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My Macbook Pro keeps getting the spinning wheel...

Hello there.

This seems to be something thats asked about quite often. I wanted to see if there was something I could do to fix this problem without having to go to Apple. and if not, it is what it is. ....I have a Macbook Pro, bought it in 2011...has really never ever given me any issues, I havent really been using it all that much like I used to but I'll be using it alot more now that Ill be returning to college...I will say, its usually worse with safari. With Google Chrome it isn't quite as bad.

It's just been real slow lately, usually freezes up, then the spinning wheel pops up, usually doesnt go away, sometimes does...usually doesnt though...If the spinning wheel doesn't show up, another thing that may happen is if I hover over an app, say itunes or google chrome, the icon of the app will enlarge like it normally does, but when I scroll away and as the cursor goes away from the icon, the icon stay enlarged, and doesnt allow me to double click it or really anything...that doesnt happen quite as often as the spinning wheel though

so yeah, id like to know if this is fixable...I've considered calling Apple they're very helpful but i Figured i'd give this a try...

I'm not really sure what specific info you may need to be able to help me, like i said its a 2011 Macbook Pro, apparently Memory  4 GB (from about this mac) ,

any recommended apps to download ? or anything ?

thanks so much, any help or suggestions at all will  be highly appreciated

Sorry for rambling.

Avoid third party so called Mac cleaning utilities. They can more harm than good. Your Mac runs maintenace in the background for you. There are other reasons why you see the spinning beach ball.

Not enough free storage space slow your Mac down.

Click your Apple menu  top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click About This Mac > More Info > Storage

Make sure there's at least 15% free disk space.

If it's not a disk space issue, a Safe Mode boot deletes system caches that may help.

Startup your Mac in Safe Mode

A Safe Mode boot takes much longer than a normal boot so be patient.

Once you are in Safe Mode, click the Apple  top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click Restart.

See if that makes a difference.

Avoid third party so called Mac cleaning utilities. They can more harm than good. Your Mac runs maintenace in the background for you. There are other reasons why you see the spinning beach ball.

Not enough free storage space slow your Mac down.

Click your Apple menu  top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click About This Mac > More Info > Storage

Make sure there's at least 15% free disk space.

If it's not a disk space issue, a Safe Mode boot deletes system caches that may help.

Startup your Mac in Safe Mode

A Safe Mode boot takes much longer than a normal boot so be patient.

Once you are in Safe Mode, click the Apple  top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click Restart.

See if that makes a difference.

I think that solved everything , I'm using Safari, haven't seen the spinning beach ball, and I swear its faster...not freezing or anything, thank you so much !!!

You're welcome

I Did all that and it did not help any other suggestions?

Thank you sooooo much - worked a treat - all sorted no more spinning beach ball.

最後更新：2017-10-04 19:20:20

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