> > I've noticed an increase in the 'spinning beachball' lately, since > about a week after upgrading to 10.2.4. It seems that the first > 'mouse-down' after launching most apps, is hesitant. [meaning that > the Finder or whatever system routine governs these things] is > 'stuck' somehow, on the initial mouse-down, but then reverts to the > usual 'snappy' [for Aqua] feel, after the initial mouse-down. > > The hesitation on mouse-downs is also very pronounced when i > right-click a word to spell-check, in Eudora, something that was a > non-issue prior to the recent 10.2.4 upgrade. I haven't noticed any > other complaints/mentions of this, which, again, leads me to question > my, er, 'experience'. Sorry. Sounds like it's time for a restart.