IMac (Intel) Crashes

My IMac (Intel) crashes when I am playing zanga games  on facebook. Last time took me 9 times of rebooting to get it going.  Anyone else having this problem. I am running 10.4 Tiger.

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    0x1c87bb78 : 0x14141d (0x3bd178 0x3bc050 0x164730 0x3)
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    0x1c87bc28 : 0x11ce5c (0x4c 0x0 0x1c87bd18 0x22e02a)
    0x1c87bc68 : 0x12b556 (0x1c87bcb8 0x18 0x1c87bc8c 0x13f5b8)
    0x1c87bc98 : 0x1492dc (0x1c87bcb8 0x18 0x0 0x3debdd0)
    0x1c87bcd8 : 0x11ffda (0x3debdd0 0x3debdd0 0x1c87bd18 0x120df0)
    0x1c87bcf8 : 0x120f57 (0x3debdd0 0x3220e00 0x1c87bd58 0x3e2c068)
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    Darwin Kernel Version 8.7.1: Wed Jun 7 16:19:56 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.9.72.obj~2/RELEASE_I386
    Model: iMac4,1, BootROM IM41.0055.B03, 2 processors, Intel Core Duo, 2 GHz, 1.5 GB
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    AirPort: spairportwireless_card_type_airportextreme (0x14E4, 0x89), 103.2 (3.120.28.3)
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    Network Service: Built-in Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
    Network Service: Parallels Host-Guest Adapter, Ethernet, en2
    Serial ATA Device: WDC WD2500JS-40NGB2, 232.89 GB
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  • My iMac keeps crashing and I have no idea why

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    Hardware Overview:
      Model Name:          iMac
      Model Identifier:          iMac9,1
      Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
      Processor Speed:          2.93 GHz
      Number of Processors:          1
      Total Number of Cores:          2
      L2 Cache:          6 MB
      Memory:          8 GB
      Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz
      Boot ROM Version:          IM91.008D.B08
      SMC Version (system):          1.45f0
      Serial Number (system):          VM******0TM
      Software  OS X 10.9 (13A603)
    Error report as follows:
    Anonymous UUID:       954FEFB3-53EC-843A-0739-711F6D804866
    Sun Nov 24 16:20:47 2013
    panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff801dadc19e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f9fdceef1, type 14=page fault, registers:
    CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffff7f9fdceef1, CR3: 0x00000000012fe000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
    RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0x0000000000000006, RCX: 0x0000000003000000, RDX: 0xffffff8034a5d960
    RSP: 0xffffff810e0a3740, RBP: 0xffffff810e0a37a0, RSI: 0xffffff81004a1068, RDI: 0xffffff8034a5d960
    R8:  0xffffff801e0d2b30, R9:  0xffffff81004a1068, R10: 0xffffff810e0a34b0, R11: 0x0000000000000206
    R12: 0x0000000000000020, R13: 0xffffff810e0a3ab4, R14: 0xffffff8030a0ba08, R15: 0x0000000000000001
    RFL: 0x0000000000010282, RIP: 0xffffff7f9fdceef1, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010
    Fault CR2: 0xffffff7f9fdceef1, Error code: 0x0000000000000010, Fault CPU: 0x0
    Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
    0xffffff810e0a33d0 : 0xffffff801da22f69
    0xffffff810e0a3450 : 0xffffff801dadc19e
    0xffffff810e0a3620 : 0xffffff801daf3606
    0xffffff810e0a3640 : 0xffffff7f9fdceef1
    0xffffff810e0a37a0 : 0xffffff7f9fdcfda2
    0xffffff810e0a39b0 : 0xffffff7f9fde0077
    0xffffff810e0a3a30 : 0xffffff801ddb3671
    0xffffff810e0a3a90 : 0xffffff801dbdf80d
    0xffffff810e0a3ae0 : 0xffffff801dbf4360
    0xffffff810e0a3b80 : 0xffffff801dbe5f15
    0xffffff810e0a3c30 : 0xffffff801dbe67d2
    0xffffff810e0a3f50 : 0xffffff801de3de23
    0xffffff810e0a3fb0 : 0xffffff801daf3e06
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mds_stores
    Mac OS version:
    13A603
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 13.0.0: Thu Sep 19 22:22:27 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2422.1.72~6/RELEASE_X86_64
    Kernel UUID: 1D9369E3-D0A5-31B6-8D16-BFFBBB390393
    Kernel slide:     0x000000001d800000
    Kernel text base: 0xffffff801da00000
    System model name: iMac9,1 (Mac-F2218FA9)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 705898990026
    last loaded kext at 511933163642: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          2.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f9e370000, size 335872)
    last unloaded kext at 705842715414: com.trendmicro.kext.filehook          1.5.0 (addr 0xffffff7f9fdce000, size 98304)
    loaded kexts:
    com.trendmicro.kext.KERedirect          1.0.0
    com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5          5.1.1
    com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore          5.1.1
    com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          2.0.0
    com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs          1.9
    com.apple.filesystems.cddafs          2.6.0
    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60
    com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch          80.14
    com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
    com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.14.11
    com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver          1.0.2d2
    com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.2.0f6
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver          2.5.2fc2
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          124
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.5.2fc2
    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess          1
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothUSBDFU          4.2.0f6
    com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport          4.2.0f6
    com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.5.2fc2
    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.7.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl          3.4.12
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight          170.3.5
    com.apple.GeForceTesla          8.1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.13
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.1.12
    com.apple.nvidia.NVDAStartup          8.1.8
    com.apple.driver.iPodSBCDriver          1.7.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          325.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver          3.0.1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.BootCache          35
    com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.6.0
    com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.4.0
    com.apple.nvenet          2.0.21
    com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.9
    com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          700.20.22
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          650.4.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          650.4.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.9.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI          650.4.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          216.0.0
    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          153
    com.apple.security.quarantine          3
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          216.0.0
    com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver          4.2.0f6
    com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver          245.13
    com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl          3.4.12
    com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.7
    com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.5.2fc2
    com.apple.vecLib.kext          1.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.9.4fc11
    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.14
    com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          91
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.2.0f6
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport          4.2.0f6
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.5.2fc2
    com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.5.2fc2
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.6d1
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.12d1
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.5.1d27
    com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.4.12
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4
    com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla          8.1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.11d1
    com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla          8.1.8
    com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.6
    com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.6
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          3.6.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard          170.15
    com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard          170.15
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          650.4.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          650.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          650.4.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.6.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7
    com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.6.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSBP2          4.2.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.6.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.6.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5
    com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          600.34
    com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          650.4.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          2.0
    com.apple.driver.NVSMU          2.2.9
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          2.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.6.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          650.4.4
    com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          2.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
    com.apple.security.sandbox          278.10
    com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
    com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          2
    com.apple.driver.DiskImages          371.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.9
    com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily          21
    com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore          28.30
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          2.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.8
    com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
    com.apple.kec.pthread          1
    com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0
    Model: iMac9,1, BootROM IM91.008D.B08, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.93 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.45f0
    Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 130, NVIDIA GeForce GT 130, PCIe, 512 MB
    Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x8783, 0x53524433344731333333534D414300000000
    Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x8783, 0x53524433344731333333534D414300000000
    AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8E), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
    Bluetooth: Version 4.2.0f6 12982, 3 services, 23 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
    Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
    Serial ATA Device: ST31000342ASQ, 1 TB
    Serial ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5670S, 295 MB
    USB Device: Built-in iSight
    USB Device: Keyboard Hub
    USB Device: Apple Keyboard
    USB Device: IR Receiver
    USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub
    USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Thunderbolt Bus:
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    For the reasons given above, App Store products, and other applications recognized by Gatekeeper as signed, are safer than others, but they can't be considered absolutely safe. "Sandboxed" applications may prompt for access to private data, such as your contacts, or for access to the network. Think before granting that access. OS X security is based on user input. Never click through any request for authorization without thinking.
    4. Starting with OS X 10.8.3, a third layer of protection has been added: a "Malware Removal Tool" (MRT). MRT runs automatically in the background when you update the OS. It checks for, and removes, malware that may have evaded the other protections via a Java exploit (see below.) MRT also runs when you install or update the Apple-supplied Java runtime (but not the Oracle runtime.) Like XProtect, MRT is effective against known threats, but not against unknown ones. It notifies you if it finds malware, but otherwise there's no user interface to MRT.
    5. The built-in security features of OS X reduce the risk of malware attack, but they're not absolute protection. The first and best line of defense is always going to be your own intelligence. With the possible exception of Java exploits, all known malware circulating on the Internet that affects a fully-updated installation of OS X 10.6 or later takes the form of so-called "trojan horses," which can only have an effect if the victim is duped into running them. The threat therefore amounts to a battle of wits between you and the malware attacker. If you're smarter than he thinks you are, you'll win.
    That means, in practice, that you never use software that comes from an untrustworthy source, or that does something inherently untrustworthy. How do you know what is trustworthy?
    Any website that prompts you to install a “codec,” “plug-in,” "player," "extractor," or “certificate” that comes from that same site, or an unknown one, is untrustworthy.
    A web operator who tells you that you have a “virus,” or that anything else is wrong with your computer, or that you have won a prize in a contest you never entered, is trying to commit a crime with you as the victim. (Some reputable websites did legitimately warn visitors who were infected with the "DNSChanger" malware. That exception to this rule no longer applies.)
    Pirated copies or "cracks" of commercial software, no matter where they come from, are unsafe.
    Software of any kind downloaded from a BitTorrent or from a Usenet binary newsgroup is unsafe.
    Software that purports to help you do something that's illegal or that infringes copyright, such as saving streamed audio or video for reuse without permission, is unsafe. All YouTube "downloaders" are in this category, though not all are necessarily harmful.
    Software with a corporate brand, such as Adobe Flash Player, must be downloaded directly from the developer’s website. If it comes from any other source, it's unsafe.
    Even signed applications, no matter what the source, should not be trusted if they do something unexpected, such as asking for permission to access your contacts, your location, or the Internet for no obvious reason.
    6. Java on the Web (not to be confused with JavaScript, to which it's not related, despite the similarity of the names) is a weak point in the security of any system. Java is, among other things, a platform for running complex applications in a web page, on the client. That was always a bad idea, and Java's developers have proven themselves incapable of implementing it without also creating a portal for malware to enter. Past Java exploits are the closest thing there has ever been to a Windows-style virus affecting OS X. Merely loading a page with malicious Java content could be harmful.
    Fortunately, client-side Java on the Web is obsolete and mostly extinct. Only a few outmoded sites still use it. Try to hasten the process of extinction by avoiding those sites, if you have a choice. Forget about playing games or other non-essential uses of Java.
    Java is not included in OS X 10.7 and later. Discrete Java installers are distributed by Apple and by Oracle (the developer of Java.) Don't use either one unless you need it. Most people don't. If Java is installed, disable it — not JavaScript — in your browsers.
    Regardless of version, experience has shown that Java on the Web can't be trusted. If you must use a Java applet for a task on a specific site, enable Java only for that site in Safari. Never enable Java for a public website that carries third-party advertising. Use it only on well-known, login-protected, secure websites without ads. In Safari 6 or later, you'll see a lock icon in the address bar with the abbreviation "https" when visiting a secure site.
    Follow the above guidelines, and you’ll be as safe from malware as you can practically be. The rest of this comment concerns what you should not do to protect yourself from malware.
    7. Never install any commercial "anti-virus" or "Internet security" products for the Mac, as they all do more harm than good, if they do any good at all. Any database of known threats is always going to be out of date. Most of the danger is from unknown threats. If you need to be able to detect Windows malware in your files, use one of the free anti-virus products in the Mac App Store — nothing else.
    Why shouldn't you use commercial "anti-virus" products?
    Their design is predicated on the nonexistent threat that malware may be injected at any time, anywhere in the file system. Malware is downloaded from the network; it doesn't materialize from nowhere.
    In order to meet that nonexistent threat, the software modifies or duplicates low-level functions of the operating system, which is a waste of resources and a common cause of instability, bugs, and poor performance.
    To recognize malware, the software depends on a database of known threats, which is always at least a day out of date. Most of the real-world danger of malware attack comes from highly targeted "zero-day" exploits that are not yet recognized.
    By modifying the operating system, the software itself may create weaknesses that could be exploited by malware attackers.
    8. An anti-malware product from the App Store, such as "ClamXav," doesn't have these drawbacks. That doesn't mean it's entirely safe. It may report email messages that have "phishing" links in the body, or Windows malware in attachments, as infected files, and offer to delete or move them. Doing so will corrupt the Mail database. The messages should be deleted from within the Mail application.
    An anti-virus app is not needed, and should not be relied upon, for protection against OS X malware. It's useful only for detecting Windows malware. Windows malware can't harm you directly (unless, of course, you use Windows.) Just don't pass it on to anyone else.
    A Windows malware attachment in email is usually easy to recognize. The file name will often be targeted at people who aren't very bright; for example:
    ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!!!!!!!H0TBABEZ4U!!!!!!!.AVI♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.exe
    Anti-virus software may be able to tell you which particular virus or trojan it is, but do you care? In practice, there's seldom a reason to use the software unless a network administrator requires you to do it.
    The ClamXav developer won't try to "upsell" you to a paid version of the product. Other developers may do that. Don't be upsold. For one thing, you should not pay to protect Windows users from the consequences of their choice of computing platform. For another, a paid upgrade from a free app will probably have the disadvantages mentioned in section 7.
    9. It seems to be a common belief that the built-in Application Firewall acts as a barrier to infection, or prevents malware from functioning. It does neither. It blocks inbound connections to certain network services you're running, such as file sharing. It's disabled by default and you should leave it that way if you're behind a router on a private home or office network. Activate it only when you're on an untrusted network, for instance a public Wi-Fi hotspot, where you don't want to provide services. Disable any services you don't use in the Sharing preference pane. All are disabled by default.
    10. As a Mac user you don't have to live in fear that your computer is going to be infected every time you install an application, read email, or visit a web page. But neither should you have the false idea that you will always be safe, no matter what you do. The greatest harm done by security software is precisely its selling point: it makes people feel safe. They may then feel safe enough to take risks from which the software doesn't protect them. Nothing can lessen the need for safe computing practices.

  • IMac Intel partition login problem

    Since yesterday our iMac runs very slowly and refuses to log in to the primary identity, although it will very slowly load two minor user identities. When one tries to log in on the main original user one, the screen goes blue without wavy lines and after 2 minutes or so goes back to the user identity login screen without comment. The only comment from the console was as follows:
    Jan 3 16:02:18 a-hs-computer/System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/Mac0S/loginw indow: Login Window Application Started
    Jan 3 16:02:19 a-hs-computer(243): Login Window Started Security Agent
    Mac OSX Version 10.4.1 (Build 8S2167)
    2010-01-03 +0100
    That is all!
    At 15:38 there is a crash report mdimport server crashed: 'SystemUIServer not responding', 'crashdump crashed' which repeats for 4-5 minutes incl. an 'Isregister crashed' in the middle somewhere, but is too long to repeat verbatim here.
    Checking with disk utility, the report goes as follows:
    "Checking HFS Plus volume
    Checking Extents Overflow file
    Checking catalog file
    Invalid node structure (in red)
    The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired
    (The program now demands I put in an administrative password but when I DO SO it stops the checking and just adds:
    Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit (in bigger red letters)
    1 HFS volume checked
    Volume needs repair.
    (But the repair button is greyed out.)
    Macs used to have a disk repair utility SOSDisk (with ambulance graphic) that one could use from the OS System disk, when starting with this. Can one repair with the iMac Intel OS CD?
    I saw our old AppleCare CD has TechTool on it. So installed it and tested the machine. The 2006 version reported that the Directory Scan had failed but the Drive Hardware had passed (so perhaps it is reparable). The Surface Scan was so slow that I skipped it once it had reported 4 errors. The final item, Volume Structure failed.
    Techtool then says TechTool Deluxe can attempt to "repair the damage" or "reduce the chance of future problems" but I find no trace of a repair tool on it. It takes one back to Apple Support to download the latest version of TechTool Deluxe (2009) but I find no trace of a useable repair tool on that one either, merely a checking system. This time the test passed the Directory scan which had failed with the earlier version, and I let the Surface Scan run slowly to its end over 2 hours, when it reported Failed with 72 errors. Volume Structure failed too.
    The newer Techtool is v. 3.1.3. As I did not put in the Apple Care identity when downloading (ours has expired) so is it possible I have a short version without the repair kit? Does anyone know Apple's policy on that? It seemed to download fine without the ApCare identity.
    Techtool instructions say one should burn the disk image of TechTool Deluxe DVD on a DVD using Disk Utility but when I get the disk image up and click on the burn button on DU, the DVD starts burning but spits the DVD back out after 30 seconds of burning. I am doing it wrong or is the DVD burn device broke. The machine will still burn CDs as I made some last night. But I have never ever burned a DVD using Disk Utility (1st tries today).
    Also, is it possible to start the machine using the Apple Care CD as system and repair with that? It seemed unlikely and this machine now takes so long to restart and really start working (2-3 hours) that I do not dare risk it yet. I use the damaged iMac still to contact you here.
    Thanks for any advice..!

    Unfortunately we are probably the only Mac in this desolate corner of North Germany where the inhabitants have always massively opted for Windows as they always go for the cheapest option. As far as I know we are the only Mac owners in a school of over 1500 people with 150 teachers. Had I been able to borrow a Mac, I would have linked it to ours long ago, got our data out and run DiskWarrior from the healthy Mac. The Hamburg techies are extremely expensive as they wrongly assume that anyone with a Mac must be eating off gold plate.
    I wd grab the opportunity to use a normal keyboard, if available. I see u are from California; that's a paradise for available Macs.
    Don't forget that we can't use the normal means of getting a disk to eject as there is no hard drive left worth the name and therefore no system operating, except whatever the system might be (unclear) on the DiskWarrior application,
    but that is totally frozen.
    Your feeling is that I want everything! Yes, another Mac, that would solve the problem. But if you mean that I need help for trifles you are quite wrong. I went through the lists of methods of ejecting disks listed on the web and by Apple before posting the request you have just replied to. And they look OS dependent to me, except perhaps the mouse button technique.
    In any case my first concern is to close that DiskWarrior application to avoid it being damaged before closing the disk, but that looks increasingly impossible.
    So far by my own efforts in this crisis I have largely solved a lot of problems worth at least 3500 dollars in techie bills had they done it. When we started by ringing the firm we bought the iMac from new, they said they could not help us over the jammed user partition problem, and merely provided the address of a data recovery service that would charge "between 2000 and 3000 Euros (3-4000 dollars)for saving the data on the HD". I refused and myself worked out how to hack into the user partition and was able to put most of the work and business data in the Documents folder onto sticks before the HD finally folded. Essentially the holiday pics in iPhoto remain still to do.
    I don't like the idea of having to sacrifice a brandnew DiskWarrior program for 108 Euros but if no one has any suggestions... Pity all this happened one month after our Apple Care 3 yr warranty ended.

  • IMac Intel 2GHZ express problem...

    I have called apple tech support 5 times, since I have apple care, they always help me out, but basically my problem is that at least once a week, I have to do a hard, factory reset of my airport express station in order for my computer iMac Intel 2ghz, to connect to the internet. I have the fastest internet package for DSL and when it tries to connect to the network, it says " there was an error connecting to __________ " and then when I try to open the airport admin options I scan and scan and scan and no network is found. Then my computer crashes almost 100% of the time. So then I reset the airport and then rename my settings and get everything working, and voila, no problems for about 5 days and then again same problem. I have a G4 PPC on the same network, and it has "NEVER" had any problems with the airport express, my settings are G/N and channel is automatic, no password, no security all default settings except for the name. I just bought this iMac the firmware on the express is up to date, and just to be safe I downloaded the 10.4.10 combo updater, from apples support site and reinstalled it. I ran Tech Tool, on my system as well as cocktail and all is fine with my system. I mentioned to apple that there may be a problem with my airport card in my new computer but they denied it on the phone dismissing it saying it was a software issue not a hardware issue and refused to take my computer back for diagnosing all the while I am training to be an apple technician myself, and this has really got me stumped, I love apple and my iMac but I need my internet working! Please any help would be appreciated!!!

    I have called apple tech support 5 times, since I have apple care, they always help me out, but basically my problem is that at least once a week, I have to do a hard, factory reset of my airport express station in order for my computer iMac Intel 2ghz, to connect to the internet. I have the fastest internet package for DSL and when it tries to connect to the network, it says " there was an error connecting to __________ " and then when I try to open the airport admin options I scan and scan and scan and no network is found. Then my computer crashes almost 100% of the time. So then I reset the airport and then rename my settings and get everything working, and voila, no problems for about 5 days and then again same problem. I have a G4 PPC on the same network, and it has "NEVER" had any problems with the airport express, my settings are G/N and channel is automatic, no password, no security all default settings except for the name. I just bought this iMac the firmware on the express is up to date, and just to be safe I downloaded the 10.4.10 combo updater, from apples support site and reinstalled it. I ran Tech Tool, on my system as well as cocktail and all is fine with my system. I mentioned to apple that there may be a problem with my airport card in my new computer but they denied it on the phone dismissing it saying it was a software issue not a hardware issue and refused to take my computer back for diagnosing all the while I am training to be an apple technician myself, and this has really got me stumped, I love apple and my iMac but I need my internet working! Please any help would be appreciated!!!

  • IMac Intel Quad duo & 10.4.5 Update

    I have a brand new iMac - it worked perfectly with 10.4.4 which was already installed. I upgraded to 10.4.5 via Software update yesterday. Since then the machine has significantly slowed in response and numerous errors occur.
    This morning after checking the discussions for similar 10.4.5 issues (which are numerous) I decided to run a hardware test and the disk repair utilities off the boot disks. No problems were detected during these tests.
    Some of the issues I've noticed since upgrading are as follows :
    a. SYSTEM PREFERENCES - generally very slow to open and quit. Especially when opening Date & Time - this seems to hang in both 10.4.4 and 10.4.5. I have the PID sample files if they are required by Apple. THIS HAPPENS IN BOTH 10.4.4 and 10.4.5.
    b. SAFARI refresh much slower e.g Apple home page
    c. iPHOTO 6 crashed on opening. Wouldn't allow me to report a problem despite clicking on "Report Problem". Re-opening of iPhoto mcuh slower as is viewing and scrolling. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN 10.4.4 AFTER I RE-INSTALL FROM BOOT DISKS
    d. iCAL - slowed right down. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN 10.4.4 AFTER I RE-INSTALL FROM BOOT DISKS
    b. GO > NETWORK : no longer works. (it did in 10.4.4 becuase I transferred old files from my old AGP G4 using an Ethernet connection). It appears briefly once only but dissappears immediately. (the time it took 10.4.5 to initiate File sharing on the Intel was four or five times longer than on my Powerbook 800Mhz (File Sharing on both was started at approximately the same time in order to copy files.). THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN 10.4.4 AFTER I RE-INSTALL FROM BOOT DISKS
    d. iTUNES - when playing multiple tracks/playlists it will skip the end of every song and jump into the next. This has never happened before, and I have not configured anything since the new installation and subsequent software upgrade. This happens in 6.0.3 and the newest version - the last 5 seconds are skipped on every track/song/audio/podcast etc. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN 10.4.4 AFTER I RE-INSTALL FROM BOOT DISKS
    e. FRONT ROW took at least three to four minutes looking for artists in my iTunes directory ; eventually the rotating icon dissapeared, and the menu system became responsive again. In 10.4.4, the day before, it all worked instantly, with no delaying rotating icon.THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN 10.4.4 AFTER I RE-INSTALL FROM BOOT DISKS
    f. Accessing .mac account through the System Prefs; again compared to the day before with 10.4.4 it was hugely slower. So slow that I went to make a coffee. (I have a 1.5-1.7Mps broadband connection.).THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN 10.4.4 AFTER I RE-INSTALL FROM BOOT DISKS
    I decided to Re-intall 10.4.4 from the boot disks. The customisable options (e.g to turn off Norwegian / Korean fonts; not to re-install iWork trial etc) was not available; it took three attempts for it to recognise that the "install" key had been pressed (I've isolated any mouse issues by using two different mice). There was no need to press three times - it is just slow (10secs +) to respond.
    Apart from the SYSTEM PREFERENCES, 10.4.4 is significantly better. You can see by my comments in CAPS in a-f above.
    Is anyone else experiencing similar issues or is there a potential issue with my install ?
    Rgds
    Paul
    iMac Intel Quad Duo   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  
    G4 AGP 500Mhz   Mac OS X (10.4)  

    Hi Paul, just wondering, are you a new first-time Mac user? Anyway, FYI, it's a Intel iMac Core Duo, not a "Quad duo", "Core Duo" is the name of the Intel chip iMac is using.
    I am hopefullying assuming that there's nothing wrong with the hardware of your iMac, and dives right in what may be the cause of your iMac since the software update.
    If you have read enough of this Discussion, you may have come across what is known as the "ritual of doing any Software Updates or Install" as I call it:
    1.Before starting Software Update, unplug all external devices, FireWire, USB, hubs etc etc, not just turning them off but unplug the cables off your iMac
    2.Repair Disk Permission
    3.Restart the iMac if you wish, then start your SU, do not run any other apps.
    4.After finishing SU, restart your mac; If you are updating OS or Security Updates, Restart is required.
    5.Repair Disk Permission again
    6.Shutdown and re-plug in everything and start up your mac as normal.
    The above procedure is to help prevent any "aftermath" of people experiencing from little problems like general slow down to crashes or Kernel Panic just because they did not repair permisson, or worse, run "tons" of other things while doing SU together as well.
    Since you have re-install OS, you can try again to do the Software Update, but maybe this time you can follow the suggested procedures, it works for me and ever since the very first OS X 10.4.1 update until now, I have not experience any major problems on my 3 macs.
    Cheers

  • IMac constantly crashes upon different tasks... can someone read the crash report?

    Hello folks!
    I have a new iMac late 2013 27inch that crashes quite often...
    I never had a computer that crashed THAT often...
    I found out that it has to to with my external blurry drive (i think) because the crash appears when the computer tries to read a disc.
    I have Mavericks on that iMac. With my Macbook Air with Mavericks and the drive (and all my MacBooks before that) I never had a problem...
    But this iMac just crashes when it tries to read a Bluray (I watch them with MacGo Bluray Player). But it already crashes without the Application being even open...
    Then lately, while typing university work in pages, the computer crashed again! With no drive or any USB device attached (except keyboard).
    I already had it a whole week at the apple store for stress test just to let them me "there is nothing wrong".
    I now have the report from that last crash and as I remember, some of you are capable of reading those reports...
    So could somebody please take a look and maybe find out what is wrong?
    Best wishes!
    Here the report:
    Anonymous UUID: 6EA83AA1-EF27-5E0D-1D72-A368E53A1453
    Mon Apr 7 16:26:06 2014
    panic(cpu 6 caller 0xffffff8000cdbe2e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff8000c14dd7, type 14=page fault, registers:
    CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x00000000245ebe80, CR3: 0x0000000032394025, CR4: 0x00000000001606e0
    RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0xffffff80245ebf00, RCX: 0xffffff8244b33f44, RDX: 0xffffff802c49df00
    RSP: 0xffffff8244b33ed0, RBP: 0xffffff8244b33ef0, RSI: 0xffffff802a9e97b0, RDI: 0x00000000245ebe80
    R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0x00000000000010bc, R11: 0x0000000000000206
    R12: 0x0000000000000000, R13: 0xffffff802c49df00, R14: 0xffffff802c49df00, R15: 0xffffff802a9e97b0
    RFL: 0x0000000000010246, RIP: 0xffffff8000c14dd7, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
    Fault CR2: 0x00000000245ebe80, Error code: 0x0000000000000002, Fault CPU: 0x6
    Backtrace (CPU 6), Frame : Return Address
    0xffffff8244b33b60 : 0xffffff8000c22fa9
    0xffffff8244b33be0 : 0xffffff8000cdbe2e
    0xffffff8244b33db0 : 0xffffff8000cf3326
    0xffffff8244b33dd0 : 0xffffff8000c14dd7
    0xffffff8244b33ef0 : 0xffffff8000c1e01f
    0xffffff8244b33f70 : 0xffffff8000cc976d
    0xffffff8244b33fb0 : 0xffffff8000cf3b46
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
    Mac OS version:
    13C64
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 13.1.0: Thu Jan 16 19:40:37 PST 2014; root:xnu-2422.90.20~2/RELEASE_X86_64
    Kernel UUID: 9FEA8EDC-B629-3ED2-A1A3-6521A1885953
    Kernel slide: 0x0000000000a00000
    Kernel text base: 0xffffff8000c00000
    System model name: iMac14,2 (Mac-27ADBB7B4CEE8E61)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 4121840574333
    last loaded kext at 248639564910: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs     1.9 (addr 0xffffff7f832b1000, size 65536)
    last unloaded kext at 309069891595: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs     1.9 (addr 0xffffff7f832b1000, size 57344)
    loaded kexts:
    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard     5.9.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch     80.14
    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC     1.60
    com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor     1.9.5d0
    com.apple.filesystems.autofs     3.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager     4.2.3f10
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBDisplays     360.8.14
    com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim     1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AGPM     100.14.15
    com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler     2.0.9d1
    com.apple.filesystems.ntfs     3.11
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver     124
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver     2.6.0f1
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA     2.6.0f1
    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet     1.0.0d1
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD5000Graphics     8.2.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient     3.5.13
    com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport     4.2.3f10
    com.apple.GeForce     8.2.4
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X     7.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess     1
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP     1.1.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight     170.3.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU     2.0.4d1
    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC     1.7.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferAzul     8.2.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl     1.1.12
    com.apple.driver.AppleRAID     4.0.6
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless     1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib     1.0.0d1
    com.apple.BootCache     35
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub     666.4.0
    com.apple.driver.XsanFilter     404
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage     2.5.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC     1.5.2
    com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet     3.8.1b2
    com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4360     831.21.63
    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort     3.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI     670.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons     2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC     2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET     1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS     2.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC     2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC     1.7
    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall     153
    com.apple.security.quarantine     3
    com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver     4.2.3f10
    com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver     245.13
    com.apple.kext.triggers     1.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily     10.0.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio     2.9.5f4
    com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib     2.6.0f1
    com.apple.vecLib.kext     1.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily     1.9.5fc2
    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib     1.14
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport     4.2.3f10
    com.apple.iokit.IOSurface     91
    com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily     98.14
    com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAGK100Hal     8.2.4
    com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman     8.2.4
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily     4.2.3f10
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert     1.0.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController     2.6.0f1
    com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily     2.6.0f1
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI     1.0.12d1
    com.apple.driver.X86PlatformPlugin     1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMC     3.1.8
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily     5.7.0d10
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltEDMSink     2.1.3
    com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl     3.4.35
    com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2     98.14
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    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard     170.15
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