Actually missed a big one off the list. Spotlight - which would show up as mdworker in Activity Monitor. If you've added a 'new' HD, internal or external and haven't set Spotlight to ignore it then Spotlight may take forever to process it and you will definitely end up with the beachball.
New in this case would mean something like moving your 1.75TB of backups to a new 3TB drive. Spotlight will spend forever doing it's thing to the 1.75TB already on the drive. I always add Backup/Archive HDs to Spotlight's Privacy list - but many times I forget with upgrades and it isn't until I'm left with an unresponsive system that I crack open AM and find the culprit. Also, what Sharing services have you set up. Is it possible someone is accessing iTunes, iPhoto or large files - you turned it on and forgot to turn it off? What about iCloud, are you snap happy and is iPhoto constantly updating your last 1000 photos to iCloud? Again, AM should help you pin point it. HTH _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
