beachball when I try to open a file

rosh1182 · rosh1182 #1 (**permalink**)

05-21-2007, 02:30 PM

I get a spinning beachball when I try to open files in various applications. For example, I tried opening up a php file that contained an audio stream in VLC (which I have done plenty of times before), and, once I select the file, the open dialog stays on top and I have a spinning beachball. The same is true in TextEdit when I try to open an rtf file. Again, the beachball only occurs once the file is clicked (selected) (but before pressing "open").

Any ideas?

rosh1182 · rosh1182 #2 (**permalink**)

05-21-2007, 03:16 PM

As an update, I restarted the Mac without an attached USB drive that wasn't being detected by the Mac. It seems that things are fixed when I do that.

MacHeadCase · MacHeadCase #3 (**permalink**)

05-21-2007, 04:18 PM

Glad you got that sorted. And welcome to Mac-forums, rosh1182. It's highly possible that the undetected drive was slowing the system down.

What kind of USB drive would that be?

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #4 (**permalink**)

05-21-2007, 04:23 PM

Yes, what Brand/Size is this USB drive? How is it formatted?

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Member Since: Jan 04, 2005 Location: Modesto, Ca. Posts: 25,771 Mac Specs: iMac C2D Late 2007 20" with 10.8.3, Macbook Santa Rosa 4GB Ram OSX 10.8.3	05-21-2007, 04:23 PM Yes, what Brand/Size is this USB drive? How is it formatted? ...Dennis Mac-Forums Community Guidelines
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rosh1182 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 21, 2007 Posts: 7	05-21-2007, 02:30 PM I get a spinning beachball when I try to open files in various applications. For example, I tried opening up a php file that contained an audio stream in VLC (which I have done plenty of times before), and, once I select the file, the open dialog stays on top and I have a spinning beachball. The same is true in TextEdit when I try to open an rtf file. Again, the beachball only occurs once the file is clicked (selected) (but before pressing "open"). Any ideas?
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rosh1182 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: May 21, 2007 Posts: 7	05-21-2007, 03:16 PM As an update, I restarted the Mac without an attached USB drive that wasn't being detected by the Mac. It seems that things are fixed when I do that.
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