My G4 keeps giving me a spinning beachball

I have a G4 tower running 10.4 something. I can't get in to see which 10.4 because everytime I do anything the spinning beachball kicks in. When it times out, the very next time I do anything it kicks in again. I am attempting to install the OS again, but for some reason my external DVD drive isn't showing on the desktop. I have tried ejecting the system disc several times and putting it back in again, but the computer won't recognize it. I attempted to restart from the external drive, and a file with a ? on it was on the screen rather than the regular icon.
Is there any other way to get the system re-installed, or is there something else I can do to get rid of the spinning beachball? I am using this computer as a back up to my laptop, and recently when my video card went bad on my laptop I discovered that my desktop G4 didn't work either. I hated being without a computer for any length of time and I need to get the G4 up and running as a true backup.
FYI, I also have a smallish extra internal drive that does not have a system on it. As I recall, I couldn't get them daisy-chained when I installed the extra internal drive. I just use it as backup for my data.
Any ideas, besides dumping this computer and getting another (I have NO money)!!
Thanks in advance,
Carole

>Apparently there are quite a few issues with this "slave" srive. Could that be what is causing my apparently intermittant issues?
Indeed it can. Open Console in Applications>Utilities, any repeating errors?
>Any ideas on how to get it to boot from (or restart from) the iPod?
Is this a USB or Firewire iPod? G4s cannot normally boot OSX from USB, only FW.
>OOPS!! I marked the wrong one "Correct Answer"!!
I like getting points here, (only about 1 in a 100 do so at times), but I hate undeserved points!
>When I rebooted my G4 normally, it still didn't "see" the DVD external drive.
Might be time to replace the PRAM Battery, 4 years is close to their lifespan, far less if ever without AC power, & can cause strange startup problems...
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/BAA36VPRAM/
At this point I think you should get Applejack...
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15667/applejack
After installing, reboot holding down CMD+s, (+s), then when the DOS like prompt shows, type in...
applejack AUTO
Then let it do all 6 of it's things.
At least it'll eliminate some questions if it doesn't fix it.
The 6 things it does are...
Correct any Disk problems.
Repair Permissions.
Clear out Cache Files.
Repair/check several plist files.
Dump the VM files for a fresh start.
Trash old Log files.
First reboot will be slower, sometimes 2 or 3 restarts will be required for full benefit... my guess is files relying upon other files relying upon other files! :-)

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Message was edited by: Mark1030

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No, because the problem occurs even opening a non-form page.
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I'm wondering is something is eating my processing speed.

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The next time you have the problem, note the exact times when it starts and ends: hour, minute, second.
If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
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☞ 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. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left.
Scroll back in the log to the time you noted above. Select any messages timestamped during that interval. Copy them (command-C) to the Clipboard. Paste (command-V) into a reply to this message.
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
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I already posted a similar question a few weeks agao, but I’m doing so again in hopes that someone may be able to suggest a work around or fix.
We used to use AW to keep track of invoices for our magazine -- it worked well even though some files were over 200 pages long (each page being a separate invoice.) Since Apple has now abandoned AW, and since we started to experience some issues, we switched our invoices to Pages. But its so frustrating because I get the spinning beachball every time I print a section of a long Pages document.
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Eric W.
Victoria, Canada

Hello
The program was not modified since your first question.
So, there is no reason for a new behavior.
Pages is slow. My guess is that this is due to the way it treats XML.
As we are users trying to help other users we can't change that.
_Go to "Provide Pages Feedback" in the "Pages" menu_, describe what you wish.
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It seems that Apple never understood what we where doing with AppleWorks and designed iWork for a size of documents smaller than the one we are accustomed to.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE vendredi 8 août 2008 11:20:18)

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I know my laptop is old now but it was working prefectly not that long ago. Is there any kind of log or screenshot I could post to give you more information to help?
2.8Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 1066 MHz DDR3 RAM -
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
OSX Mountain Lion 10.8.4
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Pete

My 250GB hard drive has about 40gb free
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Dropbox is a free storage utility to check out.
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Applications>Font Book
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Clear out font caches
Use FontNuke. It does all the work for you. And, best of all it’s *FREE*.
Printer Drivers
Get rid of all the printer drivers you don’t need & use except the ones for your *current* printer(s)/scanner(s).
HD>Library>Printers Folder
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Garage Band
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WhatSize (SHAREWARE)
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The battery is on 'replace now' and I notice it may be swollen as sometimes it intereferes with my trackpad functioning (clicking).
You should not be using your computer until the battery is replaced. If it is indeed swollen and/or leaking, it will cause serious internal damage.
Have you tried the following?
Mountain Lion Recovery
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Followed directions in this Apple article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1224?viewlocale=en_US
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1. HD - library - receipts:
iTunesaccess.pkg v.8.1 and iTunesX.pkg v. 8.1
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2. iTunes folder (Music - iTunes):
iTunes Library, Library extras.itdb, Library Genius.itdb, Music Library.xml
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I tried to find and trash anything and everything iTunes related that showed the date I installed the update so as not to "confuse" the installer and I wanted to create a new library so I wouldn't get the message that it can't be done because the library was created by a newer version.
I downloaded and installed previous version 8.0.2 - download here:
http://support.apple.com/downloads/iTunes8_0_2_forMac
I then opened the newly installed iTunes and all I had to do was to choose "add to library" and navigate to the iTunes Music folder; all my songs were added within seconds.
Best of all, it all seems to work and I haven't experienced the spinning beachball. Mission accomplished.
Hope this helps someone.

Sorry, but I can't really answer the ratings or playlists questions because I do not use either, so it wasn't an issue for me. But, since the Music folder stays, it may keep your lists; or you could try the steps, but not empty the trash so you could retrieve whatever it is you're missing. Another option would be what I sometimes do when I'm not sure if it's safe to delete things: I create a new folder(s), name it with the exact location of the item(s) I'm putting in it (i.e. yourname/library/application support/etc), and then copy it to an external. If whatever reinstall doesn't work, I can just delete the newly installed items and drag my old items back into the exact location they were in previously without having to guess where they belong.

S-L-O-O-O-W!!!! Has this issue been resolved? Spinning Beachball every time I change anything!

Hi all - I have the latest version of Dreamweaver CC 2014 (6733 Build). It is frustratingly slow. I searched and found a lot of discussions on this, tried some recommendations, but have not found a resolution to this problem - and I need to get this working ASAP because I am spending way too much time waiting and waiting and waiting. I even started a new site, with only one html page. Something as simple as applying an h1 tag and then changing the text attributes: Color - wait, wait, wait (spinning beachball), wait, wait . . . changed. Then change size - wait, wait, wait (spinning beachball), wait, wait . . . changed. Change Font - wait, wait, wait (spinning beachball), wait, wait . . . changed. I am sure you get the point. This is a totally unacceptable way to work! The same thing is happening on both my desktop computer and my laptop. Any advice would really be appreciated.

FOLLOW UP: I must say that Adobe Support handled this issue extremely well - thank you Preran and Sonam for you assistance! They tried to contact me the day after my post, but I wasn't available - we set up an appointment for today and she called right on time. We did troubleshooting for about an hour and discovered that it was a font issue. I use a font utility that had some kind of conflict with my system fonts. Once it was resolved, Dreamweaver is quite speedy now. My advice for anyone having this issue would be to turn off all non-system fonts and see if that helps. Keep up the great work and support Adobe . . . this user absolutely appreciates it!

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I have a mid 2009 MacBook Pro 2.53 GHZ 4 GB ram and more and more I am getting the spinning beachball. When verifying permissions it says Est time 1 minute for close to 5 minutes, My TM drive won't repair. The machine is just much slower. I have a new hard drive and I replaced the battery because it was giving me a battery error. Is this all the result of running Mountain Lion? I have had it for several months and it just seems to be getting worse.

Surprised there hasn't been anyone else experiencing this issue.
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Hopefully there is a fix soon because the painting on my locked screen to login is getting annoying

Audio Encoding Spinning Beachball

I have had the same problem for over a month now. As I am typing there is a spinning beachball going during the audio encoding process. What is a reasonable amount of time? I started to burn a DVD at noontime , it is now 7:00 pm and still spinning. The project is 48 minutes long with chapter markers, ten transitions, a slow motion clip, sound effects, and a song in the drop zone. I have even upgraded to 10.4.6, purchased Quicktime Pro 7.1.1 and reloaded the latest iLife update 6.02. I used to burn a DVD with the same content in about six hours before the update. I don't know what else to try other than a new Mac........ I even re-imported the original movie from my camera-but the same beachball is spinning!!! I have tried every solution that was offered in the discussion area but the beachball keeps spinning. I'm at my wits end-somebody please help. After twenty years with Apple, this is the first problem I have ever had-I hope they fix this bug soon..... I am ready to drink heavily.......Have easily spent a hundred hours trying to fix this problem....

I have tried every solution that was offered in the discussion area
Well then this is probably stuff you've heard before but here goes anyway -
Audio Encoding problems come in three flavors:
1) Vanilla - This is the most common - the "freeze" when encoding audio is normal, you get a spinning beachball, and even when looking at activity monitor iDVD and its helpers are "not responding." Solution? WAIT....and WAIT some more, wait at least as long as it took to encode the video, and iDVD will still often produce a great DVD. I agree it shouldn't work this way, but that's the way it works.
2) Chocolate - Still pretty common, but a bit more trouble. Often caused by 12 bit audio, iDVD needs 16 bit audio. Try "extracting audio" in iMovie or export and reimport to tape after setting the camcorder to 16 bit.
3) Pistachio - much less common. Could be other problems with your audio, such as CBR MP3s or who knows what....this is sort of the catch-all for other audio issues. Again, try extracting audio and/or exporting your iMovie to full quality DV. Convert CBR MP3s to AAC format.
Check other things in your project against this list:
http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=-1&messageID=2466511
What is a reasonable amount of time?
As I said above wait at least as long as it takes to encode the video. But if I were you, I'd wait overnight just to rule out waiting as a solution. Definitely look at that sound file you dropped into the iDVD menu, make sure it is not a CBR MP3, and that your CMs and transitions follow the rules in the link I provided. Make sure you are using "save as disk image" and have 20GB for free space..........
And since you do have transitions & special effects(slow mo) and sound effects, you might try exporting your iMovie back to your camera or to full quality DV. This will render all the sound and effects, and then you can re-import to iMovie, add chapters, and use that movie in iDVD. This simplifies iDVD's and QT's job during encoding.
I am ready to drink heavily
Well just skip the heavily part, and this is a good activity to do while waiting on the beachball.......
John B.

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