Q: OSX Lion + 2011 iMac 27'' + Video = Freeze

This seems to have stopped happening for me. I have just played a load of embedded videos from various sites some mp4 in Quicktime...No problems! Weird, the only thing I have done is to Install Java  runtime. Don't see why that would make a difference though. Probably the next video I play will bring on the freeze      

Apple!!!!!! When will we get an update??? Just give a date!!! Simple like that!!! tomorrow? next week? month? year? never?

I have a MacPro with a 27" screen. When it feezes, just the ball spins and I can move it around...then HOLDING DOWN THE RESET BUTTON!  Have not dealt with issue since Zues talked to me!

I am also having this problem, though I don't think it is exclusively linked to video activity. I've had three long conversations with Apple Care and reinstalled Lion twice. Very frustrating. Hoping for a fix very soon.

If I start my  brand-new imac (27": 2,7 GHz 2011) in the FireWire Target Disk mode for my Powerbook with OS 10.6 installed, it even freezes (spinning ball) my PB after some minutes. Am I alone with this phenomena?

It is disappointing that an Apple representative has not posted something to at least let us know that a fix is in the pipeline. This is not some minor bug but a massive system-wide crash on brand new machines!

This happened to me *until* upgrading. If you are forced to use the power button and shut off and restart the computer, you might not want to have any external hard-drives pluged in to your computer until you stop geting these crashes. It can destroy your external hard-drive, and it can get so bad that even DiskWarrior won't be able to fix it. I just lost one external hard-drive because of this.

Same problem here. Had my new iMac 7 days and now have 4 freezes. Disappointing! I don't blame Apple for having a software bug, but let us know. I will just reinstall Snow Lepoard and wait for a fix, but if that fix is tomorrow or even in a week I dont want to waste my time.  Please let us know when you think you will have an update.

Cheers.

I am having freezes just about once a day since installing lion. I have an 2011 iMac purchased in June. Really Apple!!!!!! This bug is so frustrating... the only saving grace is Lion's new resume feature otherwise I would lose everything every time. Please fix this... Now!!!!

I Have the same $@#!$ problem. iMac 27 bought may 2011. Clean install Lion. Very frustrating. I hope Apple fix soon. Very soon !!!!

I had been thinking this myself... be curious to see if the ones in the store have the same problem?

In the case of this fault, that key combination doesn't work. The only way out is to power reset the Mac via the power switch.

Today, I received the following bug report update from Apple.

This is a follow up to Bug ID# 9856516.  After further investigation it has been determined that this is a known issue, which is currently being investigated by engineering.  This issue has been filed in our bug database under the original Bug ID# 9836811. The original bug number being used to track this duplicate issue can be found in the State column, in this format: Duplicate/OrigBug#.

 

Thank you for submitting this bug report. We truly appreciate your assistance in helping us discover and isolate bugs.

 

Best Regards,

 

Developer Support

Apple Worldwide Developer Relations

In the bug report I listed the following links to public discussion regarding this bug.

• https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3194165
• https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3191134
• http://www.tuaw.com/2011/07/24/lion-bug-some-imacs-locking-up-after-playing-vide o/
• http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1196498&highlight=

So I am quite sure that they are working on it. Just give them time to fix it, even if it is very annoying bug.

You'd think with this many people having this same problem they would have handled this already...

Hi everyone,

I've an iMac mid 2011, 21,5 inch i5 4GB RAM and, of course, OS X Vista ops..Lion

Same problem, when I play a video from YouTube..iMac freeze The only solution is push the power button.