Movie Page spinning ball

I'm trying to add a page for some 1-2 minute videos. Working on the page, I keep getting the spinning ball, even when working with the text. What is the best way to display 4 movies or so on a page and is it better to use the .Mac Web Gallery and a link to it from my site.

Chuck, Thanks for the reply. I'm working on a new page. I'd like to put a minimum of 2 on a page, maybe 4. But maybe that's not good. I'm now saving them 320x240 mp4 using H.264 codec. File size is +/- 5MB each. Here's a link to a published page, to give you an idea what I'd like to do, but I plan on deleted that page & publishing the new one I'm working on.

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I am using Pages 09 version 4.3 (not the iWork package, just Pages 09)
Operating system 10.8.3 with 4 Gb memory on an iMac from around 2009 (Intel core 2 duo)
I had been using Quark Xpress for a couple decades and wanted to save a book I did in Pages so I can sell it in the Apple bookstore.
So I saved a Quark document as a pdf.
Then I used an on-line service to convert the pdf to a word document.
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Spinning ball when opening Pages

Hi,
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Andre Favreau wrote:
I don't know what is the problem. What can I do?
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Hi there.
A slow LAN can have many things so its going slow.
1) is your lan 1gbit speed? (full duplex)
2) are the macs also 1Gbit speed? (full duplex)
3) does your nas has a firewall? (so you can see what the mac asking there)
4) on the macs is the firewall on? (does the programms can pass the fw?)
5) how big is the nas and how many files/dirctorys are on the nas? (big folders speeds down )
many questions, but sometimes there is a solution.
regards tim

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First, back up all data immediately, as your boot drive might be failing.
Step 1
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Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C).
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
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Lately I have been using it more professionally, more often - Photoshop CS2, pretty big files back and forth, scanning, managing files, etc. I am encountering the spinning ball constantly: navigating between files, changing file sizes, opening files, and especially working with the Bridge (I think the File Browser was better, at least performance wise).
I am really, really disppointed with this machine. It is not fast, it does not perform well, and most frustratingly, as I've stated, I get the hanging spinning ball all the time. It feels like the six year old PC laptop my wife finally got rid of, not a state-of-the-art Mac laptop.
I called Apple a few months back and they said the warranty was only for hardware, and I had to troubleshoot software issues on the Apple site.
I also bought this machine in the States, and brough it here to the UK. (I don't know if that effects my warranty).
I can't work professionally with this product, I thought Apple was better than this - I also have a G5 desktop machine which works pretty well.
What should I do??
G5, dual 2Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.6)
G5, dual 2Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.6)
G5, dual 2Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.6)
G5, dual 2Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.6)
G5, dual 2Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Christopher, as others have mentioned, your problems are due to running legacy PPC apps via Rosetta emulation. And these are substantial programs with big RAM and CPU appetites.
Rosetta effectively doubles their RAM demands and cuts their performance by about 50% due to emulating PPC instructions on the fly.
The spinning balls are due to page outs in the Virtual Memory system, which uses the Hard Drive to make up for too little real RAM.
The more legacy apps you are running in Rosetta, the more virtual memory is used -- and this affects the responsiveness of all applications, even Intel native or Universal ones.
The solutions are: 1) run fewer legacy PPC apps; 2) get more RAM; 3) make sure you have adequate free space (at least 10% free) on your hard drive to allow VM to work efficiently.
If you fire up Utilities > Activity Monitor you can see which PPC legacy apps are running. Try to get that down to none. Activity Monitor will also tell you how many page-outs are occuring in Virtual Memory. My guess is: alot!

Lion, Spinning Ball for a few seconds at a time

Macbook Pro, Lion, 8Gig. I have frequent encounters with the spinning ball. Everything stops, the ball comes on, stays for several seconds, then back to life. During the episodes Safari, for example, is completely unresponsive. During the episodes, I can click on another application and switch to it.
This mac has been through several generations of OS X, and several different physical machines, using Migration Assistant at each shift.
Any help gratefully received!
-- Sally
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               5%          backupd
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               2%          EtreCheck
               1%          diskimages-helper
               1%          hidd
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Hey Sally,
We have an article that outlines a few troubleshooting steps if your Mac is running a bit slowly.
OS X Lion: If your Mac runs slowly
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3915
If you find your Mac is running slowly, check any open applications to make sure they’re compatible with your computer. Or you may need to increase your hard disk space or repair your hard disk.
An application you’re using may require more memory than your computer has. To see how much memory your computer has, choose Apple menu > About This Mac. See the documentation that came with the application to find out what it requires. To find out how to increase your computer’s memory, see the documentation that came with it.
Quit any application that isn’t compatible with your computer. For example, an application may require a different processor or graphics card. See the documentation that came with the application to find out what it requires.
To see what processor your computer has, choose Apple menu > About This Mac.
To see what graphics card your computer has, choose Apple menu > About This Mac, click More Info, and then click Displays.
There might not be enough free disk space on your computer’s startup disk. To make disk space available, you can move files to another disk and then delete files you no longer need on the startup disk.Increase disk space
Quit any applications you’re not using.
If none of these suggestions work, you may need to repair your computer’s disk in Disk Utility.Repair a disk
Hope this helps,
David

Problem description: Computer takes a long time to fire up. Spinning ball is seen during start up, sometimes when login dialog box, and sometimes after entering login password. My mac freeze often, especially when using Lightroom-.

Problem description:
Computer takes a long time to fire up. Spinning ball is seen during start up, sometimes when login dialog box, and sometimes after entering login password. My mac freeze often, especially when using Lightroom….     Help is much appreciated!
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
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BANK 0/DIMM0
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Startup Items: ℹ️
CUDA: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/CUDA
ProTec6b: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTec6b
Startup items are obsolete and will not work in future versions of OS X
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist Support
[running] com.digitalrebellion.EditmoteListener.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.intego.backupassistant.agent.plist Support
[running] com.mcafee.menulet.plist Support
[invalid?] com.mcafee.reporter.plist Support
[loaded] com.nvidia.CUDASoftwareUpdate.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
[running] com.orbicule.WitnessUserAgent.plist Support
[loaded] com.xrite.device.softwareupdate.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[invalid?] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
[running] com.aladdin.aksusbd.plist Support
[failed] com.aladdin.hasplmd.plist Support
[running] com.edb.launchd.postgresql-8.4.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[running] com.intego.BackupAssistant.daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.ipvanish.helper.openvpn.plist Support
[loaded] com.ipvanish.helper.pppd.plist Support
[invalid?] com.mcafee.ssm.ScanFactory.plist Support
[invalid?] com.mcafee.ssm.ScanManager.plist Support
[running] com.mcafee.virusscan.fmpd.plist Support
[loaded] com.mvnordic.mvlicensehelper.offline.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
[running] com.orbicule.witnessd.plist Support
[loaded] com.radiosilenceapp.nke.PrivateEye.plist Support
[running] com.xrite.device.xrdd.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[invalid?] com.digitalrebellion.SoftwareUpdateAutoCheck.plist Support
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist Support
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
Skype Program (/Applications/Skype.app)
GetBackupAgent Program (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/BeLight Software/Get Backup 2/GetBackupAgent.app)
PhoneViewHelper Program (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/PhoneView/PhoneViewHelper.app)
EarthDesk Core UNKNOWN (missing value)
Dropbox Program (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
AdobeResourceSynchronizer ProgramHidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
i1ProfilerTray Program (/Applications/i1Profiler/i1ProfilerTray.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.0 Support
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
SiteAdvisor: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.1 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
GarminGPSControl: Version: 3.0.1.0 Release - SDK 10.4 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version
User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.2 Support
F5 Inspection Host Plugin: Version: 6031.2010.0122.1 Support
f5 sam inspection host plugin: Version: 7000.2010.0602.1 Support
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Facebook Cleaner
Better Facebook
SiteAdvisor
Incognito
Bing Highlights
YouTube5
AdBlock
YoutubeWide
Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️
DVCPROHDAudio: Version: 1.3.2
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
CUDA Preferences Support
EarthDesk Support
Editmote Support
Flash Player Support
FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) Support
Growl Support
Java Support
Witness Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      13% taskgated
      12% WindowServer
      1% WitnessUserAgent
      1% sysmond
      1% Activity Monitor
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
327 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
137 MB softwareupdated
94 MB Safari
82 MB VShieldScanner
82 MB Dock
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
65 MB Free RAM
1.58 GB Active RAM
1.54 GB Inactive RAM
647 MB Wired RAM
2.95 GB Page-ins
260 MB Page-outs

You have SCADS of extensions and the things running. McAfee, Intego, Orbicule, CleanMyMac, and others I've not ever even heard of. My first recommendation would be to remove all of these and see if things improve.

I have a word document that keeps stalling with the spinning ball sign - how can I stop this?

Have a 2009 Macbook Air. Never given me any trouble before. But I am working on a long word document (docx) - 200 pages of text - and after 5 minutes of working on it it starts to stall and the spinning ball comes up every time I try to type or edit. I have tried resaving it as a doc. I have transferred it to my main IMac where the same problem occurs. No other word documents are doing this. This document is a novel, three years in the making, which is due to go off to publishers in a few weeks time so I am rather worried that it is going to be unrescuable. any suggestions?
I have a time machine and so on so it is all backed up, but i want to be able to work on it!
Please help!?

Try this.
Open the document and select and copy a few pages, say ten pages.
Open a new blank document and paste the pages you copied into that.
Save it with a new name.
Work on those new pages to see if the problem has disappeared.
If this helps, continue breaking up the large file in to smaller chunks and working on them
You can of course later reverse the process and merge the files into one new one.
This suggestion is based on my experiences with large Word files. Breaking it up in to smaller chunks does two things. First, if there is any corruption in the old file, the new copies might escape that. Second, the Mac is faster handling the smaller chunks.

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