Long Cat

theconnactic, on 16 March 2013 - 12:22 AM, said:

My estimates were actually a bit off. I restored 10.8.2, timed it, then re-applied the 10.8.3 update and timed again. Times are taken from the boot loader, not power on.

10.8.2: 35 sec
10.8.3: 14 sec

Very pleased, but also a little puzzled. If it helps, I'm on a x79 system. Windows boots in about 18 sec so I always suspected something was causing OSX to boot slower than it should. Oh well...

Seems this update has also fixed the occasional problems I would have with popping/ stuttering sound. Although it wasn't a consistent problem, it only reared it's head now and again. We'll have to wait and see.

So, all in all, better boot time plus a minor issue potentially solved, with no negative side effects discovered (yet).

Just updated my hack. Reinstalled sound and DVD player and all is working well.

GeekBench scores are within the same range that they were under 10.8.2, there's been no noticeable change for me.

Unfortunately the updated graphics drivers in this release perform worse than the older ones with my card/ system - some UI animations are no longer as smooth etc etc. This hasn't got anything to do with OSX, just the drivers from Nvidia. I got the same results when I upgraded them under 10.8.2. I'll have to look into downgrading them back to the old versions if possible, I’ll admit I’m not sure on this one.

Amazingly though, about as much as 30 sec has been shaved off my boot time. Before I estimate it was about 40-50, now it's down to just 20. Obviously something was wrong with my previous setup and, luckily for me, 10.8.3 has corrected this. Anyone else had a similar experience or know what may have caused this to happen?

If anyone was interested, in the end I took a low-tech approach and just attached an additional fan to the back of the card. This brought temps down 12-15° across the board. Still hot, but now acceptable.

Any software based solutions, I'd still love to hear, but I should be alright for now.

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ModBot was the user who PM'd me after my thread was deleted. I'm pretty sure it was a pre-written response, it didn't fit the situation at all. The massive problem there is that you can't even respond to the thing.

So then you have to try and look for a staff list... if one exists I couldn't find it. So then you have to try and PM people who you think are staff as nobody seems to have any groupings or labels. The system says you need 20 posts before you can message anyone, staff excluded, but I still couldn’t message even those who I was sure were on staff. I then realised my account had been set to new posts unapproved (auto-moderated) by the bot, so I just posted my response in the forums for them to find, politely explaining the situation, asking for clarification and for someone to respond to me via PM. Next thing I know, my account's banned.

Even if it was all just a mistake, I don't want to spend time on a site with so many obvious flaws in its system. Besides, this place seems much more friendly, and certainly less restrictive.

Yesterday I had a very extensive 'user build' post I had written deleted from the tonymacx86 forums for a very similar reason to mnfesq, posting a link to a guide which allowed OSX to be installed on an MBR partition. I then attempted to contact the staff, apologising for the rule breach and asking that my thread be restored so as I could re-post it without the offending passage. Then they banned me. Apparently this all accounts to "Blatant disregard of forum policies on piracy, posting links to sites that promote piracy or contains pirated software."

I secretly suspect they treated me so harshly because I didn't include Amazon or Newegg links in my post.

What a bunch of jerks. And certainly not the introduction to the Hackintosh community I was hoping for. On an unrelated forum where I hold a staff position, I would probably lose my job for treating members with such contempt.

Hopefully I've found a nicer forum... see you guys around.