Spinning Beach Ball and Intermittent Freezes

I've got an iMac running 10.6.2. For a little while I've had the occasional time when I would get the BBOD and things would kind of freeze up for a while. The pointer would move around. I could switch between windows and drag them around, but couldn't interact with them—close them, type in a field, etc. If I pressed command-option-esc the dialog wouldn't show up for several minutes. After several minutes everything I had tried to do during the stall would happen all at once—windows close, menus drop down, etc.
It has been happening more and more.
Tonight I tried to use the arrow keys to change my selected e-mail in mail app, but I got the "bonk" sound and no response. I tried to quit mail, but it wouldn't let me. Eventually my menu bar disappeared...the whole thing including the background was gone. My dock would come out of hiding, but selecting an app did nothing. Shift command Q did not log me out.
I had to hold down the power button and restart. The first time it just went to a blue screen and froze. The next time it went to a grey screen and froze. Then it took a very long time but rebooted.
Upon reboot I've had several freezes while trying to get to this site. However the last five minutes it has behaved.
So I don't know where to look or what to fix. Any ideas?

Thanks I'll try that. I also had this happen today:
Process: iTunes [3644]
Path: /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes
Identifier: com.apple.iTunes
Version: 9.0.3 (9.0.3)
Build Info: iTunes-9031501~5
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [151]
Date/Time: 2010-03-27 08:41:27.269 -0700
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.2 (10C540)
Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report: 76109 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 1575
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 2333752 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 3
Anonymous UUID: 76DB9D62-1AE3-4E98-8426-FA5B47FEB0A2
Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: 0x000000000000000a, 0x000000009286aee5
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x9286aee5 SetICUCollator + 0
1 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x9286b9cf UCCompareTextDefault + 199
2 com.apple.iTunes 0x00018dc2 0x1000 + 97730
3 com.apple.iTunes 0x0035d775 0x1000 + 3524469
4 com.apple.iTunes 0x0035d7e2 0x1000 + 3524578
5 com.apple.iTunes 0x00018b40 0x1000 + 97088
6 com.apple.iTunes 0x00018a95 0x1000 + 96917
7 com.apple.iTunes 0x001b3571 0x1000 + 1779057
8 com.apple.iTunes 0x000188c7 0x1000 + 96455
9 com.apple.iTunes 0x001c088d 0x1000 + 1833101
10 com.apple.iTunes 0x0000ae5f 0x1000 + 40543
11 com.apple.iTunes 0x0000acf0 0x1000 + 40176
12 com.apple.iTunes 0x00004216 0x1000 + 12822
13 com.apple.iTunes 0x00002efb 0x1000 + 7931
14 com.apple.iTunes 0x00002e29 0x1000 + 7721
Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95a48182 _workqkernreturn + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95a48718 pthreadwqthread + 941
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95a48336 start_wqthread + 30
Thread 2: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95a490ea kevent + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95a49804 dispatch_mgrinvoke + 215
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95a48cc3 dispatch_queueinvoke + 163
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95a48a68 dispatch_workerthread2 + 234
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95a484f1 pthreadwqthread + 390
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95a48336 start_wqthread + 30
Thread 3:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95a228da machmsgtrap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95a23047 mach_msg + 68
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90f4977f __CFRunLoopRun + 2079
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90f48864 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90f4e7a4 CFRunLoopRun + 84
5 com.apple.iTunes 0x00363bc2 0x1000 + 3550146
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95a4ffbd pthreadstart + 345
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95a4fe42 thread_start + 34
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x0115dc30 ebx: 0x0115dc30 ecx: 0x00000000 edx: 0x02a3499c
edi: 0xbfffcbb8 esi: 0x02a34980 ebp: 0xbfffcb88 esp: 0xbfffcb3c
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010297 eip: 0x9286aee5 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
cr2: 0x9286aee5
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thanks,
Joe

I think it is definitely related to indexing. I am attaching a screen shot. I think that the application I have open in the menu, which I cannot remember what it is called, nor can I turn it off because my cursor is a beachball, may be part of the problem. While I was trouble shooting, a menu dropped down show that my computer was being indexed. At the same time spotlight opened by itself and it said "Indexing". I tried relaunching the finder, which would not happen. I had to hit the power switch to shut down. Do you recognize what that program in my menu bar is?

Spinning beach ball and no Finder icons

I am trying to troubleshoot this problem:
My brother was trying to move a lot of JPGs (3,500 of them!) by dragging from one folder to another, but he missed the target folder and they started appearing on his desktop. The only way he could think of to kill the process was to Restart.
After restarting, the system seems to load normally EXCEPT all the icons on his desktop are missing (including the ones for his hard drives) AND the Finder cursor is the spinning beach ball.
Mail, Safari, etc, will load and function normally, but he can't use the Finder. Activity Monitor shows the Finder using high 90s of %CPU.
So far we have tried: Restarting in Safe Mode, Repairing permissions, and running Disk First Aid from the Install DVD - with no problems found and no helpful results.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
gw

HI Gary,
Besides trashing the Finder plist file which would have been my first idea first also, try deleting this one too: com.apple.desktop.plist /Users/YourName/Library/Preferences. Open the Preferences folder, locate that file and drag it to the Trash, empty the Trash and reboot. Your Mac will create new pref files for you.
Also.. thought of something else. Go to a clear space on your Desktop so it says Finder in the Menu. Now click Command + Option + Esc on your keyboard. A Force Quit window will open. Select Finder in the list and click Relaunch.
*** Performance tip: Keep the Desktop clutter-free (empty, if possible) ***
Mac OS X's Desktop is the de facto location for downloaded files, and for many users, in-progress works that will either be organized later or deleted altogether. The desktop can also be gluttonous, however, becoming a catch-all for files that linger indefinitely.
Unfortunately - aside from the effect of disarray it creates - keeping dozens or hundreds of files on the Desktop can significantly degrade performance. Not necessarily because the system is sluggish with regard to rendering the icons on the desktop and storing them in memory persistently (which may be true in some cases), but more likely because keeping an excessive number of items on the Desktop can cause the windowserver process to generate reams of logfiles, which obviously draws resources away from other system tasks. Each of your icons on your desktop is stored as a window in the window server, not as an alias. The more you have stored, the more strain it puts on the window server. Check your desktop for unnecessary icons and clear them out.
Keeping as few items as possible on the Desktop can prove a surprisingly effective performance boon. Even creating a single folder on your Desktop and placing all current and future clutter inside, then logging out and back in can provide an immediately noticeable speed boost, particularly for the Finder.
Carolyn
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Spinning beach ball and a restart

During the past two days, I've got three spinning beach balls that just won't quit. So I had to resort to pressing that little button on the fron of my G4 tower for a restart. After that, everything is back to normal. Each time it happened when trying to either open or close a folder (different each time).
The console logs this:
Oct 30 08:46:19 (xxx)s-G4 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framewo rk/Support/ATSServer: FSFindFolder failed for domain -32762: 0x-43. Now relying on persistent store for said domain.\n
I tried googling but couldn't find anything useful. Does anyone here know what it means?
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Do you mean a physical problem?
I don't have DiskWarrior, and Disk Utility says there are no problems. I purchased the HD just this week, and before installing anything onto it, I erased it using DiskUtility's "zero out" option.
Just an hour ago, I had another problem with it. The computer had gone to sleep, and when I awoke it, the mouse cursor could move alright, but nothing happened when I tried clicking on things.
Anyway, I've sent a mail to the seller, and am awaiting a reply. It's Friday afternoon, so I probably have to wait till Monday. In the meantime, I'm re-migrating the system back to the old HD.
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Spinning beach ball and MPEG Streamclip

I've downloaded MPEG Streamclip to transfer some Video TS files from a DVD. The files are copied to my desktop and I've tried to open the files using MPEG Streamclip and all I get is the spinning beach ball.
Any ideas on how to get these files to open?
Cheers,
D

I'm afraid that it might be copyrighted material, though I was told that it wasn't.
I tried opening up the two VOB files together, the ones Streamclip highlighted, and continued to get the beach ball, then I opened the files individually. One file gave me timecode break warnings but eventually opened up as the title menu. The other file gives me the spinning beach ball.
Cheers,
D

Spinning Beach Ball and Startup Disc issue

My friend has an IMAC and it has the latest updates and all... About once every day or two the mac just freezes and the rainbow beach ball spins... If she immediately restarts, she gets the question mark folder so her Imac is looking for a startup folder... If she lets it sit overnight, it reboots into her startup disc. The only thing I can think of that could change overnight is a temperature issue??? I have repaired permissions, repaired the startup disc and used Disk Warrior, Drive genius and Cocktail. No fix. Any ideas ladies and gentlemen? I have reinstalled the system software and tried everything I can think of.

What is the S.M.A.R.T. status of the HD in Disk Utility. You Can try running the AHT http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509

IPhoto causing 20-30 second hangs - spinning beach ball and music stops

Very often when I browse through my pictures, suddenly iPhoto will freeze, the beach ball appears and if I attempt to use other programs the entire system freezes. If I'm playing music in iTunes, it will pause and then restart after 20-30 secs when iPhoto and the rest of the system suddenly works again as if nothing happened.
Anyone else notices this? It happens as I said quite often, and I can provoke it by flipping through pictures very fast (for instance by holding down the left or right arrow on the keyboard).
I noticed that this message often appears in the console when I initiate iPhoto:
06/10/09 14.17.11 iPhoto[1023] ILLogger ILMediaBrowserPathWatcher: ** Error in ILMediaBrowserPathWatcher startFSEventStream failed to start for paths: (
"/Users/mikkeldrewsen/Library/Preferences"
I don't know if that's relevant, but there it is none the less.
I hope someone can help me!

Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

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