warning or error message flashes on screen so fast i can't read it, then eventually, safari crashes

Ok cool. Thank you. Will let you know what happens. It might be a couple days, as this isn't a daily occurrence, although, it has definitely become progressive.

Hi Linc. Ok, so far nothing has happened. The only thing is that I keep getting the pop out messages saying "Webprocess want to connect to a secure site......." and give's me the options to 'allow' and/or 'ok'. No matter what I try to do, that message pops out. A few times I clicked on 'Allow', but because I'm not sure that's the right thing to do, mostly I've just been clicking on 'ok'. I feel so stupid, cause I don't know. Sorry for being pestuous.(is that a made-up word?) I can't tell you how much I appreciate your help, and patience. Should I continue in guest mode and 'allow' these pop-out thingys?

Ok Linc. Here's what's happening. It's been 10 days. No crashes to report. However, my mac is running slow, and keep getting the wheel whenever I click on stuff. Also, I keep those ads that say "clean my mac" in the ad space on the right hand side of my screen when I'm on certain web sites, i.e. Facebook, yahoo, etc. I'm still in guest user mode. Should I log out and log back in (in safe mode) under my regular acct now? Is there any more info you need first?

Thanks for your help! 🙂

ok now my screen is black. when i last msged you i was using safari and was in yahoo mail. two tabs, (this page & yahoo inbox). clicked on 'file' then 'new window'. went on facebook and the window was wasn't quite right. had a half inch black margine on the left, and i couldn't get the drop down menu to drop down. so scrolled my mouse over the bottom of the screen to bring up the the dock, right clicked on safari, clicked on the yahoo window, the dock went back into hiding and then the screen went black. scrolled my mouse over the bottom of the screen until the dock came back up, clicked on finder and that window came up. when i tried to open any other windows/apps from the dock, the screen stayed black, except for the finder window. I've only had my mac for a year, bought it brand new, cost over $2000, and i'm freaking out cause the warrenty just expired. i hope it's not anything irreversable.

I logged out of user mode, and logged back in under my regular acct. No black screen at all. I didn't have internet for the last couple days, so was just doing off line stuff, and same thing; warning and/or error messages flashing on screen real fast. So it's not just safari. Any more suggestions? I really can't afford to make a genius appt.

Thanks. I'll do that right now. But, as far as I know, I haven't installed any system modification software. I don't even know what that is. Could you give me an example of what that would be?

how i post the outcome? I have the terminal window and 5 text edit windows open

Got it. Thank you.

Last login: Tue Aug 13 23:40:17 on ttys000

tracys-MacBook-Pro:~ tcarltonlt2$ kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/{printf "%s %s\n", $6, $7}' | open -f -a TextEdit

tracys-MacBook-Pro:~ tcarltonlt2$ { sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix)|org\.(amav|apac|cups|isc|ntp|postf|x)/{print $3}'; sudo defaults read com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook; sudo crontab -l; } 2> /dev/null | open -f -a TextEdit

Password:

tracys-MacBook-Pro:~ tcarltonlt2$ { launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|org\.(x|openbsd)/{print $3}'; crontab -l 2> /dev/null; } | open -f -a TextEdit

tracys-MacBook-Pro:~ tcarltonlt2$ ls -A /e*/{la,mach}* {,/}L*/{Ad,Compon,Ex,Fram,In,Keyb,La,Mail/Bu,P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo,Sta} * L*/Fonts .la* 2> /dev/null | open -f -a TextEdit

tracys-MacBook-Pro:~ tcarltonlt2$ osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of every login item' | open -f -a TextEdit

tracys-MacBook-Pro:~ tcarltonlt2$

Ya, but, I couldn't get them to copy and/or paste. What am I doing wrong?

I closed the windows already. I'll go ahead n do it again real quick. Thanks for your help.

There were 5 text windows, but 2 of them were blank. So here's the results

/Library/Components:

/Library/Extensions:

/Library/Frameworks:

AEProfiling.framework

AERegistration.framework

AudioMixEngine.framework

NyxAudioAnalysis.framework

PluginManager.framework

iLifeFaceRecognition.framework

iLifeKit.framework

iLifePageLayout.framework

iLifeSQLAccess.framework

iLifeSlideshow.framework

iTunesLibrary.framework

/Library/Input Methods:

/Library/Internet Plug-Ins:

.DS_Store

AdobePDFViewer.plugin

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin

CANONiMAGEGATEWAYDL.plugin

EPPEX Plugin.plugin

Flash Player.plugin

Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin

JavaAppletPlugin.plugin

QuickTime Plugin.plugin

flashplayer.xpt

iPhotoPhotocast.plugin

/Library/Keyboard Layouts:

/Library/LaunchAgents:

com.google.keystone.agent.plist

com.kodak.BonjourAgent.plist

/Library/LaunchDaemons:

com.adobe.fpsaud.plist

com.apple.remotepairtool.plist

com.google.keystone.daemon.plist

/Library/PreferencePanes:

Flash Player.prefPane

/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:

/Library/QuickLook:

GBQLGenerator.qlgenerator

iWork.qlgenerator

/Library/QuickTime:

.DS_Store

AppleIntermediateCodec.component

AppleMPEG2Codec.component

CanonMJPEGAVIDec.component

CanonText.component

/Library/ScriptingAdditions:

/Library/Spotlight:

GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter

LogicPro.mdimporter

Microsoft Office.mdimporter

iWork.mdimporter

/Library/StartupItems:

/etc/mach_init.d:

/etc/mach_init_per_login_session.d:

/etc/mach_init_per_user.d:

Library/Address Book Plug-Ins:

.DS_Store

SkypeABDialer.bundle

SkypeABSMS.bundle

YMsgrCallABPlugin.bundle

YMsgrMsnABPlugin.bundle

YMsgrSmsABPlugin.bundle

YMsgrYimABPlugin.bundle

Library/Fonts:

Library/Input Methods:

.localized

Library/Internet Plug-Ins:

.DS_Store

Library/Keyboard Layouts:

Library/LaunchAgents:

com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist

com.apple.AddressBook.ScheduledSync.PHXCardDAVSource.D1064E0D-1679-4B0D-9DAE-5AB A2E7BF127.plist

com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-tcarltonlt2@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist

com.facebook.videochat.tcarltonlt2.plist

Library/PreferencePanes:

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com.google.keystone.daemon

com.adobe.fpsaud

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iTunesHelper

com.kodak.BonjourAgent

com.google.keystone.system.agent

com.facebook.videochat.tcarltonlt2.updater

com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae