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assburper

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Feb 11, 2012
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my MBP hangs after awhile and i cant do anything to it except to shut it off. how can i know whats goin on?

thks
 
Check the Console for hints.

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Have a look at Activity Monitor (Applications / Utilities /) and select All Processes and sort by CPU to see what the culprit may be.
Also check the "System Memory" tab to see what your "Page ins:", "Page outs:" and "Swap used:" are.

image below uses sorting by CPU as an example
Acitivty_Monitor.png

Further reading:
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