Spinning ball in many cases since upgrading

Finder windows sluggish, Mail sluggish, tab browing in Safari sluggish, Word 2011 very sluggish, all since upgrading to Lion and the recent 10.7.1 upgrade changed nothing. Any ideas?

I'm pretty certain there's nothing wrong with the computer. It's probably software related and has something to do with either some old software or preferences that transferred during the upgrade. But how to identify that is my problem. I use many 3rd party programs upon startup such as iKey, Launchbar, Butler, Cloud, WindowMover, Msg Filer, etc. I suspect it's one of these or some .plist file.

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Running the latest OS Mavericks. 8 gigs of RAM. 150 gigs free space on computer. Problem: since upgrading to Maverick almost all applications are slow to open, and frequently many 'spinning ball' interruptions. Repaired disk permissions - no help.

I'm running the latest OS 10.9.1 Mavericks (late 2009 iMac). 8 gigs of RAM. 150 gigs free space on computer. Since upgrading to Mavericks, apps are slow to open, with frequent "spinning ball" interruptions. Repaired Disk Permissions - no help. Repaired disk - no problems indicated. Did notice in going to Utilities/Console that there are 4000 messages over a 3 day period. Any suggesstions how to correct this sudden slow down, other than psychiatric help?

Yes. Many messages show up when I try to use Office for Mac 08. Here's a sample (and one that repeats over and over again):
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Also getting many msgs when I use Chrome.

Sometimes Spinning ball since RAM upgrade

i ordered 1GB RAM and replaced it with the 512MB.
since then i get a spinning ball sometimes, but only if i do several tasks at once.
like using Photoshop, Indesign, Mail, Safari, Itunes and dashboard and finder same time intensively. the ball doesnt stop. it lasts for hours.
and everything is terrible slow or more frozen. i have to reset the pb then with applectrlturnonbutton as the "turn-off" task in the finder isnt working anymore.
before (with 1.5GB RAM) i did all these intense actions too, and nothing special happened, only the fan raised and everything seemed to be a bit slower. but never mind. i never ever saw the spinning ball in the finder happen so long, only for 1 or 2 seconds, yes, but never for minutes or hours...
now with 2GB, i get a spinning ball sometimes when using it heavily.
the funny thing is, i ordered it at the company i use to order RAM for Apple since 5 years. http://www.dsp-memory.de/v1/catalog/ and everybody in germany is ordering there, as it is good quality with fine prices and dedicated for Apple only (no PC-RAM for sure)
i didnt add anyting else in the last 2 weeks, than the 1GB RAM and a PCMCIA card from formac "watchandgo" dbv-t for TV, but its not in the powerboook, only at night for watching TV and it works fine. before the 2 weeks i never had any problem or reset happen here...
how can i test the RAM and rule it out or define the problem?
"about my mac" says proper infos:
1. SODIMM0/J20STANDARD:
Größe: 1 GB
Typ: DDR2 SDRAM
Geschwindigkeit: PC2-4200S-444
Status: OK
2. SODIMM1/J23REVERSED:
Größe: 1 GB
Typ: DDR2 SDRAM
Geschwindigkeit: PC2-4200S-444
Status: OK
is there any application out there wich can test the RAM and then says "works 100% fin"e or simple "not fine" ?
thanks!"

One application to test memory is memtest, which can be found at http://www.memtestosx.org/ If you want a GUI front end to memtest, you can use rember, which can be found at http://www.kelleycomputing.net:16080/rember/ Unless running it once turns up a problem, I'd probably let the test run multiple times overnight.
Have you looked at your memory usage under the activity monitor? The Apple note describing how the memory is used is at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107918 This may give you some insights. Also of interest would be page in/page outs with the increased memory (if all is working as expected, you'd expect page outs to be low, preferably non-existant!)

Update the iPad 2 with new iOS uppgrade, but after the screen only show the apple and nothing else. has been the case since yesterday. have turned off the iPad and turned it on again many times, but still only apple shown. What should I do?

UPdate the iPad wjith new iOS upgrade that where shown under settings on the iPad, but after I did the upgrade the screen has only shown the apple and I can't get back. This has been the case since yesterday. Have turned off t.he iPad many times, but every timebwkhen Ibturn it on again the screen onöy show the apple icon and nothing else happends. What should I do? Anyone having the same problem and how can this be solved?

Did you try to connect in recovery mode, explained in this article?
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Permissions and constant spinning ball after Upgrade

Hey Guys,
I upgraded to Snow Leopard last thursday and ever since I get the spinning ball when I try to execute more complex file operations.
e.g.
- Unpacking a large (1,8GB+) with stuffit -> spinning ball and freezes for more than 5 minutes
- Deleting a lot of files (2,4 million) -> complete freeze, woke up after 45 minutes
I checked with the permissions and it fixed 50+ broken permissions plus it is unable to fix two warnings: "the suid-file .. was changed and will not be fixed"
The diskcheck utility discovered no problem with the drive.
Further symptoms include:
Firefox makes the system freeze for minutes on end.
Mail crashes without warning.. system freeze ensues.
All these problems only came up after the upgrade to snow leopard.
I am thinking of doing a time machine rollback to leopard.
Any Ideas?

Hi All,
I am having this problem too! Whenever I try to launch any application, the rainbow ball will show up and keep spinning until 'no respond' from the application. Then I have to use Force Quit to quit the application.
I have tried to reinstall Snow Leopard but it does not help. Same problem persist.
Now, I have no other choice but to reinstall Leopard and see how it goes.
Really a waste of time! Even updated to 10.6.1 also did not rectify the problem.
Hope APPLE will do something about this ASAP.
Thanks
Regards,
chityc.

I am trying to upgrade my macbook pro to os x mavericks, but it has been on the reboot process for more than 2 hours. There is only the apple logo with the spinning ball thing. What should I do?

I am trying to upgrade my macbook pro to os x mavericks， but it has been on the reboot process for more than 2 hours. There is only the apple logo with the spinning ball thing. What should I do?

Hi there Candyleehoiman,
I would recommend taking a look at the troubleshooting steps found in the article below.
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2570
-Griff W.

Why do I have so many shared computers listed in finder since upgrading to Yosemite

Why do I have so many shared computers listed in finder since upgrading to Yosemite? The shared list grows. Why?

It is a bug. Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.
Feedback

Ever since i updated software on my macbook pro, yahoo mail new version is constantly crashing with the spinning ball of death. any ideas?

ever since i updated software on my macbook pro, yahoo mail new version is constantly crashing with the spinning ball of death. any ideas?

What is the exact spec of the clips that cause the problem?
(Open one of the files with QuickTime and press Cmd+i to open the Inspector - then report back with the what it says).
Andy

HT1444 should i be getting a spinning ball when I am upgrading to Mountain Lion?

I downloaded Mountain Lion from the app store, to upgrade from Lion. When it completed downloading I clicked the install button. The screen went to gray and I have a spinning ball. It has been like this for about 15 minutes. Is this the normal screen during an update to Mountain Lion? I do not want to restart the computer and have it crash my system.

Quit the installer, Put a copy of that Install OS X Mountain Lion.app somewhere safe; otherwise, the ill-designed installer will delete itself during the installation and you'll waste bandwidth, time, and electricity DLing it again.. Do a hard shutdown, restart, and try running the installer. The first thing the installer does is check the MAS for additional components, which takes about three to four minutes, then restarts. It appears you have a hung installation.

While doing the most recent firmware upgrade, my iMac hung on the spinning ball. The instructions said "not" to turn off power during the process, so I don't know what to do. The ball is still spinning.

While doing the most recent firmware upgrade, my new iMac hung on the spinning ball. The instructions said "not" to turn off power during the process, so I don't know what to do. The ball is still spinning.

If you tried resetting the ipod and it still keeps having the same issue you described, try setting the ipod to disk mode.
Here is an article from the apple support website on setting the ipod to disk mode.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651
If you can get the ipod into disk mode, connect it to the computer and rrestore the ipod using itunes.
if the ipod will not go into disk mode, you can return the ipod or set the ipod up for service via the apple ipod service depot.
http://depot.info.apple.com/ipod

I,m having trouble printing jewel cases since the last upgrade. The song titles all bunch up together and are unreadable.

I'm having trouble printing jewel cases since the last upgrade. The song titles all bunch up together and are unreadable. Can you help?

I can’t figure out how to import music.
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Since upgrading to latest iOS, my WLAN can not see many wifi networks, my friends iPhones pick them up easily. What should I do?

Since upgrading my 4s iPhone to the latest iOS , I now can not see many wi-fi locations beyond my home network. Friends can find and connect to many wifi networks yet my iPhone does not even see them. I can not recall prior to the upgrade whether in the settings whether turning on the wifi was shown as wifi or WLAN however the on/off is now WLAN. Not sure what the difference is. I totally reset the phone but no improvement. Can any body help me?

I have tried this however it did not make a difference. I found another user on the support pages that has the same issue.

Since upgrading to ver 12 from 9.01 It takes between 15-30 minutes to startup then anything I click just has the spinning wheel ie wait. Both Ie and Chrome work

I had no issues with Ver 9.01 but since upgrading to Ver 12 it takes forever to startup but is unusable when it finally comes up. Any ideas why and how do I fix it. IE 9 and Chrome have no issues.

Try to start Firefox in [[Safe mode|Safe mode]]. This mode disables all extensions, user customizations, hardware acceleration, etc. temporarily for diagnostic and troubleshooting. If Firefox works fine in Safe Mode, then this is likely an add-on issue. Restart Firefox in normal mode, then type "About:addons" (without the quotes) in the address bar. Disable your extensions one by one, restarting Firefox between each one, until you find the trouble maker. Once you do, you can disable that add-on and report the issue to that add-on's developer.
A few other basic trouble shooting things you can try is this:
Run all Windows Updates, install all needed service packs, etc.
Update your graphics driver (Firefox uses your graphics card for some rendering, and an out of date graphics card driver can cause problems. [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-upgrade-my-graphics-drivers https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-upgrade-my-graphics-drivers].
Update all your plugins (Flash, Java, etc.): [http://www.mozilla.org/plugincheck/ http://www.mozilla.org/plugincheck/].
Download and Install MalwareBytes Anti-Malware, run a full Scan. [http://www.malwarebytes.org/ http://www.malwarebytes.org/]. This helps check that there are no viruses on your computer causing issues. You can uninstall this program after you clean off any infections.

Slow since upgrading to yosemite

Hello I'm a new mac user and need some info.
I noticed that my mac is a bit slower since upgrading to Yosemite.
I get to see many times when opening an app the spinning colourful ball.
I did an etrecheck since i read on an over discussion that this might help resolving my problem.
Thank you
Problem description:
Slow since upgrading to Yosemite
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated March 28, 2015 at 3:10:32 PM GMT+2
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
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    8 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
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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 ball problems--need to do a clean install--have questions

Hi
background:
I have a G4 (quicksilver) since July 2002, it came with OS9.2 and OS10.1.3. I've upgraded a few times since and currently have 10.3.9. I mainly work in OS9.2 due to most of my programs being used are only in 9 and the PC network I'm hooked up to likes it better. I boot up in 9.2 -- 80%of the time.
I'm not sure when the problem started in OSX since I'm not working there alot but I started to get the spinning ball in installer, software update and some preferences. So I reloaded (archive/install) from 10.3.5 upgrade disk but couldn't further upgrade to 10.3.9 due to that spinning ball-- still there even after I reloaded 10.3.5.
I've run Disk Utility from the 10.3.5 upgrade disk (repaired disk, repaired permissions) and then I again reloaded (archive install) 10.3.5 and then upgraded to 10.3.9 and this time it worked because I went immediately to the 10.3.9 to install.
BUT I still have the spinning balls in almost everything. Almost seems worse now. I can't even use Disk Utility from the utility folder on my mac without getting the spinning ball.
OS9.2 is fine and I would like to leave it that way.
But it's looking like I need to do a clean install--which means I'll have to reload OS9.2 -- correct?
My question is for a clean install do I need to go back to the original disks that came with my Mac (OS10.1.3) or can I do a clean install with the 10.3.5 upgrade disks. And if I do a clean install from 10.3.5 can I still install OS9.2?
Also what are those Software Restore disks for? They came with the original set of CDs, are they used in the clean install?
Thanks for any help you can give
Power Mac G4 (quicksilver) Mac OS X (10.3.9)
G4 quicksilver Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Keith:
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
You really should start a new topic, as threadjacking is frowned upon in these Forums.
The spinning ball or the beachball effect is a result of the computer spinning its wheels, so to speak, as it does not have sufficient computing power to deal with the task at hand. This can be caused by many things.
I am almost certain that it has nothing to do with the latest Panther update. I did them all with no problem.
Is there a way to deal with it?
1. Sufficient RAM
2. Sufficient available HDD capacity.
3. Regular maintenance.
4. Repairing Disk Permisssions before and after any installations.
In terms of RAM you should aim to max out your RAM if you can. I don't have much information on your computer specs so I can't give any more specific information about that.
You should have 10 to 15 percent of your internal HDD as free space. This gives your computer room for virtual memory to be most efficient.
Here is an article on maintenace that has good advice and links to resources: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607640&#607640
In addition to repairing permissions, another simple procedure is to reset the PRAM. You should boot from your install disk and run Repair Disk from Disk Utility on the install disk. I run monthly diagnostics and repairs with Tech Tool Pro or Disk Warrior. In addition running regular CRON cleaning with a utility like MacJanitor, Cocktail, Macaroni or Onyx (all linked in the article above) keeps your machine running smoothly and minimizes the potential for major problems.
I think I have given you enough to chew on for now. Post back if you have further questions.
Good luck.
cornelius

Spinning ball in many cases since upgrading

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