[MITgcm-support] Model hangs intermittently on Mac

[Klymak Jody]

Hi Christopher. 

Try the opposite.  Look for processes thrashing your disk. I had the calendar daemon hogging all my io recently because I had a bunch of dead subscriptions after upgrading to mountain lion. Perhaps you have something similar.  Cheers.  Jody. 

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Jody Klymak
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On 2013-02-27, at 12:59, "Christopher L. P. Wolfe" <clwolfe at ucsd.edu> wrote:

> It's a Mac Pro, so it's a desktop without a battery. I'll definitely try turning off power management from the control panel, but the "caffeinate" utility should have done the same thing. Indeed, my machine was still awake after being left alone overnight, but the model still stalled around 1 am. 
> 
> Christopher
> 
> On Feb 27, 2013, at 12:05 PM, Gus Correa <gus at ldeo.columbia.edu> wrote:
> 
>> How about plugging in the power adapter and on the menus:
>> System Preferences -> Energy Saver -> Power Adapter
>> change the computer sleep time to "never",
>> and perhaps un-check the other power saving options
>> (like put the disk to sleep).
>> You can revert to the original settings for normal operation.
>> Go green!
> 
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