My imac is hunging with lion

Please assist, my mac is freezing after being launched. It has been happening since I have installed Lion. Cannot do anything, it just freezes or seems dead slow. What to do ?

Restart, holding down the CMD+R keys, launch Disk Utility and repair the Lion boot volume. If that doesn't do the trick, reinstall Lion.

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Imac pre-installed with Lion?

I am switching from Mr. Gate's hardware/software... However, since I will be a 'newbie'...
I do NOT want Snow Leopard on a custom ordered Imac 27... I am reading of horror' stories with users who have 'down-loaded' Lion over existing
Snow Leopard OS.
How can I custom order a new Imac 27 ... to have Lion and only Lion ... Pre-installed?
Thank you!

Clipper100,
First thing to remember these forums are technical help forums so you are getting a very skewed point of view. It's kind of like visiting a hospital to get a gauge on the overall health of a population!
However if you do order a new machine online from the Apple Store it will almost certainly be shipped with Lion. If you buy a machine from a brick and mortar Apple Store you can ask that Lion be installed before you leave in the event you buy a machine that came with Snow Leopard pre-installed. I'm sure they would be happy to do this service for you.
Whenever you purchase any machine (Windows, Mac, etc..) during a transition of operating systems there is going to be a little confusion until the transition is complete. Apple makes things easier and IMHO Lion was by far the easiest installation to date. My current iMac came with Tiger and I've updated it to Leopard, Snow Leopard and now Lion. All installations were easy and flawless because I keep my system healthy. Those that tend to have problems have unhealthy systems to begin with or simply cannot follow basic instructions.
Don't worry about it buy with confidence, I'm sure your experience will be a good one.
BTW because you are new to OS X I'd recommend bookmarking and using:
Switch 101
Mac 101
Find Out How Video tutorials

IMac works slower with Lion

Hi,
since I upgraded my iMac (bought it about 2 years ago) to Lion, the iMac Works much slower then with Snow Leopard.
Greetz,
Benjamin

It is slower, but the difference should not be significan 10% maybe. Some sites like Hardmac have processed with performance tests. Older Macs are slower, but newer Macs get faster with Lion.

Second monitor on iMac not working with Lion

I have a mid-2011 Thunderbolt 21.5" iMac. A secondary monitor is connected to the iMac with a Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI cable (a single cable, not an adaptor and cable).
When I was running Snow Leopard, the monitor worked just fine. After upgrading to Lion, the second monitor just has a black screen, and quickly goes into power save mode.
I have already tried resetting the NVRAM (as described here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379) and resetting the SMC (as described here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964).
Has anyone seen this problem? Any other suggestions for solutions?

same here, just performed the upgrade to Lion and my secondary Samsung screen (direct HDMI cable) do not work anymore (I have a mid 2011 iMac 21.5'').
I have tried the tricks mentioned on the following discussion:
No Signal on HDMI TV After Lion Upgrade
ie open terminal
cd /System/Library/Displays/Overrides/DisplayVendorID-410c/
sudo mv DisplayProductID-0 DisplayProductID-0.old
Reboot after entering the commands
But it is not working, the developper clearly messed up the video output in Lion OS!!!
Let me know if you have a solution, I am reduced to single screen use in the meantime... and regret the upgrade...
Thanks

IMac Keeps Freezing with Lion

Hey,
I bought my 21.5 inch i5 iMac back this June so not even two months ago and today it has froze a total of 3 times. It has never froze before since I bought it. I'll just be browsing a page (youtube, switchfoot.com, and facebook is what it has frozen on today) and it will just completely freeze. Nothing on the screen can move except my cursor. Not even the dock will move.
I installed Lion when it came out last week but it is worrying me that it has been doing this so much and only today. I only have two applications on my 500GB drive which are the Twitter app and The Sims 3. I even turned my Mac off for a bit but it did it again soon after I turned it back on. Any suggestions?
Thanks!

You might suffer the same problem many have.
The sites you mentioned are all showing videos of some sort. People reported that watching videos caused a freeze for them. Also there is a ongoing issue with graphic drivers since 10.6.3 on some configurations.
Here are some related reports, maybe you might wanna join the discussion:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15712292#15712292
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15743759#15743759
If possible (within warranty) you should try to get your graphic-card replaced for free. Any authorized apple retailer is able to help you with that.

I´ve just bought a IMAC Intel COrei5 with LION preinstaled. How can reset it to its original setings? without DISKS because all software is preinstalled? please help

I TRANSFER INFORMATION FROM AN OLDER MAC TO THIS IMAC BUT MANY OF MY APPLICATION CAN´T RUN ON THE NEW PROCESOR SO I WANT TO RESTOR ITS SETINGS AS NEW, HOW CAN I DO THIS WITHOT INSTALATION DISKS? THIS IS MY FIRST MAC WITHOUT ANY DISK AT ALL!!!

You may find these Links of Interest...
LION SUPPORT APPLE
http://www.apple.com/support/lion/
About Lion Recovery
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
Lion Recovery Disk Assistant
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4848

My 21.5" quad core i5 iMac mid 2011 with LION keeps freezing.

this has never happened before while using snow leopard, but when using lion suddenly it freezes when i was on youtube and it has frozen when i was syncing my ipod. the other bad thing about it, is the computer doesn't know that it has frozen and it wont automatically restart even though i have the setting on.
hopefully this is just teething problems since lion is a new operating system, but i'd expect more from a company like apple.
any suggestions? or maybe a patch will come out?

hello,
I am yet to upgrade my OS to Lion but I have experienced this thing on my leopard 10.6 quiet a few times. I called the customer care support guy he gave me a solution to make the macbook run smooth without gettign freezed ( i hope it also works for the iMac ). So, what he told me to do is to drag and drop the entire caches as well as the startupitems folder ( Macintosh HD> Library ) and also the caches folder from your computer account library. restart computer then empty trash box and again restart the computer and use it but honestly bro I dont know if this will help you in OS x Lion.
Can you not restart the iMac after it is getting freezed ??

Error: 150:30 on new iMac with Lion

Hello,
My InDesign CS4 does not start after I bought a new iMac (August 2011) with Lion (with the latest updates of Apple):
'Licensing for this product has stopped working (...)
Error: 150:30'
Restarting the computer, as suggested in the message, doesn't work.
Can anyone tell me what to do to solve this problem?
Thank you!
Edzard Krol

Thanks for the reply. I did try all other suggestions. According to many posts, these steps worked for many people, just not me. Perhap the following will be useful for someone in my predicament:
- I didn't have FLEXnet Publisher in Prefs (it didn't migrate with everything else to my new iMac).
- Someone actually said they had success when they added FLEXnet Publisher back to their prefs, but that didn't work for me, either.
- I changed permissions on the files they suggested, didn't work.
- I repaired permissions with Disk Utility, didn't work.
- And finally, could not open License Recovery (error said PPC no longer supported, as I mentioned).
BUT: this did finally work (which I found here: http://forums.adobe.com/message/3857489):
Utilities/Terminal, paste: sudo python '/Volumes/LicenseRecovery 11.6.1/LicenseRecovery/'LicenseRecover.py
I did all the steps on the screen until it was complete, then I was able to open PS, which prompted me for my serial number. Worked. There might hve been an easier way that I missed, but I'm just glad it's fixed. Do you really think CS 4 is that old? It's only one version ago, no?
Thanks again,
Lisa

Slowly with Lion

I' have a iMac and now with "Lion" Apertur, goes very slowly, what should I do

Thank you for your answer, yes, I 4GBs of RAM, I ordered two 4GB cards in an Apple store in Geneva, for aperture, I have 3.1.3 ....
information from my Mac:
Processor 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256 MB
I'll go surf the site aperture
See you soon
Patoudunkou

I was told that my new imac with Lion could burn dvds..so I bought it..now have finished editing a wedding in iMovie full of HD stills mixed with video from a non HD SonyDCR-SX63.. just saw the scary question.. "Where is your iDVD? How do I make a DVD?

How to I burn to a DVD my project edited on mynew imac with Lion in imovie? I used some HD stills and some video from a non HD sony DCR-SX63..was ready to burn a DVD then saw the haunting question "Where is iDVD?" Please help..this wedding edit is long ovedue.

How to I burn to a DVD my project edited on my new imac
If you are still within your 15 day return period. Call Apple they will sent out iDVD at no charge. (There are no realistic substitutes.)
Nicely explain that you may return the computer without iDVD. You MUST speak to a senior advisor to get a free copy. The first tier people cannot do it.
408-996-1010
800-692-7753
If that doesn't work you can purchase iLife 11 (includes iDVD) on disk.
IDVD is a wonderful piece of software and well worth the low cost of $40.
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MC623Z-A-iLife-VERSION/dp/B003XKRZES/ref=sr_1_1?ie=U
http://dealmac.com/lw/artclick.html?1,527850,1872219

Mini DisplayPort to HDMI transmits no audio on 2011 iMac with Lion 10.7.2

Hello everyone. I'm new here.
I have a 2011 iMac which was shipped with Lion and I updated to 10.7.2. I am trying to connect my iMac to my televison to play my movies, etc by using the HDMI connection. No VGA connection on this TV, which is what I used to use before upgrading computer and TV. I ordered a MDP to HDMI adapter from ebay which says it supports audio. The seller is reputable and I do not see any issues from their other customers.
I have the MDP to HDMI adapter connected to an HDMI cable connected directly to my 46" Panasonic LCD. The video transfers perfectly, but audio continues to be played from computer's internal speakers. I've read through as many posts as I can find. I see many which tell you to select HDMI in System Preferences>Audio. There is no option for HDMI here. I only see "Internal Speakers" as the output option.
I called AppleCare and even spoke with a Senior Advisor. They say I need to buy one of the two adapters they recommend in their support article. (I get the impression that they just wanted me off the phone.) Those are overpriced and I think this adapter should work, as I see other customers of this same product are satisfied.
I've tried resetting PRAM and also SMC. I've taken a look at the audio settings on my televison, all to no avail. I don't understand why HDMI would not be shown in Audio under System Preferences. Any ideas? Thanks for your help!

Same problem.
All my equipment is directly from Apple, except two items bought December 2011, namely a 24" Sony Internet TV and a high end HDMI cable bought from Sony.
My Macbook Pro 15" with its 10.7.2 Lion and Intel Core 2 Duo let's me plug in a Moshi DP HDMI adapter via the HDMI cable to the Sony Internet TV.
By selecting the source on the Sony TV, I can get the display working. My Macbook refused to see the Sony TV until I switched to Mirror Display, but now I can switch between the two display modes fine with no problems.
But the audio does not work.
Really rather annoying, considering that there have been problems with this feature in several OS X generations now - after apparently working fine once upon a time.
Dear Apples, kindly could you tell me when you will re-introduce audio support through DP HDMI connectors?
Peter
(London, England)

I just purchased an IMac with lion and I tryed to install an old math program that is for winmac running systems. When I try to boot the cd it comes up with a notepad window with a bunch of weird symbols and codes but the program will not start up.

I just purchase my first IMac with lion and I was trying to install a math program I bought 6 years ago. When I went to boot it off the disk while following the program instructions a window popped up with a note pad format with symbols and codes but the program would not download or open. How do I get this program to work? It is a mac compatible program by the way.

Your Mac probably does not know with which application to open the file and is opening a file with a text editor that really needs to be opened by the application itself. Try starting the application first, then use the File > open command to open the file.
As varjak paw comments, there isn't a "winmac" so that's not telling us anything.
Note that it is possible that software purchased 6 years ago may no longer run on your computer. Once we know what it is we can help more.

Lion 10.7.2 On both mac book pro and iMac, both with Lion 10.7.2, obtain repeated iCal event notifications from calendar or address book. Cannot turn these off. They repeat several times per session and every time computer is used. How to diagnose this

Lion 10.7.2 On both mac book pro and iMac, both with Lion 10.7.2, obtain repeated iCal event notifications from calendar or address book. Cannot turn these off. They repeat several times per session and every time computer is used. How to diagnose this?

First, uninstall "SuperTV" (whatever that is) according to the developer's instructions. It isn't working and it's filling the log with noise.
If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Launch the Console application.
Step 1
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left.
Enter "BOOT_TIME" (without the quotes) in the search box. Note the timestamps of those log messages, which refer to the times when the system was booted. Now clear the search box and scroll back in the log to the last boot time when you had the problem. Post the messages logged before the boot, while the system was unresponsive or was failing to shut down. Please include the BOOT_TIME message at the end of the log extract.
Post the log text, please, not a screenshot. If there are runs of repeated messages, post only one example of each. Don’t post many repetitions of the same message. When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
PLEASE DO NOT INDISCRIMINATELY DUMP THOUSANDS OF LINES FROM THE LOG INTO A MESSAGE. If you do that, I will not respond.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Edit it out by search-and-replace in a text editor before posting.
Step 2
Still in Console, look under System Diagnostic Reports for crash or panic logs, and post the most recent one, if any. In the interest of privacy, I suggest you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if present (it may not be.) Please don’t post shutdownStall, spin, or hang logs — they're very long and not helpful.

All 30 minutes my Macs (iMac/Snow Leopard, MacMini/Lion) are loosing the connection to the Windows Servers (2 Networks: Home with Home Server 2011 (Server 2008) and Office with Home Server V1 (Server 2003)).

Hallo,
Ich betreibe im Büro und zu Hause jeweils einen Microsoft Home Server. In beiden Netzwerken ist neben diversen Windows Rechnern auch ein Mac vorhanden.
Die jeweilige "Konfiguration" ist wie folgt:
- Apple MacMini (Late 2011, als HTPC) mit Lion per Wlan über AVM Fritzbox 7390 an Microsoft Windows Home Server 2011 (Windows Server 2008).
- Apple iMac (Late 2010, Arbeitsplatzrechner) mit Snow Leopard per Lan über AVM Fritzbox 7270 an Microsoft Windows Home Server V1 (Windows Server 2003)
Alle Betriebssysteme sind auf aktuellem Stand.
Die Fritzboxen laufen mit der jeweils aktuellen Firmware
Nun zu dem Problem:
Beide Macs unterbrechen ca. alle 30 min den Kontakt zum Server. Die Verbindung wird zwar ca. 1-2 Minute später wieder aufgebaut, aber am MacMini (HTPC) macht sich dadurch bemerkbar, daß der Film oder die Musik für obige Zeitspanne stoppt und danach weiterläuft. Beim iMac (Arbeitsrechner) kann ein zuvor vom Server geladenes Dokument dann nicht mehr gespeichert oder gedruckt werden.
Der MacMini hat dieses Phänomen direkt bei der Verbindung mit dem WHS gezeigt. Der iMac hat jedoch zuvor ca. 1,5 Jahre ohne Probleme funktioniert. Dieses Problem tritt bei dem iMac (Snow Leopard) erst seit ca. 6-9 Monate auf.
Da unterschiedliche WHS und OS X Versionen betroffen sind und auch unterschiedliche Fritzboxen verwendet werden und scheint ein allgemeines Problem im Zusammenspiel Windows/OS X vorzuliegen.
Bei dem iMac fällt der genaue Zeitpunkt der Verbindungsunterbrechung nicht auf.
Bei dem MacMini läßt sich der Zeitpunkt dagegen relativ leicht bestimmen. Aus der Ereignisanzeige beim Windows Server ergibt sich leider kein eindeutiges Fehlerbild. Zu dem jeweiligen Zeitpunkt taucht aber relativ oft, aber nicht immer (!), in "Windows-Protokolle Sicherheit" der Fehler 4625 ("Fehler beim Anmelden eines Kontos") auf. Dies würde auf eine Rechteproblematik hindeuten. Das Konto des Mac kann aber alles was ihm auf dem WHS erlaubt ist.
Beim Suchen nach einer Lösung (bisher leider erfolglos) bin ich u.a. auch über das Problem des Server Infrastructure License Services (silsvc) beim Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials gestolpert (auch alle 30 min!). Vielleicht ein Zusammenhang?
Hello,
I run the office and at home each a Microsoft Home Server. In both networks, in addition to various Windows computers, a Mac is available.
The particular "configuration" is as follows:
- Apple MacMini (Late 2011, as HTPC) with Lion via wifi via AVM Fritzbox 7390 to Microsoft Windows Home Server 2011 (Windows Server 2008).
- Apple iMac (Late 2010, desktop PC) with Snow Leopard by Lan on AVM Fritzbox 7270 on Microsoft Windows Home Server V1 (Windows Server 2003)
All operating systems on current conditions with all patches and updates.
The Fritz boxes running with the latest firmware
Now to the problem:
Both Macs are loosing every 30 minutes the contact to the server. The connection is "re-"established about 1-2 minutes later. On MacMini (HTPC), the film or music is stopped for the above period. Thereafter, the film / music goes on. With the iMac (workstation) a document loaded from the server can no longer be saved or printed.
The MacMini has shown this phenomenon directly in connection with the WHS. However, the iMac has been working about 1.5 years with no problems. This problem only occurs for about 6-9 months
Because of different WHS and OS X versions are affected and also different Fritz boxes are used and it seems to be a general problem in the interplay Windows / OS X to be present.
When the iMac is the exact date of disconnection does not occur.
With the Mac Mini, the time can however be determined relatively easily. From the Event Viewer on Windows Server is unfortunately no clear error image. At the particular time but appeared relatively often, but not always (!) In Windows Security Logs the error 4625 (Failed to log on an account) on. This would indicate a rights issue.
Searching for a solution (so far unsuccessfully, unfortunately), I stumbled over the problem of the Server Infrastructure License Services (silsvc) in Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials (every 30 min!). Maybe a connection?

Hi, and thank you for your reply!
My reason for not posting this in the server forum is that I suspect it is a clien issue. All my other clients connect happily to the server which leads me to believe the server is configured correctly.
Only my the two MacBook Pro's are having problems.

Apple Remote stopped working with Lion on iMac

My white Apple Remote does not work with Lion on my iMac 2.4ghz Core 2 Duo anymore.
I'm sure it was working recently as I was able to control the volume on my RadioShark application. Now that doesn't work anymore and I can't seem to get the remote to work with anything.
I've tried restarting my iMac, swapping the remote's battery, and using another remote but still no success. The only response I get is from the remote's 'Menu' button which, when pressed, toggles between two graphics on screen - one a four-way arrow indicator with a centre button, and the other what appears to be a Forward/Back, Centre button with corner indications for Expand/Shrink.
I've tried the 'Pair' option but pressing 'Menu' and 'Fast Forward' does nothing on screen - no sign of the chain-link 'Paired' symbol. Neither of the white remotes I tried is 'Paired' with the iMac.
It seems I must have done something to cause this but can't think of any change I made that could be responsible. I know Front Row is no longer accessible in Lion, but is there any other app I could test my remote on? Any kind of hardware reset needed? (unlikely, I know, with two separate remotes showing the problem).
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks.

I'm replying to my own question because my remotes are working again.
I'm not sure what I did to fix the issue, but I tried shutting down all open applications (I remembered that by default Lion re-opens with everything as it was). And shortly afterwards I got full functionality back for my Apple Remote.
I'm not sure what caused the issue. I did install Easy Timeline, which I'd downloaded today from the Mac App Store. It has Apple Remote functionality, so I'm not sure if it was in some way implicated. It's working now with my remote, as is iTunes, and RadioShark.
Weird!

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