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Apple Releases iMac Software Update 1.2.1 (Tiger)
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My iMac has YET to lock up. It's my first Apple computer *EVER*. I'm not on the Kool-Aid. I just have yet to see these problems. I berated Apple users for years and years before buying one. Don't you think I'd be one of the first to harp about a problem?
lol uve been flaming apple fans for years, now someone is flaming YOU for liking a mac. what be a world without irony?
I like MY mac, because it works. I've yet to see anyone flame me. Maybe you ought to re-read the thread.
Never had a problem with 7 of the new iMacs. we use both 20" or 24". And the glossy is much nicer to use imo than the previous gen screens in both light conditions and dark.
Haha oh ok. So if everyone in the world had a lethal virus except you it wouldn't be a real problem just because you don't have it. The truth is an ass load of people are having serious GPU problems with the new iMacs and it's been going on, unfixed, for WAY too long. This is absolute BS and there is no excuse for it.
I've had one freeze in my 1st week of use of my new 24" iMac with Leopard, but that was during a lot of system setup stuff (partitioning / app installs etc). Symptoms were identical to those of other (mouse still moved).
Hopefully I've been dealt a lucky hand.
I'm not installing the update until it has been safely in use by others for weeks.
I might be tempting fate but my machine hasn't locked up for 3 days now after installing the 1.2 update and just now the 1.2.1 update. Prior to that it locked up 5 times since 31st October - twice on 31st Oct and 3 times on 3rd Nov. It always seems to lock up several times in quick succession and then it's fine for a number of days at a time.
One thing I can still notice is white speckles on a black background if I move a window around the screen. For example, if I have two Terminal windows open - one empty and one with a bunch of text in it (directory listing for example). If I grab the second window and move it around the screen there are some white sparkles showing in the empty window. This is the sort of behaviour I used to see in 3D games under bootcamp just before the machine crashed. The strange thing was that sometimes the machine would boot up and I could play the game for hours with no sparkles and no crashes.
Beginning to suspect a replacement machine is going to be on the cards... I've been holding off talking to Apple until I felt the problem was well understood and until known good machines were filling the supply chains. That time might be now.
Cheers,
Craig.
One thing I can still notice is white speckles on a black background if I move a window around the screen. For example, if I have two Terminal windows open - one empty and one with a bunch of text in it (directory listing for example). If I grab the second window and move it around the screen there are some white sparkles showing in the empty window. This is the sort of behaviour I used to see in 3D games under bootcamp just before the machine crashed. The strange thing was that sometimes the machine would boot up and I could play the game for hours with no sparkles and no crashes.
Beginning to suspect a replacement machine is going to be on the cards... I've been holding off talking to Apple until I felt the problem was well understood and until known good machines were filling the supply chains. That time might be now.
Cheers,
Craig.
An "assload" by a SMALL sampling over Rabid users on a forum. If you polled mom and pop iMac user I bet the majority would say this is non issue.
It's like going to a ford forum and asking how many have squeeling brakse because of "X component". You'll get a bunch of people attesting to it, but if you could poll everyone with that model car it would be likely the percentage is smaller than the forum lets on. Then again that Ford example may be bad... haha
About 100 unique people have answered positively to having experienced the issue in the iMac 1.3 thread. I would say that this is a high number when you consider that the iMac is only a few months old, and that it's on a forum that represents only users who are active and interested in the Mac world.
I don't care if the number is really 5% of total, lower, or higher, it's a lot of people now, and it's only going to get higher as Apple keeps selling freezers.
I don't care if the number is really 5% of total, lower, or higher, it's a lot of people now, and it's only going to get higher as Apple keeps selling freezers.
First off I want to say sorry for the long post, but I just want to share my experience with my OS upgrade.
I have had my 2.8 24" iMac since late August. It has been running flawless. I always had 10-12 day up times displayed by my iStat widget. I only rebooted with updates.
Then, the first week Leopard was release, I installed it. Oh man, what a mistake. My computer would go to sleep and it would not wake up. I would have to power off/on from the back in order for it to work again. On top of that, if I manually chose the computer to sleep, often times (5 out of 10) it would just lock up. Again, I would need to power off from the back.
Another issue, I would put a movie in and I would hear the movie playing and the controls for iDVD would be at the bottom but the movie never came up on the screen.
Another issue, when going into the System Preferences, I was not able to lock the lock, at the bottom left corner, so no other changes were made.
I did 2 fresh installs as well as resetting the PRAM several times. I seriously thought I had a hardware problem. I sat on the phone with
3 times, 2 of those times were for an hour and a half and the last time was for over 3 hours! And still no help!
So yesterday, as my last ditch effort, I did a clean install back to Tiger to see if I was able to recapture some stability. Well so far I have a total of 7 hr. 24 min uptime with absolutely no issues at all. Sleeps and wakes up on command and movies play like they should.
I really liked Leopard when it worked, but for me at least, it seems like there are WAY TOO MANY bugs. My advice to those that are having freezing problems, reload Tiger and be happy again. I would not say that all freezing issues are hardware problems. Some may be, but in my case at least it appears to be software related.
I decided to buy my first Mac early, before Leopard release, just in case the new OS was unstable. It looks to be paying off. I am going to wait for a few more updates before trying Leopard again.
I have had my 2.8 24" iMac since late August. It has been running flawless. I always had 10-12 day up times displayed by my iStat widget. I only rebooted with updates.
Then, the first week Leopard was release, I installed it. Oh man, what a mistake. My computer would go to sleep and it would not wake up. I would have to power off/on from the back in order for it to work again. On top of that, if I manually chose the computer to sleep, often times (5 out of 10) it would just lock up. Again, I would need to power off from the back.
Another issue, I would put a movie in and I would hear the movie playing and the controls for iDVD would be at the bottom but the movie never came up on the screen.
Another issue, when going into the System Preferences, I was not able to lock the lock, at the bottom left corner, so no other changes were made.
I did 2 fresh installs as well as resetting the PRAM several times. I seriously thought I had a hardware problem. I sat on the phone with
3 times, 2 of those times were for an hour and a half and the last time was for over 3 hours! And still no help!So yesterday, as my last ditch effort, I did a clean install back to Tiger to see if I was able to recapture some stability. Well so far I have a total of 7 hr. 24 min uptime with absolutely no issues at all. Sleeps and wakes up on command and movies play like they should.
I really liked Leopard when it worked, but for me at least, it seems like there are WAY TOO MANY bugs. My advice to those that are having freezing problems, reload Tiger and be happy again. I would not say that all freezing issues are hardware problems. Some may be, but in my case at least it appears to be software related.
I decided to buy my first Mac early, before Leopard release, just in case the new OS was unstable. It looks to be paying off. I am going to wait for a few more updates before trying Leopard again.
Yup, same problem a lot of people have experienced. This is the real reason why Apple rushed to fix the 1.2 update and release the 1.2.1. I wouldn't doubt that the freeze issue hasn't been touched since 1.2.
Might be worth repeating: this site, this forum and it's users represent a very small % of Apple users.
A passionate %?
You betcha.
But still, the minority.
Also, people are more apt to post when they have issues than when things are working well. That is human nature. And this is not meant to devalue those that are experiencing iMac issues - ugh. Unacceptable and can be SO frustrating!
In my experience, Apple has been very good about replacing faulty product (under warranty) with that which works. Hopefully you troubled iMac users have the same good fortune.
Now about these freezes... WTF?!?
A passionate %?
You betcha.
But still, the minority.
Also, people are more apt to post when they have issues than when things are working well. That is human nature. And this is not meant to devalue those that are experiencing iMac issues - ugh. Unacceptable and can be SO frustrating!
In my experience, Apple has been very good about replacing faulty product (under warranty) with that which works. Hopefully you troubled iMac users have the same good fortune.
Now about these freezes... WTF?!?
Wanted to add another "strange" issue....
Wanted to chime in here to add my 24" strangeness....
Click the brightness down 3 clicks and the lower portion of the screen flickers.
Wait for the display to "dim" and the whole screen flickers.
This is a slight flickering mind you.
No crashes, no hangs period. Ever. Fine since day one. Purchased new in early Oct.
iTunes visualizer displays in a "reduced color simple mode"? Not sure what to call this one, just no fancy OpenGL "look". Almost a single color look to it.
Lastly, Sticky notes do not display with correct fonts.
Add it up and I don't know what it means but thought it might be another clue to add to the pile. Thanks for reading....
Wanted to chime in here to add my 24" strangeness....
Click the brightness down 3 clicks and the lower portion of the screen flickers.
Wait for the display to "dim" and the whole screen flickers.
This is a slight flickering mind you.
No crashes, no hangs period. Ever. Fine since day one. Purchased new in early Oct.
iTunes visualizer displays in a "reduced color simple mode"? Not sure what to call this one, just no fancy OpenGL "look". Almost a single color look to it.
Lastly, Sticky notes do not display with correct fonts.
Add it up and I don't know what it means but thought it might be another clue to add to the pile. Thanks for reading....
I left mine at the apple store for repair Sunday... They ordered a logic board and graphics card preemptively in the event they found it to be a hardware problem. I wonder if I should ask them to hold off and see if this patch will fix it. I don't want anyone unnecessarily opening the computer.
It's all in personal taste. I love my glossy screen and have not experienced any freezes. Love my iMac! 