Comments on: Customize your OS X clock and use it as a system lockup monitor http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/ Insanely Simple Tutorials for the First Time Macintosh User Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:16:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stefan http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-6886 Stefan Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:30:54 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-6886 @Scott: Thanks very much for all your help, very much appreciated. Will try memtest/replacement of disc first. Maybe FF is triggering something at the HW level, which causes the error (probably kind of the famous PDP-11 bug, which wasn't recognized by DECs analysis software, but turned up regularily when using V7 Unix :-)). If I find out, I will report it. Thanks again! @Scott: Thanks very much for all your help, very much appreciated. Will try memtest/replacement of disc first. Maybe FF is triggering something at the HW level, which causes the error (probably kind of the famous PDP-11 bug, which wasn’t recognized by DECs analysis software, but turned up regularily when using V7 Unix :-) ). If I find out, I will report it. Thanks again!

]]> By: Scott Haneda http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-6881 Scott Haneda Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:31:41 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-6881 @Stefan, That's a pretty deep crash if it is shutting down your remote ssh access. I have had machines having on by a bare thread and still able to get some things worked or repaired over ssh. I would probbaly start by removing all plugins for FireFox, since that seems to be what causes this, and going from there. If that solves it, slowly add them back in, one at a time, until you find the bad one, and see if there is an update, or report it to the developer. If it is not Flash and FireFox related, I am going to go with bad memory as a first guess, and bad hardware of some form if not that. You can use memtester in MacPorts, which I am the maintainer of, to help you check your memory. It will take over night. You will need to install MacPorts and the OS X Developer Tools, but if you are used to doing shell based things, you should be ok. The raw portfile is here: http://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/sysutils/memtester/Portfile and you can <a href="http://www.macports.org/" rel="nofollow">download MacPorts from MacPorts.org</a> @Stefan,
That’s a pretty deep crash if it is shutting down your remote ssh access. I have had machines having on by a bare thread and still able to get some things worked or repaired over ssh.

I would probbaly start by removing all plugins for FireFox, since that seems to be what causes this, and going from there. If that solves it, slowly add them back in, one at a time, until you find the bad one, and see if there is an update, or report it to the developer.

If it is not Flash and FireFox related, I am going to go with bad memory as a first guess, and bad hardware of some form if not that. You can use memtester in MacPorts, which I am the maintainer of, to help you check your memory. It will take over night. You will need to install MacPorts and the OS X Developer Tools, but if you are used to doing shell based things, you should be ok.

The raw portfile is here: http://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/sysutils/memtester/Portfile and you can download MacPorts from MacPorts.org

]]> By: Stefan http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-6880 Stefan Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:21:44 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-6880 @Scott: Thanks again for your answer. Yes, I meant a ssh connection from the outside (I am an Unix old-timer :-) If the machine is about to crash (announced by the BBoD in Firefox) I have no more change to login remotely (ECONNREFUSED). But if I do remote login before-hand, the shell then is still running and comments every try to execute a command with the above error message (literally). Nothing found in any log file so far after such crashes. Today I had such a crash running Activity Monitor and shortly before freezing (the AM also freezed shortly after Firefox!) I saw that Firefox was not responding anymore. The BBoD apeared in FF, then in AM, then in the root window. Very mysterious. @Scott: Thanks again for your answer. Yes, I meant a ssh connection from the outside (I am an Unix old-timer :-) If the machine is about to crash (announced by the BBoD in Firefox) I have no more change to login remotely (ECONNREFUSED).

But if I do remote login before-hand, the shell then is still running and comments every try to execute a command with the above error message (literally).

Nothing found in any log file so far after such crashes. Today I had such a crash running Activity Monitor and shortly before freezing (the AM also freezed shortly after Firefox!) I saw that Firefox was not responding anymore. The BBoD apeared in FF, then in AM, then in the root window. Very mysterious.

]]> By: Scott Haneda http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-6878 Scott Haneda Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:17:44 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-6878 @Stefan, If you had an open ssh connection, running top, then you need not bother with the Activity Monitor. Are you sure you had an ssh connection open, or do you just mean you had a shell open on that machine? An ssh connection means you connected to the machine remotely, from another machine. I suspect you just opened terminal on the same machine, though I could be wrong. I would try running `top -u` which will sort top by CPU usage. Is "cmd: cannot execute [Device not configured]" the exact string you get from the shell? * The spinning colored wheel is often called the Beach ball of death, or the spinning wheel of death. I think technically it is called the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_wait_cursor" rel="nofollow">"Spinning Wait Cursor"</a>. I am not sure what your issue is, it could be a drive about to fail, have you looked at /var/log/system ? What you may want to do, open a second terminal connection/window and run tail -f /var/log/system.log as a command. This will show you the system.log as it is being written to. Whatch that log the next time things go downhill, and see what errors are generated. If anything good, paste them to pastie.org, and supply a link back here and I can if there is anything I can suggest. @Stefan,
If you had an open ssh connection, running top, then you need not bother with the Activity Monitor. Are you sure you had an ssh connection open, or do you just mean you had a shell open on that machine?

An ssh connection means you connected to the machine remotely, from another machine. I suspect you just opened terminal on the same machine, though I could be wrong.

I would try running `top -u` which will sort top by CPU usage.

Is “cmd: cannot execute [Device not configured]” the exact string you get from the shell?

* The spinning colored wheel is often called the Beach ball of death, or the spinning wheel of death. I think technically it is called the “Spinning Wait Cursor”.

I am not sure what your issue is, it could be a drive about to fail, have you looked at /var/log/system ?

What you may want to do, open a second terminal connection/window and run tail -f /var/log/system.log as a command. This will show you the system.log as it is being written to.

Whatch that log the next time things go downhill, and see what errors are generated. If anything good, paste them to pastie.org, and supply a link back here and I can if there is anything I can suggest.

]]> By: Stefan http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-6869 Stefan Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:21:56 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-6869 @Scott, thanks for your suggestion, will do so. Had a ssh conn open running top(1). When the system freezes, first FF will become unresponsive and the "turning colored wheel" (don't know its name in english) shows up. If I move the mouse on the desktop, it changes to normal cursor. Then, one to two seconds later, the turning wheel also shows up while being on the desktop. When I issue a ps(1) or any other command then in the ssh-window, all I get is "cmd: cannot execute [Device not configured]". After reboot everything works again, except that FF sometimes (not always) lost the tabs which were open before. So meanwhile I suspect the disk as the cause for those freezes, but need to be verified first. Anyway, will try the tip with the activation monitor. Again, thanks very much for your help. @Scott, thanks for your suggestion, will do so. Had a ssh conn open running top(1). When the system freezes, first FF will become unresponsive and the “turning colored wheel” (don’t know its name in english) shows up. If I move the mouse on the desktop, it changes to normal cursor. Then, one to two seconds later, the turning wheel also shows up while being on the desktop. When I issue a ps(1) or any other command then in the ssh-window, all I get is “cmd: cannot execute [Device not configured]“. After reboot everything works again, except that FF sometimes (not always) lost the tabs which were open before. So meanwhile I suspect the disk as the cause for those freezes, but need to be verified first.

Anyway, will try the tip with the activation monitor. Again, thanks very much for your help.

]]> By: Scott Haneda http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-6868 Scott Haneda Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:08:40 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-6868 @Stefan, I would suggest you keep Acticity Monitor open in the bacjground, and set it to show you the highest use CPU application sorted to the top. Next time a freeze happens, look at that window, and see what is stuck, it should be neat the top, and sucking most of your CPU usage along with it. Flash is quite literally, the largest cause of all crashes on Mac OS X. I would suggest you update FireFox to the most current version, <a href="http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html" rel="nofollow">uninstall Flash</a>, and then reinstall the latest version. @Stefan, I would suggest you keep Acticity Monitor open in the bacjground, and set it to show you the highest use CPU application sorted to the top.

Next time a freeze happens, look at that window, and see what is stuck, it should be neat the top, and sucking most of your CPU usage along with it.

Flash is quite literally, the largest cause of all crashes on Mac OS X. I would suggest you update FireFox to the most current version, uninstall Flash, and then reinstall the latest version.

]]> By: Stefan http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-6865 Stefan Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:49:48 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-6865 Wow, what a great site! Thanks for all those very helpful tipps! I came across your site when searching for infos about Mac OS X freezes that occur on my MacBook 2006 every then and when since I installed 10.5. Unfortunately, it seems that the whole OS freezes - most often when viewing flash videos in Firefox. Typical indication is that I can move the mouse but there is no reaction no matter what I click (even the finder's system menu for "Force Quit" does not work anymore). Interesting to see that others also have problems with freezes. Wow, what a great site! Thanks for all those very helpful tipps! I came across your site when searching for infos about Mac OS X freezes that occur on my MacBook 2006 every then and when since I installed 10.5. Unfortunately, it seems that the whole OS freezes – most often when viewing flash videos in Firefox. Typical indication is that I can move the mouse but there is no reaction no matter what I click (even the finder’s system menu for “Force Quit” does not work anymore). Interesting to see that others also have problems with freezes.

]]> By: namchampa http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-6121 namchampa Mon, 26 May 2008 18:17:35 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-6121 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/06/11/how-to-display-date-in-os-x-menu-bar http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/06/11/how-to-display-date-in-os-x-menu-bar

]]> By: namchampa http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-6120 namchampa Mon, 26 May 2008 18:16:59 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-6120 actually - i remembered how, but here's a good link that explains the process. actually – i remembered how, but here’s a good link that explains the process.

]]> By: namchampa http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-6118 namchampa Sat, 24 May 2008 11:17:41 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-6118 A wee question re. the display. On my old MBK I had the time/date menulette configured so that it read e.g Sat 24th May 2008 12:15. At the moment, the display simply reads Sat 12:15, and try as I might (in Open International), I can't seem to re-create the display as I'd had it, for my new MBK. Ideas? btw, the site is FAB! Thank you. A wee question re. the display. On my old MBK I had the time/date menulette configured so that it read e.g Sat 24th May 2008 12:15. At the moment, the display simply reads Sat 12:15, and try as I might (in Open International), I can’t seem to re-create the display as I’d had it, for my new MBK.
Ideas?
btw, the site is FAB! Thank you.

]]> By: Mike http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-6043 Mike Mon, 12 May 2008 00:51:35 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-6043 Very helpful. I've done a number of reboots and wondered if I had waited if it would have worked itself out. Thanks! Very helpful. I’ve done a number of reboots and wondered if I had waited if it would have worked itself out. Thanks!

]]> By: Scott Haneda http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-5869 Scott Haneda Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:14:56 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-5869 @Judie, thanks for your comment. I do want to point out, this is just a small technique I have used in the past to give me a quick hint as to the state of my computer. It worked much better on OS 9 since that OS was not nearly as resilient. The best point of this tip is that there are times when you think the machine is stuck, and you end up rebooting, and possibly losing unsaved data. This will give you one last chance to see what is going on, and hopefully, allow you to wait it out. At least, give you the data you need to know if waiting it out is even a wise use of your time. @Judie, thanks for your comment. I do want to point out, this is just a small technique I have used in the past to give me a quick hint as to the state of my computer.

It worked much better on OS 9 since that OS was not nearly as resilient. The best point of this tip is that there are times when you think the machine is stuck, and you end up rebooting, and possibly losing unsaved data.

This will give you one last chance to see what is going on, and hopefully, allow you to wait it out. At least, give you the data you need to know if waiting it out is even a wise use of your time.

]]> By: Jack http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-5845 Jack Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:21:22 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-5845 @jp Look into HughesNet. The only requirement is to have a clear view of the southern sky. Basic plan is 700kbps down and 128kbps up. @jp Look into HughesNet. The only requirement is to have a clear view of the southern sky. Basic plan is 700kbps down and 128kbps up.

]]> By: Judie http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-5844 Judie Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:51:33 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-5844 Thanks, Scott. This sounds like a great little tool. At least I'll know if it is is isn't locked! I was having locking issues last week because I clicked on the screen saver that uses the mosaic. It jammed twice so I gave it up. It was still "acting up" and luckily my guru reminded me to dump the preference file. It's been fine for days now. But this little helpful technique of the flashing time separators and changing seconds (hey, I'm going with both *G*) will be very helpful. Judie Thanks, Scott. This sounds like a great little tool. At least I’ll know if it is is isn’t locked! I was having locking issues last week because I clicked on the screen saver that uses the mosaic. It jammed twice so I gave it up. It was still “acting up” and luckily my guru reminded me to dump the preference file. It’s been fine for days now. But this little helpful technique of the flashing time separators and changing seconds (hey, I’m going with both *G*) will be very helpful.

Judie

]]> By: WetcoastBob http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-5814 WetcoastBob Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:44:41 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-5814 I will be updating when my present project is complete. (I don't need the distraction at the moment) Cheers Bob I will be updating when my present project is complete. (I don’t need the distraction at the moment)

Cheers
Bob

]]> By: Scott Haneda http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-5795 Scott Haneda Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:46:06 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-5795 @WetcoastBob, you did not even need to tell me, I knew you were on 10.3 or 10.4 :-) You are in a rough spot, Caroline's laptop did this all the time as well. To my knowledge, and reading support articles on the matter, networking on older OS X's is not so great when you leave a connection open. The same happens to .mac users as well. Unfortunately, the best I can tell you is to update to 10.5, where to date, I have not had an issue with this. Sorry I can not be of more help. @WetcoastBob, you did not even need to tell me, I knew you were on 10.3 or 10.4 :-)

You are in a rough spot, Caroline’s laptop did this all the time as well. To my knowledge, and reading support articles on the matter, networking on older OS X’s is not so great when you leave a connection open.

The same happens to .mac users as well.

Unfortunately, the best I can tell you is to update to 10.5, where to date, I have not had an issue with this.

Sorry I can not be of more help.

]]> By: WetcoastBob http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-5773 WetcoastBob Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:17:51 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-5773 Thanks for this. I have had problems with the beachball every now and again which is quite frustrating because I could not figure out what is wrong. As it turns out, this happens when I have been networking between my iMac and MBP, close the lid on the MBP and try to work on the iMac. The iMac, when it discovers a broken connection, freezes while it tries to re-establish connection with the MBP. If I am quick I can wake the MBP from sleep and the connection is re-established. Sometimes it has been a while between closing the MBP and resuming work on the iMac and I sit there wondering what is up. Now I will go look at the clock and see what is happening and maybe it will jog my memory that I broke the connection. By the way, is there anywhere I can go to change the amount of time spent trying to re-establish contact? (I am running Tiger) Thanks for this. I have had problems with the beachball every now and again which is quite frustrating because I could not figure out what is wrong.

As it turns out, this happens when I have been networking between my iMac and MBP, close the lid on the MBP and try to work on the iMac. The iMac, when it discovers a broken connection, freezes while it tries to re-establish connection with the MBP. If I am quick I can wake the MBP from sleep and the connection is re-established.

Sometimes it has been a while between closing the MBP and resuming work on the iMac and I sit there wondering what is up. Now I will go look at the clock and see what is happening and maybe it will jog my memory that I broke the connection.

By the way, is there anywhere I can go to change the amount of time spent trying to re-establish contact? (I am running Tiger)

]]> By: jp http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-5660 jp Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:08:47 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-5660 Scott/Jim..Thanx to your efforts, I have determined my average dial-up speed on the new iMAC...The download manager idea did the trick....unfortunately, the test determined that 'speed' as being 3Kb/Sec! This is with a new apple external modem and phone line. One can only hope for future better service for outlying areas. Thanx again for the sage and timely advice. J.P. Scott/Jim..Thanx to your efforts, I have determined my average dial-up speed on the new iMAC…The download manager idea did the trick….unfortunately, the test determined that ’speed’ as being 3Kb/Sec! This is with a new apple external modem and phone line.
One can only hope for future better service for outlying areas.
Thanx again for the sage and timely advice.
J.P.

]]> By: Scott Haneda http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-5485 Scott Haneda Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:20:53 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-5485 @jp, aside from installing a 3rd party network tool, which I am hesitant to recommend at this point, I can think of one other method. Try downloading any file in Safari, makes little difference what, just try to have it be large. You can find a file at macupdate, or versiontracker, just any software should be fine. Look at your Safari downloads manager window, that will also tell you the speed at which a file is being downloaded. @jp, aside from installing a 3rd party network tool, which I am hesitant to recommend at this point, I can think of one other method.

Try downloading any file in Safari, makes little difference what, just try to have it be large. You can find a file at macupdate, or versiontracker, just any software should be fine.

Look at your Safari downloads manager window, that will also tell you the speed at which a file is being downloaded.

]]> By: JimB http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-5347 JimB Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:24:42 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-5347 @jp, I use http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ for my tests-I generally will do it a couple times if I'm suspicious with the results. I do sympathize~it wasn't that long ago I suffered dial-up, playing solitaire waiting for pages to load. Even the lowest dsl offering is a huge improvement ;) @jp,
I use http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ for my tests-I generally will do it a couple times if I’m suspicious with the results. I do sympathize~it wasn’t that long ago I suffered dial-up, playing solitaire waiting for pages to load. Even the lowest dsl offering is a huge improvement ;)

]]> By: jp http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-5345 jp Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:23:20 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-5345 Scott-Thanx for your prompt response re:Activity Monitor...I have tried to no avail - I get the monitor pane, but no activity on the network tab, even when loading web pages/mail. Perhaps dial up speeds are too low to register? A lengthy review of AppleHelp was not fruitful, and ;speedtest.net only measures broadbandspeeds (don't I wish!)...Thx..J.P. Scott-Thanx for your prompt response re:Activity Monitor…I have tried to no avail – I get the monitor pane, but no activity on the network tab, even when loading web pages/mail. Perhaps dial up speeds are too low to register? A lengthy review of AppleHelp was not fruitful, and ;speedtest.net only measures broadbandspeeds (don’t I wish!)…Thx..J.P.

]]> By: Scott Haneda http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-5262 Scott Haneda Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:17:16 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-5262 @Jim, thanks for the appreciation. This was a bit of a strange post, and I hoped people would understand what I was getting at. It is by no means a 100% perfect way to test a locked up machine, but for a quick glance method, it has served me well over the years. @Jim, thanks for the appreciation. This was a bit of a strange post, and I hoped people would understand what I was getting at. It is by no means a 100% perfect way to test a locked up machine, but for a quick glance method, it has served me well over the years.

]]> By: Scott Haneda http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-5261 Scott Haneda Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:16:02 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-5261 @jp, there are a few ways to determine download speed. One is to use a service, such as http://www.speedtest.net/ though at times, they can be inaccurate. If you look at /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor, you can see there is a Network tab at the bottom, that will show you, in real time, the data in and out in Bytes. @jp, there are a few ways to determine download speed. One is to use a service, such as http://www.speedtest.net/ though at times, they can be inaccurate.

If you look at /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor, you can see there is a Network tab at the bottom, that will show you, in real time, the data in and out in Bytes.

]]> By: JimB http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-5252 JimB Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:18:45 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-5252 That is a great technique~I've made the changes. I've had those freeze ups and wondered if it was an app or OS. Thank you! That is a great technique~I’ve made the changes. I’ve had those freeze ups and wondered if it was an app or OS. Thank you!

]]> By: jp http://osxhelp.com/customize-your-os-x-clock-and-use-it-as-a-system-lockup-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-5249 jp Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:56:04 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/?p=159#comment-5249 Scott-Many thx for your helpful site. I started following it even prior to buying my iMAC last week. I've made the clock change in hopes I will not have to cold boot ever again! I am on dial-up and Safari seems to load even slower than my old 386. How do I determine my download speed in Safari? Your sage advice would be greatly appreciated. J.P. Scott-Many thx for your helpful site. I started following it even prior to buying my iMAC last week. I’ve made the clock change in hopes I will not have to cold boot ever again!
I am on dial-up and Safari seems to load even slower than my old 386. How do I determine my download speed in Safari? Your sage advice would be greatly appreciated. J.P.

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