What could cause Mountain Lion to crash regularly?

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What could cause Mountain Lion to crash regularly?

I use my Mac for development purposes, and I have lots of projects on my MacBook Pro. I usually install apps only from Mac App Store, and I try to keep my Mac safe, clean and tuned, by staying away from junks. However recently my MacBook Pro keeps crashing regularly. I'm posting the crash report below if it can be of any help. What could be causing these crashes? How can I fix it? I've already lost unsaved data a few times 😟 I wanna know if there is a fix for this?

Interval Since Last Panic Report: 274518 sec

Panics Since Last Report: 1

Anonymous UUID: 7A55AB17-B9E0-E39B-FDDA-720C9D494035

Sat Oct 19 19:43:07 2013

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff801eab8945): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f9f993422, type 13=general protection, registers:

CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x000000000a0cd0f8, CR3: 0x000000002144f000, CR4: 0x00000000000206e0

RAX: 0xffffff7f9f856101, RBX: 0xffffff802b5b7800, RCX: 0xffffff802c972fc0, RDX: 0x0000000000000004

RSP: 0xffffff809b3abf10, RBP: 0xffffff809b3abf10, RSI: 0x0000000000000001, RDI: 0xff0000ffbaddecaf

R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0xffffffffffffffff, R11: 0x00000000ffffffff

R12: 0x0000000000000001, R13: 0x0000000000000000, R14: 0x0000000000000a66, R15: 0xffffff802b5b7800

RFL: 0x0000000000010286, RIP: 0xffffff7f9f993422, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010

Fault CR2: 0x000000000a0cd0f8, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff809b3abbb0 : 0xffffff801ea1d636

0xffffff809b3abc20 : 0xffffff801eab8945

0xffffff809b3abdf0 : 0xffffff801eacebfd

0xffffff809b3abe10 : 0xffffff7f9f993422

0xffffff809b3abf10 : 0xffffff7f9f990a8c

0xffffff809b3abf40 : 0xffffff7f9f991e0d

0xffffff809b3abf60 : 0xffffff801ea3e26e

0xffffff809b3abfb0 : 0xffffff801eab3257

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub(635.4)[52517FC7-F1EF-3E05-99DC-7553722B8EFF]@0xfff fff7f9f990000->0xffffff7f9f9a4fff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(635.4.0)[E67F44F7-A4BD-3CD1-A01B-B37D783CE613]@0xff ffff7f9f813000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:

12F45

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 12.5.0: Sun Sep 29 13:33:47 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.48.12~1/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: EA38B02E-2B88-309F-BA68-1DE29F605DD8

Kernel slide: 0x000000001e800000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff801ea00000

System model name: MacBookPro6,1 (Mac-F22589C8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 137865340319607

last loaded kext at 40835395578974: com.astrill.macproxy.kext 2.0.8 (addr 0xffffff7fa0e15000, size 73728)

last unloaded kext at 392311436141: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.8.1 (addr 0xffffff7fa0dd4000, size 57344)

loaded kexts:

com.astrill.macproxy.kext 2.0.8

com.beceem.BeceemAppleWiMAXAdapter 5.2.d86

com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 1.8.4

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60

com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.13.12

com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch 75.19

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.1.7f2

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.4.7fc4

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.GeForce 8.1.6

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.12

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.4.7fc4

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.1.11

com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.4.5

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl 3.4.5

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.11d1

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics 8.1.6

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB 8.1.6

com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.1.7f4

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.6.3

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.3d0

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.3d1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 237.1

com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 320.15

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 237.1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1

com.apple.BootCache 34

com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.5.6

com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.3.5

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.6.6

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 635.4.0

com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 3.6.2b4

com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 615.20.17

com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.9.9

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 621.4.6

com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.9

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 214.0.0

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 4.0.39

com.apple.security.quarantine 2.1

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 214.0.0

com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 4.1.7f2

com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver 237.4

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.6

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.4.7fc4

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.9.2fc7

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.12

com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0

com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal 8.1.6

com.apple.NVDAResman 8.1.6

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.11d1

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.4.7fc4

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.4.7fc4

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.4

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 86.0.4

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.1.7f2

com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.4.5

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.1.7f2

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.3.7

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.5

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.3.7

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.4.1d13

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.5d4

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 237.3

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 623.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 621.4.6

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 621.4.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.5.6

com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.7

com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.7.1

com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7.1

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.5.5

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.5.6

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.5.1

com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.2b1

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 630.4.4

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 530.5

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.0

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.5

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 635.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 1.8.1

com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1

com.apple.security.sandbox 220.3

com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1

com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 7

com.apple.driver.DiskImages 345

com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 28.21

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 1.8

com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.8

com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4

com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0

Model: MacBookPro6,1, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0F, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.53 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.57f18

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 512 MB

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54313235533642465238432D47372020

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54313235533642465238432D47372020

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.17)

Bluetooth: Version 4.1.7f2 12718, 3 service, 21 devices, 3 incoming serial ports

Network Service: HUAWEI WiMAX USB Stick, Ethernet, en3

Serial ATA Device: WDC WD5000BEKT-75KA9T0, 500.11 GB

Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N

USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 2

USB Device: USB2.0 HUB, 0x0a05, 0x7211, 0xfa140000 / 5

USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 4

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8218, 0xfa113000 / 6

USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0236, 0xfa120000 / 3

USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000 / 2

USB Device: HUAWEI WiMAX USB Stick, 0x198f (Beceem Communications Inc.), 0x0220, 0xfd140000 / 5

USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8507, 0xfd110000 / 4

USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 3

OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), Magic Mouse, Airport express

Posted on Oct 20, 2013 7:39 AM

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Answer 1

macjack

Level 10

111,168 points

Oct 20, 2013 7:57 AM in response to ilgaar

Dowloading only apps from the AppStore is no guarantee that they're any good.

Try running EtreCheck, a simple diagnostic and see what it turns up.

http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck

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Answer 2

TildeBee

Level 7

31,917 points

Oct 20, 2013 8:12 AM in response to ilgaar

macjack's advice is excellent. Look forward to seeing the results. In addition, have you checked these two?

com.astrill.macproxy.kext 2.0.8

com.beceem.BeceemAppleWiMAXAdapter 5.2.d86

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Answer 3

ilgaar Author

Level 1

14 points

Oct 21, 2013 2:40 AM in response to macjack

I downloaded and ran the App here is the result:

Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,1

1 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores

4 GB RAM

Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 512 MB

Startup Items:

SwitchArch - Path: /Library/StartupItems/SwitchArch

System Software:

OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Uptime: 1 day 17:18:31

Disk Information:

WDC WD5000BEKT-75KA9T0 disk0 : (500.11 GB)

disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (335.74 GB free)

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N

USB Information:

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

HUAWEI HUAWEI WiMAX USB Stick

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

FireWire Information:

Thunderbolt Information:

Kernel Extensions:

com.beceem.BeceemAppleWiMAXAdapter (5.2.d86)

com.astrill.macproxy.kext (2.0.8)

Problem System Launch Daemons:

[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist

Problem System Launch Agents:

[failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist

[failed] com.apple.lookupd.plist

[failed] com.apple.printtool.agent.plist

Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist

Launch Agents:

User Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist

User Login Items:

iTunesHelper

Caffeine

Dropbox

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player

Internet Plug-ins:

Flash Player.plugin

FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin

JavaAppletPlugin.plugin

QuickTime Plugin.plugin

User Internet Plug-ins:

Bad Fonts:

None

Top Processes by CPU:

3% WindowServer

1% EtreCheck

1% WiMAXConnectionManager

0% astrill

0% Dock

0% fontd

0% ubd

0% System Events

0% librariand

0% Finder

Top Processes by Memory:

111 MB mds

78 MB Finder

74 MB WindowServer

61 MB Dock

45 MB WiMAXConnectionManager

37 MB SystemUIServer

37 MB 2BUA8C4S2C.com.agilebits.onepassword-osx-helper

37 MB Dropbox

29 MB astrill

25 MB CalendarAgent

Virtual Memory Statistics

1.53 GB Free RAM

740 MB Active RAM

882 MB Inactive RAM

779 MB Wired RAM

1.44 GB Page-ins

420 MB Page-outs

What about these two? something wrong with them?

com.astrill.macproxy.kext 2.0.8

com.beceem.BeceemAppleWiMAXAdapter 5.2.d86

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Answer 4

Oct 21, 2013 4:50 AM in response to TildeBee

4 GB of RAM isn't really enough to get decent performance out of Mountain Lion. Max out your RAM and see if you are still having issues. I used to have constant problems with beachballing/freezing/crashing ML on my MacBook Pro until I increased the RAM from 4 GB to 8 GB. Now everything's good.

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Answer 5

macjack

Level 10

111,168 points

Oct 21, 2013 7:36 AM in response to ilgaar

Since this shows your uptime is 41 hours, it’s much more difficult to diagnose than if it crashed immediately, or even more often.

~Bee is on to something…Astril is VPN you can contact them here

https://www.astrill.com/contact-us.php

Beceem is a Windows driver, I believe.

If you don't need them uninstall them.

The failure of System Launch Daemons and Launch Agents seems significant. You might check here

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4287

I would re-insall OS X, Boot up holding command-r keys into your Recovery Volume.

First run Disk Utility Repair Disk, if you get errors run until no errors reported or reports "the disk cannot be fixed". Then, choose Reinstall OS X. This will be an install "in place" and shouldn't effect any of your own data or settings.

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