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Sep 22, 2014 9:14 AM in response to NewbMacUserby NewbMacUser,Could someone please look at the Console text I pasted?
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Sep 22, 2014 9:56 AM in response to NewbMacUserby Tom in London,NewbMacUser wrote:
Hey guys, even though I've got 500mb of RAM available for OSX to use.....
That isn't enough RAM. To run Mavericks plus the applications use, you need at least 8 GB. I suspect that is your problem. A while ago I installed Mavericks on a computer that only had 4 GB of RAM, which had been fine up until that point, but which gave me all kinds of freezes and beachballs with Mavericks. So I added an extra 4 GB, and everything was fine.
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Sep 22, 2014 9:58 AM in response to NewbMacUserby greg sahli,Yes, the Console text still says the same thing I mentioned before. mDNS is Bonjour. You have a part of your OS X software that is corrupted -- Or, some failure (less likely) in hardware. A failing drive "might" cause this - but we can't know for sure.
Reinstalling is the simplest troubleshooting (& possible repair) option right now.
Is there some reason you don't want to do that?
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Sep 22, 2014 10:51 AM in response to greg sahliby NewbMacUser,Hey Greg, thanks for your reply! If Bonjour is the issue, how can I fix it?
I don't want to re-install a fresh install of Mavericks because it'd take sooo much time for me to re-install my apps and set up my preferences. That's why I thought installing Yosemite might be a good idea...
I did a scan of the Mac's HDD using Disk Utilities 'Repair Disk' and it said the drive was fine.
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Sep 22, 2014 10:57 AM in response to Tom in Londonby db24401,Tom in London wrote:
NewbMacUser wrote:
Hey guys, even though I've got 500mb of RAM available for OSX to use.....
That isn't enough RAM. To run Mavericks plus the applications use, you need at least 8 GB. I suspect that is your problem. A while ago I installed Mavericks on a computer that only had 4 GB of RAM, which had been fine up until that point, but which gave me all kinds of freezes and beachballs with Mavericks. So I added an extra 4 GB, and everything was fine.
According to his initial ETRecheck report, his computer does have 8GB installed.
Hardware Information:
Mac mini - model: Macmini5,1
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
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Sep 22, 2014 10:57 AM in response to NewbMacUserby Csound1,NewbMacUser wrote:
Hey Greg, thanks for your reply! If Bonjour is the issue, how can I fix it?
I don't want to re-install a fresh install of Mavericks because it'd take sooo much time for me to re-install my apps and set up my preferences. That's why I thought installing Yosemite might be a good idea...
Installing a piece of Beta software on a Mac that already has problems is a very bad idea.
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Sep 22, 2014 10:59 AM in response to db24401by NewbMacUser,Yah, I have 8GB of RAM. I've got enough RAM free.
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Sep 22, 2014 11:12 AM in response to NewbMacUserby db24401,My suggestion is --
1. download & install the latest version of ETRecheck
2. startup in Safe Mode
3. while in Safe Mode, run ETRecheck.
4. post the result.
Hopefully the result will help us make a suggestion as to which applications/etc
might be causing your problem(s).
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Sep 22, 2014 2:03 PM in response to NewbMacUserby K Shaffer,Also note the capacity of your Mac's hard disk drive is overly full
and so your saved content is likely in competition to the OS X's
ability to function using limited resources it needs to work right.
That, and whatever is using the chip RAM isn't leaving scraps
big enough for anything else running and wasting CPU cycles
or whatever else you have going on.
Avoid adding a new layer of grief and misery over your Mavericks
OS X 10.9.x system. Resolve your issues where they are. Backup
your computer content to an externally enclosed hard drive and
choose one with its own AC power adapter, and consider using a
Clone utility (CarbonCopyCloner from Bombich, or SuperDuper from
maker sites, only; no adware or malware tainted third party) to save
a working fully bootable copy of your running OS X on a separate
hard disk drive capable of running the Mac from a Clone.
You can't hardly make enough backups; ones you can fully restore a
computer directly, & offline as needed; do not rely on a TimeMachine.
With a good backup, and a bootable clone, you could totally reinstall
a new Mavericks, &/or restore it w/ your content from external archives.
This on top of other good advice given in at least two threads you have
going on a similar topic; both need the same cure. Not a beta upgrade.
Save that idea for a different machine that has nothing you want on it.
Good luck & happy computing!
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Sep 22, 2014 2:05 PM in response to K Shafferby NewbMacUser,Thanks for that reply!!!
Is it possible for me to simply re-install Bonjour instead of re-installing the entire Mavericks?
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Sep 22, 2014 2:29 PM in response to NewbMacUserby K Shaffer,Not sure if something as simple as an 'archive & install' or basic installation now
available with Mavericks, would affect any of your applications; however some
may require you to look into the App Stores to re-download your paid apps, etc.
The OS X Utilities could erase everything on the hard disk drive; however to just
install Mavericks (and hope that fixes the issue) is possible without wiping out
your applications and user created files.
You should be able to reinstall Mavericks over the current version and not have
anything go missing; however you need to make a backup just in case the hard
disk drive in the computer fails.
The other issues, lack of free capacity in the hard disk drive, as well as almost
no memory (RAM) need to be addressed; so perhaps someone will repeat
how to address these before or along with a reinstall of 10.9 in hope to repair
or replace just the defective system only...
With that, I'm best to not advise you further due to insufficient experience in 10.9.
Good luck & happy computing!
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Sep 22, 2014 9:44 PM in response to NewbMacUserby NewbMacUser,This is odd. I just played a 45minute game of League of Legends and I didn't get the spinning beachball once...
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Sep 23, 2014 2:18 AM in response to NewbMacUserby NewbMacUser,Alright. I'm going to try entering safe mode and running the EtreCHECK.