Loading videos freezes my mac screen!
Video loading causes my mac screen to freeze forcing me to restart the mac! any ideas would be aprecited
It's time to get back to basics since we know very little about your system and how you are trying to view the videos.
What model iMac do you have?
What version of the OS is installed?
What application(s) are you using to view the videos?
Have you tried creating a new user account to see if the issue goes away?
Is there another application you can try to vide the same video? (eg use Firefox instead of Safari)
Have you run the built in Apple Hardware Test diagnostic to see if it generates any errors?
Have you tried booting in safe mode? See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564
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pasted below:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="vertical" initialize="init()">
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<![CDATA[
import flash.events.Event;
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Full screen videos freeze - computer doesn't
Hi everyone,
Whenever I try to watch a video in full screen mode (YouTube but other streaming sites as well), the video freezes. The audio keeps going, I can click the buttons on the bottom bar of YouTube videos, for example, although they do not move as they normally do. I can exit full screen mode by pressing Escape or the button on the video and when I do, the video has moved on just like the audio has, and everything seems to work fine. It's the video in full screen that freezes, not the computer itself.
I hope someone knows how I can solve this!
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JMS7.you can't buy a gpu as such, as this is soldered to the motherboard. You would need a motherboard change.
But you can purchase a post warranty maintenance agreement (as said by mark_lenovo in the first post in that link), and then get the laptop fixed once the warranty is activated. This will be the cheapest way to fix this issue (if you want to still use your laptop that is).
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OS X Yosemite
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Mac mini (Mid 2011)
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Windows 8.1
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