Meaning it's not Final Cut, or Picasa, and unlikely my video card as all videos streamed from the NET (on YouTube, etc) play fine, and in fact my videos that freeze on my iMac when uploaded to YouTube or Facebook play fine.
I am enormously and thoroughly frustrated, as you can imagine. I had 15 clips from the G20 Protest March yesterday and was not able to make an adequate video to upload out of them because the video keeps freezing, and losing synch with the audio - and every time you try to play it, it freezes in a different spot!!
Horrendous problem.
Today, then, following advice in this thread, I will try re-installing back an update or so on OSX - I'm using 10.6.4, and perhaps need to go backwards?
This is an awful problem and I am surprised Apple hasn't addressed it. Perhaps it only relates to computers a few years old?
A usually very happy iMac user who is very disgruntled these days...
Brenda -
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,
34firefighterI found out what was happening... I was running screen dimming software called 'Shades' which was messing up the colour profile allocation. I stopped this software running and I was able to recalibrate! I'm so pleased as I thought there was something wrong with my graphics card!
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