I just got my first Mac (MBP) in early december and lately all of the sudden during no specific event a file called "log" will download and its only 1kb but I have no idea what it is or what its for and it definately hasnt been doing this the whole time I have had my mac. And I have been getting more freeze ups in Safari and iWeb lately and sometimes when I close my comp for it to sleep it wont wake back up and I have to shut it off. I ran software update yesterday so everything is 100% up to date. Any suggestions?
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Do I have a Mac virus or something?
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JNB
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First, I doubt seriously that you have a virus, as there's no current Mac viruses in the wild.
The Mac will log many events, it would help if you posted the contents of the logfile so we had an idea of what was writing to it.
Freezes in Safari & iWeb could be a number of issues. How much RAM is in the Mac? What other apps are running?
The Mac will log many events, it would help if you posted the contents of the logfile so we had an idea of what was writing to it.
Freezes in Safari & iWeb could be a number of issues. How much RAM is in the Mac? What other apps are running?
I dont know what to open the log with. In my stack it just shows up at a blank white page and doesnt have any kind of file extension. And its only 1kb.
JNB
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FYI, file extensions are meaningless in a MacOS environment. Any log file should open with TextEdit.
textedit will open but its just blank
I will try that espn thing... I do go on there a decent amount but i am usually on multiple sites at once so I will keep an eye out for that
I will try that espn thing... I do go on there a decent amount but i am usually on multiple sites at once so I will keep an eye out for that