Why does my computer have the rainbow circle?

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.

Why do I get the spinning rainbow wheel?

The spinning rainbow wheel is a common macOS wait cursor. This wheel comes up when an application that you’re running doesn’t respond for a few moments.

Why is my Mac stuck on the spinning wheel?

A spinning wheel generally means macOS has detected a problem in a specific app. The good news is it also means your entire system (including the OS) hasn’t crashed. In fact, a spinning wheel doesn’t necessarily mean anything has crashed (yet).

How do I get rid of the spinning beachball on my Mac?

Force Quit The App That Has Frozen If only one App is having a problem, go to the Apple Menu in the top left-hand corner and choose Force Quit… Select the App that’s causing problems and click ‘Force Quit’. The good news is that you can now safely save any work you have open.