macbook keeps locking still

[Drich290195]

anyone know of a tool to monitor what is causing my early 2009 macbook to lock up. I have added the 4gb of ram but dont think it is this as it is unpredictable and is not under much load when it does it. it could be 2 days or 2 weeks. Anyone know any tools to have a look im running mountain lion. Thanks

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Used Activity Monitor yet?

Using Activity Monitor to show you CPU and RAM usage​

 

[Drich290195]

no still new to all this mac stuff ill take a look

how do i find the activities that cause it to crash in activity monitor

 

[simsaladimbamba]

no still new to all this mac stuff ill take a look

how do i find the activities that cause it to crash in activity monitor

As I don't know, what you mean with ”crash", you could use Console to look at the entries around the time it happened.
Check the Console for hints.

Performance Tips For Mac OS X

Maybe you just need more RAM?
Open Activity Monitor and go to the System Memory* tab and look for Page Outs and Swap used and report back.

* Mac OS X: Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor​

 

[Drich290195]

ill have a look at the console , when i say crash it just locks up no mouse nothing. the picture is still on the screen the only way to regain control is to power down and up.

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pages out 0 swap 0

 

[Drich290195]

This is the last entry before the system locked in the console. Any one make anything from it

Sep 17 20:57:51 Davids-MacBook.local sandboxd[271] ([270]): mdworker(270) deny file-write-create /private/var/folders/m8/3f7fxkzd5098j4cbcfc627m40000gn/T/TemporaryItems/(A Document Being Saved By mdworker) (import fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:40000005E diag:0 uti:com.apple.iphoto.ipspot plugin:/Library/Spotlight/iPhoto.mdimporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 1200976)

 

[Drich290195]

Anyone any ideas still does this very randly every few days could it be hard drive

 

[Drich290195]

Anyone would the ram cause this seems to have happened since changing