HT1338 my mac book air has just started beach balling constantly WHY

I purchased a new 13" Macbook Air with max everything last August. Love it although have had some issues and needed a new hard drive after it just continually crashed in around October. Have now been finding that it beachballs. I have no idea what has brought this on. I have made sure updates all installed, cleared safari cache and updated all apps. I am at a loss. It is so frustrating. Cannot open multiple pages on Safari - once you open the 2nd page it just slows down and continually has the ball there and cannot do anything but wait. Am really over it. Any ideas? By the way I am NOT an amazing computer nerd and so need everything spelled out for me!! Please help!

Top right of your screen is Spotlight (looks like a magnifying glass). Click on it and type
Activity Monitor
and press 'return'. You'll get something that looks like this:
Choose 'All Processes' from the dropdown menu on the right hand side of the window, then do two things: click on the tab that says %CPU, twice if necessary, so that the arrow is pointing down as in the screenshot. Secondly, click on 'System Memory' in the tabs near the bottom of the window.
OK, what do you see? Answer these questions:
1. Is there something near the top of that list of processes that is using 40% CPU or more?
If so, what is it? If it's not a process you've started (like copying a DVD or something) then click on it, and choose the red 'Quit' button. You may need to choose Force Quit and enter a password. After doing that, wait a few seconds, does the process reappare in the window, just like before or stay gone?
2. Is that little pie chart mostly green, as in my shot, or mostly red, blue or yellow?

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It sounds like you destroyed your boot partition and the recovery partition. Depending on it's age, your MacBook Air might be able to do a net boot. Plug and ethernet connection into it and attempt to boot. If it has the right firmware, it will find a net boot configuration on the net and boot that. Then it will give you a Recovery Partition like display and allow you to reinstall the OS X version that came with it.... assuming that it was Lion or ML. If your computer came with Snow Leopard, then even the net boot won't work.
At that point you need a bootable USB Key, or an external DVD drive AND a Snow Leopard installation DVD.
An Apple Store, if there is one nearby, MAY be able to get you going again. However, whatever is on the SSD now will be toast too.

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There is no need to download anything to solve this problem.
You may have installed one or more of the common types of ad-injection malware. Follow the instructions on this Apple Support page to remove it. It's been reported that some variants of the "VSearch" malware block access to the page. If that happens, start in safe mode by holding down the shift key at the startup chime, then try again.
Back up all data before making any changes.
One of the steps in the article is to remove malicious Safari extensions. Do the equivalent in the Chrome and Firefox browsers, if you use either of those. If Safari crashes on launch, skip that step and come back to it after you've done everything else.
If you don't find any of the files or extensions listed, or if removing them doesn't stop the ad injection, ask for further instructions.
Make sure you don't repeat the mistake that led you to install the malware. It may have come from an Internet cesspit such as "Softonic" or "CNET Download." Never visit either of those sites again. You might also have downloaded it from an ad in a page on some other site. The ad would probably have included a large green button labeled "Download" or "Download Now" in white letters. The button is designed to confuse people who intend to download something else on the same page. If you ever download a file that isn't obviously what you expected, delete it immediately.
Malware is also found on websites that traffic in pirated content such as video. If you, or anyone else who uses the computer, visit such sites and follow prompts to install software, you can expect more of the same, and worse, to follow. Never install any software that you downloaded from a bittorrent, or that was downloaded by someone else from an unknown source.
In the Security & Privacy pane of System Preferences, select the General tab. The radio button marked Anywhere should not be selected. If it is, click the lock icon to unlock the settings, then select one of the other buttons. After that, don't ignore a warning that you are about to run or install an application from an unknown developer.
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or
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1) Did it finish downloading? if no, you have nothing more to worry about.
2) Are you using Safari?
3) If using Safari, do you have Safari set to run/open any files automatically?
4) Is your system updated with the latest security update? If not, why?
The bottom line is whether the download was able to install anything.
As long as your settings are such that no download is able to automatically open, and you ae up to date on your security updates, then you haven't much to worry about.
Be familiar with the programs in your application folder, such that you would notice anything not supposed to be there. As well, check and make sure that nothing unknown is being launched at startup (check your account settings).
The absolute best security a Mac can have is an aware and familair user who is moderately vigilant.

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Hello iphonesouth
Start with the articles below for issues with not being able to log into your user. It will have you look at starting up in Safe Mode, resetting your NVRAM and other troubleshooting options.
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
OS X: Gray progress bar appears under Apple logo during startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3148
Regards,
-Norm G.

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First, back up all data immediately, as your boot drive might be failing.
Step 1
This diagnostic procedure will query the log for messages that may indicate a system issue. It changes nothing, and therefore will not, in itself, solve your problem.
If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
syslog -k Sender kernel -k Message CReq 'GPU |hfs: Ru|I/O e|find tok|n Cause: -|NVDA\(|timed? ?o' | tail | open -ef
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the Terminal 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. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key.
The command may take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear.
A TextEdit window will open with the output of the command. Normally the command will produce no output, and the window will be empty. If the TextEdit window (not the Terminal window) has anything in it, stop here and post it — the text, please, not a screenshot. The title of the TextEdit window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that.
Step 2
There are a few other possible causes of generalized slow performance that you can rule out easily.
Disconnect all non-essential wired peripherals and remove aftermarket expansion cards, if any.
Reset the System Management Controller.
Run Software Update. If there's a firmware update, install it.
If you're booting from an aftermarket SSD, see whether there's a firmware update for it.
If you have a portable computer, check the cycle count of the battery. It may be due for replacement.
If you have many image or video files on the Desktop with preview icons, move them to another folder.
If applicable, uncheck all boxes in the iCloud preference pane. See whether there's any change.
Check your keychains in Keychain Access for excessively duplicated items.
Boot into Recovery mode, launch Disk Utility, and run Repair Disk.
If you have a MacBook Pro with dual graphics, disable automatic graphics switching in the Energy Saverpreference pane for better performance at the cost of shorter battery life.
Step 3
When you notice the problem, launch the Activity Monitor application in any of the following ways:
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Select All Processes from the View menu or the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected.
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