OS x mavericks and Corsair Mice and keyboards
I wanna know if Corsair Mice and keyboards are compatible with this OS .
As a searched a bit i found they aren't . but is there any way i can make them work?Are there any tricks to make their macros work in games etc??
Also can anyone tell me the brands that are compatible with Mac OS ( i found that only razer products are compatible ) such as Coolmaster CM series (Dunno if they are compatible ) etc..
Really there is noone from this company who can inform me??I wanna purchase some products and i dont have plenty of time waiting !!! really that *** !! We pay those super expensive products and 0 support. jeez
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I recently updated to the OS X Maverick and the keyboard just stopped functioning after working fine the first day. Pressing any key just produces a ding, but no mark. Pressing the return key produces a black dot as if you were putting in a confidential password. Has anyone had a similar problem and a possible solution? Thanks. mj-t
I am having the same problem and its not on every call, its very hit or miss, but very aggrovating. The screen just goes black and the home key nor the power button on top have any affect. Then the locked screen will show but you can't unlock the phone. I have to let it sit for a minute and then I can push the home button and go on in and the call is finally disconnected.
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Can I still use a regular mice and keyboard with Mountain Lion?
I want to upgrade to mountain lion, but want to know Can I still use a regular mice and keyboard with Mountain Lion?
Thanks for the reply
I wasn't currently using the keyboard and mouse that came with computer and wasn't ready to use those yet, but did want to upgrade to have the latest system for now -
I tried to install maverick and now my keyboard keys F10,F11, 7,8,9 on the number pad don't work on my iMac. How do I resolve this?
It sounds like you may have multiple problems, but none of them are likely to be caused by malware.
First, the internet-related issues may be related to adware or a network compromise. I tend to lean more towards the latter, based on your description of the problem. See:
http://www.adwaremedic.com/kb/baddns.php
http://www.adwaremedic.com/kb/hackedrouter.php
If investigation shows that this is not a network-specific issue, then it's probably adware. See my Adware Removal Guide for help finding and removing it. Note that you mention AdBlock as if it should have prevented this, but it's important to understand that ad blockers do not protect you against adware in any way. Neither would any kind of anti-virus software, which often doesn't detect adware.
As for the other issues, it sounds like you've got some serious corruption. I would be inclined to say it sounds like a failing drive, except it sounds like you just got it replaced. How did you get all your files back after the new drive was installed?
(Fair disclosure: I may receive compensation from links to my sites, TheSafeMac.com and AdwareMedic.com, in the form of buttons allowing for donations. Donations are not required to use my site or software.) -
Mouse and keyboard freezing up in Mavericks. What do I do?
Since switching to Mavericks, while working in Ableton Live, Adobe Premiere and other programs on my 27" 2013 iMac, my mouse cursor will dissappear and keyboard will cease working, except when I push cmd-option-escape. Pushing that brings them both back. Any insight here?
This is exactly my problem as well, c'mon Apple! Also, when I open Ableton I get a "ReWire requires Open Transport" Warning.. Click through, works for 10-20 minutes then the program stalls and the entire system is frozen.
This is incredibly frustrating! The last time apple upgraded the OS they essentially rendered my audio interface obsolete after YEARS of flawless performance, and now this. Can we please get an OS upgrade that doesn't wipe out our system configurations and render our software unusable? How about less hype and more testing. I pay a healthy premium for Apple products because they tend to "just work".
Hard rebooting my laptop every 20 minutes is not "just working"
Late 2011 13" MacBook Pro
2.4 GHz Intel Core i5
16 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 Ram
Running: OS X 10.9 -
Recently upgraded to Mavericks and iMovie '13, and suddenly I'm beach balling like mad?
I upgraded to Mavericks and iMovie '13 recently, and have been working on a video project in iMovie for the last few days. I hadn't been having any issues, but now I'm 'beach-balling' almost constantly, not just in iMovie, but everywhere. Opening a new app (iMovie/Chrome/Safari) will cause beachballs, and sometimes iMovie will fail to launch entirely, appearing as 'Not Responding' in Force Quit. Even using the Finder bar has caused beachballs. I've removed extraneous apps, cleared hard drive space, performed Disk Repair, and am not seeing much improvement. My EtreCheck output is as follows:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.11 (43) - report generated June 12, 2014 at 2:37:47 PM EDT
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: (null)
System Software:
OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 0:48:8
Disk Information:
TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.3 GB (389.64 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Information:
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
[kext loaded] com.logmein.hamachi (1.0) Support
[not loaded] com.tascam.usb2audio.driver (2.0.4) Support
[not loaded] com.tascam.usb2audio.driver_TIGER (2.0.4) Support
Launch Daemons:
[running] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[invalid] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
Launch Agents:
[failed] com.logmein.hamachimb.plist Support
[invalid] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Dropbox
Internet Plug-ins:
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player Support
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
11% iMovie
6% Safari
1% fontd
1% WindowServer
0% hidd
Top Processes by Memory:
408 MB iMovie
179 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
147 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
131 MB Safari
82 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Information:
3.86 GB Free RAM
2.44 GB Active RAM
889 MB Inactive RAM
846 MB Wired RAM
800 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
I have had no software issues with my MacBook prior to this (although I did have water damage that was repaired by Apple). If the problem is an issue with Mavericks/iMovie, I wouldn't be opposed to downgrading back to iMovie '11 or Mountain Lion if that's possible, as long as I can maintain my work on this project. I'm really looking for a 'quick and dirty' fix, as I'm already behind on this video project and need to finish as soon as possible. Thanks!You may find these articles useful:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14176
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6162
Ciao. -
Made big mistake of downloading Mavericks today.
Been struggling with all the FUBARd messes it caused, ALL DAY.
Google basic buttons don't work--can't log out or other basic functions.
Website use is impaired.
It took almost 3 hours to do a basic online order on one of them--at this rate, I'll be out of business soon, and it's seriously impairing Christmas preparations!
Google Voice/Video are screwed up, had to RE-download their voice/video plugin all over again--again.
Voice/video quality is REALLY poor.
Lag times in so many things are bad.
Thought this would download WITH the better writing/bookkeeping programs--NOT!
Mac Maps is piddle compaired with GoogleMaps.
The Email program on the desktop is REALLY hard to use, has few useful functions. It's MAYbe good if one only has ONE email; using it with severeal various email accounts is a serious liability in many ways--like filing, sorting, marking, etc.; no clear way to move email files to an external drive to save, to unload the HD.
HOW can Safari and Mavericks be fixed?
IF not, HOW can I REMOVE Mavericks and get back to Mountain Lion--which was not too great, but certainly more functional than Mavericks!
I NEED my web-based emails to work--NOW...NOT when Mac finally gets around to fixing things sometime later.
I NEED online ordering to work--NOW--not later when Mac finally gets around to fixing things.
PLEASE someone--any help out there? I couldn't even find but a rare hint that Safari 7.0 even exists--much less that anyone admits it's got problems, nor fixes for it.
What to do? Throw the whole unit out? Wipe and reboot? Dumb it back to OS 10? HOW? WHAT?
[freaking out here...]Zak Adelman, LexSchellings,
It's a shiney new computer. Came loaded with Mountain Lion.
Too busy learning to use the blessed thing, to download anything....except...
The only pluggin that had to be loaded, was Google Voice-Video pluggin, while Lion was still it's OS. [AND been using the Safari that came already in it.] Had to do that a couple times--nothing new there--that plug-in had to be re-loaded when using a PC, too--THAT happened even before Google slammed everyone into coerced use of it's Google+.
[I understood from others, that Firefox won't work in Mac units--or I woulda put that in it to see if that solved anything]
This unit seemed a bit sluggish from the git-go, out-of-the-box.
I figured that was probly the local DSL here---rural DSL is...um...our DSL's not something to brag about, but it's the best we can do...
The difference between speed of loading pages, etc. on the new Mac, was --not-- toooo terribly different--though yes, slower on Mac....and chalked it up to my inexperience with Mac.
Been trying to get things up and running for a bit over a month now.
NOT doing very well at it--just barely getting by; rapidly falling behind what needs done [work].
Google worked just --OK-- when OS was Lion, as did the Google voice/video--slower, and voice-video was kinda scratchy or glitchy, but worked enough to --get by--.
Loading Mavericks, ruined that.
VOIP calls via Google talk have bad echio, static, cut-outs; video calling was pixilated or not working; WAS cued to re-load it's Voice-Video plug-in....which seemed to help a bit, though not very well; it only helped the Voice-Video some, not all--figured that was probably Google issues, less than Mac's, since Google has been increasingly dysfunctional as they have twisted it to be a social media-dominant thing.
[[now seeking an email venue that does what Gmail was good at, including the Voice-video calling, that has no intention of turning itself inside out to be "social"]]
Can't sign out of Gmail or Google+, nor use buttons in upper right corner with the drop-down menu.
NO buttons in upper right corner cluster on Gmail work, except the name+ button to toggle over to Google+---which I don't need! [yeah--THAT's a Google problem!]
Can only switch to HTML version by catching that button as the account signs in--if one fails to be fast enough with their fingers, it goes to Google+; can't get to email unless type in mail.google.com.
Managed to catch that button today, and clicked to use HTML "permanently" until these issues get solved.
ALSO:
Have fairly new [about 1 year?] HP bluetooth printer-scanner.
BUT, after Mavericks loaded: it HAS the unit listed, HAS drivers for it, HP unit IS listed as default printer, everything --seems-- "go",
.....except Mac keeps posting it's out of ink, and/or, not hooked up, and/or not turned on--even when it is on.
It's SUPPOSED to be blue-toothing that printer/scanner.
It did it for Lion, before loading Mavericks, even though it was troublesome to get it to work, it at least HAD printed one document when Lion was the OS.
Thank you...Downloaded EtreCheck:
BTW: Trying to copy/paste data from that check list, to this post, was achaic:
had to use Edit, select all, then use edit again to get it pasted--the mouse buttons weren't allowed to copy-paste using right-click functions [is this a relic limited-function "thing" with Mac?, or is it because I wanted to keep using this new wirless, non-Mac mouse?].
Advice?
See below...
Hardware Information: Mac mini (Late 2012) Mac mini - model: Macmini6,1
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores; 8 GB RAM
Additional:
Monitor used = Visio flat screen. [not Mac]
Keyboard = Logitech solar wireless [not Mac]
Mouse = Logitech wireless
Video Information: Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 2 days 19:33:25
Disk Information:
APPLE HDD ST500LM012 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (456.94 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
MediaTek Inc MT1806
Logitech Logitech USB Headset
Logitech USB Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[loaded] com.hp.devicemonitor.plist
[loaded] com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist
User Launch Agents:
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
SpeechSynthesisServer
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player
Internet Plug-ins::
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010
====== npgtpo3dautoplugin: Version: 0.1.44.29 - SDK 10.5 ===[this was in red]=====
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010
Bad Fonts:
None
Old applications:
HP Device Monitor: Version: 2.7.0 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Printers/hp/hpio/HP Device Monitor.app
Time Machine:
=== Time Machine not configured! ===[this was in red]===
Top Processes by CPU:
6% WindowServer
4% Safari
4% SafariDAVClient
2% EtreCheck
0% com.apple.iCloudHelper
Top Processes by Memory:
303 MB Mail
270 MB Safari ======[this is version 7.0 ]======
262 MB mds_stores
147 MB softwareupdated
147 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
Virtual Memory Statistics:
1.77 GB Free RAM
2.85 GB Active RAM
2.36 GB Inactive RAM
1017 MB Wired RAM
4.64 GB Page-ins
111 MB Page-outs -
IMac not recognizing bluetooth nor USB mouse and keyboard
The iMac I use has suffered a pretty annoying problem. I typically use a wireless keyboard and magic mouse with the iMac (I could be wrong, but I believe these both use Bluetooth technology). First, the iMac stopped recognizing these. They kept losing connection last Friday and then suddenly stopped recognizing them at all. Yes, they both have full batteries and blink to show me they are on and searching for the iMac.
Second, I tried using a USB mouse and a USB keyboard to get into the iMac and fix the problem. But neither are recognized by the iMac as well. The mouse is a Dell model that has a red light on the bottom, and it glows red for less than a second when I plug it into the USB port before going dark again and not working. So, I can't get into the iMac to fix the problem.
I've read a few other things on the community boards. I restarted the iMac. I unplugged it completely for several minutes and held down the power button for fifteen seconds while the power was unplugged. I've tried multiple mice and keyboards, all to no effect.
Is the iMac not recognizing the USB keyboard/mouse because it's still searching for the bluetooth versions that it will no longer recognize? Is there a way to fix this without setting up an appointment with the geniuses?
Thanks!I'm having the same problem. It started happening on my Late 2012 model iMac 21.5" after applying the latest update.
What I found was that nothing seemed to work connected directly to the iMac. However, if you attach an externally powered USB hub, then all devices attached to the hub will work. It seems as if the USB ports are still working, but without power.
After I was able to get my USB keyboard to work, I was able to zap the PRAM (hold command-option-P-R while powering on) and then magically everything was back to working again. Unfortunately, this was short lived as the problem has resufaced again for me today, but you could give it a try anyway. -
rying to get Photoshop CS4 functional with Mavericks and an Epson 3880 printer. CS4 fails to send a file to the print queue. Have reinstalled the Epson 3880 driver for Mavericks. All looks good but no file is sent.
Does anyone know how to fix this?What EXACT version of Photoshop CS4 are you running? You should be on Photoshop CS4 v 11.0.2.
Also run Apple's software update to see whether it offers you the latest Epson update:
Printer Driver v9.33
Epson Stylus Pro 3880, Drivers & Downloads - Technical Support - Epson America, Inc.
MOST IMPORTANTLY: have Photoshop re-create its own Preferences:
To re-create the preferences files for Photoshop, start the application while holding down Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS). Then, click Yes to the message, "Delete the Adobe Photoshop Settings file?"
Note: If this process doesn't work for you while you're using a wireless (Bluetooth) keyboard, attach a wired keyboard and retry.
Important: If you re-create the preferences by manually deleting the Adobe Photoshop CS6 Settings file, make sure that you only delete that file. If you delete the entire settings folder, you also delete any unsaved actions or presets.
Reinstalling Photoshop does not remove the preferences file. Before reinstalling Photoshop, re-create your preferences.
NEW Video! Julieanne Kost created a video that takes you through two ways of resetting your Photoshop preferences. The manual preference file removal method is between 0:00 - 5:05. The keyboard shortcut method is between 5:05 - 8:18. The video is located here:
How to Reset Photoshop CS6’s Preferences File | The Complete Picture with Julieanne Kost | Adobe TV
Mac OS
Important: Apple made the user library folder hidden by default with the release of Mac OS X 10.7. If you require access to files in the hidden library folder to perform Adobe-related troubleshooting, see How to access hidden user library files. -
Mac mini loses mouse and keyboard after sleep.
Hi Everyone:
I recently bought my Mom one of the new Mac mini (I'm a PowerBook user myself), and she's running into some puzzling problems which, while minor, are sufficiently annoying as to confuse poor old Mom.
The system egnrally runs fine after you turn it on, until it goes to sleep. After some undefined period in sleep mode, the Mac mini appears to "lose" the USB keyboard and mouse which is plugged into it. If you press a mouse button or a keyboard key a few minutes within the system going to sleep, the system will wake up and both will work. If you wait a longer period of time (say, 20 minutes or longer, although I haven't sat and timed it at all), pressing any key or mouse button does nothing, and you have to wake it from sleep by using the power button. Once awake, the keyboard and mouse do nothing. The only way to get them back is to unplug both of them (the mouse is chained through the keyboard as the other Mac mini USB slot is used by Mom's UPS), and plug them back in so the Mac mini can re-detect them on the bus, after which everything is happy again until the system has been asleep for too long.
Has anyone experienced this? Both the mouse and keyboard are genuine IBM (as in: made by International Business Machines), although are several years old (I bought them when I worked for IBM, and IIRC they were amongst the first models of USB keyboards and mice that IBM offered, if not the first).
In the interm, I've lent Mom my Apple Bluetooth mouse and keyboard, which has (as you would expect) worked flawlessly. This problem may "solve" itself -- I'm hoping to take Mom out later this week to buy her own Apple Bluetooth mouse and keyboard at the Apple Store.
The other problem, however, isn't as easy (or necessarily as cheap) to fix. Again after the system has been asleep for some time, it often (but not always) changing the resolution of the monitor when it wakes up. I have the mini set to use a reasonable 1024*768, but sometimes when it awakes it will suddenly be set to 800*600 or 832*624. Sure, you can change it back, but that's major surgury for Mom (and I'm moving cross-country next week, and won't be able to just "drop by" to fix system problems). The monitor is an Ambra SVGA model (Ambra was a brand-name of inexpensive PCs that IBM sold some years ago), and never had any such problems on her last (Intel-based) system the mini is replacing.
The whole purpose of the Mac mini is to "bring your own" Keyboard, Mouse, and Monitor -- but in our case the keyboard and mouse don't work at all after sleep, and the monitors resolution gets dynamically changed after sleep. Has anyone else encountered this situations, or any solutions? TIA!
Brad BARCLAYHey Jan:
I've seen quite a few posts in this regard with non-Apple mice and keyboard.
Well, the mouse and keyboard are quite old -- it could be that they're having a problem dealing with identifying themselves on the USB bus during sleep, or aren't identifying themselves fast enough at wake time. I'll just have to replace them I guess.
I've never seen a sleep resolution switching problem except on a VGA adapter to DVI connection to an old tube monitor.
Well, this is a pretty vanilla CRT monitor circa about 1999, so yeah -- it could once again be an age issue, and the fact that there is a DVI -> VGA adapter involved in the middle.
For worrying about fixing Mom's Mac, setup her remote VNC software (Apple Remote Desktop Client) and use the free Chicken of the VNC admin program.
I am quite familiar with VNC. As much admin as possible will be done by SSH, but I will have VNC in place before I leave. The big problem is going to be the fact that I'm going to be several timezones (and over 4000 km) away, so I won't necessarily be available at a moments notice to help her with this sort of thing.
The CRT issue we might just have to deal with by having her always run it at 800*600 (I don't think she'd really notice the difference, and as her eyes aren't what they once used to be, the slight size increase may be more confortable for her in the long run) until such time they she can afford to buy a nicer display (I did my duty as a son buying her the Mac mini and an iSight camera -- she has to take care of the rest ).
Yaz. -
Can't complete Windows 7 installation - mouse and keyboard wont work
I'm trying to install Windows 7 on my new iMac and am running in to a problem. I have the comprehensive instructions document printed, and am following it. I've created the partition for Windows using Boot Camp Assistant, I've inserted the Windows CD and selected Start Installation in Boot Camp. The computer restarts and loads up from the Windows CD. All good so far. It loads some Windows files and then the installation options pop up asking me to select language, country etc. Its here that I get stuck, as my iMac's wireless keyboard and magic mouse have stopped responding.
I thought I must have missed something and have reread the instructions, but there's no mention of the iMac's peripherals not working during the Windows installation. What am I to do? I don't have any other USB mice or keyboards to hand if that's the solution.Just a follow up question on this - does the size of the partition have to just be enough for the windows installation itself, or for all programmes you would want to install to run under Windows?
I've set the partition size at 32gb for a windows 7 installation, but im thinking if it has to be big enough for my games collection i'll need to start over the partition 50/50. -
I'd like to advise Apple of an issue. Is the Apple Support Communities the best method?
I have a 2011 circa MacBookPro 2.2 GHz intel i7, Radeon HD 6750M, 4GB RAM. It originally came with Mac)S 10.7 (I believe), after upgrading to MacOS 10.8 I saw a large increase in the number of spinning beach balls (SBB) so much that I was advised to upgrade to MacOS 10.9 Mavericks for better memory management. About 3 weeks ago I had reached a point where the MacOS was sluggish all of the time, in fact it took 15 minutes to start the computer and achieve a functional desktop. It seemed like I was greeted with a SBB of varying lengths for just about every task I selected. On Monday, 24 Feb, I contacted Apple and they advised me to reinstall Mavericks from scratch, that it was possible that the OS updates had left some baggage behind.
Sure enough this fixed the issue for 3 days. My MBP seemed to be back to its old self! However this morning I ran into another hard core spinning beach ball, 15 minutes later without being able to shutdown firefox or tell the MacOS to shutdown, or do anything, I finally pulled the plug and forced a restart. This stall was so horrific, maybe it would have recovered, but I did not have an hour to sit there staring at it. If I am at fault it is for not shutting down my MBP, but putting it to sleep at night. Usually I restart it about once a week or so. I may have to abandon this practice and shut down every night. After the restart every thing seems back to order for now. In the near future I plan on upgrading this hardware to 8GB RAM.
I am not a programmer, but there seems to be something woefully inadequate in the MacOS when it allows itself to reach this state. I understand memory leakage and imagine it would not be that difficult to monitor memory usage and put out a warning that available memory is low and a restart is recommended or hold enough memory in reserve so that there will always be enough control to tell the computer to restart. I'd like to be sure Apple gets this message. Is this the best way, is there another avenue, or should I email/call them directly?
And looking for advice on how avoid SBB in the future. Thanks!Dave,
Sorry to hear of your troubles, I'll try to add my two cents worth.
Feedback to Apple: http://www.apple.com/feedback
Of course, there is the old fashioned letter (physical paper) to the president or some other officer of the company. I'm sure someone will see it. I've found this works well, as it is so rare these days that it gets attention - usually.
Regarding SBB (Spinning Beach Balls) and RAM, I agree with you that 8GB RAM and probably an SSD of some sort are a good starting point or base for decent performance. I've noticed that is usually the set-up on display at the Apple retail stores. FYI: I never or very rarely ever reboot my MacBook and it works well enough. But it does seem slow at times (particularly at boot up and initial opening of applications), yet surprises me at other times with how fast it does some things - once they are opened initially and in RAM somewhere.
I have a MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2012 with 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Intel Video, with OS 10.9.1 (Mavericks). It works well enough with Mavericks and Apple only software, but add Chrome and all bets are off. It will work, but is much slower as Chrome loads lots of stuff right up front. Once everthing is loaded it runs well enough though. I've come to believe that any software not native to the OS is suspect!
I have to add though that for the past month or so, I have moved over to a PC laptop for access to MS Word (touchscreen is okay too) and the MacBook is just sitting there collecting dust. I'm not suggesting you do that - I was just curious and have been a long time user of multiple platforms.
In reading your post, it seems your MBP (MacBook Pro) ran fine for 3 days then suddenly had problems. What happened or was installed in that 3 day period? How did you restore your data? I ask because once I restored from a Time Machine backup to a MBP and had all sorts of problems including bad performance, and sleep issues. The only answer that I came up with was to manually transfer all data and just data (files) into the new OS (after a fresh install). Data was transferred manually using an external HDD. Just a thought.
Of course, your post also mentions that you had SBBs on your first upgrade to 10.8 before Mavericks and in-fact that was the reason for upgrading to Mavericks. I would guess whatever problems you had with 10.8 were just incorporated into Mavericks and magnified. A clean install of whatever OS (not an update) and using only native OS apps at first then slowly adding one at a time non-OS-native apps as needed while keeping an eye on resources via Activity Monitor can be of great help and lots of times identifies many problems - perhaps even with an OS native-app.
How are you doing your install of Mavericks - off the internet, locally? My internet is so slow that I ended up creating a boot/recovery USB 3.0 fast flash drive and that helps tons with the whole process. Here is a one link of many of that process: http://www.macworld.com/article/2056561/how-to-make-a-bootable-mavericks-install -drive.html.
Another issue that slowed down one of my Macs was found in a conflict between iWorks '09 and the new Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. I updated to the newer versions with the older versions still installed and it caused lots of problems including decreased performance. I think the older iWorks included indexing in Spotlight while the newer one did something different, so the HDD was forever indexing and killing the system (unusable!). I really don't know what the actual technical problem was, but I ended up removing the older iWorks and using the newer exclusively. The problem cleared up. I did end up re-installing iWork '09 later but it is not the default program, and I have to specifically request that a Pages document open with it.
You had also mentioned memory leakage in passing. Activity Monitor on your Mac will monitor memory and processes and is a handy tool for checking into that. Watch for non-native OS applications in my opinion. It seems like this might be a real possibility given that you posted how a reboot fixes the problems albeit temporarily.
Have you checked you HDD to ensure that it is clean (e.g. verify permissions, and repair disk). I usually like to run this using Disk Utility from a recovery disk (e.g. USB flash drive) or outside of the OS. I guess you could also run it off the internal partition. Hold Option then press power to boot to boot manager then select recovery partition. - Command + R brings up the same thing but off the internet and can be slow depending on you ISP speed (your laptop may need the firmware update seen below in a hyperlink to do this). I just wanted to make sure the HDD is sound and without corruption.
Here are some more keyboard combos that are handy.
Cmd + Ctrl + power button = force restart
Cmd + Option + P + R (hold all then press Power Button) = clears your PRAM or NVRAM (a good place to start).
Option hold then Power Button = boot manager (to get to recovery another way).
Shift hold then Power Button = safe mode (might try this to see how it responds)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1533 here is the "official" list.
http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_use_os_x_boot_options_troubleshoot_you r_mac here is an older unofficial list with explainations.
Clearing PRAM alone has fixed issues for me in the past.
Firmware: done?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4904 is a firmware update for MacBooks circa 2011 and earlier guessing this has been done or is not necessary.
Hope something in here touches a chord or kicks off a spark to help find your MacBook's problem(s).
Good luck. -
Latency between audio and keyboard commands (10.9 and 10.10)
Apologies for the length of this. Don't pay too much attention to the precise details of my setup, because we're dealing with practically identical systems, where the problem occurs depending on the version of OSX.
I'm on a 2010 Mac Pro, 2.66GHz 12-core, 32GB RAM. Audio via Firewire into a MOTU UltraLite mk1
Basically, I use a program called Transcribe!, which is for analysing music. You can slow down audio files, loop sections, etc, but most importantly it displays a waveform where you can add markers to show where the beats, measures and sections are (for easier navigation). You do this by tapping on the keyboard... B to enter a beat, etc.
In both Mavericks and Yosemite, something is going wrong.
If I simply play the file, the waveform scrolls by smoothly, and I can see that the "current position" indicator is accurately reflecting what I'm hearing (a big peak for a cymbal crash, etc). But if I then start tapping the beats on the keyboard, the waveform starts to scroll jerkily and the beat markers land about 130 milliseconds late... that's pretty disastrous when you're trying to accurately analyse the music.
Obviously a lot of variables, but here's the weird thing. THIS WORKS PERFECTLY IN MOUNTAIN LION (on the same computer). Everything is on the same computer, with the same peripherals. The only difference is the OSX version and the hard drive it's installed on... but I've tried this on two different drives (one SSD, one HDD) and with both 10.9 and 10.10.
(And another weird thing - I can't recreate the problem on my MBPr. It seems to be restricted to 10.9 and 10.10 on this Mac Pro)
I can't see anything meaningful in Console or Activity Monitor, and my basic System Preferences are all the same. The actual processing of audio and video is fine... this seems to be some kind of issue with keyboard control. Any suggestions gratefully received.A couple of little possibilities were bugging me.
Works fine on MBP, but not on Mac Pro... could be a dodgy keyboard? Nope, plugged same keyboard into MBP and it's fine.
Could be an actual fault on this particular Mac Pro, that somehow only manifests itself in Mavericks/Yosemite? Nope, plugged in my older (2008) Mac Pro and the same thing happened. Latency with 10.9 and 10.10, but not on earlier versions of OSX.
Really don't get this! -
Aperture worked in Mavericks and then Stopped working
Updated to maverick and I updated Aperture as well. It all worked for a day or two but after that Aperture has refused to open. I reinstalled it twice with no luck. Does anyone have a recommendation?
This is all it says to me now. :[I have a similar problem. After upgrading to Maverick an updateng Aperture to version 3.5.1 Aperture opens quite well an after some seconds it crashes. Esapcially after pressing the import button.
Here are the first line sof the report:
Date/Time: 2013-12-03 22:07:25 +0100
OS Version: 10.9 (Build 13A603)
Architecture: x86_64
Report Version: 18
Command: Aperture
Path: /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/Aperture
Version: 3.5.1 (3.5.1)
Build Version: 1
Project Name: Aperture
Source Version: 451099000000000
App Item ID: 408981426
App External ID: 107312636
Parent: launchd [195]
PID: 484
Event: hang
Duration: 0.99s
Steps: 10 (100ms sampling interval)
Hardware model: MacPro3,1
Active cpus: 8
Fan speed: 499 rpm
Free pages: 1782531 pages (-1479)
Pageins: 0 pages
Pageouts: 0 pages
Swapins: 0 pages
Swapouts: 0 pages
Process: Aperture [484]
Path: /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/Aperture
Architecture: x86_64
Parent: launchd [195]
UID: 501
Task size: 67713 pages
CPU Time: 0.001s
Thread 0x3313 DispatchQueue 1 priority 56
10 ??? (Aperture + 63076) [0x10eee0664]
10 ??? (Aperture + 64704) [0x10eee0cc0]
10 NSProApplicationMain + 333 (ProKit) [0x110740dca]
10 -[NSApplication run] + 553 (AppKit) [0x7fff893269cc]
10 ??? (Aperture + 4636257) [0x10f33ce61]
10 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 122 (AppKit) [0x7fff893328db]
10 _DPSNextEvent + 1434 (AppKit) [0x7fff8933328e]
10 _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 65 (HIToolbox) [0x7fff8a937abc]
10 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 479 (HIToolbox) [0x7fff8a937cb7]
10 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 226 (HIToolbox) [0x7fff8a937f0d]
10 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 309 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff8acf1275]
10 __CFRunLoopRun + 1636 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff8acf1b14]
10 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_SERVICING_THE_MAIN_DISPATCH_QUEUE__ + 9 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff8ad36839]
10 _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF + 333 (libdispatch.dylib) [0x7fff8f411f03]
10 _dispatch_client_callout + 8 (libdispatch.dylib) [0x7fff8f40a2ad]
10 _dispatch_barrier_sync_f_slow_invoke + 40 (libdispatch.dylib) [0x7fff8f412b70]
10 __79+[RKAudioVideoMgr newThumbnailDataFromVideoForVersion:master:size:isAvchdClip:]_block_invoke + 45 (RedRock) [0x10fc22a40]
10 +[RKAudioVideoMgr quickTimeMovieFromPath:unsupportedCodecs:] + 259 (RedRock) [0x10fc21c7f]
10 -[QTMovie initWithAttributes:error:] + 823 (QTKit) [0x7fff8c4bf64e]
10 -[QTMovie_QuickTime initWithAttributes:error:forParent:] + 834 (QTKit) [0x7fff8c4bfeb0]
10 initWithAttributes + 127 (QTKit) [0x7fff8c4c1a59]
10 mach_msg_trap + 10 (libsystem_kernel.dylib) [0x7fff891e6a1a]
*10 ipc_mqueue_receive_continue + 0 (mach_kernel) [0xffffff80002167c0]
Thread 0x332e DispatchQueue 2 priority 49
10 _dispatch_mgr_thread + 52 (libdispatch.dylib) [0x7fff8f40c152]
10 kevent64 + 10 (libsystem_kernel.dylib) [0x7fff891eb662]
*10 ??? (mach_kernel + 3948480) [0xffffff80005c3fc0]
AND HER THE END OF REPORT:
Model: MacPro3,1, BootROM MP31.006C.B05, 8 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 3 GHz, 10 GB, SMC 1.25f4
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5770, ATI Radeon HD 5770, PCIe, 1024 MB
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x802C, 0x3948544631323837324A5938304545314434
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x802C, 0x3948544631323837324A5938304545314434
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x802C, 0x3948544631323837324A5938304545314434
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x802C, 0x3948544631323837324A5938304545314434
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 3, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 4, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 3, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0000, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 4, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0000, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000
Bluetooth: Version 4.2.0f6 12982, 3 services, 14 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet 2, Ethernet, en1
PCI Card: ATI Radeon HD 5770, Display Controller, Slot-1
PCI Card: ATI Radeon HD 5770, ATY,HoolockParent, Slot-1
PCI Card: pci1033,194, Slot-3
Serial ATA Device: ST1000DM005 HD103SJ, 1 TB
Serial ATA Device: ST3750330AS, 750,16 GB
Serial ATA Device: ST3750330AS, 750,16 GB
Serial ATA Device: ST3750330AS, 750,16 GB
Parallel ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-7170A
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Keyboard Hub
USB Device: Apple Keyboard
USB Device: LaCie d2 DVDRW FW/USB
USB Device: Apple Cinema HD Display
USB Device: USB2.0 Hub
USB Device: USB 2.0 Hub [MTT]
USB Device: USB 2.0 Hub [MTT]
USB Device: USB Device
USB Device: USB2.0-CRW
USB Device: EDIROL UA-25EX
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Apple Cinema HD Display
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Device: built-in_hub, Up to 800 Mb/sec
Thunderbolt Bus:
WHAT CAN I DO TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM?
I deleted all .plists
I recovered the rights
I repared the HDD
WHAT COULD BR THE NEXT STEP?
Best regards, Ekki Makosch -
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