Increasingly we are experiencing the "beachball of doom" while surfing with either browser. The only way to escape is to force-quit the application. Any idea what's going on here? This is an iMac running Snow Leopard and otherwise seems to work fine.
Hangups in Safari and Firefox
- Thread starter bordner
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G'day and welcome to the forums.
How much memory is in your iMac and what speed broadband are you using?
How much memory is in your iMac and what speed broadband are you using?
Hangups in Sagari and Firefox
The iMac has 1 GB of memory. Not sure about broadband speed, but it's Comcast cable. Also have a 250 GB hard drive and a 500GB external hard drive backing up on Time Machine. The issue seems to show up when the external drive is active?? Like maybe when it's backing up?
The iMac has 1 GB of memory. Not sure about broadband speed, but it's Comcast cable. Also have a 250 GB hard drive and a 500GB external hard drive backing up on Time Machine. The issue seems to show up when the external drive is active?? Like maybe when it's backing up?
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If you are downloading and browsing, not a good time to have the external on and backing up, particularly with so little memory. Personally always drag external icon to the trash and disconnect when not in use.
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