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OS X 10.9.3 Is Toxic

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Re: OS X 10.9.3 Is Toxic

#61
post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're misquoting the author. He said that he doesn't have the time now to read through all the T&Cs.

this doesn't make it sound any better unfortunately. perhaps i might be unpopular in saying this, but he should just click the fuck through. either you want to spend your time getting stuff done, or spend your time prevaricating about the bush.

This is exactly how freedoms are signed away.

Re: OS X 10.9.3 Is Toxic

#62
post #27

Some people have felt that switching graphics modes is the source of Mavericks crashes. I had five crashes in several days last week. I went to the Energy Saver control panel, and turned off Automated Graphics Switching. Haven't had a crash in a week. Could easily be coincidence, but I thought I'd mention it here in case anyone else wants to try it. I'd be very interested in hearing whether it helps. By the way, what…

I'm on 10.9.3 and do not see an "Automated Graphics Switching" option anywhere on the Energy Saver control panel... has this been renamed or removed?

Re: OS X 10.9.3 Is Toxic

#64
post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're misquoting the author. He said that he doesn't have the time now to read through all the T&Cs.

this doesn't make it sound any better unfortunately. perhaps i might be unpopular in saying this, but he should just click the fuck through. either you want to spend your time getting stuff done, or spend your time prevaricating about the bush.

In any case, the spirit of my original comment was just to say that it's a notable omission from the article. I think that ansimionescu was right to point out the (perhaps subtle) difference between the author's actual explanation and my misquotation.

Re: OS X 10.9.3 Is Toxic

#65
The only weird problems I’ve had on 10.9 at all have been with the WindowServer locking up when coming back from sleep or lock. This is on a late 2013 MacBook Pro.

After a ton of messing around and talking to Apple Support, we found that trashing the WindowServer plists that are stored in multiple locations seemed to sort it out… so far

Re: OS X 10.9.3 Is Toxic

#66
post #62
post #27

Some people have felt that switching graphics modes is the source of Mavericks crashes. I had five crashes in several days last week. I went to the Energy Saver control panel, and turned off Automated Graphics Switching. Haven't had a crash in a week. Could easily be coincidence, but I thought I'd mention it here in case anyone else wants to try it. I'd be very interested in hearing whether it helps. By the way, what…

I'm on 10.9.3 and do not see an "Automated Graphics Switching" option anywhere on the Energy Saver control panel... has this been renamed or removed?

Do you have a discrete GPU? Very few Mac portables have one anymore - obviously, the option doesn't apply if you have only CPU-integrated graphics.

Re: OS X 10.9.3 Is Toxic

#67

In an attempt to balance the discussion, I'm on 10.9.3 and I've had absolutely zero issues so far.

No problems here with a 2012 rMBP 13". It appears the kernel panics are due to the swapping between integrated and discrete graphics. Since the 13" only has integrated, I've been experiencing no problems.

Re: OS X 10.9.3 Is Toxic

#68
post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're misquoting the author. He said that he doesn't have the time now to read through all the T&Cs.

this doesn't make it sound any better unfortunately. perhaps i might be unpopular in saying this, but he should just click the fuck through. either you want to spend your time getting stuff done, or spend your time prevaricating about the bush.

Did you see this fun South Park episode?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Centipad

Re: OS X 10.9.3 Is Toxic

#69
I use both thunderbolt and my HDMI out on my rMBP daily.

This guy is a bafoon complaining about being unable to fix a problem by not accepting T&C, but he's using OS X?

I'm not denying his problem, but he is certainly cause for it being a lot worse for him than it really is.

Re: OS X 10.9.3 Is Toxic

#70

In an attempt to balance the discussion, I'm on 10.9.3 and I've had absolutely zero issues so far.

Same, I run 10.9.3 on five machines - 6 year old Mac Pro, a 2 year old 13" MacBook Pro, a 2 year old retina MacBook Pro and a 6 month old MacBook Air.

I use AirPlay, external monitors and projectors all the time. No problems here.

As we have to remind ourselves at work, hundreds of thousands of happy customers don't complain, but the hundred who do (quite rightly) are very loud.

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