iPhoto keep crashing

You have the MacBookPro6,2, the Edsel of Macs. It may have a logic-board defect covered by this recall.

Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider, to have the machine tested. The routine hardware diagnostics used by service providers do not detect the fault. There is a specific test for this issue that Apple calls "VST" (for "Video Switching Test.") Ask for it. A "Failed" result means that the fault is present. However, according to reports, some units may pass the test, and yet still be deemed eligible for repair under the program. Your experience may vary.

Print the first page of the panic report, if any, and the support page linked above, and bring them with you.

Note that the recall only applies within three years of purchase. After that, Apple may refuse the service. In that case, you may be quoted a price of about $300 (in the U.S.) for a "depot repair," which involves shipping the unit to a central repair facility and takes about two weeks. For that flat fee, anything found wrong with it should be fixed, not just the logic board.

The model was discontinued on February 24, 2011, so the recall has nominally ended. Some units may have been sold after that date by Apple as refurbished, or by resellers as new, and they should still be covered.

Some owners report that their unit was repaired under the program after the deadline had passed. Others report that the repair was covered by the extended warranty from a credit-card issuer. Again, your experience may vary.

Sometimes the replacement part is also defective, so be prepared for that possibility.

If it's too late for your unit to be repaired under the program, and you don't want to pay for a new logic board, you may be able to stop the panics by disabling automatic graphics switching.

If you're dissatisfied with Apple's response, please keep in mind that no one here represents the company or can help with customer-service issues.

Back up all data on the internal drive(s) before you hand over your computer to anyone. If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to an empty drive from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.

*An SSD doesn't need to be zeroed.

Unfortunately, I have a MacBookPro10,1, late 2012, and I'm having exactly the same issue after the update this week.

My system started crashing with exactly the same error. It could be that the issue is related to the fault mentioned above, but it's a coincidence that this is now the third case of a similar issue that started right after the update. I'm assuming, PamelaMuk, that you also updated your system with the latest update

Anonymous UUID: 39184DE8-88C4-2617-683B-B69317D7615B

Sat Mar 1 10:36:40 2014

panic(cpu 4 caller 0xffffff7fae23cfb0): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 3 0 a0 d9 9 8 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0x112c00000 0xffffff813445a000 0x0e7150a2, D0, P3/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.4.35/src/Apple MuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127

Backtrace (CPU 4), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff811fa82d70 : 0xffffff802be22fa9

0xffffff811fa82df0 : 0xffffff7fae23cfb0

0xffffff811fa82ec0 : 0xffffff7faca5422c

0xffffff811fa82f80 : 0xffffff7facb1e106

0xffffff811fa82fc0 : 0xffffff7facb1e176

0xffffff811fa83030 : 0xffffff7facd44106

0xffffff811fa830c0 : 0xffffff7facd5b505

0xffffff811fa83100 : 0xffffff7facb968e3

0xffffff811fa83130 : 0xffffff7facb9686d

0xffffff811fa83160 : 0xffffff7facc930cf

0xffffff811fa83190 : 0xffffff7facc94da1

0xffffff811fa83230 : 0xffffff7facc95368

0xffffff811fa832b0 : 0xffffff7faca6901b

0xffffff811fa83300 : 0xffffff7facc99587

0xffffff811fa83460 : 0xffffff7facc99a2a

0xffffff811fa834e0 : 0xffffff7facb55a6a

0xffffff811fa836b0 : 0xffffff7facb5460b

0xffffff811fa836f0 : 0xffffff7facb64774

0xffffff811fa83750 : 0xffffff7facb5ebdf

0xffffff811fa83770 : 0xffffff7facb1aec6

0xffffff811fa837b0 : 0xffffff7facb19fb0

0xffffff811fa83810 : 0xffffff7faca575f8

0xffffff811fa83830 : 0xffffff7faca57fef

0xffffff811fa83a50 : 0xffffff7faca582dc

0xffffff811fa83af0 : 0xffffff7faca062d2

0xffffff811fa83b70 : 0xffffff7faca05b46

0xffffff811fa83bd0 : 0xffffff7faca07324

0xffffff811fa83c10 : 0xffffff7fac9c2522

0xffffff811fa83ca0 : 0xffffff7fac9ba7a3

0xffffff811fa83ce0 : 0xffffff7faca07dd8

0xffffff811fa83d30 : 0xffffff802c295683

0xffffff811fa83d90 : 0xffffff802c2cac65

0xffffff811fa83e00 : 0xffffff802beb605b

0xffffff811fa83e50 : 0xffffff802be26bf1

0xffffff811fa83e80 : 0xffffff802be139f5

0xffffff811fa83ef0 : 0xffffff802be1e043

0xffffff811fa83f70 : 0xffffff802bec976d

0xffffff811fa83fb0 : 0xffffff802bef3b46

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[4421462D-2B1F-3540-8EEA-9DFCB0565E39]@0 xffffff7fac9b1000->0xffffff7fac9e8fff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7fac3e9000

com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.4.35)[1BFF66C1-65E4-3BB3-9DEE-B61C3137019B]@ 0xffffff7fae22f000->0xffffff7fae241fff

dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.4.35)[09897896-ACBD-36B5-B1D4-0CCC4000E 3B3]@0xffffff7fae227000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[045D5D6F-AD1E-36DB-A249-A346E2B48E54]@0xfffff f7fad26a000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7fac3e9000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[4421462D-2B1F-3540-8EEA-9DFCB0565E39]@0 xffffff7fac9b1000

dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.0.4)[E04639C5-D734-3AB3-A682-FE66694C66 53]@0xffffff7fae22a000

com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman(8.2.4)[3D591202-DD24-3441-925A-F6808ABDF185] @0xffffff7faca04000->0xffffff7facc68fff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7fac3e9000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[999E29DA-D513-3544-89D1-9885B728A098]@0xff ffff7fac9f4000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[4421462D-2B1F-3540-8EEA-9DFCB0565E39]@0 xffffff7fac9b1000

com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAGK100Hal(8.2.4)[ACFCEA0C-4C80-36C0-8636-D10EE7D2DE1 7]@0xffffff7facc73000->0xffffff7face1ffff

dependency: com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman(8.2.4)[3D591202-DD24-3441-925A-F6808ABDF185] @0xffffff7faca04000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7fac3e9000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer

Mac OS version:

13C64

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 13.1.0: Thu Jan 16 19:40:37 PST 2014; root:xnu-2422.90.20~2/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 9FEA8EDC-B629-3ED2-A1A3-6521A1885953

Kernel slide: 0x000000002bc00000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff802be00000

System model name: MacBookPro10,1 (Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 4486890954

last loaded kext at 3535685605: com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.2.3f10 (addr 0xffffff7fad473000, size 57344)

loaded kexts:

com.hzsystems.terminus.driver 4

com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice 1.1

org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB 4.2.16

org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv 4.2.16

com.symantec.kext.ips 3.9.1f9

com.symantec.kext.pf 5.6.1f9

com.symantec.kext.internetSecurity 5.3.1f8

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.2.3f10

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler 2.0.9d1

com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.14.15

com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC 4.2.1b5

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.6.0f1

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver 2.6.0f1

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.6.0f1

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1

com.apple.GeForce 8.2.4

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothUSBDFU 4.2.3f10

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.13

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP 1.1.2

com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.3f10

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.3.5

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0

com.apple.nvidia.NVDAStartup 8.2.4

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.4d1

com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.4.35

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.0

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter 104

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.1.12

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD4000Graphics 8.2.4

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferCapri 8.2.4

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 240.2

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver 240.2

com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.6.6

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 240.2

com.apple.driver.CoreStorageFsck 380

com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver 3.0.1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1

com.apple.BootCache 35

com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.5.1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 666.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC 1.5.2

com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 3.8.1b2

com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 700.20.22

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 660.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI 670.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 216.0.0

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 153

com.apple.security.quarantine 3

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 216.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.7

com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.6.0f1

com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.2.3f10

com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily 98.14

com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAGK100Hal 8.2.4

com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman 8.2.4

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.9.5fc2

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.14

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.3f10

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.6.0f1

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.6.0f1

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.12d1

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.4

com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.4.35

com.apple.driver.X86PlatformPlugin 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.8

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.7.0d10

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltEDMSink 2.1.3

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPOutAdapter 3.1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.11d1

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 91

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1

com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2 98.14

com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.4.35

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 240.9

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.6.6

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 660.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 3.1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily 3.1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 1.4.5

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 3.6.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.6.6

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 650.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 656.4.1

com.apple.driver.CoreStorage 380

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 2.0.1

com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 3.2.7

com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.3b4

com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient 1.0.1b5

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 660.4.2

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 630.35

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com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1

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com.apple.driver.DiskImages 371.1

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com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9

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Model: MacBookPro10,1, BootROM MBP101.00EE.B02, 4 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.6 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 2.3f36

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Built-In, 1024 MB

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, PCIe, 1024 MB

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333531533642465238432D50422020

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333531533642465238432D50422020

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xEF), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)

Bluetooth: Version 4.2.3f10 13477, 3 services, 23 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0

Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM512E, 500.28 GB

USB Device: Hub

USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

USB Device: Hub

USB Device: Hub

USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller

USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 23.4