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Mid-2007 Imac crashing

My Mid-2007 IMac started crashing 2 weeks ago after installing some osx updates. It would freeze and require a force shut down. Eventually it wouldn't restart at all. I unplugged it and came back to it 24 hours later and was able to do a safe mode restart and than a regular boot. I upgraded the osx to Yosemite and it is still freezing and crashing. Anyone else experiencing this? Anyone know the cause? I don't want an Imac with Retina display Apple! I just want this one to work as it did a few weeks ago.

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), Mid-2007 Intel Imac

Posted on May 28, 2015 10:51 AM

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Posted on May 28, 2015 10:53 AM

It would help us to help you if we could have some more technical info about your iMac.

If you like, please go ahead and download, install and run Etrecheck.

Etrecheck was developed as a simple Mac diagnostic report tool by a regular Apple Support forum user and technical support contributor named Etresoft.

Etrecheck is a small, unobstrusive app that compiles a static snapshot of your entire Mac hardware system and installed software.

This is a free app that has been honestly created to provided help in diagnosing issues with Macs running the newer versions of OS X.

It is not malware and can be safely downloaded and installed onto your Mac.

http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck

Copy/paste and post its report here in another reply thread so that we have a complete profile of your Mac's hardware and installed software so we can all help with your Mac performance issues.

Thank You.

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May 28, 2015 10:53 AM in response to minniefrombelvedere

It would help us to help you if we could have some more technical info about your iMac.

If you like, please go ahead and download, install and run Etrecheck.

Etrecheck was developed as a simple Mac diagnostic report tool by a regular Apple Support forum user and technical support contributor named Etresoft.

Etrecheck is a small, unobstrusive app that compiles a static snapshot of your entire Mac hardware system and installed software.

This is a free app that has been honestly created to provided help in diagnosing issues with Macs running the newer versions of OS X.

It is not malware and can be safely downloaded and installed onto your Mac.

http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck

Copy/paste and post its report here in another reply thread so that we have a complete profile of your Mac's hardware and installed software so we can all help with your Mac performance issues.

Thank You.

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User profile for user: MichelPM
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May 28, 2015 1:24 PM in response to minniefrombelvedere

You have two fan control apps.

Decide which one you prefer to use and uninstall the other.

Having two fan control apps trying to control your iMac's fans could cause system issues.


You also have two Adobe Flash Player extensions.

Do a web search to find the proper way of uninstalling all Adobe Flash Player extensions, then reinstall the most recent version of Adobe Flasy Player.

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May 28, 2015 11:16 AM in response to minniefrombelvedere

A little, but not enough.

Please go to the Etrecheck link, download the app, install the app and then follow its instructions for generating the troubleshooting report and post its report output here in a new reply.

We all need to see what you have installed on your Mac that could be causing your Mac's performance issues.

This app is not a virus or malware, but a simple diagnostic tool to help us and you to diagnose your Mac issues.


Thank You.

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May 28, 2015 11:26 AM in response to MichelPM

Here is the Etrecheck Report:


EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)

Report generated 5/28/15, 11:12 AM

Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck


Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.

Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.


Hardware Information: ℹ️

iMac (20-inch, Mid 2007) (Verified)

iMac - model: iMac7,1

1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core

4 GB RAM Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM1

2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n


Video Information: ℹ️

ATI,RadeonHD2600 - VRAM: 256 MB

iMac 1680 x 1050


System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10.3 (14D136) - Time since boot: 1:3:4


Disk Information: ℹ️

WDC WD3200AAJS-40RYA0 disk0 : (320.07 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Snow HD (disk0s2) / : 319.21 GB (184.27 GB free)

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


USB Information: ℹ️

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver


Configuration files: ℹ️

/etc/hosts - Count: 72


Gatekeeper: ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers


Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

/Applications/*My Applications/Disc Utilities/DiskWarrior.app

[not loaded] com.alsoft.Preview (5 - SDK 10.5) [Click for support]


/Applications/*My Applications/Disc Utilities/Hands Off!.app

[not loaded] com.metakine.handsoff.driver (1.4 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]


/Applications/Writing & Diction/ScreenFlow.app

[not loaded] com.vara.driver.VaraAudio (1.0.2) [Click for support]


/System/Library/Extensions

[loaded] at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (4240 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]

[loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.5.2) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.Seagate.driver.PowSecDriver (4.4.10) [Click for support]

[loaded] com.dvdfab.kext.fabio (1) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.hzsystems.driver.CDSDAudioCaptureSupport (1.5) [Click for support]

[loaded] com.makemkv.kext.daspi (1) [Click for support]


/Users/[redacted]/Library/Services/ToastIt.service/Contents/MacOS

[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0) [Click for support]


Startup Items: ℹ️

Cocktail: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Cocktail

FanControlDaemon: Path: /Library/StartupItems/FanControlDaemon

NetworkOptimizerSC: Path: /Library/StartupItems/NetworkOptimizerSC

Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite


Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[failed] com.apple.mtrecorder.plist


Launch Agents: ℹ️

[running] at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist [Click for support]


Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[running] at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist [Click for support]


[failed] com.apple.spirecorder.plist

[running] com.surteesstudios.hddfancontroldaemon.plist [Click for support]


User Launch Agents: ℹ️

[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]

[unknown] com.plexapp.helper.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.spigot.SearchProtection.plist [Click for support]


User Login Items: ℹ️

Caffeine Application (/Applications/*My Applications/Disc Utilities/Caffeine.app)

Plex Media Server Application (/Applications/Plex Media Server.app)

Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2 Application (/Library/Printers/Canon/IJScanner/Utilities/Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2.app)

DiskWarriorDaemonStarter UNKNOWN (missing value)

Flux Application (/Applications/*My Applications/Disc Utilities/Flux.app)

smcFanControl Application (/Applications/Fans/smcFanControl.app)


Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.0.11 [Click for support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

EPPEX Plugin: Version: 4.1.0.0 [Click for support]

Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.1 [Click for support]

OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 [Click for support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.2 [Click for support]

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8


Safari Extensions: ℹ️

BugMeNot

ClickToPlugin

JavaScript Blacklist

myPlex Queue

The Tracktor

Incognito

AdBlock


3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

DivX [Click for support]

Fan Control [Click for support]

Flash Player [Click for support]

Flip4Mac WMV [Click for support]

handyPrint [Click for support]

HDD Fan Control [Click for support]

Perian [Click for support]

Secrets [Click for support]

TextExpander [Click for support]


Time Machine: ℹ️

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: OFF

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Snow HD: Disk size: 319.21 GB Disk used: 134.94 GB

Destinations:

MacBookTM [Local]

Total size: 850.40 GB

Total number of backups: 18

Oldest backup: 2015-05-21 21:53:45 +0000

Last backup: 2015-05-28 06:40:54 +0000

Size of backup disk: Adequate

Backup size 850.40 GB > (Disk used 134.94 GB X 3)


Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

7% Safari

7% WindowServer

2% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

1% com.apple.WebKit.Networking

0% Plex Media Server


Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

450 MB kernel_task

197 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

106 MB Dock

106 MB Mail

98 MB Plex Media Server


Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

87 MB Free RAM

3.91 GB Used RAM

0 B Swap Used


Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

May 27, 2015, 05:41:13 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-05-27-174113_[redacted].crash

May 27, 2015, 05:16:17 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Mail_2015-05-27-171617_[redacted].hang

May 21, 2015, 07:44:20 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-05-21-074420_[redacted].panic [Click for details]

May 28, 2015, 10:39:57 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.prefs.backup.remotes ervice_2015-05-28-103957_[redacted].crash

May 28, 2015, 10:04:17 AM Self test - passed

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May 28, 2015 1:17 PM in response to minniefrombelvedere

The only thing I could find is that your Mac has the Spigot adware/malware.

Here is how to rid your Mac of this adware.


http://www.thesafemac.com/?s=Spigot&submit=Search


You may want to make sure all of your applications are up to date and Yosemite compatible.

Make sure all of your Internet web plugins and extensions are all up to date and Yosemite compatible.


You may want to consider adding more RAM to your 2007 iMac.

Your iMac can take a total of 6 GBs of RAM.

If you live in the U.S., you can replace one of the 2 GB RAM modules with a 4 GB one by ordering RAM from OWC (http://www.macsales.com).

OWC also has international shipping to certain countries outside of the U.S.


http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/5300DDR2S4GB/


RAM modules are user installable and , relatively, easy to install be newbie or novice Mac users


Here is how to install RAM into a 2007 iMac.

http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/imac_mid_2007_mem_h/

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User profile for user: Linc Davis
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May 28, 2015 1:43 PM in response to minniefrombelvedere

When you get kernel panics, as you seem to be doing, the pertinent information is in the panic report. The "etrecheck" stuff is not pertinent.

These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:

☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.

In the Console window, select

DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION ▹ System Diagnostic Reports

(not Diagnostic and Usage Messages) from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select

View ▹ Show Log List

from the menu bar.

There is a disclosure triangle to the left of the list item. If the triangle is pointing to the right, click it so that it points down. You'll see a list of reports. A panic report has a name that begins with "Kernel" and ends in ".panic". Select the most recent one. The contents of the report will appear on the right. Use copy and paste to post the entire contents—the text, not a screenshot.

If you don't see any reports listed, but you know there was a panic, you may have chosen Diagnostic and Usage Messages from the log list. Choose DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION instead.

In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.)

Please don’t post other kinds of diagnostic report.

I know the report is long, maybe several hundred lines. Please post all of it anyway.

When you post the report, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "The message contains invalid characters." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the text on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.

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May 28, 2015 2:25 PM in response to Linc Davis

Here is the report:


Thu May 21 07:44:20 2015


*** Panic Report ***

panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff800fbc1cde): "launchd died\nState at Last Exception:\n\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2782.20.48/bsd/kern/kern_exit.c:363


uuid info:

0x7fff6bbb1000 uuid = <65dccb06-339c-3e25-9702-600a28291d0e>

0x107ec5000 uuid = <7f885d63-b284-3471-b6e3-172489232c37>

0x107f17000 uuid = <4396b358-725e-3ec0-bcbb-e4bf75fe1fb0>


RAX: 0x0000000002000001, RBX: 0x0000000000000006, RCX: 0x00000001085bb0e8, RDX: 0x0000000000000000

RSP: 0x00000001085bb0e8, RBP: 0x00000001085bb190, RSI: 0x00000001085baf40, RDI: 0x0000000000000001

R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x0000000107f049f0, R10: 0x00007fff90e76b02, R11: 0x0000000000000206

R12: 0x0000000000000000, R13: 0x00007fff8ae827e0, R14: 0x00000001085bb5d0, R15: 0x00000001085bb790

RFL: 0x0000000000000206, RIP: 0x00007fff90e7495a, CS: 0x0000000000000007, SS: 0x0000000000000023


Thread 0xffffff801a7305c0

0x00007fff86173f4b

0x00007fff86174068

0x00007fff8616d554

0x00007fff8634ea6c

0x0000000107ef38f7

0x00007fff8967fc13

0x00007fff8968288f

0x00007fff89690fe4

0x00007fff8718a637

0x00007fff8718840d

0x0000000000000000


Thread 0xffffff801a6e2000

0x00007fff89682a6a

0x0000000000000000


Thread 0xffffff801a875c50

0x0000000107edcc81

0x00007fff8967fc13

0x00007fff89683365

0x00007fff89684ecc

0x00007fff896826b7

0x00007fff89690fe4

0x00007fff8718a637

0x00007fff8718840d

0x0000000000000000


Thread 0xffffff801a6e32e0

0x00007fff896903ad

0x0000000000000000


Thread 0xffffff801b5ee2e0

0x00007fff8d5f2f1a

0x0000000000000001

0x00007fff6bbbd455

0x00007fff939c87b5

0x00007fff861427e8

0x00007fff8ae827e0

0x00007fff8ae84ddf

0x00007fff8967fc13

0x00007fff89680e5e

0x00007fff8ae830a7

0x0000000107ef0383

0x00007fff8967fc13

0x00007fff89683365

0x00007fff89684ecc

0x00007fff89683154

0x00007fff89684ecc

0x00007fff896826b7

0x00007fff89690fe4

0x00007fff8718a637

0x00007fff8718840d

0x0000000000000000


Thread 0xffffff801d4aba78

0x00007fff8718840d

0x0000000000000000


Thread 0xffffff801c71be28


Mac OS version: 14D136

Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 14.3.0: Mon Mar 23 11:59:05 PDT 2015; root:xnu-2782.20.48~5/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 4B3A11F4-77AA-3D27-A22D-81A1BC5B504D

System model name: iMac7,1 (Mac-F4238CC8)


System Profile:

Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro, ATI,RadeonHD2600, PCIe, 256 MB

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x88), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.16)

Bluetooth: Version 4.3.4f4 15601, 3 services, 26 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Thunderbolt Bus:

USB Device: FA GoFlex Desk

USB Device: Built-in iSight

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller

USB Device: IR Receiver

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz, 0x7F98000000000000, 0x393955353239352D3031312E4130304C4620

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 2 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz, 0x7F98000000000000, 0x393955353239352D3031312E4130304C4620

Parallel ATA Device: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K06A

Serial ATA Device: WDC WD3200AAJS-40RYA0, 320.07 GB

Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0

Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1

Model: iMac7,1, BootROM IM71.007A.B03, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.20f4

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Mid-2007 Imac crashing

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