>I found a program that I had installed a long time ago but decided I
>didn't want to pay for it so left it when it's trial ended unpaid for.
Hooray.
This is a classic cause of hard to find computer problems.
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A short update on my OSX shutting down (NOT the computer but the
OS). After many attempts to figure out what was happening over night
that caused this to occur every night, I found a program that I had
installed a long time ago but decided I didn't want to pay for it so
left it when it's t
Re: Memory question.Tom?
But, would the flash things running overnight on a Mozilla type
browser cause OSX to close?
Looks like there may be more than one thing amiss. Need to clear
things out to get a better picture of what is causeing your CPU
problem.
This shutting down of OSX is ha
>This shutting down of OSX is happening EVERY night now but doesn't
>occur when I leave the same things running all day. Again this a.m.
>I had the transparent box telling me OSX had shut down and to turn
>off the computer. I don't know of anything that I've set to run over
>night. Do any
>Where do I find the logs?
Run Console from the Utilities menu.
Click on the "Logs" icon in the toolbar.
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0pen a Finder window and search for logs.
There are some in Mac HD/Library/Logs and others in (your name)/Library/Logs
Paula Minor wrote:
Have you checked your logs to see what time it's doing it? Same time
every
night? What programs are running, any errors before it shuts down in
the
log?
Have you checked your logs to see what time it's doing it? Same
time every
night? What programs are running, any errors before it shuts down
in the
log?
Where do I find the logs?
Paula
IN/USA
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in an attractive
At this point I would start by letting it run all night with NO
applications running. If it still has problems , then you've eliminated
a lot of questions.
If it did still have problems, I'd install OS X on an external HD and
see how that runs. I have a little partition on a Firewire HD just in
Have you checked your logs to see what time it's doing it? Same time every
night? What programs are running, any errors before it shuts down in the
log?
Mike
On 8/8/07, Paula Minor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> But, would the flash things running overnight on a Mozilla type
> >> browser cau
Have you tried to run X on another account? As admin, you'll be
able to use your files. Does the second account crash? Which
maintenance utilities have you used? I've fou
No I haven't tried that Betty. I will make a new account and see
what happens.
Paula
IN/USA
Life should NOT be a journ
But, would the flash things running overnight on a Mozilla type
browser cause OSX to close?
Looks like there may be more than one thing amiss. Need to clear
things
out to get a better picture of what is causeing your CPU problem.
This shutting down of OSX is happening EVERY night now but do
As stated earlier in this thread, it's a huge CPU hog, among other
things. Turn on a CPU monitor and then go to a web page that has it and
watch you computer work, hard.
Judy Cosler wrote:
er, what's the problem with Flash?
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er, what's the problem with Flash?
John DeCarlo wrote:
On 8/6/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There is a Firefox plug-in to control the execution of Flash. Tools >
Add-ons > Extensions > Get Extensions etc.
The big culprit is Flash. I hate it where web sites use Flash when
But, would the flash things running overnight on a Mozilla type browser cause OSX to close?
Mozilla's browsers have had a memory leak bug on and off for a long
time. The leak can cause the browser to crash, but I haven't seen it
crash OS X. [Mozilla doesn't install anything in root.] Running F
>But, would the flash things running overnight on a Mozilla type
>browser cause OSX to close?
Looks like there may be more than one thing amiss. Need to clear things
out to get a better picture of what is causeing your CPU problem.
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Today I downloaded a version of Flashblock that finally works with
SeaMonkey. I've used Flashblock with Firefox for ages, but it's not
my primary browser. Best thing is that it worked immediately--
before quitting and restarting the program! [I'd better back it up
before it breaks]
Happy
Today I downloaded a version of Flashblock that finally works with
SeaMonkey. I've used Flashblock with Firefox for ages, but it's not my
primary browser. Best thing is that it worked immediately--before
quitting and restarting the program! [I'd better back it up before it
breaks]
Happy Happ
Woke up this a.m. to find OSX had quit again. It seems to happen
every night now. I don't have any backups running then. I do set
the computer to sleep after about 1/2 hr. I did forget to restart it
in safemode when I went to bed.
Right now, with only mail running the CPU is running betwe
On 8/6/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> There is a Firefox plug-in to control the execution of Flash. Tools >
> Add-ons > Extensions > Get Extensions etc.
>
> >The big culprit is Flash. I hate it where web sites use Flash when HTML
> >or any other video works better--and there's no al
There is a Firefox plug-in to control the execution of Flash. Tools >
Add-ons > Extensions > Get Extensions etc.
>The big culprit is Flash. I hate it where web sites use Flash when HTML
>or any other video works better--and there's no alternate path. Might not be
>Paula's problem, but I've had tr
>I'm maxed on RAM with 2.5 gb. I don't really understand how Mac
>handles ram tho. It always looks like I'm almost out of it and am
>using a lot of "virtual" rameven when I'm not running much.
Do you have a PPC or an Intel Mac? If it is an Intel Mac you should check
in Activity Monitor
>But I've been watching the monitor and am
>baffled by one thing. When it shows, say User29%, System 14%, when I
>look up at the individual processes, they don't seem to add up to
>that much.
Is the menu at the top of the window set to show you all processes or
just your processes?
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It seems you have no shortage of good advice here but: If I were you
I'd look closer at each CPU hog and see what it's doing or if there
are settings you could change to stop this behavior. For example,
there are certainly setting in Camino you could alter, but I'd start
by closing one tab at a
If I were you I'd look closer at each CPU hog and see what it's
doing or if there are settings you could change to stop this
behavior. For example, there are certainly setting in Camino you
could alter, but I'd start by closing o
Thanks, Jordman. I've dumped Camino as it seemed to have a r
Paula, lose the widgets. Set up a larger swap file for Photoshop.
Mine's on a separate drive [it's in the prefs somewhere; in my ps
you can select up to 4 swap disks]. Does Camino have a memory leak
like other Moz browsers? I use some beta versions just so I can
have a debug menu. Can you a
It seems you have no shortage of good advice here but:
If I were you I'd look closer at each CPU hog and see what it's doing or
if there are settings you could change to stop this behavior. For
example, there are certainly setting in Camino you could alter, but I'd
start by closing one tab at a
Well that explains the high load. Maybe you should try your streaming
with iTunes?
>Also have Photoshop CS2 with 2 photos open and iTunes.
PS is a memory hog. How big are the photos? If big then you should follow
Adobe's instructions on memory management.
>And all of my widgets are runnin
What I was thinking about was OS X 10.4.10 Update v1.1
Tom Piwowar wrote:
I thought that X.4.11 is only for the intell Macs.
It is not out yet, so you should not be thinking anything yet.
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>I left it open overnight with Lightroom with several hundred
>thumbnails open in the library, Photoshop CS2 with 2 large photo
>files open, mail, Camino with 8 tabs, Palm Desktop,(thought it might
>be the problem) , system preferences, dashboard with several widgets
>and iTunes all running
Now I'm starting to think you are pulling my leg. Do you routinely
drive
your car through ditches and then complain about the rough ride?
I'm chuckling here. I do run my truck thru ditches from time to
time but I don't complain. I do expect it to perform as it was
intended. ;-)
Yes, I ex
>Well, initially it wouldn't start up in safe mode. It hung at the
>white screen with the apple logo and the spinning dial. So I shut it
>down after about 5 mins and started again. It took almost 5 min. but
>did finally start up.
At that point it was doing a disk repair and it lools like
What happens when you run from a safe boot (Shift key down on Mac's
startup)?
Well, initially it wouldn't start up in safe mode. It hung at the
white screen with the apple logo and the spinning dial. So I shut it
down after about 5 mins and started again. It took almost 5 min. but
did
> I thought that X.4.11 is only for the intell Macs.
It is not out yet, so you should not be thinking anything yet.
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Tom,
I thought that X.4.11 is only for the intell Macs.
Tom Piwowar wrote:
My iMac G5 iSite has been having frequent "blue screen"
equivalents.the transparent gray box that tells me OSX has quit
and I have to shut down.
Is there any info in panic.log?
Did you update to X.4
>It's almost always Camino with the the most CPU usage and that's
>generally after it's been running for a few days.
You should not leave anything running for a few days. Errors accumulate.
Mail and Camino should not be using 61% of a fast new Mac. On my much
slower 800MHz Mac I'm running Fire
Is there any info in panic.log?
Ummm, I don't know. Not sure I'd understand it even if I saw it.
Did you update to X.4.10? If yes you'll have to hope that X.4.11 fixes
it. What I read about X.4.11 suggests that it is largely intended
to fix
the bugs in X.4.10. Not Apple's proudest hour.
I'
>My iMac G5 iSite has been having frequent "blue screen"
>equivalents.the transparent gray box that tells me OSX has quit
>and I have to shut down.
Is there any info in panic.log?
Did you update to X.4.10? If yes you'll have to hope that X.4.11 fixes
it. What I read about X.4.11 suggests
My iMac G5 iSite has been having frequent "blue screen"
equivalents.the transparent gray box that tells me OSX has quit
and I have to shut down. I thought I had found the problem when I
unplugged 2 of the 4 external hd's I have on it. But I got up this
a.m. to a new "error" msg. Inst
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