is that the spell check service? If so, perhaps turning off the option to check spelling while typing would help, it certainly makes things work a bit faster. On Jun 28, 2011, at 8:33 PM, carolyn Haas wrote:
> Hello Mike: > You might have missed this. Earlier in the thread, she said Apple Spell was > using a high per centage, and resetting it temporarily made the issue stop. > Carolyn > On Jun 28, 2011, at 8:15 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> You might check the process manager, see if something is running that is >> using all of your processor's resources. In particular, stuck print jobs can >> do this. >> On Jun 28, 2011, at 6:20 AM, johns.kary wrote: >> >>> Hi guys, >>> >>> I've got a strange problem hear, and I'm really hoping it's software not >>> hard ware. >>> >>> A couple of days ago my Mac book pro started running hot, the fan would >>> kick in a short time after start up, and would pretty much run constantly >>> from there until I shut down again. >>> Now, it's the middle of winter hear in Australia, so the temperature hardly >>> get's above 20 Celsius, Even with the heater going my lounge-room is >>> definitely not hot enough to up set the MBP. >>> I checked all the usual culprits, Things I'd forgotten to remove from the >>> finder, apps running in the background, ect, no deal it still happened. >>> >>> I ran a permissions repair, worked for about a day, then started all over >>> again. >>> >>> So I went deeper and had a look at the activity monitor. >>> Most things are running at 0.0 or or not much higher, except for one. >>> Something called "applespell.service" was varying between 84 and 99%. >>> I quit it, and it went back to 0.0 and my MBP immediately started cooling >>> down. A short while later it started heating up again and the fan cut in >>> and remained on again. I went back and checked, and sure enough >>> applespell.service" was running at 99%. Once again I quit, and things >>> cooled down again. It's been running at 0.0 for a bit over an hour now, >>> the Mac is a lot cooler, and the fan hasn't kicked in once. So I'm >>> assuming I've found my problem. The thing is it seams to be reoccurring >>> frequently. >>> Does anyone have any idea what's going on hear? Do you guys think I've >>> found the problem, or am I completely off the mark? >>> >>> I'd really like to fix this my self, not only for the satisfaction, but my >>> nearest apple store is an hour and a half away, and finding transport for >>> that long a trip can be tricky at best. :). >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any thoughts-help. >>> >>> A very! frustrated, >>> Kari. >>> Ps all software is up to date. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
