by John Carroll | May 16, 2021 | Apple Mac Software, Killer Secrets
What Is The Spinning Beach Ball To most of us it’s known as the ‘spinning beach ball’, ‘rainbow pinwheel’, or ‘ferris wheel of death’. Apple simply call it the ‘spinning wait cursor’, a name that’s accurate,...
by John Carroll | Apr 7, 2021 | Apple macOS Hardware, Apple Tips & Tricks
Some Mac Messages You Shouldn’t Ignore The Mac hard drive stores all your videos, photos, documents, etc. As time passes it begins to fill up. When available free space drops below 15 to 20% you’ll start to have speed and usability problems. If you ignore...
by John Carroll | May 5, 2020 | Apple macOS, Apple Mac Software
Why Did My App Disappear From The Dock? It’s very easy to accidentally delete Apps from the Dock. If this happens, don’t worry . . . The App is still on your Mac. You just need to put it back on the Dock. NEED MAC SUPPORT CALL FROM ANY STATE CLICK FOR...
by John Carroll | Dec 12, 2019 | Apple Tips & Tricks, Apple macOS
Escape The Spinning Beach Ball Of Death The Spinning Beach Ball Of Death can mean many things: An App has frozen as the Mac is trying to process too many tasks at the same time. The App is damaged. You have a hardware problem. You are about to die in some bizarre...
by John Carroll | Apr 28, 2014 | Apple Tips & Tricks
Whenever your Mac slows down, crashes frequently, or exhibits erratic behavior a good first step is to Repair Permissions. What Are Permissions? Every file and folder on your hard disk has an associated set of permissions that determines who can read, write to, or...
