My IMAC OS X 10.6.8 is so slow, and that spinning wheel is driving me crazy. What can I do?
It started slowly, but now, nothing is easy, or peppy with this IMAC. It is a slow, tedious slog to do most anything and it often gets stuck w that spinning wheel. It is worse when It is backing up, but when I stop that, it is still bad. Any suggestions besides throwing this in the pond?
Please read both:
25 Ways to Speed Up Your Mac & Tuning Mac OS X Performance
You will find the solution in one or both articles.
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When I turn on my iMac it comes up with the login icons which I then choose and log into. The password works and I then get the apple icon and the spinning wheel. After about a minute the Apple icon turns into a prohibited icon. However, if I log in under the guest icon, I can access the wifi and get to Safari. I really don't know what to do next. Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
Are you running any A-V? If it's an iMac 21.5, I don't think you're running Leopard, 10.5. Probably at least Snow Leopard, 10.6. This is the Leopard forum.
This article says meant for 10.3.9 and eariler, but contains some still useful suggestions.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1411
Try a Safe Boot. Shift at the startup chime and expect a much longer time to boot. This will bring you to a login screen with "Safe Boot" in red.
Look at this as well.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417 -
After I update my iMac 27" to 10.7.1, the vpn is disconect every 30-40 minutes... -.- :@ What can I do about it?, After I update my iMac 27" to 10.7.1, the vpn is disconect every 30-40 minutes... -.- :@ What can I do about it?
jdotmattinson is correct! I have the same issue.
It is a router/ISP issue. Tried the software update drop down for 10.7.4, failed. Tried to download 10.7.4 Combo Client update, invalid checksum. Tried to download 10.7.3 Combo client update, invalid checksum.
Went over to Win7 Dell laptop, downloaded 10.7.4 Combo update, transferred to MacMini via USB drive. Invalid checksum. WHICH led me to diagnose it wasn't my Mac, but Apple's servers or my ISP/Router.
Went to work, downloaded on XP, put on USB drive, brought it home, copied, installed just fine!
Did a hard factory reset on Motorola Surfboard SBG5560, invalid checksum again.
Going to buy a new router tonight and test it again with dowloading 10.7.4 Combo update. Will keep you posted to see if that fixes it.
Btw, if a new one doesn't fix it then it's my Comcast ISP service that is messing it up. Which is going to make me cry....check out this link... be afraid, be VERY afraid if this is the problem/solution.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2585612?start=75&tstart=0 -
I have had Aperture since version 1.0 and bought every upgrade. Now I want to transfer the software to my new iMac but I have to enter the original Serial number that I cannot locate. Any ideas what I can do, please?
The original serial number should be in the box with the installer disk.
If you cannot locate the serial number, contact Apple for a replacement serial number. You will need to provide a proof of purchase.
See: Pro Application Replacement Serial Numbers
Regards
Léonie
P.S. The menu command "Aperture > About Aperture" will show you your Aperture 3 serial number on your old mac, but not the previous serial numbers. -
I did the SMC reset for my iMac intel-based and now it won't turn on. What can I do to fix this?
Well, first things first... is the power cord fully plugged into the back of the iMac (and the wall, for that matter)?
Make sure the wall outlet has power, too... I've scratched my head over stupid issues where I forgot to flip a wall switch.
If the outlet does have power, then try doing a pram zap. Command + option + P + R (hold those at startup).
If the machine is receiving power, you should be able to see some LEDs if you look through the bottom grate of the machine to the left of the RAM door. -
Help! 27" iMac bought In 2009 has never gone a day without fighting spinning wheel of death
We bought this at the end of 2009, and ever since has had issues with getting the "beach ball" or spinning wheel of death anytime you click something new, try to open a file, or a program or any link, etc. It soins for about a minute then is good to go, but sometimes lasts longer and happens constantly! How can I fix this?! Its so annoying! I paid good money for this and my 6 year old MacBook Pro with Snow Leapord is blowing this one away! Here's the details:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac10,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 3.06 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: IM101.00CC.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.53f13
Serial Number (system): W8******5PE
Hardware UUID: 0D367BAA-B1E9-537B-BEED-971531A63954
Then recently it did an update, restarted and is now asking for login credentials which we have never had set up...
PLEASE HELP!
Andrew
<Personal Information Edited by Host>So you waited 4 years to report the issue, hard to have much compassion. I'd recommend by reading and using Activity Monitor to read System Memory and determine how much RAM is being used and also Spinning beach ball Troubleshooting. Finally when posting to a public forum DO NOT post private information such as serial numbers, addresses, phone numbers etc. I've asked the moderator to remove your SN info.
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I wanted to have iMac with finest customization but in India it is not available. Just the corporate sales get the priveledge of customization and that too from HongKong with a waiting period of 5-8 weeks Why?
Even Indians like me deserve the best and I seriously request you guys should allow us to go for customization options as well! Like why to stick with i5 when you are having i7 :|You need to ask Apple these questions. You're not talking to Apple here only other users.
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2006 iMAC-on startup I get a white screen with a file folder with ? in the middle, what can I do?
White screen with file folder symbol (? in middle) that flashes, what is the problem? How can I fix it?
Do you have a recent backup of your iMac? If not, then, you can proceed with the following with caution.
DO NOT FORMAT YOUR HARD DRIVE AT ANY STAGE.
Startup your iMac from the original DVDs.
Launch Disk Utility and run Verify Disk.
Repair Disk if advised to.
If Disk Utility cannot Repair your disk, and you don't have a recent backup, you can try DiskWarrior to rebuild your disk and retrieve your data.
Report back after running Disk Utility if you have no joy. -
please could somebody help with my imac OS X...cause this morning when i woke up i tryed to open but it won't start ask ,me for my password....like everytime i open but this time when i submit the password it won't star,just go back to the he same questiont....n i know that the password is correct.
yes it is...i know have the master hint password...but honestly the master i can't remember.
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i have tried to update the iPhoto in an iMac from 2010 ( in which i have updated the OS from SnowLeopard to Mountain Lion 10.8.3) but it doesnt work,why? Is my iPhoto too old to update do i have to buy and install a new version of i Photo ?
You may need to buy the newest version from the App Store. If you cannot update via the App Store then you are using the version from a DVD. Updates for that can be downloaded from support.apple.com/downloads/.
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My iMac is a 2012 2.7 Ghz Intel Core i5. When I sign into my apple ID a unknown error pops up and says to please try again later. Right now I am running OS X 10.8.5. Anyone knows how to fix this please let me know. Thanks.
Launch the Console 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 Console in the icon grid.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen. Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then take one of the actions that you're having trouble with. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting. -
My imac randomly restarts and then takes 45 minutes to load. What can I do to fix it?
I upgraded to Mavericks as soon as it released a few weeks ago. This is the only change I've made, no new programs or apps otherwise. Last week my imac randomly restarted and then took 45 minutes to load. It's done this about 5 times in the last week. I need some help resolving this.
I've gone through the disk utility to repair/verify the hard drive, and it's done nothing to solve this issue.
I do have a time machine and am wondering if it would be too drastic to reformat and restore from the time machine.
Any help would be appreciated! I have work to do!
Imac 21.5 inch mid 2010, OS X MavericksOK here they are:
Hardware Information:
iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2010)
iMac - model: iMac11,2
1 3.06 GHz Intel Core i3 CPU: 2 cores
16 GB RAM
Video Information:
ATI Radeon HD 4670 - VRAM: 256 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
AirPlay: Version: 1.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 2:54:13
Disk Information:
WDC WD5000AAKS-40V6A0 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (277.14 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-STDVDRW GA32N
USB Information:
MICRONET FANTOM DRIVE 2 TB
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Time Machine Backups (disk1s2) /Volumes/Time Machine Backups: 2 TB (201.03 GB free)
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Wacom Co.,Ltd. CTH-460
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
LaCie P'9231 Desktop Drive 2 TB
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
LaCie (disk2s2) /Volumes/LaCie: 2 TB (1.15 TB free)
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
com.rogueamoeba.HermesAudio (4.1.0)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
[loaded] com.crashplan.engine.plist
[invalid] com.crashplan.engine.plist.save
[loaded] com.flipvideo.FlipShareServer.launchd.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.leapfrog.connect.shell.plist
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist
[loaded] com.rogueamoeba.hermes.plist
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist
[loaded] com.flipvideo.FlipShare.AutoRun.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[loaded] com.wacom.pentablet.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.crashplan.javacheck.plist
[not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.trashSizeWatcher.plist
[not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher.plist
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist
User Login Items:
Monitor
Dropbox
CrashPlan menu bar
Google Chrome
HazelHelper
3rd Party Preference Panes:
DivX
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
Growl
Hazel
MacFUSE
PenTablet
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobeAAMDetect.plugin
Default Browser.plugin
DirectorShockwave.plugin
DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
NP_2020Player_IKEA.plugin
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
OVSHelper.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
WacomNetscape.plugin
WacomTabletPlugin.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin.plugin
Bad Fonts:
None
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
LaCie: Disk size: 2 TB Disk used: 846.34 GB
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 499.25 GB Disk used: 222.11 GB
Destinations:
Time Machine Backups [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 2 TB
Total number of backups: 36
Oldest backup: 2013-10-25 13:10:19 +0000
Last backup: 2013-11-09 15:08:15 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 2 TB < (Disk used 1.07 TB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU:
8% WindowServer
6% PenTabletDriver
3% ConsumerTouchDriver
2% Google Chrome
2% EtreCheck
1% Dock
0% Dropbox
0% CrashPlan menu bar
0% fontd
0% GoogleTalkPlugin
Top Processes by Memory:
410 MB java
377 MB Google Chrome
246 MB mds_stores
197 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
131 MB Adobe Bridge CS5
115 MB Finder
115 MB Google Chrome Helper
82 MB WindowServer
66 MB Dropbox
49 MB PenTabletDriver
Virtual Memory Statistics:
8.92 GB Free RAM
5.04 GB Active RAM
800 MB Inactive RAM
1.26 GB Wired RAM
1.65 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs -
My iMac is stuck at startup where the apple logo and the spinning thing are
I have Leopard, and have recently tried to change my dock. After i added spaces, i found i could not delete them, for some reason. I tried restarting my iMac and i am stuck at the spinning thing right after the blank white screen. My guess is maybe I screwed something up while working with CoreServices (System/Library/CoreServices). Also, when i downloaded the DockChanger app, I tried to change the Dock back to default. It said i didn't have the files to run the default Dock, even though when i changed my dock, I saved those files, put them on my Maxtor external HD, and then put them back into CoreServices when i wanted to change it back. I have no idea what happened. Right now I can't start up my computer, and am typing this from someone else's. I even tried reinstalling Leopard, but it said i needed Tiger first. Please help!
All right! I got it to work! I just inserted the leopard disk and chose restore system from Time Machine. It worked liked a charm. Thanks apple for Time Machine!
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I just bought an iMac, It was to come with pages, numbers, and the presentation software. I can't find these programs.
Have you checked your Purchase and Updates at the app store? You will usually need to accept them and then download/install. If that does not work, you can follow these instructions:
http://www.apple.com/creativity-apps/mac/up-to-date/ -
I need help because I recently purchased my Macbook Pro and I am trying to open a book that I purchased in Ibooks on my sons computer. We share an icloud account and my computer keeps saying that my computer is not authorized to open the Ibooks. How do I authorize my computer to be able to do that?
Heidijomiranda wrote:
I need help because I recently purchased my Macbook Pro and I am trying to open a book that I purchased in Ibooks on my sons computer.
did you use your sons Apple ID..? If so... those items are tied to that Apple ID.
If your issue is with the Authorization of your New Mac...
On your Computer... Open iTunes...
If you're using iTunes 11 click on the box icon in the top-left corner to see the " Show Menu Bar "
and from the Menu Bar select Store...
From the Store menu, choose Authorize This Computer.
When prompted, enter your Apple ID and password, then click Authorize.
See Here for full details...
About authorization and deauthorization
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