HT3159: Mac OS X: Relaunching an application after it unexpectedly quits

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hammonsjw
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Q: Why do I get a round colored wheel

Why do I get a round color wheel- like the computer is thinking

MacBook Pro, iOS 8.2

Posted on Mar 20, 2015 3:43 PM

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Q: Why do I get a round colored wheel

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  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Mar 21, 2015 11:17 AM in response to hammonsjw
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    Mar 21, 2015 11:17 AM in response to hammonsjw

    That's just about right, it is having trouble doing something.

     

    Open Activity Monitor, Show:>All Processes, sort on CPU%, see if anything using too much CPU% when this happens, click on Memory tab, do you have many Pageouts?

     

    How much free RAM & free Disk space do you have also, click on the Memory & Disk Usage Tabs.

     

    Open Console in Applications>Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages when this happens.

     

    Click on the top line we want, Shift plus click on the bottom line we want, CMD+c to copy, then paste the text in a reply with CMD+v

    A few dozen lines should be about right, hundreds or thousands won't likely be readable.