How do I stop a stuck spinning wheel in Word on my Macbook Pro?
How do I stop the wheel of death in Word?
I have had this issue a few times, and 3 times it has caused the computer to crash completely. Recently I tried a more simple and patient approach by firstly turning the computer off for 8 hours and then discovered I could start the computer in SAFE mode. Did the permissions and disc repair and then another switch off for overnight and today things are working as normal...well better actually. The last time there was any serious slowing down it seemed to be better to let the ball finish spinning totally rather than after 5 minutes do a foce crash. Incidetally it takes a while to learn how long to wait for these reapir processes take...my advice is wait and wait and wait.
I have tried ALL the things in various forums (zapping push chairs..well Ok PRAM - and other weird Ninja lkike keyboard acrobatics whilst re starting....except re-loading the software (snow Leopard) and have found that the issues were gradually happening as the IMac - 5 yrs old- was getting a bit hot after 6-7 hours working (I use CAD softwae and MS Office and Skype at the same time. Not so much to cause any weird noises, but enough to feel like the insides could do with a rest!
I did turn ALL file sharing things off AND ditched ALL satrt up items and that seems to have helped too.
Mac OSX 10.6.8 Snow L
21" iMac / 4GB RAM
purchased 2008
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