Frequent Spinning Beach Ball after SSD Upgrade
I have several original MacPro's (2.66GHz quad core) each with 10GB of memory and all running Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.8) - please no comments that I need to upgrade to Snow Leopard or Lion. I have replaced the original hard drive in two of them with a brand new 120GB solid state hard drive (cloning the information from the original hard drive to the SSD using Disk Utility) and all is well.
This morning, I repeated the same upgrade process on a 3rd MacPro. Since the upgrade, I am getting frequent spinning beach ball cursors sometimes when performing the most simplest of tasks:
1. Opening System Preferences
2. Clicking the Apple menu.
3. Opening an application.
4. Pressing Command-Shift-A to access the Applications folder.
I have ran Disk Utility and it finds nothing wrong. I thought it might be something to do with Spotlight indexing the drive so I let it completely index the drive. Still having frequent spinning beach ball cursors.
What am I missing? I have 7 MacPro's all bought at the same time, all configured exactly the same (hardware, software, everything!).
Please help!
TIA,
Jon
In brief, there are threads with pros and cons of cloning the OS to an SSD vs clean install.
There is always the issue of what make/controller/firmware SSD you used.
Are all of them the very same? hard to do with all the changes going on and with OWC issuing firmware update for their controller firmware (SandForce 2200 series I think).
3G? 6G?
http://macperformanceguide.com/index_topics.html#SSD_OWC_6G
I think one reason for OS X is it may handle an SSD different (or not).
I used Dec 2010 Corsair 3Gs in my 1,1 model just fine: 2 x 40GB and 1 x 120GB with no issue for months.
What's different? the model and firmware of your latest SSD. And always a chance it is a dud. Or Disk Utility isn't always best for cloning, even with hdd it isn't and many use CCC or better perhaps SuperSuper.
So there are threads, trouble cloning an SSD, and the recommendations to just clean install and use Setup Assistant. And of course move your home media and data to standard type drive.
Something else worth considering:
SoftRAID 4.3
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My 2011 MBP has begun running slow with frequent 'spinning beach ball' events. I'm running Yosemite and wondered if I should of use the original install disk for a maintenance reinstall. I presume I'd have to download Yosemite again, though I'd be happy just using Snow Leopard again too.
Thanks for the help.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.
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Spinning beach ball after hard drive upgrade
Im running a macbook pro i7 2.2ghz 8gb ram version 10.6.8 SL
I recently upgraded my 128gb ssd to a 512gb ssd drive. I cloned the drive to new drive and ever since then, I get the spinning beach ball very often whereas I never got it prior to the hard drive upgrade. Is there anything I can check or do to eliminate the freeze ups? It is VERY annoying. Or do I just need to do a fresh install on the new hard drive.
thanks in advanceDid you properly prep the drive first:
Drive Preparation
1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
If you are preparing an external or a non-startup drive, then open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID (for Intel Macs) or APM (for PPC Macs) then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size. -
Constant spinning beach balls after upgrading to Lion
I upgraded to Lion on a mid 2010 MacBook Pro. Ever since I have been dealing with constant spinning beach balls every time I log in to anything, type, browse on both Firefox and Safari, or scroll up and down a page. I have 8GB RAM, have reset the PRAM, restarted often, all is completely updated. Anyone else have this problem and what to do about it? It's extremely annoying and hard to get anything done! Thanks, karen
This is the info received from another post.
Reinstalling Lion
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alterhatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion: Select Reinstall Lion and click on the Continue button.
Note: You can also re-download the Lion installer by opening the App Store application. Hold down the OPTION key and click on the Purchases icon in the toolbar. You should now see an active Install button to the right of your Lion purchase entry. There are situations in which this will not work. For example, if you are already booted into the Lion you originally purchased with your Apple ID or if an instance of the Lion installer is located anywhere on your computer. -
Spinning beach ball since I upgraded Mac OS to 10.6.4
I upgraded the OS for my MAC to 10.6.4 and now I frequently get a spinning beach ball. I never had this problem with previous versions of OS.
I had been seeing increasing incidences of this. It was getting very annoying. FWIW, I'm using FF 6.0 and 10.6.8. This wasn't where FF was just taking time downloading. I'd get the spinning beach ball for 15-20 seconds BEFORE it started actually downloading, and frequently when I was already on a web page, and just scrolling down.
I tried disabling all plug-ins and extensions. No help.
Here's how I fixed it.
(1) Fix permissions and
(2) Completely remove and restore Firefox. Remove all FF preferences (trash user/Library/Firefox), the application, and re install the application.
Yes, be sure you preserve your bookmarks, ideally through Xmarks, and you'll have to redo all your passwords. Small price to pay.
After I did this, I had NO problems. Spinning beach balls are gone.
But I'd sure like to know why ... -
Slow and spinning beach balls after 10.8.2 update
After the initial install of ML 10.8 for the most part the sytem seemed to run fine. Very few snags. But after the 10.8.1 and now the 10.8.2 updates I am finding slower and slower times for programs to boot and waiting to be able to type anything and spinning beach balls all the time. I have noticed this continuously bringing up the contacts program, MS word, Pages, Apple Mail etc. Initial booting of the computer is slower as well and often has a frozen beach ball for a minute or so before it unfreezes and proceeds. Also huge slow down in printing from my wifi printer which before was super fast. I have reset the SMC, Pram, did disk permission repairs and all of those items. Nothing has changed anything. This is a early 15" 2011 MBP unit with 8 gig of ram, 750 gig hard drive with only 250 gig in use, 2.2 I7 processor and Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB. All software is updated to latest versions. This slower and slower and waiting thing is getting continuously worse all the time and very annoying. If anyone has any ideas I am open to suggestions to find a solution. Thanks much.
Seems we have a lot of people with simular problems but a lot of different combonations. Cleaning caches, reseting Pram, taking almost everything out of login items even using a program to defrag the unit, (mine is not a SSD drive), making sure all apps etc. are up to date and are ML ok etc. I have all done. I even had the unit tested by the Gen. Bar guys to make sure the hardware was ok including the drive even though I was pretty sure it was as I did not have this problem before ML. All checked out fine. I have not in the past had any problem with Time Machine backups but?????????? I only use a usb external and plug it in when I want to do a back up so it is not doing the backup thing all the time. I have thought of doing the erase and clean install which will be a huge amount of work but I have read many postings saying they have done that and it did not solve the problem so reluctant to do that if in the end I will spend two days for nothing? Could go back to SL or Lion as I have bootable backups but why should I have to do this on a year old MBP to make it work properly? Seems there ought to be a solution on this but Apple does not seem to have one? As I said in my original post all seemed good for the first month of ML then it began going down hill and has continued to ever since. I did notice last night that something strange seemed to help for a little while. I loged out of the unit as I have auto login and when I relogged in all seemed much quicker and better but today it has started to slow down again? I know everyone with this problem would like a solution!
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Safari Spinning Beach Ball after 10.5.5, Camera Raw Update, and Rmt Desktop
Safari is having real problems after remote desktop and camera raw update. Safari is totally unusable. Spinning beach ball forever and brings the entire machine to a hault. Hope someone can help with a fix soon
I zapped the pram. Tried deleting safari preferences. Cleaned out all the caches and histories. Rebuilt the permissions. Reset safari and reboot many times. No love.
I am now in the process of reapply the combo updater for 10.5.5, and repairing thee premissions one last time.Hi,
If Safari continues to misbehave, Save your Bookmarks by using File/Export Bookmarks and any other personal information you have stored. Delete the Safari and app, download and reinstall:
http://www.apple.com/safari/download/
Make sure and run Disk Utility from your Applications/Utilities folder and Repair Disk Permissions BEFORE and AFTER each and every update or upgrade.
Carolyn -
Imac Spinning Beach Ball after about 3 minutes of operation.
I get the spinning beach ball (SBBOD) after a few minutes of operation. The hard drive is indexing as well. I tried booting the computer in Safe Mode and I get NO beach ball and the computer seems to be perfectly fine. I recently upgraded my hard drive about 6 months ago. I am not sure if this is a hardware or software problem. I also tried running the hardware test, but I downloaded lion via the App Store and pressing "D" at boot up doesn't do anything. I am about ready to erase my hard drive and try to re-install my info from time machine. Unfortunately, I haven't done a back up in quite a while. Any suggestions?
SBBOD can be caused by many things. I'd recommend reading XLab's
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/sbbod.html
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Hello community,
I've had my iBook for almost two years now. Some months into owning it, a couple of days after update 10.4.3 came out, I started to see the spinning beach ball. Usually it would happen at random times, but certain activities guaranteed it (going over an icon in the dock w/ magnifying effect on, opening system preferences, and when checking for available software updates).
Well, I got sick of it after about a year, so I did a clean reformat a few weeks ago. At first, wow! super fast, just like the first months of ownership. Well, the spinning ball has returned now, about 2-3 weeks after the reformat. It's kind of annoying how Apple is running those ads on TV where the Mac is confused that the PC keeps on getting stuck, because I have 2 PC's and the 1 Mac, and the PC's never get stuck, as opposed to the Mac.
As before, it sometimes happens at random times when I'm just surfing the internet, always happens when I open system preferences, and usually when I open a .pdf file. This time, however, the dock's magnifying effect doesn't bother it. Sometimes I can use the computer for an hour or so before it happens, but sometimes it occurs very quickly. On average, it happens about once every 30 minutes and lasts for about a minute or two. Also, while it is happening, I can hear the HD making a very quiet repetitive click-click-click-clack sound until the ball disappears. All of my software is updated.
I'm inclined to think that it's a software issue since it runs fine after a reformat.
Despite this issue, I still like the computer, but would love to get this solved. Thanks in advance for the help.
HD: 60 GB total, about 45 free.
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)Hi,
Welcome to Apple discussions,
Along with the other good help you received
Did you run disk permissions before & after the attempt to reapply the Mac OS X 10.4.8 Combo PPC
** See this Updating Faq Mac OS X updating FAQ which should come
in handy for the newly released 10.4.9 just out today.
See this concise article on running disk permissions repair &more.Travis A.'s Regular Maintenance/General Troubleshooting
Do you run any maintenance to clean the Internet clutter you collect whilst
browsing? If not see this freeware tool OnyX and this article, Clearing caches with OnyX
Did you check your HD for the S.M.A.R.T status as Allan recommended?
In System preferences->Energy Saver do you have "put the hard disk to sleep when possible" selected if yes deselect that.
There are many aspects that will make for the spinning curser, look at the Macmaps & subsequent links it provides for more info.
Good luck & keep us posted.
Eme'~[) -
:20 spinning beach ball after importing a clip
I have an annoying problem that I hope someone can help me with. This has never happened with any of the 8-10 iMovie projects I have done since I started using the program a couple of years ago.
When I find a piece of footage I want to capture, I go through the process of doing do, then click stop when finished importing the particular clip. Then, as normal, I will get a very brief drop down message stating that iMovie is generating thumbnails/processing event, and it would appear iMovie is ready for me to capture more footage. But, the very moment I move the arrow cursor, a spinning beach ball appears and continues to spin for 15-20 seconds. They at the end of this 15-20 seconds, a very brief drop down message appears noting that iMovie is "optimising movie."
It's a very annoying problem that I have never had before with any other projects. I've tried shutting down/restarting to no avail. I have plenty of space available on the hard drive and there are no other programs running simultaneously with iMovie.
Thank you in advance.
GaryI have been capturing with a Sony MiniDV but I also tried a second JVC MiniDV camera as well, thinking that perhaps it might make a difference. It did not make a difference.
Also, I am not running the stabilization at the time of import as the footage was taped on a tripod.
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CS6 InDesign Won't Stop Spinning Beach Ball After Opening
My Mac was acting up tonight and it told me some InDesign-related files were damaged in the process. Now when I open InDesign or an InDesign file, I can’t do anything with the application because the beach ball keeps spinning after the application is launched and I have to force quit it. I tried deleting the preference file and uninstall InDesign and install it again and no luck.
Any help or advice would be appreciated.I just uninstall and reinstall InDesign and saw this error report:
Exit Code: 6 Please see specific errors and warnings below for troubleshooting. For example, ERROR: DF027, DW063 ... -------------------------------------- Summary -------------------------------------- - 0 fatal error(s), 3 error(s), 0 warning(s) ----------- Payload: {CFC3110A-491C-4DBF-A97D-66C567600A2F} Photoshop Camera Raw 7 7.0.0.0 ----------- ERROR: DF027: Unable to copy file from "/private/tmp/.tempdirz5ISanI4/Assets1/universal/Camera Raw.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Camera Raw" to "/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/CS6/File Formats/Camera Raw.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Camera Raw" (Seq 10) ERROR: DW063: Command ARKCopyFileCommand failed.(Seq 10) ERROR: DW050: The following payload errors were found during install: ERROR: DW050: - Photoshop Camera Raw 7: Install failed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
System Requirements -
Hi folks,
All the information about my problem is contained in the post title. I ran etrecheck as I had seen recommended in a few other posts.
Here are the results, any help would be apppreciated.
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,1
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 384 MB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 512 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
AirPlay: Version: 1.7 - SDK 10.8
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1 - SDK 10.8
Startup Items:
VirtualBox: Path: /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox
System Software:
OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Uptime: 39 days 14:44:3
Disk Information:
APPLE HDD ST500LM012 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (201.68 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Information:
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.2.6)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.2.6)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.2.6)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.2.6)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[failed] com.apple.coresymbolicationd.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
[failed] com.apple.accountsd.plist
[failed] com.apple.CalendarAgent.plist
[failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
[failed] com.apple.printtool.agent.plist
[failed] com.apple.rcd.plist
[failed] com.apple.scopedbookmarkagent.xpc.plist
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
[failed] com.macinapps.appdefender.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
[invalid] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist
[loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist
[loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[invalid] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.akamai.client.plist
[loaded] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist
[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist
User Login Items:
Citations
iTunesHelper
Google Notifier
ScreenCapture
Octoshape
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
Google Chrome
Fantastical
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
AirDisplayStatusItem
Android File Transfer Agent
Caffeine
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Air Display Preferences
Akamai NetSession Preferences
Flash Player
Growl
YAMAHA-USBMIDIPatch
Internet Plug-ins::
NPDjVu: Version: 6.1.2 - SDK 10.6
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1
PrintDialogExt: Version: 6.1.1
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.117 - SDK 10.6
DivX Web Player: Version: 3.0.1.5 - SDK 10.5
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.117 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010
npgtpo3dautoplugin: Version: 0.1.44.29 - SDK 10.5
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.04 - SDK 10.6
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update
User Internet Plug-ins::
OctoshapeWeb: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.8
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 2.6.1f3
Bad Fonts:
None
Old applications:
SoundCloud: Version: 1.1.0 - SDK 10.0
/Applications/SoundCloud.app
Uninstall Yamaha USB-MIDI Driver: Version: 1.1.0 - SDK 10.4
/Users/alexanderaddiego/Documents/YAMAHA DGX 640/um132mx/Uninstall Yamaha USB-MIDI Driver.app
Time Machine:
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 499.25 GB Disk used: 297.57 GB
Destinations:
FreeAgent GoFlex Drive [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 999.86 GB
Total number of backups: 2
Oldest backup: 2013-10-15 01:17:04 +0000
Last backup: 2013-10-15 01:31:10 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 999.86 GB > (Disk used 297.57 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
24% Google Chrome
7% WindowServer
1% EtreCheck
1% hidd
1% mds
Top Processes by Memory:
201 MB Google Chrome
111 MB SystemUIServer
97 MB Google Chrome Helper
86 MB mds
85 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Statistics:
28 MB Free RAM
1.40 GB Active RAM
1.39 GB Inactive RAM
1.17 GB Wired RAM
261.34 GB Page-ins
81.91 GB Page-outsSatis has good recommendations. If the don't do the trick...
You may be able to improve the speed with some software work but it could also be your disk is corrupt or failing.
Try an SMC Reset:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Is it faster now? If not, proceed.
Backup your data immediately:
Before proceeding you should make sure you have a current backup. If it has been getting slower over time your disk could be a failing slowly. SATA drives have two retry modes: short and long. They can continue operating as read errors are increasing. The long retry cycle is very long and can cause significant performance degradation. If it has started long retries then it is likely to get worse and eventually fail. SSDs also have a failure mode where the fail slowly.
Time Machine Basics: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427
Most commonly used backup methods:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3045
Methodology to protect your data. Backups vs. Archives. Long-term data protection:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6031
Try the remedies at http://www.macworld.com/article/2026650/mac-troubleshooting-what-to-do-when-your -computer-is-too-slow.html
and
Mac Performance Guide: http://www.thesafemac.com/mpg/
Safe Mode:
- Reboot the system in Safe Boot mode.
- Power on the Mac and when you hear the bong, hold down the shift key until it is booted.
- Be patient, this will take some time while it checks the filesystem.
If it runs faster in Safe Boot mode then it is probably third-party software compatibility issues.
- Restart.
- Does it run faster after the restart?
Run Disk Utility (found in the Applications folder):
-In Disk Utility look at the S.M.A.R.T. Status.
If it says the disk has a hardware problem that can't be repaired then stop.
Your system could be in danger of failing at any time and you need to replace the disk soon.
Back your system up twice.
(You will need a second external disk for the second backup.)
Consider using Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper! for the second backup to clone the disk.
Jump to the Hardware replacement section and seek expert help.
Repair Disk Permissions and Verify Disk. If Disk Permissions reports errors, don’t worry. That is normal. If Verify Disk reports errors then they need to be repaired. Otherwise skip to the reinstall OS X section.
Repairing your system disk:
- Boot in recovery mode.
(Boot and when you hear the bong hold down the
Command and R keys simultaneously until you see the recovery screen.)
- Select disk utility.
- Select your system drive.
- Repair Disk.
- Did it complete without errors?
If not you may need a new disk. Seek expert help.
If it completed normally then reboot.
-Did it run faster and is it more responsive?
Reinstall OS X:
If it is still slow you should reinstall OS X.
- Boot in Recovery Mode again.
- Follow the instructions to reinstall OS X.
- Now does it run faster?
Hardware replacement or upgrade?
Hopefully by now your Mac is back to its normal speed. If a hardware repair is indicated take it to an Genius bar at an Apple store for a free diagnosis and estimate of repairs. You can compare their estimate with DIY repairs.
Genius reservation http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/ .
or find an Apple Authorized Service Provider https://locate.apple.com/country
You can speed it up further by upgrading some hardware. For memory, disk or SSD replacements and upgrades check out OWC http://eshop.macsales.com/, Crucial: http://www.crucial.com/ and Kingston http://www.kingston.com/us/.
Consider an upgrade to 8 GB or RAM ($100).
If your Mac has a disk and it won’t repair properly, is low on disk space, or you just want a considerably faster disk,, check out an upgrade to an SSD-Hybrid disk. Google "Seagate XT".
Good luck. May the software fixes do the trick. -
Spinning beach ball in apple mail
Apple Mail now has the spinning beach ball after installing Yosemite. I repaired permissions with no change. Selecting emails causes brief to long freezes. Restarts do not help nor restrating Mail.
Apple Mail now has the spinning beach ball after installing Yosemite. I repaired permissions with no change. Selecting emails causes brief to long freezes. Restarts do not help nor restrating Mail.
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Mail Plagued by Spinning Beach Ball of Death After 10.6 Upgrade...
Hello,
After the upgrade to Mac 10.6, Mail is plagued by the spinning beach ball of death. I did get the confirmation that the Mail database had been successfully rebuilt and the window looks fine for a few seconds before the program stalls. I have tried removing the Preferences and Envelope Index files before a restart without any change. Activity Monitor shows Mail eating up just shy of 100% CPU and the infamous "Not Responding" phrase.
Any clues from here?
More microchips than sense,
Dr. Z.See the following threads corresponding to Snow Leopard:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10064960�
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10063772�
This was also an intermittent issue in Leopard:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9756242�
Deleting all Smart Groups in Address Book resolves the issue.
Feedback time:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
Interestingly enough, the Feedback page drop-down menu has not been updated with SL. =/
John -
Spinning beach ball at login screen after upgrading to 10.4.8
Ok, I so used software update to install the 10.4.8 update (I know, big mistake, should have used combo update, etc.), and upon restart can't get past the login screen. After several seconds, the spinning beach ball appears and that's it. Been like that for hours.
Booted into single user mode and ran fsck, says that the volume is fine. diskutil stalls out in single user mode (can't place my hands on the install CD, otherwise I'd use diskutil fron that).
So, ideas?I had this happen on my wife's iBook G4.. Here's what I did..
Remove the battery.. Unplug the power. Let it sit for a few seconds. (30 to be safe)..
Then plug it all back in
Turn it on and press APPLE-OPTION-P-R immediately after pressing the power button and hold it in for a LONG time.. even after you hear the chime.. keep holding it in for FOUR CHIMES and FOUR initialiations of the CD/DVD drive.
Then let go and let it boot.. you will then see the Apple Grey screen and it should boot normally.. Once it boots, repair permissions immediately.
At least that's what worked on her iBook, exact same problem.
Hope this helps.
Greg
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