Large online photo files cause slow Mac with spinning color wheel

My Mac Mini has been gradually getting slower to launch apps, any app, and now usually includes 15-30 seconds of spinning color wheel. Sometimes I get the wheel and delays while browsing. Finder windows populate slowly with file icons/names.
This behavior seems to have started, and gradually increased, since upgrading to 10.6 about 8 months ago but it also seems to be related to viewing large photo files online, since Snow Leopard.
One repeatable problem is viewing a large 2 or 3mb photo file online. I notice in Activity Monitor that Safari (both 4 and now 5 at 64bit) will dramatically increase the Real and Virtual Memory used, and not decrease even after the browser window is closed. In a few minutes the User CPU % will max out (at about 75% while System uses 25%) and the Mac while freeze for several minutes (Safari not responding) until CPU usage goes back to normal, but the Mac will be so sluggish then that I have to restart. I usually Force Quit Safari.
I have Repaired Permissions (1000s of Airport Utility were repaired but the JavaVM permissions report fixed but are on the list of repairs again a few minutes later) with Disk Utility and Cocktail, scanned with VirusBarrier X6, monitored network connections for months using Little Snitch and usually leave open Activity Monitor for checking out the action. I have read a lot of support docs and forums but I can't find the problem.
Any idea how to rid myself of this bizarre behavior?

start with http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/sbbod.html
See
Mac Maintenance Quick Assist,
Mac OS X speed FAQ,
Speeding up Macs,
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
Essential Mac Maintenance: Get set up,
Essential Mac Maintenance: Rev up your routines,
Maintaining OS X, and
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Proxies DNS TCP/IP Wi-Fi 'Elapsed time (sec)' {Root,User}\ crontab {Global,User}' login items' Spotlight Memory Listeners Widgets Parental\ Controls Prefetching Nets Descriptors Bad\ plists I/O\ errors Memory\ pressure SMC Shutdowns 'High file counts' );N3=${#l[@]};for i in {0..8};do l[N3+i]=${p[5+i]};done;N4=${#l[@]};for j in 0 1;do l[N4+j]="Current ${p[29+j]}stream data";done;A0() { Q=5;v[2]=1;id -G|grep -qw 80;v[1]=$?;((v[1]))||{ Q=7;sudo true;v[2]=$?;((v[2]))||Q=8;};v[3]=`date +%s`;clear >&-;date '+Start time: %T %D%n';printf "Revision: %s\n\n" ${p[54]};};for i in 0 1;do eval ' A'$((1+i))'() { v=` eval "${c1[$1]} ${c2[$2]}"|'${c1[30+i]}' "${s[$3]}" `;[[ "$v" ]];};A'$((3+i))'() { v=` while read i;do [[ "$i" ]]&&eval "${c1[$1]} ${c2[$2]}" \"$i\"|'${c1[30+i]}' "${s[$3]}";done<<<"${v[$4]}" `;[[ "$v" ]];};A'$((5+i))'() { v=` while read i;do '${c1[30+i]}' "${s[$1]}" "$i";done<<<"${v[$2]}" `;[[ "$v" ]];};A'$((7+i))'() { v=` eval sudo "${c1[$1]} ${c2[$2]}"|'${c1[30+i]}' "${s[$3]}" `;[[ 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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
8. Launch the built-in 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 and start typing the name.
Click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste by pressing command-V. The text you pasted should vanish immediately. If it doesn't, press the return key.
9. If you see an error message in the Terminal window such as "Syntax error" or "Event not found," enter
exec bash
and press return. Then paste the script again.
10. If you're logged in as an administrator, you'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You will not see the usual dots in place of typed characters. Make sure caps lock is off. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you make three failed attempts to enter the password, the test will run anyway, but it will produce less information. In most cases, the difference is not important. If you don't know the password, or if you prefer not to enter it, press the key combination control-C or just press return three times at the password prompt. Again, the script will still run.
If you're not logged in as an administrator, you won't be prompted for a password. The test will still run. It just won't do anything that requires administrator privileges.
11. The test may take a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. A computer that's abnormally slow may take longer to run the test. While it's running, there will be a series of messages in the Terminal window like this:
Part 1 of 8 done at … sec
Part 8 of 8 done at … sec
The messages won't be spaced equally apart in time, but they give a rough indication of progress. The total number of parts may be different from what's shown here.
Wait for the final message
[Process completed]
to appear. If you don't see it within half an hour or so, the test probably won't complete in a reasonable time. In that case, close the Terminal window and report the last message you saw. No harm will be done.
12. When the test is complete, quit Terminal. The results will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. They are not shown in the Terminal window. Please don't copy anything from there. All you have to do is start a reply to this comment and then paste by pressing command-V again.
At the top of the results, there will be a line that begins with the words "Start time." If you don't see that, but instead see a mass of gibberish, you didn't wait for the "Process completed" message to appear in the Terminal window. Please wait for it and try again.
If any private information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
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What online photo storage will work best with icloud?

I have 2 laptops and a iMac plus 3 iPhones and one iPad. Currently we have our photos all over the place, (20,000+).
What online photo storage will work best with the future icloud? looking for the best integration and security.

Thanks for the link. I'd seen that. I have indeed formally submitted feedback via Apple formal process. I've even called Apple Care (had coverage under one of these boxes) and they put me in touch with Pro Apps.
All those folks could do was register my concern/complaint because there is NOTHING being provided within Apple that answers the question "what about my Aperture online gallery capability?".
If you happen to see a link offering any specific guidance or relevant migration solutions from abandoned MobileMe/Gallery users and customers and fans, please post it.
I shall do likewise.
Since I can't activate iCloud services until I abandon MobileMe, and I won't abandon MobileMe and commit to all the migration time and effort until I'm convinced that replacement solution will be around for more than a few months, right now, I am caught in an Apple-caused chain of dependencies that leaves me quite frustrated! Therefore, my search continues in earnest -- the part of the solution that concerns me most? How many Apple software products that I've come to depend on are now obsolete or incompatible.....iWork, iWeb, iPhoto and Aperture all come to mind as potential victims to Apple's latest "progress"!

Large online video file (youtube) will freeze the lion

while loading the large online video file, the os x lion will freeze, only mouse pointer will move~~

In addition to file format, video codec matters. The iPhone can only play videos encoded with H.264. If you import the .mov or .mp4 file into iTunes, you can select the file then Advanced menu > Create iPod or iPhone Version, and try uploading the converted file to your FTP site.

Why can't I copy my photo files from my Mac Pro to the External Hard Drive?

Whay can't I copy my photo files from my Mac Book Pro to my External Hard Drive?

Are you trying to copy the actual files or the iPhoto Library? Are you tryuing to do it in iPhoto or in a finder window?

Can I use Windows based DW cs4 files on a Mac with an Apple based DW program?

Have been using DW cs4 with Windows Vista. Buying a Mac soon and am wondering if I can use those files on a Mac with an Apple version on DW?. Thank you

I would just save a copy of the local site folder and the .ste on a thumb drive and copy them over to the new machine.
You don't have to export it directly onto the thumb/flash drive or anything. Actually, you don't "need" the .ste at all.
The only reason to make the .ste file is to transfer over your site-specific settings (like FTP credentials) without having to re-type/re-select everything, it doesn't copy any actual site files over.
Once the site files are copied over, you can just go to Site > New to set up the new site. Rather than going to a new blank folder, you would set the Local Root Directory to the newly copied site folder.

I can't change shortcuts editing the shortcut file in preferences (mac) with After Effects CC. I Edi

I can't change shortcuts editing the shortcut file in preferences (mac) with After Effects CC. I Edit the file, but when i open AE, it still the old same keys.
How to have this working? And why until now, we don't have a GUI for shortcuts?
I use the Apple Wireless Keyboard, and need to change the preview keys to a suitable ones, because this keyboard don't have the num pad.
Until CS6, i was using ? and Shift+?, in the place of some kind of Zoom.
But this time, i edit the file, in a sort of way i tried, and non of then change at all.
WE NEED A GUI in AE Preferences to CHANGE THE SHORTCUTS!
Thank You!

The best way to add a +1 would be for everyone to file a feature request. Those are officially tracked by Adobe (unlike this user-to-user forum) and the more people that ask for something, the more likely it is to be implemented.

MAC spinning color wheel after CS2 file has been sent to printer or saved??

Using Illustrator 12.0.1 CS2. When sending or saving a file completed in CS2 I get a long drawn out (several hours) Mac spinning color wheel that holds the file ransom until it completes the cycle. I have had CS2 for several years but it suddenly started this shortly after a crashed HD (reloaded the saved CS2 & data to a 2nd Mac that was fire wired to the crashed Mac) and a new set of fonts was loaded. Thanks Scott

I occasionally get the Wheel of Death too and I think most people do to some extent, but it's usually because you have got too many applications running or there's something huge on the clipboard. You can easily clear your clipboard by copying one letter from a file name in the Finder.
But several hours of waiting sounds as if there's something more seriously wrong. If you restart your machine, can you tell me whether the file you were saving when the Wheel of Death appeared was successfully saved despite of the Wheel?

Slow computer with spinning rainbow for long periods

slow computer with spinning rainbow for long periods, how do I correct this ?

Do you have any experience with hardware upgrades? Even a beginner could install some RAM in a Macbook, that is a very simple process and can often give you a major, noticable speed boost. For a more advanced upgrade, you can also replace your harddrive with a newer, faster one. I recomment ifixit.com for all the parts you might need to upgrade your machine. I have upgraded my White Mid-2010 Unibody macbook to 8GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD and it runs like a champ.

Is Your Lion OSX Macbook Mail Acting Weird (slow, non-responsive, prolonged color wheel, etc.)

My mail became unresponsive or extremely slow. Spinning gear-wheel next to account name never stopped spinning. There was also a little white circle with a squiggle in it next to account name. It took for ever to send myself an email, retrieve email from Cloud. The app often froze with a perpetual spinning color-wheel and ALWAYS required me to force-quit.
I searched online and in the forums. Nobody seemed to have an answer for this widespread problem. Then one of the techies in the Lion OSX forum talked me through some tests and we discovered the problem and the cure - at least for people who have been using a dot-mac email address.
You need to go into Mail preferences. At the bottom of the "account" page are a small plus and minus button. Blue-highlight your "dot-mac" (.mac) account listing in the upper left corner of the page, then click the minus button and "delete" the dot.mac account. You will still have your other - current - email account intact (.mac no longer exists - THAT'S why its presence on your email app is causing all the problems).
I did this, and ALL my email problems have gone away. The app now functions perfectly again.
Hope this solves your problem too.

PS - don't worry...mail addressed to you via your old dot-mac address will still reach you via your free Mobile-Me email acct and via Cloud.

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