<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On May 7, 2007, at 11:35 AM, Ralph wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I have a "dome base" iMac that's developed a bad case of beach balls. The cursor appears most often when I choose Print... from almost any application. It also often comes up when I choose File > Open... In addition, the machine seems sluggish generally.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>Have you run the chron programs lately to take care of the housecleaning? Check out Onyx via google.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Many times, a slowdown is the result of cache files being too full. That is another area for concern.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Do you have a hub connected between the Mac and the printer? Sometimes, a hub can cause slowdowns, too.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Check your settings under the printer preferences. Maybe you have something active that is slowing down your printing functions.</DIV></BODY></HTML>