HT203176 my computer hangs frequently - rolling beach ball - apparently some endless loops - I have repaired the permissions countless times but the problem continues - the faulty permissions include java virtual machine and language libraries

I get the rolling beach ball frequently when using a browser -I have repaired the permissions a number of times - each time I do this - the same issues show up- language libraries, java virtual machine etc - after a restart the btowser works for awhile and then hangs again - i trashed both Chrome and Firefox and am now using Safari and Opera - neither of which work very fast and I still get a frozen screen - rolling beach ball - have to force quit.On the activity monitor it shows that the browser I am using has several hangs.
Aside from reinstalling everything - is there a fix for this?

Those Permissions errrors will keep appearing. They are not errors; ignore them. Your problem has nothing to do with Permissions repair. Many possible causes, one of which may be A-V. Do you have any A-V installed?
What does Disk Utility show for SMART Status for the drive? Verify the Disk.
Open Activity Monitor>CPU tab. Anything hogging the CPU when the slowdowns occur? Switch to the Memory tab. What does it show for free and inactive? Also, Page ins, Page outs and Swap used?'
How many applications open concurrently when this happens?
How much drive free space? You should maintain at least around 20-30GB.

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Have you tried running Aperture on this library with preview generation deferred?
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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!).
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TIA,
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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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Could you test in Firefox's Safe Mode? That's a standard diagnostic tool to deactivate extensions and some advanced features of Firefox. More info: [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode]].
''If Firefox is not running:'' Hold down the option key when starting Firefox.
''If Firefox is running:'' You can restart Firefox in Safe Mode using either:
* "3-bar" menu button > "?" button > Restart with Add-ons Disabled
* Help menu > Restart with Add-ons Disabled
and OK the restart.
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Thanks for the help.

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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.

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http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/performance.html
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click on this link;
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Fix #1
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Fix #2
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3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option.
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5 - Click on the Create button.
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From the link at the bottom of my post:
Error 23, 28, 29: These errors may indicate a hardware issue with your device. Follow the steps in this article. Also attempt to restore while connected with the white USB Dock Connector cable that shipped with your device, on a known good computer and network to isolate this issue to the device. The MAC address being missing or the IMEI being the default value, (00 499901 064000 0), can also confirm a hardware issue. Out-of-date or incorrectly configured security software can also cause these errors
iOS: Resolving update and restore alert messages
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I suspect my problem may be more with the Mac Mini than iPhoto, so I'm posting my question to this forum (as well as the iPhoto forum).
Running Snow Leopard on my aged Mac Mini, iPhoto has begun to hang up for 20-30 minutes with a spinning beach ball whenever I attempt to navigate around my library (by clicking Photos from Events, or vice versa, or attenpting to open an event) - really, anything.
I have used the Option/Command combo to "rebuild the library from automated backups" as one user suggested. I have also used a 3rd party software to rebuild the library.
I have used the option key on startup to build a new library. After adding a few pictures the problem begins again.
I deleted iPhoto and bought a new copy, but no help.
I have repaired permissions and verfied the disk with Disk Utility.
I have eliminated all the accounts to which iPhoto was subscribed (as suggested in a MacWorld hint).
Any further ideas? Thanks

I've got the same issue.
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L3 Cache:          6 MB
Memory:          4 GB
Boot ROM Version:          MBP81.0047.B27
SMC Version (system):          1.69f3

Frequent spinning beach ball

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.
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** See this Updating Faq Mac OS X updating FAQ which should come
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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-outs

Satis 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.

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