Sound stuttering after Mountain Lion install

So 10.8.2 is avaible now.

Lets hope this will fix it ...

no fix in 10.8.2 😟, little bit disappointing as new update is miles away.

😠 Has any of you with the sound stutter issue, also noticed that an external drive constantly trying to spin up when the system goes to sleep? When I awake the system I see the standard warning that a drive was inappropriately removed.

My mouse is still skipping too. I don't get it. Why is this such a difficult task for them to fix? I don't care about facebook integration. Just make my mac work!

Oh my god, I just tried the link that matteoplace suggested above, bear in mind the link was for a place to report Apple bugs...

well that's funny…the bug reporter has a bug…wait ITS NOT FUNNY

but now we have an email adress where we have a chance to get an answer:

devbugs@apple.com

the issue is still present after upgrading to 10.8.2.

It doesn't matter if I'm playing sound and/or video through the internal speakers or the usb speakers, the issue will occur at a seemingly random point in time.

It's not only stuttering sound, but also stuttering video on some occasions, although less frequent. It doesn't seem to matter whether the video or audio file is on the SSD drive or the internal HD drive.

I am using a mid-2011 iMac 27" 3.4Ghz, and it seems that issue occurs a lot on those high-end iMacs.

I'm puzzled... and astonished that Apple does not seem to want to recognize the issue.

Unless they don't have a fix at this point and want to downplay the issue...

I decided to call Apple again today and got a very helpful technician who is a senior-level tech. He was very helpful and listening to what the problem was, he helped me walk through trying to clear and empty the system cache, and we both agreed that the issue stems much deeper into the operating system and potentially is a driver issue. I sent him an email link to this discussion so that he can see firsthand how widespread the issue is.

I also documented within the other issues pertaining to the increased heat that the computers seem to dissipate that exists underneath Mountain lion, the video stuttering, and also the issue with mouse cursor jumping all over the screen when the system incurs any kind of load. I think all of these things are interrelated with regards to the sound stutter.

He understood that my patience is waning and that many other Apple customers are also in the same boat. This OS is potentially damaging my two iMacs and I take it very seriously when thousands of my dollars are at risk due to poor software. I'll keep everyone posted. And I have submitted many feedback forms to apple. I can't say it's done much good though.

Yep, I have the same model and same problems. This thread has over 16,000 views, it's constantly on the front page of the Mountain Lion forum, why the **** can't an Apple techy just give an indication that they're looking into this?!

I just want my Lion back. Mountain Lion can stay in the mountains!

Same here, still having to run Lion. This really *****.

You know what, in protest everyone should request a refund for the unfunctional Mountain Lion and just install the Lion back. I think I'm gonna do that...

great! this gives me some hope!

I've opened a ticket with Apple Care about this.

I also noticed the audio stutter started up when my mac kicked in the screen saver and again did it when i exited the screen saver. Why is this such a difficult task for apple?

So the only thing we can do is waiting (and I hate waiting…).

I contacted Apple Developer Support, maybe they can help us…