Mavericks and late-2009 iMac
Has anyone noticed issues running Mavericks with a late 2009 iMac? I see slow performance occasionally, even though I'm not really doing much (Safari, mail, maybe an Excel spreadsheet). My iMac has 4G memory, 3GHz dual core CPU; memory pressure is amber and memory used is 3.98G, VM 12.1G, swap used 1.81G. I'm thinking we've just hit the memory ceiling and it's time to cough up the bucks to bring it to 16G, but I wanted to reach out to the community first, get a feel for how others are finding Mavericks works on their older equipment, before I put a couple hundred bucks into a 4 year old computer.
What you do in the interim is try a Safe Mode boot.
Uninstalling Software: The Basics
Most OS X applications are completely self-contained "packages" that can be uninstalled by simply dragging the application to the Trash. Applications may create preference files that are stored in the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder. Although they do nothing once you delete the associated application, they do take up some disk space. If you want you can look for them in the above location and delete them, too.
Some applications may install an uninstaller program that can be used to remove the application. In some cases the uninstaller may be part of the application's installer, and is invoked by clicking on a Customize button that will appear during the install process.
Some applications may install components in the /Home/Library/Applications Support/ folder. You can also check there to see if the application has created a folder. You can also delete the folder that's in the Applications Support folder. Again, they don't do anything but take up disk space once the application is trashed.
Some applications may install a startupitem or a Log In item. Startupitems are usually installed in the /Library/StartupItems/ folder and less often in the /Home/Library/StartupItems/ folder. Log In Items are set in the Accounts preferences. Open System Preferences, click on the Accounts icon, then click on the LogIn Items tab. Locate the item in the list for the application you want to remove and click on the "-" button to delete it from the list.
Some software use startup daemons or agents that are a new feature of the OS. Look for them in /Library/LaunchAgents/ and /Library/LaunchDaemons/ or in /Home/Library/LaunchAgents/.
If an application installs any other files the best way to track them down is to do a Finder search using the application name or the developer name as the search term. Unfortunately Spotlight will not look in certain folders by default. You can modify Spotlight's behavior or use a third-party search utility, EasyFind, instead.
Some applications install a receipt in the /Library/Receipts/ folder. Usually with the same name as the program or the developer. The item generally has a ".pkg" extension. Be sure you also delete this item as some programs use it to determine if it's already installed.
There are many utilities that can uninstall applications. Here is a selection:
1. AppZapper 2.0.1
2. AppDelete 3.2.6
3. Automaton 1.50
4. Hazel
5. AppCleaner 2.1.0
6. CleanApp
7. iTrash 1.8.2
8. Amnesia
9. Uninstaller 1.15.1
10. Spring Cleaning 11.0.1
For more information visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on removing software.
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ok here goes nothing i have a late 2009 iMac 27 11.1 intel bought it refurbished and they installed mountain lion 10.8.4 on delivery w/o disks i think ran lion orig. idk & its been all problems 10.8.5 M.L so tried Maverick 10.9 now worse please help me.....i still have backups of software for mountain lion 10.8 however i need to throw everything on a usb toshiba 1TB external storage for backup, plus from what ive read being i needed to try to go back and update the efi and frimware for my original model but when i found the right one it wont accept it.....and now i just tried to reinstall my mountain lion probably shoud have left in the cloud til i got backed up ...which i now needed to move my previous backed up stuff off the drive to reformat it properly as i read it being toshiba needs to be guid hard drive mac im relatively new to the whole mac thing and im just as ****** off as i was with PC ....lol i just wanna record music and have a steady workflow i do have a new 4s iphone and cloud storage but i believe my computers hacked or got malware or just ****** from incompatiable software ......and keychains not working for admin either PLEASE tell ,me what to do thx .....i will be so grateful im good with recording software and stuff bad with computers programing lol HELP me
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac11,1
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Memory: 16 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed: 4.8 GT/s
Boot ROM Version: IM111.0034.B02
SMC Version (system): 1.54f36
Message was edited by: lnwko -
Need help with Late 2009 imac- had HD and video card replaced under Apple Care last year. Upgraded to Mavericks and it froze up while on Yahoo looking at a slide show. Screen pixelated with checkerboard patterns and then eventually locks-up. Only way to get it to work now is in SAFE MODE.
Tried memory test, Resetting SMC, AHT, Zapping NVRAM, PRAM, only errors I can see are some permissions
From Repair Permissions (Disk utility):
Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”Warning: SUID file “usr/libexec/security_authtrampoline” has been modified and will not be repaired.Warning: SUID file “usr/lib/sa/sadc” has been modified and will not be repaired.Permissions differ on “Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/Safari.help/Contents/Resources/inde x.html”; should be lrwxr-xr-x ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .Repaired “Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/Safari.help/Contents/Resources/inde x.html”Group differs on “Library/Printers/InstalledPrinters.plist”; should be 80; group is 0.Permissions differ on “Library/Printers/InstalledPrinters.plist”; should be -rw-rw-rw- ; they are -rw-r--r-- .Repaired “Library/Printers/InstalledPrinters.plist”
From LOG see a new RAM and KERNEL PANIC-
Note RAM was tested in separate test and passed erlier today- but see that it is listed as corrupt here:
Anonymous UUID:
F4AC0FFD....
Sun Aug 17 06:17:30 2014
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff80022c5b9a): "Possible memory corruption: pmap_pv_remove(0xffffff801975ac08,0x1062f3000,0x7ffbf, 0xff4f00007ffbf7d2, 0xffffff810d343be4, 0xfffffe9a5a842798): null pv_list!"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2422.110.17/osfmk/i386/pmap_internal.h:763
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff810d343ab0 : 0xffffff8002222f79
0xffffff810d343b30 : 0xffffff80022c5b9a
0xffffff810d343c10 : 0xffffff80022c60a7
0xffffff810d343c70 : 0xffffff800227e2fa
0xffffff810d343d80 : 0xffffff80022825cf
0xffffff810d343db0 : 0xffffff800223d9e3
0xffffff810d343df0 : 0xffffff80025cec5e
0xffffff810d343e60 : 0xffffff80025e25ed
0xffffff810d343ef0 : 0xffffff80025e2967
0xffffff810d343f30 : 0xffffff8002220b3b
0xffffff810d343f60 : 0xffffff80022dc883
0xffffff810d343f80 : 0xffffff80022f3712
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Problem Reporter
Mac OS version:
13E28
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.3.0: Tue Jun 3 21:27:35 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.110.17~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: BBFADD17-672B-35A2-9B7F-E4B12213E4B8
Kernel slide:
0x0000000002000000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8002200000
System model name: iMac11,1 (Mac-F2268DAE)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 112908028516
last loaded kext at 37062361833: com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60 (addr 0xffffff7f844ad000, size 28672)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver 2.6.3f4
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver 1.0.2d2
com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.14.28
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.2.6f1
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.6.3f4
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.6.3f4
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.13
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1
com.apple.kext.AMDFramebuffer 1.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.6.22
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothUSBDFU 4.2.6f1
com.apple.ATIRadeonX2000 8.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.3.5
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.6f1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter 104
com.apple.kext.AMD4800Controller 1.2.4
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 3.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 325.7
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver 3.0.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeLZVN 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache 35
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.6.6
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 683.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 5.0.2
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros40 700.74.5
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 3.8.1b2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 656.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 660.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.0.5
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 217.92.1
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 153
com.apple.security.quarantine 3
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 217.92.1
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.7
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.6.3f4
com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.9.7fc2
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.14
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 91.1
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.6.22
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.2.6f1
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.4
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.6f1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.12d1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.12d1
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.6.3f4
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.6.3f4
com.apple.kext.AMDSupport 1.2.4
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.6.22
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.8
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.7.1d6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDMouse 180.9
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse 180.9
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard 170.15
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 170.15
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.6.6
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 3.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 660.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 650.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 656.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.6.6
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.6.6
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 660.4.2
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 640.36
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.3b4
com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient 1.0.1b5
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 683.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.6.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0
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.corecrypto 1.0
com.apple.kec.pthread 1
Model: iMac11,1, BootROM IM111.0034.B02, 4 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.8 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.54f36
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4850, ATI Radeon HD 4850, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31364A53463235363634485A2D3147314631
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31364A53463235363634485A2D3147314631
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM1, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334648302D4346382020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334648302D4346382020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x168C, 0x8F), Atheros 9280: 4.0.74.0-P2P
Bluetooth: Version 4.2.6f1 14216, 3 services, 15 devices, 0 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: ST31000528AS, 1 TB
Serial ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Keyboard Hub
USB Device: Apple Optical USB Mouse
USB Device: Apple Keyboard
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Built-in iSight
USB Device: IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Bus:
<Link Edited By Host>All RAM tested individually and Passed- Ran a Ram memory test as well.
New kernel panic is now as follows-
What's interesting is I had the video card replaced at Apple in the last year- it's a ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB
But I see that the log has it listed as
"com.apple.ATIRadeonX2000(8.2.4)"
wondering if that my be the problem as the issue is the screen is fragmented and flickers- checkerboard before it crashes when not in safe mode..
Sun Aug 17 15:16:36 2014
panic(cpu 4 caller 0xffffff800f6dc24e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff800fabc6cf, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0xffffffffffffffff, CR3: 0x0000000018777000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0x00000000ffffffff, RBX: 0x0000000000000130, RCX: 0x0000000000001470, RDX: 0x000000000000001c
RSP: 0xffffff811a97b830, RBP: 0xffffff811a97b860, RSI: 0xffffffffffffffff, RDI: 0xffffffffffffffff
R8: 0x0000000020000000, R9: 0xffffff80e1804000, R10: 0x00000000000003eb, R11: 0x0000000000000000
R12: 0x00000000ffffffff, R13: 0x0000000000010113, R14: 0xffffff80286b8700, R15: 0xffffff8025438200
RFL: 0x0000000000010286, RIP: 0xffffff800fabc6cf, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0xffffffffffffffff, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x4
Backtrace (CPU 4), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff811a97b4c0 : 0xffffff800f622f79
0xffffff811a97b540 : 0xffffff800f6dc24e
0xffffff811a97b710 : 0xffffff800f6f3746
0xffffff811a97b730 : 0xffffff800fabc6cf
0xffffff811a97b860 : 0xffffff7f90be215c
0xffffff811a97b890 : 0xffffff7f90b81366
0xffffff811a97b8b0 : 0xffffff7f90b99842
0xffffff811a97b8e0 : 0xffffff7f90b996f9
0xffffff811a97b930 : 0xffffff7f90b995c7
0xffffff811a97b980 : 0xffffff7f90b981b6
0xffffff811a97b9a0 : 0xffffff7f90bc0c4d
0xffffff811a97b9c0 : 0xffffff7f90b89614
0xffffff811a97b9f0 : 0xffffff7f90bc3749
0xffffff811a97ba40 : 0xffffff7f90b88a4d
0xffffff811a97bb20 : 0xffffff7f90b87269
0xffffff811a97bb70 : 0xffffff800facef16
0xffffff811a97bb90 : 0xffffff800fad0511
0xffffff811a97bbf0 : 0xffffff800facdf7f
0xffffff811a97bd40 : 0xffffff800f6b6998
0xffffff811a97be50 : 0xffffff800f626bc1
0xffffff811a97be80 : 0xffffff800f6139c5
0xffffff811a97bef0 : 0xffffff800f61e013
0xffffff811a97bf70 : 0xffffff800f6c9b8d
0xffffff811a97bfb0 : 0xffffff800f6f3f66
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.ATIRadeonX2000(8.2.4)[BFD0EB65-EA22-3764-9184-80A8EA8DF304]@0xffffff7 f90b7c000->0xffffff7f90daafff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[4662B11D-2ECA-315D-875C-618C97CDAB2A]@0xffffff 7f8fcbe000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[75D81741-64C1-3941-ADFA-9D6B6C434EE4]@0 xffffff7f904d0000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
13E28
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.3.0: Tue Jun 3 21:27:35 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.110.17~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: BBFADD17-672B-35A2-9B7F-E4B12213E4B8
Kernel slide: 0x000000000f400000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800f600000
System model name: iMac11,1 (Mac-F2268DAE)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 100819732671
last loaded kext at 53020931504: com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60 (addr 0xffffff7f918ad000, size 28672)
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com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver 1.0.2d2
com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.14.28
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.6.3f4
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.2.6f1
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.6.3f4
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.13
com.apple.kext.AMDFramebuffer 1.2.4
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1
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com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothUSBDFU 4.2.6f1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
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com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.6f1
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com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.5
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com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 325.7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 3.4.1
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com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
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com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
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com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros40 700.74.5
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 3.8.1b2
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 660.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 656.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1
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com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7
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com.apple.security.quarantine 3
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com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.6.3f4
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com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 91.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.2.6f1
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.6.22
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.4
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.6f1
com.apple.kext.AMDSupport 1.2.4
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.6.22
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.12d1
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.6.3f4
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.6.3f4
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com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.8
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDMouse 180.9
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse 180.9
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard 170.15
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 170.15
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 660.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.6.6
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 3.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 650.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 656.4.1
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com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.7
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com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.6.6
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 660.4.2
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 640.36
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.3b4
com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient 1.0.1b5
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.6.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 683.4.0
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.corecrypto 1.0
com.apple.kec.pthread 1
Model: iMac11,1, BootROM IM111.0034.B02, 4 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.8 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.54f36
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4850, ATI Radeon HD 4850, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31364A53463235363634485A2D3147314631
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31364A53463235363634485A2D3147314631
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM1, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334648302D4346382020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334648302D4346382020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x168C, 0x8F), Atheros 9280: 4.0.74.0-P2P
Bluetooth: Version 4.2.6f1 14216, 3 services, 15 devices, 0 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: ST31000528AS, 1 TB
Serial ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Built-in iSight
USB Device: IR Receiver
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Keyboard Hub
USB Device: Apple Optical USB Mouse
USB Device: Apple Keyboard
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
Thunderbolt Bus: -
here is my etrecheck. Any help is appreciated
Hardware Information:
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2009)
iMac - model: iMac10,1
1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 1 day 17:29:18
Disk Information:
ST3500418ASQ disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 391.48 GB (245.88 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
BOOTCAMP (disk0s4) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP: 107.76 GB (94.95 GB free)
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
USB Information:
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2 TB
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Time Machine Backups (disk1s2) /Volumes/Time Machine Backups: 2 TB (1.56 TB free)
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Canon MX870 series
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitedaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.crashplan.engine.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[System] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitealerts.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitestatus.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.crashplan.javacheck.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] jp.co.canon.Inkjet_Extended_Survey_Agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] uk.co.markallan.clamxav.freshclam.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Adobe Bridge CS4
CrashPlan menu bar
ClamXavSentry
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2
Internet Plug-ins:
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.8.1 3rd-Party support link
Musicnotes: Version: 1.18.9 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.03 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.51204.0 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.03 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
EPPEX Plugin: Version: 3.0.5.0 3rd-Party support link
Scorch: Version: 6.1.0 3rd-Party support link
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
WebEx: Version: 1.0 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Carbonite 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
None
Old Applications:
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0
Microsoft Error Reporting: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Solver: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app
/Library/Application Support/Carbonite
CarboniteDaemon: Version: 1.1.14 build 604 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
CarboniteStatus: Version: 1.1.14 build 604 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
CarboniteAlerts: Version: 1.1.14 build 604 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office
Microsoft Graph: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Utility: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Office Reminders: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Upload Center: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
My Day: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
SyncServicesAgent: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Open XML for Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Alerts Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Chart Converter: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Clip Gallery: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011
Microsoft PowerPoint: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Outlook: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Word: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Document Connection: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Language Register: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
Time Machine:
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 364.60 GB Disk used: 135.61 GB
Destinations:
Time Machine Backups [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 2
Total number of backups: 169
Oldest backup: 2011-04-10 20:10:19 +0000
Last backup: 2014-02-04 22:28:22 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 2 > (Disk size 364.60 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
16% Solavant Demo
9% mds
3% CarboniteDaemon
2% WindowServer
2% EtreCheck
Top Processes by Memory:
348 MB firefox
217 MB clamd
135 MB mds_stores
106 MB Mail
102 MB softwareupdated
Virtual Memory Information:
794 MB Free RAM
1.70 GB Active RAM
443 MB Inactive RAM
587 MB Wired RAM
1.13 GB Page-ins
896 KB Page-outsFixing a Mavericks Installation Problem
How to manage a failed OS X Mavericks installation | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews.
Try these in order:
1. a. Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM
b. Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
2. Restart the computer in Safe Mode, then restart again, normally. If this doesn't help, then:
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the
COMMAND and R keys until the Utilities menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and
after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears.
Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
3. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
4. Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks: Reboot from the Recovery HD. Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks from the Utilities menu, and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless. -
Installing Windows 7 on a late 2009 iMac running Mavericks
I'm running a perfectly good late-2009 iMac running Mavericks and had a bootcamp partition that worked until I needed to replace my hard drive.
Now I want to install Windows 7 (via bootcamp) for gaming. Bootcamp 5 won't download the software or allow a USB/ISO Windows 7 load due to my model/ROM version, which is:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac10,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 3.33 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz
Boot ROM Version: IM101.00CC.B00
I've read quite a few threads about the apple software download server issues, creating an ISO, adjusting the BootCamp package, using virtualbox, etc. to bypass this. But can't find anything addressing my specific situation where I'm running mavericks AND have an older ROM version that won't allow USB install for some stupid reason.
I've made an ISO boot disk (and USB), tried adjusting my BootCamp package strings, and have virtualbox, winclone, Daemon tools, etc. but can't get to the point where I can upload the bootcamp software and Win7. Has anyone solved this problem?No one has done this before?
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As above really, not much more to add.
My husbands late 2009 iMac recently upgraded to Yosemite (latest update installed yesterday) freezes while in sleep mode and has to be 'force shutdown' by holding power button down and then restarted to get it going again. Recording is stopped.
The Elgato Eye TV is a dual tuner with latest update.
Sometimes it wakes the computer up and begins recording, sometimes not.
No key taps or mouse jiggles get it to wake nor a quick press of the power button, I can hear the computer running and have to hold the power button down until all is quiet then fire it back up.
Other times it just doesn't wake the computer at all and start recording. I am all out of things to try, I think he had this problem before but not as badly when the iMac was running Snow Leopard.Hi Boaz,
I´m facing exactly the same with my Mini which is remotely controlled by a MacBook via Screensharing. Everything works fine unless the Mini goes to sleep. After that I´m not able to wake it up by the MacBook and Wake on LAN (Wol). Even the share is not listed in Finder´s sidebar anymore. It simply doesn´t show up in the share sections anymore. When I log on to my router I can see, that MacMini is not active and I can send WoL package from the router. That brings the Mini back alive, although it still doesn´t show up in the Finder sidebar. When I connect to the Mini via Finder "Connect to share" and type in: vnc://ip-MacMini I can use screensharing again.......
Also I faced the problem with indexed network phantoms....means my Mini was listed in network shares with several different indices e.g. MacMini(2) and (4) and so on..... I wasn´t able to connect and curiously these phantoms show up even when my Mini was shut off! Looks like bonjour or something else is not working properly....
I fixed phantoms by reseting my router (AVM firtzbox), which worked out perfect since yesterday and no indexed phantom is showing up anymore.....
Haven´t fixed the screensharing or waking up thing yet....
I was also taking part in beta testing program and reported these problems to Apple. In Mavericks everything worked really perfect!
Greetz
Sven -
I have a late 2009 iMac. I installed OSX 10.8.4 and want to go back to Snow Leopard. I have a 3TB external HD. Are there any issues I need to know about or tips I need to know before doing this? Thanks.
Downgrade Lion/Mountain Lion to Snow Leopard
1. Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer Disc. After the installer
loads select your language and click on the Continue
button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the
Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the
mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status
of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then
the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART
info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on
the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions
from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS
Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the
partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on
the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Quit DU and return to the installer. Install Snow Leopard.
This will erase the whole drive so be sure to backup your files if you don't have a backup already. If you have performed a TM backup using Lion be aware that you cannot restore from that backup in Snow Leopard (see below.) I suggest you make a separate backup using Carbon Copy Cloner.
If you have Snow Leopard Time Machine backups made while on Snow Leopard, then you may do a full system restore per #14 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions. If you have subsequent backups from Lion, you can restore newer items selectively, via the "Star Wars" display, per #15 there, but be careful; some Snow Leopard apps may not work with the Lion/Mountain Lion files. -
I have a 27 in late 2009 iMac and using bootcamp 4 and windows 8 64 bit I am getting a error message upon startup. Any way to fix it?
Windows 8 is not supported on your computer.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5634 -
Audio and Mini DisplayPort on Late 2009 iMac (27")
I have a Late 2009 27" iMac and a 42" HDTV that I would love to hook up with eachother so I can start using Plex-and-the-likes on the bigger screen.
But I'm wondering if the Mini DisplayPort of this iMac supports audio, as I do not want my sound to come from the other side of the room when watching stuff on the TV.
I've been reading around on the net, but I can't seem to find anything conclusive that tells me that it works (some discussions and thread claim that it should work, but some official documentation regarding the Late 2009 and Mid 2010 iMacs (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3913) only mentions the Mid 2010 one with audio output in the Mini DisplayPort
Not sure if it matters, but I'm running a fully up-to-date OS X Lion.
Thanks in advance.According to http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4241, your late 2009 iMac's displayport should support hdmi audio output, (but I have no idea whether there might be OS-X version limitations).
Here are two attractive alternatives to the spendy apple-referenced adapters. I can't vouch for them, but they have great user reviews, and very low-risk pricing. (I just ordered one of each to try with my MBP and new HDTV -- but neither the adapters nor the TV have been delivered yet.)
miniDP-to-hdmi adapter from monoprice.com @ $6.65
miniDP-to-hdmi cable from amazon.com @ $8.67
Another interesting thought would be to skip the miniDP entirely and go with USB-to-hdmi, with an adapter that sounds almost too good to be true. Any comments on this technology (displaylink) would be much appreciated:
USB-to-hdmi adapter from monoprice.com @ $43.12
...shop 'til ya drop,
Looby -
As I stated my late 2009 iMac 27 inch hard drive failed and is being replaced.. I am being charged as machine does not qualify for the call back program..call backs are on 2011 machines.. However i am in shock that my segate internal iMac hard drive failed in less than two years.. are there others with similar issue? Also when I get machine back will new hard drive be stable .. How do I make sure my working environment is reliable.. I have all my data and work backed up and will be able to rebuild my system but I really do not want to have to go through this down the line again.
Just to update everyone and maybe help people down the road .... It has been a week of **** .... I may have finally solved a problem that I have seen a ton of people in all different types of discussions around the world having trouble with ...... I am going to upload some pictures of what I was getting in the beginning and it came out of no where .... I had the random pixel problem with my display and to make a long story short I came across an article two days ago regarding internal temperatures and fan speed ...... I kept reading about apples approach which is not the point ..... More importantly I dug deeper into temperature control and fan settings .... I discovered all kinds of software and there is only one in my eyes that can help anyone dealing with this display problem .... I will be honest, I do not have the money right now for anything extra and am barely getting by and that is why I kept at it ... I figured keep trying different things because a repair is out of the question ... http://www.crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control - This program has solved my problem - I get to adjust three internal temperatures inside my Imac and slowly but surely as the temperatures remained constant the display is fine .... Like new again .... I cant believe it ..... Turns out the ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB graphics card gets very hot causing it to not do what it is supposed to ..... Anyone that has any questions do not hesitate to contact me ...... I am going to upload some pics .... They are not that clear but if you are going through this you will recognize the images for sure - There was so many more variations but this should help out - Thanks to everyone that takes the time out to help people on this support site .... I want to send a shout out to The Art Of Sound .... He is the most knowledgeable Apple person I have ever come across and I am an Apple user for 20+ years
a to -
Hi all,
having problem last few days with my late 2009 imac 27, my wireless keyboard volume down not working when i pressing, up is working (f12). but when i press down (f11) after few pressing it will go all the way to mute.
but the stranged is after awile ( if i have pressed up) it will go down all the way to mute as i didn't press anything. and if i leave it for awile my mute icon still show it on display and will not turn on my screensaver / sleepmode.
have osx 10.8.3 newest version. mountain lion.
please help.i had the same problem like you did
i wanna ask you something.How can i dod reset PRAM?
Because when i restart my imac,the keyboard is shutting down.then it takes a time to reconnect again to imac.
that time the screen appear in log in view
help me out please -
I have a late 2009 imac i am having issues with my screen flickering and getting dark
i have a late 2009 imac 21 inch i am having problems with my screen flickering ND GETTING DARK DOES THIS MEAN THAT MY COMPUTER IA FAILING
I have partly the same problem (Sceen blackening) sparodically.
2010 iMAC with I7 CPU and ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB Graphics.
If I lower the brightness to around (3 or sometimes 4 of the on screen squares F2) the issue does not happen at all. I prefer a bright screen.
The issue commenced immediately after instaalling OS X 10.8.2 update one year ago.
The current software is OS X 10.9 (13A603)
The graphics on this computer are always first rate when working properly even at maximum brightness
There are particular days and times when the problem routinely occurs.
Some of my neighbors with iMacs have similar problems.
I live adjacent to the City of London in an area where new building seems to be developing faster than the various utilities and there are known Power Network issues. Professional surge supressors make no difference.
I live in a large property with four independent ring mais. The issue is present on all four rings. I have yet to take the computer elsewhere to possibly eliminate power issues from the problem.
I am reluctant to replace an otherwise fine top of range iMac which otherwise serves me well since the same problems might be present. -
My hard drive is slower than ever - Late 2009 iMac - help requested
I was testing my hard disk via BlackMagic Disk Speed Test across the network (for copying files from my MacBook Pro to my Late 2009 iMac, and I was shocked at the write speeds.
Because of this, I went to the machine and ran local tests, both BlackMagic and xbench. Suddenly I was horrified when I saw the performance for write operations well below the speeds I'd observed in the past. Luckily, I had saved xbench files so I had the ability to compare old disk tests. In the summer of 2013 running 10.7.3, this same hard drive had an uncached write speed of 116 MB/s [4K blocks] and 94 MB/s [256K block]. Now, the drive running under 10.9.5 is performing very inconsistently, with top speeds around 80 MB/s and averages more like 50 MB/s.
I cannot think of any significant changes to tools or background applications installed since that time, so I ran EtreCheck -- the results of which I'm pasting below.
Any guidance as to what I should test would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading! --
Chris
Problem description:
Hard disk slowed to less than half the speed from Mac OS X 10.7.3, as I am now on 10.9.5 and the speed appears to be roughly 40M/s uncached write down from 119M/s previously. I am using the same drive, memory and most of the same applications.
The only large difference is the OS.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated March 8, 2015 at 3:30:34 PM CDT
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) (Technical Specifications)
iMac - model: iMac10,1
1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
12 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 0/DIMM1
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
ATI Radeon HD 4670 - VRAM: 256 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Time since boot: 3 days 1:55:43
Disk Information: ℹ️
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
myMac (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (204.80 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GA11N
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader 63.86 GB
LYNX (disk1s1) /Volumes/LYNX : 63.85 GB (57.95 GB free)
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Firewire Information: ℹ️
WD My Book 111D 800mbit - 800mbit max
EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
My Book 2TB (disk3s2) /Volumes/My Book 2TB : 2.00 TB (966.24 GB free)
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Applications/ExpanDrive.app
[not loaded] com.expandrive.filesystems.strongfuse (2.5.6 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
/Applications/NetShade.app
[not loaded] foo.tap (1.0) [Click for support]
[not loaded] foo.tun (1.0) [Click for support]
/Applications/Parallels Access.app
[loaded] com.parallels.virtualsound (1.0 22641.906168 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
/Applications/Parallels Desktop.app
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.hidhook (9.0 24229.991745) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (9.0 24229.991745) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.netbridge (9.0 24229.991745) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.usbconnect (9.0 24229.991745) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.vnic (9.0 24229.991745) [Click for support]
/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice (1.1 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
[loaded] com.globaldelight.driver.VoilaDevice (1.1 - SDK 10.1) [Click for support]
[loaded] org.dungeon.driver.SATSMARTDriver (1.1 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.AddressBook.SourceSync.plist [Click for details]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.epson.eventmanager.agent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.parallels.mobile.prl_deskctl_agent.launchagent.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.parallels.mobile.startgui.launchagent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.cocoatech.pathfinder.SMFHelper7.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.daz3d.content_management_service.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.ea.origin.ESHelper.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.freemacsoft.appcleanerd.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.github.GitHub.GHInstallCLI.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.marketcircle.billingspro.accessd.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.marketcircle.billingspro.backupd.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.marketcircle.billingspro.configd.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.marketcircle.billingspro.httpd.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.marketcircle.billingspro.portsd.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.parallels.mobile.dispatcher.launchdaemon.plist [Click for support]
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Mar 7, 2015, 11:20:50 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/AddressBookSourceSync_2015-03- 07-232050_[redacted].crashHi Eric -
I did a horrible job of explaining *when* the slow performance became noticeable. These changes did not happen when I installed Mavericks, I just don't have benchmarks *saved* to give the support community exact numbers after Mavericks was installed. The performance at that time was roughly the same, although you might recall that the old app xbench no longer worked to give a comparison because one or more of the sections of testing wouldn't work (memory, if I recall correctly, although I will run it when I am back at that machine and post here).
In any case, the only significant change since the slow down is the OS, but the decline in performance was noticed in the fall. It wasn't until I tried this network copying task the other day that I decided to run BlackMagic's test. This is when I realized I should go check the performance on the local machine. Having already run through many of the generic recommendations, I thought perhaps someone here who has a much deeper understanding of the storage abstraction layer would have guidance on specific preference files that might be corrupted since I can't find any tool to check them. I've noticed that many of the people seeking guidance are not very technical and the advice is similarly geared. I'm sure I could spend a little time this week finding comparable tools in Mac OS X to those I'd have used in the past on Windows (Sysinternals) to do real time debugging and process analysis.
So far I have found that there were a few processes running high, like the dashboard client, so I moved (deleted) the preference file and rebooted. This resulted in the gain to that 60 MB/sec write performance (up from the low of 40 MB/sec), but there must be other areas yet unexplored.
At this point I'm considering a fresh install, but I'd been told in previous exchanges when I first started developing on Macs (2008) that fresh installs were rarely the best solution on Macs.
Can you give me guidance on that? You probably know that in the Windows world it is often (depending on how you define often) necessary to format and reinstall the OS. As a long time systems architect developing everything from device drivers to enterprise solutions, I see that as a result of the attempts to maintain legacy support for so long and the convoluted resulting APIs and failure to make real fixes for fear of causing problems with older hardware and software. Would you suggest erasing and reinstalling?
@BobHarris - I know that's a problem and it's why I monitor the drive more than I do drives in other systems. My drive didn't qualify for replacement, but I think Apple doesn't always do a good job with the recalls. I was very fortunate that my old white MacBook qualified for quite a few replacement parts so it's a great browsing-the-web computer now, but at its age, it isn't capable of running most of the apps I need. I have considered selling the 27" iMac but when I last had it in for warranty repair, the DisplayPort was misaligned to the case, so I'm going to have to pay labor just to get it popped open to fix that (since the service center says they didn't cause the DP problem - although they must have!)... In any case, if I have to spend that money, I might as well use the drive doubler kit since I never use the optical drive in that box anyway. Mostly I love having it because of the gorgeous big screen. That being said, costs of repairs are silly when I can just buy another used MBP circa 2012 and get twice the processing power then use a CalDigit dock like the one I use with my existing MBP to use an inexpensive HD TV for the monitor.
Thanks for the replies folks - the input is awesome!
Chris -
Late 2009 iMac is failing. No obvious reason - help!
My late 2009 iMac has been getting slower and slower in last few months and is now practically dead. I've checked everything (Ram, CPU, rogue processes) and can see nothing obvious. I have 1.8GB free RAM, CPU never looks busy in Activity monitor. I upgraded to Mavericks on hope it would help but nadda.
I keep getting the waiting ball appear when I try to do things. Sometimes I get an hour of undisturbed bliss, then relentless waiting with every click. When I restart the machine it is always at its worse, till about 2-3 hours later when the iMac seems to have settled and I can actually do a few things without prolonged waiting.
I tried to reinstall Mavericks to see if that worked but the reinstall failed at the last minute, leaving me back where I started.
Full system details of my machine are:
Hardware Information: ?
iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac10,1
1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
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ATI Radeon HD 4670 - VRAM: 256 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
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OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 3:1:52
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Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (597.53 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GA11N
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Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
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Macintosh HD: Disk size: 930.71 GB Disk used: 374.22 GB
Destinations:
My Book [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 931.36 GB
Total number of backups: 170
Oldest backup: 2011-04-30 15:38:33 +0000
Last backup: 2014-08-24 20:16:22 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 931.36 GB < (Disk used 374.22 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
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1% mds_stores
0% fontd
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0% mds
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123 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
115 MB mds_stores
102 MB Finder
90 MB WindowServer
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1.80 GB Free RAM
1.46 GB Active RAM
222 MB Inactive RAM
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417 MB Page-ins
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Things you can do to resolve slowdowns see post by Kappy -
'Late 2009' iMac running hotter than usual (Power-related)
For the past month or so, my 27" iMac (2.66 GHz i5) has been running hotter than usual (heat management has been terrible on these things for years). Using iStat Menus, I've tracked the culprit down to the power system, with the board and primary/secondary heat sinks regularly approaching 90º C (the secondary heat sink has actually hit 90º). The fans are ramping up as I would expect, but I'm a bit concerned over the frequency with which this happens. It seems like programs that, in the past, would not have taxed the CPU as much are suddenly ramping up to 100% usage, which obviously heats up the power supply. The only thing I can think of that's different is Mavericks (10.9.4). I know it has a few new bells and whistles that are supposed to use the CPU more efficiently and pull less power in the long run, but it seems like the exact opposite is happening.
Does anyone have any ideas/suggestions (short of rolling back to Snow Leopard, which I might do)? Is this a sign that the Mac is on its way out?If the machine suddenly shuts down on its own or kernel panics, I'd be concerned. Do not attempt to modify anything internally except ensuring the RAM is to stated to be Late 2009 iMac compatible. Not all 1066 MHz PC3-8500 DDR3 SO-DIMMs (204-pin) RAM are alike. http://www.crucial.com/ http://www.macsales.com/ and http://www.datamem.com/ all sell RAM by age of computer and model name. Do not get ValueRAM. Only get lifetime warranty RAM.
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