Hi Guys,
I did a quick search on this and didn't find anything so I hope this isn't a repeat of a topic already covered.
I have an early 2009 edition MacBook Pro, which came loaded with Leopard, the computer was running great! When Snow Leopard came out I upgraded my OS by doing a clean install on my computer, as far as I could tell the computer was still running great. Let's fast forward to around March or April, for some reason in Safari, now I get the spinning wheel of death, and it takes nearly 15-20 mins for me just to be able to go into Finder and kill Safari, and even then, it doesn't allow me to do that all the time.
I did a search on the web to find out what was going on, and apparently many people have had this issue once Safari went through it's latest update, in most cases the following steps were taken:
1. Clear browser cache and cookies
2. Clear P-ram
3. Create another user and see if the same issues are occuring
I've done all steps, and still have the same problem. In fact, I started using the new user account I created, and Safari has now started doing the same thing again with the wheel of death in the new account.
The only thing that seems to work, is an all out replacement of the hard drive. I'm out of warranty, and cannot extend using Applecare, I don't have a problem replacing the drive, but only if it's neccessary? Does anyone here have any experience with this?
Thanks!
I did a quick search on this and didn't find anything so I hope this isn't a repeat of a topic already covered.
I have an early 2009 edition MacBook Pro, which came loaded with Leopard, the computer was running great! When Snow Leopard came out I upgraded my OS by doing a clean install on my computer, as far as I could tell the computer was still running great. Let's fast forward to around March or April, for some reason in Safari, now I get the spinning wheel of death, and it takes nearly 15-20 mins for me just to be able to go into Finder and kill Safari, and even then, it doesn't allow me to do that all the time.
I did a search on the web to find out what was going on, and apparently many people have had this issue once Safari went through it's latest update, in most cases the following steps were taken:
1. Clear browser cache and cookies
2. Clear P-ram
3. Create another user and see if the same issues are occuring
I've done all steps, and still have the same problem. In fact, I started using the new user account I created, and Safari has now started doing the same thing again with the wheel of death in the new account.
The only thing that seems to work, is an all out replacement of the hard drive. I'm out of warranty, and cannot extend using Applecare, I don't have a problem replacing the drive, but only if it's neccessary? Does anyone here have any experience with this?
Thanks!