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.
How do I get rid of beach ball on Mac?
If your entire Mac is frozen up, you can force it to shut down. You can force a shut down by holding down the power button for about 10 seconds, or by simultaneously pressing Control + Option + Command + Power, or Control + Option + Command + Eject.
Why is the colored ball spinning on my Mac?
Spinning Ball: What It Means When you see the spinning colored beach ball, it means the Mac is slowing down due to low resources, such as memory, hard drive or processing power. It’s telling you to wait while the computer chugs through its work. Sometimes, it means the app is “frozen” and unable to continue.
