Mid 2007 iMac24, which suddenly has a display problem.

First windows appeared partially transparent, showing shadows of images of windows which already were closed! Then it started to have trouble to wake up the display. Now even a restart results in a black screen which only eventually reappears after several minutes. Newly typed letters are gray until the slowly get black, as I am typing... really strange !! What is going on? First I thought this is a hardware issue like a blown backlight. But it has some really crazy aspects which seem to hint at a sofware problem.
Power On Self-Test:
Last Run:          16/03/2013 21:52
Result:          Passed
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro:
Chipset Model:          ATI,RadeonHD2600
System Software Overview:
System Version:          OS X 10.8.2 (12C60)
Kernel Version:          Darwin 12.2.0
Boot Volume:          iMac
Boot Mode:          Normal
Computer Name:          xxx’s iMac
User Name:          xxx
Secure Virtual Memory:          Enabled
Time since boot:          20 minutes

Okay, it came back to life after several hours !! Now it is running OSX 10.8.3 with exactly the same problem.
Letters seem gray when I am typing, but get black eventually, closed windows in the background shine through nwely opened windows, but eventaully fase away. I am very, very curious about what is going on. I am on a sabatical in Sao Paulo, and Apple Care has expired for my 2007 iMac. I really would like to get some feedback, before I send it to a repair centre. I already look for one, but I have my doubts that the local Appple store have technicians at the location, most likely my iMac will be sent from one place to the other....

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MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10)
So here is my EtreCheck report that is a bit above my head but anything in red isn't good I'm sure. I'd really appreciate some friendly advice
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated at
Hardware Information: ℹ️
iMac (24-inch Mid 2007) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac7,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
6 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
ATI,RadeonHD2600 - VRAM: 256 MB
iMac 1920 x 1200
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 2:34:25
Disk Information: ℹ️
WDC WD3200AAJS-40RYA0 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Data (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 319.21 GB (230.04 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
USB Information: ℹ️
VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub
Generic USB Storage
Western Digital My Passport 0824 2 TB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Passport Slim (disk2s2) /Volumes/Passport Slim : 2.00 TB (1.62 TB free)
VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Logitech USB Receiver
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Firewire Information: ℹ️
WD Passport III 800mbit - 800mbit max
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Passport (disk1s2) /Volumes/Passport : 499.76 GB (370.05 GB free)
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Anywhere
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.lge.driver.LGAndroidmdmcontrol (4.15 - SDK 10.10) Support
[not loaded] com.lge.driver.LGAndroidmdmdata (4.15 - SDK 10.10) Support
[not loaded] com.lge.driver.LGAndroidndiscontrol (4.15 - SDK 10.10) Support
[not loaded] com.lge.driver.LGAndroidndisdata (4.15 - SDK 10.10) Support
[not loaded] com.lge.driver.LGAndroidrndis (4.15 - SDK 10.10) Support
[not loaded] com.lge.driver.LGAndroidserial (4.15 - SDK 10.10) Support
[not loaded] com.lge.driver.LGAndroidusbbus (4.15 - SDK 10.10) Support
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.4.26 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.markspace.iokit.IOMissingSyncMassStorage (199) Support
[not loaded] com.markspace.missingsync.palmos.classicseize (1) Support
[not loaded] com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftKeyboard (6.3) Support
[not loaded] com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftMouse (8.2) Support
[not loaded] com.palm.ClassicNotSeizeDriver (3.2.1) Support
[loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394.64.10.9 (1.0.1 - SDK 10.9) Support
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394HP (1.0.5) Support
[loaded] com.wdc.driver.USB.64.10.9 (1.0.1 - SDK 10.9) Support
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USBHP (1.0.1) Support
/System/Library/Extensions/MicrosoftKeyboard.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftKeyboardBluetooth (6.3) Support
[not loaded] com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftKeyboardUSB (6.3) Support
/System/Library/Extensions/MicrosoftMouse.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftMouseBluetooth (8.2) Support
[not loaded] com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftMouseUSB (8.2) Support
/System/Library/Extensions/ssuddrv.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.4.26 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.4.26 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.4.26 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.4.26 - SDK 10.6) Support
Startup Items: ℹ️
Cocktail: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Cocktail
Startup items are obsolete and will not work in future versions of OS X
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy.plist
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.ctkd.plist
[failed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist
[failed] com.apple.nehelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
[failed] com.apple.softwareupdated.plist
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
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[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist Support
[not loaded] com.maintain.LogOut.plist Support
[loaded] com.maintain.PurgeInactiveMemory.plist Support
[not loaded] com.maintain.Restart.plist Support
[not loaded] com.maintain.ShutDown.plist Support
[not loaded] com.maintain.Sleep.plist Support
[running] com.maintain.SystemEvents.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
[invalid?] com.tvmobili.artwork.plist Support
[running] com.wdc.raidmanagerstatusmenu.plist Support
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[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[running] com.bjango.istatserver.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.hp.lightscribe.plist Support
[loaded] com.maintain.CocktailScheduler.plist Support
[loaded] com.maintain.HideSpotlightMenuBarIcon.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
[invalid?] com.tvmobili.tvmobilisvcd.plist Support
[running] com.wdc.WDRAIDDriveService.plist Support
[loaded] com.westerndigital.WD-Drive-Manager-Installer.plist Support
[loaded] net.freemacsoft.LiteIcon.LIHelperTool.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.maintain.ShowUserLibraryDirectory.plist Support
[loaded] uk.co.markallan.clamxav.freshclam.plist Support
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Macs Fan Control Application (/Applications/Macs Fan Control.app)
Solar Service Application (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Logitech/SolarService/Solar Service.app)
Android File Transfer Agent Application (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Google/Android File Transfer/Android File Transfer Agent.app)
WDDriveUtilityHelper Application (/Applications/WD Drive Utilities.app/Contents/WDDriveUtilityHelper.app)
WD Quick View UNKNOWN (missing value)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 2.0.2f2 Support
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.2.4 Support
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 Support
RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 1.4 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Java Support
Microsoft Mouse Support
MusicManager Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
Data: Disk size: 319.21 GB Disk used: 89.17 GB
Destinations:
Passport [Local]
Total size: 499.76 GB
Total number of backups: 25
Oldest backup: 2014-05-10 16:56:40 +0000
Last backup: 2014-11-14 17:38:44 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 499.76 GB > (Disk used 89.17 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      3% WindowServer
      1% Google Chrome Canary
      1% coreaudiod
      0% systemstatsd
      0% ps
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
174 MB Google Chrome Canary
84 MB Google Chrome Helper
64 MB mds_stores
52 MB Finder
45 MB iconservicesagent
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
3.02 GB Free RAM
1.69 GB Active RAM
317 MB Inactive RAM
753 MB Wired RAM
8.69 GB Page-ins
156 MB Page-outs
I hope to hear from anyone even to knock me in the head, lol. Thanks in advance and I'll be around trying to figure this out.

1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem. But with the aid of the test results, the solution may take a few minutes, instead of hours or days.
Don't be put off by the complexity of these instructions. The process is much less complicated than the description. You do harder tasks with the computer all the time.
2. If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. Backup is always a must, and when you're having any kind of trouble with the computer, you may be at higher than usual risk of losing data, whether you follow these instructions or not.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
3. Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. As I wrote above, it changes nothing. It doesn't send or receive any data on the network. All it does is to generate a human-readable report on the state of the computer. That report goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. If you prefer, you can act on it yourself without disclosing the contents to me or anyone else.
You should be wondering whether you can believe me, and whether it's safe to run a program at the behest of a stranger. In general, no, it's not safe and I don't encourage it.
In this case, however, there are a couple of ways for you to decide whether the program is safe without having to trust me. First, you can read it. Unlike an application that you download and click to run, it's transparent, so anyone with the necessary skill can verify what it does.
You may not be able to understand the script yourself. But variations of the script have been posted on this website thousands of times over a period of years. The site is hosted by Apple, which does not allow it to be used to distribute harmful software. Any one of the millions of registered users could have read the script and raised the alarm if it was harmful. Then I would not be here now and you would not be reading this message.
Nevertheless, if you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
4. Here's a summary of what you need to do, if you choose to proceed:
☞ Copy a line of text in this window to the Clipboard.
☞ Paste into the window of another application.
☞ Wait for the test to run. It usually takes a few minutes.
☞ Paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page.
The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. You don't need to copy a second time. Details follow.
5. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode, under the conditions in which the problem is reproduced. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
6. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
7. The script is a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, though you may not see all of it in the browser window, and you can then copy it. If you try to select the line by dragging across the part you can see, you won't get all of it.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
8. Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste by pressing command-V. The text you pasted should vanish immediately. If it doesn't, press the return key.
9. If you see an error message in the Terminal window such as "Syntax error" or "Event not found," enter
exec bash
and press return. Then paste the script again.
10. If you're logged in as an administrator, you'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You will not see the usual dots in place of typed characters. Make sure caps lock is off. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you make three failed attempts to enter the password, the test will run anyway, but it will produce less information. In most cases, the difference is not important. If you don't know the password, or if you prefer not to enter it, press the key combination control-C or just press return three times at the password prompt. Again, the script will still run.
If you're not logged in as an administrator, you won't be prompted for a password. The test will still run. It just won't do anything that requires administrator privileges.
11. The test may take a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. A computer that's abnormally slow may take longer to run the test. While it's running, there will be nothing in the Terminal window and no indication of progress. Wait for the line
[Process completed]
to appear. If you don't see it within half an hour or so, the test probably won't complete in a reasonable time. In that case, close the Terminal window and report what happened. No harm will be done.
12. When the test is complete, quit Terminal. The results will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. They are not shown in the Terminal window. Please don't copy anything from there. All you have to do is start a reply to this comment and then paste by pressing command-V again.
At the top of the results, there will be a line that begins with the words "Start time." If you don't see that, but instead see a mass of gibberish, you didn't wait for the "Process completed" message to appear in the Terminal window. Please wait for it and try again.
If any private information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
13. When you post the results, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "You are not authorized to post." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the test results on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
14. This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak only for themselves, and I don't necessarily agree with them.
Copyright © 2014 by Linc Davis. As the sole author of this work, I reserve all rights to it except as provided in the Use Agreement for the Apple Support Communities website ("ASC"). Readers of ASC may copy it for their own personal use. Neither the whole nor any part may be redistributed.

Bluetooth pane has gone missing since update from 10.10.2 to 10.10.3 on iMac mid 2007

I have a iMac mid 2007 model. I was running os x 10.10.2 with no problems. I update to os x 10.10.3 for the security issue. Now my bluetooth pane has gone missing from system preferences. I have tried everything suggested in suggested in support as it seems others have suffered the same thing on different macs. Nothing has that was suggested there has corrected this issue. Does anyone have any ideas apart from using a wired mouse and keyboard or using time machine to revert to os x 10.10.2? Let me know please.
Also booting up is slow to say the least, I can live with that though unless there is an as yet unknown by me fix.

Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your documents or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this behavior; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.
Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
Step 2
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Please take this step regardless of the results of Step 1.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. You must hold down the shift key twice: once when you turn on the computer, and again when you log in.
Note: If FileVault is enabled in OS X 10.9 or earlier, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to start up and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models. The next normal startup may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
After testing, restart as usual (not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of Steps 1 and 2.

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