My Macbook Pro 17" Late 2008 OS X 10.8.5 keeps freezing after some flickering
What can be the problem and how to fix???
It started last night and keeps freezing just a few minutes after starting.
Mouse & cursor move ok, but can not click anything.
Right now it's working longer than usual, so I hope can finish this post...
Lower half of my browser is changing from white to grey every second or two.
Please help!!!
Results of EtreCheck:
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2008)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro4,1
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
GeForce 8600M GT - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Uptime: 0 days 0:7:12
Disk Information:
Hitachi HTS542525K9SA00 disk0 : (250.06 GB)
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Untitled 1 (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 149.48 GB (26.02 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
DATA (disk0s4) /Volumes/DATA: 99.58 GB (9.42 GB free)
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
com.magican.iokit.netmon (1)
com.magican.iokit.filemon (1)
Problem System Launch Agents:
[System] com.paragon.NTFS.trial.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.paragon.NTFS.upd.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Daemons:
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.anchorfree.ajaxserver.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.magican.castle.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[System] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
[not loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Dropbox
MagicanMonitor
Hotspot Shield
Internet Plug-ins:
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.1.0.24 - SDK 10.8 3rd-Party support link
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.152 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.152 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 3rd-Party support link
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.8.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update
Safari Extensions:
Page Rank: Version: 1.0.0
AdBlock: Version: 2.5.55
Folx Safari Extension: Version: 1.0
Audio Plug-ins:
AirPlay: Version: 1.7 - SDK 10.8
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1 - SDK 10.8
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.8
User Internet Plug-ins:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 3rd-Party support link
FolxNetscapePlugIn: Version: Unknown
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link
Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
Audacity: Version: 2.0.4.0 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Audacity/Audacity.app
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
9% mds
5% mdworker
4% WindowServer
2% EtreCheck
1% ps
Top Processes by Memory:
123 MB Google Chrome
90 MB Finder
78 MB WindowServer
78 MB Dropbox
61 MB Dock
Virtual Memory Information:
1.85 GB Free RAM
1.51 GB Active RAM
137 MB Inactive RAM
515 MB Wired RAM
353 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)