Sounds like a finder preferences problem... Is only finder windows and folders causing trouble with the spinning ball/ cursor? try moving this file to the trash... com.apple.finder.plist Located at: /Users/YourName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist Daniel J. Brieck Jr. On Dec 15, 2005, at 2:25 PM, Gregg Mastorakos wrote: > I have a g4 dual 450 runnning 10.2.6 > Any action such as moving a window or opening a folder results in > the spinning ball for 4-5 minutes. I have no problem running > photoshop and/or other programs at full speed. Any ideas? > Thanks, > Gregg