New Macbook Pro Beach Ball Lag

Just got the laptop 2 weeks ago, and everything is updated to latest fixes and patches. One big problem I'm having is the constant beach ball showing while during simple things like opening a regular website, or chatting on adium. It will just occasionally start to occur and last for 10-20 seconds. I do not think its a heat issue since its running at 95 degrees. I originally thought it was xmarks, but I removed that. Currently I only have adium running, text expander, grabup.
Is this a known problem, or if anyone else has any suggestions?
Here are some shots from activity monitor
CPU - http://www.yenomz.com//m4cb00kpr0/4e915931831fa40a4acfa6f5ccc64d7c.png
SYSTEM - http://www.yenomz.com//m4cb00kpr0/45a2be6e16ff5192f931cb3551b79159.png
Message was edited by: xtac

I've been having the exact same problem since I got my laptop ten days ago. It's bugging the **** out of me. Every ten minutes: iTunes stops playing, beach ball of death, then just snaps back to normal as if nothing happened. I'm confident it's not the hard drive locking up because nothing like this happened on my old macbook pro, and it doesn't require any sudden movements to occur. I'm hesitant to take it to the genius bar because I can't easily recreate the scenario. I'm more than happy to provide any data from activity monitor to help the guys reading this forum that are obviously far smarter than me figure out the problem
Edit: Just happened again, took some shots immediately after
http://www.filedropper.com/picture10_3
http://www.filedropper.com/asdfasda
http://www.filedropper.com/ijafdofs
Message was edited by: josepharonsohn

Similar Messages

New MacBook Pro beach balling after transfering account.

Hi,
My new 15" MacBook Pro (non retina) arrived at work this morning. I have an '09 MacPro at home and the first thing I wanted to do was migrate my account from that to the new MacBook. I keep a recent Time Machine back up disk in my locker at work and the MBP gave me the option of transfering an account from that. So I connected them together via usb and left it running whilst I got on with a few jobs and then had lunch.
I came back from lunch about half an hour ago and the MBP says "Thank You, Your Mac is set up and ready to use." with a button beneath to click for "Start using your Mac". So I click on the button and I get the spinning beach ball. I still have the spinning beach ball half an hour later and the screen hasn't changed.
Any ideas what's going on? Should I force shut down or leave it?
Regards,
Dave.

Did the force shut down and restarted. Everything seems to be ok, fingers crossed....

10.6.6 is making my Late 2008 MacBook Pro Beach Ball more than usual?

For much of the day, my MacBook Pro, late 2008, was working flawlessly.
Then, I upgraded to 10.6.6.
After that, I repaired permissions. For the first time ever, there were several permissions that were repaired.
I ran repair permissions again, and all was good.
Except now, opening programs like Firefox, Outlook 2011, or even certain folders, will cause a beach ball lag of a few seconds.
This never happened before.
It happens more so after a fresh restart and tends to go away after some computer usage.
Does anyone have any insight on what could be causing this?
Thank you!

Unfortunately, i have the same problem in my macbook pro late 2009. I saw that downgrading the EFI system to 1.6 (actually is 1.7) solves the problem for a lot of MBPs but for me such was not the solution. I face every day the same problem and i am worried because any solution is working. Maybe downgrade could work for you.

Macbook Pro Beach Ball Problems

I have a '08 MBP that has the spinning beach ball showing up in all the apps during use and everything runs slower.
Web pages take 5-10 seconds to load.
Lightroom photos take 5-10 seconds to load. Commands and mouse selections take 4-5 seconds to respond.
It slows down even more with an external monitor being used.
The fan runs high 85% of the time.
Hard drive was replaced with an SSD about 2 years ago, which helped calm HD noise.
The HD has 15.5 GB left right now, but the beach ball problem has been there even with half the HD full.
Problem has been going on for a couple of years, but I've managed around it.
This issue occurs even with only 1 app running. For instance, I'll shut all apps except one application, and it still drags, whether that one app be Safari or LR.
I realize the MBP is older, but it used to be very responsive with the same apps. Never used to see the beach ball during app usage, only at startup of app if anytime.
I believe the RAM is maxed out for what this machine can handle at 4GB, but again, the system didn't slow down before.
I believe the problem may be some processes running in the background that are dragging down everything, but not sure what to look for.
Any advice any fixes are greatly appreciated.
Here is the EtreCheck:
Hardware Information: ?
MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2GHz) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro3,1
1 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
GeForce 8600M GT     - VRAM: 128 MB
Color LCD 1440 x 900
Cinema HD 2560 x 1600
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 21:27:44
Disk Information: ?
SAMSUNG SSD 830 Series disk0 : (256.06 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 255.2 GB (15.5 GB free) (Low!)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information: ?
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
X-Rite, Inc. i1Display3
Logitech USB Receiver
Apple Computer, Inc. Apple Cinema HD Display
Seagate Backup+ Desk 3 TB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 262 KB
3 Seagate (disk1s3) /Volumes/3 Seagate: 3 TB (2.04 TB free)
Apple Computer Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Gatekeeper: ?
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
[not loaded] au.com.glassechidna.heimdall_usb_shield (6.0) Support
[loaded] com.aladdin.kext.aksfridge (1.0.2) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.4.20 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.jft.driver.PdaNetDrv (1.0.0d1) Support
[loaded] com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver (1.0.3 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.roxio.BluRaySupport (1.1.6) Support
[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0) Support
[not loaded] com.sandisk.driver.com_sandisk_SanDiskImageMate (1.0.17) Support
[not loaded] xxx.qnation.PeerGuardian (1.1.9) Support
Startup Items: ?
HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
Problem System Launch Daemons: ?
[failed] com.apple.Kerberos.digest-service.plist
[failed] com.apple.Kerberos.kdc.plist
Launch Daemons: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
[running] com.aladdin.aksusbd.plist Support
[running] com.aladdin.hasplmd.plist Support
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinblanker.plist Support
[running] com.logmein.logmeinserver.plist Support
[loaded] com.logmein.raupdate.plist Support
[not loaded] com.palm.novacomd Support
[failed] com.tvmobili.tvmobilisvcd.plist Support
[running] com.xrite.device.xrdd.plist Support
[failed] xxx.qnation.PeerGuardian.kextload.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[failed] com.logmein.LMILaunchAgentFixer.plist Support
[running] com.logmein.logmeingui.plist Support
[running] com.logmein.logmeinguiagent.plist Support
[not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin.plist Support
[running] com.sandisk.SanDiskImageMate.plist Support
[failed] com.tvmobili.artwork.plist Support
[loaded] com.xrite.device.softwareupdate.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
User Login Items: ?
Scroll Reverser
iTunesHelper
iTunesHelper
LMILaunchAgentFixer
Connect360Helper
PdaNetMac
Music Manager
Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2
Dropbox
Android File Transfer Agent
i1ProfilerTray
fuspredownloader
KiesAgent
HP Scheduler
Internet Plug-ins: ?
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.10 Support
Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
EPPEX Plugin: Version: 3.0.5.0 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.10 Support
LogMeInSafari32: Version: 1.0.935 - SDK 10.7 Support
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.0 Support
CouponPrinter-FireFox: Version: Version 1.1.5
LogMeIn: Version: 1.0.935 - SDK 10.7 Support
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.50524.0 Support
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 Support
AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101750: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17 - SDK 10.4 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.2.6 Support
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 Support
Safari Extensions: ?
feedly-2
Greenhouse
Audio Plug-ins: ?
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins: ?
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User iTunes Plug-ins ?
TuneUp Visualizer: Version: 2.2.0 Support
User Internet Plug-ins ?
fbplugin_1_0_3: Version: (null) Support
Move-Media-Player: Version: npmnqmp 071505000006 Support
BrowserPlus_2.8.1: Version: 2.8.1 Support
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 Support
Picasa: Version: 1.0 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
BrowserPlus Support
Connect360 Support
DivX Support
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
MacFUSE Support
MusicManager Support
Perian Support
Time Machine: ?
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 237.67 GB Disk used: 223.24 GB
Destinations:
Seagate Backup Plus [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 3 TB
Total number of backups: 42
Oldest backup: 2012-11-15 08:13:19 +0000
Last backup: 2014-09-01 15:11:17 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 3 TB > (Disk size 237.67 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU: ?
      11% WindowServer
      1% AdobeCrashDaemon
      0% i1ProfilerTray
      0% xrdd
      0% fontd
Top Processes by Memory: ?
500 MB Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4
123 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
102 MB Safari
82 MB Finder
70 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ?
709 MB Free RAM
1.70 GB Active RAM
714 MB Inactive RAM
636 MB Wired RAM
1.79 GB Page-ins
28 MB Page-outs

1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem. But with the aid of the test results, the solution may take a few minutes, instead of hours or days.
Don't be put off merely by the seeming complexity of these instructions. The process is much less complicated than the description. You do harder tasks with the computer all the time.
2. If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. Backup is always a must, and when you're having any kind of trouble with the computer, you may be at higher than usual risk of losing data, whether you follow these instructions or not.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
3. Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. As I wrote above, it changes nothing. It doesn't send or receive any data on the network. All it does is to generate a human-readable report on the state of the computer. That report goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. If you prefer, you can read it yourself without disclosing the contents to me or anyone else.
You should be wondering whether you can believe me, and whether it's safe to run a program at the behest of a stranger. In general, no, it's not safe and I don't encourage it.
In this case, however, there are a couple of ways for you to decide whether the program is safe without having to trust me. First, you can read it. Unlike an application that you download and click to run, it's transparent, so anyone with the necessary skill can verify what it does.
You may not be able to understand the script yourself. But variations of the script have been posted on this website thousands of times over a period of years. The site is hosted by Apple, which does not allow it to be used to distribute harmful software. Any one of the millions of registered users could have read the script and raised the alarm if it was harmful. Then I would not be here now and you would not be reading this message.
Nevertheless, if you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
4. Here's a summary of what you need to do, if you choose to proceed:
☞ Copy a line of text in this window to the Clipboard.
☞ Paste into the window of another application.
☞ Wait for the test to run. It usually takes a few minutes.
☞ Paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page.
The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. You don't need to copy a second time. Details follow.
5. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode, under the conditions in which the problem is reproduced. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
6. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
7. The script is a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, though you may not see all of it in the browser window, and you can then copy it. If you try to select the line by dragging across the part you can see, you won't get all of it.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/libexec;clear;cd;p=(Software Hardware Memory Diagnostics Power FireWire Thunderbolt USB Fonts SerialATA 4 1000 25 5120 KiB/s 1024 85 \\b%% 20480 1 MB/s 25000 ports ' com.clark.\* \*dropbox \*GoogleDr\* \*k.AutoCAD\* \*k.Maya\* vidinst\* ' DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES\ DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH -86 "` route -n get default|awk '/e:/{print $2}' `" 25 N\\/A down up 102400 25600 recvfrom sendto CFBundleIdentifier 25 25 25 1000 MB com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent 464843899 51 5120 files );N5=${#p[@]};p[N5]=` networksetup -listnetworkserviceorder|awk ' NR>1 { sub(/^$[0-9]+$ /,"");n=$0;getline;} $NF=="'${p[26]}')" { sub(/.$/,"",$NF);print n;exit;} ' `;f=('\n%s: %s\n' '\n%s\n\n%s\n' '\nRAM details\n%s\n' %s\ %s '%s\n-\t%s\n' );S0() { echo ' { q=$NF+0;$NF="";u=$(NF-1);$(NF-1)="";gsub(/^ +| +$/,"");if(q>='${p[$1]}') printf("%s (UID %s) is using %s '${p[$2]}'",$0,u,q);} ';};s=(' /^ *$|CSConfigDot/d;s/^ */   /;s/[-0-9A-Fa-f]{22,}/UUID/g;s/(ochat)\.[^.]+(\..+)/\1\2/;/Shared/!s/\/Users\/[^/]+/~/g ' ' s/^ +//;/de: S|[nst]:/p;' ' {sub(/^ +/,"")};/er:/;/y:/&&$2<'${p[10]} ' 1s/://;3,6d;/[my].+:/d;s/^ {4}//;H;${ g;s/\n$//;/s: [^EO]|x([^08]|02[^F]|8[^0])/p;} ' ' 5h;6{ H;g;/P/!p;} ' ' ($1~/^Cy/&&$3>'${p[11]}')||($1~/^Cond/&&$2!~/^N/) ' ' /:$/{ N;/:.+:/d;s/ *://;b0'$'\n'' };/^ *(V.+ [0N]|Man).+ /{ s/ 0x.... //;s/[()]//g;s/(.+: )(.+)/ (\2)/;H;};$b0'$'\n'' d;:0'$'\n'' x;s/\n\n//;/Apple[ ,]|Genesy|Intel|SMSC/d;s/\n.*//;/\)$/p;' ' s/^.*C/C/;H;${ g;/No th|pms/!p;} ' '/= [^GO]/p' '{$1=""};1' ' /Of/!{ s/^.+is |\.//g;p;} ' ' $0&&!/ / { n++;print;} END { if(n<200) print "com.apple.";} ' ' $3~/[0-9]:[0-9]{2}$/ { gsub(/:[0-9:a-f]{14}/,"");} { print|"tail -n'${p[12]}'";} ' ' NR==2&&$4<='${p[13]}' { print $4;} ' ' END { $2/=256;if($2>='${p[15]}') print int($2) } ' ' NR!=13{next};{sub(/[+-]$/,"",$NF)};'"`S0 21 22`" 'NR!=2{next}'"`S0 37 17`" ' NR!=5||$8!~/[RW]/{next};{ $(NF-1)=$1;$NF=int($NF/10000000);for(i=1;i<=3;i++){$i="";$(NF-1-i)="";};};'"`S0 19 20`" 's:^:/:p' '/\.kext\/(Contents\/)?Info\.plist$/p' 's/^.{52}(.+) <.+/\1/p' ' /Launch[AD].+\.plist$/ { n++;print;} END { print "'${p[41]}'";if(n<200) print "/System/";} ' '/\.xpc\/(Contents\/)?Info\.plist$/p' ' NR>1&&!/0x|\.[0-9]+$|com\.apple\.launchctl\.(Aqua|Background|System)$|'${p[41]}'/ { print $3;} ' ' /\.(framew|lproj)|\):/d;/plist:|:.+(Mach|scrip)/s/:[^:]+//p ' '/^root$/p' ' !/\/Contents\/.+\/Contents|Applic|Autom|Frameworks/&&/Lib.+\/Info.plist$/ { n++;print;} END { if(n<1100) print "/System/";} ' '/^\/usr\/lib\/.+dylib$/p' ' /Temp|emac/{next};/(etc|Preferences|Launch[AD].+)\// { sub(".(/private)?","");n++;print;} END { print "'${p[41]}'.plist\t'${p[42]}'";if(n<500) print "Launch";} ' ' /\/(Contents\/.+\/Contents|Frameworks)\/|\.wdgt\/.+\.([bw]|plu)/d;p;' 's/\/(Contents\/)?Info.plist$//;p' ' { gsub("^| |\n","\\|\\|kMDItem'${p[35]}'=");sub("^...."," ") };1 ' p '{print $3"\t"$1}' 's/\'$'\t''.+//p' 's/1/On/p' '/Prox.+: [^0]/p' '$2>'${p[43]}'{$2=$2-1;print}' ' BEGIN { i="'${p[26]}'";M1='${p[16]}';M2='${p[18]}';M3='${p[31]}';M4='${p[32]}';} !/^A/{next};/%/ { getline;if($5<M1) a="user "$2"%, system "$4"%";} /disk0/&&$4>M2 { b=$3" ops/s, "$4" blocks/s";} $2==i { if(c) { d=$3+$4+$5+$6;next;};if($4>M3||$6>M4) c=int($4/1024)" in, "int($6/1024)" out";} END { if(a) print "CPU: "a;if(b) print "I/O: "b;if(c) print "Net: "c" (KiB/s)";if(d) print "Net errors: "d" packets/s";} ' ' /r\[0\] /&&$NF!~/^1(0|72\.(1[6-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-1])|92\.168)\./ { print $NF;exit;} ' ' !/^T/ { printf "(static)";exit;} ' '/apsd|BKAg|OpenD/!s/:.+//p' ' (/k:/&&$3!~/(255\.){3}0/ )||(/v6:/&&$2!~/A/ ) ' ' $1~"lR"&&$2<='${p[25]}';$1~"li"&&$3!~"wpa2";' ' BEGIN { FS=":";p="uniq -c|sed -E '"'s/ +\$[0-9]+\$\$.+\$/\\\2 x\\\1/;s/x1$//'"'";} { n=split($3,a,".");sub(/_2[01].+/,"",$3);print $2" "$3" "a[n]$1|p;b=b$1;} END { close(p) if(b) print("\n\t* Code injection");} ' ' NR!=4{next} {$NF/=10240} '"`S0 27 14`" ' END { if($3~/[0-9]/)print$3;} ' ' BEGIN { L='${p[36]}';} !/^[[:space:]]*(#.*)?$/ { l++;if(l<=L) f=f"\n   "$0;} END { F=FILENAME;if(!F) exit;if(!f) f="\n   [N/A]";"file -b "F|getline T;if(T!~/^(AS.+ (En.+ )?text$|(Bo|PO).+ sh.+ text ex)/) F=F" ("T")";printf("\nContents of %s\n%s\n",F,f);if(l>L) printf("\n   ...and %s more line(s)\n",l-L);} ' ' /^ +[NP].+ =/h;/^( +D.+[{]|[}])/{ g;s/.+= //p;};' 's/0/Off/p' ' END{print NR} ' ' /id: N|te: Y/{i++} END{print i} ' ' / / { print "'"${p[28]}"'";exit;};1;' '/ en/!s/\.//p' ' NR!=13{next};{sub(/[+-M]$/,"",$NF)};'"`S0 39 40`" ' $10~/$L/&&$9!~"localhost" { sub(/.+:/,"",$9);print $1": "$9;} ' '/^ +r/s/.+"(.+)".+/\1/p' 's/(.+\.wdgt)\/(Contents\/)?Info\.plist$/\1/p' 's/^.+\/(.+)\.wdgt$/\1/p' ' /l: /{ /DVD/d;s/.+: //;b0'$'\n'' };/s: /{ /V/d;s/^ */- /;H;};$b0'$'\n'' d;:0'$'\n'' x;/APPLE [^:]+$/d;p;' ' /^find: /d;p;' "`S0 44 45`" );c1=(system_profiler pmset\ -g nvram fdesetup find syslog df vm_stat sar ps sudo\ crontab sudo\ iotop top pkgutil 'PlistBuddy 2>&1 -c "Print' whoami cksum kextstat launchctl sudo\ launchctl crontab 'sudo defaults read' stat lsbom mdfind ' for i in ${p[24]};do ${c1[18]} ${c2[27]} $i;done;' defaults\ read scutil sudo\ dtrace sudo\ profiles sed\ -En awk /S*/*/P*/*/*/C*/*/airport networksetup mdutil sudo\ lsof test );c2=(com.apple.loginwindow\ LoginHook '" /L*/P*/loginw*' '" L*/P*/*loginit*' 'L*/Ca*/com.ap*.Saf*/E*/* -d 1 -name In*t -exec '"${c1[14]}"' :CFBundleDisplayName" {} \;|sort|uniq' '~ $TMPDIR.. \( -flags +sappnd,schg,uappnd,uchg -o ! -user $UID -o ! -perm -600 $' '.??* -path .Trash -prune -o -type d -name *.app -print -prune' :${p[35]}\" :Label\" '{/,}L*/{Con,Pref}* -type f ! -size 0 -name *.plist -exec plutil -s {} \;' "-f'%N: %l' Desktop L*/Keyc*" therm sysload boot-args status " -F '\$Time \$Message' -k Sender kernel -k Message Req 'bad |Beac|caug|dead[^bl]|FAIL|fail|GPU |hfs: Ru|inval|jnl:|last value [1-9]|n Cause: -|NVDA$|pagin|proc: t|Roamed|rror|ssert|Thrott|tim(ed? ?|ing )o|WARN' -k Message Rne 'Goog|ksadm|SMC:| VALI|xpma' -o -k Sender fseventsd -k Message Req 'SL' " '-du -n DEV -n EDEV 1 10' 'acrx -o comm,ruid,%cpu' '-t1 10 1' '-f -pfc /var/db/r*/com.apple.*.{BS,Bas,Es,J,OSXU,Rem,up}*.bom' '{/,}L*/Lo*/Diag* -type f -regex .\*[cgh] ! -name *ag \( -exec grep -lq "^Thread c" {} \; -exec printf \* \; -o -true $ -execdir stat -f:%Sc:%N -t%F {} \;|sort -t: -k2 |tail -n'${p[38]} '-L {/{S*/,},}L*/Lau* -type f' '-L /{S*/,}L*/StartupItems -type f -exec file {} +' '-L /S*/L*/{C*/Sec*A,E}* {/,}L*/{A*d,Ca*/*/Ex,Co{mpon,reM},Ex,Inter,iTu*/*P,Keyb,Mail/B,Pr*P,Qu*T,Scripti,Sec,Servi,Spo,Widg}* -path \\*s/Resources -prune -o -type f -name Info.plist' '/usr/lib -type f -name *.dylib' `awk "${s[31]}"<<<${p[23]}` "/e*/{auto,{cron,fs}tab,hosts,{[lp],sy}*.conf,pam.d/*,ssh{,d}_config,*.local} {,/usr/local}/etc/periodic/*/* /L*/P*{,/*}/com.a*.{Bo,sec*.ap}*t /S*/L*/Lau*/*t .launchd.conf" list getenv /Library/Preferences/com.apple.alf\ globalstate --proxy '-n get default' -I --dns -getdnsservers\ "${p[N5]}" -getinfo\ "${p[N5]}" -P -m\ / '' -n1 '-R -l1 -n1 -o prt -stats command,uid,prt' '--regexp --only-files --files com.apple.pkg.*|sort|uniq' -kl -l -s\ / '-R -l1 -n1 -o mem -stats command,uid,mem' '+c0 -i4TCP:0-1023' com.apple.dashboard\ layer-gadgets '-d /L*/Mana*/$USER&&echo On' '-app Safari WebKitDNSPrefetchingEnabled' "+c0 -l|awk '{print(\$1,\$3)}'|sort|uniq -c|sort -n|tail -1|awk '{print(\$2,\$3,\$1)}'" );N1=${#c2[@]};for j in {0..9};do c2[N1+j]=SP${p[j]}DataType;done;N2=${#c2[@]};for j in 0 1;do c2[N2+j]="-n ' syscall::'${p[33+j]}':return { @out[execname,uid]=sum(arg0) } tick-10sec { trunc(@out,1);exit(0);} '";done;l=(Restricted\ files Hidden\ apps 'Elapsed time (s)' POST Battery Safari\ extensions Bad\ plists 'High file counts' User Heat System\ load boot\ args FileVault Diagnostic\ reports Log 'Free space (MiB)' 'Swap (MiB)' Activity 'CPU per process' Login\ hook 'I/O per process' Mach\ ports kexts Daemons Agents launchd Startup\ items Admin\ access Root\ access Bundles dylibs Apps Font\ issues Inserted\ dylibs Firewall Proxies DNS TCP/IP Wi-Fi Profiles Root\ crontab User\ crontab 'Global login items' 'User login items' Spotlight Memory Listeners Widgets Parental\ Controls Prefetching SATA Descriptors );N3=${#l[@]};for i in 0 1 2;do l[N3+i]=${p[5+i]};done;N4=${#l[@]};for j in 0 1;do l[N4+j]="Current ${p[29+j]}stream data";done;A0() { id -G|grep -qw 80;v[1]=$?;((v[1]==0))&&sudo true;v[2]=$?;v[3]=`date +%s`;clear >&-;date '+Start time: %T %D%n';};for i in 0 1;do eval ' A'$((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" ]];};';done;A7(){ v=$((`date +%s`-v[3]));};B2(){ v[$1]="$v";};for i in 0 1;do eval ' B'$i'() { v=;((v['$((i+1))']==0))||{ v=No;false;};};B'$((3+i))'() { v[$2]=`'${c1[30+i]}' "${s[$3]}"<<<"${v[$1]}"`;} ';done;B5(){ v[$1]="${v[$1]}"$'\n'"${v[$2]}";};B6() { v=` paste -d: <(printf "${v[$1]}") <(printf "${v[$2]}")|awk -F: ' {printf("'"${f[$3]}"'",$1,$2)} ' `;};B7(){ v=`grep -Fv "${v[$1]}"<<<"$v"`;};C0(){ [[ "$v" ]]&&echo "$v";};C1() { [[ "$v" ]]&&printf "${f[$1]}" "${l[$2]}" "$v";};C2() { v=`echo $v`;[[ "$v" != 0 ]]&&C1 0 $1;};C3() { v=`sed -E "$s"<<<"$v"`&&C1 1 $1;};for i in 1 2;do for j in 0 2 3;do eval D$i$j'(){ A'$i' $1 $2 $3; C'$j' $4;};';done;done;{ A0;D20 0 $((N1+1)) 2;D10 0 $N1 1;B0;C2 27;B0&&! B1&&C2 28;D12 15 37 25 8;A1 0 $((N1+2)) 3;C0;D13 0 $((N1+3)) 4 3;D23 0 $((N1+4)) 5 4;D13 0 $((N1+9)) 59 50;for i in 0 1 2;do D13 0 $((N1+5+i)) 6 $((N3+i));done;D13 1 10 7 9;D13 1 11 8 10;D22 2 12 9 11;D12 3 13 10 12;D23 4 19 44 13;D23 5 14 12 14;D22 6 36 13 15;D22 7 37 14 16;D23 8 15 38 17;D22 9 16 16 18;B1&&{ D22 35 49 61 51;D22 11 17 17 20;for i in 0 1;do D22 28 $((N2+i)) 45 $((N4+i));done;};D22 12 44 54 45;D22 12 39 15 21;A1 13 40 18;B2 4;B3 4 0 19;A3 14 6 32 0;B4 0 5 11;A1 17 41 20;B7 5;C3 22;B4 4 6 21;A3 14 7 32 6;B4 0 7 11;B3 4 0 22;A3 14 6 32 0;B4 0 8 11;B5 7 8;B1&&{ A2 19 26 23;B7 7;C3 23;};A2 18 26 23;B7 7;C3 24;A2 4 20 21;B7 6;B2 9;A4 14 7 52 9;B2 10;B6 9 10 4;C3 25;D13 4 21 24 26;B4 4 12 26;B3 4 13 27;A1 4 22 29;B7 12;B2 14;A4 14 6 52 14;B2 15;B6 14 15 4;B3 0 0 30;C3 29;A1 4 23 27;B7 13;C3 30;D13 24 24 32 31;D13 25 37 32 33;A2 23 18 28;B2 16;A2 16 25 33;B7 16;B3 0 0 34;B2 21;A6 47 21&&C0;B1&&{ D13 21 0 32 19;D13 10 42 32 40;D22 29 35 46 39;};D13 14 1 48 42;D12 34 43 53 44;D22 0 $((N1+8)) 51 32;D13 4 8 41 6;D12 26 28 35 34;D13 27 29 36 35;A2 27 32 39&&{ B2 19;A2 33 33 40;B2 20;B6 19 20 3;};C2 36;D23 33 34 42 37;B1&&D23 35 45 55 46;D23 32 31 43 38;D12 36 47 32 48;D13 20 42 32 41;D13 14 2 48 43;D13 4 5 32 1;D13 4 3 60 5;D12 26 48 49 49;B3 4 22 57;A1 26 46 56;B7 22;B3 0 0 58;C3 47;D22 4 4 50 0;D23 22 9 37 7;A7;C2 2;} 2>/dev/null|pbcopy;exit 2>&-
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. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
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 nothing in the Terminal window and no indication of progress. Wait for the line
[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 what happened. 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.
13. When you post the results, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "You are not authorized to post." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the test results on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
14. This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak only for themselves, and I don't necessarily agree with them.
Copyright © 2014 by Linc Davis. As the sole author of this work, I reserve all rights to it except as provided in the Use Agreement for the Apple Support Communities website ("ASC"). Readers of ASC may copy it for their own personal use. Neither the whole nor any part may be redistributed.

Late 2010 17-inch MacBook Pro beach ball freeze

Hi all, this is my second to last resort (last is sending in for repair xD). Well anyways, hope that you guys can help me solve this problem so I won't have to go there .
Here's the story:
I recently purchased a custom, late 2010 17-inch MacBook Pro with these apple upgrades:
-2.8ghz intel i7
-anti-glare screen
After doing some research, I found out that the memory and harddrive upgrades from aren't any special. So, I decided to do these upgrades myself since it is cheaper. These are the components that I have installed:
-Corsair CM3X8GSDKIT1066 G (2x4gb 1066 ddr3 memory)- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233081
-Corsair P128 CMFSSD-128GBG2D (128gb ssd)- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233087
I purchased both of these items from newegg. The solid state drive came off of my old laptop, which I installed into about 6 month ago.
So, once my MacBook arrived, I didn't even turn it on. i went straight into unscrewing the back and installing the components. The process went smoothly and I booted up the machine afterwards. Everything looked fine at first, but the installation failed about midway through (due to failure to copy necessary files). But I tried and tried again and after about the 25th time (yes I know, it took the whole day), it finally worked. The reason for my persistency is because everytime it would fail, it would fail at different spots of the installation, so I figured that eventually I will get lucky. So I unchecked as many items as possible under the "what to install" list and it finally went through after many tries.
Now, with OSX running, the laptop would constantly freeze with the beach ball of doom.
Here is my thought process of what could be wrong (from most likely to least likely)
-installed ram is defect
-apple osx cd is defect
-compatibility issues with solid state drive (the drive must be fine since it worked in my old laptop for 6 months)
Once I installed OSX, I quickly went through the process of elimination to solve my problem:
-ran 15 hours of memtestosx with zero errors -> ram is fine
-since osx is running without a cd now, not the cd
-very unlikly that there are compatibility issues with harddrive
I did a TON of googling and found that many people have the same problem as me, but mostly on much older models (in which apple fixed through software/firmware updates) and also flash problems. I tried to installed these updates but OSX said that my system does not require them. So, I installed a beta version of flash and everything was much better, the computer started up 3 times faster and it did not freeze for a while. Hoever, after a couple hours of on-off use, it froze again . Knowing that it must be flash-related now, I uninstalled flash all-together. However, the problem still remains.
Here is a more detailed description of when this freezing occurs:
-mostly during safari operations such as loading a webpage or closing the browser
-it froze a couple of times while opening things such as the applications folder from the bottom dock or opening the "about this mac" window.
-before the flash beta update, it would freeze in the middle of a flash video playback from internet (like youtube). But after update, this freezing stopped occuring (did an hour of testing) and I actually got to the point where if I am loading a page in safari and it "looks" like it is freezing, I could close safari before my system goes into complete melt-down (once beachball starts spinning, all hope is gone)
Now, I am thinking that it might still be the OSX cd. Even though the installation was successful, it might have copied corrupt files that are freezing the laptop. I have order a replacement cd from apple and it should arrive within a couple of days. However, I still have big doubts on this being the actual solution.
I know that since this is a very recent model, it is hard for many people to have come across such problems yet (especially with my specific specifications). However, if anyone has an idea, or a past solution that is fits the description, any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reading

Hi Dale,
Thanks for the replies. No, when I powered up the Mac, I put the OSX cd in first thing and press and held "c" until it started booting off the cd. Then I proceeded on reformatting the drive and etc.
I read all of that forum post. I reseted the PRAM, still freezes.
The new OSX cd came today, same thing happened, although it only took me 2 tries to install OSX. However, it would still freeze afterwards.
I very much realize that it could be a ram problem and how Corsair doesn't work so well with apple. However, Corsair has yet to let me down, that's why I chose it over crucial when I purchasing the ram. I did a lot of research and it seemed that as long as the ram meets spec, Macs will take it. And after 15 hours of memtestosx testing, I highly doubt that it is the ram.
However, I think I might have found the solution. I finally got the time to free up one of my external hard drives and installed OSX onto it to test the hard drive. I checked everything for the optional installs (except rosetta and the old quicktime) to further confirm my theory. After a very long install, it completed successfully! the odds of that happening on the first try using the old system is quite low (due to my countless install attempts with the old system and it failing with only half of the load of my new install).
And since then (probably around 3 hours of usage), my MacBook has not encountered a beach ball of death yet (well, sort of. it did it once when I was restarting, but I think that was due to the old drive because it is still plugged in and it was probably trying to read it while it was frozen in the closing phase of a shutdown). Anyhow, I think a few hours of usage will definitely confirm my theory and hopefully a ssd firmware update will solve my problem so I won't have to invest on a new ssd xD.
Ill update once I have made any progress

MacBook Pro beach ball of death after login

Hello. I have a MacBook pro 13 inch intel core i5that runs os x lion 10.7.1 that is 3 months old. I downloaded a game called prototype in partitions which was 9 Gita bites. After I downloaded it, I tried to concat the partitions with split and concat. However, when I opened the app, everything became laggy and every second a beachballl would pop out. I impatiently held down the power button and turned it on agAin. After a few minutes of waiting, the login screen pops up and I log in successfully. However, as soon as I click macintosh HD a beach ball comes out that spins for at least an hour not exaggerating. Then if I move my cursor a bit, another beach ball comes out. I am in the point that I am starting to think if I should change to windows. I also continuously rebooted too. But same problem....PLEASE HELP TT TT

It is a good idea to repair permissions after you download software.
every second a beachballl would pop out.
Troubleshoot the spinning beach ball

Macbook pro, beach ball of death

I have a MacBook Pro, OS10.7.5, 2.2Ghz, Intel Core, 4Gb memory. It's annoyingly slow sometimes and the "beach ball" of death apperas regardless of the program I use. It sometimes appears even if I am in Finder and try to open a folder.After about 6 sec, the ball disappears, and I can operate the software. Periodically it comes back, I wait...then go back to using the laptop. Is it the OS causing it? My hardware? My drives? My memory? It's soooo annoying because I have to wait until it disappers so I can continue working. Any suggestions? Much appreciated.

I am having the same issue as above stated. Mac book pro 10.7.5 2GHz i7 4GB 1333 DDR3
The machine is freezing up perodically. Force qui will show Google Chrome as not responding. Trying to quit Chrome does nothing, and the force quit window sits there until there is an error. The error stats the a connection to a windows station had been interrupted and timed out.
The machine is running simultanious RDP sessions into two different Windows servers in addition to that one of the servers is given permission to access the local drive soreport save time is decreased. I followed instructions above and sadly was not lucky enough to find pacesupport. Here is a copy of the report from Etre Check:
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
          1 2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          AMD Radeon HD 6490M - VRAM: 256 MB
          Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Startup Items:
          KeyAccess - Path: /Library/StartupItems/KeyAccess
System Software:
          Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63) - Uptime: 1 day 1:15:59
Disk Information:
          Hitachi HTS547550A9E384 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (413.23 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          JMicron USB to ATA/ATAPI bridge 320.07 GB
                    disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Time Machine Backups (disk1s2) /Volumes/Time Machine Backups: 319.73 GB (217.49 GB free)
          Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
                    Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple, Inc. MacBook Pro
Kernel Extensions:
          com.parallels.kext.prl_usb_connect          (7.0
          com.parallels.kext.prl_hypervisor          (7.0
          com.parallels.kext.prl_hid_hook          (7.0
          com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge          (7.0
          com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic          (7.0
          com.sophos.kext.sav          (8.0.14)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
          [not loaded]          ftp-proxy.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded]          com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded]          com.bresink.system.securityagent3.plist
          [loaded]          com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
          [loaded]          com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [loaded]          com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon.plist
          [loaded]          com.sassafras.KeyAccess.plist
          [loaded]          com.sophos.autoupdate.plist
          [loaded]          com.sophos.intercheck.plist
          [loaded]          com.sophos.managementagent.plist
          [loaded]          com.sophos.messagerouter.plist
          [loaded]          com.sophos.notification.plist
Launch Agents:
          [loaded]          com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [loaded]          com.parallels.desktop.launch.plist
          [loaded]          com.parallels.DesktopControlAgent.plist
          [loaded]          com.parallels.vm.prl_pcproxy.plist
          [loaded]          com.sassafras.KeyAccess.plist
          [loaded]          com.sophos.uiserver.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded]          com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.pli st
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
          Google Chrome
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player
          KeyAccess
Internet Plug-ins:
          AdobePDFViewer.plugin
          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
          DirectorShockwave.plugin
          F5 SSL VPN Plugin.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          MeetingJoinPlugin.plugin
          npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
          o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
          Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
          CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin.plugin
          WebEx64.plugin
Bad Fonts:
          None
Top Processes by CPU:
               3%          helpd
               3%          WindowServer
               2%          EtreCheck
               2%          InterCheck
               1%          Google Chrome
               1%          activitymonitord
               1%          BIG-IP Edge Client
               1%          Activity Monitor
               1%          prl_disp_service
               1%          SystemUIServer
Top Processes by Memory:
          221 MB             InterCheck
          209 MB             SophosManagementAgent
          176 MB             Google Chrome
          61 MB              mds
          61 MB              Finder
          61 MB              Microsoft Word
          61 MB              WindowServer
          53 MB              BIG-IP Edge Client
          51 MB              Google Chrome Helper
          37 MB              DashboardClient
Virtual Memory Statistics
          673 MB             Free RAM
          2.17 GB            Active RAM
          348 MB             Inactive RAM
          852 MB             Wired RAM
          4.81 GB            Page-ins
          277 MB             Page-outs

Spinning beach ball and black screen on my new macbook pro

After great anticipation, I just updgraded to a new macbook pro from an ibook G4. For the most part, I am thrilled and applications open and web pages load quickly. Occassionally, though, I get spinning beach balls...with more frequency than I did with my ibook and in OS X native apps...such as Safari.
Another problem I am having is in Front Row playing movie trailers: the screen goes black before the end of the trailer, but the audio continues.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
macbook pro 2Ghz, ibook G4, imac G4, power mac G4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

That is the automatic ambient light sensor doing it's thing.
Depending on what machine you have, try turning the screen brightness all the way up. It will buttons on the top row, usually the F-1 for dimmer, F-2 for brighter
Also you can go to sytem preferences>display and un check the automatically adjust brightness for ambient light.
Hope this helps

Brand New Macbook Pro i7 - beach balling constantly

Hi everyone.
I bought a new Macbook Pro, 15" i7, 4 gig ram, 750gig stock HD from apple in July to replace my 2007 black 2.4ghz macbook.
Ever since I took it out of the box it has been slower than expected, about on-par with my old machine. I thought it was the initial Lion teething problems and thought i'd leave it a few weeks for it to be updated. My SD slot also does not work 100% of the time.
I'm experiencing a lot of slow down and hanging, switiching to different windows and applications, horrendous beachballing when doing basic photo editing tasks that my old macbook would steam through. If I have more than 3 or 4 apps open, such as iTunes, Pages, iCal and Google Chrome (i have also tried it with Safari), my computer grinds. I bought the machine for video and photograph editing based on a friends old 2008 machine, doing these tasks on this machine is a joke.
I ran Onyx, based on a recommendation, no result there. I have also reset the SMC to no avail. I have a good 300 gig of space free on the HD, so no problems there. Has anyone else experienced these problems? This is my third mac and the older ones seemed to steam through the most advanced tasks, right now I feel that i've wasted the best part of £1800. Aside from doing a fresh install of Lion or Snow Leopard, i'm outta options.
Can anyone help me out?

ds store is right: the machine is obviously faulty. Tell them about the card reader problem and get the machine exchanged. Don't let them fob you off with a service. I had a problem with the DVD drive, the trackpad and the card reader in the first year of my 2009 MBP and each time I let them get away with 'servicing' until the Warranty ran out, and I now have to use a cable for the camera, can only use 'tap' (not click) on the trackpad and have to use an external DVD writer.
Like you, I'd had a previous Apple laptop (2004 iBook) that could take a direct hit from a Scud missile and still function perfectly (indeed, its still going now) , so I was not as insistent as I should have been.
Apple machines are great, but every now and again you get a dud.

Having problem with spinning ball using final cut pro x with new macbook pro with retina screen

Having problem with spinning ball using final cut pro x with new macbook pro with retina screen

Update the software. There is no reason to run a two year old version.
Russ

New Macbook Pro slower than old one.

I recently got a new Macbook Pro, unibody, with 2.8 Ghz core 2 duo and 4 GB Ram. I am upgrading from a Macbook Pro with the previous body design, that is 2.5 Ghz core 2 duo and came with 2GB RAM but I upgraded to 4GB myself.
I got the new MBP, migrated some applications and my settings. Now when I start Firefox I sometimes get the spinning beach ball for a few moments before my homepage loads. Also for example, if I have 2 tabs open, with one playing a youtube video in the background and I'm browsing in the other, the video will stutter and I'll get the beach ball for a few moments when I try to go to another page. This happens no matter what browser I try (Firefox, Safari, Camino). And it never happens on my older MBP, it's a little annoying that a system that is 2 years older seems to perform better.
Any ideas or tips?

You might want to check that you have selected a startup disk as "Macintosh HD" so the OS x knows where to boot from. If there is no selection under startup items in System Preferences then boot up is delayed by a few seconds as OS X would look for a functional startup disk.
Check and see if this works for you in bringing down boot times.
PS> Also check what login items you have in the lisr under Account.

Internet not Working on New Macbook Pro

I just got a new macbook pro. Whenever I open safari the page wont load and the beach ball of terror comes up and I have to force quit. I have ethernet access and it says it's connected but none of the internet features are working. I tried to connect through wifi and that isn't working either. Help?

You don't have a virus. That isn't an issue for Macs.
There are a whole bunch of reasons why you're not connected to the internet through your router. We'll need more info about your router and MacBook Pro. It's impossible to guess as to your issue without more info.

InDesign CS5.5 will not launch on new MacBook Pro

I have a new MacBook Pro and a new install of CS 5.5. All apps launch and run with the exception of InDesign. Trying to open a new or existing InDesign filr results in the spinning beach ball of death that can only be exited by a force quit; InDesign not responding. Anyone else experience similar? Any suggestions?

See http://forums.adobe.com/message/4150475#4150475

New macbook pro nightmare

I'm having a nightmare - i've just spent £1500 on a brand new macbook pro and so far it is absolutely rubbish had nothing but problems from the first minute - couldn't get it to migrate my data from my time machine backup (don't know what the issue is here, but it is clearly useless to have a backup that you can't rebuild a brand new machine/hard drive with.
Also, i'm finding after migrating data from my old macbook pro - the new one is running like an absolute dog - everything takes ages - spinning beach ball whatever you do, for example, i go to screen saver/desktop prefs pane and click from one to the other and its so laggy and freezes up with permanent spinning beachball until i force quit
I really don't have a clue where to start here to sort this mess out.

Start with a phone call to Apple-Care. Within that first 30 days, you have a right to call Apple and talk to a live person, yell, scream, rant, fuss and get the technician on the other end to walk you through to a solution, or offer to replace the computer.
Alternately, if the store is easily in range of you, you can take it in and have it looked at by a genius. Especially if it's brand new and less than 14 days old, they should either fix it or replace it--or you can demand your money back.
Do not wait, do not hesitate. Especially if your computer is under that 14 days, then either take it into the store or make a phone call to Apple. Maybe the solution is easy, but if it's not then you want someone on the other side to be able to say, "Very sorry for the trouble, we'll replace it immediately." We here, alas, can't do that. But Apple can and in most cases Apple will if you're having such problems.

Brand new macbook pro slows down after I transfer files on from old computer

Hey, I just purchased a brand new Macbook Pro 3.5 GhZ Haswell processor, 500 gb of flash memory, 16 gb of RAM, OS X Mavericks, 17" retina display and while it's been great upon first booting up after I transferred over my music and books and docs from my old mac (about 150 gb worth (so I still have over 300 gb free on the new one)) I've seen a massive slow down and it's started giving me the beach ball of death which was the main reason I got a new macbook as my old one was beach balling so much it was nearly unusable. Very upset that this brand new stupidly expensive computer is already doing this. Any advice is apppreciated.

Either your RAM is no good, of poor quality, the wrong specs or it's not installed correctly or it got subjected to static electricity when you put it in.
Best Buy isn't as Mac centric, thus the quality of RAM that Mac's require may not be there.
You should have purchased from Crucial.com or Other World Computing or similar that tests the RAM to make sure it works the first time you put it in, as it costs everyone money to ship bad RAM back and forth.
I put in 16GB a couple of days ago, took five minutes and it works perfectly.
Nothing like top tier RAM for a top of the line machine, especially with all those tiny, easy to lose screws Apple uses.

New Macbook Pro Beach Ball Lag

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for