Completely perplexed problems - MBP 2011 13"

[tpelling]

Hi there,

Long time viewer of the forum but first time in need of help. I have an early 2011 2.7ghz 13" MBP. Its perfect for me. I do a lot of video editing on it as well using final cut and some small bits on iMovie. I started it up today and it took a reasonable time to get to the login screen, once I had logged in, it opened up mail like it usually does and it just hangs there, The top bar sometimes comes up and the dock doesn't come up, the widget dashboard is frozen too. I then shut it down by holding the powerswitch and reset the RAM. Same problem. Somehow after a few more resets I was able to normally use it. However when I turned it off and on again it did the same, it hanged at the desktop and wouldn't open anything, all I could get up is the shutdown box but I was unable to click anything.

I've checked the disks (and they're both fine) and when I did manage to get it running and the only way I'm able to use it now is because of Safe Mode. I'm still confused as to what it is.

Any assistance is appreciated.

 

[Kaveman]

Startup problems are always very difficult to fix remotely.

I'd check the console to see what that is saying.

Always good to have an Admin Account that doesn't get used, to see if the problem is in the user space or the system.

 

[les]

Hello, I'm new to this forum and i need some direction. I leave my mac on all the time set to sleep after 15min. When i touch the space bar after sleep it comes back on. On my street a transformer on a light pole blew during a raninstorm. My power did not go off at all. When i came back into the room the computer was off and when i turned it back on the mouse and keyboard wouldn't work. Hard reboot gave the same results. I walked away and came back and the keyboard and mouse worked perfectly. So i started checking programs to see if anything was affected. I discovered that my FW apogee duet card was no longer seen by the computer. Reinstall of drivers did not help. Took a break and came back the computer was sleep and nothing would wake it up. Hard reboot and the keyboard and mouse don't work. Wait 15 min and the keyboard and mouse work as usual. Apogee FW card still won't show up but lights up and looks normal. Everytime it sleeps i have to reboot and the kb and mouse don't work...Please help if you know what has happend. Thank You