Spinning Beachball on MacBook

cityguy88cityguy88
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited February 2015
Hey guys,



I have a White MacBook 2.0Ghz, 80GB HDD with 1GB RAM, with 50GB of space left on the HDD.



I have few applications installed which were not bundled. However, when doing ordinary tasks, such as browsing the internet on Safari, the spinning beachball appears for a few seconds. Does anybody know the reason for this?



I thought that 1GB of RAM for my needs would be more than sufficient. Are there any other causes for this problem?



Many thanks for your help, in advance.



Jon

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  • Reply 1 of 7
    archstudentarchstudent Posts: 262member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by CityGuy88 View Post


    Hey guys,



    I have a White MacBook 2.0Ghz, 80GB HDD with 1GB RAM, with 50GB of space left on the HDD.



    I have few applications installed which were not bundled. However, when doing ordinary tasks, such as browsing the internet on Safari, the spinning beachball appears for a few seconds. Does anybody know the reason for this?



    I thought that 1GB of RAM for my needs would be more than sufficient. Are there any other causes for this problem?



    Many thanks for your help, in advance.



    Jon



    thats way too vague to draw any reasonable analysis
  • Reply 2 of 7
    ricksbrainricksbrain Posts: 517member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Archstudent View Post


    thats way too vague to draw any reasonable analysis



    I agree-- but you could try to repair permissions for starters. \
  • Reply 3 of 7
    cityguy88cityguy88 Posts: 30member
    In that case, how would you advise that I make my depiction less vague?
  • Reply 4 of 7
    ricksbrainricksbrain Posts: 517member
    What have you installed? What programs are you running when this happens-- are they Universal or PPC programs that may be running through Rosetta? Have you checked Activity Monitor to know what's up and running? What you're experiencing may be normal depending on your usage, so we need some specifics.



    Any info is helpful.
  • Reply 5 of 7
    archstudentarchstudent Posts: 262member
    also, beachball doesnt necessarily mean anything bad.
  • Reply 6 of 7
    graham123graham123 Posts: 2member

    TRY INSTALLING FIREFOX.COM ALL OF MY TROUBLES WENT AWAY

  • Reply 7 of 7
    graham123graham123 Posts: 2member

    I installed Firefox.com Its free the spinning ball just went away

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