MBP freezes after Screen Capture (Cmd+Shift+4)

When I try to do a screen capture, my MBP is freezing (rotating wheel) after the 2nd or 3rd screen capture. This is new after I upgraded to 10.6.6
Any hints?
thnx
viTus

I don't think there is a bug for Apple to fix, as far as I can tell. I've taken plenty of screenshots using cmd-shift-4 since the update (I actually did a number just a few days ago), and my system is working just fine, as always. I also haven't heard any other reports of this kind of problem. So, the question is, what's going wrong with your systems?
Since it's happening on two different machines, my inclination would be to blame third-party software you've got installed. Try [starting up in Safe Mode|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455]... does the problem still happen then? Safe mode disables third-party software that may be loading at startup/login, so if the problem goes away in safe mode, then it's just a matter of figuring out what software is causing the problem.
Also, are you using any other third-party hardware, especially input devices, with both MacBooks when you're taking the screen shots? If so, try disconnecting all of it and use just the built-in keyboard and trackpad. If the problem goes away then, it's probably a hardware incompatibility.

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Hi all,
this is really a serious issue!
After upgrading to 10.6.6, I have found a bug with the Screen capture feature.
After several screen shots (CmdShift4) OSX is hanging. You can move the mouse, but everything else is frozen.
I've tested it prior to the upgrade with 10.6.5 -> no problem
I've tested it with 10.6.6 on 2 different Macbook Pros (different models) and both have the same issue with 10.6.6
Please apple, fix this bug!!
thnx
viTus

I don't think there is a bug for Apple to fix, as far as I can tell. I've taken plenty of screenshots using cmd-shift-4 since the update (I actually did a number just a few days ago), and my system is working just fine, as always. I also haven't heard any other reports of this kind of problem. So, the question is, what's going wrong with your systems?
Since it's happening on two different machines, my inclination would be to blame third-party software you've got installed. Try [starting up in Safe Mode|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455]... does the problem still happen then? Safe mode disables third-party software that may be loading at startup/login, so if the problem goes away in safe mode, then it's just a matter of figuring out what software is causing the problem.
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Note: I normally use Grab, but find having to convert tiffs to jpg/png annoying; I was hoping to use the built-in screen grab instead.
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Creating a new user is fairly easy and non disruptive to the Mac or the way you log in. You can simply delete the user when finished troubleshooting or keep it for later troubleshooting.
To create a new account (just to let you know how to do it).
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2. Click on the Lock at the bottom left of the window.
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4. Now the + add user button should no longer be greyed out, select the + button.
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6. Select the Keep Automatic Login when prompted.
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Nov 25 21:01:47 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro loginwindow[2433]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Nov 25 21:01:53 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Resources/airport: Currently connected to network Joe's Network
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Nov 25 21:56:02 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: hibernate image path: /var/vm/sleepimage
Nov 25 21:56:02 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: sizeof(IOHibernateImageHeader) == 512
Nov 25 21:56:02 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: Opened file /var/vm/sleepimage, size 2147483648, partition base 0xc805000, maxio 400000
Nov 25 21:56:02 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: hibernate image major 14, minor 2, blocksize 512, pollers 3
Nov 25 21:56:02 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: hibernateallocpages flags 00000000, gobbling 0 pages
Nov 25 21:56:02 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro launchd: Server 0 in bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[191]: exited abnormally: Hangup
Nov 25 21:56:02 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro configd[78]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Nov 25 21:59:36 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: System SafeSleep
Nov 25 21:59:36 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: hibernatepage_listsetall start
Nov 25 21:59:36 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: hibernatepage_listsetall time: 123 ms
Nov 25 21:59:36 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: pages 218835, wire 61812, act 19596, inact 27592, zf 13802, could discard act 34743 inact 61290
Nov 25 21:59:36 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: hibernatepage_listsetall found pageCount 218835
Nov 25 21:59:36 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: IOHibernatePollerOpen, mlget_interruptsenabled 0
Nov 25 21:59:36 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: IOHibernatePollerOpen(0)
Nov 25 21:59:36 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: writing 218025 pages
Nov 25 21:59:36 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: image1Size 96880640
Nov 25 21:59:36 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: all time: 6813 ms, comp time: 1050 ms, deco time: 0 ms,
Nov 25 21:59:36 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: image 234494976, uncompressed 499679232 (121992), compressed 231104028 (46%), sum1 f89b7fab, sum2 c005b10a
Nov 25 21:59:36 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: hibernatewriteimage done(0)
Nov 25 21:59:36 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: sleep
Nov 25 21:59:36 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: IOUSBWorkLoop::closeGate - interrupt Thread being held offEnabling XMM register save/restore and SSE/SSE2 opcodes
Nov 25 21:59:36 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: Started CPU 01
Nov 25 21:59:36 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: IOBluetoothHCIController::restartShutdownWL this is a wake from sleep
Nov 25 21:59:36 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: System Wake
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: hi mem tramps at 0xffe00000
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: PAE enabled
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: vmpagebootstrap: 512915 free pages
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: migtable_maxdispl = 71
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: Enabling XMM register save/restore and SSE/SSE2 opcodes
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: 102 prelinked modules
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI CA 20060421
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: ready
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: using 10485 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: Enabling XMM register save/restore and SSE/SSE2 opcodes
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: Started CPU 01
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 64:87
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3)
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: Security auditing service present
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: BSM auditing present
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: disabled
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: 4DB93950-5225-4DD2-BFC9-CBC701493457
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
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Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) TI ID 8025 built-in now active, GUID 0016cbfffe6b3cd4; max speed s800.
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleAHCI/PRT2 @2/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDri ver/ST9120821AS Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/Customer@2
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: BSD root: disk0s2, major 14, minor 2
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: replay_journal: from: 3496448 to: 10202624 (joffset 0x37e000)
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::probe:
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::start before command
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::stop
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: IOBluetoothHCIController::start Idle Timer Stopped
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: HFS: Removed 3 orphaned unlinked files
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: Jettisoning kernel linker.
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: Resetting IOCatalogue.
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: display: family specific matching fails
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 20
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 20
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 20
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 20
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 20
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: Previous Shutdown Cause: 3
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: display: family specific matching fails
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: RBIOKitController: started.
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: display: family specific matching fails
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Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: athdescdmasetup: tx dddescpaddr = 0xd09d000, length 0x46500(288000) bytes
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: athdescdmasetup: beacon dddescpaddr = 0xce6c000, length 0x90(144) bytes
Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost kernel[0]: mac 10.3 phy 6.1 radio 10.2
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Nov 25 22:02:06 localhost DirectoryService[51]: Launched version 2.1 (v353.6)
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Nov 25 22:02:08 localhost kernel[0]: yukonosx: Ethernet address 00:16:cb:c8:fe:4f
Nov 25 22:02:08 localhost kernel[0]: AirPort_Athr5424ab: Ethernet address 00:16:cb:ba:e3:19
Nov 25 22:02:08 localhost kernel[0]: Registering For 802.11 Events
Nov 25 22:02:08 localhost kernel[0]: [HCIController][setupHardware] AFH Is Supported
Nov 25 22:02:08 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro configd[42]: setting hostname to "Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro.local"
Nov 25 22:02:08 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro lookupd[68]: lookupd (version 369.6) starting - Sun Nov 25 22:02:08 2007
Nov 25 22:02:11 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow: Login Window Application Started
Nov 25 22:02:12 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro configd[42]: executing /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/enable-net work
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Nov 25 22:02:12 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro loginwindow[71]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Nov 25 22:02:12 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: [Parallels] Parallels Hypervisor started.
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Nov 25 22:02:13 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: [Parallels] Parallels VM observer thread started
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Nov 25 22:02:14 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro Parallels: Loading Virtual Ethernet module...
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Nov 25 22:02:14 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: comparallels_kextPvsvnic1: Ethernet address 00:1c:42:00:00:01
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Nov 25 22:02:15 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro pvsnatd[228]: en3: DHCP/NAT for 10.211.55.2-10.211.55.254 netmask 255.255.255.0
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Nov 25 22:02:16 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro Parallels: Restaring CiscoVPN...
Nov 25 22:02:16 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro Parallels: Initialization complete.
Nov 25 22:02:19 Joe-Heafners-MacBook-Pro /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Resources/airport: Currently connected to network Joe's Network

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This is what I tried:
1.- Just upgrade, as I have always done. Result: after the system has been upgraded, a few seconds after Mavericks has booted up, the computer just freezes.
2.- I did a clean install of Mavericks telling it to transfer my stuff from a Time Machine backup after the first boot. Result: the same, a few seconds after Mavericks has booted up and my account is being loaded, the computer freezes.
3.- Another clean install of Mavericks, but this time telling it to transfer my account. After the information transfer is done, the system boots up and I start using it, it seems to be working, and I start reinstalling the software I need: VMWare, iWork, Aperture, iLife, Steam... Everything is going fine, the computer seems to be fine. The last piece of software I installed is Adobe CS5, then, I keep on working with the computer trying to install fink and the software I usually use... and then bang! The computer freezes again.
4.- Clean install of the system in an external USB harddrive, transferring everything from a Time Machine backup. When it is done, the computer is incredibly slow, but that's normal, because it is USB 2.0 on a regular HDD, and it's been a while since I installed a Crucial M4 SSD in the MBP. This time, I can use the system for a while and the computer doesn't freeze.
I check if it could be a problem with the SSD, I am using a Crucial M4 512GB SSD with firmware version 000F, so I updated the firmware to the latest version, but the problem is the same, the system freezes.
Additional information: My wife has a MBP 13'' (mine is 15'') with the same SSD, firmware version 040H, and the same software (Adobe CS5, VMWare, Aperture, etc.), but her computer is perfectly happy with the upgrade.
I couldn't find anything useful on the system logs, I also tried to boot up in single user mode, safe mode, reset the PMU or SMC (command+option+P+R)... yet no solution. The only thing I could do was to fall back to my dear Lion, that works perfectly, with its defects, of course, but it is running.
I'd really like to be able to upgrade to Mavericks, because the little time I could use it, I got the impression that it manages the resources on the machine in a better way. And, if I want to develop for iOS 7 and Mac OS X, there is no other way than having it.
Any ideas? May it be the graphic card (my computer is a late 2007 MBP 15'', that already got the motherboard replaced because of the known graphic card defect)?

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