Re: 24: iMac (221)

2014-07-14 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Jon, Completing the system initialization process via Safe Boot indicates the issue may be a third-party system initialization item, and you should start up in Verbose mode to try to identify the problematic item. * Start up the Mac while holding down Command-V to initiate Verbose mode. If

Re: 24: iMac (221)

2014-07-14 Thread Jon Davison
Thanks Ronnie. Restarted in normal mode, but did a permission repair during Safe Mode (lots of 'ACL found but not expected' plus Warning: SUID file…..has been modified and will not be repaired'). After reboot, I can get through the startup now and into an app like say Safari, then spinning colo

Re: 24: iMac (221)

2014-07-14 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Jon, I suggested you Start Up in Safe Mode. When you boot into Safe Mode (Shift Key),leaves OS X running in Safe Mode. The system will perform a file system consistency check using the "fsck_hfs" tool. During Safe Boot, the system clears specific caches, carefully tests startup procedures,

Re: 24: iMac (221)

2014-07-14 Thread Jon Davison
Thanks Peter. I have started it in Safe Mode and it is fine, no horizontal lines, or crashing and the system seems stable. So what would this mean? is it a hardware issue then if the display is now okay? I have not restarted it in normal mode yet. Kind regards Jon On 14/07/2014, at 9:24 PM,

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2014-07-14 Thread Ronda Brown
Charge Your Electronics Before Flying, or Risk Losing Them: "Keeping up with technology is hard; keeping up with the regulations surrounding technology is much, much harder. The latest development for the travelling techie is the news that the American Transportation Security Administration (TSA

Re: 24: iMac (221)

2014-07-14 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 11 Jul 2014, at 5:39 pm, Ronni Brown wrote: > Hi Jon, > > Could be graphics / logic board / hardware issue. Make sure the owner has a > current complete system backup of this iMac. > > Have you tried booting the iMac in Safe Mode? > To start up into Safe Mode (to "Safe Boot"), do this: >

Re: iTunes mystery

2014-07-14 Thread Severin Crisp
Daniel, yes I do have several external drives. Shutting them down and restarting iTunes has no effect. The problem is corruption within my account, I am convinced of that. ATB Severin The new RAM has made a huge difference and simplification when running After Effects. On 14 Jul 2014, at