what can i do if my mac crashes on me every 20 minutes .i can be on da internet or itunes. i know its an old mac but i've been very comfortable wit it. and it just started freezeing on me and i can't find out y .maybe some one can find an answer for me.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
Have you done any maintenance?
Mac OS X: System maintenance
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607640
Boot up using your Install disc and repair Permissions and repair hard drive.
Boot in Safe Mode. See What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? (Mac OS X)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107392 Takes a while to run, but it usually "fixes" problems.
Safe Boot takes longer than normal startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1884?viewlocale=en_US
Cheers, Tom 😉
Great advice so far, just to add...
Open Activity Monitor, Show:>All Processes, sort on CPU%, see if anything using too much CPU% when this happens, click on Memory tab, do you have many Pageouts?
Open Console in Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages when this happens.
what can i do if it crashes every 20 minutes
