Lots of Freezes and Spinning Beach Balls

Just recently my PowerBook G4 12" 1.42 began acting up. I can barely do anything without getting a screen freeze or spinning beach ball. I can't open folders, click or scroll, copy or paste, or almost anything without a very very long wait, up to several minutes of SWOD. Sometimes the screen won't do anything except move the mouse cursor.
I tried Disk Utility Repair Permissions, and it got hung up for about an hour and then the computer became unresponsive, and I had to shut down by holding the power button. I tried resetting PRAM with no luck.
I noticed the problem after the latest software update about 4 days ago. Up till then, all my software was updated pretty recently, within a few weeks.
Thanks for any ideas.

1. you have a 12" PB g4, which has been around since 10.2 or 10.3 Since then, how have you upgraded your OS? Was it an update, archive & install, or erase & install? if all your updates have been upgrades, it may be time to wipe your hard drive and start fresh. If there was any corruption with previous versions of OS X, they will be there when you upgrade.
From time to time, I completely erase my hard drive and reinstall everything. yes, it's a pain to do but i know that it will keep my computer running smoothly.
2. Your directory might be screwed up. You can try to fix it by rebooting your computer and when it's rebooting, hold down the Apple key (command) and the "S" key (command + S), which will boot you into Single User Mode. Type in "fsck -fy" (without quotes) at the prompt. This runs a file system check. If your directory is out of whack, this can fix it. You may have to run it a few times until it no longer reports any errors with the directory.
3. If your directory is really screwed up, I would suggest you buy Disk Warrior.
It sounds like your OS may be corrupted or your directory is screwed up.
Other things to check is to see how much available space is on your hard drive. If it's less than 2 gigs, this could explain why you are having problems.
hope this helps.

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Wed Apr 17 02:48:55 2013
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IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0xb200004000000800 valid
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Model: iMac5,1, BootROM IM51.0090.B09, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.16 GHz, 2 GB, SMC 1.9f4
Graphics: ATI Radeon X1600, ATY,RadeonX1600, PCIe, 128 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz, 0x2C00000000000000, 0x384854463132383634485A2D363637483120
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz, 0x2C00000000000000, 0x384854463132383634485A2D363637483120
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x87), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.15)
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.8f17, 2 service, 11 devices, 0 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: SAMSUNG HD103UJ, 1 TB
Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-85J
USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8501, 0xfd400000 / 2
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8206, 0x7d100000 / 2
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8240, 0x7d200000 / 3
USB Device: Microsoft ® Laser Mouse 6000, 0x045e (Microsoft Corporation), 0x00f0, 0x3d100000 / 2
USB Device: USB Keyboard, 0x0603 (Novatek Microelectronics Corp.), 0x00f2, 0x1d100000 / 2

TS3219 All of a sudden when I try and synch my iPhone or iPad to my iMac it just freezes and the beach ball rolls on and on. Any solution? I have downloaded all the latest updates.

All of a sudden when I try and sync my iPhone or iPad to my iMac it freezes. The beachball rolls and rolls around. I have downlaoded all updates but no fix!

Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache.
* Clear the Cache
'''[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-clear-firefox-cache How to clear the Firefox cache]''' {web link}
and
* Remove Cookies
'''''This will log you out of all sites you're logged in to.'''''
Press the '''Alt''' or '''F10''' key to bring up the tool bar.
Followed by;
Windows; '''Tools > Options'''
Linux; '''Edit > Preferences'''
Mac; ''application name'' '''> Preferences'''
Then '''Privacy.'''
Under '''History''', select Firefox will '''Use Custom Settings'''.
There is a button on the right side called '''Show Cookies'''.
If there is still a problem,
'''[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode Start Firefox in Safe Mode]''' {web link}
While you are in safe mode;
Press the '''Alt''' or '''F10''' key to bring up the tool bar.
Followed by;
Windows; '''Tools > Options'''
Linux; '''Edit > Preferences'''
Mac; ''application name'' '''> Preferences'''
Then '''Advanced > General.'''
Look for and turn off '''Use Hardware Acceleration'''.
Poke around safe web sites. Are there any problems?. Then restart.

OS Lion and spinning beach ball

I am trying to install flash player. It downloads fine I am using a MacBook Pro with Lion.My web b
rowser is safari 5.1. I get a spinning beachball when I try to do the next step when I see the folder on my desktop. Thanks for your help.

So, is it hanging (spinning beachball) when you double click on the "Install Adobe Flash Player" icon or when you double click on the .dmg file? If it's the .dmg, can you try downloading from here to see if it makes a difference?
Where can I find direct downloads of Flash Player for Windows or Macintosh?
If it's when clicking "Install Adobe Flash Player", please try the following steps:
1. Right click on "Install Adobe Flash Player" and select "Show Package Contents".
2. Navigate into the /Contents/Resources/ folder and double click the Adobe Flash Player.pkg file.
Thanks,
Chris

Help!! Stopping Freeze-ups (spinning beach ball of death.)

I don't know what to do anymore except to upgrade or get more ram.
Installed and launched FCE 3.5 HD, no problem. I have been able to even capture a whole 62 min tape of HDV material (with its normal lag of course) which I was even surprised, I have been able to edit, do transitions, text, work with sequences in the timeline etc...everything looks good in the canvas, viewer.
The minute I start playing the sequences after rendering all the transitions and effects it runs very well for a minute or two and then.... FCE locks up gives me the dreaded SBOD and even when I force Quit and can not even get back to the Finder unless I reboot. everytime that this happens I've trashed the Preference file as per the numerous links in this Forum
I have repaired the HD and the External FW LaCie with the Disk Utility several times It always reports no problems, I don't use any other Apps when working on FCE. Is this a lack of Ram and processor power only??
I don't have this problem when I work on the Lessons from the Apple Pro Training Series for FCE.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Luidoly
G5 1.8 Gz single, 512MB ram Mac OS X (10.4.8) La Cie d2 ext FW drive 160GB 7200rpm
G5 1.8 Gz single, 512MB ram Mac OS X (10.4.8) La Cie d2 ext FW drive 160GB

Thanks, PieroF
Yes, I know that I'm scratching the bottom of the barrel with only 512 especially for HDV, but I just did a test by capturing DV from an HDV tape, (setting the camera for DV out) and I got perfect DV clips, I figured this it would be able to handle since I was no longer working with HDV clips, but the minute I started setting the I/O points in the viewer it locked up again.
I have 123Gigs on the LaCie scratch disc and about 95Gigs free on the Mac disc
so I don't think is that.
I know ram is cheap but probably will hold out until new Macs come in they are rumored to have plans for a BlueRay Superdrive.
I just don't know what else to do in the meantime.
Luidoly.
G5 1.8 Gz single, 512MB ram Mac OS X (10.4.8) La Cie d2 ext FW drive 160GB

Plists and Spinning Beach Ball?

After installing the Snow Leopard upgrade on my mini (2009), almost all programs run slower than they did under Leopard and the SBB is displayed for 10 to 60 seconds before the programs even display their first window.
When the mini is first booted, it is not too bad, but the more time has passed since the boot, the more things seem to slow down.
I see suggestions in other threads about deleting plists to improve performance.
Is it safe to just delete all the plists or are there some that need to remain?

Sorry, it always cheers me up no end to have to repeat basic questions. Now about those fonts…
So far today we've had a teacher who can't spell and someone doing their Masters and has left it till the last minute to try and unravel themselves from some indeterminate problem they have trouble explaining, just the usual usual who seem to think they have got onto the Psychic Support Hot Line.
Follow the reinstall guides here:
http://www.freeforum101.com/iworktipsntrick/viewtopic.php?t=105&mforum=iworktips ntrick
You do have to clear everything out before reinstalling or you'll just end up back where you were.
Peter

Computer STILL freezing and spinning ball after mountain lion update

I have an early 2011 Macbook and like many others I am STILL experiencing the sporadic freezing and spinning beach ball of death/ pull my hair out / F*in up my life MULTIPLE times a day for hours on in!!!
I've erased all caché, reinstalled OS X Moutain Lion and conducted a reset of some sort by using Command + Option + P + R (I got this tip from another thread I randomly found). The reset works only for a short period of time, then I'm back at square one.
I love the update but its really starting to impact my life in a major way.
If someone could PLEEEEEEEASE advise a permantent fix to this problem, I would greatly appreciate it. If not, please tell me how to uninstall this OS completely!!

It is time for ALL of the new MBP machines to be replaced that are having the same issues. There is no reason that the new ones should be experiencing this issue. NONE of the Apple applications allow any work to occur since the update to 10.8.2 - something has destroyed the memory - it does not matter which Apple application I use, the memory is reduced to < 10 MB though it should be 8 GB. MacBook Pro 17" 2012 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 Memory: 8GB 1333 MHz DDR3 OS X 10.8.2 SMC 1.70f5
Not going to fight any battle. Apple must do the right thing as these steps are a joke designed to take my time. Replace the machine. If that doesn't work, replace again. If that doesn't work, repeat.

Lots of Freezes and Spinning Beach Balls

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