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Question: My mac laptop keeps freezing...?

(Posted by: on 2010-03-10 17:37:55)

I have a mac laptop and when i log in and go on the internet, it will freeze and give me the spinny rainbow sign. It's been taking forever to find the internet in the first place. Sometimes "Force Quit " won't even work and I have to restart the entire computer. What could be causing this, and more importantly, how can i fix it?

Posted by: Dotenark on 2010-03-10, 17:39:45

It's made by Steve Jobs, so what do you expect?

Posted by: J@son on 2010-03-10, 17:42:02

Lol,Dotenark,+ 1. So much for the "macs can't get viruses ", eh?

Posted by: king nazz on 2010-03-10, 17:43:59

Haha exactly buy a PC. you wont have that problem with Windows 7

Posted by: Tony on 2010-03-10, 17:44:03

Take it to the apple store all personal computers(PCs) will have problems

Posted by: Bruce on 2010-03-10, 17:50:24

Are you accessing the internet via Airport? If yes, do you have good signal strength? How much memory (ram) do you have? Open System Profiler and check if your computer is recognizing all of the memory in your computer. If System Profiler says you have less memory than you know is installed, it's possible a memory stick has worked loose or failed. Start up your Macbook with the system disk and run Disk Utility and verify the disk. If Disk Utility finds a problem, click Repair to fix the problems. After the disk is repaired, verify the disk again to be sure all disk problems are fixed. It's possible you will need to repair the disk more than once. You may have a background process running that is using up all of the processor power. Try starting up in Safe Mode and see if you still have the problem. If not, you may have some program running at start-up that you can remove to improve performance.

Posted by: Silverbug on 2010-03-10, 17:52:10

Unfortunately that's one main problem with macs, there is no error window to give you a place to begin troubleshooting, it just won't work. After working on pc's/ macs for years, ill take a pc any day. Esp. With windows 7. Best os I've ever worked with. I have to say, apple store or call apple support.