clipping sound on new iMac when Logix X is running

Maybe someone who has fixed their problem by splitting the FD could boot into recovery mode and start Disk Utility just to confirm if they get the warning too or if not.

When I boot into recovery mode and start Disk Utility my two drives are displayed in red text, and I get the warning. So it seems to be unfused.

I have just updated to Maverick and now the sound issue is completely gone! I did not refuse the drives, but though I would give the upgrade I try before I would refuse them again. Apparantly that fixed the problem on my computer🙂

So...another call to Apple Care...

Still no word on a fix from Apple and I have until 1/7 to exchange this Fusion Drive iMac for one without the FD. I'm reluctant to do this because I've invested so many hours in setting it up and downloading and installing software. And I feel like Apple will surely fix this problem.

If I don't return it by 1/7 then it will become a 'repair' issue if a general fix isn't forthcoming from Apple. And I have to drive 4 hours to an Apple store to do an exchange.

I'm inclined to just invest in an external drive and clone the system as a fix for now and hope that Apple will provide an system update that solves the problem.

I'm not all that knowledgable about Macs but from what I've read here, it is not all that tricky to clone the system to an external drive and boot off of that.

Is there any consensus about the best cloning software for this? Any tips on that and on the process are appreciated.

Thanks to all the posters on this board and especially to Art of Sound for all the good info.

Hi ges8ges...

I use SuperDuper! to clone my drives....

http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html

Also, it's very useful to make a full clone backup every so often and then restore from if something goes wrong ... and much quicker and effective that using TM for such situations i find.

Some people use Carbon Copy Cloner too...

http://www.bombich.com/ccc_features.html

which works well.. just not as well as SD! in my opinion...

and for now, the boot from a cloned ext HD method would seem like the best step to take....

Happy New Year!

Nigel

Thanks Art of Sound.

When you clone your drive, does the external drive you are cloning to have to be used exclusively for the clone or can part of the drive be used for other storage?

Thanks.

When you clone from one drive to another it formats the ext drive making a perfect and identical image of the original drive....

You could partition the drive initially I suppose and then restore the clone to one of the partitions but performance drops when you do so..... so personally I always restore to an unpartitioned drive... so it's identical in content to the original even if not the same size...

You can then add other files to that external drive later if you wish... Just remember than when you go to restore back to the internal drive, you will clone the external drive which will then include all these extra files reducing the available space free on the internal drive... when you restore (If that makes sense?)

Yes, that makes sense. Thank you.

...and another question.

There seem to be a lot of options for external drives. Any recommendations for use with this new iMac and OS 10.9.1? I think 1TB would probably be sufficient.

For such things I just use a domestic Seagate GoFlex... I grabbed a couple of FW 1TB ones in the past which I use with a FW to TBolt adaptor...but now, given you have a 2013 iMac... you could use USB3 ones too.... (I wouldn't recommend USB2 unless you absolutely have to)

Something like this if you are in the US...

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STBU1000100/dp/B00829THO6 /ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388771843&sr=8-1&keywords=Seagate+usb3+1TB+external

or this for slightly better perfomance I found... for a 1 or 2TB...

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STBV2000100/dp/B00834SJ S0/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1388771881&sr=8-10&keywords=Seagate+usb3+1TB+external

Thanks again.

The 2 TB doesn't mention support for Mac OS but I assume that works. Just reformat after plugging it in?

Sorry for using bandwidth here for these questions that aren't directly related to the audio issue. But thanks for the help.

No worries and yes.. Just reformat in Mac format using the Disk utility.... and you will be set to go.

Tip: Don't forget to to repartition the drive to one partition and select GUID via the options button when you do so... so it will become a Bootable Mac Drive...

Nigel,

Does this work when cloning a fusion drive to a non fusion drive external, and then back again?

Does the fusion functionality all work ok when transferring true external clone back to the internal?

Thanks

Just installed maverick after apple surport refused to aknowledge they have this problam. Still not fixed. Blows my mind how a company this big, where a large proportion of the music industry and media use macs, that they still have not ironed out this problem. Gutted. AVOID purchasing new macs untill they have.

Simon,

Yes.. from what I gather.. you just need to clone the entire Fusion Drive to a separate drive.. and then when this whole sorry mess is fixed, you can clone the external drive back to the Fusion Drive... as OS X and say.. SuperDuper! as the cloning app... see the Fusion Drive as just one drive like any other in that sense. It may take a little while for the Fusion drive, once you have cloned back to it.. to sort itself out and place the most accessed files back onto the SSD portion, but that process is automatic.. and as i said, just takes some time for the FD software to do