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On 2014-07-14, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> On 2014-07-14 20:18:43 +0000, Jolly Roger said:
>
>> You found zero errors in the logs?
>
> I poked around, I found nothing I could use make sense of, but I'm not 
> a "systems logs" reader.  It looks like pages of jibberish to me.  I 
> snoop as best I can in this file and that, and  sometimes I see 
> something like this:
>
> Crashed Thread:  0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
>
> 	Exception Type:  EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
> 	Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
>
> It makes me feel like I'm going somewhere but it doesn't mean much.

That's a crash log, not the system or console log. Like I said, you're
interested in the "system" and "console" logs - you can ignore the
others. You should look specifically for messages with a date/time stamp
that is during the time period when you last noticed the performance
problem. Suspect messages may have words like: error, failure, can't,
and so on - any words indicating an error condition or problem.

So all you need to do is: (a) note the date and time you notice a
performance problem, and how long it lasts, and (b) examine the console
and system logs for any messages with date/time stamps that are within
that range of time. Then you can post them here for further diagnosis.

Just in case you need any of this info:

Viewing Crash, Console, and System Logs

To view logs on your computer, open /Applications/Utilities/Console.

NOTE: You cannot use the Console application to view the system log from
a non-administrative account. Instead, do this:

1. Quit Console.
2. Open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.
3. In a terminal window, enter the command (replacing "admin" with the
short name of an administrator account): su admin
4. Supply the password to the admin account when prompted.
5. Enter the command: sudo open /Applications/Utilities/Console.app
6. Supply the password to the admin account when prompted.

If you enter these commands correctly, Console will open in
administrator mode, allowing you to view the system log.

The system log will usually give you an indication as to what is causing
startup and low-level issues, where the console log typically shows
issues you experience after you are logged into your user account.

Feel free to post *relevant portions* (only entries that are time
stamped around the time of the occurrence) of the logs here if you need
help understanding them. We'll be glad to take a look and tell you what
we see.

-- 
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JR

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High Heat gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-13 21:15 -0700
  Re: High Heat gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-13 21:38 -0700
    Re: High Heat gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-13 22:02 -0700
    Re: High Heat David Fritzinger <dfritzin@nospam.mac.com> - 2014-07-14 15:14 -0400
  Re: High Heat Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-14 19:13 +1200
    Re: High Heat gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-14 10:16 -0700
  Re: High Heat Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-07-14 07:12 -0400
  Re: High Heat Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-14 11:29 +0000
    Re: High Heat gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-14 10:11 -0700
      Re: High Heat Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-14 20:18 +0000
        Re: High Heat dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-07-15 08:01 +1000
          Re: High Heat Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-14 22:23 +0000
            Re: High Heat Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-07-14 23:27 +0100
              Re: High Heat Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-14 22:35 +0000
                Re: High Heat gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-14 16:22 -0700
                Re: High Heat Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-14 23:50 +0000
            Re: High Heat dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-07-15 09:47 +1000
              Re: High Heat Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-15 00:02 +0000
                Re: High Heat dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-07-15 10:31 +1000
                Re: High Heat Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-15 01:02 +0000
                Re: High Heat dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-07-18 17:39 +1000
                Re: High Heat Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-18 13:26 +0000
                Re: High Heat dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-07-19 10:02 +1000
                Re: High Heat Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-07-20 05:44 +0000
                Re: High Heat Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-20 14:04 +0000
                Re: High Heat dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-07-21 10:54 +1000
                Re: High Heat Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-07-22 01:15 +0000
                Re: High Heat Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-22 14:52 +0000
                Re: High Heat George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-07-15 08:27 -0500
        Re: High Heat gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-14 16:21 -0700
          Re: High Heat Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-14 23:50 +0000
            Re: High Heat gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-14 21:08 -0700
              Re: High Heat Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-15 05:23 +0000
      Re: High Heat George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-07-15 08:23 -0500
  Re: High Heat billy@MIX.COM - 2014-07-14 15:06 +0000
    Re: High Heat gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-14 10:14 -0700
      Re: High Heat billy@MIX.COM - 2014-07-14 17:29 +0000
        Re: High Heat gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-14 11:59 -0700
          Re: High Heat billy@MIX.COM - 2014-07-14 21:54 +0000
            Re: High Heat gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-14 16:18 -0700
  Re: High Heat gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-14 10:18 -0700

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