Mac 10.6.8 Freezing!

Hello,
My mac is freezing when opening certain apps such as Skype, Chrome and iPhoto. I ran the hardware tools and things seem to be in order there. I also opened my computer in safe mode to test the apps that were causing the freeze to see if they worked normally there and they worked fine. Any other tips for fixing or trying to solve this error? I'm not a huge computer wiz, so try to dumb it down for me please!
Thanks.
BR

Hi BR587,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that you have noticed your computer becoming unresponsive when you open certain applications. In this situation, the troubleshooting steps that I would suggest to you are located in the attached article. Please work through the If the issue occurs in various applications, or in Mac OS X section os the attached article and let me know if the issue continues.
Mac OS X: How to troubleshoot a software issue - Apple Support
Best regards,
Joe

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com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.6.7
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 660.4.2
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.6.5
com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily 2.5.2
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 686.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox 278.11.1
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 7
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 371.1
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.9
com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 23
com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4
com.apple.kec.pthread 1
com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0

While using Skype on my mac pro the screen freezes and splits in two and the left hand side shifts to the right and the right shifts to the left with a large black block down the centre, should I take it back to store as it is only a month old??

I have only had my mac one month and it seems while I use Skype the screen freezes and I cant click on anything and everything on the right hand side of the screen shifts to the left and the left to the right with a back block down the centre and sometimes lines running down the screen over all. As it is almost brand new should I be going back to store to get this problem fixed??

Yes. You are still under warranty. Why waste it?

Mac Mini Experiencing Hard Freeze 3-4 Times Per day...

About 10 days ago, my mid-2011 Mac Mini started experiencing a hard freeze wherein I would get the spinning beachball and slowly each open app would be come unresponsive and my only resort was to hold down the power button to restart. Upon reboot, the system would work fine for about an hour then the freeze would start again. I've rolled back my configuration to a state prior to the freezing, and in desperation, have done a completely clean re-install of the OS.
System specs:
Mid-2011 Mac Mini 2.7 GHz Core i7
16 GB RAM
256GB SSD
750GB HDD
Attached to a 27" LED Cinema Display, and an Airport Extreme Basestation/TimeCapsule (TimeMachine temporarily disabled)
I've been reading the logs, but don't really know how to interpret them so I've included a a number of postings right up until I force the reboot.
Thanks in advance!
Log below: The system performs fine until 12:15 or so
Sep 6 12:03:56 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[94]: CGXSetWindowBackgroundBlurRadius: Invalid window 0xffffffff
Sep 6 12:04:05 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x7fff7d227180): sending attach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
Sep 6 12:04:05 Kriss-Mac-mini.local usbmuxd[44]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x100781000): IPv4
Sep 6 12:04:27 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x7fff7d227180): sending detach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
Sep 6 12:06:31 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[94]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10ba04eb0
Sep 6 12:06:31 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[94]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10ba04f40
Sep 6 12:06:31 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[94]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10ba04fd0
Sep 6 12:06:31 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[94]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10ba05090
Sep 6 12:06:31 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[94]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1009dfbc0
Sep 6 12:06:31 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[94]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1009dfc50
Sep 6 12:06:31 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[94]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1009dfce0
Sep 6 12:06:31 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[94]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10ba04e20
Sep 6 12:06:44 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x7fff7d227180): sending attach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
Sep 6 12:06:44 Kriss-Mac-mini.local usbmuxd[44]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x100781000): IPv4
Sep 6 12:06:55 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x7fff7d227180): sending detach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
Sep 6 12:07:38 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x7fff7d227180): sending attach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
Sep 6 12:07:38 Kriss-Mac-mini.local usbmuxd[44]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x100781000): IPv4
Sep 6 12:07:49 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x7fff7d227180): sending detach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
Sep 6 12:08:36 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x7fff7d227180): sending attach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
Sep 6 12:08:36 Kriss-Mac-mini.local usbmuxd[44]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x100781000): IPv4
Sep 6 12:08:47 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x7fff7d227180): sending detach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
Sep 6 12:09:33 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.qtkitserver[759]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
Sep 6 12:09:33 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.qtkitserver[759]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:fromRect:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
Sep 6 12:09:33 Kriss-Mac-mini kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(769) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
Sep 6 12:09:35 Kriss-Mac-mini.local sandboxd[769] ([759]): com.apple.qtkits(759) deny mach-lookup com.apple.printtool.agent
Sep 6 12:10:15 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.qtkitserver[777]: CGAffineTransformInvert: singular matrix.
Sep 6 12:10:15 --- last message repeated 3 times ---
Sep 6 12:10:15 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.qtkitserver[777]: CGSGetWindowBounds: Invalid connection
Sep 6 12:10:25 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x7fff7d227180): sending attach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
Sep 6 12:10:25 Kriss-Mac-mini.local usbmuxd[44]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x100781000): IPv4
Sep 6 12:11:00 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[776]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
Sep 6 12:11:01 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x7fff7d227180): sending detach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
Sep 6 12:11:09 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[94]: CGXSetWindowBackgroundBlurRadius: Invalid window 0xffffffff
Sep 6 12:11:15 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Sep 6 12:11:15 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[782]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
Sep 6 12:11:24 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.qtkitserver[777]: CGAffineTransformInvert: singular matrix.
Sep 6 12:11:24 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Sep 6 12:11:24 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.qtkitserver[777]: CGSGetWindowBounds: Invalid connection
Sep 6 12:11:47 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[786]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
Sep 6 12:12:35 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.qtkitserver[777]: CGSGetWindowBounds: Invalid connection
Sep 6 12:12:58 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[790]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
Sep 6 12:13:06 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.qtkitserver[777]: CGSGetWindowBounds: Invalid connection
Sep 6 12:13:10 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[794]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
Sep 6 12:15:12 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[806]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
Sep 6 12:15:22 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[809]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
Sep 6 12:15:51 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[816]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
Sep 6 12:16:07 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[818]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
Sep 6 12:17:10 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[823]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
Sep 6 12:17:24 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[825]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
Sep 6 12:18:22 Kriss-Mac-mini.local Locum[829]: Connection with distnoted server was invalidated
Sep 6 12:19:05 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x7fff7d227180): sending attach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
Sep 6 12:19:05 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[766]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
Sep 6 12:19:05 Kriss-Mac-mini.local usbmuxd[44]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x100781000): IPv4
Sep 6 12:20:01 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x7fff7d227180): sending detach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
Sep 6 12:23:55 Kriss-Mac-mini.local Google Chrome Helper[844]: Unsure about the internals of CFAllocator but going to patch them anyway. If there is a crash inside of CFAllocatorAllocate, please report it at http://crbug.com/117476 . If there is a crash and it is NOT inside of CFAllocatorAllocate, it is NOT RELATED. DO NOT REPORT IT THERE but rather FILE A NEW BUG.
Sep 6 12:23:55 Kriss-Mac-mini.local Google Chrome Helper[845]: Unsure about the internals of CFAllocator but going to patch them anyway. If there is a crash inside of CFAllocatorAllocate, please report it at http://crbug.com/117476 . If there is a crash and it is NOT inside of CFAllocatorAllocate, it is NOT RELATED. DO NOT REPORT IT THERE but rather FILE A NEW BUG.
Sep 6 12:23:55 Kriss-Mac-mini.local Google Chrome Helper[844]: CGSLookupServerRootPort: Failed to look up the port for "com.apple.windowserver.active" (1100)
Sep 6 12:23:56 Kriss-Mac-mini.local Google Chrome Helper[845]: CGSLookupServerRootPort: Failed to look up the port for "com.apple.windowserver.active" (1100)
Sep 6 12:23:58 Kriss-Mac-mini.local Google Chrome Helper[847]: Unsure about the internals of CFAllocator but going to patch them anyway. If there is a crash inside of CFAllocatorAllocate, please report it at http://crbug.com/117476 . If there is a crash and it is NOT inside of CFAllocatorAllocate, it is NOT RELATED. DO NOT REPORT IT THERE but rather FILE A NEW BUG.
Sep 6 12:23:59 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[835]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
Sep 6 12:24:01 Kriss-Mac-mini.local Google Chrome Helper[847]: CGSLookupServerRootPort: Failed to look up the port for "com.apple.windowserver.active" (1100)
Sep 6 12:24:01 Kriss-Mac-mini.local Google Chrome Helper EH[848]: Unsure about the internals of CFAllocator but going to patch them anyway. If there is a crash inside of CFAllocatorAllocate, please report it at http://crbug.com/117476 . If there is a crash and it is NOT inside of CFAllocatorAllocate, it is NOT RELATED. DO NOT REPORT IT THERE but rather FILE A NEW BUG.
Sep 6 12:27:54 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x7fff7d227180): sending attach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
Sep 6 12:27:54 Kriss-Mac-mini.local usbmuxd[44]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x100781000): IPv4
Sep 6 12:28:45 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _handle_timer heartbeat detected detach for device 0xc-10.0.1.117:0!
Sep 6 12:28:52 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x7fff7d227180): sending detach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
Sep 6 12:46:04 Kriss-Mac-mini.local ScreenSaverEngine[887]: moduleFromLegacyDefaults: <ScreenSaverDefaults: 0x7fc57321f5a0>
Sep 6 12:46:04 Kriss-Mac-mini.local ScreenSaverEngine[887]: Attempted search for modules of unknown type (4)
Sep 6 12:46:04 Kriss-Mac-mini.local ScreenSaverEngine[887]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
Sep 6 12:46:04 Kriss-Mac-mini.local ScreenSaverEngine[887]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:fromRect:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
Sep 6 12:49:01 Kriss-Mac-mini kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=891[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID

I looked these up and none of the network profiles list these MAC addresses. Strange.
I went to dinner and when I returned the computer was frozen again. These strange entries appeared in the log:
Sep 6 15:33:07 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10d657190
Sep 6 15:33:07 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10d62bb70
Sep 6 15:33:07 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10d6570c0
Sep 6 15:33:07 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x100e6f130
Sep 6 15:33:07 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10d680450
Sep 6 15:33:07 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10d63b650
Sep 6 15:33:07 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10d6804e0
Sep 6 15:33:07 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10d6805a0
Sep 6 15:33:14 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10c5edd40
Sep 6 15:33:14 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10c517540
Sep 6 15:33:14 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1009b1150
Sep 6 15:33:14 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10c5d2120
Sep 6 15:33:14 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10c5de420
Sep 6 15:33:14 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10c51e650
Sep 6 15:33:14 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10cd8b020
Sep 6 15:33:14 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10cdfb8f0
Sep 6 15:57:58 Kriss-Mac-mini.local Dock[128]: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [inf 0.000 0.000 inf]
Sep 6 15:58:00 Kriss-Mac-mini.local Dock[128]: Unable to open IOHIDSystem (e00002bd)
Sep 6 15:58:00 Kriss-Mac-mini kernel[0]: virtual bool IOHIDEventSystemUserClient::initWithTask(task_t, void *, UInt32): Client task not privileged to open IOHIDSystem for mapping memory (e00002c1)
Sep 6 16:02:35 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x7fff75469180): sending detach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
Sep 6 16:02:40 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: Created shield window 0xdf for display 0x0424faa4
Sep 6 16:02:40 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: device_generate_desktop_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x0(0)
Sep 6 16:02:40 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: device_generate_lock_screen_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x0(0)
Sep 6 16:03:50 Kriss-Mac-mini kernel[0]: PM notification cancel (pid 322, Transmit)
Sep 6 16:03:50 Kriss-Mac-mini kernel[0]: IOPMrootDomain: idle cancel
Sep 6 16:06:17 Kriss-Mac-mini kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=352[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID
Then I rebooted. Curious about the screenshot entry. I'm stumped.

Mac Pro (2009) keeps freezing

Alright so I have a 2009 Mac Pro 4,1 desktop with a 2.66GHz Xeon processor. I'm having this ongoing issue (for the past 2-3 weeks) where after anywhere from a minute to say 20 minutes or so the desktop completely freezes. No kernel panics, just a frozen desktop. Keyboard & mouse are both completely useless & my monitor no longer goes into sleep mode after 7 minutes like I've set, so I have to hold down the power button on the front of the machine to shut it off. I brought it into apple and they kept it over night and ran all the tests they could throw at it. When I got it back they said my boot drive (a WD 2TB 7200RPM 64mb cache) was bad, and that was why it was freezing. They told me besides that the machine is 100%. So I went out and bought a brand new Seagate 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB cache drive, installed it in bay 1 then installed OS X Mavericks and did all the updates. That fixed the problem (or so I thought), so I put my Windows Drive (bay 2), iTunes drive (bay 3), & my time machine drive (bay 4) back in. Again all was well. Until today (little over a week since the last batch of freezes) when it started to freeze again. It never freezes for any specific reason or on any specific application.. It just randomly freezes. I've tried reinstalling mavericks at least a dozen times... No dice. I've tried different ram.. Again, didn't change anything. I even removed all my drives except my OS X boot drive (from bay 1) still freezes. Part of me thinks I might need to replace the Backplane Board.. I'm thinking it might be a SATA issue.. But I'm not sure enough to order the part. So if anyone with some more knowledge or experience with this sort of issue could help me out, that would be fantastic. To add to this, I've ran many different tests, all say my machine is issue free. I've also repaired and verified permissions many times. And before anyone says try safe mode.. I have & it still freezes.
Thanks

I ran EtreCheck and this is what I got.
Hardware Information:
Mac Pro (Early 2009)
Mac Pro - model: MacPro4,1
1 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon CPU: 4 cores
16 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.3 (13D45a) - Uptime: 0 days 0:0:54
Disk Information:
HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N
ST1000DM003-1CH162 disk1 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Mac Pro HD (disk1s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (905.68 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk1s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
WDC WD6400AAKS-41H2B0 disk0 : (640.14 GB)
Windows 8 HD (disk0s1) /Volumes/Windows 8 HD: 639.66 GB (595.23 GB free)
ST3000DM001-1CH166 disk3 : (3 TB)
EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
disk3s2 (disk3s2) <not mounted>: 3 TB
Boot OS X (disk3s3) <not mounted>: 134.2 MB
ST4000DM000-1F2168 disk2 : (4 TB)
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
disk2s2 (disk2s2) <not mounted>: 4 TB
Boot OS X (disk2s3) <not mounted>: 134.2 MB
USB Information:
Dell Dell AC511 USB SoundBar
Razer Razer Abyssus
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Logitech USB Receiver
Thunderbolt Information:
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
[kext loaded] com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver (3.9.1 - SDK 10.8) Support
[kext loaded] com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver (1.3.0 - SDK 10.6) Support
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.ea.origin.ESHelper.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
Launch Agents:
[running] com.Logitech.Control Center.Daemon.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.leadertech.PowerRegister.LGT2.c59807af95d10663 9fca8f10676ced62.plist Support
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist Support
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Solar Service
Internet Plug-ins:
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16 - SDK 10.8 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.0 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Logitech Control Center Support
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
Mac Pro HD: Disk size: 930.71 GB Disk used: 87.23 GB
Destinations:
Time Machine HD [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 4
Total number of backups: 6
Oldest backup: 2014-05-01 19:09:57 +0000
Last backup: 2014-05-05 01:44:33 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 4 > (Disk size 930.71 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
2% mds
1% WindowServer
1% fontd
0% mds_stores
0% SystemUIServer
Top Processes by Memory:
49 MB Dock
33 MB mds
16 MB LCCDaemon
16 MB com.apple.dock.extra
16 MB storeagent
Virtual Memory Information:
14.47 GB Free RAM
594 MB Active RAM
150 MB Inactive RAM
822 MB Wired RAM
210 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
I notise that for some reason my Drive(s) 3 (iTunes) & 4 (Time Machine) are not mounted... this has me thinking maybe it's a sata problem?

Power Mac G5 Dual Core freezing

Hi,
Everything works fine with my G5 with 4GB RAM, except one thing:
Sometimes when I work for a long time, my mouse justs freeze,
The red light near the RAM slots appears and the fans start being noisy ! (LED 7—Checkstop: red—contact Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider)
I reboot and all just works fine until the next freeze
I ran Hardware test and apple diagnotics many times but all the tests including the ram test passed successfully.
It happens like 1 or 2 time by day. I couldn't identify the cause or the frequency of the problem (maybe Eyetv usb box, or a spécific app that causes the computer freezing ??? !)
Thanks for the help !
Power Mac G5 Dual Core 2,3 Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Curiously - we have two new Dual 2.3 G5s and they exhibit this same behavior. Suddenly freezing - and not necessarily while we have a lot of apps running. iTunes is always going in the background though. I'll start monitoring the temps on these machines and we'll see what happens. Does anyone know of a menubar app that might display CPU temp on the fly? Could be useful if we see a spike in temperature and then a crash.
One notable thing though, when it does crash, it crashes hard. Everything freezes, the audio (since iTunes is usually running) begins to skip on the last section of the track it was playing, sort of like a skipping record - only much faster. It also appears to have happened to one of the machines last night while it was asleep. I came in the morning the the fans were going crazy - and yes, the little red LED was on. What does that mean?
Dual 2.3 PM G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8) 4 GB RAM, etc.
iMac Intel Core Duo 20" Mac OS X (10.4.6) iBook G4, iBook G3, iPod Video 30GB, iPod Nano 2GB, iPod Mini, 2G iPod 20G

Mac Pro (Early 2008) freezes, reboots to recovery system, trouble locating startup disk

I have two issues which may or may not be related with my Mac Pro. First, off and on for several months is has been frozen when waking from sleep. I can hit a key and see my desktop with the windows I left open, but I get the spinning beach ball and the time is typically several hours behind. The only way I can get it to start is to restart from the power button. This typically happens overnight when my computer has been asleep for a long time. Sometimes I hear the fan run while the computer is asleep and I don't know if that is related. I've tried switching from Firefox to Chrome to see if that was the problem since I typically have a few tabs open on Firefox when it freezes, but that does not solve the problem. The next step I plan to try is to get a can of compressed air and clean the fan and check if the video card air intake might be clogged, based on information I have read in various forums. Does anyone have other suggestions for things to try to eliminate the freezing? Another suggestion I read was to get a new logic board battery installed but I hate to lug this thing into an Apple store unless I really have to. Most of the time I'm comfortable fixing things on my own.
The second issue is that when I reboot after shutting down the computer with the power button, it does not always load the startup disk. Sometimes I get the recovery system instead, and if I try disk repair, restore from backup, or the startup disk option from the apple menu, it cannot locate the startup disk. Usually after a few tries, I can restart it and get my desktop, but I'm not sure how long that will work. I hoped that resetting the NVRAM would take care of this but it has not fixed the issue. When I do disk repair, it says the drive is fine. I've also used idefrag to clean up the drive. I'm thinking my hard drive might be about to die and I should just get a new one, but I don't want to spend the money if that is not the issue. I have 83 GB free on the drive so space should not be an issue.
Any suggestions on fixing either or both of these issue would be very much welcome! I need to make this computer last at least a couple more years.
Specs:
Mac Pro early 2008
Processor 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Memory 8 GB 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB
Software OS X 10.8.5 (12F37)

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Mac OS X Lion freezes

Hi,
Since I've upgraded to Lion I have problems with Mac OS X Lion(10.7.2) and same problems occurred with previous versions of Lion.
I was thinking that it was a problem with Microsoft's RDC but it still freezes without this application being started.
So, I have upgraded all of the possible software for my MacBookPRO
15" - Early 2011, i7 2.2, 8GB ram, AMD Radeon HD 6750M / 1GB, 512Apple SSD
Still it freezes, and I have narrowed the applications to (at least those were running all the time when it is happening)
Safari, Firefox, Microsoft Office Outlook.
Thing here is that in the beginning I can switch between applications, but as soon as I try to quit them all apps are having status (Not responsive) from the Force Quit menu.
Only thing I can do is moving my cursor.
It never happened that it freezes too.
Any help/suggestions would be more than welcome
Thanks!

I had a terrible time with Lion freezing on me multiple times per day, until....
Last Saturday (Feb. 11, 2012) I made sure my HD was backed up in Time Capsule on my brand new LaCie 500GB storage device. For good measure I also cloned the HD using Carbon Copy Cloner http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7032/carbon-copy-cloner
but I did not need to use it.
Then I started up from my old copy of Snow Leopard in order to access Disk Utility from it (Hold "C"; Restart). I completely erased the HD on my iMac using Disk Utility then reinstalled the latest backup from Time Machine (I did not install Snow Leopard). Ever since then I have had no problems with freezing. I guess it could be a fluke but so far, so good. Websites also seem to load a lot faster now.
I also got rid of Perian. Wheather that had anything to do with it, i don't know. I only did it because someone else in these forums suggested it.
BTW,
I had Sophos for a while but deleted it last fall and replaced it with ClamX-AV. This was on the advice of my local Mac store. Apparently Sophos can really gum things up.

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