MacBook Pro 13 and the Spinning Ball of Death. How to fix it?

I bought my macbook pro last year and after several months, (summer 2010) i faced an isight problem. I went to info-quest, where they fix computers here in Athens,Greece and charged me 458 euros. Fortunately, I had the warranty and paid nothing. Till then I was really satisfied with my mac. However, recently i faced another problem with it. Yesterday, my mac became so slow and i get the spinning ball of death. I can't do anything right now, for instance, if i want to shut it down, i have to wait for a long period of time til it shuts down and my mac becomes so unresponsive. To sum up, everything i do, scroll down, scroll up, click the x button, the spinning beachball of death reappears. I really hope there is a solution for this problem.

Any number of things may factor into the appearance of a spinning ball of death, but it basically comes down to an operation or command that is stalled.
First, your quick fix: when you experience a SBOD, click on an empty patch of screen so you can access the pulldown Apple menu. Scroll down to Force Quit; approve of the Force quit, and enter. The command or operation will be aborted, and you'll be able to use your MBP again.
Second, the next time it happens, take note of which application is stalled when you navigate to Force Quit. It will be noted in red, and show as inactive. Now, you know which application is causing you the problem. It may be that the application is faulty, or you have too many windows open at the same time, or there's a conflict of some sort.
Respond to this post so we can fix this once and for all!

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    6/29/13 2:34:47.612 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.XType.FontHelper[345]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:34:47.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 345 [XType.FontHelper]
    6/29/13 2:34:47.000 PM kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_allocate_cluster - send HI_WAT_ALERT
    6/29/13 2:34:47.000 PM kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
    6/29/13 2:34:47.811 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.audio.SandboxHelper[283]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:34:48.096 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpcd.CA000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000[282]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:34:48.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 283 [com.apple.audio.]
    6/29/13 2:34:48.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 282 [xpcd]
    6/29/13 2:34:48.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 248 [cfprefsd]
    6/29/13 2:34:49.040 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[163]: (com.apple.pbs[237]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:34:49.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 247 [distnoted]
    6/29/13 2:34:49.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 237 [pbs]
    6/29/13 2:34:49.312 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.iCloudHelper[223]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:34:49.644 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[163]: (com.apple.accountsd[211]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:34:49.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 223 [com.apple.iCloud]
    6/29/13 2:34:49.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 211 [accountsd]
    6/29/13 2:34:49.000 PM kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
    6/29/13 2:34:49.000 PM kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
    6/29/13 2:34:49.833 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[163]: (com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication[197]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:34:50.077 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[163]: (com.apple.tccd[179]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:34:50.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 197 [AppleIDAuthAgent]
    6/29/13 2:34:50.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 179 [tccd]
    6/29/13 2:34:50.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 89 [cfprefsd]
    6/29/13 2:34:50.603 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.sleepservicesd[34]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:34:50.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 34 [SleepServicesD]
    6/29/13 2:34:50.857 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.wdhelper[28]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:34:51.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 28 [wdhelper]
    6/29/13 2:34:54.733 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.qtkitserver[357]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:34:54.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 357 [com.apple.qtkits]
    6/29/13 2:34:55.030 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpcd.F6010000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000[206]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:34:55.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 206 [xpcd]
    6/29/13 2:34:55.360 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.audio.ComponentHelper[356]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:34:55.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 356 [com.apple.audio.]
    6/29/13 2:34:55.000 PM kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
    6/29/13 2:34:55.000 PM kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
    6/29/13 2:34:55.606 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.audio.SandboxHelper[355]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:34:55.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 355 [com.apple.audio.]
    6/29/13 2:35:04.000 PM kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
    6/29/13 2:35:05.000 PM kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
    6/29/13 2:35:08.678 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[163]: (com.apple.cfprefsd.xpc.agent[167]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:35:08.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 167 [cfprefsd]
    6/29/13 2:35:08.985 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.cfprefsd.xpc.daemon[21]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:35:09.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 21 [cfprefsd]
    6/29/13 2:35:20.741 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.sleepservicesd[360]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:35:20.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 360 [SleepServicesD]
    6/29/13 2:35:23.000 PM kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
    6/29/13 2:35:25.000 PM kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
    6/29/13 2:35:43.199 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[163]: (com.apple.cfprefsd.xpc.agent[363]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:35:43.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 363 [cfprefsd]
    6/29/13 2:35:50.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 364 [SleepServicesD]
    6/29/13 2:35:50.945 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.sleepservicesd[364]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:36:07.000 PM kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
    6/29/13 2:36:08.000 PM kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
    6/29/13 2:36:25.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 366 [SleepServicesD]
    6/29/13 2:36:25.657 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.sleepservicesd[366]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:36:28.678 PM CalendarAgent[198]: [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.queue] [Got error on refresh, but not rectifying principal because it was manually configured: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1001 "The request timed out." UserInfo=0x7fe65d730f90 {NSUnderlyingError=0x7fe65d6a32b0 "The request timed out.", NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://name.name%[email protected]/calendar/dav/name.name%40ta.com///name.name%[email protected]/calendar/dav/name.name%40ta.com/, NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://name.name%[email protected]/calendar/dav/name.name%40ta.com///name.name%[email protected]/calendar/dav/name.name%40ta.com/, NSLocalizedDescription=The request timed out.}]
    6/29/13 2:36:28.833 PM CalendarAgent[198]: [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.queue] [Account [email protected]@https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/name.name%40ta.com/user/ timed out when executing operation: <CalDAVAccountRefreshQueueableOperation: 0x7fe65d662ff0; Sequence: 0>]
    6/29/13 2:36:31.643 PM CalendarAgent[198]: [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.queue] [Account refresh failed with error: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1001 "The request timed out." UserInfo=0x7fe65d82ad00 {NSUnderlyingError=0x7fe65d6a32b0 "The request timed out.", NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://name.name%[email protected]/calendar/dav/name.name%40ta.com///name.name%[email protected]/calendar/dav/name.name%40ta.com/, NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://name.name%[email protected]/calendar/dav/anme.name%40ta.com///name.name%[email protected]/calendar/dav/anme.name%40ta.com/, AccountName=TA.com, CalDAVErrFromRefresh=YES, NSLocalizedDescription=The request timed out.}]
    6/29/13 2:36:37.357 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.iCloudHelper[362]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:36:37.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 362 [com.apple.iCloud]
    6/29/13 2:36:56.000 PM kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
    6/29/13 2:36:58.730 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[163]: (com.apple.cfprefsd.xpc.agent[369]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:36:58.000 PM kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
    6/29/13 2:36:58.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 369 [cfprefsd]
    6/29/13 2:37:03.836 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.sleepservicesd[368]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:37:04.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 368 [SleepServicesD]
    6/29/13 2:37:07.244 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpcd.F6010000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000[361]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:37:07.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 361 [xpcd]
    6/29/13 2:37:10.757 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.cfprefsd.xpc.daemon[375]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:37:10.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 375 [cfprefsd]
    6/29/13 2:37:25.642 PM com.apple.time[166]: Interval maximum value is 946100000 seconds (specified value: 9223372036854775807).
    6/29/13 2:37:36.466 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.sleepservicesd[378]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:37:36.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 378 [SleepServicesD]
    6/29/13 2:37:46.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 377 [cfprefsd]
    6/29/13 2:37:55.000 PM kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
    6/29/13 2:37:57.000 PM kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
    6/29/13 2:38:01.577 PM Dock[175]: Unable to open IOHIDSystem (e00002bd)
    6/29/13 2:38:02.000 PM kernel[0]: virtual bool IOHIDEventSystemUserClient::initWithTask(task_t, void *, UInt32): Client task not privileged to open IOHIDSystem for mapping memory (e00002c1)
    6/29/13 2:38:04.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 380 [cfprefsd]
    6/29/13 2:38:05.384 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.cfprefsd.xpc.daemon[380]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:38:05.985 PM WindowServer[83]: CGXDisableUpdate: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Mail" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
    6/29/13 2:38:05.988 PM WindowServer[83]: reenable_update_for_connection: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Mail" after 5.15 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 5.15 seconds)
    6/29/13 2:38:07.032 PM WindowServer[83]: CGXDisableUpdate: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Mail" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
    6/29/13 2:38:07.495 PM WindowServer[83]: reenable_update_for_connection: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Mail" after 1.46 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
    6/29/13 2:38:07.765 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.sleepservicesd[381]) Exited: Killed: 9
    6/29/13 2:38:07.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 381 [SleepServicesD]
    6/29/13 2:38:08.515 PM WindowServer[83]: CGXDisableUpdate: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Mail" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
    6/29/13 2:38:08.894 PM WindowServer[83]: reenable_update_for_connection: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Mail" after 1.38 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
    6/29/13 2:38:32.000 PM bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1372531112 0
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: Darwin Kernel Version 12.4.0: Wed May  1 17:57:12 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.24.15~1/RELEASE_X86_64
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: vm_page_bootstrap: 895859 free pages and 78989 wired pages
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: kext submap [0xffffff7f80737000 - 0xffffff8000000000], kernel text [0xffffff8000200000 - 0xffffff8000737000]
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: zone leak detection enabled
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: standard background quantum is 2500 us
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: mig_table_max_displ = 74
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    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: Running kernel space in FIPS MODE
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: Plist hmac value is    735d392b68241ef173d81097b1c8ce9ba283521626d1c973ac376838c466757d
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: Computed hmac value is 735d392b68241ef173d81097b1c8ce9ba283521626d1c973ac376838c466757d
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: corecrypto.kext FIPS integrity POST test passed!
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: corecrypto.kext FIPS AES CBC POST test passed!
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: corecrypto.kext FIPS TDES CBC POST test passed!
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: corecrypto.kext FIPS SHA POST test passed!
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: corecrypto.kext FIPS HMAC POST test passed!
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: corecrypto.kext FIPS ECDSA POST test passed!
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: corecrypto.kext FIPS DRBG POST test passed!
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: corecrypto.kext FIPS POST passed!
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: calling mpo_policy_init for TMSafetyNet
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    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: [ PCI configuration begin ]
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: console relocated to 0xf80010000
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: PCI configuration changed (bridge=2 device=1 cardbus=0)
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: [ PCI configuration end, bridges 5 devices 18 ]
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: NVEthernet::start - Built May  1 2013 18:03:58
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    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: Pthread support ABORTS when sync kernel primitives misused
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: C2A00080-1EC8-3E04-91E6-C48898C6FB7A
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib kmod start
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless kmod start
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    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless load succeeded
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient: ready
    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: BTCOEXIST off
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    6/29/13 2:38:46.000 PM kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5901 built-in now active, GUID 00254bfffed73c90; max speed s800.
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    6/29/13 2:38:57.000 PM kernel[0]: NVEthernet: Ethernet address 00:25:4b:d7:3c:90
    6/29/13 2:38:57.000 PM kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm4331: Ethernet address 00:25:00:4b:7a:e4
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    6/29/13 2:38:58.000 PM kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
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    6/29/13 2:38:59.245 PM kdc[51]:           dbname: od:/Local/Default
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