Beach ball and i-beam cursors pixelated

An otherwise rock-solid indigo iMac is exhibiting something odd: anytime (across all applications) the beach ball or an i-beam cursor appears, a square of video around them appears as pixelated or scrambled video data (the standard arrow cursor doesn't appear to exhibit this problem). This has gone on through complete wipes and reinstalls and the usual troubleshooting methods as well as through various updates of OS X.
It has the stock ATI Rage Pro chip standard to those models. Could this chip be bad? I've found only one reference to a problem like this, but that was in a retail ATI board, not an iMac.
I'd appreciate suggestions on possible solutions! Thanks!
iMac CRT - Indigo 500MHz Mac OS X (10.4.6) 640MB RAM

Go step by step and test.
1. Reset Safari.
    Click Safari in the menu bar.
    From the drop down select "Reset Safari".
    Click "Reset".
2. Delete Cookies
     Safari > Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and other website data:
     Click “Remove All Website Data”.
3. Empty Caches
     Safari > Preference > Advanced
     Checkmark the box for "Show Develop menu in menu bar".
     Develop menu will appear in the Safari menu bar.
     Click Develop and select "Empty Caches" from the dropdown.
4. Turn off Extensions if any, and launch Safari.
     Safari > Preferences > Extensions

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Hi Steve,
Here is the complete panic log. I thought this might be easier to give you the whole thing rather than cherry pick.
Mon Dec 15 03:38:20 2008
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 1): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x0000000000000024 PC=0x0000000000070284
Latest crash info for cpu 1:
Exception state (sv=0x3CBC0000)
PC=0x00070284; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x00000024; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x000702C4; R1=0x22903CC0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x000702C4 0x00037E6C 0x00269694 0x00269950 0x00269830 0x002ABDB8
0x000ABD30 0x00000000
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xF0407940
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3CBC0000)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x3AD65280)
PC=0x90032404; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x8FE54028; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x900323F8; R1=0xF0407940; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x0000000000000010 PC=0x00000000000665E4
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x3B6BD280)
PC=0x000665E4; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x00000010; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00066570; R1=0x22963C90; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x003E11F0 0x00070640 0x0006271C 0x000A865C 0x000ABB80
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xF059A9C0
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3B6BD280)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x3C014500)
PC=0x9146ADBC; MSR=0x0000F030; DAR=0xFFF2DD50; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x9146AD98; R1=0xF059A9C0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xFFFF0003): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 1:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x000A8204 0x000ABB80
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3CBC0000)
PC=0x00070284; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x00000024; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x000702C4; R1=0x22903CC0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x000702C4 0x00037E6C 0x00269694 0x00269950 0x00269830 0x002ABDB8
0x000ABD30 0x00000000
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xF0407940
Except`
Wed Jan 7 01:34:18 2009
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 1): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x00000000075BD680 PC=0x00000000002D72F8
Latest crash info for cpu 1:
Exception state (sv=0x3BC5C000)
PC=0x002D72F8; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x075BD680; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x002DBB6C; R1=0x2268B9F0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00000000 0x002DBB6C 0x3AEB9680 0x3AEB8364 0x3A906DF4 0x3A9068D8
0x3A906590 0x3A906054 0x3A906A78 0x3A906444 0x3AEB7AE8 0x002D1B8C 0x002D0A54 0x000A9714
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleK2SATA(1.0.4f2)@0x3aeb6000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.7)@0x32909000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily(1.6.0f2)@0x3a900000
com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily(1.6.0f2)@0x3a900000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3BC5C000)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x3293D000)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xFFFF0003): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 1:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x000A8204 0x000ABB80
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3BC5C000)
PC=0x002D72F8; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x075BD680; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x002DBB6C; R1=0x2268B9F0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00000000 0x002DBB6C 0x3AEB9680 0x3AEB8364 0x3A906DF4 0x3A9068D8
0x3A906590 0x3A906054 0x3A906A78 0x3A906444 0x3AEB7AE8 0x002D1B8C 0x002D0A54 0x000A9714
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleK2SATA(1.0.4f2)@0x3aeb6000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.7)@0x32909000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily(1.6.0f2)@0x3a900000
com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily(1.6.0f2)@0x3a900000
Exception state (sv=0x3293D000)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24
Wed Jan 14 12:58:37 2009
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 1): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x00000000076C0248 PC=0x000000000003FFD4
Latest crash info for cpu 1:
Exception state (sv=0x3207DA00)
PC=0x0003FFD4; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x076C0248; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x0003FFBC; R1=0x2207BC80; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x025B11E0 0x0001F3A8 0x00036630 0x00053A38 0x00029234 0x000233F8
0x000ABEAC 0x00800080
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFFF440
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.ApplePMU(2.3.4d1)@0x7fa000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily(1.4.13)@0x4a5000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3207DA00)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x3B4FD780)
PC=0x9000AF48; MSR=0x0200D030; DAR=0x01801200; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x9000AE9C; R1=0xBFFFF440; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x00000000075625E8 PC=0x00000000000665E4
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x3B5DCA00)
PC=0x000665E4; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x075625E8; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00066570; R1=0x21F9BC90; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x025C73C0 0x00070640 0x0006271C 0x000A86F0 0x000ABB80
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFFEB10
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3B5DCA00)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x3B50A780)
PC=0x9B4C59AC; MSR=0x4000D030; DAR=0xF0080EC4; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x9B4C59AC; R1=0xBFFFEB10; XCP=0x00000010 (0x400 - Inst access)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xFFFF0003): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 1:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x000A8204 0x000ABB80
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3207DA00)
PC=0x0003FFD4; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x076C0248; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x0003FFBC; R1=0x2207BC80; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtr`
Tue Jan 27 14:58:11 2009
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x000000000CF73B20 PC=0x00000000004E9070
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x23B4F000)
PC=0x004E9070; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x0CF73B20; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x004E9068; R1=0x0D023DC0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x004E9068 0x0003CA1C 0x000A9714
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver(2.5.5)@0x4e6000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.8.1)@0x463000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily(1.4.13)@0x4a5000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x23B4F000)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x22DF3780)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 1): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x000000000CF73B20 PC=0x00000000004E9070
Latest crash info for cpu 1:
Exception state (sv=0x23DBBA00)
PC=0x004E9070; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x0CF73B20; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x004E9068; R1=0x0CF33DC0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x004E9068 0x0003CA1C 0x000A9714
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver(2.5.5)@0x4e6000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.8.1)@0x463000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily(1.4.13)@0x4a5000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x23DBBA00)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x23C9F780)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xFFFF0003): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x000A8204 0x000ABB80
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x23B4F000)
PC=0x004E9070; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x0CF73B20; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x004@
Sun Mar 8 21:48:16 2009
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 1): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x00000000071F1DD0 PC=0x00000000000665E4
Latest crash info for cpu 1:
Exception state (sv=0x50E48A00)
PC=0x000665E4; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x071F1DD0; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00066570; R1=0x221DBC90; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x02790A00 0x000707E0 0x0006271C 0x000A86F0 0x000ABB80
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFFDF20
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x50E48A00)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x3B16C500)
PC=0x9B6D23A8; MSR=0x4000F030; DAR=0x00374000; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x9F5CED4C; R1=0xBFFFDF20; XCP=0x00000010 (0x400 - Inst access)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x0000000006AEB800 PC=0x000000000056DD40
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x3B320000)
PC=0x0056DD40; MSR=0x0000B030; DAR=0x06AEB800; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x0056DD20; R1=0x21EC3D60; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x0056DD20 0x0056B2F8 0x0003CA1C 0x000A9714
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily(1.5.5b2)@0x55f000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.8.1)@0x463000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3B320000)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x3B2EA500)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xFFFF0003): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 1:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x000A8204 0x000ABB80
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x50E48A00)
PC=0x000665E4; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x071F1DD0; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00066570; R1=0x221DBC90; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x02790A00 0x000707E0 0x0006271C 0x000A86F0 0x000ABB80
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFFDF20
Mon Mar 9 20:30:54 2009
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 1): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x00000000071F1DD0 PC=0x00000000000665E4
Latest crash info for cpu 1:
Exception state (sv=0x50E48A00)
PC=0x000665E4; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x071F1DD0; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00066570; R1=0x221DBC90; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x02790A00 0x000707E0 0x0006271C 0x000A86F0 0x000ABB80
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFFDF20
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x50E48A00)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x3B16C500)
PC=0x9B6D23A8; MSR=0x4000F030; DAR=0x00374000; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x9F5CED4C; R1=0xBFFFDF20; XCP=0x00000010 (0x400 - Inst access)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x0000000006AEB800 PC=0x000000000056DD40
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x3B320000)
PC=0x0056DD40; MSR=0x0000B030; DAR=0x06AEB800; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x0056DD20; R1=0x21EC3D60; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x0056DD20 0x0056B2F8 0x0003CA1C 0x000A9714
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily(1.5.5b2)@0x55f000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.8.1)@0x463000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3B320000)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x3B2EA500)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xFFFF0003): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 1:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x000A8204 0x000ABB80
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x50E48A00)
PC=0x000665E4; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x071F1DD0; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00066570; R1=0x221DBC90; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x02790A00 0x000707E0 0x0006271C 0x000A86F0 0x000ABB80
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFFDF20
Wed Mar 11 10:27:12 2009
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x007CD17C): DART entry exception: HyperTransport write logical page 0x0210C
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x007CD17C 0x006BED70 0x006BEDA8 0x00671048 0x002D1B8C
0x002D0A54 0x000A9714
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleGPIO(1.1.9d0)@0x6bc000
dependency: com.apple.driver.IOPlatformFunction(1.8.0d12)@0x507000
com.apple.driver.MacIOGPIO(1.1.9d0)@0x66f000
com.apple.driver.AppleMacRISC4PE(1.8.6f1)@0x7c6000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.7)@0x48d000
dependency: com.apple.driver.IOPlatformFunction(1.8.0d12)@0x507000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x00D40C80)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
Wed Mar 11 11:01:02 2009
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x007CD17C): DART entry exception: HyperTransport write logical page 0x0210C
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x007CD17C 0x006BED70 0x006BEDA8 0x00671048 0x002D1B8C
0x002D0A54 0x000A9714
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleGPIO(1.1.9d0)@0x6bc000
dependency: com.apple.driver.IOPlatformFunction(1.8.0d12)@0x507000
com.apple.driver.MacIOGPIO(1.1.9d0)@0x66f000
com.apple.driver.AppleMacRISC4PE(1.8.6f1)@0x7c6000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.7)@0x48d000
dependency: com.apple.driver.IOPlatformFunction(1.8.0d12)@0x507000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x00D40C80)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC

27 ", late 2010, iMac won't boot after turning on. Spinning beach ball and white screen.

Probably a relatively simple fix, or series of steps, that will return it to normal.

BD,
It's been a while, but I have since upgraded RAM to 12Gb and gone to Mavericks 10.9.4. Everything has run well until recently. Time Machine will not function on a new Seagate, 1TB GoFlex external HD,even though it was properly formatted and HFS journaled. Seagate techs said it seems to be a failing drive, yet it works perfectly on my laptop, a 15" MacBook Pro with Mountain Lion. The drive completes less than 10% of the backup before it locks everything up on the iMac with the spinning beach ball and a gray screen. Left it that way for two days and no change. Removed the drive physically and the iMac works just fine. I am baffled and really a bit frustrated here and wonder if you, or anyone else, has an idea about correcting this? I am suspecting that there is something deeper in the system going on than I am seeing.
I have run a verification of Disc Permissions/Repairs and keep getting this coming up: "Permissions differ on “Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/Safari.help/Contents/Resources/inde x.html”; should be lrwxr-xr-x ; they are -rwxr-xr-x ."
That keeps coming up every time and is not fixed. I don't know if that has anything to do with that.
Baffled...

Spinning beach ball and frozen spotlight on iMac

I cannot use spotlight. The window opens and I cannot type in it because I get a spinning beach ball when the cursor is moved to that area. No matter what I do, it won't go away. I have run disk utilities, zapped the pram, run tech tool pro. Searching on this subject did bring up discussions of cache cleaner, but it appears it is no longer available for Snow Leopard (even though it appears you can download it from several places, it is really Lion Cache Cleaner). Relaunching the finder does not help. Restarting the machine doesn't help either, as soon as I try and use spotlight, the same thing happens. In fact, the whole right side of the menu bar causes the cursor to turn into the spinning ball. Any ideas?
thanks,
Joe

I think it is definitely related to indexing. I am attaching a screen shot. I think that the application I have open in the menu, which I cannot remember what it is called, nor can I turn it off because my cursor is a beachball, may be part of the problem. While I was trouble shooting, a menu dropped down show that my computer was being indexed. At the same time spotlight opened by itself and it said "Indexing". I tried relaunching the finder, which would not happen. I had to hit the power switch to shut down. Do you recognize what that program in my menu bar is?

Spinning beach ball and no Finder icons

I am trying to troubleshoot this problem:
My brother was trying to move a lot of JPGs (3,500 of them!) by dragging from one folder to another, but he missed the target folder and they started appearing on his desktop. The only way he could think of to kill the process was to Restart.
After restarting, the system seems to load normally EXCEPT all the icons on his desktop are missing (including the ones for his hard drives) AND the Finder cursor is the spinning beach ball.
Mail, Safari, etc, will load and function normally, but he can't use the Finder. Activity Monitor shows the Finder using high 90s of %CPU.
So far we have tried: Restarting in Safe Mode, Repairing permissions, and running Disk First Aid from the Install DVD - with no problems found and no helpful results.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
gw

HI Gary,
Besides trashing the Finder plist file which would have been my first idea first also, try deleting this one too: com.apple.desktop.plist /Users/YourName/Library/Preferences. Open the Preferences folder, locate that file and drag it to the Trash, empty the Trash and reboot. Your Mac will create new pref files for you.
Also.. thought of something else. Go to a clear space on your Desktop so it says Finder in the Menu. Now click Command + Option + Esc on your keyboard. A Force Quit window will open. Select Finder in the list and click Relaunch.
*** Performance tip: Keep the Desktop clutter-free (empty, if possible) ***
Mac OS X's Desktop is the de facto location for downloaded files, and for many users, in-progress works that will either be organized later or deleted altogether. The desktop can also be gluttonous, however, becoming a catch-all for files that linger indefinitely.
Unfortunately - aside from the effect of disarray it creates - keeping dozens or hundreds of files on the Desktop can significantly degrade performance. Not necessarily because the system is sluggish with regard to rendering the icons on the desktop and storing them in memory persistently (which may be true in some cases), but more likely because keeping an excessive number of items on the Desktop can cause the windowserver process to generate reams of logfiles, which obviously draws resources away from other system tasks. Each of your icons on your desktop is stored as a window in the window server, not as an alias. The more you have stored, the more strain it puts on the window server. Check your desktop for unnecessary icons and clear them out.
Keeping as few items as possible on the Desktop can prove a surprisingly effective performance boon. Even creating a single folder on your Desktop and placing all current and future clutter inside, then logging out and back in can provide an immediately noticeable speed boost, particularly for the Finder.
Carolyn
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Spinning beach ball and a restart

During the past two days, I've got three spinning beach balls that just won't quit. So I had to resort to pressing that little button on the fron of my G4 tower for a restart. After that, everything is back to normal. Each time it happened when trying to either open or close a folder (different each time).
The console logs this:
Oct 30 08:46:19 (xxx)s-G4 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framewo rk/Support/ATSServer: FSFindFolder failed for domain -32762: 0x-43. Now relying on persistent store for said domain.\n
I tried googling but couldn't find anything useful. Does anyone here know what it means?
Message was edited by: jofima

Do you mean a physical problem?
I don't have DiskWarrior, and Disk Utility says there are no problems. I purchased the HD just this week, and before installing anything onto it, I erased it using DiskUtility's "zero out" option.
Just an hour ago, I had another problem with it. The computer had gone to sleep, and when I awoke it, the mouse cursor could move alright, but nothing happened when I tried clicking on things.
Anyway, I've sent a mail to the seller, and am awaiting a reply. It's Friday afternoon, so I probably have to wait till Monday. In the meantime, I'm re-migrating the system back to the old HD.
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Mac Pro shows beach ball and pauses for several seconds

I have an issue with my new Mac Pro (2013) wherein I can be running nothing but Pages for instance (does same with other non-graphic intense programs as well) and I will get a beach ball, then the computer will halt for several seconds until the beachball clears. Why is this happening? I have 500 GB SSD and 16 GB Apple memory.   This happens also when bouncing a two or three instrument song in Logic Pro. Anyone know of issues?

When you see a beachball cursor or the slowness is especially bad, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
          SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
          View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above.
Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first.
Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

Every time I open Mail it fails to respond, the windows stay blank and I get the beach ball and can only close it by force closing. Any ideas?

Every time I open Mail on my Macbook Pro, which is only a couple of weeks old, it fails to open, the windows stay blank and I get the beach ball. The only way I can get it to close is to force it using the command alt esc buttons. Any ideas?

Hi Elijahcross,
If you are having issues with iTunes freezing shortly after opening, you may find the troubleshooting in the following article helpful:
iTunes for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8: Fix unexpected quits or launch issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1717
Regards,
- Brenden

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