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How to Stop the Spinning Color Wheel on a MAC without losing Work or Data

Hello friends, Today I will tell you a method on how to stop the spinning color wheel on a Mac. Users can disable the Spinning Wheel from their MacOS. You will not even lose any data while you stop the sipping color wheel. Users can altogether disable this wheel from their Mac.

Sometimes it happens with us that the rainbow-colored circle on the Mac screen become our worst nightmare ever. But, if we are lucky, then it gets disappear within seconds. Where in the worst case, it does not go automatically. Most of the MAC users don’t know about how to stop the Spinning Color Wheel on a MAC. That is why they feel frustrated in that situation. But, trust me, there is a way to solve this issue very quickly.

What is the Spinning Color Wheel?

The Spinning Color Wheel of Mac is also known as the Spinning Beach Ball of Death or SBBOD. It is an initial system indicator. It is also known as the Spinning Wait Cursor as well. Generally, the Spinning Color Wheel indicated that your Mac PC could not handle too much task, which is running simultaneously. That is why the Spinning Color Wheel appears and do not disappear until the programs are not handled well by the system. It usually takes up to four seconds to get disappear but if it does not then you should fix it.

Read more: How to Add Contacts on MacOS

How to Stop the Spinning Color Wheel on a MAC

If you want to learn how to stop the Spinning Color Wheel on a MAC then definitely it is the perfect place for you. There can be infinite ways that why the spinning wheel did appear on your Mac screen. Some encountered reasons can be faulty hardware, insufficient RAM, stand-alone issue, and many more. You guys will shock by listening that some of the Mac users need to purchase a new Mac because of this nominal issue. So, yes it is a kind of tiny issue, but it can also become a significant issue as well. Let’s have a look at the method to fix it.

  1. On your Mac PC, click on the Apple icon which is at the top left side on the screen.
  2. Now, choose the Force Quit option from the list.
  3. Alternatively, you can click cmd+alt+esc simultaneously.
  4. After that, select the app which is not responding.
  5. Lastly, click on the Force Quit button.

Read more: How to Use Dark Mode in MacOS Mojave

MAC Rainbow Wheel Won’t Stop Spinning

As I said earlier if the MAC rainbow wheel won’t stop spinning then it is a big issue for you. If you have tried the method which is told in the earlier section of the article then definitely it is a big issue for you. The last thing what you can do to solve it is that take it to the Apple Service Center where the Apple Customer Care team will help you with that. Do not do anything else otherwise anything wrong can happen and the responsible person for that will be you and you only.

Conclusion

We have learned how to stop the Spinning Color Wheel on a MAC. This is how you can stop the Spinning Color Wheel on a MAC PC. There is no other way to end the Spinning Color Wheel on a MAC. But, yes you can take your Mac PC or laptop to the Apple Service Center for more clearance. I hope now you have solved this issue from your Mac PC. If this article helped you then do share it with your friends or colleagues who are having the same issue.

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Ekaant Puri

I love to write about the latest technology. My work is to write on HowTo, Top 10 and tech solving topics.

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