Re: Update on mac running hot, from bad to worse!

2011-06-29 Thread Jon Cohn
I wonder if you are having issues with one of the preference files? I looked around on my Macintosh, and did not find anything in ~/Library/Preferences with spell in the name. There is a spell directory within the library that has your private dictionary. Perhaps if you move that directory

Re: Update on mac running hot, from bad to worse!

2011-06-29 Thread Geoff Shang
On Tue, 28 Jun 2011, Esther wrote: If you can bring up a terminal window (Command-Shift-U in Finder to go to the Utilities folder, press t to go to Terminal and Command-Down arrow to launch). You can kill the applespell.service process if you know its process ID number. For example, if the

Re: Update on mac running hot, from bad to worse!

2011-06-28 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi Kary: This really sounds like an issue to consult Apple's tech support about. Someone there might be able to point you to a more long term solution. I don't know if you have tried doing a search of the Apple site for the issue, but it might be worth a look. Best of luck, and I hope you

Re: Update on mac running hot, from bad to worse!

2011-06-28 Thread Esther
Hi Kari, If you can bring up a terminal window (Command-Shift-U in Finder to go to the Utilities folder, press t to go to Terminal and Command-Down arrow to launch). You can kill the applespell.service process if you know its process ID number. For example, if the process ID number were 1210