So when I'm online and the dang rainbow swirley shows up, is Mr. Mac trying to tell me something? Is it some kind of a gay virus or what? Is Jesse Jackson transferring cash into his "rainbow Coalition? "Help" doesn't recognize "multi-colored swirly" as an identifiable anything.
What are you doing when the "rainbow swirly" shows up? It generally means the Mac is busy doing something in that program. It has no effect on other apps that are running.