hpr3
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Q: Update issues with 10.8.3

Today I updated from 10.8.2 to 10.8.3 thru the apps store. All seemed well until waking my display from sleep my desktop picture disappeared and only had a white screen. Clicking around the desktop revealed small 2 inch squares of the picture. Then the computer locked up. I relaunched the finder and the whole desktop reappeared only to revert to this bad behavior after waking from display sleep again.

Ran repair disk from my clone and repaired permissions with no joy. Downloaded the combo update and installed but the problem was still present.

I have copied my clone of 10.8.2 back to my HD and experiencing no problems. Anyone who has an idea what could be causing this and possible remedies would be appreciated. I have not seen any other posts with this problem but its early in the update cycle. I suppose it could be a bug but that usually isn't the case. Obviously there is nothing earth shattering about this problem and I don't need most of the update fixes included with this update however a new version of Safari was included and I would like to be current for security reasons.

Thanks

 

Message was edited by: hpr3

iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Mar 14, 2013 10:49 PM

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  • by Pepsilee,

    Pepsilee Pepsilee Mar 20, 2013 3:58 AM in response to Eric Root
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    Mar 20, 2013 3:58 AM in response to Eric Root

    Eric, I also booted into safe mode yesterday and so far so good, no white screen. Thank you for this suggestion.  I am optimistic that this will take care of the problems. I also had the System Preference and iPhoto issues and they seem to be fine now.  HPR3 and Eric, thank you for the postings! I very much appreciate the support!

  • by divingdonkey,

    divingdonkey divingdonkey Mar 22, 2013 9:14 PM in response to Pepsilee
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    Mar 22, 2013 9:14 PM in response to Pepsilee

    I've got a weirdo issue, too.  The 10.8.3 update killed most of the items in my menu bar - can't see the volume setting or date & time.  When I pull up System Prefs from the Apple shaped menu header it takes about two full minutes to come up.  Then, when I click the button to make it show date/time in the dock, I get pinwheel for about a minute and a half, then the Prefs screen crashes.  I can't make it show the date and time no matter what I do.  The same thing happens when I check the 'show volume in menu bar' box.

     

    This stinks - the update fixed a weird graphics problem I was having in Safari - but I am not happy I can't show the time or volume, since I use those displays a lot. 

     

    I'm also having trouble pulling the Preferences window back up if I minimize it.  Trying to open it or clicking anything is yielding lots of pinwheel, frozen screen, and crashing.

  • by Viper320,

    Viper320 Viper320 May 11, 2013 11:18 PM in response to hpr3
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    May 11, 2013 11:18 PM in response to hpr3

    I'm experiencing severe graphical glitches since upgrading to 10.8.3. I've reset both the PVRAM and NRAM, neither of which made a difference. I've re-installed the OS, which did not fix it. I cannot boot into safe mode, as the boot progress bar will get permanently stuck about 1/4 of the way through.

     

    Here are three videos I've taken recently of the problem happening:

     

    http://youtu.be/YGae1ams0i8

    http://youtu.be/tqO30pxdSOs

    http://youtu.be/OIwSkIJduRc

     

    Please Check them out and let me know your thoughts.

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