10.6.8 works great on our mid 2010 MBP's I have a OCZ Vertez 2 in mine the other is stock. No noticeable difference in performance.
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10.6.8 slowness
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Well after 2 weeks of this 10.6.8 mess I have to take my iMac in. It is unusable and Apple verified with me that 10.6.8 is a mess.
I cant even get 10.6.7 working right after a complete wipe of the drive. Something is amiss, and it is not good.
The first time I have ever seen an update toast my Mac. So much for time machine.
Fwiw, they did tell me there is a 10.6.7 disk that shops are using to do the repair. So I will report back after my appt tomorrow eve.
I cant even get 10.6.7 working right after a complete wipe of the drive. Something is amiss, and it is not good.
The first time I have ever seen an update toast my Mac. So much for time machine.
Fwiw, they did tell me there is a 10.6.7 disk that shops are using to do the repair. So I will report back after my appt tomorrow eve.
I'm having an eerily similar issue, but I want to know if others are having the same symptoms, as 10.6.8 also happened near the time I went to an SSD* and also bumped my '08 Alum. Macbook to 8GB RAM. (right after hearing it was feasible) Since I have 2-3 issue sources beyond the update which are possible, I just want a bit more information before going into things that are more complicated.
The issues I'm having have the following additional signs:
Right now, I'm assuming it's something in my home folder, so I'm working on getting it small enough to cram into my SSD, so I can reformat + rebuild my home folder, or possibly run some stronger drive diagnostics on the HDD.
* I map my home folder to the spindown drive that was my main drive, and took over my DVD slot, so I run 2 drives in my machine.
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EDIT: Sorry, I found the solution to mine, and it looks like it's a localized issue; .DS_Store on my desktop (and a couple other locations) was corrupted.
The issues I'm having have the following additional signs:
- The occasions where the slowdowns are most prominent are when accessing the filesystem. Specifically, when starting the machine, (after getting to the desktop, before desktop contents are displayed) when saving/opening files, and when using Finder after not for a while.
- The problems go away immediately (to my extent of testing) if I either:
- switch to a user which was created under 10.6.8.
- map my home folder to a different location.*
Right now, I'm assuming it's something in my home folder, so I'm working on getting it small enough to cram into my SSD, so I can reformat + rebuild my home folder, or possibly run some stronger drive diagnostics on the HDD.
* I map my home folder to the spindown drive that was my main drive, and took over my DVD slot, so I run 2 drives in my machine.
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EDIT: Sorry, I found the solution to mine, and it looks like it's a localized issue; .DS_Store on my desktop (and a couple other locations) was corrupted.
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i have now been bitten by a 10.6.8 bug. All of a sudden my browser is slow as heck. When i load a page in Safari it takes literally 1-2 minutes to load. I tried Chrome and it is the same issue.
Whats strange is this issue popped up out of nowhere. I have been running 10.6.8 for a while and have had no issues.
I will reinstall OS X and see if that fixes the problem. Are there any other suggestions? I ran Onyx (per my own advice) and still have this problem
Whats strange is this issue popped up out of nowhere. I have been running 10.6.8 for a while and have had no issues.
I will reinstall OS X and see if that fixes the problem. Are there any other suggestions? I ran Onyx (per my own advice) and still have this problem
I've noticed the same thing. I updated to 10.6.8 as soon as it came out, but the problems have only cropped in the last several days. I've been having the same problems as others have reported, but none of the regular maintenance routines (repairing permissions, clearing caches, etc.) have worked. I will have to reinstall 10.6 from the DVD and then update to 10.6.7.
Important question: If I do that, will I need to first back up my iTunes library? What other things will I need to back up? Do I need to export my Safari bookmarks and save them to my external HD?
I remember a time when I told WinTel people how rock-solid using my Mac(s) have been over the years....and now its expected to do "usual maintenance procedures" on Mac's?
Is that ironic?
I'm 49 and doing this is not an issue for me - just a complete waste of time/bandwidth, but I've recommended my parents and inlaw buy iMac to avoid doing such stuff.
How many of you have success advising "older" people you love and support who are in their middle/late 70's to do "usual maintenance procedures" on their Mac's?
There has gotta be a better solution.
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I've never used OnyX, just downloaded it and am looking at it now....thx for posting that.
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I tried to re-install 10.6 from the DVD, but when I do, I am not given an option to do a clean install or other forms of installation, merely "install." When I do that, it begins the installation, but about 1/6 of the way into it, it says that the installation will continue after a restart. The computer automatically restarts, the DVD is automatically ejected, and I am returned to my usual desktop. About This Mac reports it as 10.6.8 and there is no prompt for the installation of 10.6 to resume where it left off. How do I replace 10.6.8 with 10.6? I want to return to 10.6.7, which was fast and stable for me.
Are you using Time Machine? (or is it called Time Capsle??)
If so, I'd go that route.
No, I never configured Time Machine. I am trying to re-install from the Snow Leopard DVD.
Tigres, how did your appt go? Were they able to fix your iMac with the 10.6.7 repair disk?
So sorry to forget to update.
They failed as well, and told me it was my 250GB disk going bad. However, it was not reporting to be failing on any hardware or system test.
Long story short- as odd as this is, the timing was certainly questionable.
So, I had the machine fresh installed with no restore, and it would be normal for about 45 minutes, then just start to freeze up (heat I suppose.)
So I went out and bought a 1TB samsung HDD, and replaced it myself (apple wanted 325 for a 500GB as they don't offer 250 any longer. I did it for 54.00 from MicroCenter, and about 35 minutes time.
Odd as it all was, she is working as good as new. No issues whatsoever any longer. My friend (an x-apple genius) told me it was either the RAM (1), the HDD (2) or a temp cable (3).
Turned out the HDD was the issue, and behavior I have never actually had to deal with before. Cleaned her up as well when I was in there too.
So there you have it, not 10.6.8, but a bad drive that reported good, and acted good before the update, weird...
I am finally back to 10.6.7. I restarted with the Snow Leopard DVD as the startup disk (I tried that before and it ejected the disc; this time it worked.) I overwrote 10.6 as the new OS and then ran the 10.6.7 update. Now everything seems to be working as it is supposed to. Good old Safari 5.0.4 and Mac OS 10.6.7 are fast and stable.
I am pretty certain it is the temp sensor (temp cable I may have used incorrect wording) He also said that he had seen similar behavior with superdrives going bad as well.
I was just worried that the hard drive replacement was not going to solve my issue; then I would have been really befuddled.
Don't reinstall OS X!!! I've had the same thing a couple of times. There are some commands that you write into the Terminal program, and then everything is back to normal (no more long boot time, slow response in generel). I can't remember where I found the commands, but just do a google. It was one of the very first hits.