My iBook is reseting itself

I started up my iBook G4 one morning and my documents and programs were still there, but none of my settings were there and my programs had been reseted, I lost all my iPhoto pictures, iTunes stuff, aim settings, etc. Then even hour or so, safari resets itself again, and I lose my bookmarks and everything. What do I do?

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Ibook is restarting itself and will only load a blue screen

so a couple weeks ago i was having issues with my ibook and safari..safari would keep on freezing and or quit on its own..i thought my software was out of date so i went and got Tiger...when i went to install tiger i was unable to use the upgrade and the archive and install feature, thus leaving me with erase and install...so after deleting my hard drive and installing tiger i ran into more issues with my ibook...ive been trying to do software updates but half way through the download it will freeze up thus making me force quit the program and download...then my ibook would only load the blue background of the desk top but not the icon for the hard drive or any of the things on the expose..in attempting to get into disk utilities the ibook would reset itself...finally, when i tried to start up in safe mode i was only able to get to where you type in your password and no further than that...after hitting enter the password window would just open again...with all this being said..can anyone help me with this issue?i am fearing that it could be the mother board or even the hard drive but about two years ago i had my mother board replaced...so i duno whats going on

Some iBooks (like mine) had a separate disc with the Apple Hardware Test--others had it on one of the install discs but I'm not sure which one. It sounds a lot like you might have hardware issues of some kind since reinstalling the OS didn't fix the problem. I am assuming that you don't have easy access to an Apple store where someone at the genius bar could possibly help you come up with a diagnosis. Also, I am assuming you actually erased your hard drive rather than deleting it as you said in your post.
You might want to check and see which discs you do have and determine what is missing. If Apple itself did the last repair and did not return the disc, you could talk to Apple Customer Relations and explain your situation and see if they would send you a replacement disc, as it really should have been returned. If it was done by someone other than Apple, you can still probably get a replacement but there will likely be a fee. And if you do by chance have the AHT, by all means run it.
Otherwise, you will have to appeal to the more knowledgeable and experienced members of the forum for help, but I believe you will still need the original install discs. If you have another Mac, there may be some other approaches that can be tried, but I personally have not ever done this so I can't really help with that.
Good luck!

Dock Display resets itself; Overheating; Loosing Bookmarks w/ Firefox

Hello,
I need help and was wondering if anybody might have an idea of what is going on with my iBook which is 2 years old. Up until a week ago I had no problems whatsoever with the laptop and all of a sudden things seem very strange...
1) I am loosing battery power very quickly. The charge holds, if I am not using the internet, about 1 hour.
2) I lost all my bookmarks in firefox for no reason. I started saving bookmarks again but the next day, they were gone again.
3) The Dock is resetting itself to the original view every time I start up the laptop. I save icons in the dock but they disappear the next time I turn the laptop on. What I find interesting though is that the wallpaper stays the same. Do the dock settings and the wallpaper have different memory?
4) The laptop is overheating and the fan is blowing almost constantly even though I am using the laptop on a table (hard surface; yes, I read the posts).
I spoke to Tech Support and they had me take out the battery and press the "power on" button for 6 seconds (sorry, I forgot the term that they used for this process). It seemed to help while the Tech was on the phone but the next day, I had the same problem.
Can it be that I need a new battery or does anybody think there might be more wrong with it?
Thank you to all who respond.

Glad the genius bar was able to help you!
Would agree with the erase and install once you get your important data backed up. It will get rid of any corrupted software and cobwebs and make your machine seem like new again. This would be a good opportunity to gain a little hard drive space by doing a custom install and opting to not install all the languages and printer drivers you will never use.
It would not surprise me if your overheating problem might get better or even go away after an erase and install. I don't know which model iBook you have, and I understand that some of them do run hot, but it has been my experience that my iBook usually runs cool and the fan very seldom comes on.
When I mentioned Activity Monitor, I was wondering if you might have had a runaway application going on in the background. One time I was just doing email and the computer got hot and the fan came on--and the CPU showed 85% use, which was way more than my usual few percent. In view of your battery problems and overheating, I wondered if you might have had the same sort of thing going on. Here is the article about this:
Runaway applications can shorten battery runtime:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304882
Most people don't need File Vault. If you do have a few sensitive documents on your laptop that you want to be secured in case it ever gets stolen, you can use an encrypted disk image instead. Just go to Disk Utility and click on "New Image". It will create a file that you can protect with a good password. For most users, File Vault is more trouble than it's worth.
I think once you do the erase and install, everything will be working as it should again.
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Mid-2010 MacBook Pro Resets Itself

I bought my 13" Macbook Pro in September of last year. Lately it has intermittently started resetting itself, meaning in the middle of whatever I'm working on, my screen will suddenly turn a light blue color, then the desktop will reload afresh, with all the applications I'd been working on previously no longer open. It seems to happen when I'm switching between programs, primarily when I'm switching back to Safari or Word, but that may just be coincidence. It's frustrating, but I haven't lost any data yet. I've run all software updates, if that makes any difference.
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I suppose I should have mentioned that I've been making frequent Time Machine backups and save my most important files in cloud storage. I'm certainly not averse to making a Genius Bar appointment, but I do have reservations about how much they'll be able to help given that I can't reproduce the problem at will.

My ipod reset itself it would not let me log into my old itunes account so I made a new one how can I get to all my music and stuff.

My ipod reset itself it would not let me log into my old itunes account so I made a new one how can I get to all my music and stuff.

To recovery yoyr existing account:
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Yes. Visit My Apple ID and click Find your Apple ID. See Finding your Apple ID if you'd like more information.
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If you've forgotten your Apple ID Password or want to change it, go to My Apple ID and follow the instructions. SeeChanging your Apple ID password if you'd like more information.
If necessary:
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You need to contact Apple by:
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2 - Call Apple in your country by getting the number from here:
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HP Officejet Pro 8500A Periodically resets itself

About every 20 minutes the screen on my HP Officejet Pro 8500A goes blank, then redisplays, followed by the carriage shifting sounding like the printer is resetting itself to print a job. I'm set up on a WiFi connection and have no screen blanking set. This resetting is VERY disconcerting as it happens with no warning. How can I stop this periodic reset?
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Hi HevnLgh,
I completed all of the steps you recommended and they did not solve the problem. However two days later the problem has disappeared.
The problem was not that the printer was powering off. Also it was not connected to a computer in any manner other than WiFi, though it did have a phone line connection to send/receive FAXes. The printer display was blanking for a few seconds, followed by redisplay and carriage movement that sounded just like when it was getting ready to print. However no printout resulted, nor was there any print job pending.
Now the display goes dim periodically for a few seconds, but comes back on. However there is no longer any carriage movement or other noises. Since the sudden noise was always the annoying factor I'm satisfied that the issue is resolved.
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Mac OS 10.4 reset itself

Hi,
I was using my PowerBook G4 today like I always do. I was downloading some new icons from the apple website and I was writing a paper for school. I was pasting some of these new icons onto folders, when my customize buttons on the Finder dissappeared. I thought the computer was just having a small problem, so I restarted it.
When I did that, the entire OS was changed. The dock was reset back to factory settings (except instead of the icons appearing, they were question marks). My iTunes library was erased, as was my iPhoto library (and all of my other applications were reset). My edits to the Finder (such as backgrounds) were set back to white, and edits inside of applications were undone (for instance, my bookmarks in Safari were reset back to factory settings).
What happened? And is there a way to recover the settings I had put into the computer? It didn't delete my MS Word and Excel files, but it seems to have deleted or reset everything else. I have had no problems with my computer before. Nothing like this has ever happened to it before. Thanks for your help in advance.
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Update:
After digging around more, I've found most of my files. My iTunes music is all there for instance. However, I have to reimport the files into iTunes to get them to play.
So, my question is now... what happened? Why did my computer reset itself, but not delete my files? And how do I keep this from happening again in the future?

My iphone 3gs is not working properly, when switched on it says 'Update Completed' as though it has just been updated. On the next screen it says to 'Connect to iTunes'. It doesn't, however, connect to iTunes and more often than not just resets itself.

My iPhone 3gs is not working properly and hasn't been since about September of last year. When switched on (Quite often it won't even turn on) it says 'Update Completed' as though it has just been updated. On the next screen it says to 'Connect to iTunes'. It doesn't, however, connect to iTunes and just resets itself over and over until power is gone. Occasionally after switching on and off a few times it functions normally for a few hours and some times even a couple of days but eventually always turns itself off and goes back to the 'Update Completed' screen. Does anyone know what might be causing this and/or a way of fixing it?

Morning JordenR,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
You can resolve many restore issues using the troubleshooting steps documented here.
For more information on this, take a look at this article:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1275
Best of luck,
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ITunes keeps resetting itself

I got my Sony VAIO laptop just before christmas and downloaded itunes from this website onto it. But every few days it resets itself and all my music, playlists and the genius sidebar disappear. To fix it I just drag and drop all the stuff in the itunes music folder back into itunes, but it's very frustrating and I shouldn't have to do it. I never experienced this with my home computer which also operates on vista. Has anyone experienced this and is there a way to fix it?

The Sony Media Management software is causing a conflict with itunes.
See redkeefy's post here:
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Just the other night my phone desided to reset itself, and when i went to restore it it came up with The iPhone iPhone could not be restored. an unknown error occurred (-1).

Just the other night my phone desided to reset itself, and when i went to restore it it came up with The iPhone iPhone could not be restored. an unknown error occurred (-1).
Please Help i need this phone....and i dont have the money to replace it!

I havent jail broken it so its probable a hardware issue then.......well then.......
anyway thanks man
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IPhone 4 reset itself, photos lost -URGENT HELP NEEDED

Hi there,
Urgent help needed!!
Tonight I was taking extremely important photos throughout an event on my iPhone 4, however, my iPhone 4 ran out of battery once I was near a charger I plugged it in and for some reason my iPhone had reset itself. Back up icloud options were from yesterday, but the photos that I was taking at the event are needed urgently. Is there any way possible I can recover the photos that were taken?
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Computer is resetting itself

Hi I have a MS-6340M Ver5.0 Mainboard which I have just update the CPU to a 2.6Ghz CPU. I have replaced the CPU fan and heat sink with one rated to 3.0Ghz.
The problem I am having is that the computer keeps resetting itself. Sometimes on start up and sometimes when I start a program, sometime during using a program.
I thought it was due to over heating? but still does it with new fan, are there any setting that I have not set corretly or do I have a faulty New CPU.
Can some one help?
Regards Navyboy.

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MacBook Pro 15" MacBookPro1,1 reset itself?

Hi guys.
i bought my mac on 2006. i am using it till today. However, it startsto reset itself while i amorking on applications like word excel photoshop. I couldn't understand what is the problem? Is it about software or hardware? can it be about heating or something like that? thank you all
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Model Identifier: MacBookPro1,1
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Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
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Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP11.0055.B08
SMC Version: 1.2f10
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Kernel Version: Darwin 8.11.1
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Hi doftin, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
I don't understand what you mean by
It startsto reset itself while i amorking on applications like word excel photoshop.
Please explain what actually happens.
Do you have upwards of 15% free space on your HD? If not, this could be causing issues.
Have you run Repair Disk? Boot from install disc (insert disc>restart>immediately hold down c key and keep holding it until you see “Preparing Installation”)>at first screen go to Installer Menu>open Disk Utility>select your HD in the panel on the left side>click Repair Disk at bottom of main window. Run this at least twice, and keep running it until it says “appears ok” twice in a row. If that doesn’t happen, you may need a stronger utility such as DiskWarrior or if the directory is damaged beyond repair, you may need to reinstall the OS, or you may have a damaged HD (repair utilities can only repair the directory structure, not the HD itself).
Are the temps high? Are the fans running at high speed? (download free iStat Pro)
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Phone resets itself to January 1980

For the past five days or so, my iPhone 5 (os 7.0.4) will arbitrarily reset itself to January 5, 1980; this happens only at home. The phone could be charging, or not charging. It's completely arbitrary.
Upon a hard shutdown (home key/power off) and restart, the date and time will reset itself back to current.
I've got a visit to the Mac store later today, but I'm curious if anyone else has had this issue, what it was and how it was solved.
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I am having a similar issue with my iPhone and my son is having the exact same issues on his Droid HTC and it took me two people and nearly two hours to convince those Verizon folks it isn't the device. I am almost certain it has to do with the local tower near our home. My son went to work which was about 30 miles away and he didn't have one issue. As soon as he got home, he was back at 11/15/2013 even though it was 12/14/2013. The problem is intermittent, all of a sudden everything works and a few hours later, I can't text, receive texts, calls go directly to voicemail so if it is one of those annoying people who thinks I am just going to see their missed call and immediately call them back-well they are surprised and ticked off when I don't. Can't call someone back when I don't know they called which is a darn shame since I use my cell 100% for work and I am self employed. Right now it is 1:23am on 12/15/13 in California but my phone says it is 11/16/13 at 10:18am. I tried call my cell from my landline and it goes right to voicemail. I type a text and hit send and nothing is in the history but at some point it does go through but never shows up on the history, annoying especially when you are trying to communicate with your teen and I can't remember exactly what I wrote. I use my phone as my watch, my alarm clock, etc. so that's an issue.... And the worst part is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't play Candy Crush Saga because it says I have to wait over 42,000 minutes, thats about a month for those who are interest. And yes, my son is having every single issue once he got home from work, including the exact date and time error I have but yet Verizon still thinks it is my device. Really? I was told there was a ticket established to escalate/solve this issue but I have my doubts based on my interactions and the fact it took me two hours and two people to convince it wasn't my device before they would take this issue to the next level. The Verizon folks are getting paid for that time but I am not and I am paying Verizon. What's wrong with this picture?

Line rate always changing / Hub resetting itself

Hello
For the past 6 or 7 months we have seen dramatic fluctuations in our Broadband download speed. This change always comes about as a result of our our Home Hub 4 seemingly restting itself: we have normal internet use with a blue light on, but then the Hub will flash orange for a while and come back with a blue light. There is no pattern regarding the time of day; it's completely random.
I've been informed that a resetting connection will only inform the exchange that there is a problem, thus prompting the "IP Profile to be reduced" to make things stable. Surely then this isn't supposed to be happening?
There was a time when we would always get around 2.7 - 3.3 Mbps line rate, which is the best we could expect for our area and the distance from the exchange. The download speeds associated with that were good enough for us, but we can never seem to get that now.
The Event Log will report the process described above as: 'Failed to Resolve Host' and, once the connection is re-established, the line rate will usually be lower than it was before. As an example, a line rate of approx 2.3 Mbps will drop to about 1.3 Mbps. Sometimes this process will return a slightly higher line rate!
This happens approximately once every day, but the line rate is never the decent 3 Mbps we used to get...Sometimes I get lucky by manually resetting the Hub and the line rate will be 2.5 Mbps...but it isn't long before it resets itself and, again, we have about 1.2 Mbps.
Current event log:
12:24:27, 18 Sep.
( 97.940000) DSL noise margin: 5.90 dB upstream, 6.00 dB downstream
12:24:26, 18 Sep.
( 96.910000) DSL line rate: 934 Kbps upstream, 1315 Kbps downstream
12:24:11, 18 Sep.
( 81.000000) CWMP: session closed due to error: Could not resolve host
In the last month there was a small amount of noise on the telephone line (we were looking into it but it appears to have gone), but this line rate fluctuation started long before then anyway. Phone call with the Telephone department team told me there appears to be no problem with the line. We have also had 3 different Hubs during that time, so it isn't a Hub issue. Filters in place and Master Socket is in use. Using the test socket yeilds same problems.
Further questions if anyone is able to answer them:
Besides interference from noise, is there a good reason for the Hub to go through this process and force lower speeds upon us? Is the exchange throttling us or something?
For a period last year we were getting 380 kB/s in a speed test and that was fine to use because it matches the line capabilities that we have always been quoted. I don't understand why we can't have a similar speed now. We don't even get > 300kB/s during off peak times. Is it normal for our DL speed to now be always be about 180 kB/s? We were told during our recent re-contract that there is no longer any capping.

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