Finder Not Responding

[iNeed-Downloads]

Problem
Sometimes when I right click in Finder or on the desktop the colorful spinning wheel pops up and Finder stops responding. I can't recreate the issue, sometimes it happens, other times it does not. I have no idea what's causing it and I have not been able to find any solutions after searching.

 

[powerpcg5]

The beachball of death is sometimes caused by a failing hard drive. Clone your current drive to a brand new drive asap.

 

[iNeed-Downloads]

The beachball of death is sometimes caused by a failing hard drive. Clone your current drive to a brand new drive asap.

I don't think my drive is failing, I use a Samsung 850 EVO SSD. The drive is only about a year old too.

 

[iNeed-Downloads]

The beachball of death is sometimes caused by a failing hard drive. Clone your current drive to a brand new drive asap.

Do you still recommend cloning the drive? And if yes, would I just use Time Machine to do so?

 

[powerpcg5]

I'm just telling you my experience. On my real iMac, had this random beachball occuring, computer very slow, then Finder stops responding... did everything I can, upgrading OSX, adding more RAM, repair disk permissions, and nothing fixed it. Replaced the hard drive and cloned/restored it back, and boom! suddenly everything is okay, fast, and no more beachballs.

 

[iNeed-Downloads]

I'm just telling you my experience. On my real iMac, had this random beachball occuring, computer very slow, then Finder stops responding... did everything I can, upgrading OSX, adding more RAM, repair disk permissions, and nothing fixed it. Replaced the hard drive and cloned/restored it back, and boom! suddenly everything is okay, fast, and no more beachballs.

OK I guess I'll try to reinstall El Capitan on a different drive, here we go again.