What is the Mac spinning wheel? This rainbow-colored spinning wheel appears whenever an app on your Mac needs more time to perform a particular task and becomes unresponsive while doing it. Each app on your Mac has what’s known as a window server, a system process that helps an app communicate with your screen.
What do you do with the Mac color wheel?
To stop the spinning wheel on Mac, Force Quit the application that’s causing it or force restart your computer. You can also stop the spinning wheel by closing background apps you’re not using. If all else fails, you might need to contact Apple support for a fix.
What is the round color wheel on a Mac?
What Is the Spinning Wheel of Death on a Mac? That rainbow spinning wheel (whatever you might call it) is a common macOS wait cursor. It’s triggered when an application doesn’t respond for a few seconds and signals that you should wait before giving the app more instructions.
