Verify Disk stops in Mavericks
I installed Mavericks on my 15" MBP, and it seemed to go fine (too soon to tell, really). In Disk Utility, I ran Verify Disk for the whole disk and it checked out OK. But when I tried it on my single partition (as I usually do), it stopped spontaneously. Repair Permissions worked, but Verify stopped three times: twice after "Checking Volume Information" and once after "Checking Extended Attributes File". No error message; it just stopped.
Should I be concerned about this?
Same here with 10.9.4. Sometimes I see the green OK on the 3rd or 4th attempt, or and after relaunching Disk Utility and or my MacBook Pro.
I tried this:
Battle ArenaApr 10, 2014 10:04 PM Re: Verify Disk stops in Mavericks
Re: Verify Disk stops in Mavericksin response to BobFromIN
Hello.
I'm using Mavricks 10.9.2
Try this:
Open "Disk Utility"
Click the "Log" button (top right hand of window)
Click back to "DIsk Utility"
Select start up partition eg. "Macintosh HD"
Click "Verify"
I got the green text confirmation,
Also, the log should mention confirmation as well.
Looks like this is a simple bug.
and it seemed to work. But I agree with this:
Still not fixed in 10.9.4. Kind of annoying.
Hey, seeing the Green OK is an Extra Piece of Mind. Not seeing Red Errors is nice, but seeing Green OK is even nicer:)!
Let's hope that 10.9.5 or whatever other OS Update will fix this, assuming that Apple already know about this!
Here is a Suggestion I have for Apple:
If there is an Error with Macintosh HD Internal Startup Disk, it'd be great if there was a Button in Disk Utility that we could click on and it would do the Following:
Restart Mac into Recovery Partition
Open Disk Utility
Select that Macintosh HD Internal Startup Disk
Offer to Repair it
Why do I think of that Button? Because sometimes, particularly when it's not a very experienced user, who becomes nervous when they see Error(s) in Red, they might forget about
Just hold down Command-R during startup and OS X
as described here https://www.apple.com/osx/recovery/ and, if there is no Internet Access at that time, it might be harder for them to look this topic up.
But then, maybe such Suggestion is too hard to do? Just a thought on my part!
Either way, let's hope that this issue "Verify Disk stops in Mavericks" is fixed soon! Thanks in advance for your help, Apple!
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8) The terminal code says
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10) xxxx-MacBook:~ xxxx$ diskutil list
11) /dev/disk0
12) #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
13) 0: GUID_partition_scheme *160.0 GB disk0
14) 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
15) 2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 80.1 GB disk0s2
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17) 4: Microsoft Basic Data 50.0 GB disk0s4
18) /dev/disk1
19) #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
20) 0: GUID_partition_scheme *15.6 GB disk1
21) 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
22) 2: Apple_HFS BOOT 14.8 GB disk1s2
23) 3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk1s3
24) Saeedehs-MacBook:~ saeedehmirbagheri$ diskutil cs list
25) No CoreStorage logical volume groups found
26) Saeedehs-MacBook:~ saeedehmirbagheri$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
27) Password:
28) gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=160041885696; sectorsize=512; blocks=312581808
29) gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0
30) gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
31) gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 312581807
32) start size index contents
33) 0 1 PMBR
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39) 156804168 1269544 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
40) 158073712 56853648
41) 214927360 97652736 4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
42) 312580096 1679
43) 312581775 32 Sec GPT table
44) 312581807 1 Sec GPT header
45) xxxx-MacBook:~ xxxx$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
46) Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 19457/255/63 [312581808 sectors]
47) Signature: 0xAA55
48) Starting Ending
49) #: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
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I booted from external USB. The diskutil list output is from OS x booting from the USB, which shows the following:
Saeedehs-MacBook:~ saeedehmirbagheri$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *160.0 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 80.1 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data 50.0 GB disk0s4
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *15.6 GB disk1
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_HFS BOOT 14.8 GB disk1s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk1s3
Saeedehs-MacBook:~ saeedehmirbagheri$ diskutil cs list
No CoreStorage logical volume groups found
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Disk Utility in Mavericks Verify Disk gives no report
When I use Disk Utility, version 13, in OS X Mavericks (10.9) to verify a disk, it goes through the various steps ...
Verifying volume “MacSSD”
Starting verification tool:
Checking file system
Performing live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
...and then gives no report at the end of the process -- the way it used to under Mountain Lion, where you'd see a (green) statement that the disk was OK. Instead, the Verify Disk button once again is highlighted.
Am I correct that this is a change in behavior? and why no report -- not even in the log?? Is this just "no news is good news"?Apple doesn’t routinely monitor the discussions. These are mostly user to user discussions.
Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.
Feedback
Or you can use your Apple ID to register with this site and go the Apple BugReporter. Supposedly you will get an answer if you submit feedback.
Feedback via Apple Developer -
Issues with "Verify Disk" in Disk Utility under Mavericks
When I run the verify disk option in the disk utility I get different functions listed each time I run and sometimes it does not run to completion; however, when it runs to completion it states that everything is okay.
I did not have this issue before updating to Mavericks.
Anyone else experiencing the same thing?Don't use it, it is flawed. Just use Repair Disk. There is no point running Verify since it doesn't fix anything as Repair Disk does.
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Installed Mavericks - restarted, but didn't finish iphoto update - force quit - restart gray screen stall, powers off - safe mode says disk full -recovery mode says mac and receovery HDs locked - verify disk says - recovery ok - repair says no live support?
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It's simple. Disc Utility just doesn't work. Verify Disc, Repair Disc, Verify Permissions & Repair Permissions not work on Mavericks. I've upgrade from Lion to Mavericks, and i think is a tremendous upgrade, a great OSX, but this little things make me feel strange about it. Without Disc Utility, i can't know if my Hard Disc is working fine. There's another bugs going on, but i think Apple will take care of it, right? (Some app are left behind the menu bar, and it is impossible to get them out of there, unless I close them and reopen).
I have run into the same problem with Disk Utility in Mavericks running on 2 machines (MacBook Air, and Mac Pro).
Disk Utility works fine from the Recovery Partition... but if you run Disk Utility on the internal drive to "Verify Disk", the process will stop before completion, and the button will change from "Stop Verify" back to "Verify Disk" again.
I have made sure that both drives were problem-free using Disk Utility from the Recovery Partition, but each time I run Disk Utiltiy on the internal drive to verify, it never completes. -
Disk Utility - Verify Disk Permissions / Repair
I run Disk Utility > Verify Disk Permissions with this rsult:
Verify permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Permissions differ on "usr/share/derby", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
The following repair was successful.
A few minutes later I run Verify Disk Permissions again with the SAME result:
Verify permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Permissions differ on "usr/share/derby", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
What does it mean and how can I stop this error?
Thanks!There is nothing in that message that requires repairing. That is why it keeps showing up.
The permission database has to be updated every time the system is updated. If they miss a change that they have made in the system, it will get flagged as you see, but doesn't mean anything is wrong.
That KnowledgeBase article also must be updated to reflect the things they missed.
All that message is saying is that the directory derby is now replaced with a link to another directory (the l vs the d). However, mine doesn't have a link. Did you install anything that might have updated derby?
If you open Terminal and enter this code, can you post the line that has derby on it?ls -al /usr/share/
I'm repairing permissions now to see what pops up for me, but that will take a little while.
Edit: I looked into the Derby directory and Derby is a Relational Database Management System used by Apache. So, did you install something that modified Apache, PHP, mySQL or something like that? It might have altered the link.
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Hi,
My MacBook Pro has been acting up a little. I tried the usual repair options: repair permissions, zap P-ram, and Safe Boot (although I've never gotten the machine to Safe Boot properly since installing Lion). I ran Verify Disk and it stopped part way through, saying that the HD is corrupt. It instructed me to start up from the (installation?) disk and run the repair function from the disk utility. (I've included a screen shot of the Verify Disk screen). I have no idea how to go about this without a physical start up disk (Lion). I do have the disks that came with the computer at the time of purchase (Will one of those work?).
Thanks,
JGWThank you!
I was able to access the recovery function and used the Disk Utility to repair my HD.
Would you recommend that I still re-install Lion?
Again, thank you for taking the time to help me!
Best wishes,
JGW -
Disk Utility's "Verify Disk" does not work
For some reason I am not able to run the "Verify Disk" option in the Disk Utility application. I open up Disk Utility, I can click on the button, and it begins. However, while it says it is verifying the disk, and the status bar appears (just shows it working, doesn't show a time remaining), it continues like this for an inordinate amount of time. Eventually, the entire computer freezes up; I can move the mouse, but nothing responds to keyboard or mouse clicks. I am forced to hold down the power button to shut-down.
To get more information I decided to run this command in the Terminal. This is what I get:
+mycomputername~ root# diskutil verifyVolume /+
+Started verify/repair on volume disk0s2 Macintosh HD+
When I press enter after typing the first line, the second line appears, and it appears but nothing else shows up. Eventually, like in Disk Utility (which makes sense), the entire computer freezes up. (I've waited hours)
Does anyone know why this tool might not be working? I know, when using the terminal, more dialog should show what it is working on, which is why I find it strange it doesn't even get past the "Started verify" point. For example, the following is supposed to show up eventually, but doesn't:
+Checking HFS Plus volume.+
+Checking Extents Overflow file.+
+Checking Catalog file.+
etc...
I used the command line to verify with fsck too. +(sudo fsck_hfs -l /dev/disk0s2)+ This worked. From what I can tell, the problems it generated were benign.
On a different note, the reason I want to do this is because I am trying to use Bootcamp Assistant 1.4 Beta to create an XP Partition (after I had to get rid of it due to a virus), but it gets stuck on the "Partitioning Disk", and the status (which doesn't show remaining time) just continues to stay the same after a few hours, eventually freezing the computer in the same way the Verify Disk does. See a theme here? I'm not sure if this is related or not.
So why does the Verify Disk tool not work for me? Anyone have any ideas? I'm hesitant to try to use the Disk Repair tool, without the Verify Disk tool working.
Thanks for any help! Oh, and Happy New Year!
Michael
(Disk info, if this is useful for some reason)
+Device Node: /dev/disk0s2+
+Device Identifier: disk0s2+
+Mount Point: /+
+Volume Name: Macintosh HD+
+File System: Journaled HFS+ +
+Journal size 16384 k at offset 0x7d01000+
+Owners: Enabled+
+Partition Type: Apple_HFS+
+Bootable: Is bootable+
+Media Type: Generic+
+Protocol: SATA+
+SMART Status: Verified+
+Total Size: 148.7 GB+
+Free Space: 51.6 GB+
+Read Only: No+
+Ejectable: No+
+Disk Number: 0+
+Partition Number: 2+Thank you so much!
For some reason that didn't cross my mind. I booted with the OSX installer disk, and used DU and the Verify Disk worked!
Oddly enough when it finished I got an error message. Maybe that's just because the Verify encountered errors. It said:
+First Aid failed+
+Disk Utility stopped verifying "Macintosh HD" beause the following error was encountered: The underlying task reported failure on exit+
Here's the results of the scan:
+Checking Catalog file.+
+Resereved fields in the catalog record have incorrect data+
+Incorrect block count for file Temp File 1.tmp+
+(It should be 4529 instead of 0)+
+Incorret number of thread records+
+Overlapped extent allocation (file 1815158 /Users/..)+
+Checking Volume bitmap+
+Volume Bit Map needs minor repair+
+Checking volume information+
+Invalid volume free block count+
+(It should be 13585467 instead of 13578598)+
+The Volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.+
+Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit.+
I'm going to repair the disk, only after I backup my data. Not sure if these problems are 'benign' or not. Maybe that will solve my Boot Camp problems, maybe not. If not, well, it's either a complete reformat of the drive, or I'll have to buy Leopard so I can get Boot Camp support.
Thanks for your help again! So nice to see something working right on my Mac, finally
Michael -
I switched to mac last fall and this is the first time I've tried to run disk utilities. I ran Verify Disk and got the following window.
First Aid Failed
Disk Utility stopped verifying "Macintosh HD" because the following error was encountered:
Filesystem verify or repair failed.
The history read:
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Performing live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect block count for file SimplifyMedia.log
(It should be 1780 instead of 1149)
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
Invalid volume free block count
(It should be 13787362 instead of 13788252)
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.
Any help would be really appreciated.
Thanks,
JeffRepair the drive:
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger and Leopard.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now shutdown the computer for a couple of minutes and then restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger, and 4.1 for Leopard) and/or TechTool Pro (4.6.1 for Leopard) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X. -
Verify Disk Log shows problems
OK Rookie here (again!) -
Stupid question(s) No.4:
I've partitioned my new external and successfully made a bootable clone of the complete HD (which I've tested and it seems to work fine).
I've deleted the "manually added" Folder within my Users folder and added all files that were not of an older date (only two) to my actual Admin Account Folder.
Then I ran "Repair Disk Permissions" and "Verify Disk" from Apple DU and got the following:
(Red comments in bold)
+Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”+
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
*Illegal name*
*Illegal name*
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
*Volume Header needs minor repair*
*The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.*
*Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit*
1 HFS volume checked
*Volume needs repair*
There was also a strange box in the top RH corner of the window that said "LOG" underneath, it had some yellow writing on a black BG that seemed to say "WARNING" on the first line and a number on the second which I could not read.
I clicked it and it seems to only be a copy of the dialogue above but I've added it here in case it's important:
The privileges have been verified or repaired on the selected volume
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Illegal name
Illegal name
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
Volume Header needs minor repair
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
Disk Utility stopped verifying “Macintosh HD” because the following error was encountered:
The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
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How should I proceed?
I still have the original untouched clone of my HD on the external, are any of the comments attributable to the moving and deleting of files and folders that I have done since or is it all more worrying and a problem with my Mac?
I'll do nothing before I hear from someone - any help greatly appreciated.
Regards - Deano
PS: I've opened all files and games from my reconfigured HD since moving everything around with no problem at allHi Deano-
Glad to hear things worked out.
The report looks good, and S.M.A.R.T. status reporting as verified is always good. Loss of S.M.A.R.T. status is often times a sign of impending doom, except in the case of external firewire drives. These aren't S.M.A.R.T. supported. S.M.A.R.T. reporting as verified, though, is not a panacea, just one of several tools to gauge a drives health. More info on S.M.A.R.T.
As for the update of the clone... My thoughts are, that since both are currently working, for the time being, leave them both as is. When it comes time to backup- daily, every two days, weekly, what ever your workload demands, by then you will know, +for sure+ that the main drive is as healthy as now appears. So, when it's time to backup, do it then. Either Erase and Copy, or, Smart update will be fine.
Oh, and the CS2 files are for Vietnamese language support in CS2. So, unless you need Vietnamese, the absence of the files will cause no harm.
You're getting through your learning curve just fine, and gaining valuable experience. Always remember to verify/repair a hard drive from a seperate volume or install disk. Permissions don't require such. Now that you have the room and the tools, keep that valuable data backed up!
Post anytime you need help, or reinforcement. That's what the forums are for. I enjoy helping, as I can, and appreciate the show of appreciation with the stars! You're welcome! -
Although it keeps actively finding problems with the disk, the progress bar hasn't changed for more than a half an hour, and it still says it's going to take an hour and 35 minutes. I'm starting to worry it will never be done! My laptop, a Macbook Pro, is pretty old - about five years, and I don't know if the fact that I've never run a verify disk permissions before has anything to do with it.
The only non-greyed out option is to currently 'stop permission verify'.Just let it run, it probably won't take that long. Also you may benefit from reading Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions messages that you can safely ignore.
Roger -
Verify Disk failed for Time Machine backup disk
Thread <http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7930301�> discussed a similar issue, but it was closed without an answer so I'm opening a new one.
After a power failure I ran Disk Utility to Repair Permissions on my boot disk and Verify Disk on another that I use to store media files; neither had significant problems. Then I ran Verify Disk (verify, not repair; and disk, not permissions) on my Time Machine backup disk. It started spitting out the errors shown below. The time remaining counted up to 16 minutes, but wasn't coming down very fast so I left it running overnight. My machine is set to not sleep or spin down the disks. The next evening it was down to 12 minutes left, and was still spitting out the same errors. The second evening it was done, having failed out as shown in this log file excerpt:
2009-06-20 22:25:48 -0400: Verifying volume “Backup”
Starting verification tool: 2009-06-20 22:25:48 -0400
2009-06-20 22:25:50 -0400: Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
2009-06-20 22:25:50 -0400: Checking Extents Overflow file.
2009-06-20 22:25:50 -0400: Checking Catalog file.
2009-06-20 22:35:21 -0400: Checking multi-linked files.
2009-06-20 23:08:17 -0400: Checking Catalog hierarchy.
2009-06-20 23:16:59 -0400: Checking Extended Attributes file.
2009-06-20 23:18:34 -0400: Checking multi-linked directories.
2009-06-20 23:31:05 -0400: 2009-06-20 23:31:05 -0400: Incorrect owner flags for directory hard link (id = 3763501)
2009-06-20 23:31:05 -0400: 2009-06-20 23:31:05 -0400: 2009-06-20 23:31:05 -0400: (It should be 0x2 instead of 0x0)
2009-06-22 15:14:54 -0400: 2009-06-22 15:14:57 -0400: Incorrect owner flags for directory hard link (id = 7746623)
2009-06-22 15:14:59 -0400: 2009-06-22 15:15:00 -0400: 2009-06-22 15:15:02 -0400: (It should be 0x2 instead of 0x0)
2009-06-22 15:20:35 -0400: Checking volume bitmap.
2009-06-22 15:20:37 -0400: Checking volume information.
2009-06-22 15:20:39 -0400: 2009-06-22 15:20:41 -0400: The volume Backup needs to be repaired.
2009-06-22 15:20:43 -0400: Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.2009-06-22 15:20:44 -0400:
2009-06-22 15:20:44 -0400: Disk Utility stopped verifying “Backup” because the following error was encountered:
Filesystem verify or repair failed.
At that point the whole system was extremely sluggish, and the access light on the backup disk was flashing steadily. The pmTool process seemed to be running away, but the system wasn't responsive enough for me to do much about it, so I held down the power button to shutdown. Upon the 2nd restart the system booted and seems to be OK, but I'm leery of running another Verify Disk.
What's going on? Are those errors anything to worry about? Is it possible to run Verify Disk on a Time Machine backup disk? What about Repair Disk?John Seal wrote:
2009-06-22 15:20:43 -0400: Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.2009-06-22 15:20:44 -0400:
2009-06-22 15:20:44 -0400: Disk Utility stopped verifying “Backup” because the following error was encountered:
Filesystem verify or repair failed.
At that point the whole system was extremely sluggish, and the access light on the backup disk was flashing steadily. The pmTool process seemed to be running away, but the system wasn't responsive enough for me to do much about it, so I held down the power button to shutdown.
Any time Disk Utility says you need to repair a disk, you need to repair it. Period.
So run it. If it fails to repair everything, run it again (and again) until it either repairs everything or can't repair any more. If it can't repair it, post back and we'll discuss options.
There's no point in running +Verify Disk+ on an external drive; just run +Repair Disk.+ The only time +Verify Disk+ is needed is for your internal HD (because you can't repair the disk you're running from).
And you need to do that again because of the forced power-down. Any time there's an abnormal shutdown, it's possible the file system on your internal HD can be damaged. Usually it isn't, but it's possible. If that says you need to repair it, you'll have to boot from your Leopard Install disc and use it's copy of DU. Post back if you need to do this but don't know how. -
My Mac Pro stopped feeding a signal to my monitors. I tried changing the display card, that did not make a difference. Then, several hours later, everything came back up to normal with the original display card. It has been suggested to me that I do a disk repair and repair permissions on my internal HD.
Should I:
-Verify disk?
-Verify disk permissions?
-Repair disk permissions?
Thanks for the comments.
mNO to all of those.
Clone your system or do a clean install to another drive - still only maybe category.
Have an emergency boot drive with your Disk Warrior or TechTool Pro 5.x - better, and close to an essential must have.
Reset SMC, a good starting point.
Cable connections, weight of cable on graphic card... but tell us WHAT card, and WHAT monitor - and that you have two means two DVI ports.
But waste of time to verify a disk or permissions with Disk Utility, and First Aid doesn't find some problems let alone repair what it can't find, until too late.
A program that looks at and for corrupt files and preferences would help, I think that is where TechTool Pro comes in.
SMART Utility if you ever want to scan for bad sectors.
Put your Mac on UPS that handles it, something with 865W/1200VA+. -
Verify Disk results, confusing.. Can they be the cause of system lock ups?
I have been experiencing strange freezes on my Mac Pro 2008 system.
My boot disk is a 50% full 128GB SSD from Crucial and is running beautifully fast however for the past couple of weeks my system often freezes for anything from 3 seconds to 30 seconds and then the Finder restarts.
After the Finder restarts everything continues running smoothly. As if nothing ever happend, no error reports, no apps crashed, nothing.
I have verified disk permissions and verified the disk itself in Disk Utility but I am not quite sure what these results mean and if they could be the cause of these random lock ups.
here are the results:
Verify permissions for “Boot Disk”
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Group differs on "private/etc/hostconfig", should be 0, group is 20.
Permissions verification complete
Verifying volume “Boot Disk”
Performing live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Missing thread record (id = 5888152)
Incorrect number of thread records
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Invalid volume directory count
(It should be 184294 instead of 184295)
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Boot Disk was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disc), and then use Disk Utility to repair this disk.
I would really appreciate it if someone that knows their way around this stuff could help me troubleshoot this.
As for the problem of the system locking up it does not happen in the same application consistently.
Often it happens in Firefox but it could equally often happen when working in Photoshop, browsing files in the Finder or trying to access the Spotlight search via the keyboard shortcut.
When the system locks up I get the spinning beach ball and I can still move the mouse and click and even still access CMD+TAB app switcher, switch spaces and all those things, just applications become non responsive.
If you need any more details please let me know.
Thanks for reading,
JannisThese are innocuous errors that you may safely ignore. However the disk error is a problem. Do the following:
Repairing the Hard Drive
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger and Leopard.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
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