Re: [MacGroup] MacBook locking up
Here is how to set up a new user account on your Mac. http://tinyurl.com/5zth26 You then log out from the Apple menu. Then at the log in screen enter the name and password. Then use the computer an see if the lock ups occur. Like Eric Bradley said Ram can cause this type of problem. I had that type of problem on my 12 PowerBook. Thanks to Ward's diligence he was able to find it using the hardware test disk and running it over night. On a positive note I now have a new battery in my MacBook Pro. It was covered under the battery recall. The battery had swollen. I was using my computer on day and noticed that the track pad button was not working all the time. Turned the computer over and noticed that the battery was barely raised up. Removed the battery and the track pad button worked normally. Looked at the circuits in noticed that the battery was right above the track pad. The swelling had caused the track pad button to stop working. Now the strange thing is that in also stop's a blue tooth mouse from working also. But you can use a Wacom tablet to operate the computer. So went online and setup an appointment at the Genius bar Wednesday night and they replaced the battery. While I was there I also received the replacement AC adapter for my iPhone 3G. Nice to get things for free. Apple get's a lot of my money good to get some back some times.:) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Hammond Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 5:37 PM To: Macintosh topics Subject: Re: [MacGroup] macbook locking up Ed, New User account? On the mac or at the Genius bar? The lockups are a new issue. it only appeared after the logic board/speaker replacement. And then only in the last two weeks. All the repairs are under my applecare. Another friend suggested formating the hard drive and starting over. Anyone ever done that? I did it once on a PC and wanted to jump off a cliff it was so hard to get things back. Drivers for this and that and software that wouldn't work with hardware. Would that fix it, maybe? Thanks for your help. The last two weeks have been like having my old Gateway back. If I don't figure it out soon I'll write what I suppose is ole Steve's office. Eric On Oct 23, 2008, at 4:36 PM, Ed Wiser wrote: When going to the Genius Bar bring all the paper work on all the various repairs to the MacBook. Has this been the same problem all the time? If so they are shooting in the dark. Have you created a new user account and used that account? This will let you see if it is a hardware or a software issue. If the lock up continue with the new user account you have a hardware issue. In that case send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and explain your issues. An how you are feeling after switching. You will get a response that should help. On Oct 23, 2008, at 3:14 PM, Eric Hammond wrote: A followup to the question I posed before (below): What do I tell the mac repair guy? The lockups happen now and again. It may run for hours and then lockup. Or it may only take a few key strokes. Since I've had 3 batteries, a power manager, logic board, speakers, new case, and now this, should demand a new one? That's essentially what has happened so far. Short of replacing the screen, video card, and ram I've got a new Mac. I'll be honest, I love the little guy, but it has really hurt my opinion of mac and mac products. I know that may get me kicked off this, but it's true. Sorry, I'm frustrated. Eric On Oct 18, 2008, at 7:33 AM, Eric Hammond wrote: Over the last few days, my poor little mac book has locked up several times. It has happened several times when iTunes was working. But at least once while Clam X was looking for a virus. There is no spiny pinwheel or anything. It just stops. Keyboard and mouse (trackpad) just quit working. No command/alt/esc combo. Nothing. Once it restarted on its own, but more often, I have to hold down the power. When I had a PC, this was rather common, but in 6 years of macs, I have never had to do this. This came about after the latest security update. Has anyone else had this issue? Any hints? Eric ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup
Re: [MacGroup] macbook locking up
A followup to the question I posed before (below): What do I tell the mac repair guy? The lockups happen now and again. It may run for hours and then lockup. Or it may only take a few key strokes. Since I've had 3 batteries, a power manager, logic board, speakers, new case, and now this, should demand a new one? That's essentially what has happened so far. Short of replacing the screen, video card, and ram I've got a new Mac. I'll be honest, I love the little guy, but it has really hurt my opinion of mac and mac products. I know that may get me kicked off this, but it's true. Sorry, I'm frustrated. Eric On Oct 18, 2008, at 7:33 AM, Eric Hammond wrote: Over the last few days, my poor little mac book has locked up several times. It has happened several times when iTunes was working. But at least once while Clam X was looking for a virus. There is no spiny pinwheel or anything. It just stops. Keyboard and mouse (trackpad) just quit working. No command/alt/esc combo. Nothing. Once it restarted on its own, but more often, I have to hold down the power. When I had a PC, this was rather common, but in 6 years of macs, I have never had to do this. This came about after the latest security update. Has anyone else had this issue? Any hints? Eric ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
Re: [MacGroup] macbook locking up
When going to the Genius Bar bring all the paper work on all the various repairs to the MacBook. Has this been the same problem all the time? If so they are shooting in the dark. Have you created a new user account and used that account? This will let you see if it is a hardware or a software issue. If the lock up continue with the new user account you have a hardware issue. In that case send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and explain your issues. An how you are feeling after switching. You will get a response that should help. On Oct 23, 2008, at 3:14 PM, Eric Hammond wrote: A followup to the question I posed before (below): What do I tell the mac repair guy? The lockups happen now and again. It may run for hours and then lockup. Or it may only take a few key strokes. Since I've had 3 batteries, a power manager, logic board, speakers, new case, and now this, should demand a new one? That's essentially what has happened so far. Short of replacing the screen, video card, and ram I've got a new Mac. I'll be honest, I love the little guy, but it has really hurt my opinion of mac and mac products. I know that may get me kicked off this, but it's true. Sorry, I'm frustrated. Eric On Oct 18, 2008, at 7:33 AM, Eric Hammond wrote: Over the last few days, my poor little mac book has locked up several times. It has happened several times when iTunes was working. But at least once while Clam X was looking for a virus. There is no spiny pinwheel or anything. It just stops. Keyboard and mouse (trackpad) just quit working. No command/alt/esc combo. Nothing. Once it restarted on its own, but more often, I have to hold down the power. When I had a PC, this was rather common, but in 6 years of macs, I have never had to do this. This came about after the latest security update. Has anyone else had this issue? Any hints? Eric ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
Re: [MacGroup] macbook locking up
Ed, New User account? On the mac or at the Genius bar? The lockups are a new issue. it only appeared after the logic board/speaker replacement. And then only in the last two weeks. All the repairs are under my applecare. Another friend suggested formating the hard drive and starting over. Anyone ever done that? I did it once on a PC and wanted to jump off a cliff it was so hard to get things back. Drivers for this and that and software that wouldn't work with hardware. Would that fix it, maybe? Thanks for your help. The last two weeks have been like having my old Gateway back. If I don't figure it out soon I'll write what I suppose is ole Steve's office. Eric On Oct 23, 2008, at 4:36 PM, Ed Wiser wrote: When going to the Genius Bar bring all the paper work on all the various repairs to the MacBook. Has this been the same problem all the time? If so they are shooting in the dark. Have you created a new user account and used that account? This will let you see if it is a hardware or a software issue. If the lock up continue with the new user account you have a hardware issue. In that case send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and explain your issues. An how you are feeling after switching. You will get a response that should help. On Oct 23, 2008, at 3:14 PM, Eric Hammond wrote: A followup to the question I posed before (below): What do I tell the mac repair guy? The lockups happen now and again. It may run for hours and then lockup. Or it may only take a few key strokes. Since I've had 3 batteries, a power manager, logic board, speakers, new case, and now this, should demand a new one? That's essentially what has happened so far. Short of replacing the screen, video card, and ram I've got a new Mac. I'll be honest, I love the little guy, but it has really hurt my opinion of mac and mac products. I know that may get me kicked off this, but it's true. Sorry, I'm frustrated. Eric On Oct 18, 2008, at 7:33 AM, Eric Hammond wrote: Over the last few days, my poor little mac book has locked up several times. It has happened several times when iTunes was working. But at least once while Clam X was looking for a virus. There is no spiny pinwheel or anything. It just stops. Keyboard and mouse (trackpad) just quit working. No command/alt/esc combo. Nothing. Once it restarted on its own, but more often, I have to hold down the power. When I had a PC, this was rather common, but in 6 years of macs, I have never had to do this. This came about after the latest security update. Has anyone else had this issue? Any hints? Eric ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
Re: [MacGroup] macbook locking up
Ed, I had similar problems with an iMac that had software on it that was for a PowerPC instead of the Intel. It mainly happened when I had iTunes open at the same time I had Now Contact open (the Calendar portion of Now Contact). All the lockups stopped when I reformatted and installed current versions of everything, but I STILL cannot have Now Contact running at the same time as iTunes. Once day I will have everything moved over to iCal and can get rid of Now Contact and hopefully I won't have to do the work around. John On Oct 23, 2008, at 5:36 PM, Eric Hammond wrote: Ed, New User account? On the mac or at the Genius bar? The lockups are a new issue. it only appeared after the logic board/speaker replacement. And then only in the last two weeks. All the repairs are under my applecare. Another friend suggested formating the hard drive and starting over. Anyone ever done that? I did it once on a PC and wanted to jump off a cliff it was so hard to get things back. Drivers for this and that and software that wouldn't work with hardware. Would that fix it, maybe? Thanks for your help. The last two weeks have been like having my old Gateway back. If I don't figure it out soon I'll write what I suppose is ole Steve's office. Eric On Oct 23, 2008, at 4:36 PM, Ed Wiser wrote: When going to the Genius Bar bring all the paper work on all the various repairs to the MacBook. Has this been the same problem all the time? If so they are shooting in the dark. Have you created a new user account and used that account? This will let you see if it is a hardware or a software issue. If the lock up continue with the new user account you have a hardware issue. In that case send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and explain your issues. An how you are feeling after switching. You will get a response that should help. On Oct 23, 2008, at 3:14 PM, Eric Hammond wrote: A followup to the question I posed before (below): What do I tell the mac repair guy? The lockups happen now and again. It may run for hours and then lockup. Or it may only take a few key strokes. Since I've had 3 batteries, a power manager, logic board, speakers, new case, and now this, should demand a new one? That's essentially what has happened so far. Short of replacing the screen, video card, and ram I've got a new Mac. I'll be honest, I love the little guy, but it has really hurt my opinion of mac and mac products. I know that may get me kicked off this, but it's true. Sorry, I'm frustrated. Eric On Oct 18, 2008, at 7:33 AM, Eric Hammond wrote: Over the last few days, my poor little mac book has locked up several times. It has happened several times when iTunes was working. But at least once while Clam X was looking for a virus. There is no spiny pinwheel or anything. It just stops. Keyboard and mouse (trackpad) just quit working. No command/alt/esc combo. Nothing. Once it restarted on its own, but more often, I have to hold down the power. When I had a PC, this was rather common, but in 6 years of macs, I have never had to do this. This came about after the latest security update. Has anyone else had this issue? Any hints? Eric ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
Re: [MacGroup] macbook locking up
My PowerBook had that problem for the first year I had it (along with relentless kernel panics) and it actually was the RAM. MacMall sent the machine with a RAM upgrade that wasn't, as it turned out; the offbrand they installed didn't work, nor did the Viking or Kingston replacements I obtained. If you can lay hands on some RAM to test with, you might try that; it wouldn't be the first time a Mac got twitchy about what memory was installed in it. (I'm still using that PowerBook, btw; one of the memory slots failed and two keys on the keyboard are all but done for but I'm going to drive it for a few more months or until it drops, whichever comes first.) On Oct 23, 2008, at 5:36 PM, Eric Hammond wrote: Ed, New User account? On the mac or at the Genius bar? The lockups are a new issue. it only appeared after the logic board/speaker replacement. And then only in the last two weeks. All the repairs are under my applecare. Another friend suggested formating the hard drive and starting over. Anyone ever done that? I did it once on a PC and wanted to jump off a cliff it was so hard to get things back. Drivers for this and that and software that wouldn't work with hardware. Would that fix it, maybe? Thanks for your help. The last two weeks have been like having my old Gateway back. If I don't figure it out soon I'll write what I suppose is ole Steve's office. Eric On Oct 23, 2008, at 4:36 PM, Ed Wiser wrote: When going to the Genius Bar bring all the paper work on all the various repairs to the MacBook. Has this been the same problem all the time? If so they are shooting in the dark. Have you created a new user account and used that account? This will let you see if it is a hardware or a software issue. If the lock up continue with the new user account you have a hardware issue. In that case send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and explain your issues. An how you are feeling after switching. You will get a response that should help. On Oct 23, 2008, at 3:14 PM, Eric Hammond wrote: A followup to the question I posed before (below): What do I tell the mac repair guy? The lockups happen now and again. It may run for hours and then lockup. Or it may only take a few key strokes. Since I've had 3 batteries, a power manager, logic board, speakers, new case, and now this, should demand a new one? That's essentially what has happened so far. Short of replacing the screen, video card, and ram I've got a new Mac. I'll be honest, I love the little guy, but it has really hurt my opinion of mac and mac products. I know that may get me kicked off this, but it's true. Sorry, I'm frustrated. Eric On Oct 18, 2008, at 7:33 AM, Eric Hammond wrote: Over the last few days, my poor little mac book has locked up several times. It has happened several times when iTunes was working. But at least once while Clam X was looking for a virus. There is no spiny pinwheel or anything. It just stops. Keyboard and mouse (trackpad) just quit working. No command/alt/esc combo. Nothing. Once it restarted on its own, but more often, I have to hold down the power. When I had a PC, this was rather common, but in 6 years of macs, I have never had to do this. This came about after the latest security update. Has anyone else had this issue? Any hints? Eric ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
Re: [MacGroup] macbook locking up
Eric, Maybe. Just got a new logic board. That means new slots. . . Maybe. Eric On Oct 23, 2008, at 6:12 PM, B. Eric Bradley wrote: My PowerBook had that problem for the first year I had it (along with relentless kernel panics) and it actually was the RAM. MacMall sent the machine with a RAM upgrade that wasn't, as it turned out; the offbrand they installed didn't work, nor did the Viking or Kingston replacements I obtained. If you can lay hands on some RAM to test with, you might try that; it wouldn't be the first time a Mac got twitchy about what memory was installed in it. (I'm still using that PowerBook, btw; one of the memory slots failed and two keys on the keyboard are all but done for but I'm going to drive it for a few more months or until it drops, whichever comes first.) On Oct 23, 2008, at 5:36 PM, Eric Hammond wrote: Ed, New User account? On the mac or at the Genius bar? The lockups are a new issue. it only appeared after the logic board/speaker replacement. And then only in the last two weeks. All the repairs are under my applecare. Another friend suggested formating the hard drive and starting over. Anyone ever done that? I did it once on a PC and wanted to jump off a cliff it was so hard to get things back. Drivers for this and that and software that wouldn't work with hardware. Would that fix it, maybe? Thanks for your help. The last two weeks have been like having my old Gateway back. If I don't figure it out soon I'll write what I suppose is ole Steve's office. Eric On Oct 23, 2008, at 4:36 PM, Ed Wiser wrote: When going to the Genius Bar bring all the paper work on all the various repairs to the MacBook. Has this been the same problem all the time? If so they are shooting in the dark. Have you created a new user account and used that account? This will let you see if it is a hardware or a software issue. If the lock up continue with the new user account you have a hardware issue. In that case send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and explain your issues. An how you are feeling after switching. You will get a response that should help. On Oct 23, 2008, at 3:14 PM, Eric Hammond wrote: A followup to the question I posed before (below): What do I tell the mac repair guy? The lockups happen now and again. It may run for hours and then lockup. Or it may only take a few key strokes. Since I've had 3 batteries, a power manager, logic board, speakers, new case, and now this, should demand a new one? That's essentially what has happened so far. Short of replacing the screen, video card, and ram I've got a new Mac. I'll be honest, I love the little guy, but it has really hurt my opinion of mac and mac products. I know that may get me kicked off this, but it's true. Sorry, I'm frustrated. Eric On Oct 18, 2008, at 7:33 AM, Eric Hammond wrote: Over the last few days, my poor little mac book has locked up several times. It has happened several times when iTunes was working. But at least once while Clam X was looking for a virus. There is no spiny pinwheel or anything. It just stops. Keyboard and mouse (trackpad) just quit working. No command/alt/esc combo. Nothing. Once it restarted on its own, but more often, I have to hold down the power. When I had a PC, this was rather common, but in 6 years of macs, I have never had to do this. This came about after the latest security update. Has anyone else had this issue? Any hints? Eric ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
Re: [MacGroup] macbook locking up
Hard drive could be going out. There have been problems with their hard drives. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 18, 2008, at 7:33 AM, Eric Hammond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Over the last few days, my poor little mac book has locked up several times. It has happened several times when iTunes was working. But at least once while Clam X was looking for a virus. There is no spiny pinwheel or anything. It just stops. Keyboard and mouse (trackpad) just quit working. No command/alt/esc combo. Nothing. Once it restarted on its own, but more often, I have to hold down the power. When I had a PC, this was rather common, but in 6 years of macs, I have never had to do this. This came about after the latest security update. Has anyone else had this issue? Any hints? Eric ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] macbook locking up
Over the last few days, my poor little mac book has locked up several times. It has happened several times when iTunes was working. But at least once while Clam X was looking for a virus. There is no spiny pinwheel or anything. It just stops. Keyboard and mouse (trackpad) just quit working. No command/alt/esc combo. Nothing. Once it restarted on its own, but more often, I have to hold down the power. When I had a PC, this was rather common, but in 6 years of macs, I have never had to do this. This came about after the latest security update. Has anyone else had this issue? Any hints? Eric ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
