Mac Terminal - 'pointer being freed was not allocated' error when opening terminal

Question

I get the following message when opening the terminal on mac

Last login: Tue Mar 11 14:33:24 on console login(291,0x7fff78af9310) malloc: *

Answer 1

I tried running the Disk Utility and it kept crashing. I had to run it from OSX Recovery Mode.

You can enter OSX Recovery Mode during system boot by holding down CMD ⌘+R as your mac is booting up. Choose Disk Utility when it reaches the Recovery Options screen.