Mac Pro :: Keep Getting Complete Freezes After 10.9.3 Update
Jun 22, 2014
Since i updated my Mac Pro to 10.9.3 i keep getting complete freezes. It only happens when switch from my main screen to my second one.I first thought the old 'non' mac GPU in my 2009 Mac Pro was the issue. Recently replaced my 2009 with a 2013, and i seem to get minimum of 1 freeze a day.
Its usually within an hour after start up.My brother told me it could be the connection to my USB 3.0 raid bay due to the speed differences, but even with that one disconnected it freezes.I just did a competence repair in disk utilities lets see the results now.But i think its the latest update that has a bug.
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Jun 20, 2009
Every time I try to download it, it says error about 80mB into the download.
Then it tells me to look for the package through Finder but I can't find it.
And it happens EVERY TIME I try to download it.
It's driving me nuts that I'm wasting my precious internet on this pointless downloading! I could have had the update by now!
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Jun 21, 2012
My computer won't upadate after multiple tries. Also, I bought Microsoft Offic for my Mac at the Apple store and it is failing to install.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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I'm running 10.6.2 on a new MBP 5,3. Every time I run Software Update, the Ethernet freezes. I can't connect to anything, not even the router. A restart fixes it, and so does turning my Ethernet settings from DHCP to Off and back.
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May 12, 2012
I was installing the latest software update for my iMac (running 10.6.8) and during the update process, the computer display went completely blue. It has been this way for 10 minutes and I hear the drive working intermittently. What happens if I power down? Would I be able to restart the computer successfully?
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Jul 1, 2014
Last night I updated my iMac to Mac OS X 10.9.4. Whenever I'm using my computer, it freezes up. How can I make it fast and smooth again? I have a most recent Time Machine backup before I updated. If there is a way to gain my computer's speed again? If not, can I possibly go back to 10.9.3?
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Jun 15, 2010
In the last two years when I have attempted to update my security on my Macbook Pro (Tiger OS) it has either not completed the download or frozen my computer. I've had to back up and erase my hard drive twice and reload everything. Is there some sort of bug in this update? I want to update to snow leopard but when I've tried with the upgrade disk it tells me that Snow Leopard will not install on my OS. Will the security update facilitate that?
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Dec 20, 2009
So, I just had the original 300 GB hard drive fail in my aluminum 24" inch Mac running the latest update of Leopard. I wasn't able to save it using diskwarrior (diskwarrior said it was some sort of mechanical failure) but I was able to recover most of the data from it by booting from an external hard-drive.
So I went out and purchased a brand new Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB drive. The install went fine, it found the drive partitioned it and installed Leopard successful. Then is crashed and disappeared when I left it alone to run all the software updates. I came back and the computer was stuck on "Restart Required" after downloading all the updates.
I went to hit restart now, and the system just hanged, wouldn't do anything. So I hard powered down the system and restarted it. It came up with nothing, just stuck on the White Screen of Death. So I plugged the external drive back in and booted from it. Mac OSX couldn't find the drive and diskwarrior would crash if I tried to run it. I tried to boot up from the OSX start-up disk and it couldn't find the drive either.
So I took the case apart and made sure all the connections were solid and the drive was mounted correctly. Everything looked fine so I plugged it in and it started up fine. Finished the updates and the iMac ran great. So I thought maybe it was overheating, so I've installed smcfancontrol and started to monitor the temp of the drive. I also took the mac apart again and sucked out any dust in the fans or vents. The drive never goes over a 105 F, so it doesn't seem to be overheating.
However, this is where the problem is consistent: everytime the iMac goes into sleep mode, it crashes and the iMac is unable to find the hard-drive again. Unless I unplug it completely for 5 minutes or so. Once I unplug it, it finds the drive and operates like a champ.
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Mar 11, 2012
My mac freezes while trying to download snow leopard. I have turned the mac off and back on and tried it again. I have tried it 3 times, same results.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.9)
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Apr 17, 2007
I have a macbook pro
Model Identifier:MacBookPro5,5
Processor Name:Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:2.53 GHz
Memory: 4 GB
With
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M:
Chipset Model:NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
Type:GPU
Bus:PCI
VRAM (Total):256 MB
Vendor:NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID:0x0863
Revision ID:0x00b1
ROM Revision:3427
It is incredible slow - freezes constantly unless on very low graphics in games like World of Warcraft so i'm assuming i need to upload graphics. So i went to the Nvidia website, and tried to update driver by following steps correctly, selecting the correct options, etc and it said it couldn't update for my system..How do i update my software so i can play without freezing?
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Apr 25, 2010
A year ago I acquired a used G3 B&W Rev. B that had a defective hard drive. The mac will boot from an OSX 10.1.2 disc just fine, and a 40 GB Western Digital drive (WD 400) that I installed (as master) shows up and appears to format normally. However, after everything goes off without a hitch and the OS begins to install, the installation halts about two-thirds of the way through and I'm treated to a message that says the installation has failed because it couldn't "write files to disk".
- So far, I've tried this installation 4 times
- My copy of Mac OS originally came with an iBook, and I'm not sure if that's a possible issue or not, even though it's listed as compatible with my computer
- It's got a single stick of RAM (PC100 128 MB) installed in the last of four slots moving inward towards the motherboard
- I know for a fact that the hard drive I'm using is functional ( I pulled it out of an old gateway I'd been using as a music server until a month ago)
- I know that with older macs ( and computers in general) having the right firmware updates and compatible hardware installed is crucial, but I don't where I went wrong
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Dec 26, 2008
I am about to wipe my hard drive as I have accumulated a bunch of garbage over time. The only thing I want to keep is my playlist in Itunes and my bookmarks with all of my passwords in Safari. Can this be done? It would be great if i could make this happen.
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Apr 11, 2012
My imac has been shutting itself off the past few days and now won't complete boot up.
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Dec 29, 2010
i just bought a MBA 11' and is a first time i own mac product. so i am completely newbie in MAC.
i saw a sticky up there to complete install fresh Mac OsX in the MBA to free space. i would like to do it but i dun have the DVD. i know the MBA come with the installation thumb drive, can i follow the instruction in the post and use the thumbdrive to install fresh copy?
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Dec 12, 2008
I've just sold my old Macbook Pro. I did a clean re-install recently after I got a new laptop but must have typed in my name during the process, so that the main account is now associated with the login name. I was able to change the login name easily by going to Sys Preferences->Accounts, but couldn't change the name associated with it (mine). The person who now bought the computer would like to change it to his name. Just called Apple and the person on the phone didn't seem the technologically most savvy and suggested to simply do a complete re-install. This seems 1) a waste of electricity (given that all that needs to be changed is two words somewhere on the hard drive) and 2) is problematic as I kept the Leopard CD and would need an 8 GB DVD which is hard to find where I live. So are there any other ways to do this apart from a re-install?
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Mar 10, 2009
My superdrive in my macbook pro kicked the bucket and I have to hand the whole thing over to apple to fix. Following the advise of many people online, I will be wiping my hard drive before dropping the machine at their doorstep. I have the machine backed up via Time Machine on an external drive. Will I be able to restore it to its current state using Time Machine and my backup after it returns from Apple.
I have sensitive and important data on the laptop...this is why I need to be sure to get it all back.
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Apr 1, 2009
I have been the proud owner of a Macbook Pro 2.5Ghz with 4GB RAM, running Leopard 10.5.6 for just under a year and I have never been able to get Time Machine to backup my files properly. Instead I have been backing up my really important files manually to an external NAS drive.
However, I would like to back up all files to an external USB drive using Time Machine. I have a Freecom USB2 drive which I purposely bought, but when I try to perform the initial back up I get a message telling me there isn't enough space.
My MacBook has a 250Gb HDD and my USB drive is 500Gb (465Gb available), so I have no idea why I am getting this message. I have ensured that no other devices are connected in case it was also trying to back up those (USB & NAS drive), but still get the same message. It says I need 698Gb of space to perform the full backup - where is it getting this from?!
Within the options it shows me a panel containing an entry 'Time Machine Backups' with a size of 154.4Mb, which I'm guessing is the directory that I am trying to save the backups to.
I'm probably doing something obviously stupid but would appreciate it if somebody could point it out for me.
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I have 2010 mbp 13inch 2.6ghz 4gigs ram intel core i5. I've only had it for five days and recently experienced a complete freeze. trackpad and power button unresponsive, display and apple icon on back of lid did not turn off or change in any way when lid was closed/opened. only app running was google chrome.
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Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the backup folder.
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Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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when I click iPhoto it attempts to load photos but never completes task therebye rendering it useless. I have around 3000 pics in there.!
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IMAC G5, Mac OS X (10.3.x), 512 MB DDR SDRAM
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Mar 29, 2012
My computer has started freezing repeatedly. Seems to occur on random software programs - nothing obvious. Cannot even move the pointer. I can only shut down from the power button. I do not have start up discs with me (out of the country and no where near an apple store). I desperately need my computer to work!! Does anyone have any ideas of what I can try. HD test says it's ok. Tried SMC restart and that didn't help. Computer is not running hot either.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.0.x)
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Jun 8, 2012
After a forced power down my iMAC won't boot again.
The machine simply powers off after the spinning gear on the gray start up screen spins for a few seconds.
I've tried booting in safe mode, doing a PRAM reset and inserting the Installer DVD but I don't even get to any of these steps and the machine turns off.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
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My iMac running OS 10.4.11 can't complete startup. It opens a couple of windows, then reverts to a blue screen, over and over, no matter what restart procedure I try, including the OS X installation disk.
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MacBook Air (11-inch Late 2010), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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