MacBook Air :: Pinwheel Spinning But Nothing Else Happening?
Jun 10, 2012How do I reset MacBook Air? Pinwheel spinning but nothing else happening.
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MacBook Air
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IMac PPC :: Screen Just Has The Apple Icon And The Spinning Circle But Nothing Is Happening?
May 3, 2012My screen just has the apple icon and the spinning circle - wont log on.   Lost power without shutting down
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Jun 27, 2009I just bought a 13 inch macbook pro about 2 days after the keynote, and it came in on the 15th. I opened it up and it worked pretty good. I noticed I saw the spinning pinwheel a little more than I think I should. My cousin's macbook did it less frequently than my new macbook pro. It was happening when I opened iTunes or Safari. So a few days ago I opened up iTunes and I saw the pinwheel, but then it kept going, and going, and itunes froze up and crashed. After that it has happened several times. The same with safari and iMovie. I am sort of angry because I spent a good amount of money on this and I don't think it should be happening. I can live with it, but I certainly hope this isn't the norm! I switched to mac so things would be easier.
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Nov 17, 2009New imac is running sweet. However, I see the pinwheel at times when I never do on my 13" MacBook Pro. I see it in two instances. First, when accessing the screen saver settings in system preferences. I do have over 9,000 photos and have the screen saver set to shuffle. Maybe that's the issue? I also see the pinwheel when waking up the computer from sleep. It could be the LED screen lights up so quickly now, the processor has to catch up? I have not done a reinstall of 10.6.2 and have installed Parallels and Windows 7. Anybody else having similar symptoms?
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Sep 13, 2009I have 512 mb of RAM on my ibook G4. Lately something is eating it up. I looked on the Activity Monitor and couldn't see anything different. Now when I open more than one page on a website, the RAM goes down to about 29 mb. and then the site freezes with the little rainbow pinwheel spinning. I can't get it to stop with the Apple/period technique.
Also, I have over 3 gigs of virtual memory but it's looks like it's not being tapped into so that I don't run out of RAM.
Applications :: Firefox 3 And Rainbow Spinning Pinwheel
Jul 4, 2008Ever since upgrading to Firefox 3 on both my Mac Pro and my Mac Book Pro I am repeatedly getting a rainbow spinning pinwheel. Firefox will work for 2-5 minutes and then I get the rainbow spinning pinwheel for about a minute then Firefox will work for 2-5 minutes then the spinning wheel again. This is how its been since I upgraded to Firefox 3. I never had this problem with Firefox 2. This is very frustrating because Firefox is my preferred browser.
The extensions I have installed are:
AdBlock Plus
ColorfulTabs
CustomizeGoogle
Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer
Tab Mix Plus
PDF Download
TagSifter
1Password
Applications :: Firefox Really Slow - Spinning Pinwheel
May 10, 2009past week firefox has been running slow, ill click or try to scroll down ap age and i get a few seconds of the spinning beachball. I have 4 gb of ram, so this kind of slow program shouldnt be happening, the other programs open are ichat and mail.
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Nov 9, 2009Recently, iPhoto has completely stopped working. When I open the application, everything is blank and the rainbow pinwheel begins spinning and does not stop. I have to Forcequit the application. I tried removing iPhoto (placed in trash and emptied) and reloaded with my iLife disk but I am still having the same issue. Can anyone advise what the issue could be and how to fix? I have a Macbook Pro (intel) with Leopard installed.
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May 18, 2012iTunes 10.6.1 has started freezing after launch (just the pinwheel is seen spinning). The Activity Monitor indicates it's not responding and consuming 0% CPU. It's being run on an Early 2008 Mac Pro running OS X 10.7.4 and is used to sync an iPhone 4 and iPad 1, both running iOS 5.1.1. I've rebooted my machine and even reinstalled iTunes 10.6.1 with no success.
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2), 2.8 GHz Quad Core, 6 GB RAM
Intel Mac :: Freezes And Pinwheel Starts Spinning If Not Working On Doc
May 3, 2012When I have documents open and I walk away for a few minutes, when I come back and resume working, my computer freezes up and the little pinwheel starts spinning. I literally have to unplug it to get out of this frozen state. This has been getting progressively worse over the past three months. They told me to add more memory, which I did. However, the problem persists. Do you know why my computer would freeze up after the screen has had no activity for just a few minutes? My screen saver is set for an hour so I know this is not the problem.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
MacBook Pro :: Apple Is Frozen At Grey Apple And Pinwheel Is Spinning?
Feb 8, 2012I recently went to turn on my laptop, and it started up, I heard the hard drive cycle, and it automatically went to a grey apple as the typical startup...but it froze there & a pinwheel was spinning...but it wouldn't boot up! What can I do to check this out?
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
MacBook Pro :: Black Screen Randomly Happening?
Oct 7, 2009My Macbook pro running Tiger 10.4.11 is now starting to randomly, what seems like shut the screen down, and just go to a black screen.
I am running my macbook pro, plugged into the AC / Mains, with another monitor connected, when the macbookpro screen goes black the dual monitor stays up and running, I can even do the mirror screen from the actual macbook pro and run it on the dual monitor and its running perfectly (I hope this makes sense!).
Its really odd and only started in the last few days.. it lasts about 30seconds at a time and is starting to worry me!
MacBook Pro :: Early 2008. Trackpad Keeps Freezing / Been Happening Since 10.6.3
Mar 31, 2010My trackpad/computer sometimes just freezes out of the blue.. I move my cursor around click.. and sometimes just freezes and i either have to put it to sleep by putting down the lid.. and reopen it or hold the power to reset. or just start pressing random buttons and after about a few minutes or so.. it'll start working again..
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Jul 7, 2010Before I go to sleep, I always put my Mac in sleep mode. But about 90% of the time it wakes up about 2 or 3 seconds later, and I have to put it back to sleep again.
Why is this happening and how can I resolve the issue?
Intel Mac :: Backing Up For First Time, TM Icon Is Turning But Nothing Else Seems To Be Happening
Apr 27, 2012backing up to Time Machine for first time, TM icon is turning but nothing else seems to be happening.
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Final Cut Pro X :: Cross Dissolve On VIDEO Track Not Happening?
Sep 7, 2014ive been using FCPX for ages now. now for some reason....i'm unable to add a cross dissolve to the VIDEO track where I would like a dissolve....i have attached a jpg to show you.....as you can see, the cross dissolve when i drag and drop to the VIDEO layer......forces to the AUDIO layer.
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MacBook Pro
MacBook Pro :: Getting Laggy - Pinwheel For 60 Seconds
Jul 3, 2010I had a 2.4G MBP with 4G ram that I used for about a year. I bought an Intel 128GB SSD and used the optibay to install. I'm using the HD to store the home folder, and all applications and OSX on the SSD. The MBP started getting really laggy here lately, I see a pinwheel for about 60 seconds when I use "Save as" or try and print something. So I bought a 2.8G 17" MBP with 4G ram, hoping it was a hardware issue. I swapped both drives into the new MBP, but am having the same issues. I use a lot of different softwares (office '08, xcode, parallels, quickbooks, etc...) so its hard to pinpoint it down to a specific application. I am going to wipe the MBP clean and start over, but what is the best route? Should I just backup the home folder, reinstall all software then put back the home folder? I want to avoid copying the problem, but can't afford to lose all of my application data.
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Apr 9, 2009what is the reason for the pinwheel? I seem to get it more and more often usually within safari when opening tabs but sometimes when I'm opening apps also. I'm maxed out at 4gbs from OWC I didn't seem to have this problem before I upgraded my ram but then again I didn't have the 2gbs for very long. Also... is the fact that watching videos ie youtube or playing omgpop... (I'll admit u can find me on there, gemmers is my game) makes my laptop super hot mean anything? or what the reason behind it is? kinda curious my sisters boyfriend with the umbp says that his computer doesn't get hot when watching videos but when i watch videos the left side of the keyboard gets very warm almost kinda hot ~80C on average after about 10 minutes of video before the fans kick in but even at the it sits around 70C.
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Jun 28, 2012So lately I've been have a Rainbow Pinwheel show up whenever I'm using google chrome and it keeps me from doing anything until it's stops spinning? Why is this pinwheel showing up and what can I do to make it if anything happen a lot less. It's mostly annoys me because I can't use anything when it's spinning. Is this something to do with my hard drive or something?
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MacBook Pro, iOS 5.1.1
MacBook Pro :: Has A Gray Screen With Pinwheel Then Turns Off?
Dec 10, 2014Mac pro has a gray screen with apple logo running pinwheel but wont load up. Tried shutting it down and restarting a couple of times with no success
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MacBook Pro
MacBook Pro :: Pinwheel At Startup Or Launching Apps?
Aug 29, 2014my MBP keeps pinwheeling at start-up or when launching applications.
How can I repair this or is there a program/app I can run to fix this issue.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
MacBook :: White Keeps Getting Fatal Pinwheel And Having To Reinstall Weekly
Aug 1, 2009Basically I'm having trouble with a white macbook. here are the specs just in case:
Model Name:MacBook
Model Identifier:MacBook3,1
Processor Name:Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:2 GHz
Number Of Processors:1
Total Number Of Cores:2
L2 Cache:4 MB
Memory:2 GB
Bus Speed:800 MHz
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State:Enabled
Anyways this problem has been going on for a few weeks now so I have made a "timeline" of what happens:
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MacBook :: Shows Slow Speed - Pinwheel At Times?
Jun 29, 2010i downloaded about 3.1 gbs of music onto it and it was working ok, well now that i removed everything off the internal memory its running so slow!! my safari got updated and everytime i go to a website is see that blue bar lag to the other end ,i bought a 1tb external HD to keep memory free in the macbook to keep it from slowing down but its still slow .i am really considering selling this and getting an hp computer if i cant fix this, cause i paid nearly 2k dollars for the laptop
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Apr 8, 2012Over heated my battery and it popped out of its casing. Restarted it with no battery and worked fine. Never used the battery because charge rail is no good. Used it this morning to file tax returns. After I finished their was a system update that required a restart and now the computer is stuck on the start up screen with spinning wheel of death.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
MacBook Pro :: Slow To Respond / Multi-colored Pinwheel Appearing
Sep 7, 2014My 2 year old Macbook pro has started to run really slowly, with the multi coloured pinwheel appearing whenever I try to do something. I've taken this to the Apple store, and have been told that it's either the hard drive that has given up and will need to be replaced, or that it's the cable connecting the hard drive to the laptop.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
IMac PPC :: Keep Getting Stuck On The Pinwheel?
Jun 28, 2012My iMac keeps getting stuck on the pinwheel and is running really slow. What should I do?
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Oct 5, 2009This has been ongoing since I upgraded to Safari 4.0 in my new uMBP 17" running 10.5. Since then I've upgraded Safari to the most recent 4.0.3 always hoping this issue will get fixed. Instead it is happening more and more frequently. Because it could be a number of things I've avoided posting here about it. Yesterday I upgraded to 10.6 (Snow Leopard) hoping that would resolve it but no. At this point I can't stand it and want to throw my machine out the window. Here's the specifics. The spinning pinwheel of frustration lasts anywhere from 15 seconds to a minute, expect after I upgraded to 10.6-- now sometimes after a minute I force quit from frustration. I run Little Snitch and always deny random things on Yahoo mail so perhaps denying some of these things cause it. I also run a lot of RAM intense software (AE, FCP) very often and thought this could take a toll, but this happens even after a fresh restart with only Safari being the only application running or even opened. I have 4Gb RAM. It's so frustrating I'll probably go back to Firefox but thought maybe this has come up before.
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May 29, 2012How do I cancel a stuck pinwheel? I have cleaned everything out with MacKeeper, but it still sticks and I haave to cold-boot.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.9)
OS X :: MBP 13'' Freezing Pinwheel When Shows In Screensaver Preference
Jun 28, 2009I got a new MBP 13" and did a time machine restore on it and everything is working fantastic but when i try to go into the Screensaver Preference it locks up and I get the Pinwheel I can click on an Screensaver i want but nothing happens it just keeps pinwheelin' and after a couple minutes it finally picks it its annoying and i dont know why its doing it does anyone have any insight?
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May 16, 2010For the past month, every time a launch system preferences it takes several seconds to load. Then, when I go into desktop/screensaver it takes a long time to load. So I open activity monitor, and when system preferences is open, its using 22mb but as soon as I open desktop/screensaver, it shoots up to 735mb and goes to 45% on the user usage. I hope this makes sense. I'm not sure if this is normal or if my ram is going bad.
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