Sluggish iMac 2008
I have a iMac 2008, 3.06 GHZ, Core 2 Duo, running 10.7 with 6 GB of RAM and a 500 GB HDD.
I have experience slowness when running Lion so I created a bootable external HDD and switch to the external HDD as my startup disk. I have experience in doing this, that the system runs faster on start up, programs load faster and webpages load faster when using my external HDD as the start up disk.
Could my iMac be having some HDD problems in that's why it runs slow?
Is the processor too slow on the iMac?
Any thoughts would be appreciated?
Well I have a 2GHz 2GB, RAM, 120GB HD MacBook Pro and it's fast enough for me.
Have you used Activity Monitor to review what is running?
Regards,
Shawn
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My iMac 2008 is running very slow. We are running Maverick OS X 10.9.5. Apps and programs are slow (especially iPhoto and iMovie) and switching between apps/programs is painful. Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated. I ran a EtreCheck and here is the report:
Problem description:
My iMac is slow and freezing up.
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated November 5, 2014 at 10:41:23 AM CST
Hardware Information: ℹ️
iMac (20-inch, Early 2008) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac8,1
1 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro - VRAM: 256 MB
iMac 1680 x 1050
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 18:54:42
Disk Information: ℹ️
WDC WD5000AAKS-40YGA1 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (100.68 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
USB Information: ℹ️
ASMedia AS2105 2 TB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 32 KB
External Hard Drive (disk1s3) /Volumes/External Hard Drive : 2.00 TB (408.48 GB free)
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.dvdfab.kext.fabio (1) Support
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.leapfrog.connect.shell.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
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[loaded] com.genieo.completer.download.plist Support
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[running] com.genieo.completer.update.plist Support
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Microsoft Database Daemon Application (/Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Office/Microsoft Database Daemon.app)
Monitor ApplicationHidden (/Applications/LeapFrogConnect.app/Contents/Monitor.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
TuneupMyMac Application (/Applications/TuneupMyMac.app)
EvernoteHelper Application (/Applications/Evernote.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/EvernoteHelper.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.0 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.0.11 Support
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 Support
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.5.3f3 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - 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
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Move_Media_Player: Version: npmnqmp 071503000004 Support
NPRoblox: Version: 1, 2, 8, 25 - SDK 10.9 Support
Dashlane: Version: Dashlane 1.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Support
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Omnibar
Dashlane
searchtab
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Java Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
External Hard Drive: Disk size: 2.00 TB Disk used: 1.59 TB
Destinations:
Data [Network]
Total size: 3.00 TB
Total number of backups: 80
Oldest backup: 2013-11-12 01:02:11 +0000
Last backup: 2014-11-05 16:15:34 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 3.00 TB < (Disk used 1.59 TB X 3)
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3% WindowServer
0% AppleSpell
0% iPhoto
0% mDNSResponder
0% DashlaneAgent
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417 MB firefox
137 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
125 MB softwareupdated
107 MB WindowServer
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1.89 GB Active RAM
1.88 GB Inactive RAM
476 MB Wired RAM
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I have an iMac (24-inch, Early 2009), Processor - 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Memory - 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3,
Hardware Information: ℹ️
iMac (24-inch, Early 2009) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac9,1
1 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 - VRAM: 256 MB
iMac 1920 x 1200
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 2:8:56
Everything seems to be slow. I quit using Safari because it takes 45 seconds (just timed it) to open.Problem description:
Sluggish iMac
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated February 14, 2015 at 9:37:31 AM CST
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
iMac (24-inch, Early 2009) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac9,1
1 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 - VRAM: 256 MB
iMac 1920 x 1200
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 2:8:56
Disk Information: ℹ️
WDC WD6400AAKS-40H2B0 disk0 : (640.14 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 639.28 GB (77.65 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5670S
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Seagate GoFlex Mac 1 TB
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
FreeAgent GoFlex Drive (disk1s2) /Volumes/FreeAgent GoFlex Drive : 999.86 GB (29.86 GB free)
Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
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Mac App Store and identified developers
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/System/Library/Extensions
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[running] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist [Click for support]
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[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
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[running] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd.plist [Click for support]
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Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
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AppTrap Application (/Users/[redacted]/Library/PreferencePanes/AppTrap.prefPane/Contents/Resources/ AppTrap.app)
HPEventHandler UNKNOWN (missing value)
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Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.0 [Click for support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
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Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
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iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version
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SlingPlayer: Version: Unknown [Click for support]
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AdBlock
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Flash Player [Click for support]
Flip4Mac WMV [Click for support]
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Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
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Destinations:
FreeAgent GoFlex Drive [Local]
Total size: 999.86 GB
Total number of backups: 71
Oldest backup: 2014-04-21 13:40:51 +0000
Last backup: 2015-02-14 14:48:47 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 999.86 GB < (Disk used 561.63 GB X 3)
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4% WindowServer
1% launchd
1% LogMeInGUI
0% networkd
0% discoveryd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
412 MB softwareupdated
369 MB firefox
90 MB WindowServer
82 MB Finder
77 MB Dropbox
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
494 MB Free RAM
1.74 GB Active RAM
1.22 GB Inactive RAM
566 MB Wired RAM
2.24 GB Page-ins
29 KB Page-outs
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Can anyone help...
I just bought a used iMac (2008) from an ebay seller and I'm trying to install quicktime but its asking me for a password and has Apple in the "Name" spot.
How do I retrieve or reset the password?
It came with the upgrade of Mountain Lion but I cannot find quicktime in the applications. When I try to install anything this Installer Password thing comes up... so I'm stuck.ShirlFromNC
I think you're slightly misunderstanding something, so maybe I'll try to chime in, even though everyone has said it in various ways.
Before OSX 10.7 (aka Lion) came out, the upgrades to OSX belonged to the Mac and not the user. Probably there was a technical legality in the user agreement that you couldn't do that, but everyone did. I could sell a Mac with Snow Leopard (or anything before that) by just erasing the hard drive, and reinstalling OSX. Then ship it to the buyer. Now, I was pretty honest as a seller, and including not only the original installation discs but also any upgrade. I would only sell a Mac if I was replacing it, so I always was getting the brand new version.
With OSX 10.7, upgrading was done online, with no disks. So the upgrades were tied to an Apple ID rather than the machine. Recently, I sold a MacBook Pro (to upgrade to a 27" iMac), which came with Lion. I had promised the buyer that it would come with Mountain Lion, but I didn't know that the upgrade was tied to my Apple ID. I made good with the buyer by sending along a $20 Apple App Store card so that she could upgrade to Lion.
So what everyone is saying here is that you need the original Installation discs or Snow Leopard disk to reinstall and wipe out the Mountain Lion that is on your Mac. It doesn't belong to you, it belongs to the seller, and without his Apple ID and password, you cannot use it. Once you do a reinstall of Snow Leopard, then you can upgrade to Lion and then to Mountain Lion. I do not believe you can upgrade directly to Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard, but I'm not sure.
If the seller claimed that you were getting Mountain Lion, then he was lying to you (or being more civil, maybe he just didn't know like I did). If you bought the used machine from Amazon Sellers or from eBay, then you have recourse through the feedback system or through PayPal. If you bought it any other way, you're on your own. -
Can I conect iMac 2012 with thundelbolt to iMac 2008 mini display port use this iMac like second monitor.
This Apple article:
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IMac 2008 OS10.9.1 external dvd won't play movie DVD's
iMac 2008 OS10.9.1 external dvd won't play movie DVD's. Other DVD/CD's are recognized.
My internal DVD/CD p-layer/burner stopped working 3 years ago like many other iMacs did.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. This is all red because I am ******!I have discovered, no thanks to Samsung techs, what the problem is, and it might be revealing for others, as well. It seems that DVD Player, which is the app Apple provides in OS x for (naturally) playing videos, doesn't work with external drives if the computer has an internal drive – even when, as in my case, the internal drive is dead.
I have learned, however, of the existence of a couple of alternative, free applications that run video and audio disks with external optical drives, and one of them, at least (VLC), seems to be widely acclaimed. Does anyone know whether bypassing DVD Player could be a bad idea? There were some gripes from one or two reviewers about awkwardness with playing audio DVDs with iTunes, but I'm not sure what they meant when they said that you have to click on individual items in a selection. Would that mean, for example, having to click on each movement of a Mozart trio? That I couldn't play an entire album's contents of another kind of music without clicking on each song?
Getting the internal optical drive replaced would be prohibitive, even if the parts could be obtained, so I guess I'm stuck trying to deal with the external drive I have and finding the best replacement for DVD Player that I can find. The interesting thing is that the drive works beautifully with a MacBook Air I tried it with, so I guess that is because the Air doesn't have an internal drive?
Wouldn't you think that Samsung techs would know all this? The one I spoke to told me to make sure that my system preference for CDs and DVDs was set to open automatically with DVD Player and sent me all kinds of FAQs, plus a way to get an RMA number for a return. Not a word about difficulties with Macs having an existing internal drive. And all after spending a very long time talking with me about what was going on, what the error message was, and so on. I guess the message hasn't gotten to them.
I hope this information will be helpful to someone. -
Downgrading from Lion on Intel iMac (2008) problems
After upgrading to Lion on our iMac (2008) [Intel Core 2 Duo], which had been originally running 10.6.8, we began experiencing lots of strange problems (intermittent crashes, freezing). On Saturday, the whole computer just shutdown and couldn't be restarted.
I attempted to install a new OS from a Snow Leopard CD purchased when we upgraded from the original software (10.5.2) by first building a new partition (Mac OS Journaled, GUID) and then installing Snow Leopard, but at the very end of the process, got an error message stating the installation failed.
I then went back to the original installation disks that came with the iMac (10.5.2) and did the same process and have been able to get Leopard running. From that point, I thought I could pop the Snow Leopard install CD in and do the upgrade, but got the same error message stating the installation failed.
I'm now back to installing the original OS again (10.5.2), but am unsure how to go about getting Snow Leopard to install. Do I need to go through the software updates to get it up to 10.5.8 before installing Snow Leopard, or has Lion just done some irreparable harm to the system.
At various points during this whole process, I've sometimes been able to boot from the CD from startup by pressing C, but sometimes that fails, and I have to hold down the option key. Sometimes that even fails, and I've had to clear the memory, and restart, going through various iterations just to get the Mac to see the CD.
Any advice on how to get from Leopard to Snow Leopard would be much appreciated. Before Lion was involved, there were no problems in the upgrade process, but now that I'm trying to rebuild, it seems like things are going massively awry.
Also, it seems like the specs on Lion indicate it should be stable on this type of machine, but clearly it isn't. I've read about some incompatabilities with graphics cards (we have a NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS), but I don't know if this was the problem or not. If anyone knows what could have happened with the Lion issue, I would be curious about that too.After "successfully" installing a version of 10.5.2 onto the iMac, I ran a Verify Permissions and received a long list of Open Error 5 problems, which could not be fixed using the Disk Utility on the Mac itself, nor with a downloaded copy of DiskWarrior. Also, when verifying the hard drive, there was an invalid sibling link error, and it stopped the verification process - there was no option to repair.
I'm a little confused because I started the clean install from the Disk Utility via the installation CD by building what I thought was a "clean" partition.
Is the next step to try and run disk utility from the install CD to try and fix these errors?
I now have a copy of Disk Warrior (downloaded) sitting on another machine and my Time Machine. I'm not sure how these could be useful in the rebuild process, but if so, please let me know.
Thanks so much,
Marie -
Re I-MOVIE. I am getting a "Communication Error" when I try and send a clip to the IMovie
program in my IMAC 2008 Intel Chip computer. This is the first time in 3 years that the
program has not worked. What has gone wrong?Hi
Have no idea - But if it is a new problem with exactly the same kind of material that was previously used. Then my trouble shooting guide might help.
If You
• used a new Camera - file codec might be a sort that don't work
• Your main hard disk might get too filled up
Else try
Trouble
When iMovie doesn't work as intended this can be due to a lot of reasons
• iMovie Pref files got corrupted - trash it/they and iMovie makes new and error free one's
• Creating a new User-Account and log into this - forces iMovie to create all pref. files new and error free
• Event or Project got corrupted - try to make a copy and repair
• a codec is used that doesn't work
• problem in iMovie Cache folder - trash Cache.mov and Cache.plist
• version miss match of QuickTime Player / iMovie / iDVD
• preferences are wrong - Repair Preferences
• other hard disk problem - Repair Hard Disk (Disk Util tool - but start Mac from ext HD or DVD)
• External hard disks - MUST BE - Mac OS Extended (hfs) formatted to work with Video
( UNIX/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange - works for most other things - but not for Video )
• USB-flash-memories do not work
• Net-work connected hard disks - do not work
• iPhoto Library got problems - let iPhoto select another one or repair it. Re-build this first then try to re-start iMovie.
This You do by
_ close iPhoto
_ on start up of iPhoto - Keep {cmd and alt-keys down}
_ now select all five options presented
_ WAIT a long long time
• free space on Start-Up (Mac OS) hard disk to low (<1Gb) - I never go under 25Gb free space for SD-Video (4-5 times more for HD)
• external devices interferes - turn off Mac - disconnect all of them and - Start up again and re-try
• GarageBand fix - start GB - play a few notes - Close it again and now try iMovie
• Screen must be set to million-colors
• Third-party plug-ins doesn't work OK
• Run "Cache Out X", clear out all caches and restarts the Mac
• Let Your Mac be turned on during one night. At about midnight there is a set of maintenance programs that runs and tidying up. This might help
• Turn off Your Mac - and disconnect Mains - for about 20-30 minutes - at least this resets the FireWire port.
• In QuickTime - DivX, 3ivx codec, Flip4Mac, Perian etc - might be problematic - temporarily move them out and re-try
(I deleted the file "3ivxVideoCodec.component" located in Mac HD/Library/Quicktime and this resolved my issue.)
buenrodri wrote
I solved the problem by removing the file: 3ivxVideoCodec.component. after that, up-dated iMovie runs ok.
Last resort: Trash all of iMovie and re-install it
Yours Bengt W -
Impossible to connect iPad 3 to iMac 2008 via Bluetooth.
Anyone out there getting annoyed with connecting iPad 3 to iMac 2008 using bluetooth ?
iMac says the device is paired, iPad says "Not paired"
Anyone to help me out ?Hi TOFFA_83,
If you are having pairing issues with your iPad, you may find the following article helpful:
iOS: Troubleshooting Bluetooth connections
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4562
Regards,
- Brenden -
When I start my iMac 2008, appear something like folder with question mark inside
When I start my iMac 2008, appear something like folder with question mark inside
Reinstall OS X without erasing the drive
1. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Reinstall Snow Leopard
If the drive is OK then quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed with reinstalling OS X. Note that the Snow Leopard installer will not erase your drive or disturb your files. After installing a fresh copy of OS X the installer will move your Home folder, third-party applications, support items, and network preferences into the newly installed system.
Download and install Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1.
If you are running Lion or later:
Reinstall Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks without erasing drive
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported then click on the Repair Permissions button. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Mountain Lion or Mavericks
OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Reinstall OS X
OS X Lion- Reinstall Mac OS X
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet
if possible because it is three times faster than wireless. -
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If you live near an Apple Store, make a Genius Bar appointment to have the computer tested. Supposedly there is no charge for testing. Use 2nd link if not near an Apple Store or aren’t in the US.
Genius Bar Reservation US
Authorized Service Provider
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