Shutdown spin wheel every time

I have a macbook core duo, 2 gigs of ram, and updated hard drive. Purchased November 5th 2006 and havent had a single issue with it. Ever since leopard the shutdown takes forever.
I press the power button, click shutdown, icons on desktop disappear, dock goes away, mouse disappears, then with just my wallpaper still visible the spin wheel appears on my desktop. This is NOT the beachball but the spin wheel like you see during boot up.
I have reset PRAM, archived and installed leopard again, cleaned out all of the cache with onyx, even defragmented the drive with drive genius. Help me...
Shutdown takes around 1 minute, it used to be 10 seconds.
I have no serious OSX modifications installed or anything crazy. I just don't understand what the problem is.

Try this:
How to Perform an Archive and Install
An Archive and Install will NOT erase your hard drive, but you must have sufficient free space for a second OS X installation which could be from 3-9 GBs depending upon the version of OS X and selected installation options. The free space requirement is over and above normal free space requirements which should be at least 6-10 GBs. Read all the linked references carefully before proceeding.
1. Be sure to use Disk Utility first to repair the disk before performing the Archive and Install.
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then quit DU and return to the installer.
2. Do not proceed with an Archive and Install if DU reports errors it cannot fix. In that case use Disk Warrior and/or TechTool Pro to repair the hard drive. If neither can repair the drive, then you will have to erase the drive and reinstall from scratch.
3. Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When you reach the screen to select a destination drive click once on the destination drive then click on the Option button. Select the Archive and Install option. You have an option to preserve users and network preferences. Only select this option if you are sure you have no corrupted files in your user accounts. Otherwise leave this option unchecked. Click on the OK button and continue with the OS X Installation.
4. Upon completion of the Archive and Install you will have a Previous System Folder in the root directory. You should retain the PSF until you are sure you do not need to manually transfer any items from the PSF to your newly installed system.
5. After moving any items you want to keep from the PSF you should delete it. You can back it up if you prefer, but you must delete it from the hard drive.
6. You can now download a Combo Updater directly from Apple's download site to update your new system to the desired version as well as install any security or other updates. You can also do this using Software Update.

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How can I stop laptop freeze/spinning wheel every time I click or type etc?

I sporadically get momentary freeze and or spinning wheel when I try to do anything on the laptop. Sometimes it works fine but the majority of the time it stops on every click. The problem has been persistant for a week or two, possibly related to a mavericks update.
The dock sometimes doesn't work either - it is unresponsive, an appl will bounce but not open.
This occurs enough to be very frustrating and gets in the way of my work.
Model Name:          MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:          MacBookPro9,2
Processor Name:          Intel Core i7
Processor Speed:          2.9 GHz
Number of Processors:          1
Total Number of Cores:          2
L2 Cache (per Core):          256 KB
L3 Cache:          4 MB
Memory:          8 GB
Boot ROM Version:          MBP91.00D3.B08
SMC Version (system):          2.2f44
Serial Number (system):          C0******TY4
Hardware UUID:          ******************
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State:          Enabled
I backed up all my files, emptied the hard drive and uninstalled/reinstalled Mavericks.
This created another problem - the laptop would not boot up and I got a flashing question mark in a folder on the screen. Eventually I was able to reinstall Lion which then fixed that problem. For a short while there were no problems of latency either (maybe 20 minutes).
I have done disc scans/repairs and there were no problems there. I did an extensive hardware scan as well and no problems were detected.
I don't know much about Apple computers - I've only had this for just under two years and I have had no problems so I'm quite illiterate regarding how to repair it or scan for problems. Any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.
<Edited by Host>
Incidentally I have had no freezes since starting to write this post - Lion seems to be more stable than Mavericks was.

Launch the Console 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 Console in the icon grid.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then try the action that you're having trouble with again. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
☞ The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
☞ Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

Safari gives me the spinning wheel every time I browse, have to force-quit

Hello,
I've been having a ton of issues with Safari these past few weeks. I'm using version 3.2.1 (4524.27.1) and I've reset, trashed preferences, nuked fonts, run OnyX, repaired permissions... and I'm still having the same problems.
Basically after I've browsed for about 5 minutes, Safari will hang on whatever page I'm trying to load, whether I'm loading up pages in multiple tabs or just a single page. Sometimes I can get the page to finish loading and continue browsing if I hit "stop" and "reload" a bunch of times, but mostly I get the spinning beach ball wheel, and then Safari shows up as "not responding" in my Force Quit Applications window. The program doesn't crash - it just gives me the spinning ball until I have to force-quit, relaunch, and start over - only to do it all again.
It's driving me bonkers - I even had the cable company come out and check my cable modem connection (I'm using RoadRunner), but it was running normally.
Below is my console log from this morning, when I started up and had to force-quit Safari again. Hopefully the issue is really obvious and I can get back to normal:
Mac OS X Version 10.4.11 (Build 8S165)
2008-12-03 09:53:44 -0500
2008-12-03 09:53:44.667 loginwindow[69] FSResolveAliasWithMountFlags returned err = -35
hidProduct=1095, storageProduct=1095,productName=iP6000D
InitHotplugNotification
USBAddNotifications
iP6000D
iP6000D
HIDDevice=1812800
HID Event usage = 0x0022, value = 0
HID Event usage = 0x0021, value = 0
HID Event usage = 0x0020, value = 0
2008-12-03 09:53:51.726 SystemUIServer[191] lang is:en
2008-12-03 09:53:57.235 SecurityFixer[220] No insecure startup items found!
Dec 3 09:53:57 Multiverse mDNSResponder: ReceivePortMapReply: response too short (12 bytes)
Dec 3 09:53:57 Multiverse mDNSResponder: ReceivePortMapReply: response too short (12 bytes)
Dec 3 09:53:58 Multiverse mDNSResponder: ReceivePortMapReply: response too short (12 bytes)
Dec 3 09:53:59 Multiverse mDNSResponder: NAT Port Mapping (LLQ event port.): timeout
2008-12-03 09:54:18.014 Translator[227] Invoked to sync conduit com.apple.Safari for entityNames: com.apple.bookmarks.Folder,com.apple.bookmarks.Bookmark
Debugger() was called!
Dec 3 10:14:56 Multiverse /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari: doClip: empty path.
Dec 3 10:14:56 Multiverse /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari: doClip: empty path.
Dec 3 10:14:56 Multiverse /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari: doClip: empty path.
Dec 3 10:14:56 Multiverse /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari: doClip: empty path.
Dec 3 10:14:56 Multiverse /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari: doClip: empty path.
2008-12-03 10:55:50.556 dotmacsyncclient[277] * Assertion failure in -[SMSession _lockResourceAtPath:uploadPath:owner:failIfMissing:autoRenew:], /SourceCache/DotMacSyncManager/DotMacSyncManager-157/src/SMSession.m:2884
2008-12-03 10:56:20.558 dotmacsyncclient[277] * Assertion failure in -[SMSession _lockResourceAtPath:uploadPath:owner:failIfMissing:autoRenew:], /SourceCache/DotMacSyncManager/DotMacSyncManager-157/src/SMSession.m:2884
2008-12-03 10:56:50.559 dotmacsyncclient[277] * Assertion failure in -[SMSession _lockResourceAtPath:uploadPath:owner:failIfMissing:autoRenew:], /SourceCache/DotMacSyncManager/DotMacSyncManager-157/src/SMSession.m:2884
2008-12-03 10:57:20.561 dotmacsyncclient[277] * Assertion failure in -[SMSession _lockResourceAtPath:uploadPath:owner:failIfMissing:autoRenew:], /SourceCache/DotMacSyncManager/DotMacSyncManager-157/src/SMSession.m:2884

Hi everyone -
First off, thanks for all the suggestions. I've tried each one - unfortunately, Safari is still giving me the spinning wheel when I surf for more than a couple of minutes.
Taking QuicktimeKirk's advice, I did a discussions search for "DNS issue" and found several threads that recommended adding OpenDNS DNS Servers to the Network preferences pane (208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220). I also registered at the OpenDNS website and installed their "OpenDNS Updater" software.
After I did this, Safari seemed to actually go to the spinning wheel, freeze-up state quicker... although I might be a bit paranoid.
I forgot to mention that I already had "Warn when visiting a fraudulent website" checked off the in the preferences pane, and replacing Safari with Firefox as the default browser unfortunately didn't make much of a difference.
I'm copying below my most recent Console log. Perhaps there's something different I need to do with DNS...? Quicktime Kirk, if you suspect it's something to do with DNS, could you please be more specific with regards to what I should be looking for? I really appreciate it.
Thanks again for all the tips, everyone. I've got my fingers crossed that with your help, I'll be back to normal soon!
Mac OS X Version 10.4.11 (Build 8S165)
2008-12-03 21:44:33 -0500
2008-12-03 21:44:33.857 loginwindow[69] FSResolveAliasWithMountFlags returned err = -35
hidProduct=1095, storageProduct=1095,productName=iP6000D
InitHotplugNotification
USBAddNotifications
iP6000D
iP6000D
HIDDevice=1812800
HID Event usage = 0x0022, value = 0
HID Event usage = 0x0021, value = 0
HID Event usage = 0x0020, value = 0
2008-12-03 21:44:43.117 SystemUIServer[194] lang is:en
2008-12-03 21:44:45.850 SecurityFixer[224] No insecure startup items found!
Dec 3 21:44:46 Multiverse mDNSResponder: ReceivePortMapReply: response too short (12 bytes)
Dec 3 21:44:46 Multiverse mDNSResponder: ReceivePortMapReply: response too short (12 bytes)
Dec 3 21:44:46 Multiverse mDNSResponder: ReceivePortMapReply: response too short (12 bytes)
Dec 3 21:44:47 Multiverse mDNSResponder: NAT Port Mapping (LLQ event port.): timeout
2008-12-03 21:45:06.583 Translator[230] Invoked to sync conduit com.apple.Safari for entityNames: com.apple.bookmarks.Folder,com.apple.bookmarks.Bookmark
Debugger() was called!
Debugger() was called!

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I also checked the memory and it showed available memory was over 1.5 GB. I dont have any programms installed and do not have backup yet ( dont really need it anyways)
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Try a smc reset:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

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What version of iPhoto? Of the OS?
backup your iphoto library, depress the command and option keys, launch iPhoto and rebuild your database
LN

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Hello, I'm pretty sure my fan on my 2009 mac book pro has stopped running. Would this cause the computer to slow down and take for ever to boot up and show the color wheel every time I select an application ? how involved to replace fan ? cost ?
thanks

Not directly, but if the CPU overheats because of incompatible software, that would cause slowdowns. Do not allow the computer to run if the fan is not working unless you wish to fry your motherboard. Please make a Genius Appointment and take it in for service.

Flash Cs6 spinning wheel every five minutes or so? Not auto-save

Why does Flash Cs6 give me a spinning wheel about every five minutes?
It is strange because the spinning wheel causes Flash to be 'not responding' for about 15 seconds, but then the wheel goes away and it is fine. For a while I thought this was the auto-save, but then I changed the auto-recovery period under preferences to every 15 minutes- and I still keep getting this spinning wheel every 5 minutes.
Or could there be another location that I need to change auto-save, aside from the general tab of preferences?
Thanks very much for any help,
Jeff

hi katie - I found that the spinning ball pause comes from 3 things:
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2) having "Auto-Save" on in the individual document's composition settings.
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Spinning rainbow wheel every time I connect phone to itunes....

I have an iphone (I'm not sure the model but I bought it in January). Did the recent software update and now every time I connect my phone it recognizes it in itunes and immediately starts with "verifying iphone" but in less than a minute if I click on anything in itunes or not it starts with a spinning rainbow wheel and the only way it stops is if I force quit itunes.
I can't update, change, add, delete anythig on my phone and also as a result the itunes/ipod function on the phone doesn't work and also freezes up.
Someone suggested I might have a bad file on there somewhere, like an mp3 or what have you, but how would I even go about deleting the music or the files if I can't even connect to itunes?
Can I do a factory restore without connecting as well?

I would try a normal restart first and if that doesn't help, try a reset.
Restart iPhone: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the red slider appears. Slide your finger across the slider to turn off iPhone. To turn iPhone back on, press and hold the Sleep/Wake until the Apple logo appears.
Reset iPhone: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
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MacBook Pro Constantly Freezing (Spinning Wheel every few minutes)

Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
    1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
    4 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 646
Video Information: ℹ️
    Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
        Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Time since boot: 0:36:26
Disk Information: ℹ️
    Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 318.84 GB (171.91 GB free) - 57 errors
            Core Storage: disk0s2 319.21 GB Online
    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Startup Items: ℹ️
    iCoreService: Path: /Library/StartupItems/iCoreService
    Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [running]    com.trendmicro.itis.loginmgr.agent.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.trendmicro.itis.icore.agent.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    iTunesHelper    Application Hidden (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
    Wondershare Helper Compact    Application (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Helper/Wondershare Helper Compact.app)
    Google Chrome    Application Hidden (/Applications/Google Chrome.app)
    TmLoginMgr    Application (/Library/Application Support/TrendMicro/TmccMac/TmLoginMgr.app)
    TmLoginMgr    Application (/Library/Application Support/TrendMicro/TmccMac/TmLoginMgr.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
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    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.2.3 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
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    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Time Machine not configured!
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         4%    WindowServer
         3%    Safari
         3%    usernoted
         3%    hidd
         0%    accountsd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    111 MB    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
    99 MB    Google Chrome
    85 MB    Safari
    77 MB    WindowServer
    47 MB    softwareupdated
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    590 MB    Free RAM
    1.64 GB    Active RAM
    1.06 GB    Inactive RAM
    1.00 GB    Wired RAM
    1.71 GB    Page-ins
    33 KB    Page-outs
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    Mar 16, 2015, 07:21:15 PM    Self test - passed
    Mar 15, 2015, 05:23:24 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/coresymbolicationd_2015-03-15-172324_[redacted] .crash
I ran an EtreCheck on my laptop and this is what the report said. I've had this laptop for about 4 years and it just started freezing up around a week ago. The spinning wheel pops up every few minutes, slows down everything, and makes it extremely frustating to be using the laptop.

When you see a beachball cursor or the slowness is especially bad, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
          SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
          View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above.
Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first.
Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

Spinning beachball every time I r-click a file

So, this issue is with my computer at work. I normally wouldn't come to the support forums for work-related issues, but our IT support here only know PC's.
Here's the problem: Every time I right-click on a file, I get a spinning beachball for 2-3 minutes.
Here are some other system specs:
2yr old Mac Pro
2 x 2.66 GHz Quad-Core
12 GB RAM
This only began happening after IT had me install and run some 3rd party optimization/fix-it utility called "OnyX"--ironically to try and solve another issue (which it didn't). Ever since I ran that program, I've had this spinning beachball problem.
This is so frustrating, because I never have these types of problems with my own, personal Apple products at home. I wish... WISH... they would hire IT staff here that know how to NOT eff up our Macs... but that's a personal rant for another day.
Thanks in advance!

They and you shoud know before tinkering to have multiple backups and how to repair a system. Whether Windows or a PC, whether chkdsk or fsck or booting from system DVD.
Two years ago all Mac Pro came with 10.6.0 as of sept 2009.
Onyx is not really for fixing and the OS forum has more than a couple people that had the same bad luck using Onxy and other cleaning programs. They can and will do more and have a lot of features. Knowing which to use when. In he past "Applejack" was darn easy and safe to use.
Safe Boot
Repair from DVD
Clone system to another drive and repair and test booting there (do safe boot also first time)
Then tell us and focus on the underlying issue you began with - but don't mention.
External devices, drivers, an update or install.
As for 2009 Mac Pro there is/was a bug in audio, that affected all models and iTunes as well, and was never issued for 10.5.8 users, only for 10.6.2 and above. So you really should look at getting it - a clean install on a new drive. Maybe that is the direction to take.

Outlook - Spinning Wheel Every 10 seconds! ARRGH

I am almost ready to give up all together using Outlook on my Mac. A month or so ago I started getting stalls when the little colored wheel appears. I type 10 seconds and it freezes, the wheel comes up and spins for 10 to 15 seconds, then it continues. VERY frustrating! Has anyone dealt with this problem out there?
Thanks!
Cindy

If your not using outlook betwwen you Mac and say a windows device I seriously encouage you encouge you to look into what your mak has to offer you. tons of vidieo tutorials on youtube and the like. Yeah it's a pain to learn but it pays for itself in the end. Even better if you learn to use time machine with an external Hard drive. Time machine is the bleeding edge of technology. Very easy to set up and after that your Mac does the rest for you. Backs up everything. Here is another alternative solution.
Post a new discussion stating exactly what you are doing on Outlook. ask the community what they are using and ask if anyone knows of some great vidioe tutorials. The more specific the question the better the answer. Good luck.
PS Boot camp allows you to run other operating systems on your Mac. IE you could run windows XP on your Maqc using Boot Camp.

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!

I get a spinning ball every time I search in Itunes 11.0

I just installed Itunes 11.0 and whenever I start typing in the search box (the first letter doesnt even show up) I just get the spinning ball. It never stops and I have to force Itunes to quit.
I'm using a macbook pro operating snow leopard (10.6.8) 2.4 GHz intel core 2 Duo. (I upgraded to Lion when it first came out and itmade everything run really slow so I wiped the computer and reinstalled leopard from a backup!)
I should note that I store my itunes library on an external drive. But that has never been a problem before, and in fact all the songs play fine when I click on them or press play. It seems to only be the search box that is hanging with the spinning ball.

Upon further inspection, it appears the problem is this: when I start typing a word beginning with the letter "a", it doesnt wait for me to finish typing, but rather starts searching for ALL words containing an "a" in them. There are quite a lot. I have about 40,000 songs on my computer. So this simple search is almost crashing my computer.
I have found that results will begin showing ut only after about 5 minutes of spinning rainbow. Which makes the search feature completely impractical..
I consider this a serious bug in itunes 11.0. Or at least a very flawed feature.

Director 12 on mac os 10.7.5 spinning beachball every time i switch apps

I have 16GB ram, and once director is launched - even with no movie open if i switch to the finder, or even a screen saver starts, when i go back to director i get the spinning beachball for 30-45 seconds, even on a fresh boot with no other apps running...
Any suggestions? this seems to be new to director 12.
It's not reading the disk, i have tons of ram, eventually it comes back, but its quicker to quit then click out to another app and relaunch when i'm done ... not exactly good for productivity...

Once I opend one of my older files, the problem disappeared, even that I open the "problem files" after that.
It is really strange and I don't understand the reason. But whenever that "delay-problem" appears again, I just once open that special file, and the problem is gone. I just open and then close it, I even don't run it. It's magic.
It must contain something with "reparing effect". I checked the Xtras and some things, but I could not find an essential difference to my others app, as I always work the same style. My slight guess is, that it might have something to do with the "scriptExecutionStyle.
So I recommend this: Open old Director files, until the problem disappears. Okay, this is an unsatisfying solution, but it worked, whyever.

MacBook Air has spinning rainbow every time it wakes up from sleep

I have been having an issue now for a few weeks where everytime I wake my Macbook air from sleep I get the spinning rainbow and the Wifi indicator at the top will be completely gone and it will never recover. I then have to restart my mac and sometimes ill get the flashing question mark when it restarts and sometimes it starts up fine after the restart. Its a pain to have to restart my mac everytime i want to use it. Can anyone suggest potential fixes for this problem?
2011 MacBook Air
OSX 10.8.2

Try Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
Hope this helps.

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