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  • I got a Macbook with Leopard on it about a month ago. It used to work alright, but now I have noticed some problems. Sometimes when applications freeze, it locks up the whole system and I need to reboot manually or shut it down. OS X is based on Unix right? In Linux or Unix application freezes never lock up the system. Other things at least once a week it just magically shuts down while I work on it? Whats up with that? My Linux laptop never gave me any trouble at all. So what should I do, call up apple, reinstall Leopard, or live with it?

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    Live with it is not a viable option. I have Leopard on 2 computers and have never had the computers freeze up on me, except after installing the latest Security Update on my MacPro. (Actually the computer wouldn't restart properly after the update installed.) Try booting up into "Safe" mode and restarting your computer from there. Completely shut down computer. Press power button and as soon as the chime sounds press and hold the Shift key until the spinning gear icon shows up on the gray screen. The screen that loads doesn't give you a restart option, so you need to use the left arrow to go back one screen and click on restart. If that doesn't help your problem, I'd suggest you contact Apple.

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I would say you should contact Apple to explain the problems you are having, its ironic Linux is free with no problems. I am not saying there is anything fundamentally wrong with MACS as there isn't. I just despise Microsoft.

Linux Mint 11

call up a mac store and set up an appointment with a "mac genius" if you can. I don't know about Leopard, but OSX10.4.x doesn't freeze up the whole system when a program freezes. This leads me to believe that it might be a hardware problem, probably faulty RAM. Take the software solutions first: reinstall Leopard, reinstall the program that freezes, etc. If that doesn't work, take it back because it's hardware.

Respeck Knuckles

This sounds like a hardware problem, possibly RAM, CPU or something on the motherboard. If you're comfortable doing so, try reseating the RAM and and any cards and see if that helps. Also, try memory diagnostic software like memtest to check the RAM. The best solution is to take it to an Apple Store. They have diagnostic hardware and software, although they may have to send it off to their repair depot. I had one Macbook with similar symptoms (at work) and had to haul it to the store three times. The first time they said the RAM was not seated properly. The second time they couldn't figure out what was wrong. The third time they replaced the motherboard, CPU, RAM and optical drive. After that I just gave up and we pitched it because it wasn't worth the time and effort of trying to fix it. Good luck.

Fraggle

Honestly I would call up apple and try and get down to one of their stores. They should be able to fix it.

doubledee

Like the mac experts say, it has to be some hardware problem. I you can, try out a Linux live CD/DVD on it as well. If the problem occurs on Linux as well, you have a stronger case to get replacements as such.

katnev

I've never owned a MAC so I don't know if that's the norm. ( I doubt it) But yeah, you should definitely call Apple. But I hear their support kinda sucks. My friend's iPod's battery had gone out, and all Apple would do is sell him a replacement for half price

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