Always getting the rainbow circle

[cktingley]

When ever im using Adobe illustrator or Adobe Photoshop or Flash or Quark
i get the rainbow processing circle like almost every time i go into a menu or try and change somthing? and it lasts for like a minute. if anyone can help i would be greatfull

 

[Koodauw]

Rainbow Beach Ball OF Death!!!

Stupid frickin Beach Ball....(Shakes fist)

I get it too, but its usually only for about 5-15 seconds. Annoying though.

 

[GovornorPhatt]

The Panther dev tools come with a program called "Spin Controll" to monitor the beach ball and why it's spinning. It also lets you disable it or set when it comes on.

 

[MoparShaha]

When ever im using Adobe illustrator or Adobe Photoshop or Flash or Quark
i get the rainbow processing circle like almost every time i go into a menu or try and change somthing? and it lasts for like a minute. if anyone can help i would be greatfull

What kind of Mac and how much RAM do you have?

 

[cktingley]

I have a new g4 1.25ghz with 512mb ram running osx 10.2.8
it happens the most in Flash and Illustrator.