

Your hard drive is made up of spinning platters that are located on a spindle. The beach ball showing up a lot on your Mac can happen for a few different reasons, but it could also be a sign that your computer's hard drive is having a hard time reading the portion of the hard drive that your application/data is stored on.

That being said, we will go over a few signs of what it looks like when a hard drive is close to needing replacement and what the best options are for getting your Mac back up and running! Signs of a Bad Hard Drive One question we get a lot here at CityMac is "how do I know if my hard drive is going bad and when does it need to be replaced?" Hard drive replacements are probably the most common computer repair and it is often the most important because the hard drive is where all of your personal information is stored.
