After my upgrade to Monterey 12.7.1 my 2015 macbook pro keeps freezing

mwvl Said:

"After my upgrade to Monterey 12.7.1 my 2015 macbook pro keeps freezing with the spinning wheel of death replacing the pointer icon. I have to shut down the computer to get it back up and running. Is there anything I can do to fix this?"

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About Twirling Ball:

When this occurs, your Mac's lost of processes are occurring in the background. So, perform the following...

Troubleshooting Lagging Mac:

A. Try Safe Mode:

In Safe Mode, login items do not run, and corrupt system files(i.e. caches) are intentionally reset as a way to fix issues

1. Boot: in to Safe Mode: [Hold Down: shift key upon boot].
2. Log in: as same user
3. Wait: 30 seconds
4. Restart; your Mac
5. Log in: as same user

B. See if your Hard drive is Failing:

What to Try:

• Verify your Drive: Repair your Disk in Disk Utility - Apple Support
• Go Here: If your Mac Starts Up to an Apple Logo or Progress Bar - Apple Support
• Perform the following in Recovery Mode:

1. Boot: into Recovery Mode. Go Here:  How to Use Safe Mode on your Mac- Apple Support
2. Select: Disk Utility
3. Select: the Drive
4. Click: First Aid button

C. Remove Login Items:

While in Safe Mode, remove all of your Login Items, and then restart the Mac.  Go Here: Change Users & Groups Login Items Preferences on Mac - Apple Support

D. RAM Consumption being the Culprit::

As for the beachball, it is telling you that an application or file or sorts is at work. Likely. this app is consuming lost of RAM. So, view the Activity Monitor, seeing what is consuming the most of it, and close whatever it may be. More on Activity Monitor: Activity Monitor User Guide - Apple Support.  See my reply to this post: News Streaming Sites Consuming Lots of RAM ( >4GB) - User Tip

Continued from my previous reply.

mwvl Said:

"[...]In you instructions to help me you say in Option B - That I should check to see if my hard drive is failing. But to do it, you say I should startup my computer in "recovery mode". I don't know how to do that. Could you tell me how I startup my laptop in "recovery mode"?"

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Recovery Mode:

A. How to Boot in Recovery Mode:

It's a matter of holding down keys and buttons. And as for determine which keys and button to hold dow, that al all depends on your processor type.

• Intel-Based Mac: Use macOS Recovery on an Intel-Based Mac - Apple Support
• Silicon-Based Mac: Use macOS Recovery on a Mac with Apple Silicon - Apple Support

B. How to Find your Processor-Type:

If it is Intel, it will say "Intel". If it is Silicon, the name will have either of these three: "M1", "M2", OR, "M3"

1. Click: Apple menu (top-left corner, by default)
2. Select: About This Mac
3. View: Chip

mwvl Said:

"Unfortunately, now after startup I get the computer to trun on but the computer doesn't connect to the internal speakers. When I click on the sound icon on the top right of the screen, it say no internal speakers found. I'm getting the idea that it is time for me to buy a new macbook pro.[...]"

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Troubleshooting Internal Speakers:

A. Is there a Speaker Even Seen?:

To Find Out:

1. Go to: Apple menu
2. Select: About this Mac
3. Click: System Report... button
4. View: Hardware on left-column
5. Click: Audio
6. Verify: MacBook Pro Speakers is seen

If not Seen...

Either:

• (A.) it is a hardware error

or

• (B.) the drivers when missing (somehow)

So, Where to go from here...

So, rather than spending a whole boat load on getting new Mac, see if you can get the drivers reinstalled by reinstalling the macOS(backing up first).

How to Reinstall the macOS:

Nothing would be lost. It's just that misplaced items would be placed back to where they should be and corrupt system files would be replaced by clean files. Go Here: Reinstall macOS - Apple Support. Use the third bulleted method: [command + r].  Important: Prior to installing an update or performing a reinstallation, to prevent data loss, be sure to Back up your Mac with Time Machine.

Continue to my following reply.

I have this problem too. So your’e asking about the spinning wheel of death on your mac book pro 2015. I will tell you how to fix it. On your keyboard press command-option-esc. Select an app and press force quit. If it doesn’t work, clear background apps. Thanks, watootree

You are most welcome. Any success?

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Cheers