The spinning wait cursor or spinning disc pointer — where your mouse pointer becomes the rotating color wheel or “spinning beach ball” seen above — generally indicates that your Mac® is engaged in a processor-intensive activity.
Why do I keep getting the wheel of Death on my Mac?
The spinning wheel of death can appear when your Mac is using virtual memory and the storage space is limited. The more physical RAM you have, the less your Mac will need to resort to virtual memory. So installing more RAM can fix the spinning color wheel problem.
