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I have a MacBook Pro 13" which was brought in August 2011. Since upgrading to Mavricks my Mac has done nothing but crash sometimes upto 5 times a day. It occurs most often when pages is open and Safari. Is there any tests I can do to determine the source of the crashes. I really don't won't to send my Mac off as I am in my last year at Uni but this needs to be sorted as it is very fustrating.
MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
tom1252,
when your MacBook Pro crashes, does it offer to send a crash report to Apple? If it does, copy the text that it would send to Apple into your reply here (you don’t need to send it to Apple if you don’t want to do so), and it might give some clue as to what the source of the crashing is.
No it doesn't. It stays with the spinning ball for ages so I end up force crashing the Macbook with the power button.
SBBOD > http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/sbbod.html
tom1252 wrote:
... It stays with the spinning ball for ages ...
Basically...
1) Make sure you have enough Free Hard Drive space for your Mac to Perform as expected...
Rule of thumb is about 15 to 20 GB
2) And adding more RAM is always a prudent move...
You can use these Links to check which RAM is suitable for your Mac...
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/memory/
If in the UK... Go to http://www.crucial.com
It is Important to get the Correct and Matching RAM
Those sites also have videos on how to Install RAM should you need it...
OS X Mavericks: If your Mac runs slowly
Hard Drive space isn't an issue but RAM might be. I have opened activity monitor and will keep an eye on memory used for a while.
How much RAM do you currently have?
8 or 16 would be the way to go.
Watching in activity monitor, 3.95GB of the 4GB is being used so I will do an upgrade. Thanks for your help!!
Your Welcome.
Would just like to stress that Macs are Very Fussy about RAM... So make sure you get the Correct and Matching RAM for your MBP
Cheers
It's definitely the RAM. I upgraded from 4 to 8 as soon as i bought mine (late 2011) and sometimes the ram maxes out in mine since the upgrade to Mavericks mine. In the meantime you can download Memory Pro from the App Store. It helps you keep track of your RAM usage and it has a feature that will automatically free up RAM (user adjustable, but its easy) until you upgrade. Its cheap, easy and will keep your Mac from chashing at the worst possible time. I hope his helps.
MacBook Pro Keeps Crashing
