My iMac early 2009 freezing issue
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.
My EtreCheck logs:
EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)
Report generated 6/3/15, 8:54 PM
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Hardware Information: ??
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: ??
ATI Radeon HD 4850 - VRAM: 512 MB
iMac 1920 x 1200
System Software: ??
OS X 10.10.3 (14D136) - Time since boot: 0:46:59
Disk Information: ??
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: ??
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: ??
Anywhere
Kernel Extensions: ??
/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: ??
[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: ??
[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: ??
[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: ??
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: ??
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: ??
Facebook Cleaner
uBlock
GooglePlus
3rd Party Preference Panes: ??
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: ??
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ??
4% WindowServer
2% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(5)
1% Box Sync Monitor
1% plugin-container
1% com.apple.WebKit.Networking
Top Processes by Memory: ??
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: ??
62 MB Free RAM
7.94 GB Used RAM
2 MB Swap Used
Diagnostics Information: ??
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_resource.diag [Click for details]
Jun 1, 2015, 08:31:26 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/familycircled_2015-06-01-083126_[redacted].crash
Jun 2, 2015, 10:23:37 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/AppZapper_2015-06-02-102337_[redacted].crash
Jun 2, 2015, 08:08:36 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/PDApp_2015-06-02-080836_[redacted].hang
Comments
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there should be a kernel panic log file in /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports. If it's just freezing up and beachballing without a message, your hard drive could be failing. Hard drives have a typical lifespan of 5 years (although they can last longer), your iMac is 6 years old. Make sure to make a backup of all your data, if you don't already. You're using over 300GB so an external hard drive would be the cheapest backup option:
http://www.amazon.com/Passport-Ultra-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B00E83X9P8
You can make a clone of everything with 3rd party software which makes restoring to a new internal drive easier, like the following software:
https://bombich.com
or you can use Time Machine.
Thanks for that.
I suspect also reheating, but it just a theory.
Is there any good software to check hard drive, looking for bad sectors?
Usually these things are related to hardware or drivers. If you changed anything recently before this started happening, it would be the first thing to examine. For example if you recently upgraded ram, I would suggest testing it. It certainly didn't ship with 8GB at that time, and I don't know whether that was a very recent change. The logs you pasted there aren't helpful. I would follow Marvin's suggestion. They may provide some clue.
Disk Utility in /Applications/Utilities can run a basic scan for drive faults but this would just be software-related. Hardware faults rarely show up in these programs. If hardware freezes, all the software running freezes up on it too so it doesn't see anything wrong. You can test doing large file copies of a few gigabytes and see if it locks up during this.
You can monitor temperatures with software like the following:
http://www.bresink.com/osx/HardwareMonitor.html
http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
You can monitor temperatures with software like the following:
You can do that, but if it panics at high temperatures, that's a sign of failing hardware. Otherwise it would shut down somewhere between 200 and 215 F.
Very precise-