MacBook Pro problems

[Julia Falling]

Hey, all

[Ron Webber]

Hello Julie,

 

This sounds like a permissions problem to me. When you say you have run disk utility, do you mean you have also chosen the "Repair Permissions" option?

 

If not, run Disk Utility from the startup drive. Select your Hard Drive from the list on the left. Choose the "Repair Permissions" button.

 

This may correct your problem.

 

Best regards,

 

Ron

[Julia Falling]

Ron

[jpkang]

If you have the ability to boot from an external boot drive by USB or Firewire or another Mac in Target Disk Mode (http://bit.ly/Y7PnJ), you could possibly rule out hardware issues (RAM is a likely culprit for especially random freezes or crashes).

 

And if you have AppleCare and problems persist even with a fresh install of OS X, you will probably want to have a Genius check the hardware out.

[jpkang]

Re: the write access error, you might try the "Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs" option from the OS X install/restore disc.

 

The kind of permissions that Disk Utility repairs does not cover user folders (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1452).

[Helen Brown]

I agree that bad RAM can cause random crashes (happened here recently). Another option, especially if you migrated from an older Mac, is that the user files are corrupted. If you create a new Admin user and try running as that user, that may help to pinpoint the problem.

[Julia Falling]

Hey, all