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  1. S

    Macbook Pro suddenly getting stuck / beachballing frequently.

    Hi guys. I'm in Ireland but I use a US version MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012), 2.9 Ghz Intel Core i7, 8GB 1600 MHz DDR3, Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB. I bought it used from someone who barely used it, about 3 or 4 years ago. It has been running like a dream, right up until yesterday. I...
  2. barisns

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) - Glitch and Freezing Issue

    I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014). Since 2016 with Yosemite, it has a glitch issue which has not been fixed. Weirdly, the issue mostly occurs with the Apple applications. Initially, when I clicked on a photo to open up, the device was glitching or freezing immediately like crazy...
  3. K

    Mac Mini 2012 occationally stutters

    Refurbed Mac Mini late 2012 i5 2.5GHz 8GB x 2 Kingston PC3L 12800 RAM Primary drive - Kingston 480GB A400 SSD Secondary drive - Seagate 2TB HDD Official Apple DVI to VGA Adapter MacOS Mojave 10.14.5 (reinstalled ML through internet recovery and directly upgraded to Mojave) Connected to router...
  4. vince_glitch

    Macbook Pro 13" 2015 Glitching & Freezing

    Hi! Recently my Macbook Pro started freezing and the screen would pop fuzzy red lines over what I am doing, a few seconds later, it would shut down. At times it would even totally glitch out, scrambling my screen. I did a diagnostics test and it showed an error code PPN001, saying I have...
  5. G

    macOS sudden freeze

    Hello. I'm having a few problems with macOS, which started a few months after updating to Mojave. First off, I noticed that my Magic Keyboard and Trackpad suddenly disconnected, and after connecting them via USB, I notice that it says "Bluetooth not available". Sometimes it reconnects in one...
  6. A

    PDF cause Computer to Freeze and/or Lag

    My 2018 Macbook pro currently running Mojave v 10.14.5. After the last update, I have experienced immense computer freezing and/or lag when working on PDFs (and only when working on PDFs). Actions that cause the problem include: downloading PDF (regardless of size), moving PDF from one folder to...
  7. Jungles999

    Mid 2011 crashing when running photoshop

    Hi all I have a mid 2011 iMac, 8gb Ram, i5 second gen and 512mb on board graphics. I run it with an external ssd via thunderbolt and am happy with its performance Except when I use photoshop and the system freezes randomly. It freezes other times too and I’ve tried to do a fresh reinstall...
  8. L

    Samsung SSD T5 issues imac 2015 21.5"

    I am using a Samsung SSD T5 as a boot drive. the startup speeds are great and general running isn't an issue. however I'm getting complete freezes especially when running applications like photoshop/premiere, leaving me with no alternative but to force the machine to power down manually. the...
  9. G

    Windows 7x64 Crashing on iMac Early 2008

    Hi there, So once upon a time, I had Windows installed on my iMac. It would crash not only periodically but frequently, which made it all but unusuable, EXCEPT it would run games just fine for some reason. (???) Yet, Word or the Internet were doomed to failure...until a friend of mine put...
  10. Coggy_11

    Has anyone encountered games crashing there iMac constantly?

    Hi all, Thanks for your time. I am having severe crashes when I play any computer games. I can't last 5 minutes in game until I have a massive crash, the graphics pixelate, hangs for a couple of minutes and my comp restarts automatically. The funny thing is, after my computer restarts, I can...
  11. J

    Onyx seems stuck

    Using onyx on 10.13.6. Seems stuck on maintenance (verifying the structure). Progress hasn't moved in 30 mins. Is this normal or should I restart and try something else. Tried Onyx because still getting occasional freezes (every third day) after the usual troubleshooting including PRAM and SCM...
  12. jennyp

    Random freezes of mouse and keyboard on 2015 iMac

    I'm having freezing or lock-up issues with my iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015). Its specs are: processor: 4 GHz Intel Core i7; memory: 32 GB 1867 MHz DDR3; graphics: AMD Radeon R9 M395X 4096 MB; storage: 1TB SSD (Apple) currently with 459 GB available; macOS installed: "High Sierra" 10.13.5...
  13. alousypeach

    My Mac Mini won’t finish shutting down

    After I hit shut down, my screen turns black, but I still have full control of the mouse and the computer’s light remains on. I’ve tried waiting it out, but I’ve had to force shut down every time I’ve tried. I quit out of all my apps before shutting down. This only started recently; no idea what...
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    Trying to restore harddrive after an upgrade to High Sierra froze. Any help appreciated

    Hello! So as you can tell by the title yesterday i noticed a free upgrade option to High Sierra (was on sierra when i tried to upgrade). Well after sitting at the install start up screen all day i gave up, realizing it froze on me and tried to reboot it. Aaaand well i guess it's kind of ****ed...
  15. faby GT

    iPad iPad crashing and freezing continuously

    Hi I've an iPad 4, with iOS 10.3.3 (latest). I haven't jailbroken it, but it's crashing and freezing continuously and it's really (really!) slow. I know that it's old, but I've a friend that has the same iPad but his one doesn't have these problems, and it is faster than mine. I've tried to: -...
  16. L

    Powerpoint freezes when moving/resizing images

    I have an iMac with Sierra and microsoft office 2008. When I'm using powerpoint the program will freeze when I'm moving pictures or boxes around too quickly. If I move the images around slow enough, it seems to not freeze. The only way out of it once the spinning color wheel comes is to...
  17. M

    iPhone VPN settings freeze

    I'm experiencing an annoying problem. NordVPN installed a lot of VPN configurations in the VPN menu within iOS settings. Actually duplicates after a reinstall of the application. Now when I go to settings > VPN, the menu instantly freezes and after a while but not always the settings app...
  18. pulkas

    Macbook Pro 2015 13" randomly crashes after drained to 0 batter while sleep

    I have bought my mac from a seller, which was used for demostration on sell point.It has full 2 year apple service covarage.It was only 61 battery cycle when i bought. I owned and used this machine 1 month.One week or so I havent used my mac, kept it sleeping, and last week I have opened the...
  19. haralds

    Debugging macOS High Sierra Freezes

    Until High Sierra my macOS system has been super stable. But since the upgrade I am having periodic crashes were the system hangs and just freezes. Apps go into Spin, Mail usually disappears. I have to force reboot. There is no crash log to lead the way. I am stumped. I have used the release...
  20. spesifikbrush

    iPhone 6s constantly freezing

    I've bought an iPhone 6s last week, to complete my Apple ecosystem. I've been using it with no issues till today. I am on iOS 11.0.3 It started with freezing on the black lock screen, I had to do a hard reset. Right after restarting my phone, it froze on the black screen again. After an hour...