Spinning beach ball on desktop of macbook pro of 2013 is not stopping

After downloading a .pdf file from the internet on the desktop, when I wanted to see the name of file, I am encountered with a spinning beach ball which is not stopping. It occured once more in this week. And immediate after 3 months of purchase of the MacBook Pro it appeared for the first time, which compelled me to reinstall OS X 10.9.1 and then, be updated.
Why?
I shall appreciate if anyone can help me out of this recurring problem of Spinning Beach Ball.

Check out: Troubleshoot the spinning beach ball/freezing & crashing
Troubleshoot the spinning beach ball
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Note: The LED on the MagSafe power adapter may change states or temporarily turn off when you reset the SMC.
From: Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
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All the best,
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I'm thinking it's my hard drive, but don't know how to fix it. But it could be something I haven't looked at yet or thought of. I've been trying everything the last several months with no luck and it's been driving me batty! What's really strange is it only happens once and always within the first 5 minutes after start up. Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks.

I just finished doing lots of different tests to try to solve my problem. Didn't resolve it, but I did manage to eliminate some things and narrow it down further.
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It pretty much happens 3-4 minutes into a session and then never happens again. And I think my test here eliminated several possibilities. Very frustrating. I hope this helps someone come up with a possible solution. Thanks.

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Is there a setting somewhere that will stop this from happening? It's really slowing down the workflow.
my system;
Model Name:
Mac Pro
Model Identifier:
MacPro4,1
Processor Name:
Intel Core i7
Processor Speed:
3.20 GHz
Number Of Processors:
1
Total Number Of Cores:
4
L2 Cache (per core):
256 KB
L3 Cache:
8 MB
Memory:
16 GB

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Macbook Pro Retina 2013 not waking from sleep

Hi all,
My brand new 15" Retina Macbook Pro (late 2013) is not waking from sleep. It doesn't occur after a short sleep (as I can wake it as normal by moving my mouse), but if the sleep is for some extended duration (not exactly sure, but at least within a couple of hours) then the only way to wake it is to use the power button.
I've tried an SMC reset to no avail -- the problem still occurs.
It's plugged into a power adapter and this is a screenshot of the settings page.
This is a very annoying issue. I'm hoping someone can help?
Thanks!
Adam

I managed to narrow down and reproduce the issue:
It occurs when the 'turn display off after' time lapses. Eg, if I change the setting to 1 minute and wait for the display to turn off, the computer will *not* wake up without pressing the power button.
Very strange. Hoping someone can provide some insight!
Thanks,
Adam

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