New Air and Spinning Beach Ball?

[Mac Mark]

Hi,

Long time MacBook user, just switched to the 2019 MacBook Air, 8 gig RAM. I've had not one, but two new MacBook Airs exhibit the same behavior - the dreaded spinning beach ball.

My Air is a clean install, lots of SSD remaining, basic email open, YouTube, a couple websites and I'm surprised how it apparently struggles to handle this basic stuff.

I had an earlier Air, as well as the 12" MacBook, and neither struggled as much as the 2019 Air seems to.

I'm reviewing a couple articles on the spinning beach ball but wanted to vet the forum and see if any users are experiencing this and/or is it time to simply get the Pro? Did they drop the Air price as well as the performance? Yikes...

Let me know your thoughts, thanks.

 

[topcat001]

I wonder if it's the usual indexing activity. I'd leave it on overnight for a couple of nights, plugged in and sleep disabled. Also, did you migrate any data from an older system?

 

[auxbuss]

It's not normal. What do the logs say? What does Activity Monitor tell you?

 

[Mac Mark]

Thanks for your replies, good ideas. It is a clean install but I have everything (well, not a lot) in iCloud.

Maybe it's indexing and/or doing some movement from Cloud to Air.

I'll try leaving it on as well as checking logs and report back later, gotta now watch some bowl games...

Thanks, Mark

 

[rdavis41]

I had the same issue occur when I set mine up. I let it stay on over night and it seems to have gone away. I found it was the system catching up with my Apple Music, OneDrive, and iCloud accounts. Works pretty good now.

 

[Mac Mark]

Your ideas seemed to work, it's running smoother now, thanks!