<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Thomas,<div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>If the problem recurs, I will report the errors reported by Disk Utility and in the System log. I didn't check the amount of swap space being used at the time of the crash. I assume you expect me to get this from Activity Monitor. How should I interpret what it tells me? It is currently reporting 5.92Gb of swap space by the way.</div><div><br></div><div>I've included the system information for my mac below.</div><div><br></div><div>Here is the system information for my mac:</div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div>I purchased the machine in 2011.</div><div><br></div><div>Hardware Overview:</div><div><br></div><div> Model Name:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>MacBook Pro</div><div> Model Identifier:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>MacBookPro8,3</div><div> Processor Name:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Intel Core i7</div><div> Processor Speed:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2.3 GHz</div><div> Number of Processors:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1</div><div> Total Number of Cores:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>4</div><div> L2 Cache (per Core):<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>256 KB</div><div> L3 Cache:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>8 MB</div><div> Memory:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>8 GB</div><div> Boot ROM Version:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>MBP81.0047.B27</div><div> SMC Version (system):<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1.70f6</div><div> Sudden Motion Sensor:</div><div> State:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Enabled</div></blockquote><div><div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!<br><br>Rocklyn<br><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Apr 1, 2013, at 1:08 PM, Thomas Brand <<a href="mailto:tbrand@MIT.EDU">tbrand@MIT.EDU</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Rocklyn,<br><br>I wouldn't recommend any of those tools before first knowing what sort of errors Disk Utility is reporting. Furthermore when your computer becomes unresponsive, does that mean it is just slow? How much RAM do you have? How much swap was being used prior to restart? Were there any errors indicated in the System log? The fact that disk utility found something, might just be a coincidence.<br><br>Thomas Brand<br>VPF Tech<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:macpartners-bounces@MIT.EDU">macpartners-bounces@MIT.EDU</a> [mailto:macpartners-<a href="mailto:bounces@MIT.EDU">bounces@MIT.EDU</a>] On Behalf Of Rocklyn E. Clarke Sr.<br>Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 12:59 PM<br>To: Macintosh Partners IT<br>Subject: [Macpartners] Mac Diagnostic Tool Recommendations<br><br>Hello,<br><br>I'm interested in general recommendations for Mac diagnostic tools.<br><br>I have a MacBook Pro running MacOS 10.8.3 and I find that at least once a week my system becomes unresponsive and I need to reboot after which I go into recovery mode and run disk utility to repair the drive. Disk Utility finds something to repair at least 50% of the time.<br><br>I'm currently considering the following:<br><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Micromat TechTool Pro or TechTool Protogo<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Micromat Checkmate<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Alsoft DiskWarrior<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Prosoft Drive Genius<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Titanium Software Onyx<br><br>Any thoughts? Any gotchas?<br><br>Rocklyn<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>