OS X V10.7 Lion :: MacBook Pro Keeps Freezing
Apr 24, 2012I recently upgraded to Lion and now my MacBook Pro keeps freezing. I have to force a shutdown. Any suggestions?
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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MacBook Pro :: Computer Keeps Freezing With Lion
Mar 21, 2012I am currently using a mid-2009 13-in MacBook Pro with an upgraded hard drive (750 SATA disk). I had ZERO problems with the computer prior to or after the hard drive upgrade UNTIL I got Lion (currently have 10.7.3).
Now, not a day goes by when my computer doesn't freeze. If I try to open multiple web pages AND Word at the same time, the spinning wheel of death pops up. God forbid I even think of opening PhotoShop. I can usually get the Force Quit application to appear, but it never works, and ultimately my computer can only be made to work by shutting down and restarting.
As a grad student who uses my computer for research (usually involving multiple web pages, datasets in Excel, Word notes, and sometimes statistical software packages like Stata all running at the same time) this is very very frustrating.I'm tech-capable to a point, but I am not well-versed enough to know how to fix this on my own (or if there even IS a fix). I was a loyal Mac enthusiast until recently, but this has got me at my wit's end.
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
MacBook Pro :: Why Does Cursor Keep Freezing In Lion
Apr 7, 2012My cursor freezes, and I'm not sure how to fix it or why it's occuring. It sometimes freezes when I'm in Safari, but, alas, I can't now recall if that is the only time it freezes. I'm using the 10.7.3 operating system and the latest Safari.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.2)
MacBook Pro :: W/lion Running Slow And Hanging A Lot: Sometimes Freezing?
May 30, 2012my mid-2010 w/lion is running quite slow and hanging: sometimes freezing. have reset smc and emptied caches. helped for a bit but now even slower. happens with minimal load on cpu and have plenty of memory available.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: IPhoto 9.3 Freezing MacBook - Rebooting (Infinite Loop)
Jun 22, 2012I updated iphoto to 9.3 but never bothered to launch it until today. It asked me to upgrade the library. However, the process got stuff with a spinning beach ball and my mbp completely froze! When I cold booted it, it launched iphoto on its own and the whole process repeated. I had to reboot in safe mood in order to break it. In safe mode too iphoto library froze the machine.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), Mid 2010
OS X V10.7 Lion :: V10.7.3 Lion Running Slow, Freezing And Crashing?
Feb 3, 2012Over the past month Lion has been crashing, running slow and freezing constantly.\Â I am not used to having so many PC type issues on my Mac. I have done Disk repair in utilities and removed unecessary programs at start up.Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: It Has Been Freezing Randomly
Mar 27, 2012Within the past couple of days, my macbook pro has been freezing randomly, something it has never done, and the WiFi will shut off and will not turn back on unless I restart the computer.
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Mac Os X Screen Keeps Freezing?
Apr 14, 2012my mac os x version 7 screen keeps freezing
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)
Intel Mac :: 8.1 24'' Freezing On Lion?
Jun 6, 2012I have a 24'' Imac 3.06Ghz - 4Gb RAM - NVidia 8800GS video card It has been freezing since last month without any logic pattern.Reviewing the logs I supposed it was the memory card, because after the halts I found Nvidia error messages.Â
I ran Apple Hardware Test to find the error but it told me that was a phisical harddrive error, so I've replaced it with a new 2TB WD Drive and made a fresh install of Lion. Freezing again. I ran Techtool Pro 6 and does not show any errors.Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Safari Keeps Freezing After The 5.1.4 Update?
Mar 15, 2012Safari keeps freezing up after the 5.1.4 update. I have no extensions. I also tried using firefox and it too freezes so it might not just be a safari problem.
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Safari, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: IMac 2011 Keep Freezing
Apr 15, 2012My Imac 2011 is freezing more and more often and I can't identify any pattern or software that causes it.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Switch User Freezing Mac
Apr 17, 2012I have 2 users set up on my MBP. About 30% of the time when I try to switch users, by clicking on the current user name in the top right of the screen then choosing either the other user's name or choosing Login Sreen... I get the spinning ball and it's then difficult to do anything.
If I've clicked on the other user's name, the screen fades and I get the password prompt for that other user. I enter the password, and the spinning wheel underneath that spins (as it normally does briefly while validating the password) indefinitely. I can't cancel out of it as I can't click on the cancel button with the spinning ball. The only way I can continue to use the Mac is if I was using a full screen app and can swipe left or right with four fingers to another "space" (not sure this is the right word). That space then works correctly. If I go back to the previous space, the screen is still dimmed with the password prompt and the spinning wheel and can't do anything with it.
It won't let me log off by doing command+shift+Q. It won't let me shut down. So the only way to get out of this is to hold the power button until the Mac turns off.
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: System Preferences Keeps Freezing?
May 13, 2012Last night I attempted to change my desktop picture and thought I'd scroll through my own photos to choose one. When I got one in particular, it obviously changed the picture, then I couldn't change it back again. All I got was the spinning beach ball. After a force quit, I went back, started up System Prefs and immediately the ball started spinning again. Tried this a couple more times - same result. I shut down the Mac and started up again this morning - still the same. System Prefs always opens on the 'Desktop/Screen Saver' option and the ball appears and spins, neccessitating the 'force quit' option again. (running 10.7.4)Â
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MacBook (13-inch Late 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Preview App Freezing While Scanning?
May 21, 2012Recently, I have been having difficulty with Preview 5.5.2 freezing while scanning from an HP Officejet 6500. I have been using the same arrangement (iMac, HP Printer, internet connection, etc.) for about 5 months with no problems. I scan documents for archiving, but in the past week, or so, when I try to open the scanner (printer) within the Preview App (file-->Import From Scanner-->HP OfficeJet 6500) the import window pops open, but I cannot select scanning details. Usually, I would do this by clicking the "Overview" button. Now, when I click the "Overview" button, I get a blank import screen. Through reviewing the various online resources, I have done the following:Â
- Library (get info) - In the Library Info window (right click...get info) all the users are set to "Read & Write".Â
- Library (containers) - I trashed all the contents of the "com.apple.Preview" and "com.apple.TextEdit" folders within the "Containers" folder. Upon reboot, no noticable change, although the information in the folder was reloaded. Â
- Library (preferences) - Trashed the Preview preferences, rebooted, then tried to scan again. When I launched Preview, I was able to see the "Overview" details and select scan, but the scan froze on page 3 out of a 10 page doc. Â
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iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4), Preview App 5.5.2
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Have 13" MBP And It Keeps Freezing Since Bought It?
Jun 14, 2012I bought my mbp last summer. Like the first month, it started freezing. when it freeze, I can't do anything but turn it off and on again.Now, I took my laptop to the store about five times for same problem-could have been more if I had time to go to apple store.They reset the computer at first, did many disk repairing, replaced with new hard drive, replaced with new hard drive cable, and did 24 hour diagnose. Still cannot figure out what is causing the problem.Since I've took my laptop so many times, I asked for replacement with new laptop. They told me that they cannot do anything unless I contact apple care and have evidences.But even if I have evidences, apple store have to able to duplicate the problem. Another problem is that it happens so randomly. I could be using just textedit, itunes, or nothing.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Why Is System Preferences Freezing
Jun 27, 2012Why is my system preferences freezing? How do I fix it? I messed around with the desktop pictures, i kept changing it and all the sudden its not responding. What should I do?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4), -iMac & its Lion OS X 10.7.4
App Store :: Lion OS Upgrade Is Freezing?
Jun 29, 2012I'm upgrading from Leopard 10.6.8 to the Lion OS, I purchased the upgrade from App Store and it start downloading but not downloading anything for 2 days.Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Safari :: 5.1.2 So Slow And Freezing Constantly With Lion
Feb 6, 2012After the last software update, Safari has been acting strange. It slowed down enormously (I keep on getting the colored beach ball) and it freezes many times for lots of seconds.
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Downloaded Tom Clancy Game And Its Freezing Up?
Mar 2, 2012i bought a game and i go 4 mim into it and just freezes 2 times in a rowe.
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iMac, iOS 5.0.1
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Mail App Randomly Freezing When Computer Is On For A While?
Mar 26, 2012My mail app freezes randomly while I have my computer on while I go to use it and I have to restart the app to get it to work again. I'm not sure what to do?No beach ball cursor comes up, I just can't click on anything.
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Computer Freezing Except Mouse Moves
Mar 27, 2012Every now and again my Mac Mini will freeze except whatever audio is currently playing will continue to play until end of file is reached (ie, the next track comes on iTunes) and the mouse cursor moves but the rest of the GUI is frozen, not allowing anything to be clicked, no keyboard interaction, and nothing else on the screen gets updated (the clock stays at whatever minute mark the computer froze at). I can SSH into the machine with Terminal on a different computer and poke around but I can't figure out where to take it from there. I've tried looking at processes with top and performing 'kill -9 pid' but I'm never able to bring the machine back without a hard reset.
Through the kill command I've tried quitting the Dock, Finder, any "big" programs I'm running (eg Logic Pro), but none has ever recovered my system.
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Dock Freezing And Not Acting Nice?
Apr 11, 2012Dock on my Lion sometimes freezes up and acts all weirdo. It stops magnifying + hotcorners won't work. You can still click icons tho. The only way I fixed it was by restarting my mac, which is not cool at all.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Lion Freezing Up And Want To Go Back To It?
May 22, 2012I'm having to many problems with Lion freezing up and want to go back to Snow Leopard,how can I do this?
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MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2 GHz), Mac OS X (10.7.4), it won't even play a dvd movie with
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Time Machine Freezing On Looking For Backup Disk
Feb 17, 2012My IMac keeps freezing on time machine finding backup disk, it selects it fine and authenticates, the ready nas pro drive works fine other than this nothing shown in logs and firmware up to date, used to work fine.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Freezing When Waking From Sleep With Latest Release?
Mar 21, 2012I have had both my IMac and MacBook Pro freeze upon waking from sleep recently. Occurred only after installing latest Lion upgrade. Very frustrating since requires hard reboot ronin case of the MacBook Pro, reinstalling the OS. I have noticed similar complaints by others.
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MacBook Pro (17-inch Early 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3), Also iMac 24 in. 2007 affected
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Mac Pro Freezing After Update - Hard Reboot Required
Apr 11, 2012Since updating to 10.7.3 from 10.6.8 my computer freezes a couple of times a day. I have to hold the power button down and re-boot.
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7
OS X V10.7 Lion :: IMac Keeps Freezing When Try To Move A Folder Or File?
May 19, 2012My Finder on my iMac keeps freezing when I try to move a folder or file, or when I try to empty the trash can. I have tried to Force Quit Finder, but when I do it does not start back up and I have to manually turn the computer off with the power button.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2), iPhoto 11
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Freezing At Start Up On Grey Screen Softwar
May 23, 2012Im new to macs compared to most, 27-inch, Late 2009 imac, freezing at start up on grey screen Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 (11E53)I have tried booting in safe mode, verified disk-goodverified disk permissions and repaired disk permissions called tech support restarted holding command r and did the same thing again, well computer worked for 1 day and now freezing again, and it will not let me command R right after turning the mac on.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
OS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Upgraded To Lion - IMac Crashing / Freezing
May 24, 2012I have an IMac where I upgraded my lion to snow leopard and since then I started having crashes and freezing which I have never experienced before.
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iMac (24-inch Early 2008), Mac OS X (10.6.3)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Imac Keep Crashing And Freezing Up When Open Browsers And Program?
Jun 10, 2012I have some problems for my Imac. I don't know why when I open my browsers and some program keep crashing and freezing up.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
