Frequent crashing on iMac

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Frequent crashing on iMac

My iMac crashes almost without fail within 10-15 minutes of bootup. These log entries occured right before the latest crash:

4/11/14 2:18:54.389 PM Adobe CEF Helper[256]: Internals of CFAllocator not known; out-of-memory failures via CFAllocator will not result in termination. http://crbug.com/45650

4/11/14 2:18:54.891 PM Adobe CEF Helper[258]: Internals of CFAllocator not known; out-of-memory failures via CFAllocator will not result in termination. http://crbug.com/45650

4/11/14 2:18:55.444 PM Adobe CEF Helper[258]: The function `CGFontSetShouldUseMulticache' is obsolete and will be removed in an upcoming update. Unfortunately, this application, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.

4/11/14 2:18:56.734 PM Adobe CEF Helper[256]: The function `CGFontSetShouldUseMulticache' is obsolete and will be removed in an upcoming update. Unfortunately, this application, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.

4/11/14 2:20:25.617 PM mds[53]: (Normal) Volume: volume:0x7fb8a1852000 ********** Bootstrapped Creating a default store:0 SpotLoc:(null) SpotVerLoc:(null) occlude:0 /Volumes/firmwaresyncd.0xWGnS

Any ideas?

Posted on Apr 11, 2014 1:03 PM

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Answer 1

nbar

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Apr 11, 2014 1:06 PM in response to niemeyerja

Your issue indicates you may be experiencing kernel panics. Open up your Console Application and navigate to "System Diagnostic Reports." Look for a file beginning with "kernel_" and ending in ".panic". If applicable, post the most recent report in your reply.

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niemeyerja Author

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Apr 11, 2014 1:13 PM in response to nbar

I do not see that option in the console. Here is a screenshot of what I see. Also, it appears that Adobe Creative Cloud may be causing it??

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Linc Davis

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Apr 11, 2014 2:32 PM in response to niemeyerja

Does the crash happen if you don't launch any Adobe applications?

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niemeyerja Author

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Apr 14, 2014 7:33 AM in response to Linc Davis

Yes, the crashing still happens even after uninstalling Adobe Creative Cloud and having no applications running whatsoever. After further investigation however, there may be an overheating issue going on with the power supply. Taking it in to get looked at this week.

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