Late 2008 Macbook Freezes 5 Minutes into use with newly upgraded Mavericks, works on safe mode; help troubleshooting?
Hi, I have a late 2008 Macbook - I upgraded it from Leopard to Snow Leopard a year ago and things ran relatively smoothly. A friend suggested I try Mavericks after I have been getting a few error messages with snow leopard and was forced to hard restart. I upgraded to Mavericks last night - the installation went smoothly, however Macbook has since begun freezing every time I am using it for more than 5 minutes. I checked some other discussion forums and I wasn't having the same problems as others - Chrome is updated; I don't use Apple Mail; don't have a lot of third party software (I think). I downloaded EtreCheck and ran on both safe mode and normal mode - things seemed relatively normal except I hadn't backed up my time machine (woops). I saw that Sophos was running a lot on start up - I don't use it so I uninstalled it using the developers instructions (Library/Sophos/Uninstall_Sophos) and than trashed the Launch Daemons that were com.sophos...
So far nothing has solved my problem. My macbook will start in both modes - but only functions in safe mode. It will run smoothly in normal mode for 5 minutes or so - and I am honestly not sure what triggers the freeze. I copied numerous log files to see if someone could help identify the problem (they run through 2 hard shut downs and finally a restart in safe mode) as well as the safe mode EtreCheck report. I can get a non-safe mode EtreCheck if that will be helpful, just let me know.
Anyone have any advice on what my problem is? Thanks!
Link to Log: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5ux2r8i972orf37/Macbook%20Mavericks%20Fail.log
EtreCheck (Safe Mode)
Hardware Information:
MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008)
MacBook - model: MacBook5,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
AirPlay: Version: 1.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 0:21:47
Disk Information:
TOSHIBA MK2553GSX disk0 : (250.06 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 249.2 GB (131.24 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5960S
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[failed] com.apple.ucupdate.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[not loaded] com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist
[not loaded] com.sophos.uiserver.plist
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist
[not loaded] com.facebook.videochat.robertdow.plist
[not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
User Login Items:
None
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player
Growl
Native Instruments USB Audio
Perian
Internet Plug-ins:
Default Browser.plugin
DirectorShockwave.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin.plugin
Move-Media-Player.plugin
Bad Fonts:
None
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: NO
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
31% Google Chrome
4% mds
2% WindowServer
1% mdworker
1% EtreCheck
0% hidd
0% fontd
0% imagent
Top Processes by Memory:
156 MB Google Chrome
139 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
106 MB Google Chrome Helper
90 MB Finder
82 MB Console
74 MB com.apple.quicklook.satellite
53 MB SystemUIServer
49 MB CalendarAgent
49 MB com.apple.ShareKitHelper
49 MB Dock
Virtual Memory Statistics:
1011 MB Free RAM
1.71 GB Active RAM
733 MB Inactive RAM
348 MB Wired RAM
414 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Hi Carolyn,
Went through step 1 - macbook froze. Went through the second internet plugins trashing - and it froze. It's almost as if it begins processing super slow at some point and then the cursor goes beach ball and eventually I can't do anything. I did another EtraCheck run when I had it started in normal after I erased the internet plugins and I also have the log files that start exactly when it froze up again. See Below:
EtraCheck
Hardware Information:
MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008)
MacBook - model: MacBook5,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
AirPlay: Version: 1.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 0:3:6
Disk Information:
TOSHIBA MK2553GSX disk0 : (250.06 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 249.2 GB (131.05 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5960S
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
com.sophos.nke.swi (9.0.53)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[loaded] com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.robertdow.plist
[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
User Login Items:
None
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player
Growl
Native Instruments USB Audio
Perian
Internet Plug-ins:
DirectorShockwave.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin.plugin
Move-Media-Player.plugin
Bad Fonts:
None
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: NO
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
4% WindowServer
2% hidd
1% EtreCheck
0% mds_stores
0% fontd
0% configd
0% SystemUIServer
0% System Events
0% imagent
Top Processes by Memory:
119 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
78 MB Finder
53 MB SystemUIServer
49 MB CalendarAgent
49 MB com.apple.ShareKitHelper
45 MB com.apple.dock.extra
45 MB soagent
45 MB EtreCheck
41 MB NotificationCenter
41 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Statistics:
1.78 GB Free RAM
1.34 GB Active RAM
288 MB Inactive RAM
363 MB Wired RAM
196 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Log Files:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hbutqg9cxx3vmy5/Most%20Recent%20Mavericks%20Fail.log
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My laptops QWERTY row of keys does not work for long periods at random intervals and only after pushing all the buttons on the row does it eventually turn back on and then will still cut out every now and again, anyone know how to solve this? If not
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Possible status of a mobileconfig?
what are the possible status of a mobileconfig? and what do they mean exactly? what i have are: unsigned, unverified and verified. Any other possibilities? I have a mobileconfig file that created by myself and now it shows unverified. How do I make i