I am suddenly getting the spinning wheel on my iMac all of the time. It happens when I go on my email and on the internet or click on something I have saved. I have not made any changes to my computer and have done nothing other than the updates from Apple. It started a week ago. How do I fix it?
Thank you
macOS Sierra (10.12.2)
Start up in safe mode
To start up in safe mode:
- Start or restart your Mac, then immediately press and hold the Shift key. The Apple logo appears on your display. If you don't see the Apple logo, learn what to do.
- Release the Shift key when you see the login window. If your startup disk is encrypted with FileVault, you might be asked to log in twice: once to unlock the startup disk, and again to log in to the Finder.
To leave safe mode, restart your Mac without pressing any keys during startup.
If an issue doesn't happen in safe mode
If an issue doesn't happen when your Mac is started in safe mode, try restarting without pressing any keys.
- If the issue comes back, you might have incompatible login items.
- If the issue doesn't come back, it was probably caused by a cache or directory issue with your startup disk, which safe mode fixed.
Use safe mode to isolate issues with your Mac
Hi,
I didn't get the spinning wheel in safe mode, but when I logged back in regular it came back, but now only spins for a few seconds. I went to Apple-preferences and log in and the only thing in the log in box os my WD Back-up and that has been there for months.
suddenly getting spinning wheel all of the time
