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My iMac early 2009 freezes

Quick question.


Almost every day my iMac early 2009 freezes with no reason. Only thing I can do is hard reset. What to do, what is the cause. What to provide, any log? Where to find it?


Please help.

Posted on Jun 3, 2015 5:00 AM

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2 replies

Jun 3, 2015 5:08 AM in response to dylesid

Try restarting your Mac in Safe mode:

- Shut down your Mac

- Wait until your computer turns off and after that press the Power button

- Right after you hear the startup tone, press and hold the Shift key

- Release the Shift key when you see a grey Apple sign and the progress bar below this sign

- Once you see Desktop, start a Disk Utility scan to detect and repair file system errors (don't forget to choose your main hard drive)

- Click on Verify Disc and then, if asked to fix problems, on Repair Disk

- After this, click on Verify Disk Permissions and then on Repair Disk Permissions

- After the process is finished, shut down your Mac and turn it back on after about 30 seconds

If this will not help more info about your mac will be appreciated. Download EtreCheck and post the results.

Using EtreCheck

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Jun 3, 2015 11:58 AM in response to thunderzzz

The first thing did not help, this is my rapport:


EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)

Report generated 6/3/15, 8:54 PM

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Hardware Information: ℹ️

iMac (24-inch, Early 2009) (Verified)

iMac - model: iMac9,1

1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core

8 GB RAM Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

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


Video Information: ℹ️

ATI Radeon HD 4850 - VRAM: 512 MB

iMac 1920 x 1200


System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10.3 (14D136) - Time since boot: 0:46:59


Disk Information: ℹ️

ST31000342ASQ disk0 : (1 TB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Untitled (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (631.93 GB free)

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


OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5670S


USB Information: ℹ️

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v1.0

HGST Touro Mobile 3.0 1 TB

EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Touro (disk3s2) /Volumes/Touro : 999.86 GB (536 MB free)

Toshiba External USB 3.0 1 TB

EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Toshiba (disk2s2) /Volumes/Toshiba : 999.86 GB (72.20 GB free)

Western Digital My Book 1230 4 TB

EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

My Book (disk1s2) /Volumes/My Book : 4.00 TB (2.86 TB free)

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller


Gatekeeper: ℹ️

Anywhere


Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

/Applications/Karabiner.app

[loaded] org.pqrs.driver.Karabiner (10.6.0 - SDK 10.10) [Click for support]


/Applications/Radio Silence.app

[loaded] com.radiosilenceapp.nke.filter (1 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]


/System/Library/Extensions

[loaded] com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftMouse (8.2) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.pentablet (5.3.6 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394.64.10.9 (1.0.1 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]

[loaded] com.wdc.driver.USB.64.10.9 (1.0.1 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]


/System/Library/Extensions/MicrosoftMouse.kext/Contents/PlugIns

[not loaded] com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftMouseBluetooth (8.2) [Click for support]

[loaded] com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftMouseUSB (8.2) [Click for support]


Launch Agents: ℹ️

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.epson.Epson_Low_Ink_Reminder.launcher.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.epson.esua.launcher.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.extensis.FMCore.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.radiosilenceapp.agent.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.wacom.pentablet.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist [Click for support]


Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[running] com.adobe.adobeupdatedaemon.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.radiosilenceapp.nke.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.teamviewer.Helper.plist [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.torch.update.agent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeard.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist [Click for support]


User Launch Agents: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]

[failed] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support] [Click for details]

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Click for support]


User Login Items: ℹ️

iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

Box Sync Application (/Applications/Box Sync.app)

Karabiner Application (/Applications/Karabiner.app)

Android File Transfer Agent Application (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Google/Android File Transfer/Android File Transfer Agent.app)

WDDriveUtilityHelper Application (/Applications/WD Drive Utilities.app/Contents/WDDriveUtilityHelper.app)

BambooCore Application (/Library/Application Support/Wacom/BambooCore.app)


Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 45 Check version

o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.41.0.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: 3.0.0.0 - SDK 10.9 [Click for support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.188 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.40416.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.188 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.41.0.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.9 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

MeetingJoinPlugin: Version: Unknown - SDK 10.2 [Click for support]


Safari Extensions: ℹ️

Facebook Cleaner

uBlock

GooglePlus


3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Flash Player [Click for support]

FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) [Click for support]

Java [Click for support]

Microsoft Mouse [Click for support]

PenTablet [Click for support]


Time Machine: ℹ️

Time Machine not configured!


Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

4% WindowServer

2% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(5)

1% Box Sync Monitor

1% plugin-container

1% com.apple.WebKit.Networking


Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

1.07 GB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(5)

668 MB kernel_task

524 MB firefox

442 MB Safari

426 MB Google Chrome Helper(8)


Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

62 MB Free RAM

7.94 GB Used RAM

2 MB Swap Used


Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

Jun 3, 2015, 08:04:24 PM Self test - passed

Jun 3, 2015, 02:08:36 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Creative Cloud_2015-06-03-140836_[redacted].crash

Jun 3, 2015, 03:44:23 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Creative Cloud_2015-06-03-034423_[redacted].crash

Jun 2, 2015, 02:36:04 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Creative Cloud_2015-06-02-143604_[redacted].crash

Jun 2, 2015, 10:29:00 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ExManBridgeTalkCmd_2015-06-02- 102900_[redacted].crash

Jun 2, 2015, 09:41:58 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5_2015-06-02-094158_[redacted].hang

Jun 1, 2015, 02:21:43 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/discoveryd_2015-06-01-142143_[redacted].cpu_res ource.diag [Click for details]

Jun 1, 2015, 08:31:26 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/familycircled_2015-06-01-08312 6_[redacted].crash

Jun 2, 2015, 10:23:37 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/AppZapper_2015-06-02-102337_[r edacted].crash

Jun 2, 2015, 08:08:36 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/PDApp_2015-06-02-080836_[redacted].hang

My iMac early 2009 freezes

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