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- Feb 15, 2008
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- Winston-Salem, NC
- Your Mac's Specs
- 10 GB 13" MacBook Pro, 64GB WiFi, 128GB iPhone 7
I've had the "Spinning Beachball" on my 3 year-old MacBookPro practically since I bought it new. I took it to an Apple Genius who ran all kinds of diagnostics in the store while I watched, then said my hard drive connector was bad and replace it while I waited. It continued to have the Spinning Beachball now and then, even when I was running only ONE program or app.
I took it back to the Apple Store and was told then that it needed to be sent to their Service Center in Tennessee, so I left it with them on a Saturday. Four days later they called to say it was back. They said my 250GB hard drive was bad, so they replaced it with a 500GB drive at no charge (AppleCare was in effect then).
I STILL get the Spinning Beachball. I have Sophos and MacScan which I update and run daily and find nothing, and I've run Onyx and Disk Utilities many, many times to no avail.
What in the world can be causing this? It's maddening. I'm not a hard user... the most I do with my MacBookPro is email and WORD documents running the MAC version of WORD 2011.
I will GREATLY appreciate any help you may offer me. My AppleCare has expired and I'm on a fixed income. I just can't afford any expensive service now. Thank you very much in advance for your expertise and help.
I took it back to the Apple Store and was told then that it needed to be sent to their Service Center in Tennessee, so I left it with them on a Saturday. Four days later they called to say it was back. They said my 250GB hard drive was bad, so they replaced it with a 500GB drive at no charge (AppleCare was in effect then).
I STILL get the Spinning Beachball. I have Sophos and MacScan which I update and run daily and find nothing, and I've run Onyx and Disk Utilities many, many times to no avail.
What in the world can be causing this? It's maddening. I'm not a hard user... the most I do with my MacBookPro is email and WORD documents running the MAC version of WORD 2011.
I will GREATLY appreciate any help you may offer me. My AppleCare has expired and I'm on a fixed income. I just can't afford any expensive service now. Thank you very much in advance for your expertise and help.