Spinning Beach Ball blues

Every time I click out of the PPro CS5 program area, say to Finder or Desktop, when I return to PPro I get a spinning beach ball for between 1 and 2 minutes. Progam not crashing thankfully. As long as I stay inside the PPro program all stays stable, but say opening Finder to drop a clip in a bin gets me a spinning beachball timeout.
Is there a setting somewhere that will stop this from happening? It's really slowing down the workflow.
my system;
Model Name:
Mac Pro
Model Identifier:
MacPro4,1
Processor Name:
Intel Core i7
Processor Speed:
3.20 GHz
Number Of Processors:
1
Total Number Of Cores:
4
L2 Cache (per core):
256 KB
L3 Cache:
8 MB
Memory:
16 GB

Hmmm all I can say is my windows shake without me touching anything and my trackerpad is already disabled!

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I'm always geting the Spinning Beach Ball of Death, yet instead of it being from having heavy stuff open or not enough RAM, it's as simple as coming out of a screen saver, or clicking a forum button on a browser that can cause it. It doesn't stop, instead it just keeps going until you can do nothing, and can only restart the iMac. Some times you can move the curser around, yet Finder doesn't open the Force Quit and the shortcut doesn't work.
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May 20 22:34:30 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]: *** launchd[1] has started up. ***
May 20 22:34:36 localhost DirectoryService[15]: Improper shutdown detected
May 20 22:34:42 localhost fseventsd[33]: event logs in /.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (40189 13 40718)
May 20 22:34:42 localhost fseventsd[33]: log dir: /.fseventsd getting new uuid: 49B9789C-90E1-4252-94D3-C38B1CAA1B9A
May 20 22:34:45 localhost bootlog[40]: BOOT_TIME: 1305956069 0
May 20 22:35:00 localhost blued[41]: Apple Bluetooth daemon started
May 20 22:35:00 localhost mDNSResponder[28]: mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-258.18 (Jan 18 2011 20:25:03) starting
May 20 22:35:00 localhost com.apple.usbmuxd[20]: usbmuxd-211 built on Jan 13 2011 at 04:20:21 on Jan 13 2011 at 04:20:21, running 64 bit
May 20 22:35:02 localhost /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[29]: Login Window Application Started
May 20 22:35:02 localhost configd[13]: Sleep - Filtered Sleep Failure Report - Power Button Shutdown - Apps Failure
May 20 22:35:02 localhost configd[13]: bootp_session_transmit: bpf_write(en1) failed: Network is down (50)
May 20 22:35:02 localhost configd[13]: DHCP en1: INIT transmit failed
May 20 22:35:02 localhost configd[13]: network configuration changed.
May 20 22:35:03 localhost fseventsd[33]: event logs in /Volumes/Movie files/.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (40015 1 40739)
May 20 22:35:15 jesse-smiths-imac-2 PhoneHome[46]: Fri May 20 22:35:15 jesse-smiths-imac-2.local imagesnap[157] <Warning>: 3891612: (connectAndCheck) Untrusted apps are not allowed to connect to or launch Window Server before login.
May 20 22:35:15 jesse-smiths-imac-2 PhoneHome[46]: Fri May 20 22:35:15 jesse-smiths-imac-2.local imagesnap[157] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
May 20 22:35:15 jesse-smiths-imac-2 /var/phonehome/imagesnap[157]: _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL.
May 20 22:35:15 jesse-smiths-imac-2 PhoneHome[46]: _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL.
May 20 22:35:18 jesse-smiths-imac-2 loginwindow[29]: Login Window Started Security Agent
May 20 22:35:18 jesse-smiths-imac-2 configd[13]: network configuration changed.
May 20 22:35:18 jesse-smiths-imac-2 loginwindow[29]: Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
May 20 22:35:18 jesse-smiths-imac-2 loginwindow[29]: USER_PROCESS: 29 console
May 20 22:35:19 jesse-smiths-imac-2 com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[173] (com.apple.ReportCrash): Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
May 20 22:35:28 jesse-smiths-imac-2 com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[173] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[194]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 20 22:35:37 jesse-smiths-imac-2 WindowServer[90]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
May 20 22:35:37 jesse-smiths-imac-2 com.apple.WindowServer[90]: Fri May 20 22:35:37 jesse-smiths-imac-2.local WindowServer[90] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
5/20/11 10:34:30 PM    com.apple.launchd[1]    *** launchd[1] has started up. ***
5/20/11 10:35:09 PM    com.apple.SystemStarter[21]    Starting Broadband Optimizer
5/20/11 10:35:09 PM    com.apple.SystemStarter[21]    Starting APC PowerChute Personal Edition daemon
5/20/11 10:35:09 PM    com.apple.SystemStarter[21]    -S
5/20/11 10:35:09 PM    com.apple.SystemStarter[21]    Starting HP IO Monitor
5/20/11 10:35:09 PM    com.apple.SystemStarter[21]    /usr/sbin/comapcpowerchutepe start: comapcpowerchute starting...
5/20/11 10:35:09 PM    com.apple.SystemStarter[21]    Starting HP Trap Monitor
5/20/11 10:35:09 PM    com.apple.SystemStarter[21]    /Library/StartupItems/HP Trap Monitor/HP Trap Monitor: line 15: /Library/Printers/hp/hpio/HPIO Trap Monitor.app/Contents/MacOS/HPIO Trap Monitor: No such file or directory
5/20/11 10:35:15 PM    PhoneHome[46]    Fri May 20 22:35:15 jesse-smiths-imac-2.local imagesnap[157] <Warning>: 3891612: (connectAndCheck) Untrusted apps are not allowed to connect to or launch Window Server before login.
5/20/11 10:35:15 PM    PhoneHome[46]    Fri May 20 22:35:15 jesse-smiths-imac-2.local imagesnap[157] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
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5/20/11 10:35:19 PM    com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[173]    (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
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5/20/11 10:35:37 PM    com.apple.WindowServer[90]    Fri May 20 22:35:37 jesse-smiths-imac-2.local WindowServer[90] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Process:         mds [27]
Path:            /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Metadat a.framework/Versions/A/Support/mds
Identifier:      mds
Version:         ??? (???)
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [1]
Date/Time:       2011-05-20 10:48:46.962 -0700
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.6.7 (10J869)
Report Version: 6
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 3 Dispatch queue: Main compaction scheduler
Application Specific Information:
/SourceCache/Spotlight/Spotlight-507.15/index/ContentIndex/ContentIndex.c:1443: failed assertion 'false' (hfs, t: 0x11, st: 0x1, f: 0x480d000) corrupt index, will rebuild
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: npvhash=4095
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: PAE enabled
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: 64 bit mode enabled
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: Darwin Kernel Version 10.7.0: Sat Jan 29 15:17:16 PST 2011; root:xnu-1504.9.37~1/RELEASE_I386
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: vm_page_bootstrap: 1015439 free pages and 24945 wired pages
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: mig_table_max_displ = 73
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: calling mpo_policy_init for TMSafetyNet
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: Security policy loaded: Safety net for Time Machine (TMSafetyNet)
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: calling mpo_policy_init for Quarantine
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: Security policy loaded: Quarantine policy (Quarantine)
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: calling mpo_policy_init for Sandbox
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: Security policy loaded: Seatbelt sandbox policy (Sandbox)
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: MAC Framework successfully initialized
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: using 16384 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 64:87
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3)
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: initialization complete
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: Sleep failure code 0x00000000 0x12000000
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: mbinit: done (64 MB memory set for mbuf pool)
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: 935CF64F-D6FC-3D58-8ECE-8AC8BCCEB438
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib kmod start
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib load succeeded
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient: ready
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: BTCOEXIST off
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: wl0: Broadcom BCM4328 802.11 Wireless Controller
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: 5.10.131.36
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5901 built-in now active, GUID 001ff3fffe2ba406; max speed s800.
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleICH8AHCI/PR T0@0/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageD river/Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/Apple_HFS_Untitled_2@5
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: BSD root: disk0s5, major 14, minor 5
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: unknown-dev: replay_journal: from: 16665600 to: 1036800 (joffset 0x322000)
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 2008070800001349 0x928 0x4 0x0
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: unknown-dev: journal replay done.
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: hfs: Removed 4 orphaned / unlinked files and 0 directories
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: AppleYukon2: Marvell Yukon Gigabit Adapter 88E8055 Singleport Copper SA
May 20 22:34:35 localhost kernel[0]: AppleYukon2: RxRingSize <= 1024, TxRingSize 256, RX_MAX_LE 1024, TX_MAX_LE 768, ST_MAX_LE 3328
May 20 22:34:36 localhost kernel[0]: systemShutdown false
May 20 22:34:47 localhost kernel[0]: yukon: Ethernet address 00:1f:5b:f3:2d:f8
May 20 22:34:47 localhost kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43224: Ethernet address 00:1f:5b:c6:5c:bd
May 20 22:34:47 localhost kernel[0]: IO80211Controller::dataLinkLayerAttachComplete(): adding AppleEFINVRAM notification
May 20 22:35:00 localhost kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Down on en1. Reason 8 (Disassociated because station leaving).
May 20 22:35:01 localhost kernel[0]: Waiting for DSMOS...
May 20 22:35:02 localhost kernel[0]: Previous Shutdown Cause: 3
May 20 22:35:02 localhost kernel[0]: Warning - com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower declares no kernel dependencies; using com.apple.kernel.6.0.
May 20 22:35:02 localhost kernel[0]: NVDANV50HAL loaded and registered.
May 20 22:35:02 localhost kernel[0]: DSMOS has arrived
May 20 22:35:02 localhost kernel[0]: IPv6 packet filtering initialized, default to accept, logging disabled
May 20 22:35:02 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: disk0s2: replay_journal: from: 10576896 to: 11386880 (joffset 0xfa2000)
May 20 22:35:02 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s1: replay_journal: from: 28380160 to: 29163008 (joffset 0x1c30000)
May 20 22:35:02 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s1: journal replay done.
May 20 22:35:04 jesse-smiths-imac-2 kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s2: replay_journal: from: 8115712 to: 510464 (joffset 0xf1000)
May 20 22:35:05 jesse-smiths-imac-2 kernel[0]: jnl: disk0s2: journal replay done.
May 20 22:35:05 jesse-smiths-imac-2 kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s2: journal replay done.
May 20 22:35:05 jesse-smiths-imac-2 kernel[0]: jnl: disk0s3: replay_journal: from: 8181760 to: 9530880 (joffset 0x5af000)
May 20 22:35:05 jesse-smiths-imac-2 kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleYukon2]: Link up on en0, 1-Gigabit, Full-duplex, Symmetric flow-control, Debug [796d,af48,0de1,0200,cde1,7800]
May 20 22:35:06 jesse-smiths-imac-2 kernel[0]: jnl: disk0s3: journal replay done.
May 20 22:35:06 jesse-smiths-imac-2 kernel[0]: jnl: disk0s4: replay_journal: from: 12537856 to: 13320704 (joffset 0x322000)
May 20 22:35:06 jesse-smiths-imac-2 kernel[0]: jnl: disk0s4: journal replay done.
May 20 22:35:07 jesse-smiths-imac-2 kernel[0]: jnl: disk0s6: replay_journal: from: 7915520 to: 310272 (joffset 0x18c000)
May 20 22:35:08 jesse-smiths-imac-2 kernel[0]: jnl: disk0s6: journal replay done.
May 20 22:35:08 jesse-smiths-imac-2 kernel[0]: Auth result for: 18:f4:6a:5b:66:cf MAC AUTH succeeded
May 20 22:35:08 jesse-smiths-imac-2 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Up on en1
May 20 22:35:09 jesse-smiths-imac-2 kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
May 20 22:35:09 jesse-smiths-imac-2 kernel[0]: jnl: disk2s2: replay_journal: from: 58208256 to: 58503168 (joffset 0x4096e000)
May 20 22:35:09 jesse-smiths-imac-2 kernel[0]: jnl: disk2s2: journal replay done.
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I bought Lion and let it download and install.
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I have reinstalled OS X and reinstalled Logic Pro X. But the problem was still there. It sounds like a core audio problem, but the problem occurs no matter what my sound output is set to. It happened when the audio output was set to the built-in speakers of my Mac Pro (yes Mac Pro have that!), when it was set to the speakers of the Cinema Display (LED one) and when it was set to my RME Babyface.
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This is a very weird issue. I'm wondering if someone knows what I could do next.
My specs:
Mid 2010 Mac Pro 12-core 2,92 GHz
32 GB RAM
27" LED Cinema Display
OS X 10.9.5 Mavericks
Logic Pro 10.1.1
Thanks a lot

Hi,
thanks for your reply.
Like I said, this is a complete fresh install – I installed OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 from a USB installer, and re-downloaded Logic Pro X from the App Store. That's all. That means there's no 3rd party plugins, no 3rd party drivers, nothing, just the stock OS X system.
However, I just installed the RME Babyface drivers. But this makes no difference, as the problem was present before as well. I'm just saying that, because it appears in my EtreCheck Report which I will post an the end of this message, so you may be wondering.
I tried to delete the preference files and such before – no change.
Logic started normally (= no message or appeared or anything) while holding down Shift + Control, and also while holding down the Option key. The issue is still there. What would or what should it do if I hold these keys while starting? When I hold only the Control key however, it asked me if I wanted to start Logic without the Core Audio. I clicked to start without it, and then obviously everything worked.
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EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated 09. April 2015 16:30:01 MESZ
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
    Mac Pro - model: MacPro5,1
    2 2.93 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon CPU: 12-core
    32 GB RAM Upgradeable
        DIMM 1
            16 GB DDR3 ECC 1333 MHz ok
        DIMM 2
            Empty
        DIMM 3
            Empty
        DIMM 4
            Empty
        DIMM 5
            16 GB DDR3 ECC 1333 MHz ok
        DIMM 6
            Empty
        DIMM 7
            Empty
        DIMM 8
            Empty
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en2: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
    AMD Radeon HD 7950 - VRAM: 3072 MB
        LED Cinema Display 2560 x 1440
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Time since boot: 4:52:33
Disk Information: ℹ️
    HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH61N
    HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH61N
    Samsung SSD 850 PRO 512GB disk0 : (512,11 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Macintosh SSD (disk0s2) / : 511.25 GB (494.58 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
    ST2000DM001-1ER164 disk1 : (2 TB)
        EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Macintosh HDD (disk1s2) /Volumes/Macintosh HDD : 2.00 TB (2.00 TB free)
USB Information: ℹ️
    General UDisk
    Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
        Logitech Apple Optical USB Mouse
        Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard
    Apple Inc. Apple LED Cinema Display
    Apple Inc. Display iSight
    Apple Inc. Display Audio
    RME Babyface (23483046)
    Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /Library/Extensions
    [loaded]    de.rme-audio.driver.RMEFirefaceUSB (2.05 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
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    [failed]    com.apple.uhfu.ledcinemadisplayaudio.plist
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [running]    de.rme-audio.RMEfirefaceUSBAgent.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    iTunesHelper    Programm (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
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Time Machine: ℹ️
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Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
         1%    WindowServer
         1%    Logic Pro X
         1%    coreaudiod
         1%    fontd
         1%    sysmond
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    241 MB    Logic Pro X
    137 MB    mds_stores
    137 MB    Safari
    103 MB    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
    103 MB    WindowServer
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    2.07 GB    Active RAM
    573 MB    Inactive RAM
    1.77 GB    Wired RAM
    491 MB    Page-ins
    0 B    Page-outs
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Okay, apparently there *is* a little problem. This part here:
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [failed]    com.apple.uhfu.ledcinemadisplayaudio.plist
I believed this was normal because my audio output was set to the external USB audio interface when I ran the test, but I ran it again with the sound output set to the Cinema Display, and this message still appeared. When I click the Information symbol, it says:
These are low-level parts of your operating system, usually provided by Apple, that run in the background while a user is logged in. Any failure that appears here may indicate a problem with your system.
I can't tell if there's a link to my Logic problem, however.
PS: I just remembered that I installed a system update for the LED Cinema Display which I downloaded from the Apple Support page. Maybe it has to do with that. It may have been an old update that was not needed.

Spinning Beach Ball of Death and Kernal Panics - Capacitors?

Hi,
I got this email from my mother. This is her computer, not mine. I'm technically adept, so I'd be able to help her. I'm not sure this is actually a kernal panic, or if it's another issue such as capacitors?
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Lately sometimes (at least every couple of days) when I first turn on my iMac G5 (1.6 GHz, 1.25 GB RAM, OS 10.3.9) after it's been shut off all night long, I get the colored spinning beach ball of death for a minute or so. Then the background on the monitor turns grey-green and in a box in the middle of the screen is "You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button" - this is written in four languages. I assume this is a kernal panic. When I restart the computer it's okay.
When I turned it on yesterday, however, the monitor was blue, but not normal blue as it was all "wavy." The dock only appeared about halfway up from the bottom of the screen, and only the bottom part of "Mail" appeared - no Mailbox or anything else. I turned it off with the power button and it was then all right.
Today the same thing happened, but I didn't get anything on the screen, except it was a "wavy blue" so I again used the power button to turn it off, and then when I restarted it it came on fine.
I've also noticed that the computer is much slower these past few weeks than previously, especially when using Safari. I have also seen the spinning beach ball of death in black instead of the usual colors.
I have not installed any new programs lately, nor ran any Software Updates lately. I have recently repaired my Permissions.
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Thank you in advance for any suggestions and advice.
Robbi

Hi,
Here is the kernal panic log. Thanks. We have done Dr Smoke's Resolving Kernal Panics.
Mon Aug 18 18:46:13 2008
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x00000000449D234E PC=0x0000000000BA1464
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x2EB9C780)
PC=0x00BA1464; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x449D234E; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00BA144C; R1=0x18E4BAD0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00BA2F28 0x00BA1FA0 0x00B9B3CC 0x00B8B020 0x0027E650 0x00280324 0x0007AC48 0x00021668
0x0001BCE8 0x0001C0F0 0x00094318 0x00670065
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFEE490
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.GeForce(3.4.2)@0xb84000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x398000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.3.5)@0x436000
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(3.4.2)@0x46c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.3.5)@0x456000
com.apple.NVDAResman(3.4.2)@0x46c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x398000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.3.5)@0x436000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.3.5)@0x456000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2EB9C780)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x2F4D8A00)
PC=0x90007878; MSR=0x0200F030; DAR=0x04FAE000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x900073F8; R1=0xBFFEE490; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00083498 0x0008397C 0x0001EDA4 0x00090C38 0x0009402C
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2EB9C780)
PC=0x00BA1464; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x449D234E; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00BA144C; R1=0x18E4BAD0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00BA2F28 0x00BA1FA0 0x00B9B3CC 0x00B8B020 0x0027E650 0x00280324 0x0007AC48 0x00021668
0x0001BCE8 0x0001C0F0 0x00094318 0x00670065
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFEE490
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.GeForce(3.4.2)@0xb84000
dependency: com.app
Wed Aug 20 07:46:37 2008
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x0000000044BF434E PC=0x0000000000BA1464
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x2EE8F280)
PC=0x00BA1464; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x44BF434E; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00BA144C; R1=0x18E23AD0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00BA2F28 0x00BA1FA0 0x00B9B3CC 0x00B8B020 0x0027E650 0x00280324 0x0007AC48 0x00021668
0x0001BCE8 0x0001C0F0 0x00094318 0x00000000
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFEE5A0
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.GeForce(3.4.2)@0xb84000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x398000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.3.5)@0x436000
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(3.4.2)@0x46c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.3.5)@0x456000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2EE8F280)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x2EE8BC80)
PC=0x90007878; MSR=0x0200F030; DAR=0xE12C4000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x900073F8; R1=0xBFFEE5A0; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00083498 0x0008397C 0x0001EDA4 0x00090C38 0x0009402C
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2EE8F280)
PC=0x00BA1464; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x44BF434E; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00BA144C; R1=0x18E23AD0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00BA2F28 0x00BA1FA0 0x00B9B3CC 0x00B8B020 0x0027E650 0x00280324 0x0007AC48 0x00021668
0x0001BCE8 0x0001C0F0 0x00094318 0x00000000
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFEE5A0
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.GeForce(3.4.2)@0xb84000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x398000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.3.5)@0x436000
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(3.4.2)@0x46c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.3.5)@0x456000
Exception st`
Tue Aug 26 07:36:40 2008
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x000000004479434E PC=0x0000000000BA1464
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x2EB19500)
PC=0x00BA1464; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x4479434E; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00BA144C; R1=0x18D53AD0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00BA2F28 0x00BA1FA0 0x00B9B3CC 0x00B8B020 0x0027E650 0x00280324 0x0007AC48 0x00021668
0x0001BCE8 0x0001C0F0 0x00094318 0x00670044
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFEE5A0
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.GeForce(3.4.2)@0xb84000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x398000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.3.5)@0x436000
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(3.4.2)@0x46c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.3.5)@0x456000
com.apple.NVDAResman(3.4.2)@0x46c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x398000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.3.5)@0x436000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.3.5)@0x456000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2EB19500)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x2EE33280)
PC=0x90007878; MSR=0x0200F030; DAR=0xE12C4000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x900073F8; R1=0xBFFEE5A0; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00083498 0x0008397C 0x0001EDA4 0x00090C38 0x0009402C
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2EB19500)
PC=0x00BA1464; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x4479434E; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00BA144C; R1=0x18D53AD0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00BA2F28 0x00BA1FA0 0x00B9B3CC 0x00B8B020 0x0027E650 0x00280324 0x0007AC48 0x00021668
0x0001BCE8 0x0001C0F0 0x00094318 0x00670044
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFEE5A0
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.GeForce(3.4.2)@0xb84000
dependency: com.app
Wed Aug 27 07:21:17 2008
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x000000004491034E PC=0x0000000000BA1464
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x2EBC7A00)
PC=0x00BA1464; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x4491034E; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00BA144C; R1=0x18E6BAD0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00BA2F28 0x00BA1FA0 0x00B9B3CC 0x00B8B020 0x0027E650 0x00280324 0x0007AC48 0x00021668
0x0001BCE8 0x0001C0F0 0x00094318 0x00090009
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFEE5A0
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.GeForce(3.4.2)@0xb84000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x398000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.3.5)@0x436000
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(3.4.2)@0x46c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.3.5)@0x456000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2EBC7A00)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x2EE8DC80)
PC=0x90007878; MSR=0x0200F030; DAR=0xE12B9000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x900073F8; R1=0xBFFEE5A0; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00083498 0x0008397C 0x0001EDA4 0x00090C38 0x0009402C
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2EBC7A00)
PC=0x00BA1464; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x4491034E; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00BA144C; R1=0x18E6BAD0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00BA2F28 0x00BA1FA0 0x00B9B3CC 0x00B8B020 0x0027E650 0x00280324 0x0007AC48 0x00021668
0x0001BCE8 0x0001C0F0 0x00094318 0x00090009
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFEE5A0
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.GeForce(3.4.2)@0xb84000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x398000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.3.5)@0x436000
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(3.4.2)@0x46c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.3.5)@0x456000
Exception st`
Sun Aug 31 07:29:43 2008
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x0000000044AF434E PC=0x0000000000BA154C
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x2EE8BA00)
PC=0x00BA154C; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x44AF434E; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00BA1FA0; R1=0x18D4BAD0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00BA2F28 0x00BA1FA0 0x00B9B3CC 0x00B8B020 0x0027E650 0x00280324 0x0007AC48 0x00021668
0x0001BCE8 0x0001C0F0 0x00094318 0x00090009
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFEE5A0
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.GeForce(3.4.2)@0xb84000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x398000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.3.5)@0x436000
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(3.4.2)@0x46c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.3.5)@0x456000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2EE8BA00)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x2EE86500)
PC=0x90007878; MSR=0x0200F030; DAR=0xE12E3000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x900073F8; R1=0xBFFEE5A0; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00083498 0x0008397C 0x0001EDA4 0x00090C38 0x0009402C
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2EE8BA00)
PC=0x00BA154C; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x44AF434E; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00BA1FA0; R1=0x18D4BAD0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00BA2F28 0x00BA1FA0 0x00B9B3CC 0x00B8B020 0x0027E650 0x00280324 0x0007AC48 0x00021668
0x0001BCE8 0x0001C0F0 0x00094318 0x00090009
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFEE5A0
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.GeForce(3.4.2)@0xb84000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x398000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.3.5)@0x436000
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(3.4.2)@0x46c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.3.5)@0x456000
Exception st`
Tue Sep 2 07:56:56 2008
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x00000000444D634E PC=0x0000000000BA1B58
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x2EE8C500)
PC=0x00BA1B58; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x444D634E; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00B8B5E0; R1=0x18D6BBB0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00BA1570 0x00B8B5E0 0x0027E650 0x00280324 0x0007AC48 0x00021668 0x0001BCE8 0x0001C0F0
0x00094318 0x00090009
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFFDD90
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.GeForce(3.4.2)@0xb84000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x398000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.3.5)@0x436000
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(3.4.2)@0x46c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.3.5)@0x456000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2EE8C500)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x2F795C80)
PC=0x90007878; MSR=0x0200F030; DAR=0x07A44000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x900073F8; R1=0xBFFFDD90; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00083498 0x0008397C 0x0001EDA4 0x00090C38 0x0009402C
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2EE8C500)
PC=0x00BA1B58; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x444D634E; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00B8B5E0; R1=0x18D6BBB0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00BA1570 0x00B8B5E0 0x0027E650 0x00280324 0x0007AC48 0x00021668 0x0001BCE8 0x0001C0F0
0x00094318 0x00090009
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFFDD90
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.GeForce(3.4.2)@0xb84000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x398000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.3.5)@0x436000
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(3.4.2)@0x46c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.3.5)@0x456000
Exception state (sv=0x2F795C80)
PC=0x90007878; MSR0

Spinning Beach Balls

I have listed the EtreCheck information of my machine following my question. Frequently but not always, when I start my computer in the AM, I obtain the spinning beach ball on whatever application I open (usually Mail). When I try to force quit, it continues spinning. After 10 minutes or so, I have to manually shut down and restart (manually). Sometimes it is ok when I do that but often I have to restart two or three times. My permissions are ok, the verify disk is ok, and I have 100 GB available. This happens only when I first start the computer from its overnight sleep. My question is: do you think I need a new computer? Should I have an Apple repair service examine the computer?
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Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2008) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro4,1
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
GeForce 8600M GT     - VRAM: 512 MB
Color LCD 1680 x 1050
Cinema HD 2560 x 1600
System Software:
OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 1:57:2
Disk Information:
Crucial_CT240M500SSD1 disk0 : (240.06 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 239.2 GB (99.3 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
OWC Elite mini USB3 500.11 GB
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Clone of Macintosh HD (disk2s2) /Volumes/Clone of Macintosh HD: 499.76 GB (372.81 GB free)
Apple Inc. iPhone
BLUE MICROPHONES Blue Snowflake
Apple Inc. iPod 7.95 GB
disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 254 KB
Richard Troxel’s iPod (disk1s2) /Volumes/Richard Troxel’s iPod: 7.95 GB (7.18 GB free)
DYMO DYMO LabelWriter DUO
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Mitsumi Electric Hub in Apple Extended USB Keyboard
Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse
Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard
Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Gatekeeper:
Anywhere
Kernel Extensions:
[not loaded] com.dymo.usbprinterclassdriver.kext (1.1 - SDK 10.5) Support
[loaded] com.eltima.SyncMate.kext (0.2.5b15) Support
[loaded] com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice (1.1 - SDK 10.9) Support
[not loaded] com.markspace.driver.MissingSyncBlackBerry (134) Support
[not loaded] com.palm.ClassicNotSeizeDriver (3.2.1) Support
[not loaded] com.radtech.radmouse (1.0.6) Support
[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.97) Support
Startup Items:
FanControlDaemon: Path: /Library/StartupItems/FanControlDaemon
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[running] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitedaemon.plist Support
[invalid] com.dymo.pnpd.plist
[running] com.intego.commonservices.daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.intego.commonservices.icalserver.plist Support
[loaded] com.intego.commonservices.metrics.kschecker.plist Support
[running] com.intego.netupdate.daemon.plist Support
[running] com.intego.task.manager.daemon.plist Support
[running] com.intego.VirusBarrierX6.daemon.plist Support
[running] com.intego.VirusBarrierX6.scanner.daemon.plist Support
[failed] com.livescribe.PenCommService.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[running] com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon.plist Support
[running] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist Support
[running] com.smithmicro.schedulerdaemon.plist Support
[loaded] info.lokiware.attachmenttamer.securetool.plist Support
[running] rapiback.plist Support
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[running] com.amazon.sendtokindle.launcher.plist Support
[loaded] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitealerts.plist Support
[running] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitestatus.plist Support
[failed] com.docudesk.deskpdf.userdaemon.plist Support
[running] com.intego.commonservices.statusitem.plist Support
[running] com.intego.netupdate.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.intego.task.manager.notifier.plist Support
[loaded] com.intego.VirusBarrierX6.alert.plist Support
[not loaded] com.intego.VirusBarrierX6.statusitem.plist Support
[not loaded] com.maintain.CocktailLogOut.plist Support
[not loaded] com.maintain.CocktailRestart.plist Support
[not loaded] com.maintain.CocktailShutDown.plist Support
[not loaded] com.maintain.CocktailSleep.plist Support
[running] com.maintain.CocktailSysEvents.plist Support
[failed] com.parallels.desktop.launch.plist Support
[loaded] com.parallels.DesktopControlAgent.plist Support
[running] com.parallels.vm.prl_pcproxy.plist Support
[running] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist Support
[running] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist Support
[loaded] info.lokiware.attachmenttamer.setupagent.plist Support
[running] syncmateStarter.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool.plist Support
[not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.trashSizeWatcher.plist Support
[not loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher.plist Support
[loaded] com.shirtpocket.backupbytime.plist Support
[running] com.smithmicro.cleaning.schedulermailer.plist Support
[not loaded] info.lokiware.attachmenttamer.cleanup.plist Support
User Login Items:
Dropbox
SpeechSynthesisServer
NoteBookHelper
Missing Sync for BlackBerry Background
XPSUi
BlackBerry Device Manager
BlackBerry Device Manager
Internet Plug-ins:
DYMO NPAPI Addin: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16   - SDK 10.8 Support
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.1 Support
RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null) Support
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
DYMO Safari Addin: Version: (null) - SDK 10.5 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.3 - SDK 10.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Safari Extensions:
Clip to DEVONthink: Version: 1.2.1
LastPass: Version: 2.0.15
ClickToPlugin: Version: 2.8.5
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
WebEx: Version: 1.0 Support
BrowserPlus_2.9.8: Version: 2.9.8 Support
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Carbonite Support
Fan Control Support
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
NetUpdate Support
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 222.77 GB Disk used: 130.29 GB
Destinations:
Richard Troxel's Time Capsu [Network] (Last used)
Total size: 2
Total number of backups: 59
Oldest backup: 2014-03-08 11:08:06 +0000
Last backup: 2014-08-08 19:13:54 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 2 > (Disk size 222.77 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
      73% CarboniteDaemon
      3% WindowServer
      0% coreservicesd
      0% ocspd
      0% fontd
Top Processes by Memory:
250 MB virusbarriers
246 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
201 MB mds_stores
123 MB Safari
102 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Information:
386 MB Free RAM
1.71 GB Active RAM
1.27 GB Inactive RAM
585 MB Wired RAM
4.02 GB Page-ins
21 MB Page-outs

Consensus is not relevant. That Mac is burdened with a plethora of useless utilities that are likely to be contributing factors. Among them are
Intego
Cocktail
CleanMyMac
There are uninstallation procedures for each of these items, but the presence of CleanMyMac justifies completely erasing that Mac and reconfiguring it. You are welcome to try measures short of that but there is no way to recover from the effects of having used it other than to erase the system completely.
Carbonite runs poorly on Macs and I do not believe BlackBerry software is compatible with Mavericks. Those items should be removed.
There is no way to reverse the effects of having used CleanMyMac2, and the developer's uninstallation instructions are ineffective. Only MacPaw, its developer, can know the reason for that, but I can think of two possibilities: either they are purposefully leaving components behind for reasons known only to them, or they simply don't know what they're doing. Neither one of those possibilities is particularly comforting for the user. EtreCheck does not reveal the presence of these components.
Reinstalling OS X alone will have no effect on either removing CleanMyMac or reversing the damage it is capable of inflicting upon a system.
Follow the applicable recovery procedure below:
If you have a backup that you created prior to using CleanMyMac, now is the time to use it. For Time Machine, boot OS X Recovery, and at the Mac OS X Utilities screen, choose Restore from Time Machine Backup. Choose a date preceding the installation of CleanMyMac.
If you do not have a backup that predates the use of CleanMyMac, create one now. To do that read Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac.
The recovery procedure will require that you erase the Mac using OS X Recovery, and then create a new user whose contents will be empty. You will then be able to use Setup Assistant to migrate your essential documents including photos, music, work products and other essential files.
When doing so, select only your previous User account and do not select "Applications", "Computer and Network Settings" or "Other files and folders". De-select those choices.
Subsequent to using Setup Assistant, you will need to reinstall the essential software you may require, once again remembering to install software only from their original sources, and omitting all non-essential software.
To erase and install Mavericks read: OS X Mavericks: Erase and reinstall OS X
To migrate your essential documents read: OS X: How to migrate data from another Mac using Mavericks and follow the procedure under Time Machine or other disk migration.
Other problems exist but those concerns will be rendered moot by erasing your system, which must be accomplished.
May I suggest that you review the following setting in System Preferences?
Although you may easily override that setting, it will serve to protect you from inadvertently installing garbage.

Problem description: My macbook pro since this afteon has been slower, every application I open, it takes a long time to open, and shows the spinning beach ball for a while before it opens or performs some task, or responds to a click- EtreCheck

My computer
Problem description:
My macbook pro since this afternoon has been slower, every application I open, it takes a long time to open, and shows the spinning beach ball for a while before it opens or performs some task, or responds to a click…
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated 31 de março de 2015 18:29:15 BRT
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
    1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
    16 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 250
Video Information: ℹ️
    Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
        Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.2 (14C1514) - Time since boot: 0:25:47
Disk Information: ℹ️
    Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 disk0 : (320,07 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 318.84 GB (47.94 GB free) - 51 errors
            Core Storage: disk0s2 319.21 GB Online
    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    iTunesHelper    UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)
    AdobeResourceSynchronizer    Application Hidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
    Stickies    Application (/Applications/Stickies.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 31 Check version
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.13 [Click for support]
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.13 [Click for support]
    Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.8 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Click for support]
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    npsf_cef: Version: sf 3.3.1.1 [Click for support]
    Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: Unknown
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
    DivX HiQ
    DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video>
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player [Click for support]
    Java [Click for support]
    MacFUSE [Click for support]
    Perian [Click for support]
    Trusteer Endpoint Protection [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Skip System Files: NO
    Auto backup: YES
    Volumes being backed up:
        Macintosh HD: Disk size: 318.84 GB Disk used: 270.90 GB
    Destinations:
        Time Machine Backups [Local]
        Total size: 999.86 GB
        Total number of backups: 60
        Oldest backup: 2012-07-15 01:16:54 +0000
        Last backup: 2015-03-29 19:28:06 +0000
        Size of backup disk: Excellent
            Backup size 999.86 GB > (Disk size 318.84 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
        97%    rapportd
         3%    WindowServer
         1%    mds
         0%    fseventsd
         0%    distnoted
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    155 MB    Safari
    120 MB    Finder
    86 MB    rapportd
    86 MB    WindowServer
    69 MB    mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    12.56 GB    Free RAM
    2.53 GB    Active RAM
    428 MB    Inactive RAM
    1.66 GB    Wired RAM
    1.04 GB    Page-ins
    0 B    Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    Mar 31, 2015, 06:00:15 PM    Self test - passed
    Mar 31, 2015, 01:13:05 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Microsoft Error Reporting_2015-03-31-131305_[redacted].crash
    Mar 31, 2015, 01:05:42 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Microsoft Error Reporting_2015-03-31-130542_[redacted].crash
    Mar 31, 2015, 12:24:33 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Microsoft Error Reporting_2015-03-31-122433_[redacted].crash
    Mar 30, 2015, 05:45:38 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Skype_2015-03-30-174538_[redacted].cpu_resource .diag [Click for details]
    Mar 30, 2015, 01:52:07 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Last.fm Scrobbler_2015-03-30-135207_[redacted].crash
    Mar 29, 2015, 05:55:05 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-03-29-175505_[redacted].crash
    Mar 29, 2015, 01:06:38 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/VLC_2015-03-29-130638_[redacted].hang
    Mar 29, 2015, 01:02:47 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/VLC_2015-03-29-130247_[redacted].hang

Open Activity Monitor and kill this process - rapportd.
Reinstalling OS X Without Erasing the 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.
Reinstalling OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility and press the Continue button. After Disk Utility loads select the Macintosh HD entry from the the left side list. Click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If Disk Utility 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 Disk Utility and return to the main menu.
Reinstall OS X: Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
Alternatively, see:
Reinstall OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Choose the version you have installed now:
OS X Yosemite- Reinstall OS X
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.

New (8/14) Macbook Pro Retina - Premiere Pro CC 2014 spinning beach ball

Help! Seems my shiny new wiz-bang 4-core Macbook Pro with 16 GB of Ram and a 512 solid state drive works just fine with Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014 until my project reaches a certain size, then it won't open the project and immediately gives me the deadly spinning beach ball. The only way to exit is to force quit whereupon I get the "Sorry, a serious error has occurred...". Aggravating beyond words.
Saw one forum comment where it was recommended to update to the 6.0 CUDA driver, but not even sure I have a CUDA driver. Plenty of space left on hard drive. In Premiere Pro preferences under the "Memory Tab" it doesn't seem to matter if it's set to "Optimize rendering for.... Memory or Performance." I've reinstalled the Premiere Pro App twice. Doesn't help.
Some specs:
Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel Iris Pro
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M GPU PCie
Intel Iris Pro GPU Built-in
8 GB DDR# 1600 MHz (x2) = 16 GB RAM
350 GB of 499 GB left on drive
Of the 16 GB of RAM I have 11 available for Premiere Pro and the other 5 GB allocated for other apps.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

>NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M GPU PCie
>Intel Iris Pro GPU Built-in
Dual graphics adapters are a bane on civilization!!!
-http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/kb/error---preludevideo-play-modules.html
-http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1001579
-Use BIOS http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1019004?tstart=0
-link to why http://forums.adobe.com/message/4685328
-http://www.anandtech.com/show/4839/mobile-gpu-faceoff-amd-dynamic-switchable-graphics-vs-n vidia-optimus-technology/2
-Mac Utility for dual adapters http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1017891?tstart=0

Spinning beach ball each time I make an edit!

Hi guys - have done a search on this to no avail.
I upgraded to Leopard (foolishly) and recently have found that I am getting the spinning beach ball on every edit I make, making the whole thing unbelievably slow.
I have tried repairing disk permissions, closing all sequences / projects except the one that I am working on. The project is only 24 minutes long, and isn't particularly graphic heavy. I have also split the project in to shorter 5 minute sequences but still no luck. I haven't trashed preferences as FCP Rescue 6 doesn't work.
My settings / setup:
Mac OSX 10.5.1
G5 Quad
FCP 6.0.2
Motion 3
DV PAL Anamorphic
FCP Project folder on internal hard drive
Capture scratch and render files on external Sata drive
2 other 1TB External firewire drives
External monitor
Sony HDV Dec
2 screens
Any help would be much appreciated!
Stephen

If you go with the reinstall
"Not sure what you mean by 0s and bad sectors"
Disc Utility (applications/utilities) Highlight the hard drive, erase tab, should be under "security" (in 10.4 not sure about 10.5). *This will erase everything on drive*
"or if there are any specific steps to take backing up the system drive..."
well anything you want to keep must be copied to another drive or dvd/cd; projects, plug-ins, browser bookmarks, downloaded programs...everything. Which is a really good idea anyway - all drives will fail sooner or later.
Edit - You know you get into this to be creative and you wind up being an IT guy just to keep it all running - it's inevitable if you want well running system.
Message was edited by: javabob

I am having trouble with a LaCie 526 monitor working with my new Mac Pro. When I boot up, I see the sign-in screen for a second, then it disappears, reappears with some of the screen pixelated and the spinning beach ball -- and then freezes. Any thoughts

The LaCie is connected via DVI to thunderbolt adapter. It had been working, and then when I switched off the computer and restarted several days later, I see the signon screen flash quickly, followed by nothing, followed by the signon screen and spinning beach ball and it simply freezes. Any thoughts?

When you have kernel panics, the pertinent information is in the panic report.
These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
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 and start typing the name.
In the Console window, select
DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION ▹ System Diagnostic Reports
(not Diagnostic and Usage Messages) from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
There is a disclosure triangle to the left of the list item. If the triangle is pointing to the right, click it so that it points down. You'll see a list of reports. A panic report has a name that begins with "Kernel" and ends in ".panic". Select the most recent one. The contents of the report will appear on the right. Use copy and paste to post the entire contents—the text, not a screenshot.
If you don't see any reports listed, but you know there was a panic, you may have chosen Diagnostic and Usage Messages from the log list. Choose DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION instead.
In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.)
Please don’t post other kinds of diagnostic report.
I know the report is long, maybe several hundred lines. Please post all of it anyway.

I accidentally quit my CC on my Macbook pro and now the cloud icon is grayed out and every time I hover over it with the mouse I get the spinning beach ball of death on the icon. I have no idea how to open it because when I use spotlight search to open it

I accidentally quit my CC on my Macbook pro and now the cloud icon is grayed out and every time I hover over it with the mouse I get the spinning beach ball of death on the icon. I have no idea how to open it because when I use spotlight search to open it it gives me a message saying "Creative Cloud is not open anymore" help!

Since you didn't include any pertinent info such as the Mac model and OS version you are running, here is some general information:
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
Depending on which OS yours came with originally - and which OS you are now running - you would either need your original install disks - you can call Apple for replacements by giving them your serial number. Or you may be able to reinstall the OS by using recovery (again, depends on which model/which OS).

New MacBook and The Infinitely Spinning Beach Ball: Anybody Else?

I wonder if I'm the only MacBook owner having this experience, or if there might be some company in my misery?
I purchased a new Aluminum MacBook on Nov.14. This one is the high-end, 2.4GHz model with 4GB of RAM and currently running OSX 10.5.5.
I have in the past few days (or week, or so) encountered what appears to be an intermittent performance failure. I will, for example, be in Apple Mail: Open a new message to compose, and as soon as I click on the open window, the beach balls starts spinning... and continues to spin for a minute or two. Typically, when this starts happening, when I get the cursor back I click again, and the beachball resumes spinning.
This will also happen in Firefox, or, as it did yesterday, even accessing items in the upper-right menu bar. Suspecting an impending hard-drive failure, I clicked the Time Capsule icon in the menu to see when I got my last backup, and instead of getting Time Capsule, I got... the spinning beach ball of death.
The most difficult thing about this dilemma is that it appears to be intermittent. I took the MacBook to the dealer that sold it to me yesterday, was unable to replicate the issues. Everything worked fine in the store. Came home, problem returned for about 10 or 15 minutes, then it went away and the computer performed normally until I closed the lid to go out for the evening.
Then this morning I opened the lid again and.... spinning beach balls for a total of about 17 minutes. And now, again, it appears to be working fine.
While I was at the store, we ran a disc verify in disk utility, and it returned the message "The volume Macintosh HD appears to be OK."
This is the worst kind of problem -- the intermittent one. I suspect something in the computer itself, in the believe that hardware issues are more likely to be intermittent than software issues; I could be wrong about that, I dunno.
All I do know is that I can have maddening periods when I can't do anything with the computer, and then, just as suddenly, everything goes back to normal.
So I wonder if there might be anything in the circuitry in these new MacBooks that might be causing a similar problem for others. Or is this my unique cross to bear until the thing goes completely south?
Thanks,
--PS

Have you tried running the diagnostics from the Leopard disc? If not, give it a go to see what it finds. To run it, boot while holding the "d" key (with Leopard disc in ofcourse).
Haven't tried that, I did not know that was on the disk. I'll run it, how long might it take? What sort of tests does it run, what sort of results should I expect?
Another thing to try is reset the SMC.
Following the link you provided suggests there might be some things in the SMC that could be causing my problems. Should I do that before or after I run the diagnostics? Would the diagnostics tell me if that's something I need to do?
If still nothing... perhaps a reinstall of Leopard.
I call that the "Vietnam Solution" -- destroying the village in order to save it. I thought was done with that sort of thing when I abandoned PCs and Windows. Not a desirable outcome.
As a last resort, you might consider trying a new hard drive. A failing drive can cause theses intermittent delays.
That was my initial thought, too. Are there any diagnostics I can run besides dick utility to determine the integrity of the hard drive? Do the diagnostics on the Leopard install disk do that?
Thanks,
--PS

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