Re: Problems after update
Good Morning Again Ronni All has been running without problems for a week now so I am reasonably happy the problem is solved. Although I have a reasonable backup scheme it is a worry when something mis behaves as where does one restore to if the computer is suspect? In due course I may have managed to solve the problem myself, but it is always of great help to have some-one more knowledgable to suggest the path down which to go, otherwise an enormous amount of time can be wasted trying various things in the wrong order. Very many thanks for your help and thanks to others for their input. Barry On 29/06/2011, at 8:56 AM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Good Morning Ronni I have run repair disk and repair permissions as you suggested. One error was detected and repaired. Machine started up OK in normal mode and has been running without apparent problems since about 6:30. Little has been done on it , however, apart from checking mail and a short game o Plants Vs Zombies (grand-daughter prior to school). I will keep my fingers crossed and report any problems. Thanks again Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 8GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.6.8 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Problems after update
After running with no apparent problems since Saturday the problem has reoccurred. this time the dock disappeared,other operations appeared OK but slow then the whole system locked up except for mouse movement. restart in safe mode went OK but then a normal restart showed no dock and the system was extremely slow eventually locking up again. Before it locked up I was able t look at the console which reported dock crash reports had been saved but I was unable t access them. I now doubt the problem has anything to do with the update and this was a coincidence. Can anyone advise me on my next step to find the cause of the problem? Many thanks Barry Sent from my iPad On 25/06/2011, at 1:51 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Thanks Ray, this was going to be one of my options. However, after a couple of restarts (one with power off for 15 minutes) with the same problem re-occurring I started in safe mode. Interestingly in safe mode looking at the dock (appledock) showed the option of turning hiding off, previously the option had been turning on and toggling had no effect. This time it restored the dock. Restarting normally all appears OK and the dock is back, I have the option to turn in on and off and screen background is now behaving. On of life's little mysteries I suppose. Regards Barry On 25/06/2011, at 12:56 PM, Ray Forma wrote: Barry, I have used the combo update to updated to MacOS 10.6.8 from MacOS 10.6.7. Till now no apparent problems. Dock there; background OK. However, because I do lots of colour work my background is just a boring uniform 50% grey. Hence no suggestions except try reinstalling update. MacPro 5,1, 7GB RAM, 1.0TB Mirrored RAID + 1TB Backup. On 25/06/2011, at 12:18 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: G'Day all I hope no-one drowned in yesterday's rain. This morning I updated to 10.6.8 using the combo update. I repaired permissions prior to the update. The update appeared to install correctly but on the restart I had no dock. I repaired permissions again and did another restart with the same result. Going to the system preferences for the dock all the settings appear OK but response to opening items was very slow. Another problem that has arisen is with the desktop background, I had Apple's nature images as background set to change randomly at 1 minute intervals, they were changing at 1 second intervals so I have gone to solid colour. I have not tried any remedial action yet, has anyone any suggestions? Regards Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 8GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.6.8 (?) Regards, Ray Forma Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Problems after update
Hi Barry, Did you install anything new just prior to doing the OS X 10.6.8 Combo update? Have you tried resetting PRAM and NVRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379 ? Another suggestion, Boot in Safe mode, run Repair Permissions in Disk Utility. Then restart normally. Or better still: Repair Disk Repair Permissions using the OS X Snow Leopard Installation disc. A). Repair Disk. 1. Start from your Mac OS X Install disc: Insert the installation disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key. 2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, select your language first, then select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (at the top of your screen). Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility. 3. Click the First Aid tab. 4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions. 5. Select your Mac OS X volume (sub-entry below the drive entry). 6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk. If Disk Utility reports any errors have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. B) Then click on Repair Permissions. Cheers, Ronni On 28/06/2011, at 4:25 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: After running with no apparent problems since Saturday the problem has reoccurred. this time the dock disappeared,other operations appeared OK but slow then the whole system locked up except for mouse movement. restart in safe mode went OK but then a normal restart showed no dock and the system was extremely slow eventually locking up again. Before it locked up I was able t look at the console which reported dock crash reports had been saved but I was unable t access them. I now doubt the problem has anything to do with the update and this was a coincidence. Can anyone advise me on my next step to find the cause of the problem? Many thanks Barry Sent from my iPad On 25/06/2011, at 1:51 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Thanks Ray, this was going to be one of my options. However, after a couple of restarts (one with power off for 15 minutes) with the same problem re-occurring I started in safe mode. Interestingly in safe mode looking at the dock (appledock) showed the option of turning hiding off, previously the option had been turning on and toggling had no effect. This time it restored the dock. Restarting normally all appears OK and the dock is back, I have the option to turn in on and off and screen background is now behaving. On of life's little mysteries I suppose. Regards Barry On 25/06/2011, at 12:56 PM, Ray Forma wrote: Barry, I have used the combo update to updated to MacOS 10.6.8 from MacOS 10.6.7. Till now no apparent problems. Dock there; background OK. However, because I do lots of colour work my background is just a boring uniform 50% grey. Hence no suggestions except try reinstalling update. MacPro 5,1, 7GB RAM, 1.0TB Mirrored RAID + 1TB Backup. On 25/06/2011, at 12:18 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: G'Day all I hope no-one drowned in yesterday's rain. This morning I updated to 10.6.8 using the combo update. I repaired permissions prior to the update. The update appeared to install correctly but on the restart I had no dock. I repaired permissions again and did another restart with the same result. Going to the system preferences for the dock all the settings appear OK but response to opening items was very slow. Another problem that has arisen is with the desktop background, I had Apple's nature images as background set to change randomly at 1 minute intervals, they were changing at 1 second intervals so I have gone to solid colour. I have not tried any remedial action yet, has anyone any suggestions? Regards Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 8GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.6.8 (?) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Problems after update
Thanks Ronni and Robert I will try Ronni's suggestion first, it will have to be tomorrow. As the problem seems not to happen immediately on start up it may be a while before I can be happy it is resolved but I will keep in touch. Barry Sent from my iPad On 28/06/2011, at 4:56 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Barry, Did you install anything new just prior to doing the OS X 10.6.8 Combo update? Have you tried resetting PRAM and NVRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379 ? Another suggestion, Boot in Safe mode, run Repair Permissions in Disk Utility. Then restart normally. Or better still: Repair Disk Repair Permissions using the OS X Snow Leopard Installation disc. A). Repair Disk. 1. Start from your Mac OS X Install disc: Insert the installation disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key. 2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, select your language first, then select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (at the top of your screen). Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility. 3. Click the First Aid tab. 4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions. 5. Select your Mac OS X volume (sub-entry below the drive entry). 6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk. If Disk Utility reports any errors have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. B) Then click on Repair Permissions. Cheers, Ronni On 28/06/2011, at 4:25 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: After running with no apparent problems since Saturday the problem has reoccurred. this time the dock disappeared,other operations appeared OK but slow then the whole system locked up except for mouse movement. restart in safe mode went OK but then a normal restart showed no dock and the system was extremely slow eventually locking up again. Before it locked up I was able t look at the console which reported dock crash reports had been saved but I was unable t access them. I now doubt the problem has anything to do with the update and this was a coincidence. Can anyone advise me on my next step to find the cause of the problem? Many thanks Barry Sent from my iPad On 25/06/2011, at 1:51 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Thanks Ray, this was going to be one of my options. However, after a couple of restarts (one with power off for 15 minutes) with the same problem re-occurring I started in safe mode. Interestingly in safe mode looking at the dock (appledock) showed the option of turning hiding off, previously the option had been turning on and toggling had no effect. This time it restored the dock. Restarting normally all appears OK and the dock is back, I have the option to turn in on and off and screen background is now behaving. On of life's little mysteries I suppose. Regards Barry On 25/06/2011, at 12:56 PM, Ray Forma wrote: Barry, I have used the combo update to updated to MacOS 10.6.8 from MacOS 10.6.7. Till now no apparent problems. Dock there; background OK. However, because I do lots of colour work my background is just a boring uniform 50% grey. Hence no suggestions except try reinstalling update. MacPro 5,1, 7GB RAM, 1.0TB Mirrored RAID + 1TB Backup. On 25/06/2011, at 12:18 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: G'Day all I hope no-one drowned in yesterday's rain. This morning I updated to 10.6.8 using the combo update. I repaired permissions prior to the update. The update appeared to install correctly but on the restart I had no dock. I repaired permissions again and did another restart with the same result. Going to the system preferences for the dock all the settings appear OK but response to opening items was very slow. Another problem that has arisen is with the desktop background, I had Apple's nature images as background set to change randomly at 1 minute intervals, they were changing at 1 second intervals so I have gone to solid colour. I have not tried any remedial action yet, has anyone any suggestions? Regards Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 8GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.6.8 (?) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Problems after update
Good Morning Ronni I have run repair disk and repair permissions as you suggested. One error was detected and repaired. Machine started up OK in normal mode and has been running without apparent problems since about 6:30. Little has been done on it , however, apart from checking mail and a short game o Plants Vs Zombies (grand-daughter prior to school). I will keep my fingers crossed and report any problems. Thanks again Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 8GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.6.8 On 28/06/2011, at 5:15 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Thanks Ronni and Robert I will try Ronni's suggestion first, it will have to be tomorrow. As the problem seems not to happen immediately on start up it may be a while before I can be happy it is resolved but I will keep in touch. Barry Sent from my iPad On 28/06/2011, at 4:56 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Barry, Did you install anything new just prior to doing the OS X 10.6.8 Combo update? Have you tried resetting PRAM and NVRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379 ? Another suggestion, Boot in Safe mode, run Repair Permissions in Disk Utility. Then restart normally. Or better still: Repair Disk Repair Permissions using the OS X Snow Leopard Installation disc. A). Repair Disk. 1. Start from your Mac OS X Install disc: Insert the installation disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key. 2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, select your language first, then select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (at the top of your screen). Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility. 3. Click the First Aid tab. 4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions. 5. Select your Mac OS X volume (sub-entry below the drive entry). 6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk. If Disk Utility reports any errors have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. B) Then click on Repair Permissions. Cheers, Ronni On 28/06/2011, at 4:25 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: After running with no apparent problems since Saturday the problem has reoccurred. this time the dock disappeared,other operations appeared OK but slow then the whole system locked up except for mouse movement. restart in safe mode went OK but then a normal restart showed no dock and the system was extremely slow eventually locking up again. Before it locked up I was able t look at the console which reported dock crash reports had been saved but I was unable t access them. I now doubt the problem has anything to do with the update and this was a coincidence. Can anyone advise me on my next step to find the cause of the problem? Many thanks Barry Sent from my iPad On 25/06/2011, at 1:51 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Thanks Ray, this was going to be one of my options. However, after a couple of restarts (one with power off for 15 minutes) with the same problem re-occurring I started in safe mode. Interestingly in safe mode looking at the dock (appledock) showed the option of turning hiding off, previously the option had been turning on and toggling had no effect. This time it restored the dock. Restarting normally all appears OK and the dock is back, I have the option to turn in on and off and screen background is now behaving. On of life's little mysteries I suppose. Regards Barry On 25/06/2011, at 12:56 PM, Ray Forma wrote: Barry, I have used the combo update to updated to MacOS 10.6.8 from MacOS 10.6.7. Till now no apparent problems. Dock there; background OK. However, because I do lots of colour work my background is just a boring uniform 50% grey. Hence no suggestions except try reinstalling update. MacPro 5,1, 7GB RAM, 1.0TB Mirrored RAID + 1TB Backup. On 25/06/2011, at 12:18 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: G'Day all I hope no-one drowned in yesterday's rain. This morning I updated to 10.6.8 using the combo update. I repaired permissions prior to the update. The update appeared to install correctly but on the restart I had no dock. I repaired permissions again and did another restart with the same result. Going to the system preferences for the dock all the settings appear OK but response to opening items was very slow. Another problem that has arisen is with the desktop background, I had Apple's nature images as background set to change randomly at 1 minute intervals, they were changing at 1 second intervals so I have gone to solid colour. I have not tried any remedial action yet, has anyone any suggestions? Regards Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 8GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.6.8 (?) -- The WA
Re: Problems after update
Hi Barry, One error was detected and repaired After this did you re-run Disk Repair until NO errors are reported as in my previous email. If Disk Utility reports any errors have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported.” I would also suggest you now “Repair Permissions” on the iMac while booted normally using Disk Utility (in Applications). Repairing permissions IS extremely important for Apple software updates, especially for OS X updates. See how it goes today using the iMac as much as you can. If you experience problems again. 1. Download the OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo from here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399 2. Shutdown the iMac 3. Boot iMac in Safe mode by press shift key whilst switching on the Mac and leave shift pressed until Apple logo appears. 4. Run a permissions repair from Disk Utility. 5. Run COMBO update and allow the iMac to reboot. 6. Login as normal but immediately run permissions repair again from Disk Utility. 7. Reboot iMac again. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 29/06/2011, at 8:56 AM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Good Morning Ronni I have run repair disk and repair permissions as you suggested. One error was detected and repaired. Machine started up OK in normal mode and has been running without apparent problems since about 6:30. Little has been done on it , however, apart from checking mail and a short game o Plants Vs Zombies (grand-daughter prior to school). I will keep my fingers crossed and report any problems. Thanks again Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 8GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.6.8 On 28/06/2011, at 5:15 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Thanks Ronni and Robert I will try Ronni's suggestion first, it will have to be tomorrow. As the problem seems not to happen immediately on start up it may be a while before I can be happy it is resolved but I will keep in touch. Barry Sent from my iPad On 28/06/2011, at 4:56 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Barry, Did you install anything new just prior to doing the OS X 10.6.8 Combo update? Have you tried resetting PRAM and NVRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379 ? Another suggestion, Boot in Safe mode, run Repair Permissions in Disk Utility. Then restart normally. Or better still: Repair Disk Repair Permissions using the OS X Snow Leopard Installation disc. A). Repair Disk. 1. Start from your Mac OS X Install disc: Insert the installation disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key. 2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, select your language first, then select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (at the top of your screen). Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility. 3. Click the First Aid tab. 4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions. 5. Select your Mac OS X volume (sub-entry below the drive entry). 6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk. If Disk Utility reports any errors have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. B) Then click on Repair Permissions. Cheers, Ronni On 28/06/2011, at 4:25 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: After running with no apparent problems since Saturday the problem has reoccurred. this time the dock disappeared,other operations appeared OK but slow then the whole system locked up except for mouse movement. restart in safe mode went OK but then a normal restart showed no dock and the system was extremely slow eventually locking up again. Before it locked up I was able t look at the console which reported dock crash reports had been saved but I was unable t access them. I now doubt the problem has anything to do with the update and this was a coincidence. Can anyone advise me on my next step to find the cause of the problem? Many thanks Barry Sent from my iPad On 25/06/2011, at 1:51 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Thanks Ray, this was going to be one of my options. However, after a couple of restarts (one with power off for 15 minutes) with the same problem re-occurring I started in safe mode. Interestingly in safe mode looking at the dock (appledock) showed the option of turning hiding off, previously the option had been turning on and toggling had no effect. This time it restored the dock. Restarting normally all appears OK and the dock is back, I have the option to turn in on and off and screen background is now behaving. On of life's little mysteries I suppose. Regards Barry On 25/06/2011, at 12:56 PM, Ray Forma wrote: Barry, I have
Re: Problems after update
Could it perhaps be something more such as a memory chip becoming faulty?? Rember is a free memory tester that will soon tell you if it is a memory issue http://kelleycomputing.net/rember/ You can also run Apple Hardware Test from the install DVD (by holding option down when you restart, and then selecting apple hardware test from the menu at the top) Ash On 29/06/2011, at 10:33 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Barry, One error was detected and repaired After this did you re-run Disk Repair until NO errors are reported as in my previous email. If Disk Utility reports any errors have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported.” I would also suggest you now “Repair Permissions” on the iMac while booted normally using Disk Utility (in Applications). Repairing permissions IS extremely important for Apple software updates, especially for OS X updates. See how it goes today using the iMac as much as you can. If you experience problems again. 1. Download the OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo from here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399 2. Shutdown the iMac 3. Boot iMac in Safe mode by press shift key whilst switching on the Mac and leave shift pressed until Apple logo appears. 4. Run a permissions repair from Disk Utility. 5. Run COMBO update and allow the iMac to reboot. 6. Login as normal but immediately run permissions repair again from Disk Utility. 7. Reboot iMac again. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Ashley Mulder BSc (Forensic and Analytical Chemistry) | (Forensic Science Hons.) PhD Student (Chemistry) Department of Chemistry Curtin University ashley.mul...@student.curtin.edu.au a.mul...@curtin.edu.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Problems after update
Ronni Yes I did run Disk Repair a second time and no errors were reported. I then ran Repair permissions as you suggested but have not run it again since starting in normal mode but I will do it now. Barry On 29/06/2011, at 10:33 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Barry, One error was detected and repaired After this did you re-run Disk Repair until NO errors are reported as in my previous email. If Disk Utility reports any errors have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported.” I would also suggest you now “Repair Permissions” on the iMac while booted normally using Disk Utility (in Applications). Repairing permissions IS extremely important for Apple software updates, especially for OS X updates. See how it goes today using the iMac as much as you can. If you experience problems again. 1. Download the OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo from here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399 2. Shutdown the iMac 3. Boot iMac in Safe mode by press shift key whilst switching on the Mac and leave shift pressed until Apple logo appears. 4. Run a permissions repair from Disk Utility. 5. Run COMBO update and allow the iMac to reboot. 6. Login as normal but immediately run permissions repair again from Disk Utility. 7. Reboot iMac again. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 29/06/2011, at 8:56 AM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Good Morning Ronni I have run repair disk and repair permissions as you suggested. One error was detected and repaired. Machine started up OK in normal mode and has been running without apparent problems since about 6:30. Little has been done on it , however, apart from checking mail and a short game o Plants Vs Zombies (grand-daughter prior to school). I will keep my fingers crossed and report any problems. Thanks again Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 8GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.6.8 On 28/06/2011, at 5:15 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Thanks Ronni and Robert I will try Ronni's suggestion first, it will have to be tomorrow. As the problem seems not to happen immediately on start up it may be a while before I can be happy it is resolved but I will keep in touch. Barry Sent from my iPad On 28/06/2011, at 4:56 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Barry, Did you install anything new just prior to doing the OS X 10.6.8 Combo update? Have you tried resetting PRAM and NVRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379 ? Another suggestion, Boot in Safe mode, run Repair Permissions in Disk Utility. Then restart normally. Or better still: Repair Disk Repair Permissions using the OS X Snow Leopard Installation disc. A). Repair Disk. 1. Start from your Mac OS X Install disc: Insert the installation disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key. 2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, select your language first, then select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (at the top of your screen). Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility. 3. Click the First Aid tab. 4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions. 5. Select your Mac OS X volume (sub-entry below the drive entry). 6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk. If Disk Utility reports any errors have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. B) Then click on Repair Permissions. Cheers, Ronni On 28/06/2011, at 4:25 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: After running with no apparent problems since Saturday the problem has reoccurred. this time the dock disappeared,other operations appeared OK but slow then the whole system locked up except for mouse movement. restart in safe mode went OK but then a normal restart showed no dock and the system was extremely slow eventually locking up again. Before it locked up I was able t look at the console which reported dock crash reports had been saved but I was unable t access them. I now doubt the problem has anything to do with the update and this was a coincidence. Can anyone advise me on my next step to find the cause of the problem? Many thanks Barry Sent from my iPad On 25/06/2011, at 1:51 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Thanks Ray, this was going to be one of my options. However, after a couple of restarts (one with power off for 15 minutes) with the same problem re-occurring I started in safe mode. Interestingly in safe mode looking at the dock (appledock) showed the option of turning hiding off, previously the option had been turning on and toggling had no effect. This
Re: Problems after update
Thanks Ashley It was my intention to run the Hardware Test if the current suggestions from Ronni were not successful. I don't want to try the shot gun approach yet and try too many things at once as if the problem is solved I will have no idea as to what solved it Barry On 29/06/2011, at 10:57 AM, Ashley Mulder wrote: Could it perhaps be something more such as a memory chip becoming faulty?? Rember is a free memory tester that will soon tell you if it is a memory issue http://kelleycomputing.net/rember/ You can also run Apple Hardware Test from the install DVD (by holding option down when you restart, and then selecting apple hardware test from the menu at the top) Ash On 29/06/2011, at 10:33 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Barry, One error was detected and repaired After this did you re-run Disk Repair until NO errors are reported as in my previous email. If Disk Utility reports any errors have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported.” I would also suggest you now “Repair Permissions” on the iMac while booted normally using Disk Utility (in Applications). Repairing permissions IS extremely important for Apple software updates, especially for OS X updates. See how it goes today using the iMac as much as you can. If you experience problems again. 1. Download the OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo from here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399 2. Shutdown the iMac 3. Boot iMac in Safe mode by press shift key whilst switching on the Mac and leave shift pressed until Apple logo appears. 4. Run a permissions repair from Disk Utility. 5. Run COMBO update and allow the iMac to reboot. 6. Login as normal but immediately run permissions repair again from Disk Utility. 7. Reboot iMac again. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Ashley Mulder BSc (Forensic and Analytical Chemistry) | (Forensic Science Hons.) PhD Student (Chemistry) Department of Chemistry Curtin University ashley.mul...@student.curtin.edu.au a.mul...@curtin.edu.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Problems after update
Barry, I have used the combo update to updated to MacOS 10.6.8 from MacOS 10.6.7. Till now no apparent problems. Dock there; background OK. However, because I do lots of colour work my background is just a boring uniform 50% grey. Hence no suggestions except try reinstalling update. MacPro 5,1, 7GB RAM, 1.0TB Mirrored RAID + 1TB Backup. On 25/06/2011, at 12:18 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: G'Day all I hope no-one drowned in yesterday's rain. This morning I updated to 10.6.8 using the combo update. I repaired permissions prior to the update. The update appeared to install correctly but on the restart I had no dock. I repaired permissions again and did another restart with the same result. Going to the system preferences for the dock all the settings appear OK but response to opening items was very slow. Another problem that has arisen is with the desktop background, I had Apple's nature images as background set to change randomly at 1 minute intervals, they were changing at 1 second intervals so I have gone to solid colour. I have not tried any remedial action yet, has anyone any suggestions? Regards Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 8GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.6.8 (?) Regards, Ray Forma Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Problems after update
2 days ago i did the software update (not combo!!!) from 10.6.7 to 10.6.8 no probs found yet (macbook pro intel i7) James SAD Technic U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. On 25/06/2011, at 12:56 PM, Ray Forma wrote: Barry, I have used the combo update to updated to MacOS 10.6.8 from MacOS 10.6.7. Till now no apparent problems. Dock there; background OK. However, because I do lots of colour work my background is just a boring uniform 50% grey. Hence no suggestions except try reinstalling update. MacPro 5,1, 7GB RAM, 1.0TB Mirrored RAID + 1TB Backup. On 25/06/2011, at 12:18 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: G'Day all I hope no-one drowned in yesterday's rain. This morning I updated to 10.6.8 using the combo update. I repaired permissions prior to the update. The update appeared to install correctly but on the restart I had no dock. I repaired permissions again and did another restart with the same result. Going to the system preferences for the dock all the settings appear OK but response to opening items was very slow. Another problem that has arisen is with the desktop background, I had Apple's nature images as background set to change randomly at 1 minute intervals, they were changing at 1 second intervals so I have gone to solid colour. I have not tried any remedial action yet, has anyone any suggestions? Regards Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 8GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.6.8 (?) Regards, Ray Forma Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Problems after update
Thanks Ray, this was going to be one of my options. However, after a couple of restarts (one with power off for 15 minutes) with the same problem re-occurring I started in safe mode. Interestingly in safe mode looking at the dock (appledock) showed the option of turning hiding off, previously the option had been turning on and toggling had no effect. This time it restored the dock. Restarting normally all appears OK and the dock is back, I have the option to turn in on and off and screen background is now behaving. On of life's little mysteries I suppose. Regards Barry On 25/06/2011, at 12:56 PM, Ray Forma wrote: Barry, I have used the combo update to updated to MacOS 10.6.8 from MacOS 10.6.7. Till now no apparent problems. Dock there; background OK. However, because I do lots of colour work my background is just a boring uniform 50% grey. Hence no suggestions except try reinstalling update. MacPro 5,1, 7GB RAM, 1.0TB Mirrored RAID + 1TB Backup. On 25/06/2011, at 12:18 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: G'Day all I hope no-one drowned in yesterday's rain. This morning I updated to 10.6.8 using the combo update. I repaired permissions prior to the update. The update appeared to install correctly but on the restart I had no dock. I repaired permissions again and did another restart with the same result. Going to the system preferences for the dock all the settings appear OK but response to opening items was very slow. Another problem that has arisen is with the desktop background, I had Apple's nature images as background set to change randomly at 1 minute intervals, they were changing at 1 second intervals so I have gone to solid colour. I have not tried any remedial action yet, has anyone any suggestions? Regards Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 8GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.6.8 (?) Regards, Ray Forma Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
