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Q: 8gb upgrade interfering with safari

IVE UPGRADED MY MAC MINI (MID2011) WITH 4GB IN EACH SLOT AND SINCE THEN MY SAFARI BROWSER WILL CONSISTENTLY CLOSE AND QUIT OUT AND REPORT A PROBLEM BUT WHEN I SWITCH IT BACK TO MY 2GB MEMORY IT NEVER HAPPENS? WHAT DO I DO?

 

everything on my computer is up to date with exception im still running Lion 10.7.5

 

thanks guys!! i know you can help me!

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Feb 23, 2013 11:00 AM

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  • by den.thed,

    den.thed den.thed Feb 23, 2013 11:11 AM in response to RyFo
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    Feb 23, 2013 11:11 AM in response to RyFo

    Mac's are very picky!

     

    Exactly which Mac Mini do you have?

     

    And what RAM upgrade did you buy?

  • by RyFo,

    RyFo RyFo Feb 23, 2013 11:20 AM in response to den.thed
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    Feb 23, 2013 11:20 AM in response to den.thed

    Ive Got the Mid 2011 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 and upgraded the memory to 8gb 1333 MHz DDR3

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Feb 23, 2013 11:44 AM in response to RyFo
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    Feb 23, 2013 11:44 AM in response to RyFo

    Got a link to the RAM you bought?

     

    Sometimes reseating new RAM a few times works.

    2 GB16 GB*
    Details:By default, 2 GB installed as two 1 GB modules.

     

    *Originally, both the official and actual maximum RAM was 8 GB. However, as confirmed by site sponsor OWC, if running OS X 10.7.5 or higher, updated with the latest EFI, and equipped with proper specification memory modules, this model can support up to 16 GB of RAM.

     

    In the US (and many other countries), site sponsor Other World Computing sells memory -- as well as other upgrades -- for this Mac mini.

    http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_mini/specs/mac-mini-core-2-duo-2.4-mid -2010-specs.html

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Feb 23, 2013 11:48 AM in response to RyFo
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    Feb 23, 2013 11:48 AM in response to RyFo

    Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:

     

    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

     

    ☞ In the Finder, select Go Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

     

    ☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.

     

    Step 1

     

    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.

    Enter the name of the crashed application or process in the Filter text field. Select the messages from the time of the last crash, if any. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).

     

    When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.

    Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.

     

    Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

     

    Step 2

     

    Still in the Console window, look under User Diagnostic Reports for crash reports related to the process. The report name starts with the name of the crashed process, and ends with ".crash". Select the most recent report and post the entire contents — again, the text, not a screenshot. In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.) Please don’t post shutdownStall, spin, or hang logs — they're very long and not helpful.

  • by den.thed,

    den.thed den.thed Feb 23, 2013 12:28 PM in response to RyFo
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    Feb 23, 2013 12:28 PM in response to RyFo

    BDAqua wrote:

     

    Got a link to the RAM you bought?

     

    I'll second that question and suggest buying only Mac compatible tested RAM from either OWC or Crucial for your Mac Mini.

  • by RyFo,

    RyFo RyFo Mar 7, 2013 10:29 AM in response to den.thed
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    Mar 7, 2013 10:29 AM in response to den.thed

    3/7/13 10:16:57 AM [0x0-0x5d05d].com.apple.Safari[519] AVF info: checkDecoderUsage, vaCodecString: <Gen6> 

    3/7/13 10:16:57 AM [0x0-0x5d05d].com.apple.Safari[519] AVF info: pp_hw_name: RenderingEngine, id: 3ea, m_pp_nowait: 1

    3/7/13 10:16:57 AM [0x0-0x5d05d].com.apple.Safari[519] AVF info: RingBufferPool wr:0, rd:26, reset:21, warning:0 

    3/7/13 10:19:12 AM [0x0-0x65065].com.apple.Safari[550] AVF info: checkDecoderUsage, vaCodecString: <Gen6> 

    3/7/13 10:19:12 AM [0x0-0x65065].com.apple.Safari[550] AVF info: pp_hw_name: RenderingEngine, id: 3ea, m_pp_nowait: 1

    3/7/13 10:19:12 AM [0x0-0x65065].com.apple.Safari[550] AVF info: checkDecoderUsage, vaCodecString: <Gen6> 

    3/7/13 10:19:12 AM [0x0-0x65065].com.apple.Safari[550] AVF info: pp_hw_name: RenderingEngine, id: 3ea, m_pp_nowait: 1

    3/7/13 10:19:12 AM [0x0-0x65065].com.apple.Safari[550] AVF info: RingBufferPool wr:0, rd:2, reset:2, warning:0 

    3/7/13 10:19:12 AM [0x0-0x65065].com.apple.Safari[550] AVF info: RingBufferPool wr:0, rd:157, reset:151, warning:0 

    3/7/13 10:19:12 AM [0x0-0x65065].com.apple.Safari[550] AVF info: checkDecoderUsage, vaCodecString: <Gen6> 

    3/7/13 10:19:12 AM [0x0-0x65065].com.apple.Safari[550] AVF info: pp_hw_name: RenderingEngine, id: 3ea, m_pp_nowait: 1

    3/7/13 10:19:12 AM [0x0-0x65065].com.apple.Safari[550] AVF info: RingBufferPool wr:0, rd:3, reset:3, warning:0 

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Mar 7, 2013 11:00 AM in response to RyFo
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    Mar 7, 2013 11:00 AM in response to RyFo

    Step 2?