OS X 10.9.3 Is Toxic

#1

Post by akerl_ » Fri, May 23, 2014, 7:02 PM UTC

Re: OS X 10.9.3 Is Toxic

#2

Post by adamfeldman » Fri, May 23, 2014, 8:12 PM UTC

My external display just started going to rainbow static and back over and over again. Didn't think to blame the update till now. Also just had my first kernel panic in about a year.

Re: OS X 10.9.3 Is Toxic

#3

Post by protomyth » Fri, May 23, 2014, 8:14 PM UTC

Well, the 10.9.x Finder is super buggy since the start, perhaps 10.9.3 just made it worse.

Re: OS X 10.9.3 Is Toxic

#4

Post by ctide » Fri, May 23, 2014, 8:15 PM UTC

adamfeldman wrote: post #2

My external display just started going to rainbow static and back over and over again. Didn't think to blame the update till now. Also just had my first kernel panic in about a year.

I've seen that happen with Macbooks for years (the rainbow static), with both my mid 2012 retina MBP and the pre-retina one it replaced. Happens occasionally with my Dell monitor at home, and would happen with one of those knockoff IPS' that I used at my previous job pretty frequently. Unplugging and replugging the monitor will eventually fix it, but yeah, it's obnoxious.

Re: OS X 10.9.3 Is Toxic

#5

Post by sk_ » Fri, May 23, 2014, 8:20 PM UTC

Just checked my logs... not a single panic since 10.9.3

Re: OS X 10.9.3 Is Toxic

#6

Post by lolo_ » Fri, May 23, 2014, 8:26 PM UTC

I've had issues with freezes for a while pre 10.9.3 too. These obviously don't generate panic files so are more of a pain to try to debug.

Also I recently installed refind (http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/) to dual-boot linux and have experienced a lot of issues as a result of that (separate to the aforementioned freezing issues.)

At least this guy has actual kernel panics :)

Re: OS X 10.9.3 Is Toxic

#7

Post by radicalbyte » Fri, May 23, 2014, 8:28 PM UTC

I've been a Mac user for 6 months (MBP), I hardly tax the machine but it has crashed a dozen times. Twice today, and five times this week in total.

Not since Windows 98 have I seen such an unstable OS. I've seen less BSOD in the last 15 years than I've seen kernel panics in the last week.

Re: OS X 10.9.3 Is Toxic

#8

Post by _rs » Fri, May 23, 2014, 8:29 PM UTC

adamfeldman wrote: post #2

My external display just started going to rainbow static and back over and over again. Didn't think to blame the update till now. Also just had my first kernel panic in about a year.

Since installing 10.9.3, every time I wake my rMBP (mid-2012) up from sleep in the morning I get a full screen of static for 4-5 seconds. Subsequent attempts to reproduce fail, but the next morning it happens again. http://i.imgur.com/5dHFgN6.jpg

I also hadn't thought to blame the update for this until now (as I just have lost all faith in this particular model) but the timeline matches up well.

Edit: after re-reading, I think I know what you're referring to about the random static on the external display, which I've experienced over HDMI and Apple hasn't been able to debug (support case open for more than a few months now).

Re: OS X 10.9.3 Is Toxic

#9

Post by sxates » Fri, May 23, 2014, 8:30 PM UTC

Interesting to hear people are having such problems. I'm on 10.9.3 and haven't had any crashes. Sometimes my cursor disappears for a few seconds or on top of certain windows, but nothing major.

Re: OS X 10.9.3 Is Toxic

#10

Post by cstross » Fri, May 23, 2014, 8:33 PM UTC

I've had no kernel panics on 10.9.3 ... but this Haswell rMBP 13" periodically froze after password entry when screen locked. And froze so badly that switching user was no way out: I had to hard-reboot. Since disabling the screen lock on inactivity it's been okay, but that's not a terribly secure or reassuring solution.