Spinning beach ball appears frequently on your Mac
Frequent spinning wheels mean your Mac is struggling with something. It can be running out of memory, your hard drive is nearly full, or a specific app is acting up. Check Activity Monitor and look at Memory Pressure. If it's yellow or red, you're out of RAM.
When the beach ball appears all the time, your Mac is constantly waiting for something. It's running out of memory, your hard drive is full, or a background process is stuck. Activity Monitor shows you exactly what's using resources. Once you find it, you can fix it or close it.
- ✓Have Activity Monitor ready (Command+Space, type Activity Monitor)
- ✓Note when the spinning wheel happens—does it happen with a specific app?
- ✓Have time to close apps and check settings
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Skip, I just want a technicianCommon mistakes to avoid
- Not checking Memory Pressure before other troubleshooting
- Closing one app then opening two others instead
- Ignoring a full hard drive as the cause
Signs you need professional help
- If Memory Pressure is constantly red even with few apps open, or if spinning wheels continue after freeing storage and memory, give us a call.
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