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Q: iMac keeps freezing

Okay so here's my problem. My mac just keeps randomly freezing for no reason, you know? Spinning balls all across the board, Chrome refusing any input or giving me a white screen every time I change back to another tab. Random warnings that the shockwave plugin isn't working. More spinning balls while browsing the finder. Menu bar not taking any input either, etc. etc.

 

I've tried a whole lot of things. I reduced the amount of startup apps. I tried clearing out a whole bunch of different caches. Activity Monitor shows no apps causing any CPU spikes, although a bunch of apps do sometimes all give "Not Responding" messages at the same time.

 

Tried restarting the computer in Safe Mode, and although I didn't spend a lot of time in that mode, it appears the problem persists there as well. At least I got some slowdowns while browsing the finder.

 

Using the Disc Utility to Restore Disc several times, but just gives me "no problems found".

 

I'm at a loss here. What other options are left?

 

I don't know what sort of info you people need, but if you need to know anything, just ask. These problems have come up incidentally a few times in the past, but today it's been especially bad. I've opened minimal apps at this point in time, using only one tab in Chrome. But still every once in a while I get a complete freeze.

 

So again, if you need to know anything, just ask. It's becoming very frustrating.

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Mar 22, 2015 1:47 PM

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  • by Dharengo,

    Dharengo Dharengo Mar 23, 2015 4:09 AM in response to Mike Sombrio
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    Mar 23, 2015 4:09 AM in response to Mike Sombrio

    SMART status? No, I guess not. I don't know what that is.

     

    I did fix the host file issue.

     

    Resetting the SMC did not appear to do anything. I talked to a helpdesk fellow on the phone and he says I should call one of my local stores and take my iMac there for a checkup, so I'm going to do that. I'll keep you guys posted.

     

    In advance though, I would like to thank you guys for keeping me sane throughout this experience. Nothing good comes from freaking out and I've come close to that several times.

  • by DheemanF04,

    DheemanF04 DheemanF04 Mar 23, 2015 4:20 AM in response to Dharengo
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    Mar 23, 2015 4:20 AM in response to Dharengo

    open disk utility. Select your internal disk (the one with the manufacturer's id and size)

    On the bottom check S.M.A.R.T. Status

    If it says verified, then no problem...

    Also i think reducing the number of login item, startup items, launch daemons/agents will considerably help in performance

  • by Dharengo,

    Dharengo Dharengo Mar 23, 2015 4:23 AM in response to DheemanF04
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    Mar 23, 2015 4:23 AM in response to DheemanF04

    SMART status says "Verified".

     

    Also I did actually reduce the number of login items to a bare minimum.

  • by Dharengo,

    Dharengo Dharengo Mar 23, 2015 6:57 AM in response to Dharengo
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    Mar 23, 2015 6:57 AM in response to Dharengo

    Well, thanks for all the help. I'm having an exper take a look. Until then, I guess I am stuck using this laptop. But I guess I can live with that. Again, thanks.

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Mar 23, 2015 8:43 AM in response to Dharengo
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    Mar 23, 2015 8:43 AM in response to Dharengo
    There's also something about "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" being alterered and not being restored.

    I get that same message.  I've read that it's nothing to worry about.  Just ignore it.

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