My Imac story

I just thought I would post this today if for anything just to vent my frustrations….
I purchased my Imac 24 ( mid 07 ) July 2, 2008 for $1,503.98 brand new in the box, I was so happy
when FedX showed up at my door , this was my very first new Mac after retiring my secondhand old G4 Power Mac.
My old G4 served me well and, I always said I would have it bronzed one day, I can not recall ever having a single issue with it, I upgraded her as far as I could till that day came she had to retire. it just could not keep up with the demands of the modern day apps such as Final Cut Express,Kinemac and other various editing apps.
Now here I am with my new Imac less than two years old with issues…
First my optical drive starting displaying issues refusing to except cd's or dvd's from time to time, The odd
and sad fact of reality is this refusal was so infrequent I wrote it off as just bad media, a vast majority of the time when it would kick out a disc, I would push it back in and all was well. That is till the last month cause now
it refuses all cd's regardless of the type and or brand.
Not realizing that the Imacs had optical drive issues off to Google I went to discover this issue is wide spread.
After doing some research I have learned that if I wanted I could replace the superdrive and, that its not really as difficult as some lead it to be. however I have also read a couple of threads where people who have done this had the very same thing happen yet again so, I opted to just purchase an external and call it done.
Now to add more to the mix of problems I have always noticed that something appeared to be under the glass panel of my trusty Imac, it was never really all that bad so I never really gave it much thought. depending on my desktop image you could not really even see it, over time the edges of the display started
getting a little more discolored. It was so slowly growing I never really noticed just how bad the issue was getting, for the most part of I have always used very colorful desktop images so I'm rather certain this was contributing to the camouflaging of this growing issue.
Well a couple of weeks ago I decided to go ahead and pull off that glass panel and clean the backside, it has gotten to a point I cant help but notice it. Well yet another surprise cause after cleaning the panel glass and the actual LCD itself, then firing the Imac up all the discoloring , streaks and blotchiness is still there.
I'm rather certain the look on my face at that point in time was rather priceless…
Well off to our old trusty friend Google yet again to see if I can find out just what is going on now.
Sure enough the results delivered to me where not good. I had discovered yet another known issue with my newer Imac. It appears the LCD installed in my Imac was not sealed properly and, the fans within the Imac are blowing dust and or what ever particles it could under the glass of the actual LCD itself.
Yet again that priceless and oh so frustrated look appeared on my face again.
Now at the time when I purchased my Imac I did not purchase the Applecare plan, I'm only wishing now that I did.
I suppose in fact I know I had way to much faith in Apples product. My faith in Apple was so strong cause of the old G4 Powermac I owned for years, surely the advancements and technology has grown and, Apple has always been topnotch, they would never produce, market and sell a faulty product … man was I fooled …
After a couple of days of heartbreak and frustration. Not to mention the researching of how and the cost of replacing these two faulty components in my lovely Imac 24, the price tag was in the area of $1300 by the way.
I thought to myself "You know I should contact Apple about this". So I did just that…
I contacted Applecare and within seconds my phone was ringing, WOW.. that was fast…
AT first I spoke with a young lady, she seemed friendly enough, payed close attention and understood my situation, she was or seemed to be sympathetic of my situation and disappointment in my Imac.
She said she was going to place me on hold and explain this situation to her supervisor and, see just what all we and they can do for me. After a few short minutes she returns to the phone and passes me off to her supervisor.
The supervisor then goes over the issues with me, I was actually starting to see a glimpse of hope cause he truly seemed concerned and understanding about the issues and problems with my Imac.
As our conversation progressed I could now clearly see, he was just the " NO " man …
He was looking in his system and commented that my Imac had never been in for service for these two issues. I then reiterated the above again and, that the problem was so slow growing I never really noticed the issue or, that the issues appeared to be something all together different ….
He then went on to say and admit that he could see and understand, how these slow progressing problems
could have been deceiving and, very easily written off as minor issues giving that perception of a totally different problem. ( bad media and not a bad drive, dust behind the glass panel and not within the actual LCD ).
He then goes on to tell me, that Apple does make exceptions to take care of their customers on issues such as these. despite the fact their Apple warranty has expired or not due to the nature of the problems, they do indeed step outside the box and take care of their customer…
However in my case he will not…, this statement just floored me and, now I'm mad.
Why in the world a representative tell a customer " We do make exceptions to take care of our customers "
but " In your case I'm not going to ". The sad part of this statement is he simply volunteered it again and again… like he was taunting me with it…
Now I already knew going in that there was a slim chance nevertheless still a chance they might.
I do know for a fact that manufactures have what is called a " Secret Repair List " and, if a customer contacts them about any of the issues on this list, regardless of warranty or not they will repair at no cost.
They do this cause they stand behind their product and, are more than willing to absorb the cost of their own
mistakes and or design flaws rather than simply pass it on to their faithful customers…
After my disappointing conversation with Apple I then got an email from them asking me if I would complete
a survey.
" Dear Apple Customer:
Apple would love to get your feedback regarding the last agent you spoke with on your recent call to Apple support.
Your perspective is very important to Apple and the AppleCare team. All information you provide will be treated as confidential and will be used solely to improve our support programs and product offerings. "
After I had time to cool off a bit I did complete their survey.
I went on to explain to them in this survey not only my disappointment with my Imac but, I really emphasized
on the comment made to my by their supervisor at Applecare.
I explained to them it would have been one thing if he had simply said, " I'm sorry sir but, your warranty is and has expired and, I regret there is nothing I can do " That is a statement or comment I can and would have respected but, to tell me " We do and I can take care of you, but I'm not " was something that would have been much better unsaid at all…
In completing this survey I gave Apple all of my contact information, needless to say I have yet to hear back from Apple in response to my survey.
Thanks for allow me to vent ...

This forum isn't read by anyone at apple, just your average friendly community folk, so how about doing a short hand version of what you want help with, because no one's going to read through all that.

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    Dec 18 16:04:55 Marks-iMac.local digest-service[2296]: digest-request: uid=0
    Dec 18 16:04:55 Marks-iMac.local rpcsvchost[2297]: sandbox_init: com.apple.msrpc.netlogon.sb succeeded
    Dec 18 16:04:55 Marks-iMac.local digest-service[2296]: digest-request: init request
    Dec 18 16:04:55 Marks-iMac.local digest-service[2296]: digest-request: init return domain: 173-22-144-11 server: MARKS-IMAC
    Dec 18 16:08:21 Marks-iMac com.apple.launchd.peruser.89[1579] (com.apple.cfprefsd.xpc.agent[1584]): Exited: Killed: 9
    Dec 18 16:08:21 Marks-iMac kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 1584 [cfprefsd]
    Dec 18 16:08:21 Marks-iMac com.apple.launchd.peruser.89[1579] (com.apple.distnoted.xpc.agent[1582]): Exited: Killed: 9
    Dec 18 16:08:21 Marks-iMac kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 1582 [distnoted]
    Dec 18 16:08:25 Marks-iMac kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
    Dec 18 16:08:25 Marks-iMac kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
    Dec 18 16:08:26 Marks-iMac.local distnoted[2307]: # distnote server agent  absolute time: 25574.335618917   civil time: Tue Dec 18 16:08:26 2012   pid: 2307 uid: 89  root: no
    Dec 18 16:08:42 Marks-iMac com.apple.launchd.peruser.89[1579] (com.apple.cfprefsd.xpc.agent[2308]): Exited: Killed: 9
    Dec 18 16:08:42 Marks-iMac kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 2308 [cfprefsd]
    Dec 18 16:09:56 Marks-iMac com.apple.launchd.peruser.89[1579] (com.apple.distnoted.xpc.agent[2307]): Exited: Killed: 9
    Dec 18 16:09:56 Marks-iMac kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 2307 [distnoted]
    Dec 18 16:09:58 Marks-iMac com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[127] (com.apple.pbs[194]): Exited: Killed: 9
    Dec 18 16:09:58 Marks-iMac kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 194 [pbs]
    Dec 18 16:10:52 Marks-iMac.local HelpViewer[2304]: : event.layerX and event.layerY are broken and deprecated in WebKit. They will be removed from the engine in the near future. (line: 0)
    Dec 18 16:11:18 --- last message repeated 9 times ---
    Dec 18 16:11:18 Marks-iMac com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[127] (com.apple.NetworkDiagnostics): The following job tried to hijack the service "com.apple.NetworkDiagnostic.agent" from this job: [0x0-0x12b12b].com.apple.NetworkDiagnostics
    Dec 18 16:11:20 Marks-iMac.local distnoted[2315]: # distnote server agent  absolute time: 25748.275081657   civil time: Tue Dec 18 16:11:20 2012   pid: 2315 uid: 89  root: no
    Dec 18 16:13:08 Marks-iMac kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=2318[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID
    Dec 18 16:15:30 Marks-iMac kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleBCM5701Ethernet]: Link up on en0, 100-Megabit, Full-duplex, No flow-control, Debug [796d,0301,0de1,0300,41e1,0000]
    Dec 18 16:15:34 Marks-iMac.local configd[17]: network changed: v4(en0+:192.168.100.2) DNS* Proxy+ SMB
    Dec 18 16:16:31 Marks-iMac.local WindowServer[72]: CoreAnimation: context hosting changed while locked!
    Dec 18 16:16:43 Marks-iMac.local configd[17]: network changed: v4(en0-:192.168.100.2) DNS* Proxy- SMB
    Dec 18 16:16:48 Marks-iMac.local configd[17]: network changed: v4(en0+:173.22.144.11) DNS+ Proxy+ SMB
    Dec 18 16:16:48 173-22-144-11.client.mchsi.com configd[17]: setting hostname to "173-22-144-11.client.mchsi.com"
    Dec 18 16:16:53 173-22-144-11.client.mchsi.com digest-service[2346]: label: default
    Dec 18 16:16:53 173-22-144-11.client.mchsi.com digest-service[2346]:           dbname: od:/Local/Default
    Dec 18 16:16:53 173-22-144-11.client.mchsi.com digest-service[2346]:           mkey_file: /var/db/krb5kdc/m-key
    Dec 18 16:16:53 173-22-144-11.client.mchsi.com digest-service[2346]:           acl_file: /var/db/krb5kdc/kadmind.acl
    Dec 18 16:16:53 173-22-144-11.client.mchsi.com digest-service[2346]: digest-request: uid=0
    Dec 18 16:16:53 173-22-144-11.client.mchsi.com digest-service[2346]: digest-request: init request
    Dec 18 16:16:53 173-22-144-11.client.mchsi.com digest-service[2346]: digest-request: init return domain: MARKS-IMAC server: 173-22-144-11
    Dec 18 16:20:31 173-22-144-11.client.mchsi.com mdwrite[2355]: [ERROR] [0.000s] com.apple. UBItemStatusNotification.c:805 _do_UBItemStatusNotificationRegisterURLs() can't find realpath for "/Users/mine/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~system~spotlight/mdlabels", was blocked at "/Users/morkgallagher/Library/Mobile Documents": 2 (No such file or directory)
    Dec 18 16:20:31 173-22-144-11.client.mchsi.com mdwrite[2355]: [ERROR] [0.001s] com.apple. UBItemStatusNotification.c:805 _do_UBItemStatusNotificationRegisterURLs() can't find realpath for "/Users/mine/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~system~spotlight/mdlabels", was blocked at "/Users/morkgallagher/Library/Mobile Documents": 2 (No such file or directory)
    Dec 18 16:44:38 173-22-144-11.client.mchsi.com Locum[2366]: Connection with distnoted server was invalidated
    Dec 18 17:02:34 173-22-144-11.client.mchsi.com mtmd[49]: Set snapshot time: 2012-12-18 17:02:36 -0600 (current time: 2012-12-18 17:02:34 -0600)
    Dec 18 17:02:34 173-22-144-11 kernel[0]: nspace-handler-set-snapshot-time: 1355871756
    This DNS change is only the lastest manifestation of what seems like an endless list. Can anybody give me some direction before I have to pay Apple to fix what I think they broke themselvesa?!?  BTW, I am not a tech. Thanking everyone who read this and especially to anyone who can help.

    Linc, thanks for the tips. I knew you'd have a good method. I asked for it because I have learned of some of the myths about OSX and it's need (or lack thereof) to be scrubbed, rinsed, and blown dry; suckering folks into buying all manner of utilities to keep your Mac spiffy at all times, when in fact it rarely needs any intervention at all because of its Unix background. In fact, I rarely shut mine down and I've learned that the system is actually designed to be left running under most circumstances.
    To keep your data secure the three most important things to know is backup, backup, backup. I use a third-party, cloud-based back-up system. It can automatically make backups every hour if that's what I want and I can supplement that anytime by simply dropping a file into the application's desktop interface.
    Since I last posted my Mac has been running smoothly and I've been able to install Parallels and Windows 7, as well as the VantagePoint software I mentioned. Though it crashed once this morning and I submit one line from the log file:
    12/20/12 10:31:00.639 AM appleeventsd[54]: BUG in libdispatch: 12C60 - 1510 - 0x4
    After a reboot, log entries spewed all manner of troubling messages, from those that are osascript-related to broken forks, etc. but as far as I know there were no actual crash logs generated until this afternoon, one being just a few minutes ago. Linc, would you be so kind to take a look and tell me if there's something I need to do?
    Process:    
    mds [434]
    Path:       
    /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Metadata .framework/Versions/A/Support/mds
    Identifier: 
    mds
    Version:    
    707.3
    Code Type:  
    X86-64 (Native)
    Parent Process:  launchd [1]
    User ID:    
    0
    Date/Time:  
    2012-12-20 16:01:07.242 -0600
    OS Version: 
    Mac OS X 10.8.2 (12C60)
    Report Version:  10
    Crashed Thread:  4  Dispatch queue: com.apple.metadata.spotlightindex
    Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
    Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000bad
    VM Regions Near 0xbad:
    -->
    __TEXT            
    0000000109f9e000-000000010a0be000 [ 1152K] r-x/rwx SM=COW  /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Metadat a.framework/Versions/A/Support/mds
    Application Specific Information:
    [0x112562000]/SourceCache/Spotlight_frameworks/Spotlight-707.3/index/ContentInde x/FlatStore.c:169: failed assertion 'pageSize >= pageEnd && pageSize && (__builtin_popcount(pageSize+int_sizeof(*page)) == 1)' /.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/FA53EC3A-E90C-4259-B76B-4B236308D7CD/live.0.indexArra ys (hfs, t: 0x11, st: 0x1, f: 0x480d000) ps:56, pe:18624, pk:0, po:aac0, ss:20000 se:146c0
    [0x112669000]/SourceCache/Spotlight_frameworks/Spotlight-707.3/index/ContentInde x/PayloadIterator.c:681: failed assertion '!nxtLink |
    Thread 0:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
    0   libsystem_kernel.dylib   
    0x000000010bb7b686 mach_msg_trap + 10
    1   libsystem_kernel.dylib   
    0x000000010bb7ac42 mach_msg + 70
    2   com.apple.CoreFoundation 
    0x000000010b1e2803 __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 195
    3   com.apple.CoreFoundation 
    0x000000010b1e7ee6 __CFRunLoopRun + 1078
    4   com.apple.CoreFoundation 
    0x000000010b1e76b2 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 290
    5   mds                      
    0x0000000109faca54 0x109f9e000 + 59988
    6   libdyld.dylib            
    0x000000010b9a87e1 start + 1
    Thread 1:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
    0   libsystem_kernel.dylib   
    0x000000010bb7dd16 kevent + 10
    1   libdispatch.dylib        
    0x000000010b973dea _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 883
    2   libdispatch.dylib        
    0x000000010b9739ee _dispatch_mgr_thread + 54
    Thread 2:
    0   libsystem_kernel.dylib   
    0x000000010bb7dffa read + 10
    1   mds                      
    0x0000000109fa7ced 0x109f9e000 + 40173
    2   libsystem_c.dylib        
    0x000000010ba0c742 _pthread_start + 327
    3   libsystem_c.dylib        
    0x000000010b9f9181 thread_start + 13
    Thread 3:
    0   libsystem_kernel.dylib   
    0x000000010bb7d6d6 __workq_kernreturn + 10
    1   libsystem_c.dylib        
    0x000000010ba0eeec _pthread_workq_return + 25
    2   libsystem_c.dylib        
    0x000000010ba0ecb3 _pthread_wqthread + 412
    3   libsystem_c.dylib        
    0x000000010b9f9171 start_wqthread + 13
    Thread 4 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.metadata.spotlightindex
    0   com.apple.spotlight.index
    0x000000010a2262b1 mergeEntryFlat + 465
    1   com.apple.spotlight.index
    0x000000010a21cad2 mergeEntryFat + 642
    2   com.apple.spotlight.index
    0x000000010a212410 bt_mergeEntry + 208
    3   com.apple.spotlight.index
    0x000000010a2122d9 bt_mergeCallback + 345
    4   com.apple.spotlight.index
    0x000000010a2131e2 bt_mergeSet + 3346
    5   com.apple.spotlight.index
    0x000000010a22aa80 index_FlushCache + 1088
    6   com.apple.spotlight.index
    0x000000010a232e8c indexPrepareForSync + 220
    7   com.apple.spotlight.index
    0x000000010a220823 indexPrepareForSyncBulk + 493
    8   com.apple.spotlight.index
    0x000000010a22037d _CISyncContextSync + 149
    9   com.apple.spotlight.index
    0x000000010a21fc0c _ContentIndexSyncIndexBulk + 86
    10  com.apple.spotlight.index
    0x000000010a1e18fa syncIndex + 1364
    11  com.apple.spotlight.index
    0x000000010a1e1063 runLoop + 51
    12  com.apple.spotlight.index
    0x000000010a209691 work_fun + 662
    13  libdispatch.dylib        
    0x000000010b9710b6 _dispatch_client_callout + 8
    14  libdispatch.dylib        
    0x000000010b97247f _dispatch_queue_drain + 235
    15  libdispatch.dylib        
    0x000000010b9722f1 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 52
    16  libdispatch.dylib        
    0x000000010b972448 _dispatch_queue_drain + 180
    17  libdispatch.dylib        
    0x000000010b9722f1 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 52
    18  libdispatch.dylib        
    0x000000010b972448 _dispatch_queue_drain + 180
    19  libdispatch.dylib        
    0x000000010b9722f1 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 52
    20  libdispatch.dylib        
    0x000000010b9721c3 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 249
    21  libsystem_c.dylib        
    0x000000010ba0ecab _pthread_wqthread + 404
    22  libsystem_c.dylib        
    0x000000010b9f9171 start_wqthread + 13
    Thread 5:
    0   libsystem_kernel.dylib   
    0x000000010bb7d6d6 __workq_kernreturn + 10
    1   libsystem_c.dylib        
    0x000000010ba0eeec _pthread_workq_return + 25
    2   libsystem_c.dylib        
    0x000000010ba0ecb3 _pthread_wqthread + 412
    3   libsystem_c.dylib        
    0x000000010b9f9171 start_wqthread + 13
    Thread 6:
    0   libsystem_kernel.dylib   
    0x000000010bb7d6d6 __workq_kernreturn + 10
    1   libsystem_c.dylib        
    0x000000010ba0eeec _pthread_workq_return + 25
    2   libsystem_c.dylib        
    0x000000010ba0ecb3 _pthread_wqthread + 412
    3   libsystem_c.dylib        
    0x000000010b9f9171 start_wqthread + 13
    Thread 4 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
      rax: 0xd62a2de7cde283a2  rbx: 0x000000000000aac0  rcx: 0x00000000002f4180  rdx: 0x00000000001430d0
      rdi: 0x0000000112258800  rsi: 0x0000000000000003  rbp: 0x00000001125605a0  rsp: 0x000000011255f450
       r8: 0x0000000000000007   r9: 0x00000000ccd96941  r10: 0x00007f92fb4219d0  r11: 0x00000000381b522a
      r12: 0x000000000000aac0  r13: 0x00007f92f9096650  r14: 0x0000000112560898  r15: 0x0000000000000000
      rip: 0x000000010a2262b1  rfl: 0x0000000000010206  cr2: 0x0000000000000bad
    Logical CPU: 3
    Binary Images:
    0x109f9e000 -   
    0x10a0bdff7  mds (707.3) <1448C11E-D2EC-305E-88C9-C6DAF1FEB535> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Support/mds
    0x10a110000 -   
    0x10a114ff7  com.apple.TCC (1.0 - 1) <F2F3B753-FC73-3543-8BBE-859FDBB4D6A6> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/TCC.framework/Versions/A/TCC
    0x10a120000 -   
    0x10a121fff  libDiagnosticMessagesClient.dylib (8) <8548E0DC-0D2F-30B6-B045-FE8A038E76D8> /usr/lib/libDiagnosticMessagesClient.dylib
    0x10a12a000 -   
    0x10a197ff7  com.apple.framework.IOKit (2.0 - 755.18.10) <142E19DD-1C8D-3D61-ABC8-83994A73279F> /System/Library/Frameworks/IOKit.framework/Versions/A/IOKit
    0x10a1c9000 -   
    0x10a398fff  com.apple.spotlight.index (10.7.0 - 707.3) <DB706194-BC57-3853-9993-95DC58D3A07C> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SpotlightIndex.framework/Versions/A/Spotlight Index
    0x10a3fb000 -   
    0x10a3fbfff  com.apple.CoreServices (57 - 57) <9DD44CB0-C644-35C3-8F57-0B41B3EC147D> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/CoreServices
    0x10a406000 -   
    0x10a40cfff  com.apple.DiskArbitration (2.5.1 - 2.5.1) <F7DAF7CC-5893-3F06-9168-3B0192B66D15> /System/Library/Frameworks/DiskArbitration.framework/Versions/A/DiskArbitration
    0x10a419000 -   
    0x10a775fff  com.apple.Foundation (6.8 - 945.11) <A5D41956-A354-3ACC-9355-BE200072223B> /System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Versions/C/Foundation
    0x10a99d000 -   
    0x10a9b0ff7  libbsm.0.dylib (32) <F497D3CE-40D9-3551-84B4-3D5E39600737> /usr/lib/libbsm.0.dylib
    0x10a9ba000 -   
    0x10a9ccff7  libz.1.dylib (43) <2A1551E8-A272-3DE5-B692-955974FE1416> /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib
    0x10a9d4000 -   
    0x10a9daff7  com.apple.MDSChannel (1.2 - 1.2) <05A6F55A-8197-316A-A127-DE6528F9B291> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MDSChannel.framework/Versions/A/MDSChannel
    0x10a9e7000 -   
    0x10aa2aff7  com.apple.bom (12.0 - 192) <0BF1F2D2-3648-36B7-BE4B-551A0173209B> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Bom.framework/Versions/A/Bom
    0x10aa42000 -   
    0x10aa47fff  com.apple.OpenDirectory (10.8 - 151.10) <CF44120B-9B01-32DD-852E-C9C0E1243FC0> /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenDirectory.framework/Versions/A/OpenDirectory
    0x10aa55000 -   
    0x10ab75fff  com.apple.desktopservices (1.7.2 - 1.7.2) <CDE8C2C2-C505-31B0-8C61-E40E4EA364A5> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions/A/Desk topServicesPriv
    0x10abeb000 -   
    0x10abeeff7  com.apple.ServerInformation (1.1 - 1) <0F1E39E4-5195-39ED-B91C-CA72BAD74820> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ServerInformation.framework/Versions/A/Server Information
    0x10abfb000 -   
    0x10abfefff  com.apple.AppleSystemInfo (2.0 - 2) <BC221376-361F-3F85-B284-DC251D3BB442> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AppleSystemInfo.framework/Versions/A/AppleSys temInfo
    0x10ac0a000 -   
    0x10aedafff  com.apple.security (7.0 - 55179.1) <639641EF-8156-3190-890C-1053658E044A> /System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/Versions/A/Security
    0x10b012000 -   
    0x10b020fff  com.apple.Librarian (1.1 - 1) <1635162F-239A-341E-83C7-710C55E254AF> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Librarian.framework/Versions/A/Librarian
    0x10b02f000 -   
    0x10b050fff  com.apple.Ubiquity (1.2 - 243.10) <F97D3A33-2C8B-3CFF-AF75-A74866D42853> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Ubiquity.framework/Versions/A/Ubiquity
    0x10b067000 -   
    0x10b068ff7  libSystem.B.dylib (169.3) <9089D72D-E714-31E1-80C8-698A8E8B05AD> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
    0x10b075000 -   
    0x10b18d92f  libobjc.A.dylib (532.2) <90D31928-F48D-3E37-874F-220A51FD9E37> /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib
    0x10b1b3000 -   
    0x10b39cfff  com.apple.CoreFoundation (6.8 - 744.12) <EF002794-DAEF-31C6-866C-E3E3AC387A9F> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation
    0x10b4fb000 -   
    0x10b547ff7  libauto.dylib (185.1) <73CDC482-16E3-3FC7-9BB4-FBA2DA44DBC2> /usr/lib/libauto.dylib
    0x10b55e000 -   
    0x10b75efff  libicucore.A.dylib (491.11.1) <CC318A27-878A-38CE-9292-1B98353FA9C7> /usr/lib/libicucore.A.dylib
    0x10b800000 -   
    0x10b868ff7  libc++.1.dylib (65.1) <20E31B90-19B9-3C2A-A9EB-474E08F9FE05> /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib
    0x10b8c6000 -   
    0x10b8ebff7  libc++abi.dylib (24.4) <E7BD9363-1D25-3551-A68A-2E2FF6ABECD7> /usr/lib/libc++abi.dylib
    0x10b920000 -   
    0x10b925fff  libcache.dylib (57) <65187C6E-3FBF-3EB8-A1AA-389445E2984D> /usr/lib/system/libcache.dylib
    0x10b92d000 -   
    0x10b93bfff  libcommonCrypto.dylib (60026) <2D6537F5-1B5E-305C-A1CF-D1FA80CA3939> /usr/lib/system/libcommonCrypto.dylib
    0x10b94a000 -   
    0x10b94ffff  libcompiler_rt.dylib (30) <08F8731D-5961-39F1-AD00-4590321D24A9> /usr/lib/system/libcompiler_rt.dylib
    0x10b95b000 -   
    0x10b962fff  libcopyfile.dylib (89) <876573D0-E907-3566-A108-577EAD1B6182> /usr/lib/system/libcopyfile.dylib
    0x10b96f000 -   
    0x10b984ff7  libdispatch.dylib (228.23) <D26996BF-FC57-39EB-8829-F63585561E09> /usr/lib/system/libdispatch.dylib
    0x10b9a0000 -   
    0x10b9a1ff7  libdnsinfo.dylib (453.18) <E7595861-ECF9-336E-9901-BED2620FAA80> /usr/lib/system/libdnsinfo.dylib
    0x10b9a6000 -   
    0x10b9a9ff7  libdyld.dylib (210.2.3) <F59367C9-C110-382B-A695-9035A6DD387E> /usr/lib/system/libdyld.dylib
    0x10b9b1000 -   
    0x10b9b1fff  libkeymgr.dylib (25) <CC9E3394-BE16-397F-926B-E579B60EE429> /usr/lib/system/libkeymgr.dylib
    0x10b9b7000 -   
    0x10b9bffff  liblaunch.dylib (442.26.2) <2F71CAF8-6524-329E-AC56-C506658B4C0C> /usr/lib/system/liblaunch.dylib
    0x10b9cc000 -   
    0x10b9d2fff  libmacho.dylib (829) <BF332AD9-E89F-387E-92A4-6E1AB74BD4D9> /usr/lib/system/libmacho.dylib
    0x10b9d9000 -   
    0x10b9dbfff  libquarantine.dylib (52) <4BE2E642-A14F-340A-B482-5BD2AEFD9C24> /usr/lib/system/libquarantine.dylib
    0x10b9e6000 -   
    0x10b9e7ff7  libremovefile.dylib (23.1) <DBBFAF35-AC78-3856-92F6-6E4FD9DF14A2> /usr/lib/system/libremovefile.dylib
    0x10b9f1000 -   
    0x10b9f2fff  libsystem_blocks.dylib (59) <D92DCBC3-541C-37BD-AADE-ACC75A0C59C8> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_blocks.dylib
    0x10b9f8000 -   
    0x10bac4fe7  libsystem_c.dylib (825.25) <8CBCF9B9-EBB7-365E-A3FF-2F3850763C6B> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_c.dylib
    0x10bb0d000 -   
    0x10bb15ff7  libsystem_dnssd.dylib (379.32.1) <62AA0B84-188A-348B-8F9E-3E2DB08DB93C> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_dnssd.dylib
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    0x1113dd000 -   
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    0x111767000 -   
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    0x1117ea000 -   
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    0x111844000 -   
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    0x111852000 -   
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    0x11187a000 -   
    0x1118b7fe7  libGLImage.dylib (8.6.1) <7F31DD61-3110-3541-A9BB-035CD1262E50> /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libGLImage.dyl ib
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    External Modification Summary:
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    REGION TYPE                 
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    CoreServices                  
    2568K
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    136.6M
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    96K
    Memory tag=241                 
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    6144K   
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    288K
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    <Personal Information Edited by Host>

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    <Email Edited by Host>

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      Dec 16, 2014, 10:30:15 PM iTunes_2014-12-16-223015_Jelenas-iMac.hang
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      Dec 16, 2014, 07:16:25 PM Activity Monitor_2014-12-16-191625_Jelenas-iMac.crash
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      Dec 16, 2014, 04:59:45 PM callservicesd_2014-12-16-165945_Jelenas-iMac.crash
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