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    spinning beach ball application freeze

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by mr__bean, Aug 2, 2009.

  1. mr__bean

    mr__bean Notebook Evangelist

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    I was on mesenger for mac earlier when it froze with the spinning beach ball mouse and i had to force quite the application

    is this a sign of hardware failior some how, or is it just a poorly coded program?

    any feedback would begreatfull as i have never had an application freeze befor in the past 8 years of having macs
     
    mr__bean, Aug 2, 2009
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  2. lixuelai

    lixuelai Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    It is probably not a hardware issue. Try doing a permission check on the hard drive.
     
    lixuelai, Aug 2, 2009
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    mr__bean Notebook Evangelist

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    Just did, this is the first time ive had the problem im hoping it was just a fluke and wont happen again.

    Its just i was reading all horror stories that the spinning beachball and an application freezing can mean the harddrive is on its way out
     
    mr__bean, Aug 2, 2009
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  4. Budding

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    Messenger for Mac, coming from Microsoft, is not the most well written application for the OS X operating system. What happened was probably that it deadlocked itself or threw an uncaught exception and crashed as a result. Nothing to do with your HD, nothing to do with your OS. Just the application being senile.
     
    Budding, Aug 3, 2009
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  5. lixuelai

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    Haha you would think that Safari would not Beachball but it does quite often for me. Just a bit of irony :p
     
    lixuelai, Aug 3, 2009
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    Not to mention iTunes and Quciktime, and especially Xcode. At least they seem to have programmed OS X right.
     
    Budding, Aug 3, 2009
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  7. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    this website can crash Safari super fast.. just send a safari user a private message, and when they get the pop up message saying they have a message... crash! ... unless they turned off notification pop up which I just found the option for... and suggest other Safari users do...
     
    doh123, Aug 3, 2009
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