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My macbook air keeps freezing

Everytime I am using my air, it will freeze on me. No matter wether im watching a video or using the internet or microsoft office. It will freeze. It comes up with the "bech ball" loading symbol and then freeze completly. Sometimes it will freeze during startup.


I am aware it is a situation airs, and it maybe a fan issue. How can I find out what the issue is and how can I fix it. Please.

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jul 31, 2011 2:11 PM

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Posted on Jul 31, 2011 3:06 PM

Really you need to post some more information. Which Air, how much ram and available drive space. What does activity monitor show going on? Have you tried a reboot, etc, etc etc.

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Nov 23, 2015 9:14 PM in response to jobyrne

I have the same problem with brief freezes. At first I thought it was my mouse, which is battery operated remote, but I noticed that when the freezing happens, the entire computer is frozen. I suspect that the mouse is the culprit, but I really don't know. It's an annoyance... I wish I could fix it. I'm thinking of buying a mouse that can be physically connected to the laptop.

Apr 8, 2016 7:18 PM in response to Joe5150

I'm running 10.11.4 on my early 2015, 13 inch Macbook Air. I've had it for about 6 months and it was problem free until I did the latest update to El Capitan. Now it will suddenly freeze on me for no reason. I can be reading an article on CNN or playing a game.....suddenly the mouse won't move and I have to hold down the power button until it powers down. After I restart it, it will run fine for a while and then freeze again. The only additions to the original software, is the antivirus program, Avast and the Safari plug in, Adblock. Other than that, nothing else has been added. And they were added as soon as I got the Macbook.

No problems until the update... Any suggestions would be welcome.

My macbook air keeps freezing

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