Macbook pro freezes

My macbook pro have been freezing on my recently. It started wtihin two weeks after setting up regularly scheduled back-ups using superduper. It seems to happen when I'm using the internet. My browser is Firefox. Any suggestions?

See if there are any issues like yours at Superduper, consider disabling it and anything else until you can find the cause.
Disconnect from the Network/Internet, run software update.
Go through Cheat Sheet, try to narrow your slowdown cause nore accuratly when it occurs.
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There is malware floating around, 10.6+ Software Update, 10.5...
https://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193454/Flashfake_Removal_Tool_and_online_c hecking_site
Harden your Mac against web attacks
If your clean, pehaps it's a local leech
WiFi security issues, at home and WiFi hotspots
Backup your users file folders to a storage drive immedaitly as slowdowns could mean a failing drive too.

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I have a two and half year mac book pro... I've had some issues with the screen looking scrambled when I quit certain applications, but now it's turned into something worse. I'll be working on my computer and the thing will freeze. When I force restart, the first screen, the apple logo, will be a blue tint and won't boot up normally. Then I try safe mood and it will then boot just fine. But there are blue stripes on my screen. The screen alternates from a blue tint to normal and if the computer freezes again the screen will become completely blue with black stripes. I haven't tried reinstalling my software because I don't have the startup discs that came with my computer. If I was sure that would fix it I would purchase them, but if it's a hardware issue I'm afraid that I'm screwed. I've been able to successfully get the blue off my screen by putting it to sleep and then waking it up, but that's not working well anymore either.
Does anyone else have experience with this? Is it the firmware or what? I have a MacBook Pro from early 2011 and I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.8.
Please help... Thanks!

I just experienced this exact same issue with my early 2011 15" macbook pro. Since like a month after purchasing it I had issues with the screen randomly going dark on me. I sent it in for repair inder waranty they replaced the gpu and logic board but I continued to have the same issues with the screen randomly going black sometimes I would need to reboot it in order to get the screen to go back on but it happened so infrequently and I used the computer for school so disnt find the time to resend it in to apple. Just last night the screen started to display the blue screen with black verticle lines on it. I called apple and explained to them the issues that had been ongoing since I purchased the laptop but they said because I was now outside of warantee that any repairs at thia point wouldn't be covered. Fml so glad I spent 2200 on this future proof macbook pro what a joke my sister purchased a toshiba laptop for 300 4 years ago and it still running like a champ. I loved my macbook but at the price I paid I expect it to last longer than 2 years before leaving me high and dry. *** apple??

Macbook pro freezes for no reason even after installing 10.8 on a brand new hard drive

Macbook pro freezes for no reason even after installing 10.8 on a brand new hard drive.
Tried to reset pram, smc, nvram.
Tried installing new RAM.
Tried installing new hard drive.
You should know that my internal drive is installed in a cheap external case and plugged in a USB 2.0 port because i am waiting for a new hard drive cable.all
Yep all good things happened to me...i don't know if all these problems are linked, ahh and also my trackpad is behaving very erraticaly sometimes, it's like it is possessed by a ghost. My computer is not under warranty anymore so i'd like to avoid a trip to the Apple store but i'm close to doing just that.
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It's diagnostic software. It's supposed to help you find problems. I don't think anyone is making any software yet that fixes hardware problems.
That said, the two comments:
Le husky wrote:
Macbook pro freezes for no reason even after installing 10.8 on a brand new hard drive....
.....also my trackpad is behaving very erraticaly sometimes, it's like it is possessed by a ghost....
would lead me to think it's the logic board. On older MacBook Pro's both the USB I/O ports and the keyboard/trackpad are fed out of an integrated USB controller integrated into the South Bridge I/O controller. On newer models, the USB ports come out of an integrated North/South bridge controller and the keyboard/trackpad are handled by an SMC controller, which itself interfaces with the I/O controller. All of these items are on the logic board, and they're all unrepairable.
...unless of course the "internal drive [that] is installed in a cheap external case" is itself causing the problems. Another thing to try might be a different USB port, if you haven't done so already.
I didn't know the price for Scannerz went up. I could have sworn I only paid 30-some bucks for it. Maybe it was on sale at the time. I don't remember.
In any case, good luck.

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Everyone is trying to update their iPhones. The servers get clogged. Wait several days and try to do it at an off peak time.

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My macbook pro freezes when I use peripherals, thunderbolt, USB.... and it becomes imposible to edit HD videos, any suggestions?

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My MacBook Pro freezes constantly when using Safari or Google Chrome. I have to reset to continue with anything.
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/var/db/crls
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crlcache.db
ocspcache.db
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Restart your computer and then Empty the Trash. It is very important that you empty the trash afterwards. I forgot to do this the first time and I had to restart the whole process. It has been a few days and I have been without any problems.
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Macbook pro freezes alot runs slow

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(early) 2011 13 in MacBook Pro freezes in syst pref...

My MacBook Pro freezes when attempting to access System Preferences. I am able to Force Quit but that's it. No clue what's wrong. Screen went black for about 30 seconds earlier tonight. Never had a problem before a previous update. Any ideas?

brandyx wrote:
My MacBook Pro freezes when attempting to access System Preferences.
Use your Finders > Go To Folder and type
/Library/Preferences
and hit GO
A window appears, now scroll down until you find
com.apple.systempreferences.plist
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https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3046
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No this is the stock 4GB that shipped with the computer. And the only problem with that technique is that this problem will disappear for almost two weeks and suddenly every time I try to start it it will beep or freeze or if I bump it it will shut off or freeze. And after it acts up for a day or two I could do whatever I want to it and it will show no symptoms.

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I just wanted to follow this up by saying that you were entirely correct in your diagnosis of the situation. My computer did have the faulty part you linked to. I brought my laptop in and specifically told them to run that test, had it fail and then argued with the person at the genius bar and the manager. Eventually they offered to have it sent out and have everything replaced for free of charge. They did so mainly because I had complained about graphical issues almost every other time I had come in with problems and no one ran the test. They should have caught this problem during my warranty, but they didn't, even though I mentioned the problem.
Anyhow, after having the part replaced, I haven't had my computer crash a single time since, or had many of the issues mentioned above. I've never had this experience before. Even brand new, I got occasional crashes. Hopefully this new trend continues.
I do find that web browsing is still incredibly slow. Web browsers just chug along at a slow pace, even though I have great internet speed. Maybe I'll try just deleting my web browsers and reinstalling them...
Anyhow, thank you for your help and knowledge Clinton.

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