Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Apple Releases Performance Update 1.0 to Address Hard Drive Stalls
- Thread starter Amdahl
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Same Same
Same configuration for me and I have also noticed a significant improvement. The machine is no longer freezing and "beachballing" (is that a verb ?) as it had been.
Nice little update. Not sure why people are bitching.
Same configuration for me and I have also noticed a significant improvement. The machine is no longer freezing and "beachballing" (is that a verb ?) as it had been.
Nice little update. Not sure why people are bitching.
I'm hoping this is a fix for the issue seen with the free fall sensor in Seagate Momentus drives. I was having systems hangs of 30-60 seconds in a uMB and an NVidia MacBook white earlier this year (see earlier threads by me). Of course, they bring the update out the week I replace the drives with WD ones as it seems apple will never fix it... so I probably won't be testing it!
I'm also on early 2008 with same problems
Is it possible to force this update on non supported machines?Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 3_0_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/528.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile/7A400 Safari/528.16)
Awww. I just started reinstalling snow leopard before I saw this. Guess I don't check MR enough.
What sucks is that it's an older SSD without GC >_<. There goes some performance.
Awww. I just started reinstalling snow leopard before I saw this
. Guess I don't check MR enough.What sucks is that it's an older SSD without GC >_<. There goes some performance.
I've seen "the stall" when running Parallels w/WinXP and lotsa PC programs running. EVERYTHING locks up with the beach ball.
Hopefully that won't happen now ...
Hopefully that won't happen now ...
Proof that that test is unreliable, i have an Hitachi 5400RPM 320GB drive and have a better score than you...without the update?
Attachments
I guess people who have a iMac 5,1 Late 2006 version have to wait for 10.6.2 update because my Memory sky rockets a lot of times and the CPU fan wow! Sounds like a giant fan blowing lol!
Um you realise that running a VM as well as lots of applications within that VM will slow your computer down? Are you doing anything intensive on OS X..? Remember, the hard drive is the bottleneck in performance, and if you are accessing two partitions and doing lots of demanding stuff, the hard drive will not be able to keep up and you'll end up beach balling till it has caught up.
Running a P2P program and a VM will cause the OS to feel laggy..
How is that "proof" of anything when there are so many different variables!? One, your hard disk and his are different, two, your machine and his are different, and three, your Mac OS X installation and his could have different background processes running. There is also the possibility that while you're still on 10.5.8 Leopard he could be on 10.6.1 Snow Leopard. Add to that the uncertainty of running on battery or mains for the both of you.
I'm also on early 2008 with same problems
What kind of problems are you early 2008 MBP owner's experiencing!? If it's sluggish hard disk performance, here's a fact: hard disks are sloooow. If your computer is low on memory and has to use the hard disk for virtual memory, you will experience sluggishness - ALL computers with hard disks and low memory will experience that kind of sluggishness. My Core i7 desktop with two 640GB Western Digital caviar blacks in RAID 0 feels SLOW when I have too many google chrome windows and no free RAM left.
And really, there isn't a point to forcing this update on non-supported machines. The update fixes problems with computers with an nVidia chipset with updated drivers for it. "Forcing" this update on your computer which doesn't have this chipset would leave things exactly the same at best and at worst, mess up your intel chipset drivers instead. I mean, it's like giving a woman viagra - since the "hardware" just isn't there it's plain impossible to experience the exact same physical effects.
Have you checked Activity Monitor for rogue processes that are eating RAM or consuming CPU cycles unnecessarily? Might be buggy software that once you force quit will alleviate your Mac of those problems.
I'm not sure I like being considered a "whiner" since I think large numbers of people all having constant clicking/freeze-ups/hangs/beeps/chirps (yes, all of these in a typical day of use) on essentially brand-new hard drives should be considered a legitimate issue... and I'm not sure how this update fixed the issues I was having with my hard drive, but I haven't had a single freeze-up/click in the three hours since I installed it, so (knock on wood) my MacBook is officially problem-free now. *sigh*
i have a late 2008 unibody macbookpro, and before this update my computer ran silently...now i hear the fans more, and a slight hum not a whine but a hummmmmm
I have noticed it when I delete the trash that the fan spins crazy and I believe Locum was was high in the Activity Center which is part of the trash, not sure.
Attachments
Again, some of you are hopeful and obsessive for as many updates as you can get. Those of you who are are disappointed that this is not for you...don't be. If your computer has this problem like mine has, trust me, it's only worth getting excited for with my same set of circumstances.
Otherwise, if you want this update just to have for ***** and giggles: why don't you write a script to make your computer completely unresponsive at frequent, random intervals. Beachball in ALL applications including the Finder. Do that and then you can have whining rights.
Otherwise, if you want this update just to have for ***** and giggles: why don't you write a script to make your computer completely unresponsive at frequent, random intervals. Beachball in ALL applications including the Finder. Do that and then you can have whining rights.