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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: spinning beach ball of death
Date: 29 Aug 2015 22:41:29 GMT
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On 2015-08-29, J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> wrote:
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> When I get a beach ball, I move the cursor off the app window onto the 
> desktop. If it turns to an arrow, it's the app, not the computer, that's 
> stalled. For me, it's usually Safari or Firefox.

Yep, same here. That's a great first diagnostic step!

> Menu Meters, which is free, will monitor memory, disk access, network 
> traffic, and CPU use, on the menu bar. 

Yep. Keep in mind the built-in /Utilities/Activity Monitor application
will show you this information as well.

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