Why does mountain lion make my macbook pro stall?
Hi Is anyone else having a problem with Mountain Lion? My Macbook Pro was very stable woth OSX 10.6. I updated recently and now the round egg timer equivalent appears regualrly, requiring me to reboot.
I thought that I had left all this behind when I moved from PC?
Any ideas for a cure anyone?
many thanks
Launch the Activity Monitor utility, set the list at the top to "All Processes", then click on the "% CPU" heading until the top CPU users are at the top of the list. Continue to work until things slow down, then see what's consuming CPU time.
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Association of Associated Devices is subject to the following terms:
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