Spinning wheel of death when i launch steam from my brand new Macbook Pro 13"
i just got my new early 2011 Macbook Pro 13" and installed steam. works fine but every so often it freezes up and i get the "spinning wheel of death". I am a new Mac user so im not really sure what to think of this. I come from PC's so obviously ive dealt with my fair share of problems with operating systems. is this something to be overly alarmed with? Any input would be great. Or just please ease my mind. I love my new Mac and would be devestated if im doing something wrong or if there is a serious problem. PLEASE HELP!
I would suggest to check the console logs.
You find an utility application called "Console" in the "Utilities" Sub Folfer of your "Applications" folder.
Search the log for any line in relation with steam (should be clearly identified by the application bundle name such as com.steampowered. ...) and tell us what you see here
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