Log in issues and getting worse

My Mac has a clean installation of Leopard; it wasn't an upgrade, and was from the official DVD. Since then I've installed iLife and Firefox, and everything else is user data (pictures etc.)
Since installing the 10.5.4 upgrade it became horribly unstable. Firefox especially crashed every few minutes, and iMovie and iWeb weren't much better. Having no idea why or what to do I continued to battle on.
Then I was using FrontRow to listen to some music when it unexpectedly crashed - completely froze. I couldn't do anything so after waiting for some time I had to hard reset using the button on the front of the tower.
Then, on reboot, after logging in it started to load the desktop then went straight back to the login screen, then froze with the spinning coloured circle. I managed to get into safe mode and changed a few things (removed the desktop picture and set stuff back to default) but that didn't help at all.
So I booted from the DVD and restored the full system from Time Machine (archives are on an external disk) for 12-hours before Frontrow crashed. Now when I boot I get a blue screen and a corrupt login box. Typing user name and password just returns me to the blue screen. It will no longer boot in safe mode (well it boots to the login screen but then when I log in it just returns me to the log in screen again) so the restore has in fact made things worse.
I only recently came across from the PC and I've no idea what I'm doing in all honesty - can someone advise anything please as this is getting very depressing! I migrated to Mac as I was told 'they just work'.
Many thnaks,
Rob
Message was edited by: rpr1000

*I'm baffled as to how a full restore from a much earlier time can still have the same issues.*
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I know you hate the idea but wipe the drive and reinstall the OS one more time and take the time to do some troubleshooting at each step. Disconnect everything from the computer but the mouse and keyboard - and Ethernet cable if that's how you connect. Don't perform any software updates & don't do a restore. Just surf the net for a bit. In fact, use this time to check out whether there are any new updates to the software, printer, and other peripherals you may use. (This may be the root of your problems.) If the computer is stable then go on and perform the Apple software updates. Again, take some time to make sure the computer is stable. If it is, connect your peripherals and install the drivers - make sure they are the latest you can find. Again, test the computer for a bit.
Remember, after every reinstall & restore you've been left with an unstable computer. At this point, I don't think you can trust TimeMachine - not for your applications anyway. Rather than performing an automatic restore, I recommend that you manually copy your data - and just your data. Copy the contents of your Documents & Pictures folders from the TM backup. If you must get your mail and bookmarks, don't grab the entire Library folder, look inside and get just those files. Using TM for your data shouldn't create any instability - and if it does I'm running for the hills!
Reinstall your software manually one at a time and test. This sounds onerous but there are three basic possibilities: your computer has a hardware issue, your original installation of OS and/or software had an issue, or there's some program gumming up the works. Taking it slow gives you the best possibility of determining what the problem is.

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6. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
7. The script is a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, though you may not see all of it in the browser window, and you can then copy it. If you try to select the line by dragging across the part you can see, you won't get all of it.
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☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste by pressing command-V. The text you pasted should vanish immediately. If it doesn't, press the return key.
9. If you see an error message in the Terminal window such as "Syntax error" or "Event not found," enter
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If you're not logged in as an administrator, you won't be prompted for a password. The test will still run. It just won't do anything that requires administrator privileges.
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Firefox automatically crashes after 4 hours of use and only when a textbox is being used - problem now daily and getting worse

This has been going on for a few weeks and started of it's own accord. I have not recently installed any new plugins or scripts, and my PC is protected by two antivirus products and so my system (WinXP) is malware free.
I can browse firefox for up to 4 hours, and then it crashes. No matter what sites I am using, what I am doing or even if I'm at the PC... so long as there's a text box on the page then firefox will crash if the 4 hour time limit expires. I can be just about to save an hours worth of photo captions and lose all that work due to the crash, or can be in the middle of a background download but it'll still crash... daily.
I thought this was a plugin issue, as I have disabled all plugins for javascript handling, flashgot, etc, but still it crashes. (previously on startup Firefox would hang for 5 to 10 minutes and the system would "bing" at me if I tried to click on the firefox window... eventually a 'non responsive script' window would appear relating to a flashgot script). The crash used to go whereby suddenly the page would freeze for a few seconds, followed by a minute or two of safe working, then 2 minutes of freeze and 30 seconds of safe working, with the ratio of freeze-tim:working time working in 20 seconds increments until firefox crashed... now though there is no warning, the page freezes and then it's gone. I have updated firefox several times and still the problem persists. On a previous computer, Firefox degraded to the point where it froze for 4 minutes on any page with a Flash application... now on this computer it has degraded by itself to the point where it crashes after 4 hours of use.
I'm presently using Internet Explorer to type this question because firefox crashed again and I'm not going to sit waiting for it to reload just to get a few numbers from an information screen... therefore further info like crash ID's etc will be update in due time....

Cool, I'll try using the wall adaptor just as soon as I get a convertor for it to convert it to our socket type. It's nice to hear that someone else has experienced the same issue.
I am not using it as a phone in Australia, just the ipod and wifi.

Im painfully getting shocked constantly by my macbook pro and getting worse

I am constantly getting randomly what feels like im being electrocuted by my macbook pro. Started just as my finger tips going numb but now waves of tingly painful pinpricks and jolts that go up my arms and legs. I can sometimes feel it in my jaw chest and ears and it is pretty painful. I dont know what to do or how to make it stop i live in a hot climate but use a humidifier b/c of allergies. I always use the 3 pronged cord and it can happen at any places i use my computer wether plugged in or not. I love my mac but this is starting to get ridiculously painful now. Anyone else w/ this problem or have an idea of how to fix?

Hi l,
If it's under warranty, contact Apple.
If not, an easy workaround is to get an external Bluetooth keyboard so you don't have to touch your Mac. There is obviously a hardware issue inside of it.

Bad and getting worse

So I've been thinking, and wondering if anyone else has thought the same thing. It seems like since Microsoft bought Skype it has been getting better and better for windows and increasingly bulky, hard to use, and generally more full of issues for mac. I wonder how long it will be before mac users (or any non windows users) are completely screwed over and stuck with something that will hardly work and Microsoft won't even care... oh wait I think that's already the case. Lately the calls have been dropping like crazy on both ends of several of my contacts, when we are just typing back and forth we are constantly getting stuck on pending, and as of last night one of my contacts couldn't even get his video or screensharing to load. It would be one thing if there weren't people paying for subscriptions, but they are and those people who are on something other than windows are getting screwed over and it's just wrong.

Hi nostalgicmelody I'm a Mac-user and a Skype user. I have absolutely no financial involvement with Skype. I simply participate in this community as a private person. When you ask if it's a solution to roll-back to a version of Skype that will be stable with your OS, I think it's a great idea. After all, the main point is to have a trouble-free set-up. But please don't get me wrong. I'm not telling you to roll-back your Skype. My only business here is to suggest ways to make 'things' work, user-to-user. The latest Skype is a beta-version. In this business, beta means not completely finished, but ready for user-testing and feed-back. Personally, if I have more than one crash on a given software, I wouldn't hesitate to go back to a stable version. I prefer a solid Mac-environment instead of the latest thing. As an examble, I'm running Snow Leopard (but for other reasons). It doesn't keep me awake that the rest of the world is running Mountain Lion. For your situation, the rules for a free world applies here: It's your own choice Good luck! How to pay for this free (user-to-user) service ?If this answer was helpful, please mark it with Kudos. If the issue is resolved, please mark it with solution. This will help other users find this answer more easily.

I have no sound in Firefox, but sound does work everywhere else. The mixer on Win7 is not showing a firefox volume option. Where do I go to fix the issue and get sound on the browser, can't find any menu's for this fix.

New system, just setting up. Trouble shot hardware and everything works fine, just can't get any sound on the browser and have no obvious volume control for Firefox. All other volumes are at full

Hey! well funny enough, After doing a Semi format (That cool function that WIN 8 has to refresh your PC) .. I could hear sounds,!!!! Yay super happy!! .... so I continued to download all my programs once again....and then today, I went to watch a movie trailler.... and I had no sound... again... but obviolusy once the Razer synapse installed, It must have something wrong with it and its not letting me hear stuff!! and I know this becasue I borrowed a headset, a Turtel Beach x12 and now I can hear stuff all the time!! YAY! .. Ive been switching between one and the other, and the Kraken dont work! Lol
Thanks everyone for reading and helping! :D

After installing OS X Mavericks, my cursor has been not working, by not even having a triangle cursor, just a set of lines, that expand across the whole screen when it goes over a random thing! Working on and off and getting worse, what should I do ?

please help, need suggestions

Hi sean981024,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
If your cursor isn't working as expected, there are a few steps that can help isolate or resolve the issue.
First, try booting your computer into safe mode:
Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1564
If the cursor is working normally in safe mode, this usually means OS X is fine, and the issue is caused by conflicting software in your user account.
Next, see if Finder behaves normally in a new user account. The steps in this article also apply to creating a new user in Mavericks:
OS X Mountain Lion: Create a new user account
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11468
If the issue persists in safe mode and a new user, I would recommend reinstalling Mavericks:
OS X Mavericks: Reinstall OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13871
Best Regards,
Jeremy

Some thumbs not showing - and getting worse!

Hi. I have just imported a roll of photo's off my camera and I got a message saying my hard drive is near full. I got rid of a few files and created a bit of space. Now a whole lot of the thumbs won't show. Initially it was only off the new roll but now more and more in my library are disapearing! It just shows a dashed box. If I click on the box then the photo shows up but it makes it impossible to know what photo you are about to view. Any help would be great.
My iphoto library is a mess. I seem to have the same photo's stored in 2 or 3 different places. iphoto seems to only look at the file; under the library called modified and original. To tidy things up I imported the photos from the other folders so iphoto could see them and then added the photos to the trash. I then added the file with the duplicate photos in it to the trash also. I haven't cleaned my trash yet in case I've done something wrong again. Result of this is I have all my photo's now under one file the iphoto looks at and not doubled up. Have I done the right thing?

nakiwoody:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. If multiple rolls are involved then you may be better off creating a new library and importing the entire Originals folder from the old one as follows:
Creating a new library while preserving the rolls from the original.
Move the existing library folder to the desktop.
Launch iPhoto and, when asked, select the option to create a new library.
Drag the Originals folder from the desktop into the open iPhoto window.
This will create a new library with the same rolls as the original library. However dates on the rolls may be different but can be edited as you would the roll title.
In the future Don't tamper with files in the iPhoto Library folder from the Finder
Once this is completed you can delete the Originals folder from the desktop and the iPhoto Llibrary folder. If desired, you can keep the older library folder to try other fixes on it.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB file backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

Ipod skipping to next song and getting worse, have done 5 r's 3x HELP!

I have a click wheel ipod that has worked fine for years. However, since I have transferred everything from Windows to my imac, it seems like my ipod has a virus...it skips from one song to another and then it seems to be more and more songs and albums as time goes by. Progressive, you know? Like a virus? I have followed all the directions I could find on this site and done the 5 R's three times now.
So, I'm at a loss, please help!

Did you ever get any relief?
Okay my situation, my buddy has a PC ipod, I have a Mac and Mac Ipod. He bought the wrong adapter for his adapter and we charged his ipod on my computer. I didn't sync his up, just charged it.
Well poor guy goes out for a run and his ipod is shuffling through every song before it even plays a note.
Any ideas? Did we kill his ipod?

Apple store log in issues, keeps getting error can't connect to itunes/apple store

Pls. Help i can't connect to the apple store, needs to download an app. My psswrd is correct, i can log in to facetime but not on the apple store

Cannot connect to iTune Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1368

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