Yosemite problems?

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Stromkraft
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Re: Yosemite problems?

Post by Stromkraft » Wed Jan 28, 2015 3:22 am

If you feel you have reason to believe this slowness issue indeed is caused by Yosemite, you could Time Machine back to Mavericks or re-install that. It's a pain to have to do that, but sometimes you have to.

I did something like that a few years back when I got OS X Lion. The OS X version from hell if you ask me (I'm sure many others would have agreed). I downgraded to SL and had a great machine for a few years.
Make some music!

William Gibson
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Re: Yosemite problems?

Post by William Gibson » Wed Jan 28, 2015 3:26 am

Stromkraft wrote:

You clearly haven't done that here so I don't know what that has to do with anything. I thought you were, you know, actively trying to find the cause of your issues and finding a workable solution. Not true?
I really dont know what to try. The laptop gets used exclusively for music. Everything worked 100% before Yosemite and now the only thing giving me trouble after is Live. Since nothing else is giving me trouble but live I have a hard time believing its a problem with the SSD. Possible but highly unlikely. I haven't installed anything new in live in regards to VSTs, ETC. I literally just use it to chop up tracks, make mixes, etc. What else to try?

William Gibson
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Re: Yosemite problems?

Post by William Gibson » Wed Jan 28, 2015 3:28 am

Stromkraft wrote:If you feel you have reason to believe this slowness issue indeed is caused by Yosemite, you could Time Machine back to Mavericks or re-install that. It's a pain to have to do that, but sometimes you have to.

I did something like that a few years back when I got OS X Lion. The OS X version from hell if you ask me (I'm sure many others would have agreed). I downgraded to SL and had a great machine for a few years.
I guess from now on I should start backing up with TM...

Stromkraft
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Re: Yosemite problems?

Post by Stromkraft » Wed Jan 28, 2015 4:21 am

William Gibson wrote:
Stromkraft wrote:

You clearly haven't done that here so I don't know what that has to do with anything. I thought you were, you know, actively trying to find the cause of your issues and finding a workable solution. Not true?
I really dont know what to try. The laptop gets used exclusively for music. Everything worked 100% before Yosemite and now the only thing giving me trouble after is Live. Since nothing else is giving me trouble but live I have a hard time believing its a problem with the SSD. Possible but highly unlikely. I haven't installed anything new in live in regards to VSTs, ETC. I literally just use it to chop up tracks, make mixes, etc. What else to try?
The best is usually removing/trying one thing at a time to see if that makes a difference.
  • Boot from another disk, possibly with Mavericks
  • Try another audio interface
  • Install the Live beta
  • make another user and try Live from there
  • remove all VSTs temporarily
  • Turn off AUs
  • Re-installing Live and everything else
Stuff like that with some guidance from the gut.
Make some music!

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