My Early 2011 MacBook Pro 13" is having a problem

[universitykid]

So I'm new to this forum as a poster but I have been visiting the site daily for about 2 years. I have an early 2011 MacBook Pro 13" 2.7 GHz i7 4g RAM and as of an hour ago my computer has suddenly decided to act as though it had a virus. I know it's not a virus but let me explain.

I was attempting to watch a soccer game online and Safari starting getting slow and giving me the beach ball. Suddenly, everything froze and I had to force shut down my computer. When I tried to turn it back on the white screen with the apple logo and the loading dial seemed to be on the screen for around 7 minutes before the screen turned simply white. A minute later, the screen loaded completely. But for every move of the mouse or click of an icon or opening of an application or basically anything at all, the computer will freeze and give me the beach ball for as long as a couple minutes until I can do just a little bit more to get to my destination.

I seriously have no idea what could be wrong with it. Also, my laptop is pretty essential to me since I'm at college write now.

 

[heisenberg123]

could be a RAM issue you can use this guide to test your RAM

MemTest

 

[universitykid]

At this point, my computer is stuck on the beach ball and it seems like it won't stop. I think I'll just have to take it to my nearest apple store. I'm actually posting this on my friend's laptop.

 

[Lunfai]

At this point, my computer is stuck on the beach ball and it seems like it won't stop. I think I'll just have to take it to my nearest apple store. I'm actually posting this on my friend's laptop.

Try starting in safe boot

To start up into Safe Mode (to Safe Boot), do this:

Be sure your Mac is shut down.
Press the power button.
Immediately after you hear the startup tone, hold the Shift key. The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the startup tone, but not before the tone.
Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple icon and the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear).

 

[/user/me]

So I'm new to this forum as a poster but I have been visiting the site daily for about 2 years. I have an early 2011 MacBook Pro 13" 2.7 GHz i7 4g RAM and as of an hour ago my computer has suddenly decided to act as though it had a virus. I know it's not a virus but let me explain.

I was attempting to watch a soccer game online and Safari starting getting slow and giving me the beach ball. Suddenly, everything froze and I had to force shut down my computer. When I tried to turn it back on the white screen with the apple logo and the loading dial seemed to be on the screen for around 7 minutes before the screen turned simply white. A minute later, the screen loaded completely. But for every move of the mouse or click of an icon or opening of an application or basically anything at all, the computer will freeze and give me the beach ball for as long as a couple minutes until I can do just a little bit more to get to my destination.

I seriously have no idea what could be wrong with it. Also, my laptop is pretty essential to me since I'm at college write now.

It sounds like it could also be a possible issue with your hard drive. I'd bring it into apple to see what they can do for you

 

[universitykid]

So after forcing a shut down again, I attempted to boot into safe mode. Unfortunately, I had to go to class while it was turning on (it was still taking extremely long). When I returned about 5 hours later, the computer was off. I turned it on and it started up with no issues. The speed it originally had is back. The catch is, whenever I attempt to use safari, the same slowdown occurs. Again, I have no idea why this is happening. I think I may take it to the apple store tomorrow to see if they can resolve the issue.

 

[user418]

So after forcing a shut down again, I attempted to boot into safe mode. Unfortunately, I had to go to class while it was turning on (it was still taking extremely long). When I returned about 5 hours later, the computer was off. I turned it on and it started up with no issues. The speed it originally had is back. The catch is, whenever I attempt to use safari, the same slowdown occurs. Again, I have no idea why this is happening. I think I may take it to the apple store tomorrow to see if they can resolve the issue.

Thought maybe you needed to select your startup disc under system preferences but the Safari issue has me stumped. Did you try emptying the Safari cache and resetting the browser?

Is so, the Apple store is your best bet at this point. Hope it's still under warranty. Good luck.

 

[universitykid]

Took it to the apple store and they saw me right away. Ran a couple tests and they think it's hard drive failure. They'll give me a call in 3-5 days with my new hard drive covered under warranty installed. Good thing I have a back up of everything!