Frickin' Beach ball! Recent performance issues.
Hello there. I have had my mac for about a year and a half. Well, recently, I am having issues. For one, the beach ball seems more prevalent these days. When I type, there is a lag now, too. Also, programs are running more slowly, especially my web browsers. What on earth is going on? I have 1 GB of ram and it has worked thus far. I intend on bumping it up to my max. allowable of 2GB in the near future, but would like to know what is happening. Thanks a lot for any help from persons suffering from the same evil beach ball fate.
Sorry, I would also like to add that I have done the disk permissions and I am not running very intense programs. Camino or Safari, Yahoo Messenger. I try to keep my mac as clean as possible when it comes to programs, etc. In my system profiler, memory or CPU is not an issue. I am not even using 2% CPU and my RAM is just under half utilized. Thanks a lot!
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New iMac beach ball and performance
I recently purchased a new iMac direct from Apple.
For months I had been using a Mac Mini at work with Mac OS X 10.6.6.
My new iMac has also been updated to 10.6.6. Also, I have installed the same software on both computers. They are essentially the same.
I was very excited about my purchase since my Mac Mini at work behaved beautifully. No crashes and no beach balls. It ran like butter.
My new iMac has more memory and a newer/faster processor than the Mac Mini at work, so I expected it to be even better.
So far, however, that has not been the case. I don't see any noticeable improvement in how my iMac runs vs the Mac Mini. Worse, my iMac is frequently hit with beach balls that routinely last 10 to 30 seconds per incident. It has been extremely frustrating. Also, the new iMac crashes quite often, which really surprised me. I have to routinely force quit apps and reboot which almost never happens at work.
Any ideas why the older computer seems to perform way better than my brand new one?
Thanks!Update:
I don't know if this will be useful, but I'm documenting this for the record. Any confirmation of these observations would be most appreciated.
As a Perl programmer (a big reason why I went with iMac in the first place) one of the very first things I did out of the box with my new computer was dig into the terminal and install some Perl modules with CPAN.
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Eventually I was unable to install new modules or even run CPAN at all. The computer gave me a "permission denied" response even when I was logged in as the root user. I finally learned to solve this problem by going to the Disk Utility and fixing permissions.
I've been using my computer for 30 minutes now and happened to notice I haven't had any beach balls yet. That's a very rare thing for me.
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Anyone ever experienced anything like this?
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Spinning beach ball--slow performance
Hello:
My wife's MacBook (two years old, 10.5.5) is prone to episodes where the spinning beach ball appears and keeps spinning for a minute or more. This degrades performance considerably. :>
I looked at the app inspector and didn't see anything odd.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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PeterI have this same problem. I reported a bug to apple bug id#4990056
Here is what i wrote:
10-Feb-2007 10:36 PM Brooks Roy:
Summary:
I recently got a Linksys WRT350N 802.11n router and using it with my macbook pro core 2 duo. The router is firmware version 1.03.2.
After installing the enabler from the apple site i verified it upgraded properly and it shows a/b/g/n for my airport card. However the computer has been locking up more and more. I finally narrowed it down to the airport card. Here is what happens:
Steps to Reproduce:
With regular airport usage, the mac will all of the sudden give the spinning 'beach ball' and just sit there. A simple http download will stop and the mac will become unresponsive. I cannot launch new applications. The icons will bounce in the dock but never open. I cannot force-quit any applications. My only option is to hold down the power button for a hard shutdown.
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I have done a full fsck and permissions. I also downloaded tiger cache cleaner and cleaned all settings. I have also booted off the apple install cd and done a extended full RAM check on the 2Gb installed in my computer.
I have restored my IO80211Family.kext from my other macbook pro (regular core duo) and my problems have gone away. I am 100% sure there is a bug with the 802.11n enabler and the Linksys WRT350N.
I do not have any special configuration on my linksys, just MAC based wireless authentication.
When using the MacBook pro on the WRT350N in 802.11g without the latest 802.11n enabler the mac performs fine and does not become unresponsive.
Expected Results:
I expect the mac to perform just as a 802.11g network will work with increased transfer speeds.
Actual Results:
See above.
Regression:
It only occurs when using network traffic (i.e Mail.app, Safari browsing sites, etc. Any application that requires Airport.
Notes:
I am using the original IO80211Family.kext driver that does not have 802.11n support and it works properly. Also using builtin ethernet with airport off and the 802.11n driver works (obviously). -
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EtreCheck version: 1.9.11 (43) - report generated June 12, 2014 at 2:37:47 PM EDT
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: (null)
System Software:
OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 0:48:8
Disk Information:
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EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.3 GB (389.64 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
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Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
[kext loaded] com.logmein.hamachi (1.0) Support
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[not loaded] com.tascam.usb2audio.driver_TIGER (2.0.4) Support
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[running] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[invalid] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
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[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
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6% Safari
1% fontd
1% WindowServer
0% hidd
Top Processes by Memory:
408 MB iMovie
179 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
147 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
131 MB Safari
82 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Information:
3.86 GB Free RAM
2.44 GB Active RAM
889 MB Inactive RAM
846 MB Wired RAM
800 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14176
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6162
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Spinning Beach Ball when turning off Airport WiFi. SL Issues, many! Help!
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Ran HW test, no issues found
Reset PRAM
Deleted wifi related plist files from /lib/prefs/sysconfig and rebooted;
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Carolyn -
just ran a recent update for my macbook pro/mid 2010, and the computer just woke up with a plain blue screen & spinning beach ball - I had to do a hard shut down.
I am also having the problem of having my screen going black for a couple of seconds, I read up on it in Support. But I was wondering if there is something else going on.
Any ideas?
thanksHmm sounds like a bad update, follow the links here
cheat sheet has a link to blue screen issues
do a data recovery first
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"open recents" or print gets spinning beach ball
Hello all -
Running 10.4.11 -- and now finding that system gets hung up on anything that has a drop down menu... like opening recents in Pages, or FCP or DVDStudio pro..... I can OPEN a file individually, but get stuck when I do this particular function. I know this system is "aging out", but I have to clunk along with FCP 4.5 for a while, and didn't want to upset the apple cart (ooops, no pun intended) by doing any major updates.
I have tried a program called AppleJack... that might fix operational issues.... but didn't seem to make a difference.
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Unix issue - spinning beach ball f death
Need some assistance for a new Mac user.
While closing an application or shut down I receive the spinning beach ball. I am not able to shut down and must do a hard shut down. I spoke with some one at the Apple store. He mentioned this is a UNIX error resulting from a communication error with an application. He suggested I run an application or utility that would fix this issue. He stated it is something that should be run approximately once per month.
Now that it's several hours later I can't remember the utility. It's some thing in the utility folder or System Performance screen. Can some one tell me what utility I need to run to re-establish the UNIX and applications link (I'm not using the correct term to describe what the application does).
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ejgIn Apps/Utilities is the Disk Utility. This can be used to Repair Disk Permissions on your boot volume. Select your boot volume in the left pane and in the First Aid pane Repair Disk Permissions. You can use the same Disk Utility when booted from your Install Disc 1 to Repair Disk. Disk Utility is located in the Utilities menu when you are in the Installer on Install Disc 1.
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My computer
Problem description:
My macbook pro since this afternoon has been slower, every application I open, it takes a long time to open, and shows the spinning beach ball for a while before it opens or performs some task, or responds to a click…
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Report generated 31 de março de 2015 18:29:15 BRT
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MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
16 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 250
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Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.2 (14C1514) - Time since boot: 0:25:47
Disk Information: ℹ️
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Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 318.84 GB (47.94 GB free) - 51 errors
Core Storage: disk0s2 319.21 GB Online
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
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120 MB Finder
86 MB rapportd
86 MB WindowServer
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Reinstalling OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Reinstalling OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility and press the Continue button. After Disk Utility loads select the Macintosh HD entry from the the left side list. Click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If Disk Utility reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit Disk Utility and return to the main menu.
Reinstall OS X: Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
Alternatively, see:
Reinstall OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Choose the version you have installed now:
OS X Yosemite- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Reinstall OS X
OS X Lion- Reinstall Mac OS X
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet
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Since loading Lion, I've experienced much more instability than Snow Leopard. In particular, Mail crashes with regularity, full-screen apps seem to run slower and show the beach ball more often for longer, etc. I love the features, but I'm disappointed with the performance. Any help coming from Apple? I've been sending them so many reports after crashes, that their file must be full!
Summoning max. courage, I did what you advised. Here is the result. What does this tell you? My Lion 7.2 (mid 2011 iMac) has several annoying glitches (which I have so far tolerated through gritted teeth) but none that have actually stopped me working.
BTW, I see several items involving CleanMyMac which I did not know I had. It is generally villified as a trouble-maker. Spotlight can't find an app. or a utility of that name. How can I get rid of what's there please? Just delete?
Last login: Thu Nov 3 20:55:11 on console
Steve-Kirkbys-iMac:~ stevekirkby$ kextstat -kl | awk ' !/apple/ { print $6 $7 } '
com.AmbrosiaSW.AudioSupport(4.0)
Steve-Kirkbys-iMac:~ stevekirkby$ sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk ' !/0x|apple|com\.vix|edu\.|org\./ { print $3 } '
Password:
com.openssh.sshd
com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderXAgent
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.067493DB-2728-4DF3-87D8-092EF69086E8
com.bombich.ccc
com.adobe.SwitchBoard
Steve-Kirkbys-iMac:~ stevekirkby$ launchctl list | sed 1d | awk ' !/0x|apple|edu\.|org\./ { print $3 } '
com.sony.PMBPortable.AutoRun
uk.co.markallan.clamxav.freshclam
com.veoh.webplayer.startup
com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher
com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.trashSizeWatcher
com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae
com.adobe.AAM.Scheduler-1.0
Steve-Kirkbys-iMac:~ stevekirkby$ ls -1A {,/}Library/{Ad,Compon,Ex,Fram,In,La,Mail/Bu,P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Sta}* 2> /dev/null
/Library/Components:
/Library/Extensions:
/Library/Frameworks:
AEProfiling.framework
AERegistration.framework
ApplicationEnhancer.framework
AudioMixEngine.framework
FxPlug.framework
NyxAudioAnalysis.framework
PluginManager.framework
ProFX.framework
ProMetadataSupport.framework
TSLicense.framework
iLifeFaceRecognition.framework
iLifeKit.framework
iLifePageLayout.framework
iLifeSQLAccess.framework
iLifeSlideshow.framework
/Library/Input Methods:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
EPPEX Plugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
Quartz Composer.webplugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
SharePointWebKitPlugin.webplugin
Silverlight.plugin
flashplayer.xpt
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt
/Library/LaunchAgents:
com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
com.sony.PMBPortable.AutoRun.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons:
com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
com.apple.remotepairtool.plist
com.bombich.ccc.plist
com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.067493DB-2728-4DF3-87D8-092EF69086E8.plist
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderXAgent.plist
/Library/PreferencePanes:
.DS_Store
Application Enhancer.prefPane
Default Folder X.prefPane
DejaVu.prefPane
Flash Player.prefPane
Flip4Mac WMV.prefPane
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:
com.bombich.ccc
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderXAgent
/Library/QuickLook:
iWork.qlgenerator
/Library/QuickTime:
AppleIntermediateCodec.component
AppleMPEG2Codec.component
DesktopVideoOut.component
DivX 6 Decoder.component
FCP Uncompressed 422.component
Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component
Flip4Mac WMV Export.component
Flip4Mac WMV Import.component
LiveType.component
/Library/ScriptingAdditions:
.DS_Store
Adobe Unit Types.osax
Default Folder X Addition.osax
/Library/StartupItems:
Library/Address Book Plug-Ins:
Library/Frameworks:
EWSMac.framework
Library/Input Methods:
.localized
Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
Library/LaunchAgents:
com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist
com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.trashSizeWatcher.plist
com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher.plist
com.veoh.webplayer.startup.plist
uk.co.markallan.clamxav.freshclam.plist
Library/PreferencePanes:
.DS_Store
Perian.prefPane
WindowShade X.prefPane
Library/QuickTime:
AC3MovieImport.component
Perian.component
Library/ScriptingAdditions:
Steve-Kirkbys-iMac:~ stevekirkby$ -
Spinning Beach Ball - Network Issue?
Hi Folks,
I know there have been posts on this over time but my particular question does not appear to have been answered. My apologies if I missed a response somewhere else in the forums. I'll try to keep it short.
Basically, a month or so ago I started getting the spinning beach ball in any application at various points of time. There was no rhyme or reason it seemed. It could happen when I have one application open, 5 applications open, it could happen in 5 five minutes or 2 hours later. Once the beachball started spinning, it wouldn't go away and it prevented me from using other apps as well, compelling me to do a manual shut down. I typically use only iPhoto, Safari, iDvd, Numbers and Mail. It could happen in any of them.
I've tried everything. Apple tech support had me do an archive and install - didn't work. I got Disk Warrior 4.2. Nope. I deleted plug-ins and did some other maintenance tasks etc., etc. but nothing worked.
Activity Monitor didn't seem to show anything alarming. Same with Console. Apple suggested I bring it into a tech at the local Apple Store. I did that and after 4 days of running their diagnostics, they could not replicate the 'hang' on the applications. That is, they found no problems with the Macbook - hardware or software.
Now I'm wondering (not being a computer savvy person I don't know if this is possible) if this is a wireless internet issue. Could my home network be a source of the application 'hang' (spinning beach ball) that I've experienced? It's the only thing I can think of that is different from my home computer set-up to the store. My router/modem is a SMC Gateway.
Any thoughts are really appreciated. Thanks so much for your brains on this!
AndymanOk folks,
I've got the one from yesterday and another one today below it. This was running while I was trying to burn a DVD in iDVD. Nothing else was running as far as I know and Airport was turned 'off':
10-09-19 7:08:45 PM com.apple.launchd[1] * launchd[1] has started up. *
10-09-19 7:09:16 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[84] (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
10-09-19 7:09:26 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[84]
(com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[102]) Exited with exit code: 1
10-09-19 7:09:50 PM com.apple.WindowServer[62] Sun Sep 19 19:09:50 andrew-maneras-macbook.local WindowServer[62] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
10-09-19 7:33:47 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[84] ([0x0-0x11011].org.m0k.handbrake[131]) Exited: Terminated
10-09-19 8:09:29 PM com.apple.backupd-auto[229] Not starting scheduled Time Machine backup - time machine destination not resolvable.
10-09-19 8:17:32 PM SystemUIServer[89] It does not make sense to draw an image when [NSGraphicsContext currentContext] is nil. This is a programming error. Break on _NSWarnForDrawingImageWithNoCurrentContext to debug. This will be logged only once. This may break in the future.
10-09-19 8:22:02 PM [0x0-0x2c02c].backupd-helper[236] Not starting Time Machine backup after wake - failed to resolve alias to backup volume
10-09-19 9:47:00 PM com.apple.launchd[1] * launchd[1] has started up. *
10-09-19 9:48:48 PM com.apple.launchd[1] * launchd[1] has started up. *
10-09-19 9:49:39 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[82] (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
10-09-19 9:49:48 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[82] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[105]) Exited with exit code: 1
Here's another one today that occurred during a print attempt:
10-09-20 12:01:17 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[84] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[104]) Exited with exit code: 1
10-09-20 12:35:06 PM com.apple.launchd[1] * launchd[1] has started up. *
10-09-20 12:35:55 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[84] (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
10-09-20 12:35:57 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[84] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[103]) Exited with exit code: 1
10-09-20 5:14:12 PM [0x0-0x18018].backupd-helper[143] Not starting Time Machine backup after wake - failed to resolve alias to backup volume
10-09-20 5:17:02 PM [0x0-0x1c01c].com.apple.iWork.Keynote[165] objc[165]: Class SFXMeshAnimation is implemented in both /Applications/iWork '08/Keynote.app/Contents/Resources/Animations/Bolt.sfxplugin/Contents/MacOS/Bol t and /Applications/iWork '08/Keynote.app/Contents/Resources/Animations/Kiln.sfxplugin/Contents/MacOS/Kil n. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
10-09-20 5:17:02 PM com.apple.WindowServer[63] Mon Sep 20 17:17:02 andrew-maneras-macbook.local WindowServer[63] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
10-09-20 5:17:14 PM Keynote[165] * WARNING: Method setDrawsGrid: in class BGOutlineView is deprecated. It will be removed in a future release and should no longer be used. -
I have a 4 yr. old iMac. I recently got a trojan on it that sent out emails to my address book. I got Norton Internet Security for Mac, and now my Mac is running slow, with way too many spinning beach balls of death. Was it a mistake to install Norton?
yankeecat wrote:
I have a 4 yr. old iMac. I recently got a trojan on it that sent out emails to my address book.
There is no such Trojan or other malware known today that will do that using OS X nor has there ever been one. The most probable explanation is that somebody hacked into your e-mail account on the server, so you should change that password to something stronger right away. If it had come from your Mac then there would almost certainly be copies of those messages in your Sent Mail mailbox.
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