Is Spotlight making those grinding noises and spinning beach balls?

Since newly installing Snow Leopard I am finding myself getting delays and if I persist in trying to do work it results in spinning beach balls. All the while I hear grinding noises.
I am guessing it is Spotlight trying to do its work. But I'd like to know for sure.
I am trying to use Activity Monitor but, as usual, am having little success as I have never figured out the best way to use it that gives me any useful info. For instance, I'd like to see what is most active (and likely causing the grinding and spinning). With %CPU selected everything moves so fast, and names of things are too arcane for me to understand. If spotlight is in there it's not clear to me.
For now, I am using the Spotlight privacy settings to stop it from touching any of my internal drives - so I can get some work done.
Is there a manual on-off control for Spotlight?

Allan. Grinding noises aside, did you write anything else in your reply? I see two horizontal lines with nothing on them.
*Installing SL was an indirect result of my having to trash two internal drives and install two new ones; reinstall an OS; then rebuilt my working computer and making Time Machine back ups. Along the way I opted to purchase and upgrade one to SL. I don't think the noises I described as grinding are bad drive. Somaybe they're not exactly "grinding." Perhaps "ticking."

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My Macbook pro has slowed considerably and spinning beach ball appears lots recently.
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Thanks for the reply Dale.
I have just tried that and Disk Utility said my MAc HD appears to be ok....????
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Verify permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Reading permissions database.
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Sorry, it always cheers me up no end to have to repeat basic questions. Now about those fonts…
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When you have kernel panics, the pertinent information is in the panic report.
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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.
In the Console window, select
DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION ▹ System Diagnostic Reports
(not Diagnostic and Usage Messages) from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
There is a disclosure triangle to the left of the list item. If the triangle is pointing to the right, click it so that it points down. You'll see a list of reports. A panic report has a name that begins with "Kernel" and ends in ".panic". Select the most recent one. The contents of the report will appear on the right. Use copy and paste to post the entire contents—the text, not a screenshot.
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Problem with Spinning Beach Balls

I am hoping someone can help me diagnose my issue and help me understand the log below. About every other month on my MBP I run into system slow down and spinning beach balls. I run disk utility and it tells me my disk is corrupted and needs to be repaired. I run Disk Warrior and the disk is repaired and problem goes away. For awhile. Only to return in a month or two. Getting tiring to have to keep doing this.
I needed to repair it again this am. The log of Disk Warrior (copied below) seems to suggest something is wrong with a file called .Mobilebackups under the HD. When I search the HD I cannot find this file nor do I do any mobile backups of my phone. How can I permanently resolve this?
Thanks in advance for any help.
DiskWarrior has successfully built a new optimized directory for the disk named "Macintosh HD." The new directory is ready to replace the original directory.
Notes:
All file and folder data was easily located.
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• Errors, if any, in the directory structure such as tree depth, header node, map nodes, node size, node counts, node links, indexes and more have been repaired.
Disk: "Macintosh HD"
Repaired the Available Disk Space of the Volume Information Location: "Desktop"
Folder: "Documents"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-26-070154/Volume/Users/sadelman/"
Folder: "Dropbox"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-26-070154/Volume/Users/sadelman/Desktop/"
Folder: "Documents"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-27-075245/Volume/Users/sadelman/"
Folder: "Dropbox"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-27-075245/Volume/Users/sadelman/Desktop/"
Folder: "Camera Uploads"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-26-070154/Volume/Users/sadelman/Desktop/ Dropbox/"
Folder: "Documents"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-28-080754/Volume/Users/sadelman/"
Folder: "MAMP_MAMP_PRO_2.0.5.zip.download"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-27-075245/Volume/Users/sadelman/Downloads/"
Folder: "Dropbox"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-29-063631/Volume/Users/sadelman/Desktop/"
Folder: "Dropbox"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-29-080149/Volume/Users/sadelman/Desktop/"
Folder: "Dropbox"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-29-163310/Volume/Users/sadelman/Desktop/"
Folder: "Dropbox"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-28-080754/Volume/Users/sadelman/Desktop/"
Folder: "Applications (Parallels)"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-29-205449/Volume/Users/sadelman/"
Folder: "{f7566142-994b-4ed7-bfd2-aa2024ef5428} Applications.localized"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-29-205449/Volume/Users/sadelman/Applications (Parallels)/"
Folder: "Documents"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-29-205449/Volume/Users/sadelman/"
Folder: "Documents"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-29-213408/Volume/Users/sadelman/"
Folder: "Applications (Parallels)"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-29-213408/Volume/Users/sadelman/"
Folder: "{f7566142-994b-4ed7-bfd2-aa2024ef5428} Applications.localized"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-29-213408/Volume/Users/sadelman/Applications (Parallels)/"
Folder: "Parallels"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-29-213408/Volume/Users/sadelman/Library/"
Folder: "{f7566142-994b-4ed7-bfd2-aa2024ef5428} Applications Menu.localized"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-29-213408/Volume/Users/sadelman/Library/ Parallels/Applications Menus/"
Folder: "Documents"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-29-221036/Volume/Users/sadelman/"
Folder: "Dropbox"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-29-221036/Volume/Users/sadelman/Desktop/"
Folder: "Applications (Parallels)"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-29-221036/Volume/Users/sadelman/"
Folder: "{f7566142-994b-4ed7-bfd2-aa2024ef5428} Applications.localized"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-29-221036/Volume/Users/sadelman/Applications (Parallels)/"
Folder: "Documents"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-30-062629/Volume/Users/sadelman/"
Folder: "Documents"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-30-063217/Volume/Users/sadelman/"
Folder: "Applications (Parallels)"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-30-063217/Volume/Users/sadelman/"
Folder: "{f7566142-994b-4ed7-bfd2-aa2024ef5428} Applications.localized"
Repaired Custom Icon Flag
Location: "Macintosh HD/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-30-063217/Volume/Users/sadelman/Applications (Parallels)/"
Explanations:
Custom Icon Flag: Every folder has a flag that indicates whether or not it has a custom icon. Repairs ensure that the icons of these folders will be properly displayed.
Volume Information: Every disk has information that describes its contents. Repairs prevent problems such as wasted disk space and applications not functioning properly.
Disk Information:
Files: 769,328
Folders: 192,999
Free Space: 62.83 GB
Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Block Size: 4,096
Disk Sectors: 623,463,232
Media: TOSHIBA MK3255GSXF
Time: 5/30/12 6:53:15 AM DiskWarrior Version: 4.2

The file .MobileBackups indicates that you have Time Machine turned on but your Mac is not connected to the backup drive so it makes temporary copies for when you connect back to backup drive.
These tempoary backups can eat up all of your free space which will slow down your Mac.
How much free space do you have?
You should consider either turning off Time Machine or connecting to the backup drive on a more frequent interval.
Allan

I accidentally quit my CC on my Macbook pro and now the cloud icon is grayed out and every time I hover over it with the mouse I get the spinning beach ball of death on the icon. I have no idea how to open it because when I use spotlight search to open it

I accidentally quit my CC on my Macbook pro and now the cloud icon is grayed out and every time I hover over it with the mouse I get the spinning beach ball of death on the icon. I have no idea how to open it because when I use spotlight search to open it it gives me a message saying "Creative Cloud is not open anymore" help!

Since you didn't include any pertinent info such as the Mac model and OS version you are running, here is some general information:
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
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Spinning beach ball and frozen spotlight on iMac

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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?

HP DESKJET produces grinding noise and now it wont print.

Hello can you please help with ny hp deskjet. It started when I print, the printer produces grinding noise and it will print. But when I turned ON my printer it doesnt print anymore because these gear/part is already broken. May i know what is the name of this?? and is these replaceble?. Thank you for your response

Hi thegoy_doy,
Unfortunately, this is not a replaceable part. My best advice would be to replace the printer.
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Is Spotlight making those grinding noises and spinning beach balls?

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