Rainbow color circular motion icon

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Rainbow color circular motion icon

Why does the rainbow color circular motion icon appear? It seems to be appearing more often than ever before? Is there something I can do to minimize this action?

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Feb 14, 2015 9:33 PM

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Answer 1

Matt_M.

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Feb 16, 2015 9:42 AM in response to garyftl

Hi garyftl,

Thanks for the question. Your description sounds like you are seeing the spinning pinwheel in OS X Yosemite. This is a sign that your computer is running slowly, which may be due to a number of things. Check out the following resource for helpful information:

OS X Yosemite: If your Mac runs slowly

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH19031

- Matt M.

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BenB

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Feb 18, 2015 7:20 AM in response to garyftl

In Motion specifically, there are things that will cause this, and things that can be done about it.

What are your Mac's specifics (RAM, drive, GPU, mac model, etc)?

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