OS X V10.7 Lion :: System Crashing All The Time After Recent Install
Mar 9, 2012
I finally narrow down my computer issue and it is not related to Spotlight or either the Time Machine, it is something else that is crashing and causing the drop of speed. I have enclosed the crash report and the activity monitor to give a better idea of my computer.
My system resources:
- HD with over 300Gb of space
- 8Gb of RAM (most of the time 4Gb RAM free)
I have plenty of computer and resources and it isn't a issue related to hardware but software. There is something in the processing that still going on that I do not know.
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MacBook Pro 15", Mac OS X (10.6)
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The Time Machine application crashes on launch. Here is the crash report: Â
Process:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â backupd [3226]
Path:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd
Identifier:Â Â Â Â Â backupd
Version:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ??? (???)
Code Type:Â Â Â Â Â Â X86-64 (Native)
[code]....
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