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Diagnosing problems: crash, freeze, panic, or spinning beachball?

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Was that crash a freeze, a panic, or just a spinning beachball? And what do they mean?

July 3, 2016 Macs, Technology

Definitely not the cat: the sporadic freezes continue

After another system freeze, it is clear the problems in El Capitan are not fixed in 10.11.5.

May 24, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Lost in the log

Have you glanced at your logs recently? Are they full of incessant message diarrhoea?

May 19, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Growing suspicions about El Capitan 10.11.4 and power management

After a ‘Sleep Wake Failure’ and a bizarre ‘GPU Reset’, I’m not convinced that 10.11.4 is doing this iMac much good.

April 30, 2016 Macs, Technology

An unwarranted login: things that go bump in the night

What do you do when your Mac seems to have restarted quietly when it should have been asleep?

April 3, 2016 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Deepest sleep

When I leave my iMac to go to sleep, it cannot be woken and seems to have shut down. Is this a fault?

December 24, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: El Capitan keeps beachballing

After a difficult install, El Capitan nows spends much of the time beach balling. How can I fix it?

December 12, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Stuttering radio playback

When I play low-bandwidth radio on my iMac, it keeps interrupting, but that does not trouble my MacBook Pro. Why?

December 8, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Slow Office startup

Starting Microsoft Officer 2008 and 2011 apps up takes an age. Would 2016 be any better?

December 6, 2015 Macs, Technology

Getting El Capitan to run clean

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Once the dust has settled after a major upgrade, check that OS X is running smoothly by browsing your logs.

October 2, 2015 Macs, Technology

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