My first system crash.

[Kronie]

Just thought I would share. I thought Mac's were perfect and didn't crash? Sheesh, I want a refund! I have no idea what caused it.
I was surfing the web and all of a sudden the screen went dim from the top down, then this message popped up:

I restarted it and its seems to be fine. Is there a way in OSX to check system logs to see what happened?

 

[runebinder]

Think this article on Apple's support site might be what you're looking for:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1392

Hope this helps

 

[themoonisdown09]

Hey, at least it's easier on the eyes than the blue screen of death.

 

[dlhuss]

Hey, at least it's easier on the eyes than the blue screen of death.

...and in typical Apple fashion - gives you no information as to what the cause maybe - unlike a BSOD.

 

[Kronie]

Oh, this is the fabled "kernel panic" I have been hearing about. I guess no OS is perfect, right?

 

[magamo]

...and in typical Apple fashion - gives you no information as to what the cause maybe - unlike a BSOD.

But at least his Mac is trying really hard to tell you what you should do. It's speaking coherently in four different languages even though it's panicked.