Sudden spinning ball - FCE freezes

I recently upgraded from FCE 1.0 to FCEHD. I am editing my first project in FCEHD and in the middle of playing from the timeline, I get the spinning beach ball (with no warning or explanation). This started after about one week of working on this project. My system seems to be frozen and I must do a Force Quit. I have watched the ball spinning for several minutes (thinking it would stop), but it never does. This now happens EVERY time I try to edit my project and play from the timeline (sometimes after adding only one clip) My project files (as well as my scratch files) are all on a LaCie external HD. Could that be the problem?
Any help would be appreciated.
Gail

To Repair Permissions you have to open: Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility, then choose your HD and click "Repair Permissions".To see your crash log, hit a search for FinalCutExpressHD.crash log to see if there is something you understand.Even better when the crash occurs and before you turn off look at Applications > Utilities > System Profiler > System log. It may turn out to be CGDrawbitmap is obsolete etc.
If you can initiate a completely new project, even a very small one, it would indicate if the problem is in the project or in FCE.

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i will check clock battery - ths is a new one to me so would not have thought about it at all......
I have been using the same DVDs CDs for months with this equipment ad has always been ok till now - philips dvd-r?
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Running Mail.app give spinning ball and freezes computer

My wife and I have different accounts on an iMac (2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) running 10.7.4. Her Mail.app has recently stopped working. When she launches Mail.app, the computer freezes and she sees the spinning ball. On my side of the computer, the Mail.app is still working. Any suggestions on how I can get her Mail program running again?
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Dear Experts
I have mid 2009 Macbook pro (2.66 Ghz). I am frequently running into spinning ball that freezes my mac even for opening Safari, iPhoto etc. I am user of CPU demending softwares. Here is what I did till now
1. Free space on HDD is 78 GB (out of 320 GB HDD)
2. Ran Disk utility --> verified.
3. SMART status is OK.
4. Fixed all permissions.
5. Ran disk tool pro--> SMART status OK
6. Fixed bad alias
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Powerpoint spinning ball with change from Tiger to Snow Leopard

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Problem description:
Computer takes a long time to fire up. Spinning ball is seen during start up, sometimes when login dialog box, and sometimes after entering login password. My mac freeze often, especially when using Lightroom….     Help is much appreciated!
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated 3. november 2014 kl. 01.23.41 CET
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
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NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
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Disk Information: ℹ️
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Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (260.35 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
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Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
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/etc/sysctl.conf - Exists
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Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
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[running] com.intego.BackupAssistant.daemon.plist Support
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PhoneViewHelper Program (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/PhoneView/PhoneViewHelper.app)
EarthDesk Core UNKNOWN (missing value)
Dropbox Program (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
AdobeResourceSynchronizer ProgramHidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
i1ProfilerTray Program (/Applications/i1Profiler/i1ProfilerTray.app)
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Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.0 Support
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
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FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
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Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
SiteAdvisor: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.1 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
GarminGPSControl: Version: 3.0.1.0 Release - SDK 10.4 Support
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Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.2 Support
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Facebook Cleaner
Better Facebook
SiteAdvisor
Incognito
Bing Highlights
YouTube5
AdBlock
YoutubeWide
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3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
CUDA Preferences Support
EarthDesk Support
Editmote Support
Flash Player Support
FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) Support
Growl Support
Java Support
Witness Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      13% taskgated
      12% WindowServer
      1% WitnessUserAgent
      1% sysmond
      1% Activity Monitor
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
327 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
137 MB softwareupdated
94 MB Safari
82 MB VShieldScanner
82 MB Dock
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65 MB Free RAM
1.58 GB Active RAM
1.54 GB Inactive RAM
647 MB Wired RAM
2.95 GB Page-ins
260 MB Page-outs

You have SCADS of extensions and the things running. McAfee, Intego, Orbicule, CleanMyMac, and others I've not ever even heard of. My first recommendation would be to remove all of these and see if things improve.

TextEdit problems: causes spinning ball/freezes, can't make it default app

I'm having some serious problems with, of all things, TextEdit. On an iMac running 10.4.11 with TextEdit v. 1.4 (the standard version for Tiger), I've been having the following two major issues:
1. About once per day, or at least once every two days, for absolutely no perceivable reason, while typing in TextEdit, I get the "spinning beach ball"; the same pattern happens every time: I wait about 6 minutes for the beach ball to stop spinning, then I try to "save" my open document; this causes another six-minute spin/wait, after which it saves. Then I try to "Quit" Textedit, and after another six-minute spin, it finally quits. Then, any successive action on my part -- clicking an application icon in the dock, or doing command-option-escape to force quit things, or basically anything at all, causes the spinning ball to return, and this time it will not go away. I've waited as long as two hours, and it just keeps spinning. Command-option-escape does nothing -- no response. Nor does command-period, or anything I could think of. The only way out of the freeze is to press the power button and turn off the computer. Terrible!
This ONLY happens when I am working in TextEdit -- no other application causes the problem. And it only happens when I have an unsaved TextEdit document topmost on the screen. It has happened at least 30 times now, consistently, so it's not a one-time glitch. It has even happened when TextEdit was the ONLY application running -- so it couldn't be another application causing the problem. I had thought that "Classic" was causing the problem, because I often have Classic running to use a legacy OS9 application, but even when I restarted the computer and did not ever launch Classic, I still got the TextEdit-freeze problem.
2. None of my TextEdit documents have TextEdit as their default launch application. Yes, I know about single-clicking the file, pressing "command-I" and in the Info box changing the "Open With" application to "TextEdit," and also then clicking on "change all" so that all similar files are opened with the same application. When I attempt this, it apparently makes the change, but in fact nothing happens: even after making the change, double-clicking the files does not launch TextEdit. In fact, it launches nothing at all, because when I check command-I again, the launch application has reverted to either "None", or to something mysterious called "ams1108.html", which not only is not an application, but it doesn't even exist on my computer (I searched for it).
HOWEVER, if TextEdit is already running, then when I double-click on any of my text documents, they will then open in TextEdit. But if TextEdit is not currently running, they won't open in it.
This applies to any file that has a visible or hidden "txt" or "rtf" or other normal TextEdit-compatible extension. Basically, any text file.
What is going on? I thought TextEdit was the most stable, most reliable application in all of Apple-dom. And I've been using it for years and years, but this problem has only recently started in the past couple months. I have no memory of making any changes to my computer that could have precipitated the change. Also: are these two problems related to each other?
I really don't know what to do. Any suggestions for fixing this problem would be appreciated. (And no, I don't have the original 10.4 install disks, so I can't re-install TextEdit, unless it can be downloaded somewhere). Thanks.

OK, Carolyn, I wrote down all my prefs (glad I did), trashed the prefs file, restarted, relaunched TextEdit, reset all my preferences to my liking (which had reverted to default settings), quit TextEdit. Then I tried double-clicking some text files -- and the same problem (#2 above) persists. None of my TextEdit or text files have TextEdit as the default launch application -- they're still all either "None" or "ams1108.html". And, as before, if I try to change it to "TextEdit" in the file's info box, then click on "change all," it does not work: not only does it not change all the text files to be TextEdit, but clicking "change all" will cause the file in question to revert to "None" or "ams1108.html". However, if I only change the default app for that one file to TextEdit, and don't click "change all," then it will stick -- for now at least. (Though I wouldn't be surprised if after a restart they all changed back to "None.")
The short assessment is: trashing the prefs did NOT fix problem #2 above. It may or may not have fixed problem #1 -- hard to tell immediately, since the only way to find out is the use TextEdit for two days.
So, setting aside problem #1 for now: any suggestions for fixing problem #2 (default app can't be changed to TextEdit by clicking "change all")? I have thousands and thousands of TextEdit files I use, so changing them all manually one-by-one isn't feasible. Thanks.

Mac suddenly slow, overheating, spinning ball of death, hard to reboot.

Problem description:
Mac suddenly slowed down, especially when using Safari - spinning ball of death, pages won’t load, etc. Hard drive appeared to get “stuck” causing overheating and had trouble even shutting down with the button, and then wouldn’t reboot for about an hour.
This is a Mid-2010 Mac Mini with 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Running OSX 10.9.5
Safari is 7.1.4
We updated to Mavericks but not Yosemite.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated March 18, 2015 at 7:31:56 AM EDT
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
    Mac mini (Mid 2010) (Technical Specifications)
    Mac mini - model: Macmini4,1
    1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
    8 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
    NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
        VX2703 SERIES 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.9.5 (13F1066) - Time since boot: 17:22:59
Disk Information: ℹ️
    Hitachi HTS725050A9A364 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (466.46 GB free) - 53 errors
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
    HL-DT-STDVDRW GA32N
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    HP HP Officejet Pro X551dw Printer
    Logitech USB Receiver
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        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
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    HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
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    HP Scheduler    Application (/Library/Application Support/Hewlett-Packard/Software Update/HP Scheduler.app)
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Time Machine: ℹ️
    Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
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         0%    fontd
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Seems to have worked.
We hooked up the external HD, turned on Time Machine, and everything backed up.
Then we ran Disk Utility. The disk repair required the reboot thing and took two tries. Then repaired permissions. Also updated Flash.
Seems to be running okay now, but we have ordered a new SSD (as well as a new iMac 5k ). We use multiple computers so hoping we can get a couple more years of use out of this old computer as it ran fast and fine until this problem.
Thank you so much for your help! We really appreciate it.

MBP retina + Yosemite + MAGSAFE CONNECTED = freeze and spinning ball!!

I'm really losing my mind...
Friday I finally installed Yosemite 10.10 on my mbp retina. At the beginning everything was perfect, then new updates like iphoto and imovie started to pop up so I decided to download them. At some point of the download the spinning ball appeared but didn't want to go away, even after 5 minutes. I couldn't use my macbook so I decided to force shut down.
After restarting I could log in, but as soon as I moved the cursor to the dock and clicked on the apps I needed to open (Mail and Chorme) everything froze and the spinning ball appeared again.
Force shut down again.
The magsafe was connected at all time.
Then I decided to go to the Apple Store to solve the problem. Once I explained the problem to the guy and turned on the macbook in front of him, everything started to work again perfectly.
I looked like a freaking idiot.
He had no explanation, he just told me to use time machine to backup my data and bring the macbook there in case the issue would appear again.
Yes I tried all the possible procedures pressing the keys when the macbook is turned on. (I kept for last the pram reset and smc reset)
Nothing.
Then this morning I realized the freezing at startup would occur only if the magsafe was connected!!! This is also why at the Apple store there was no problem at startup....no magsafe connected. I tried a few times to use the macbook normally with the battery (even now that I'm writing), and it's working perfectly!! But as soon as I connect the magsafe, go to the dock to open apps or simply click on the google chrome tabs to type in a website, everything starts to freeze again and the spinning ball stays there indefinitely.
I also tried the utility disc (in normal and safe mode). It says everything is ok.
I even tried to delete completely iphoto, imovie and caffeine and to reinstall Yosemite.
I don't want to go to the Apple Store now because it's full of people (iphone 6 just got released here in China).
Could someone help me understand what is the problem??
Thank you for all the help you can provide

Yesterday it started to do the same even with the battery! So it was impossible for me to use it. I went to the apple store...they didn't know what to tell me since the system just got released.
They ran a few tests on my macbook and it showed that it wasn't an hardware issue, it was the software. So they wanted to do a backup of my data (from one of their macbooks) but couldn't because somehow there was a password for Firevault. I never put it!! And it's not the same I always choose for my system.
Result? They had to erase everything (I'm angry because I lost a lot of my work files) and now I'm back to Mavericks 10.9.5 and I have no idea when I'll decide to update again to Yosemite.
Since Steve Jobs passed away Apple is not the same.
My girlfriend has an iphone 5, she installed IOS 8 and everything is slow as ****. Seriously.
It's really disappointing and I (we) don't trust Apple anymore.

HT1338 I cant upload photos to send as email i keep geeting the spinning beach ball that freezes

I cant upload photos to send as email i keep geeting the spinning beach ball that freezes the whole system can anybody tel me how to get ovet this problem please (explain for a dummy please)

Hi,
I have a Folder called "Pictures" (My Pictures seems a bit "Windowsy" to me)
I don't have a Media folder inside there.
It would help to know if this is actually within the iTunes Library
Having said that I tend to use Eric's Method.
Pic of My own Card in the Contacts list
It shows where I have used Faces (from iPhoto) and Defaults (Login pic choices for the Account pic).
My iChat/Messages pic is the same Signature pic as used here and is in the Recents Tab on show.
You can even use the Camera if one is attached (Mac Minis and Mac Pro require External Cameras).
Drag and Drop is my preferred method.
9:47 PM Saturday; December 22, 2012
Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"
 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.2)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

Spinning rainbow ball of freezing death/annoyance issue.

my issue started a month or 2 ago while playing diablo 3 and happened everytime i played. it would freeze and give me the rainbow spinning ball. nothing i could do to close the game would work so i had to do a power cycle each time. that issue would only happen when i played that game. but not anymore, starting on the 4/10/15 it now happens all the time regardless of what I’m doing. it’s doing it right now as i type this at random times and the length of the freeze is 5 seconds to 1 minute. the freezing is so bad now, and i just know someone will ask me to go to the 'console' but i have tried many times to do that but the freezing is so often i can't get any info. any help or suggestions would be nice. i do live 30 minutes from a apple store so i could go to the genius bar, does it cost to do a diagnostic?
OS X Yosemite
imac (27-inch, late 2012)
version 10.10.2
processor 2.9 ghz intel core i5
memory 8 gb 1600 mhz ddr3
graphics nvidia geforce GTX 660m 512 mb

Anonymous UUID: 3F8E4848-103C-F6AB-CCF4-BD064E33794B
Sun Apr 12 08:23:20 2015
*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80063c1694): "launchd died\nState at Last Exception:\n\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2782.10.73/bsd/kern/kern_exit.c:361
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8112f4be50 : 0xffffff8005f2fe41
0xffffff8112f4bed0 : 0xffffff80063c1694
0xffffff8112f4bf40 : 0xffffff80063c135c
0xffffff8112f4bf50 : 0xffffff800644b386
0xffffff8112f4bfb0 : 0xffffff8006036e86
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: launchd
Mac OS version:
14C1514
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 14.1.0: Thu Feb 26 19:26:47 PST 2015; root:xnu-2782.10.73~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 270413F7-3B44-3602-894F-AC0D392FCF8E
Kernel slide: 0x0000000005c00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8005e00000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff8005d00000
System model name: iMac13,2 (Mac-FC02E91DDD3FA6A4)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 22980877906172
last loaded kext at 20895168065589: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.10 (addr 0xffffff7f88c15000, size 69632)
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IDVD Freezes / Spinning Ball of Death

So my iDVD (v5) was pretty much freezing and giving me the spinning ball of death everytime I tried to either create a new project or open an old one. Therefore... my solution was to go out and purchase iLife 6 (w/ the new iDVD 6) thinking would solve the problem. That was not the case.
Pretty much after opening iDVD and selecting; "new project"... the program loads the themes and then displays the main iDVD window... but then spins the ball and does not stop. I am forced to "force quit".
I looked on the Discussion boards and attempted several fixes...
- erasing the iDVD themes and reinstalling
- deleted iLife and reinstalling
- creating a new user account
- using Disk Utl to repair permissions
- finally erasing the plist preferences.
None of these solutions worked. All my other iLife and Final Cut Pro Studio applications work just fine (including DVD Studio Pro - which is my work around right now).
My final solution may be to reisntall TIGER... but I really don't want to do that. Any thoughts would be appreciated!!!!!!
This issue is similiar to the following posting... but those solutions did not work:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1901849#1901849

Have you tried cleaning out the system caches using OnyX? You can download it at: http://macapple.free.fr/forum/index.php. I have had the same problems. I was trying to use Memorex 16x media. I followed all the suggestions (closing all applications, especially the browser, deleting the iDVD plist file, running Onyx, and repairing permissions, plus switching to 8x media). I have had consistent success since.
I use an external firewire LaCie d2 burner which has a NEC 3500A. But I am still using iDVD 5. I hope this will help.
John Greene
G4/DP 867 MHz MDD Mac OS X (10.4.5)

7.4.2 spinning ball freezes

I am also having issues with iTunes after upgrading to 7.4.2. I am on a MacBook and use an external hd to store my music. After finally upgrading last week, iTunes opened up fine and I started to download new podcasts. But while downloading it froze and the spinning wheel appeared. After a long while I forced quit (force quitted?) and tried again. From that point on, I can open iTunes and see everything, but when I click on anything, even the scroll bar, it immediately freezes with our friend the spinning ball. Does anyone have a solution for this? Do I need to uninstall/reinstall? Downgrade from a third party? I am not excited abot either of those options.
Thanks.

Yes, same issue and performance loss. I spoke to a tech rep from Adobe at length the other day, and he tells me this is a normal occurance if using the soften skin function. The more adjustments (3 on one photo in my case) the slower the preview/loading will be and the slower the recovery in going on to another adjustment.
I had two other images in the same library/folder that also had the same adjustments on them. After resetting them back to the default, they now load/preview in seconds. The one image I have left with adjustments still takes from 30-60 seconds to preview/load, but only in the develop module.
Jim

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