Macbook doesnt start up...help!
My macbook pro doesnt start,battery is fully charged! i tried the shift/option/control press...any suggestions?
Try Starting up in Safe Mode. Post back with results.
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Process: Disk Utility [371]
Path: /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/Disk Utility
Identifier: com.apple.DiskUtility
Version: 11.5.2 (298.4)
Build Info: DiskUtility-2980400~60
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [86]
Date/Time: 2013-11-05 03:29:41.247 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report: 9522 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 29
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 981 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 25
Anonymous UUID: F6B8E263-76C8-4C7D-AA58-48134BF4BA78
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000020
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x0000000100c62fbc _read_images + 312
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x0000000100c79721 map_images_nolock + 1266
2 libobjc.A.dylib 0x0000000100c62761 map_images + 115
3 dyld 0x00007fff5fc039c5 dyld::notifyBatchPartial(dyld_image_states, bool, char const* (*)(dyld_image_states, unsigned int, dyld_image_info const*)) + 853
4 dyld 0x00007fff5fc0c849 ImageLoader::link(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&, bool, bool, ImageLoader::RPathChain const&) + 201
5 dyld 0x00007fff5fc04d54 dyld::link(ImageLoader*, bool, ImageLoader::RPathChain const&) + 118
6 dyld 0x00007fff5fc08f7c dlopen + 490
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x0000000100a14e40 dlopen + 61
8 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x0000000100d78ef7 _CFBundleDlfcnLoadBundle + 231
9 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x0000000100d77e97 _CFBundleLoadExecutableAndReturnError + 1191
10 com.apple.Foundation 0x0000000101008355 _NSBundleLoadCode + 638
11 com.apple.Foundation 0x0000000101007c78 -[NSBundle loadAndReturnError:] + 742
12 com.apple.Foundation 0x000000010101960c -[NSBundle principalClass] + 38
13 com.apple.framework.DUSupport 0x0000000100082080 -[DUModuleManager(_private) findDUModules:] + 405
14 com.apple.framework.DUSupport 0x0000000100081ed9 -[DUModuleManager orderedModuleListOfModules] + 40
15 com.apple.DiskUtility 0x0000000100006082 0x100000000 + 24706
16 com.apple.DiskUtility 0x0000000100005f59 0x100000000 + 24409
17 com.apple.AppKit 0x0000000101444625 -[NSWindowController _windowDidLoad] + 538
18 com.apple.AppKit 0x00000001013e1f77 -[NSWindowController window] + 112
19 com.apple.AppKit 0x00000001015f61d9 -[NSWindowController showWindow:] + 47
20 com.apple.AppKit 0x00000001015c7c5c -[NSDocument showWindows] + 98
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22 com.apple.AppKit 0x00000001014f7b44 -[NSDocumentController(NSInternal) _openUntitled] + 111
23 com.apple.AppKit 0x00000001014f79ab -[NSApplication _doOpenUntitled] + 257
24 com.apple.AppKit 0x00000001014f733b -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpen:] + 185
25 com.apple.AppKit 0x00000001014f6fd9 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 77
26 com.apple.Foundation 0x0000000100ffd0d6 -[NSAppleEventManager dispatchRawAppleEvent:withRawReply:handlerRefCon:] + 360
27 com.apple.Foundation 0x0000000100ffcf06 _NSAppleEventManagerGenericHandler + 114
28 com.apple.AE 0x0000000104d7332b aeDispatchAppleEvent(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*, unsigned int, unsigned char*) + 162
29 com.apple.AE 0x0000000104d73224 dispatchEventAndSendReply(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*) + 32
30 com.apple.AE 0x0000000104d7312b aeProcessAppleEvent + 210
31 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x00000001028a0619 AEProcessAppleEvent + 48
32 com.apple.AppKit 0x00000001013fc095 _DPSNextEvent + 1191
33 com.apple.AppKit 0x00000001013fb801 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 155
34 com.apple.AppKit 0x00000001013c168f -[NSApplication run] + 395
35 com.apple.AppKit 0x00000001013ba3b0 NSApplicationMain + 364
36 com.apple.DiskUtility 0x0000000100002009 0x100000000 + 8201
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2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x0000000100a297b4 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 185
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x0000000100a292de _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 252
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1. You have plenty of hard disk space, 205GB available of 250GB, but you have only 2GB system RAM installed. 2GB RAM was adequate for acceptable performance using OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
Technically, Apple specs say that OS X 10.9 Mavericks REQUIRES just 2GB RAM, but realistically, 2GB is not nearly enough to run it with decent performance, especially if you run both a browser and other application programs simultaneously. Your system can hold a maximum of 16GB RAM. Upgrading to 4GB RAM would absolutely help performance. Upgrading to 8GB might provide additional performance with OS X Mavericks. I won't speculate on the benefits of 16GB.
Disclaimer: I use OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion as my primary operating system, about 8 hours every day. I run Mavericks once a week or less for a couple of hours, and for only one application, so my experience with Mavericks is limited, and your use is likely considerably different. I use OS X Mavericks to run Windows 7 using Parallels 9, in order to use my licensed copy of Windows MS-Office 2011. I didn't like Windows 7 performance with Parallels 9 running in Mavericks with just 4GB installed on my mid-2011 2.5Ghz iMac, so I upgraded to 8GB.
Macs are notoriously picky about system RAM, and not all RAM vendors are the same when it comes to Mac. I recommend purchasing your Mac RAM upgrade from Apple, Crucial.com, or Other World Computing http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade/DDR3_Whi te
Depending upon where you purchase the RAM and whether you are confident to install it yourself, a 4GB RAM upgrade will likely cost well under US$100. 8GB would likely cost around $100. Your Mac can use up to 16GB, at a cost over $200. Before spending any money to upgrade an older computer, always consider how much you're willing to spend on a 4-year-old computer, versus saving that money, if you have plans to purchase a new(er) Mac in the near future.
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