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and123w

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Mar 8, 2013
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Ok so I noticed a few days ago that while using my macbook things were starting to slow down and once in a while the beachball of death would show up... I thought nothing of it and went on with my usage as it wasn't that big of an issue.

When I finally shut down my computer and went to turn it back on later that day it wouldn't boot up.. I tried many times to re boot it with no success and finally left it and took a nap. When I awoke it was on (thank god) but now the beachball is a consistant problem. I can hardly use the laptop, music doesn't work, internet takes forever to load, basically anything I do the beachball is there for the party. I looked up my system functions and my CPU usage was generally anywhere from 80-99% consistantly even though there were no programs using that much %.

I have no clue what to do or how to fix it and I don't wanna completely reinstall unless its the last option as I have tons of files on the computer I can't bare to lose...

I went into the utilities console and copied some of the error reports so maybe someone here can help me diagnose the problem and come up with a solution..

I'll just copy a few of the console reports because its a lot of repeating and a massive wall of text no one wants to read..

13-03-06 11:28:16 PM [0x0-0x17017].com.google.Chrome[297] [297:-1188716544:0306/232816:ERROR:error_delegate_util.h(27)] sqlite error 266, errno 5: disk I/O error

13-03-06 11:28:16 PM [0x0-0x17017].com.google.Chrome[297] [297:-1188716544:0306/232816:ERROR:error_delegate_util.h(27)] sqlite error 1, errno 5: SQL logic error or missing database

13-03-06 10:56:41 PM Google Chrome[297] Cannot find function pointer pluginFactory for factory 053918F4-2869-11D7-A671-000A27E2DB90 in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0x1b88d660 </Users/mac/Library/Contextual Menu Items/ToastIt.plugin> (not loaded)

13-03-07 6:37:16 AM [0x0-0x17017].com.google.Chrome[297] [297:-1180319744:0307/063716:ERROR:download_updates_command.cc(129)] PostClientToServerMessage() failed during GetUpdates


From what I can tell from the console it seems as though its a problem with chrome but the thing is nothing is really working and the beachball is consistantly making it so I can't use my computer...


Something to take into consideration..

I AM using the laptop right now on BOOTCAMP with absolutely no problems at all this side of the computer is working just fine no problems what so ever... I really know nothing about Mac's so if someone could give me some insight it would be a massive help.

I'm from Canada but just recently moved to China and every Apple "store" I go to simply wants me to give them money to solve the problem but I honestly don't trust them they just seem like they want me to give them money without knowing a solution... Language barrier is a pain in the ass too as my Mandarin is very minimal.

Thanks so much for your help in advance I really appreciate it this has been such a headache
 
In Activity Monitor, change the top option from "My Processes" to "All Processes" - it will tell you what's causing it.
 
The mac side won't even boot up anymore.. :mad: Gahhh what do I do!!
 
Try to boot with installation disk, go to disk utility menu and do verify the disk. From the error, it seems disk problem.
 
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