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Is anyone else noticing some weird video stutter after updating to 10.8.3?

I have a brand new, 2012, 27" fully loaded iMac and after updating to 10.8.3 graphics are no longer smooth. When i switch spaces, the title bar (where the apple logo/file/etc is) goes blank and then resets to the new app that is in that window. Also, when pointing to the dock, which is on magnification mode, the dock animation stutters. This also happens when I start an app, the bouncing icon stutters! It is driving me crazy.

Posted on Mar 14, 2013 7:11 PM

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Mar 14, 2013 8:20 PM in response to mgsone

I would suggest the following…


1. Repair your hard drive permissions in disk utility.

2. Download the OS X 10.8.3 Combo installer from Apple. See the link below.


http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1640


3. See if animations return to normal. Reason why I recommend the Combo update is because it updates all the OS X pertinent files in your Mac and as a result of this, it may fix some underlying issues. This is one of the reasons I always tell fellow Mac users to update their Macs using the Combo update rather than the Mac App Store Software Update version, because the latter tailors the update to your Mac and only downloads the files that need to be updated rather than applying the complete patch regardless of your system.


Hope this helps!

Is anyone else noticing some weird video stutter after updating to 10.8.3?

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