Freezing iMac G3
So let me preface this post by saying that i am relatively new to repairing and maintaining Macs as well as posting on these forums in general. So i posted this question on yahoo answers already and was recommended by a fellow user to come here with my dilemma. He also recommended that i answer these several questions to further clarify my original post.
Did the machine ever run Mac OS X? Yes the machines been running on OS X since i got it like 3 years or so ago from a family friend.
Was the iMac recently updated? Nothing updated recently securitywise except for probably iTunes and that was a while back.
Did anything else change on the computer? --> (New updates or recently added
hardware or new software even) Nothing new.
How much hard drive space is free on the volume? I do not have any idea actually. Sorry
Now here's the origianl post:
I have an iMac 3G that runs on the Mac OS X, and everytime i start it up it seems to start up fine. By starting up i mean it loads up to the login and i am able to log in fine, but as soon as the computer starts to load up my desktop the only thing that loads up is my background, no icons, nothing. The only thing other than the background visible is the search bar magnifying glass icon in the top right corner but nothing else of the top task bar. Everytime i pass the mouse over that icon, however, the mouse switches from normal to loading. Whenever the mouse is over anywhere else though it is normal. Now im not very familiar with macs, i dont know how there anti-virus or security system works, i usually use PC's, but is there a way to unfreeze it or do i have a virus and is there anything i can do short of sending it in to be fixed?
Needless to say i am a wreck. I had a LOT of stuff on that computer so i have a lot invested in this and i know i'm ranting but yeah.
Did the machine ever run Mac OS X? Yes the machines been running on OS X since i got it like 3 years or so ago from a family friend.
Was the iMac recently updated? Nothing updated recently securitywise except for probably iTunes and that was a while back.
Did anything else change on the computer? --> (New updates or recently added
hardware or new software even) Nothing new.
How much hard drive space is free on the volume? I do not have any idea actually. Sorry
Now here's the origianl post:
I have an iMac 3G that runs on the Mac OS X, and everytime i start it up it seems to start up fine. By starting up i mean it loads up to the login and i am able to log in fine, but as soon as the computer starts to load up my desktop the only thing that loads up is my background, no icons, nothing. The only thing other than the background visible is the search bar magnifying glass icon in the top right corner but nothing else of the top task bar. Everytime i pass the mouse over that icon, however, the mouse switches from normal to loading. Whenever the mouse is over anywhere else though it is normal. Now im not very familiar with macs, i dont know how there anti-virus or security system works, i usually use PC's, but is there a way to unfreeze it or do i have a virus and is there anything i can do short of sending it in to be fixed?
Needless to say i am a wreck. I had a LOT of stuff on that computer so i have a lot invested in this and i know i'm ranting but yeah.
iMac G3
