Thanks Sam. Jonathan Brady Photography, Multimedia, Video tel: +44(0) 7931 541 489 Twitter: @HiredGunJB LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/jmebrady web: http://www.jonathanbrady.net email: jmebr...@mac.com
On 8 Oct 2012, at 11:18, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > Hi Jonathan > > Have you tried another keyboard/mouse? It also sounds like it could be a RAM > issue (usually when the cursor freezes it's RAM). I'd say leave it for 24 > hours, then force-shutdown and try booting up again. > > Regards > > Sam > MacAmbulance > Providing affordable Apple & PC services > > Sam Mullen > 07747 778022 > http://www.macambulance.co.uk > i...@macambulance.co.uk > > > On 8 Oct 2012, at 11:15, Jonathan Brady <laddymcb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello all. >> >> My iMac seems to have completely frozen insofar that the screen has gone >> black and will not respond to either keystrokes or mouse clicks. I have a >> Drobo attached to it which houses my substantial Aperture library. The >> Aperture library was/is in the process of rebuilding itself following >> Aperture deciding to unexpectedly quit yesterday in the middle of upgrading >> said library in order for it to be compatible with the software's latest >> version. Nothing particularly unusual was happening when my iMac froze just >> now. Aperture was sorting itself out in the background and I was running >> safari, skype, mail, and ical - nothing too taxing. All of a sudden a video >> I was watching on Safari froze and although I could move the mouse around >> the screen there was no response from clicking it and I could not switch >> between applications either by using the mouse or by using command-tab. The >> drobo is still whirring away leading me to believe it is still doing the >> Aperture work it was doing at the time. However, the screen is now black >> and I believe this may be just a result of it going to sleep. Nevertheless, >> I cannot wake it. I am tempted to force the iMac to shutdown by holding >> down the power button and then restarting it. Someone please tell me if >> this is a good or potentially very very bad idea. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Jonathan Brady >> Photography, Multimedia, Video >> tel: +44(0) 7931 541 489 >> Twitter: @HiredGunJB >> LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/jmebrady >> web: http://www.jonathanbrady.net >> email: jmebr...@mac.com >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
