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Spinning Beach ball of death

I have a problem with the spinning beach ball of death. It appears frequently and looks random. Any suggestions?


Problem description:

I get the spinning wheel of death while performing certain task.


EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)

Report generated 27 Feb 2015 22:48:49 CET

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Hardware Information: ℹ️

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Technical Specifications)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2

1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2-core

8 GB RAM Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 318


Video Information: ℹ️

Intel HD Graphics 4000

Color LCD 1280 x 800


System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 0:46:37


Disk Information: ℹ️

TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750,16 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB

Install OS X Yosemite (disk1) / : 748.93 GB (729.41 GB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 749.30 GB Online


MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8


USB Information: ℹ️

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad


Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus


Gatekeeper: ℹ️

Mac App Store and identified developers


User Launch Agents: ℹ️

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]

[failed] com.lastpass.LastPassHelper.plist [Click for support] [Click for details]


User Login Items: ℹ️

None


Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

nplastpass: Version: 3.1.89 - SDK 10.10 [Click for support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3


Safari Extensions: ℹ️

LastPass


3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

None


Time Machine: ℹ️

Time Machine not configured!


Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

11% CVMCompiler

4% loginwindow

1% sysmond

1% WindowServer

1% Activity Monitor


Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

172 MB Google Chrome

155 MB mds_stores

103 MB Google Chrome Helper

69 MB WindowServer

43 MB Finder


Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

5.59 GB Free RAM

1.72 GB Active RAM

467 MB Inactive RAM

806 MB Wired RAM

1.98 GB Page-ins

0 B Page-outs


Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

Feb 27, 2015, 09:45:32 PM Self test - passed


MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Feb 27, 2015 2:07 PM

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2 replies

Feb 27, 2015 3:43 PM in response to ikbenjel

When you see a beachball cursor or the slowness is especially bad, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.

These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:

☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

☞ In the Finder, select Go Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.

The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select

SYSTEM LOG QUERIES All Messages

from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select

View Show Log List

from the menu bar at the top of the screen.

Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above.

Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first.

Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.

The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.

Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.

Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.

Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

Spinning Beach ball of death

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