Random crashes Mac book pro

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Random crashes Mac book pro

My mac book pro from 2006 running 10.7.5 crashes randomly. I found the log below and wondered if someone could tell me if the app growl is the cause?

10/19/13 7:05:12.306 PM ReportCrash: com.apple.message.domain: com.apple.crashreporter.writereport.crash

com.apple.message.signature: GrowlHelperApp

com.apple.message.signature2: com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp ||| 1.1.4 (1.1.4)

com.apple.message.signature3: 8E87336C78695D4101D4646F178F2D2F

com.apple.message.result: NO

com.apple.message.summarize: YES

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Oct 19, 2013 7:35 PM

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Answer 1

Oct 19, 2013 7:38 PM in response to macademous

Look in the logs described in this article. If you find a panic report, you are welcome to cut-and-paste the text here for readers to analyze. The amount of data is less than a photograph, not to worry.

Mac OS X: How to log a kernel panic

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Kappy

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Oct 19, 2013 7:42 PM in response to macademous

No way to tell from the log other than it crashed.

If you think it's the cause, then uninstall it. But if you are having random crashes then more must be going on. True random crashes can be caused by nearly anything. If you get a kernel panic, then post the panic log - Mac OS X- How to log a kernel panic.

But you will need to provide more information than you have to diagnose the problem. Could just be the computer is 7 years old. Could be marginal RAM. Could be the hard drive. Could be the OS is corrupted.

Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on diagnosing kernel panics.

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