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Quote: Originally Posted by tuboo hey steve666. I'm getting the exact same thing. It started happening a couple months back...but now it's happening everyday almost. my wife has a newer macbook pro and she's not having any problems. she's r…
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Quote: Originally Posted by vensmith Even once you tap the power button to sleep to make sure it's something you can not write to the drive's power down.Basically I have a twirling ball, the same kind that shows when a YouTube Video loading.The h…
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Quote: Originally Posted by zeph I like the idea of the MacMini, but it's a raw deal compared to an entry-level iMac. Spec the base-model (2.4GHz C2D) up to 4GB RAM and 500GB HDD and it's $899 Add a (non-wireless) keyboard and mouse and i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by womblingfree I'm not sure if I'm being silly but the thing that's put me off getting an iMac so far is the lack of an anti-glare option and being forced to buy a massive screen if I want a top-spec. i have no need of s…
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I'm ready for a new Mini. Come on, Apple.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss It sounds like you've already covered that possible issue (the hard drive). Am I right in understanding that it ran for a couple of weeks without an issue? That is true
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss I suspect a hardware issue of some sort. It really should be impossible for Safari to honk up the entire operating system and force a shutdown. Techtool and Disk first aid found nothing wrong, do you thi…
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It just froze again and none of those keyboard combos worked at all. I had to turn the computer off and restart it. Bizarre
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Safari had problems loading some pages intermittently, just basically stopped working. I disabled adblocker and now its working great. First glimmerblocker and now adblocker. I think I'm just going to leave safari alone and not install anything …
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Quote: Originally Posted by delaford321 damn the twirling ball. happy new years. good luck on your repairs. Thanks, you too I think the problem is gone, at least for now
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The comment in the security threat article said turning it on negates the threat although it doesn't make sense to me. i definitely don't use it. I've done everything everyone mentioned here- verified disk utility (no problems found) repaired p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss FWIW, remote desktop is found in the Sharing preference pane and is called Screen Sharing. Do you think it should be turned on?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin It's Apple's own software Apple Remote Desktop (ARD). It can actually a security risk because it runs software as root: http://www.macworld.com/article/1341.../ardagent.html You can delete it using the ste…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin Nah that's just your remote desktop software. Given that it's not just the UI locking up, it does point to a hard drive fault. These aren't always easy to show up in a diagnostic program. When a Flash movie l…
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OK... I trashed glimmer blocker I ran verify hard drive and it found no problems I ran permissions and it gave me this warning: warning) SUID file "system/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent" has been mod…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rokcet Scientist You could do that from work, or from wherever you are, and not have to wait until you get home, with a certain, FREE, but not to be named* remote desktop management application. *because considered …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rokcet Scientist Your description of that spinning wheel conjures up an image of the spinning wheel on the grey background that you get when you start up, just before the full color login screen. That would suggest the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss I think someone else has already suggested this, but what version of Flash are you running? The latest, I checked
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss Have you tried simply waiting it out? Yup, no luck