Spinning Beachball doing Basic Tasks

[p3ntyne]

Hi Guys,

Just after a hard drive swap recently (to SSD), I started experiencing spinning beach balls while doing basic tasks like opening quicktime, system preferences etc. I was told that it may be due to cloning the drive, so I erased it and started fresh however I am still getting the problem...

Just in case it helps, I have a :

MacBook Pro 9,2
2.5Ghz i5
8 Gb's RAM
60 Gb SSD (P.s. I know the ssd is running fine/at full speed.)

Thank you

 

[simonsi]

How much free space on the SSD do you have?

 

[p3ntyne]

How much free space on the SSD do you have?

I have 40.72 Gb Free so that shouldn't be a problem.

 

[simonsi]

Hmmm - which SSD have you used? (brand/model)

 

[p3ntyne]

Hmmm - which SSD have you used? (brand/model)

It is an OWC Mercury Electra 6G.

 

[niteflyr]

Try SMC reset.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

 

[Millionaire2K]

How long is spin for? are you waiting? Or is it random flashes?

 

[p3ntyne]

Try SMC reset.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

OK, just did it. I'll see how it goes!

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How long is spin for? are you waiting? Or is it random flashes?

No, it spins from a split second to one second at a time however, it remains fully responsive.

 

[Redskinsfan10]

Keep us posted to see if the SMC reset helped.

 

[p3ntyne]

Hmm... It stopped for a little while but it is starting to come back now - perhaps less frequently than before.

 

[MCAsan]

And when you contacted OWC for support, what did they say?

 

[robeddie]

Boot from a FireWire drive that contains disk warrior.

Then run DiskWarrior. Let's know if that works.

http://www.macworld.com/article/2097432/bugs-and-fixes-diskwarrior-to-the-rescue.html

 

[KUguardgrl13]

Which version of OS X? There is a known issue with 10.9.0 that was corrected in 10.9.1.

 

[p3ntyne]

And when you contacted OWC for support, what did they say?

Well, I am almost in an opposite time zone than them so I haven't been able to contact them yet. I'll try and wake up early and talk to them sometime this week though

Boot from a FireWire drive that contains disk warrior.

Then run DiskWarrior. Let's know if that works.

http://www.macworld.com/article/2097432/bugs-and-fixes-diskwarrior-to-the-rescue.html

Well, I don't currently have any other drives that I can use atm. I don't think it is a bad drive or anything though as it is getting advertised read speeds (almost advertised write.)

If I can get one though, I will.

Which version of OS X? There is a known issue with 10.9.0 that was corrected in 10.9.1.

I'm running OS X 10.9.1