Lockups when I try to run different media over the internet

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mchamp

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So my problem is very odd, but is quickly becoming very frustrating. Whenever I try to watch a video, like on hulu, or listen to music from SiriusXM, I get the the pinwheel and then safari locks up and I have to force quit. I've tried using firefox and the same issue comes up with that program as well. I'm really not sure what to do, and the last thing I want to do is reformat or take my mac in so if someone can help me, I would REALLY appreciate it.

I'm currently running Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a). I'm not sure what other information you may need to help, just let me know.

Thanks in advance for any help.
 
Tell us which model Mac you have, (PowerPC, or Intel?) and how much RAM memory you have installed...
Also, how large is your hard drive, and how much space is free?
 
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,5
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
 
Sorry, quick wrote that during lunch, left out my hdd:

Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 148.73 GB
Available: 88.31 GB
 
Just for info - that's a MacBook Pro, 13-inch (mid 2009)

You missed the probably-more-important question - How large is your hard drive, and how much of that hard drive is used (or how much free space do you have?)

You can also leave your Activity Monitor open, and check in that Monitor when your Safari appears to stop responding. You may see what process is causing that to happen. Be sure in the Activity Monitor, that you have Show All Processes selected, and not just My Processes. You can click on the header line, to sort by Processor use, which can quickly show you if a particular process is 'jacking' the processor at that time.

You might also watch the system memory tab there, where you might see that Active Memory leaps up, and Free Memory drops to a very small amount, with more swapping (indicated by a leap in Page-outs). That may mean that you could consider upgrading your RAM memory. Your MacBook Pro can have as much as 8GB installed, and is something to think about in any case. There's just no downside to giving a Mac system more RAM to use.
 
I have plenty of hdd space, so I don't think that is the issue. This is something that has sprung up in the last week, but I haven't done anything new so I'm really not sure what the issue is.

Would upgrading to Snow Leopard fix potential problems?
 
If you watch your Activity Monitor for a few days, you may have a better idea about the problem, and make choosing a possible fix more efficient...

But, some normal system maintenance may also help. Try one of the myriad OS X maintenance apps, such as OnyX, or YASU - where you can easily run a few cache cleanups.
Another good step is to download and install your current OS X combined updater, which has the result of making sure that the OS X system has all the files needed for your current level of OS X, and can often clear out minor problems that will sometimes show up in your OS X system. Here's a download site for that 10.5.8 combined updater: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL866
 
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