Too many spinning beach balls.
Recently I had a trojan and had my email hacked. I installed Norton Internet Security for Mac. Big mistake. Even though I have now removed it (I think), my Mac is running slow at times. Sometimes every click of the mouse brings up a spinning beachall of death. When I do a file and app search for anything with Norton or Symantec, nothing comes up so I am assuming I have completely removed it. How can I be sure? And why am I getting those spinning beach balls?
Thanks for the reply Shootist007.
Is this something I have to buy?
Is it different from the "Uninstall" option in the Intenet Security program itself?
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I have a 4 yr. old iMac. I recently got a trojan on it that sent out emails to my address book. I got Norton Internet Security for Mac, and now my Mac is running slow, with way too many spinning beach balls of death. Was it a mistake to install Norton?
yankeecat wrote:
I have a 4 yr. old iMac. I recently got a trojan on it that sent out emails to my address book.
There is no such Trojan or other malware known today that will do that using OS X nor has there ever been one. The most probable explanation is that somebody hacked into your e-mail account on the server, so you should change that password to something stronger right away. If it had come from your Mac then there would almost certainly be copies of those messages in your Sent Mail mailbox. -
Too Much Fan / Too much spinning Beach ball
Hi: My 10.4 iMac Desktop (with max 2 Gg SDRAM, and 50 Gig HD space still available) seems to be overworking, or something.
I get a lot of Spinning Beach ball , and quite a bit of fan work. My most common applications: Addres Book, Mail, Safari, Appleworks 6 (which seems to really stink now).
One perpetual problem (which I posted elsewhere): I can't BACK UP my ADDRESS BOOK. When I do, it leaves me with spinning ball of death for hours until Force Quit. Yuk.
I "Repair Disc permissions" monthly, and just checked/ Verified the HD from the original 10.4 Discs. All is aok.--no repairs needed.
Computer is 3 years old. Want to stay on 10.4 (I need to use Classic 9). But, are there some general or specific things I can do to keep my computer happy?
Thanks.Hello,
You might want to check the drive for errors... you will need your system restore disk.
Testing and repairing a disk or volume
When you have problems with a disk or volume, use Disk Utility to test and repair it. Disk Utility also reports the S.M.A.R.T. status, which tells you whether your disk has hardware problems that will cause it to fail.
To repair a disk, you need an administrator's password. If you don't have one, ask an administrator to repair the disk with Disk Utility for you.
You can verify your startup disk with Disk Utility, but to repair it, you must start up your computer using another disk. For example, you can use your Mac OS X Install disk.
In addition, you cannot test or repair write-protected disks, nonrecordable CDs or DVDs, or disks with open files.
Close the files and quit the applications on the disk that you want to repair.
Open Disk Utility, and select the disk in the list on the left.
Click First Aid.
Check the S.M.A.R.T. Status at the bottom of the window. If you can't see the S.M.A.R.T. Status, be sure you selected the hard disk your volume is on, and not the volume itself.
If the S.M.A.R.T. Status is "About to Fail," back up your files on the disk as soon as possible and replace the disk.
If the S.M.A.R.T. Status is "Verified" or "Not supported," click Repair Disk to repair the disk.
If Disk Utility cannot unmount the disk, be sure you have quit any open applications and click Repair Disk again. If it still cannot unmount the disk, repair it just like you would repair a startup disk, by starting your computer from another disk, such as your Mac OS X Install disk.
If Disk Utility tells you to look for links to corrupt files in the DamagedFiles directory, some of those files are overlapping on your hard disk and are likely to be corrupt. Examine the affected files, each of which is listed in Disk Utility's output on a line that begins "Overlapped extent allocation". Most of these files have aliases in the DamagedFiles folder at the top level of the affected disk. If you can replace the file or recreate it, delete it. If it contains necessary information, open it and examine its data to make sure it has not been corrupted.
If Disk Utility cannot repair your disk or reports "The underlying task reported failure," try to repair the disk again. If that doesn't work, back up as much of your data as possible, reformat your disk, reinstall Mac OS X, and restore your backed up data. If you continue to have problems with your disk, it may be physically damaged and need to be replaced. See an authorized Apple dealer for more information.
Carolyn -
Spinning Beach Ball on my G4 eMac
Would it be possible to refresh my old 1.4 GHz Power PC Mac G4 using OS X 10,4.11?
I am getting too many endless beach balls. It seems to take forever to open some apps, and too often my Firefox browser just displays a beach ball for so long I have to force quit it.
I know this is an old computer, I have about 52 gigs available on it, So what can I do to speed it up?Very Important, how much Free Space is on your Hard Drive first of all? Click on the Macintosh HD on the Desktop, then do a Get Info on it.
So we know more about it...
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac, then click on More Info, then click on Hardware> and report this upto but not including the Serial#...
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: eMac
Model Identifier: PowerMac6,4
Processor Name: PowerPC G4 (1.2)
Processor Speed: 1.42 GHz
Number Of CPUs: 1
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.9.2f1
I think you should get Applejack...
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15667/applejack
After installing, reboot holding down CMD+s, (+s), then when the DOS like prompt shows, type in...
applejack AUTO
Then let it do all 6 of it's things.
At least it'll eliminate some questions if it doesn't fix it.
The 6 things it does are...
Correct any Disk problems.
Repair Permissions.
Clear out Cache Files.
Repair/check several plist files.
Dump the VM files for a fresh start.
Trash old Log files.
First reboot will be slower, sometimes 2 or 3 restarts will be required for full benefit... my guess is files relying upon other files relying upon other files! :-)
Disconnect the USB cable from any Uninterruptible Power Supply so the system doesn't shut down in the middle of the process.
Look for the 10.3 version of AppleJack 1.4.3.1 (326 KB) (For Mac Jaguar and Panther), here...
http://mac.oldapps.com/applejack.php -
Solution to iPhoto spinning beach ball for Book projects with too many unplaced photos
A few days ago I discovered the solution to this problem for a client using iPhoto 9.5.1 in OS X Mavericks 10.9.4.
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TRIED ALL KNOWN SUGGESTIONS BUT NONE HELPED
My client had already tried repairing, rebuilding etc. the iPhoto Library, and I tried OS X's Disk Verify and Repair Permissions plus emptied the cache folder in system Library and in the hidden user Library folder (option-key "Go" menu, Library). None of this helped.
CLUE TO PROBLEM
I noticed several of her iPhoto Book projects each had thousands of "unplaced" photos. In each of those cases, each Book project only had 10-50 "placed" photos used to order the book but thousands of "unplaced" photos. In a Book project, clicking on the bottom-right corner's "Photo" icon-button caused an extremely long lasting spinning beach ball making iPhoto unusable for long periods.
I discovered the problem by clicking once on an existing Book project's name in the left column of iPhoto, then letting go of the mouse with its arrow cursor hovering over the selected Book project name. Within 1-7 seconds, a little pop-up appears listing the total number of photos (placed + unplaced) in that Book project. For many Book projects, the total number was just several more photos than the number of "placed" photos, e.g., a Book with 25 photos showed "(37)" in the pop-up info by the hovering stationary mouse, meaning 37 total photos (placed + unplaced) are associated with that Book project.
BUT...
...some projects listed over 5,000 (five thousand) photos associated with a single Book project that had only placed 20-40 photos in the final printed book. One Book project had 6,070 and several other small book projects showed over 1,000 photos. In each Book project with a mass of unplaced photos, clicking the bottom-right "Photo" icon-button caused a very long-lasting spinning beach ball, almost certainly because iPhoto struggled to build a huge list of thumbnails for the mass of unplaced photos.
My client didn't understand how to efficiently add photos to a new Book project and was clicking on the pull-down menu in the right column that appears after clicking the Photo icon-button within the Book project. From the menu she chose "Last import..." or other menu choice that added a mass of "unplaced" photos to the Book project.
She didn't realize that after creating a new Book project, she could simply drag an individual photo or multi-selected group of photos or an event or "faces" group from its respective library section and drop it onto the Book project's name in the left column, thereby adding only a small group of "unplaced" photos.
USER SOLUTIONS
=====Delete mass of "unplaced photos" within a Book project
This works best for cleaning up smaller number of unplaced photos from completed Book projects.
Problems with solution:
- if the number of unplaced photos is huge, e.g., 6,070, the list of unplaced photos won't appear for a long, long time if ever.
- even if the list of unplaced photos finally appears, there's no way to select more than one thumbnail at a time, i.e., command-a for Select All doesn't work, nor do shift-clicks and command-clicks for multi-item selecting. You must click one photo then tap the "delete" key on your keyboard repeatedly and fast for this to be practical (note: delete key presses are cached here (meaning accumulated until it catches up processing them later); tapping the delete key like mad then waiting for iPhoto to catch up takes lots of patience.
====Delete an entire existing Book project containing a mass association of unplaced photos
This is practical if you've already printed your Book project and no longer need it. My client chose this method for Book projects with a mega mass of unplaced photos.
Problem with solution:
- for incomplete Book projects in progress with a mass of unplaced photos, you'd have to start over after deleting the whole thing.
NEED FOR IMPROVED IPHOTO FEATURE(S)
(1) The existing "Clear Placed Photos" button within a Book project might be useful, but it'd be even better to also have a button to "Clear Unplaced Photos,” and this button should be available outside of the section that struggles to display thumbnails of large numbers of unplaced photos. Clicking "Clear Unplaced Photos" would do the trick.
(2) An additional iPhoto behavior might help: iPhoto should warn with an option to cancel when adding a mass of photos to the "unplaced photo" section if the number of photos exceeds ??? (400??).
(3) Add another choice to iPhoto’s special startup Administrative window (Repair, Rebuild, etc.): "Remove unplaced photos from existing projects. (Doesn't destroy any photos in Library)"
Whew!Like I mentioned in the post, corruption was probably ruled out by running all the Admin features at iPhoto startup (e.g., Rebuild, etc.). I also stated in my post that I also ran a Disk Verify and Repaired Permissions in OSX (via Disk Utility). I also emptied system Library cache files as I stated in my post.
I was paid to figure out the solution and am not getting paid to troubleshoot for Apple. The more unplaced photos there are in a Book project, the longer it takes to build thumbnails. It's an old general problem in computing when building lists on the fly.
The delay happened for all Book projects with lots of unplaced photos (almost*** certainly more than Apple imagined a user would use), and the beach ball delay was proportional to the number unplaced photos, which super large numbers of photos.
I very much doubt photos are corrupt. But Apple will probably figure it out. It was EASILY reproducible. Try it with different number of unplaced photos known not be corrupt (they display fine elsewhere and iPhoto's and Disk Utlity's admin Verify, Repair etc features show no problems).
I'm done with this.
My client's iPhoto works well now and she knows how avoid placing exorbitant numbers of unplaced photos into her project. I'm not getting paid to answer all this, so good night.
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***"Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends."
— A. C. Grayling -
Spinning Beach Ball when turning off Airport WiFi. SL Issues, many! Help!
I performed a clean installation of Snow Leopard on my new 13 inch late 2009 MBP on release date. All of a sudden, I am getting the infamous spinning beach ball when attempting to disable my Airport wifi. It's so bad, that I am not able to gracefully restart my system. Seriously this is getting out of hand. Snow Leopard was supposed to make Leopard even more stable.
Steps I have taken, not in any particular order.
Verified and repaired permissions.
Ran HW test, no issues found
Reset PRAM
Deleted wifi related plist files from /lib/prefs/sysconfig and rebooted;
The only thing I can think of next is to perform and Archive and Install or....
...As much as I would hate to go back, Install Leopard.
I would appreciate feedback or suggestions as what to do. Looks like 10.6.1 may be worth waiting for. Oh how I miss Tiger.HI,
If you use an Airport Base Station or Airport Express, try resetting.
If that doesn't help...
Boot from the 10.6 disk and verify the startup disk for errors.
Insert Installer disk and Restart, holding down the "C" key until grey Apple appears.
Go to Installer menu (Panther and earlier) or Utilities menu (Tiger and later) and launch Disk Utility.
Select your HDD (manufacturer ID) in the left panel.
Select First Aid in the Main panel.
(Check S.M.A.R.T Status of HDD at the bottom of right panel. It should say: Verified)
Click Repair Disk on the bottom right.
If DU reports disk does not need repairs quit DU and restart.
If DU reports errors Repair again and again until DU reports disk is repaired.
When you are finished with DU, from the Menu Bar, select Utilities/Startup Manager.
Select your start up disk and click Restart
Check available disk space.
Control or right click the MacintoshHD icon on your Desktop. Click "Get Info". Under the General tab you will see Capacity and Available. Make sure there is at least 10% available disk space, 15% is better.
If necessary, do an Archive an Install. It's the only install option available for Snow Leopard.
Carolyn -
Spinning beach ball with Leopard 10.5 - mach_msg_trap - Hangs
Hi,
since I upgraded to Leopard, my Macbook Pro hangs sometimes. I recorded today such a hang (10-20 minutes, spinning beach ball) with "Spin Control".
It seam to me, that some resources are locked by the OS. Is anybody able to describe what happens?
Thanks a lot in advance
Henri
e.g. For "Mail.app":
307.45s machmsgtrap
478.74s CFRunLoopRunSpecific
478.76s CFRunLoopRunInMode
478.76s RunCurrentEventLoopInMode
478.78s ReceiveNextEventCommon
478.78s BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode
478.79s _DPSNextEvent
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520.86s 0xfb012
520.86s Thread_981b
307.45s machmsgtrap [TOP]
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47.11s machmsgtrap [TOP]
47.11s machmsgtrap
236.38s CFRunLoopRunSpecific
236.38s CFRunLoopRunInMode
236.38s RunCurrentEventLoopInMode
236.38s ReceiveNextEventCommon
236.38s BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode
236.38s -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:in…
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236.38s _start
236.38s start
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61.51s -[ShortcutList(Collector) scanMenuItem:menuInd…
61.51s -[ShortcutList(Collector) scanMenu:menuIndex:level:]
61.51s -[ShortcutList(Collector) scanMenubar:]
61.51s -[ShortcutList(Collector) collectShortcuts]
61.51s -[ShortcutList(Collector) checkFrontProcess:]
61.51s __NSFireTimer
61.51s CFRunLoopRunSpecific
61.51s CFRunLoopRunInMode
61.51s RunCurrentEventLoopInMode
61.51s ReceiveNextEventCommon
61.51s BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode
61.51s -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDa…
61.51s -[NSApplication run]
61.51s NSApplicationMain
61.51s _start
61.51s start
61.51s Thread_6903
61.51s _DPSNextEvent
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12:46:14 1.23 seconds witchdaemon
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13:17:32 1.13 seconds Acrobat (sampled for maximum time)
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13:25:19 4.19 seconds witchdaemonSolved, by deinstalling Intego Antivirus X4 (Leopard ready).
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How I fixed the Spinning Beach Ball Issue
Ok, like many of you, I was also getting iTunes to hang when plugging in my shuffle, and it would just sit with the spinning beach ball. Even after an hour, it was still frozen. Well, I just fixed mine.
I went to check the Library File to see if it was too large or something, and I found my Music folder wouldn't open, and when it did it showed 0 items, yet iTunes was still playing songs. So I ran TechTool Deluxe on it (it came with your APP if you bought one). Anyway, it found Volume errors on the music drive. So I backed up the music folder to another drive, and let TechTool repair the errors. When it was done, I ran it again, no errors. I then opened iTunes, plugged in my shuffle, and it instantly grabbed new songs via Autofill and sync'd. So, I think the iTunes installer is causing errors to the volume, which is causing the hang ups. TechTool was able to fix the errors, and now iTunes runs fine. Hopefully that will help a few of you get yours working again.
For the record, I store my music on my secondary internal drive, and keep the library in my user folder on the boot drive. After running the fix, everything appears to be just fine, and from what I can tell I lost no data.I hope your Tech Tool Deluxe disk was not version 3.0.3 or earlier. If you used a version of Tech Tool that was incompatible with Tiger, you may have corrupted your harddrive.
Mac OS X 10.4: Don't use Tech Tool Deluxe 3.0.3's Volume Structure repair
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301353
Only use Mac OS X 10.4-compatible disk utilities with Mac OS X 10.4 volumes
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301269 -
my mac is running slow, the spinning beach ball constantly appears. it seems that when i am in the apple store with fast wifi its a bit better. genius at the apple store checked the hard drive, it's all fine. what can it be? can it be a software issue with the wifi?
also i noted that it has only been doing this since quite recently, before it was fine
please help!First, back up all data immediately, as your boot drive might be failing.
Step 1
This diagnostic procedure will query the log for messages that may indicate a system issue. It changes nothing, and therefore will not, in itself, solve your problem.
If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
syslog -k Sender kernel -k Message CReq 'GPU |hfs: Ru|I/O e|find tok|n Cause: -|NVDA\(|timed? ?o' | tail | open -ef
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key.
The command may take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear.
A TextEdit window will open with the output of the command. Normally the command will produce no output, and the window will be empty. If the TextEdit window (not the Terminal window) has anything in it, stop here and post it — the text, please, not a screenshot. The title of the TextEdit window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that.
Step 2
There are a few other possible causes of generalized slow performance that you can rule out easily.
Disconnect all non-essential wired peripherals and remove aftermarket expansion cards, if any.
Reset the System Management Controller.
Run Software Update. If there's a firmware update, install it.
If you're booting from an aftermarket SSD, see whether there's a firmware update for it.
If you have a portable computer, check the cycle count of the battery. It may be due for replacement.
If you have many image or video files on the Desktop with preview icons, move them to another folder.
If applicable, uncheck all boxes in the iCloud preference pane. See whether there's any change.
Check your keychains in Keychain Access for excessively duplicated items.
Boot into Recovery mode, launch Disk Utility, and run Repair Disk.
If you have a MacBook Pro with dual graphics, disable automatic graphics switching in the Energy Saverpreference pane for better performance at the cost of shorter battery life.
Step 3
When you notice the problem, launch the Activity Monitor application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Activity Monitor in the icon grid.
Select the CPU tab of the Activity Monitor window.
Select All Processes from the View menu or the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected.
Click the heading of the % CPU column in the process table to sort the entries by CPU usage. You may have to click it twice to get the highest value at the top. What is it, and what is the process? Also post the values for User, System, and Idle at the bottom of the window.
Select the Memory tab. What value is shown in the bottom part of the window for Swap used?
Next, select the Disk tab. Post the approximate values shown for Reads in/sec and Writes out/sec (not Reads in andWrites out.)
Step 4
If you have more than one user account, you must be logged in as an administrator to carry out this step.
Launch the Console application in the same way you launched Activity Monitor. Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Select the 50 or so most recent entries in the log. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combinationcommand-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V). You're looking for entries at the end of the log, not at the beginning.
When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some personal information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting. That should be easy to do if your extract is not too long. -
Spinning Beach Ball - no desktop icons
Today, while I was moving between Word and Safari, at some point I got the never-ending spinning beach ball of death. I eventually force quit and restarted. Everything came up but the desktop icons -- like my HD icon and the files on my desktop -- and the beach ball continues to spin and won't quit. I have restarted several times and it's always the same thing.
I can open software by going into the dock and even get online. However, if I try to use the Finder it won't let me and I am locked into the spinning ball. I read these forums and didn't see any problem identical to this with the spinning beach ball of death. I tried repairing the permissions and repaired the disk. I have 1 GB RAM so I think that's not the issue.
Help!
PowerBook G4 15" Mac OS X (10.4.5)I tried the things regarding deleting Finder preferences from the X Lab, but that didn't work.
I took my PowerBook into the Genius Bar tonight and the Genius took a look at it. He said sometimes too many files on the desktop or a corrupt file on the desktop can cause the Finder to not respond. I didn't have that many files on the desktop, but remembered downloading a PDF from an email shortly before the problem. He worked on it in the single user mode until he could access my desktop files. We deleted the PDF just for good measure. After he worked some other magical things having to do with my desktop folder and the permissions, and then repairing the permissions -- everything is working great. Whew.
PowerBook G4 15" Mac OS X (10.4.5) -
Major slow down - spinning beach ball all the time
My MacPro increasingly suffers from major slow downs, mainly when using iTunes and renaming, deleting songs. My library is on a NAS server. Sometimes my Mac becomes unresponsive for minutes, simple things like resizing windows takes extremly long. Something ain't right!
Here is an example: I wanted to delete a few songs from iTunes, which virtually locked my Mac up for minutes. Console says:
18.04.10 14:59:45 fseventsd[65] SLOWDOWN: client 0x100826000 (pid 265) sleeping due to too many errors (num usleeps 1817)
18.04.10 14:59:45 fseventsd[65] SLOWDOWN: client 0x105000400 (pid 6368) sleeping due to too many errors (num usleeps 1817)
18.04.10 14:59:48 diskarbitrationd[13] Finder [265]:50663 not responding.
18.04.10 15:00:05 fseventsd[65] SLOWDOWN: client 0x101866a00 (pid 6356) sleeping due to too many errors (num usleeps 1823)
18.04.10 15:00:05 fseventsd[65] SLOWDOWN: client 0x102829c00 (pid 1579) sleeping due to too many errors (num usleeps 1823)
18.04.10 15:01:07 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:07 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:07 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:07 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:07 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:07 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:07 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:07 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:07 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:07 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:07 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:07 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:07 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:07 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:08 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:08 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:08 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:08 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:08 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:08 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:08 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:08 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:08 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:08 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:08 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:08 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:09 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:09 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:09 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:09 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:09 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:09 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:09 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:09 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:09 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:09 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:09 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:01:09 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:01:09 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:02:22 fseventsd[65] SLOWDOWN: client 0x105000400 (pid 6368) sleeping due to too many errors (num usleeps 1865)
18.04.10 15:02:22 fseventsd[65] SLOWDOWN: client 0x100826000 (pid 265) sleeping due to too many errors (num usleeps 1865)
18.04.10 15:03:01 fseventsd[65] SLOWDOWN: client 0x102829c00 (pid 1579) sleeping due to too many errors (num usleeps 1873)
18.04.10 15:03:01 fseventsd[65] SLOWDOWN: client 0x101866a00 (pid 6356) sleeping due to too many errors (num usleeps 1873)
18.04.10 15:03:32 iTunes[685] sendmessage: Could not securely send message size 406: SSLERRORSYSCALL errno (Broken pipe)
18.04.10 15:03:32 iTunes[685] AMDeviceStopSession: Could not stop session with device: kAMDUndefinedError
18.04.10 15:03:32 iTunes[685] sendmessage: Could not securely send message size 325: SSLERRORSSL (error:1409F07F:SSL routines:SSL3WRITEPENDING:bad write retry)
18.04.10 15:04:49 iTunes[685] sendmessage: Could not securely send message size 406: SSLERRORSYSCALL errno (Broken pipe)
18.04.10 15:04:49 iTunes[685] AMDeviceStopSession: Could not stop session with device: kAMDUndefinedError
18.04.10 15:04:49 iTunes[685] sendmessage: Could not securely send message size 325: SSLERRORSSL (error:1409F07F:SSL routines:SSL3WRITEPENDING:bad write retry)
18.04.10 15:05:01 mdworker32[21822] kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
18.04.10 15:10:08 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:10:08 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:10:08 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:10:08 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:10:08 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:10:08 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:10:08 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:10:08 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:10:08 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:10:08 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:10:08 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:10:08 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:10:08 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:10:08 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:10:08 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:10:08 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:10:08 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:10:08 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:10:08 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:10:08 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:10:08 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:10:08 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:10:08 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:10:08 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:10:08 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:10:08 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:10:08 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:10:08 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:10:08 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:10:08 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:10:08 Dock[263] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
18.04.10 15:10:08 com.apple.Dock.agent[263] Sun Apr 18 15:10:08 peter-boehis-computer-7.local Dock[263] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSSetWindowTransformsAtPlacement: Singular matrix at index 45: [0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000]
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Hope anyone can make sense out of that!There have been loads of threads dealing with SL & spinning beach balls. I have had/having these issues still.
Current setup:
MacBook Pro 2.53Ghz running SL 10.6.4 - non-Apple installed HD (seaGate 320BG 7200RPM)
Issues: SBBOD at any given time, some more frequent than other times (no specific time interval). Have reboot, SMART status, Apple hardware test, re-installed SL, root user. Results: still the same issue.
Possible workaround (test in progress):
Removed seaGate 320BG 7200RPM and put back the original 5400RPM disk and mount seaGate 320BG 7200RPM with an external USB case. Results: snappy as he*ll, no more issues.
Next round: refit the seaGate 320BG 7200RPM once more to see if just removing/adding disks helps.
If the SBBOD then still occurs, the only conclusion I can make, is that the seaGate 320BG 7200RPM is somehow not compatible. This could be due to its speed or some other issue (having this disk external causes 0 SBBOD issues).
If this will not work, I will then proceed to clone the data of my seaGate 320BG 7200RPM to the original 5400RPM Apple fitted disk and take it from there.
If that setup will neither work, I will then finally move back to the shop and have Apple check it out.
Good luck. -
Moving plugin windows around causes spinning beach ball.. 8.0.2 near???
last q. for now...how come when moving plugin windows around in logic it can sometimes cause the dreaded spinning beach ball?? you think logic is going to crash but it doesn't, it recovers and then runs real sluggish... logic or leopard bug??? i can't wait for 10.5.2 to see what it magically fixes in logic!! any hope that we might have 8.0.2 in the near future...there are all these other updates floating down from cupertino but yet logic seems neglected...
Thanks Pancenter... appreciate your input. Really useful information. When I bought my Mac Pro, there was an issue with the video cards; if you wanted to run 2 x 30" ACD's, then you had to up the spec to a more powerful card. The guy in the mac shop assured me the GeForce 7300 GT that came with the machine would be sweet enough for 2 x 23's... and it was. But that was with Tiger. (?)
Is Leopard &/or LP8 graphically more demanding than Tiger &/or LP7... I wouldn't have a clue? Does anyone have an opinion on this? (I'd be REALLY interested!) Are the cards shipping with these machines really up to the job of running the OS AND something as complicated as LP8? My opinion is; They SHOULD be.
Thanks Zuelito... I had noticed this thread & was surprised/dismayed that even 8 CORE machines were having this problem too! But then, if it's a problem with underpowered graphics cards, I don't suppose it matters how many cores you've got... does it??? Thanks for your post... again, really USEFUL information. I appreciate it! (GREAT thread.)
I only get this problem when I open anything UAD; it runs happily in the background but out comes "the ball" whenever I open & move more than 1 instance of a UAD plug. Haven't once had it happen with Logic or 3rd party AU's.
Thanks again for your input... keep it comin'!
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Mavericks Screen Capture causes spinning beach ball
Trained by experience never to install a brand new operating system on top of a perfectly functioning one (unless I want to risk many wasting times and losing productivity), to test out the new Mac OS, I installed Mavericks on an external FireWire drive by upgrading a fresh install of Snow Leopard, updated to its maximum version. Nothing else was on the volume, for I had used Disk Utility to securely erase and content and overwrite the volume with zeros.
Immediately after the Mavericks, I looked at the System Profile, taking some screen captures of selected windows. While Mavericks successfully captured the screens, it failed to display them when I selected one and hit the space bar. Instead, mavericks presented a perpetually spinning beach ball that prevented me from doing anything else on the Mac. I was forced to shut down.
Upon restart back into Mavericks, I encountered the same problem. I had to force power off again.
After rebooting into Mountain Lion on my internal hard drive, I ran a complete series of hard drive maintenance utilities involving all the tools I have, including Disk Utility, Drive Genius, Disk Warrior, and Tech Tool Pro. All ran successfully and reported no problems. I then capped things by running iDefrag to eliminate file fragmentation and to optimize the volume. With several hours of labor invested in preparing the external hard disk, downloading Mavericks' installer, running the Mavericks installer, performing all the pertinent maintenance routines I could think of, and finally optimizing the volume, which has no other software on it besides the new Apple operating system, I restarted the Mavericks volume. I then took a fresh screen capture, selected it, pressed the space bar, and I still got that infernal spinning beach ball.
I let it run for at least half an hour as I returned to watching a football game, hoping things would finally get cleared up. They did not. The ball still spun. I could not even get to the Finder to peek into the Force Quit command under the Apple icon. So, as originally condemned, I was compelled to hold down the power button to regain control of my computer, which this new, appropriately named operating system had wrested from me.
Anyone having a similar problem? Anyone aware of a sure-fire solution, other than to avoid relying on this new operating system, which must be my policy until such glitches get fixed?
At least you know now why I consider it unwise to install a brand new OS atop of one that has served you well.OK, it’s Wednesday now, late afternoon, following a long yesterday, spent exclusively on getting Mavericks installed, a day which continued well into night, approaching the sun rise, until I collapsed. No one can tell me that the Mavericks installation is without errors! Your mileage may differ, if you’re lucky. But if you had to go through what I just did, you’ll long for the days of System 7, when all you had to do was shove a half-dozen floppy disks into a floppy drive to get your Mac up and running without such angst.
SHORT ANSWER:
After many twists and turns that Apple should have foreseen and not inflicted upon customers, I finally managed to get Mavericks installed on my external Firewire hard drive.
I did follow your lead, Baltwo, that the nature of the problem might lay in corrupt preferences files on the primary Account, but, as I attempted a couple of days, I modified your suggestion that I cherry-pick which plist files might be good vs. which might be corrupt, by deleting the whole **** account. A couple of days ago, my intuition told me that doing that was the wiser way to proceed; today I felt compelled to do exactly that, because I had no other choice.
The reasons I had to do that is elaborated upon below.
LONGER EXPLANATION and DETAILS:
As I explained in the message I composed on Tuesday morning, I felt so insecure that I did not obtain a well-functioning operating system that I had decided to start the installation all over from scratch.
It took all day Monday to again use Disk Utility to securely erase the volume and prepare it for the new installation. When I tried to short-cut the process by doing a Quick Erase, the volume refused to accept the installation of Snow Leopard 10.6.3 from the DVD. On top of that, I again encountered difficulties in installing Snow Leopard from the DVD, because the installer just could not close the deal. The gauge runs up to the 99% mark, and it hangs there saying that it is “Moving items into place.” Sure, it is!
I’m a patient guy, so I let the installer do its thing for about four hours while I watched the World Series game. (Yeah, Red Sox!) But by the time the game was over, so was my patience. I had to Force Power Off the Mac and restart it.
Since I have no confidence in an operating system whose installer failed to do its job properly, I felt that I had to do more. Before I did that, though, I did a Google search to find out if my experience was unique. It is not! The forums are full of people who have complained about this very same hanging problem ever since the Snow Leopard DVD was released. Great, I thought. Now what do I do?
I decided to the Apple support site and download the 1.x GB combo updater to Snow Leopard 10.6.8 in the hopes that the upgrade process would cure whatever issues cropped up during the incomplete installation by the DVD. After downloading that combo disk image, installing 10.6.8, restarting the Mac under 10.6.8, and getting all the software updates applicable to that version, a few tests, supplemented by a running a whole barrage of maintenance utilizes to fix permissions, repair the disk, rebuilt the directory, seemed to indicate that I did finally achieve a solid installation of Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and all its trimming.
To save myself any future agony of having to go through this kind of winding road installation again, I used SuperDuper to create a disk image of the entire volume. That disk image is stored on another Firewire volume, ready to burned at some future date onto a BluRay disc for safe-keeping and backup.
With Snow Leopard safely installed on the volume and sporting one user Account, I was ready to use the Mavericks installer package that I had downloaded last Saturday, when I first began this process, to upgrade to Apple’s latest and greatest OS. Unfortunately, the installation process failed in the same way that the Snow Leopard installer failed. The installer just could not get over the hump of closing the deal. Once I got the installer started, I went to bed.
Four hours later, the installer still had not completed its job, again getting to the 99% mark, and just hanging there. Again, I had to Power Off the Mac. Upon restarting with the Option held down, I elected to start up using the built-in Recovery feature.
That seemed to work, but only sort of. I was able to get a Mavericks desktop, but the User account had absolutely no privileges to do a **** thing. It could not open its own Home folder to see what was in it. It could not complete the screen capture process, because I had no permission to save the picture anywhere, like on the Desktop.
In System Preferences, I tried to increase the size of the cursor, but that failed. In Finder preferences, I tried to make the hard drives show up on the desktop, but that failed, too. I ran permissions in Disk Utility; that did no good. Nothing worked! I could not even change anything related to my User account, because I had no permission to do so. Imagine that: my only account was an Administer account to which I had no access. I would not have thought such a thing could be possible.
I was caught in a loop, stranded on a Mobius Strip, walking on the wild side, surfing the waves of a brand new operating system corrupted by its own installation process.
Not a good thing at all.
Since the first installment had also resulted in a bizarre set of user accounts ending up with QuickLooks being declared the winner of a new account the system decided to create for me, I think it is reasonably safe to conclude that there is some kind of a bug, or flaw, in the Apple upgrade / installation procedure that needs some attention by Apple system engineers. None of this kind of stuff I have delineated at some length should be happening to anyone who owns a Mac.
And, Baltwo, even though I had kept uppermost in my mind your suggestion about creating a new account merely to ferret out which preference files might be corrupt and which might be OK, I decided that I did not want to take any chances at all with this extremely messed User account, which had worked fine in Snow Leopard, but had somehow got corrupted during the upgrade. So, as before, I decided to (1) create a brand new Administrator account; (2) log out from the useless User account in which I had no privileges whatsoever; (3) log in with the brand new Adminstrator; and (4) delete that useless User account entirely, completely, and forever.
At first, I was a little hesitant about deleting the first Administrator account that existed in my Users and Groups pane. I did not even know if such a thing could be done. So, I referred to my David Pogue reference books, and I did a Google search for “Delete Home User Mac” to see what others knew about this. Everyone described the standard way to delete an account; no one even mentioned any prohibition about deleting the original User account. So, I went ahead and deleted it, without encountering the slightest problem in doing so. I even followed up with before and after Terminal commands to see if that useless User account was truly gone, and it definitely went poof. Since I lacked permissions to create any documents at all within that former Home folder, getting rid of it was easy. I think that the System was just as glad to trash it as I was.
Hopefully, whatever corruption occurred during the Mavericks installation and upgrade process was restricted to the preference files associated with that messed-up, original Administrator account so that I can begin exploring Mavericks with a perfectly pristine operating system. Before I start tweaking it or adding stuff to it, my next step will be to use SuperDuper to create a disk image of the entire volume, so that, in the future, I will have a clean set of system of file to install on this external Firewire volume, or on any other internal hard drive I choose to install Mavericks later on. A Bluray disc will contain that disc image for safekeeping when it’s time to remove it from the destination volume where it gets created.
As to the tardiness of my reply, it is caused by the exorbitant amount of time—four days!—it took me to trek along this twisting, winding path of installing Mavericks, as well as a glitch in the mismatch of similarly looking User Names associated with similarly looking Apple ID accounts and similarly looking User Names associated with nearly identical Email Addresses that do not convert from one to the other, as, for example, mac.com does to me.com.
As I learned from Apple Staff who responded to my report that I was being locked out of the Apple Discussions community, there are four pieces of information that must match up for each Apple ID account, and my data had slipped out of sync. Now I know why, during Apple’s changeover in the formatting of the Apple Discussions section, I lost all those “points” I had accumulated in helping others, not that I track such things, and I could not find where my previous discussions were.
That’s also why I may be able to award anyone points for helping me in this thread, but I’m dialing in under the “other” Apple ID, not the one I used to create this topic. Close readers will observe the slight difference.
Thanks a lot, Baltwo. You get the credit for pointing me in the right direction. -
Spinning beach ball and no Finder icons
I am trying to troubleshoot this problem:
My brother was trying to move a lot of JPGs (3,500 of them!) by dragging from one folder to another, but he missed the target folder and they started appearing on his desktop. The only way he could think of to kill the process was to Restart.
After restarting, the system seems to load normally EXCEPT all the icons on his desktop are missing (including the ones for his hard drives) AND the Finder cursor is the spinning beach ball.
Mail, Safari, etc, will load and function normally, but he can't use the Finder. Activity Monitor shows the Finder using high 90s of %CPU.
So far we have tried: Restarting in Safe Mode, Repairing permissions, and running Disk First Aid from the Install DVD - with no problems found and no helpful results.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
gwHI Gary,
Besides trashing the Finder plist file which would have been my first idea first also, try deleting this one too: com.apple.desktop.plist /Users/YourName/Library/Preferences. Open the Preferences folder, locate that file and drag it to the Trash, empty the Trash and reboot. Your Mac will create new pref files for you.
Also.. thought of something else. Go to a clear space on your Desktop so it says Finder in the Menu. Now click Command + Option + Esc on your keyboard. A Force Quit window will open. Select Finder in the list and click Relaunch.
*** Performance tip: Keep the Desktop clutter-free (empty, if possible) ***
Mac OS X's Desktop is the de facto location for downloaded files, and for many users, in-progress works that will either be organized later or deleted altogether. The desktop can also be gluttonous, however, becoming a catch-all for files that linger indefinitely.
Unfortunately - aside from the effect of disarray it creates - keeping dozens or hundreds of files on the Desktop can significantly degrade performance. Not necessarily because the system is sluggish with regard to rendering the icons on the desktop and storing them in memory persistently (which may be true in some cases), but more likely because keeping an excessive number of items on the Desktop can cause the windowserver process to generate reams of logfiles, which obviously draws resources away from other system tasks. Each of your icons on your desktop is stored as a window in the window server, not as an alias. The more you have stored, the more strain it puts on the window server. Check your desktop for unnecessary icons and clear them out.
Keeping as few items as possible on the Desktop can prove a surprisingly effective performance boon. Even creating a single folder on your Desktop and placing all current and future clutter inside, then logging out and back in can provide an immediately noticeable speed boost, particularly for the Finder.
Carolyn
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Very Strange iPhoto problem and lots of spinning beach balls!
Hi - been using iPhoto 08 since it came out. Never a problem. About a week ago things starting going weird. It would crash and I'd get the spinning beach ball a lot. This never happened ever. It got so bad I jumped on here, followed some advice and downloaded iphoto library manager. I rebuilt my library - no change. I would double click a photo to enlarge it and it would just stop with a spinning ball. Other programs worked fine, just iPhoto would ground to a halt. Then I noticed some pics I would double click to enlarge would be corrupt. Grey half way down or black completely? They use to be fine. So I got so frustrated that I reinstalled Leopard. Everything worked fine. I even downloaded a trial Lightroom and it worked fine too with a project of mine. Tonight I decided to test iPhoto and it is still playing up. My iMac is a 24 with all latest updates. 4 Gig ram. Hard drive has 250 gig available. my iPhoto library is on an external drive which has 140 gig available. Something went wrong in the last week or so. Is there a way to search out and find a corrupt file or whatever is causing my mac to struggle using iphoto? Thanks so very much for any help.
RobHave you tried to rebuild the library? Make a backup of it first and then launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library. Select all the options.
If that doesn't clear up iPhoto's problems rebuild the library with iPhoto Library Manager as follows:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 -Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 -Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your User/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File->Rebuild Library menu option
4 - In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be untouched for further attempts at fixing or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory .
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier versions) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. There are versions that are compatible with iPhoto 5, 6, 7 and 8 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. Just put the application in the Dock and click on it whenever you want to backup the dB file. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
NOTE: iPhoto 8's (09) new option in the library rebuild pane, "Rebuild the iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup" may make this tip obsolete. We'll know when users have occasion to use it and see if that's the case.
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