Is my iMac about to give up?

Problem description:
I get beach balling for up to 20 seconds every minute or so when trying to do anything on my iMac. It beach balls and then goes through all actions taken whilst beach balling when the iMac becomes live again. I’ve scanned, verified and repaired permissions but can’t repair the disk.
It’s a mid 2011 iMac 27 inch running Yosemite 10.10.1, 2.7Ghz Intel Core i5, 12GB Ram and a AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512MB graphics card.
I’ve also installed smcFanControl to cool it down as the back of the machine was exceptionally hot.
Any suggestions on what is happening and how to fix it, much appreciated. At this point the IMac is almost unusable. Has the heat and dust killed or killing my Hard drive?
Particularly worried about the 426 errors on my HD - I will also be going out to get another external HD for Time Machine back ups - tempted to delete current one and initiate full one on existing external HD but think that is tempting fate.
Any advice on what to do to remedy this would be much appreciated.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.6 (109)
Report generated January 25, 2015 at 6:06:27 PM GMT+4
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011) (Technical Specifications)
iMac - model: iMac12,2
1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4-core
12 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 0/DIMM1
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
AMD Radeon HD 6770M - VRAM: 512 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Time since boot: 6:1:53
Disk Information: ℹ️
ST31000528AS disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (437.54 GB free) - 426 errors
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
HL-DT-STDVDRW GA32N
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Iomega eGo USB 999.47 GB
disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Iomega_HDD (disk1s2) /Volumes/Iomega_HDD : 999.13 GB (128.40 GB free)
Matias Matias Keyboard
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
HP Deskjet 2050 J510 series
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Applications/DiskWarrior.app
[not loaded] com.alsoft.Preview (4.4) [Support]
/Library/Application Support/MacKeeper/AntiVirus.app
[not loaded] net.kromtech.kext.AVKauth (2.3.7 - SDK 10.9) [Support]
[not loaded] net.kromtech.kext.Firewall (2.3.7 - SDK 10.9) [Support]
/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.2.4) [Support]
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.2.4) [Support]
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.2.4) [Support]
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.2.4) [Support]
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (3926 - SDK 10.8) [Support]
Startup Items: ℹ️
VirtualBox: Path: /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[failed] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Support]
[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus.plist [Support]
[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.plugin.AntiTheft.daemon.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist [Support]
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
Jing Application (/Applications/Jing.app)
iTunesHelper UNKNOWN (missing value)
EvernoteHelper UNKNOWN (missing value)
AdobeResourceSynchronizer Application (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
MyExpatNet UNKNOWN (missing value)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Google Chrome Application Hidden (/Applications/Google Chrome.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 [Support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 16.0.0.287
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 [Support]
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 [Support]
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Support]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Support]
Java [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 999.35 GB Disk used: 561.81 GB
Destinations:
Iomega_HDD [Local]
Total size: 999.13 GB
Total number of backups: 1
Oldest backup: 2015-01-25 06:10:39 +0000
Last backup: 2015-01-25 06:10:39 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 999.13 GB < (Disk used 561.81 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      4% WindowServer
      3% Google Chrome
      0% Dropbox
      0% DiskWarrior
      0% AppleSpell
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
412 MB Mail
399 MB mds_stores
271 MB AntiVirus
232 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
232 MB Google Chrome
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
4.43 GB Free RAM
6.37 GB Active RAM
620 MB Inactive RAM
1.47 GB Wired RAM
4.95 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Jan 25, 2015, 12:05:39 PM Self test - passed
I also did a DiskWarrior scan and it yielded amongst permission fixes, the following
File: Properties.plist
Damaged and cannot be repaired
Unexpected character at line 1
Location : Macintosh HD/.DocumentRevisions-V100.PerUID/501/21c/com.apple.documentVersions/17020502-3 54E-45D5-8155-4EB92AOC732D.key/Metadata/
File: BuildVersionHistory.plist
Damaged and cannot be repaired
Unexpected character at line 1
Location: Macintosh HD/.DocumentRevisions-V100.PerUID/501/21c/com.apple.documentVersions/2DAOE36E-O 26D-4C5E-BFEB-6F8F4D29FE51.key/Metadata/

Errors have decreased
Problem description:
2nd Etre Check after fixing disk in OS X Utilities
EtreCheck version: 2.1.6 (109)
Report generated January 25, 2015 at 9:49:10 PM GMT+4
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011) (Technical Specifications)
iMac - model: iMac12,2
1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4-core
12 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 0/DIMM1
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
AMD Radeon HD 6770M - VRAM: 512 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Time since boot: 1:3:18
Disk Information: ℹ️
ST31000528AS disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (437.06 GB free) - 102 errors
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
HL-DT-STDVDRW GA32N
USB Information: ℹ️
Matias Matias Keyboard
Iomega eGo USB 999.47 GB
disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Iomega_HDD (disk1s2) /Volumes/Iomega_HDD : 999.13 GB (128.40 GB free)
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
HP Deskjet 2050 J510 series
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Applications/DiskWarrior.app
[not loaded] com.alsoft.Preview (4.4) [Support]
/Library/Application Support/MacKeeper/AntiVirus.app
[not loaded] net.kromtech.kext.AVKauth (2.3.7 - SDK 10.9) [Support]
[not loaded] net.kromtech.kext.Firewall (2.3.7 - SDK 10.9) [Support]
/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.2.4) [Support]
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.2.4) [Support]
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.2.4) [Support]
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.2.4) [Support]
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (3926 - SDK 10.8) [Support]
Startup Items: ℹ️
VirtualBox: Path: /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[failed] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Support]
[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus.plist [Support]
[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.plugin.AntiTheft.daemon.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist [Support]
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
Jing Application (/Applications/Jing.app)
iTunesHelper UNKNOWN (missing value)
EvernoteHelper UNKNOWN (missing value)
AdobeResourceSynchronizer Application (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
MyExpatNet UNKNOWN (missing value)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Google Chrome Application Hidden (/Applications/Google Chrome.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 [Support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 16.0.0.287
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 [Support]
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 [Support]
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Support]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Support]
Java [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 999.35 GB Disk used: 562.28 GB
Destinations:
Iomega_HDD [Local]
Total size: 999.13 GB
Total number of backups: 1
Oldest backup: 2015-01-25 06:10:39 +0000
Last backup: 2015-01-25 06:10:39 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 999.13 GB < (Disk used 562.28 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      10% WindowServer
      2% Finder
      1% backupd
      1% Google Chrome
      0% mds
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
322 MB mds_stores
271 MB Mail
271 MB AntiVirus
219 MB Google Chrome
191 MB Google Chrome Helper
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
4.18 GB Free RAM
6.39 GB Active RAM
876 MB Inactive RAM
1.44 GB Wired RAM
1.91 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Jan 25, 2015, 09:02:32 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Mail_2015-01-25-210232_[redacted].hang
Jan 25, 2015, 08:46:28 PM Self test - passed

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Could be an early retirement problem. There is no fixed lifespan for anything, as you know. Find a friend with a keyboard and test that in your machine. That will show if it is your keyboard or your computer. We can progress from there.

Why do i have a $1300 mac that cant do wifi? About to give up on apple...!

I will try not to rant here that much.
I have been a happy mac user since september of 2006. I have been a very unhappy frustrated mac user since last week.
I bragged about how great the mac is. how it is for everyone. I have converted 2 families over to an imac... but now. I am so mad.
I have set up wireless networks with windows xp and hated every minute of it.
Therefore, when i finally set up this mac with my old off brand wifi g router, and had it work right away, i was impressed.
I even bragged to my friends about how they were so stuck with windows, and me with my mac... well i was just so much cooler than them.
Once in a while the wifi would go out. No big deal, but a week ago it started to go from a snowflake to a blizzard... The wifi wouldnt just go out, it would dissapear completely.
I cannot connect to the gateway at all.
Cannot access the internet.
I do this:
1. Unplug all cordless 2.4 ghz phones
2. Tear down my entire network and reconnect everything.
3. Go to the networking pane and check everything is working. I remove all networks from the preferred network list and then add them again.
4. I restart the computer with the airport power off.
None of this works.
Half the time i cannot even see my wifi router in the list without restarting the computer.
I buy a brand new netgear 802.11g router and install it. I even call netgear to see that the settings are correct (that it is broadcasting the SSID properly etc) and we change the channel to channel 02 and "G" only connections...
THE CONNECTION STILL DROPS EACH 15-30 MINUTES FOR NO REASON AT ALL.
I install the 2007-001 airport update which fixes things... sort of.
Since i download alot of files, and i have a dashboard widget that i pulled to the desktop to watch my network speeds, i can see that the update hasnt fixed anything... the connection still dissapears. however the computer then quickly tries to restablish the connection, as though you were to release/renew the ip quickly.
So there you go. No real fix.
Someone told me taht there is a combo update for 10.4.8 that i should try... what will that fix? I have 16 gigs of stuff on my mac HDD that i cannot lose, and dont have the option of quickly backing it all up, so i cant goto 10.4.7 easilly.
I am so mad. i am incessed... The apple store tells me to bring it in a get it fixed, however i can get connections to OTHER networks most of the time.
AND WHEN I BOOT INTO WINDOWS XP AND PLAY A GAME FOR AN HOUR, THERE IS NO PROBLEM AT ALL... so that shows me this is an os x problem.
Ok... lots of ranting.
is there a fix? Why did i buy a $1300 computer that cant connect to the internet?
iMac (intel) Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I spent 2750 $ for my 24" iMac (price for my region)...
And the perfect world of Steve Jobs still close, but never we've been in there!

My elderly iMac (about six years old) won't wake from sleep after an electrical failure today, and starts up with a black screen.

This Intel iMac is about six years old, has had the motherboard replaced by Apple. Today we had an electrical failure, and it was asleep at the time. It refused to wake from sleep, and it seems to start up, but the screen stays black. I tried zapping the PRAM, shutting it down and turning off the surge protector, etc. . . and still, nothing. Any thoughts?

If http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964 Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) does not work and you are comfortable working in the Terminal, try the following:
Enter into the Terminal the following: sudo pmset autopoweroff 0 and sudo pmset standby 0
If you like the hibernation, you can switch it back on by re-entering the commands with 1's instead of 0's. You can even change the amount of time by adjusting "autopoweroffdelay" and "standbydelay".

X-Windows fails after Every Major Upgrade: About to give up Archlinux

I have resigned myself to this behavior. I need to get Nvidia cuda toolkit working and after a major upgrade that effects X-windows I lose X.
Usually my fix is to reinstall nvidia drivers and cuda, sometimes successfully from aur but usually not. Well this time I'm stuck.
The proprietary driver won't work either, it wants kernel sources, but after installing them it still can't find them. Maybe they are there and I just need to supply some command line arguments, but I grow weary of this.
I just can no longer afford to waste hours and hours configuring low level BS to get my work done.
I'm going to step away from my console now and get some needed real work done. Does anyone want to talk me out of this? I'll probably blow away archlinux and replace it with ubuntu or maybe scientific linux if this persists.
I really wish Arch spent a little bit more time making sure that they would support drivers for the major vendors, e.g. AMD and Nvidia. Nvidia's cuda drivers really have problems with some of the latest stuff. Perhaps it's just a bad match and I should another distro. Not sure. Thoughts?

ewaller wrote:
I don't use Nvidia, so I cannot share your pain. I can say that all OSes require some level of maintenance. Some require it continuously. Others less so. Some require little for long periods, followed by re-installs. It seems the more control you have, the more effort is required. Some are walled gardens, some are driven by marketing departments, some by ideology.
For me, Arch is the compromise I need. A great deal of control. Never a need to start over from scratch. It does what I want, and I don't have to compile it from scratch. Were it not for Arch, I'd still be with Gentoo (the penultimate disto, IMHO)
Regardless, it is your system. YMMV.
Yes I liked the control Arch gave me and I liked the fact they were the first to get the latest stuff. I fully understand that this has consequences. Nvidia has to maintain support for their windows and probably MAC drivers first. So they are always a distro rev or two behind in their linux support. I'm surprised there isn't more whining about Nvidia support. Maybe my configuration is a little odd, and it's just working for most, but my gpu, motherboard and cpu are fairly standard, though possibly dated by a year or two.
Well I'm going to give it one more try before punting. I'll do some reading on how to install nvidia drivers first and see if I can make any progress.
Thanks for the input.

HT2213 I have an IMac about 5 years old. When requested on my screen I downloaded Maverick-everything went fine except when the restart occurred-.the computer would not restart-there was a screen in several languages and asked to wait or push any key-the

Help..I downloaded Maverick on my 5+ year old Imac and after downloading the new program the computer would not restart properly and give me my screen to work on...it gave me an error screen and told me to push a key or wait...tried both ways and then went briefly to black highlighted white letters signaling to me oh crap, something is wrong....it would keep cycling and do the same thing but never allowing me to get back to my home screen, sign in or anything....went to the Apple store and could not get an appointment till Monday....can anyone tell me how to get rid of the download and just let me have control of my computer again? Please help...
Jim

Not good, your machine suffered a Kernel Panic. Please wait until Monday and your Apple Store will try to help troubleshoot your problem. In the mean time you can read the X-Lab's comprehensive article on KP's located at:
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/kernelpanics.html
Good luck!

Is my iMac about to give up?

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