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Random Beachballs
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Not to scare you, but that sounds like a hard drive dying to me. Do you hear noise? Could be unrelated to 10.9.
It happens to me the odd time and I have a brand new MBPR with 512 SSD, I would hate for it to die!
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Mine is all blue in Safari and rainbow everywhere else. But it does happen sometimes in Safari.
I've never had random beach balls upon every release but I would say it's possible since Mavericks...well....hasn't been Released.
I've never had random beach balls upon every release but I would say it's possible since Mavericks...well....hasn't been Released.
Every DP release of Mavericks.
Beach Balls Here As Well
I get them, but not on a consistent basis. Not only in Safari; they just seem to be random.
I don't think my SSD is bad, my MacBook Air is five months old. I'm guessing it is related to 10.9
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I get them, but not on a consistent basis. Not only in Safari; they just seem to be random.
I don't think my SSD is bad, my MacBook Air is five months old. I'm guessing it is related to 10.9
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Not enough info. It could be any number of processes causing this none of which having anything to do with Mavrix.
Thanks, I'm aware of that. This was just a generalized question, if anyone else was seeing the same thing.
Do you have anything else running at Log in? I'd start by eliminating all of those items. Unless they're part of OSX they aren't even certified for 10.9 yet.
Or... is this just a clean and pristine install of 10.9 and nothing else? That's what I have and no beach balls.
It was a fresh install. While I agree this is probably related to an app I have installed. Again, I was just wondering if anyone else was seeing this issue.
If I had to guess, it may be related to having Mail opened all the time.
But as a developer, the "issue" is meaningless without determining the cause. Correct?
Why guess? Close Mail and see what happens. Report via the Developer network. After all, you *are* a developer, right?
But as a developer, the "issue" is meaningless without determining the cause. Correct?
Why guess? Close Mail and see what happens. Report via the Developer network. After all, you *are* a developer, right?
True but if no one else had this problem then I would have spent more time troubleshooting, however, others are so I haven't. I will say that it happens most when using Safari.
I had Mail closed for testing all morning and just saw the first one so there goes that idea.
Ever get to the bottom of this?
I clean installed the GM on a separate partition and with very few things installed on it (3-4 app store apps) i was having these random, split second beach balls in every app (Safari, Finder, Airmail, Messages).
Didn't affect performance but did make me wonder "this is the version that's going to the public in two weeks?"
I clean installed the GM on a separate partition and with very few things installed on it (3-4 app store apps) i was having these random, split second beach balls in every app (Safari, Finder, Airmail, Messages).
Didn't affect performance but did make me wonder "this is the version that's going to the public in two weeks?"
Unfortunately, the Random Beachballs seem to be the house band in Cupertino, some days...
Yep getting them here, just got one about 30 seconds ago.
Hoping it's not a sign of things to come
Hoping it's not a sign of things to come
I get it but I think it's just the cursor changing. Nothing seems to be unresponsive it just becomes my cursor for a bit and then changes back. Looking at iStat while this occurs, CPU remains idle. I think it's a bug, at least in my case.
I constantly had these, and it was every time I used Opera 18's developer build.
The GPU renderer would get stuck on not responding, and then I would get sporadic beach balls, everywhere form 1-5 seconds.
I simply stopped using it, and as for Safari it could be the GPU acceleration in it.
I can't say I've noticed it in any games just yet, but it screwed up a few FCPX exports when it happened.
Check Activity monitor, and you'll see a 100% instant drop in CPU use during those beach balls/freezes.
The GPU renderer would get stuck on not responding, and then I would get sporadic beach balls, everywhere form 1-5 seconds.
I simply stopped using it, and as for Safari it could be the GPU acceleration in it.
I can't say I've noticed it in any games just yet, but it screwed up a few FCPX exports when it happened.
Check Activity monitor, and you'll see a 100% instant drop in CPU use during those beach balls/freezes.