You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

Swift1113 Author

Level 1

0 points

OS X Mavericks - Awful Performance

Well, here we go again...

Apple releases an updated OS and it turns my Mac which is less than a year old into an underperforming little box of frustration for no apparent reason. I installed Mavericks last night and the overall performance of my system has taken an absolute nosedive. Seemingly every operation (booting up, launching apps, playing video/audio, browsing the filesystem, etc) is noticably slower. I really don't feel like this should be the case considering the hardware I am running on which is listed below:

Mac mini (late 2012):

2.6GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7

8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB

1TB Fusion Drive

I literally got this thing (maxed out on specs and $$$) less than a year ago and already Apple's awesome OS update has already devalued it. Is this the strategy these days? Release OS updates that run like crap on hardware that isn't even a year old in order to force people to keep purchasing newer hardware? All of a sudden a system that left nothing to be desired in terms of performance is now exhibiting early-2000s behavior that includes stuttering video/audio, spinning beach balls galore, and apps that sit and bounce in the dock 15 times before it even launches and becomes useable.

Is anyone else seeing this stuff? The memory and CPU useage on my system looks fine to me so it's tough for me to just blame a bad install for all of this. I can't see any reason why it's performing so badly now given all of the features Apple bragged about that are supposed to speed up your system (App Nap, Compressed Memory, OpenCL, etc). This is worse than going from Snow Leopard to Lion, IMHO.

Apple - You can keep your Maps app, tabbed Finder, and the annoying notifications flashing in my face every two seconds if it means that my system will be able to perform well again. I want my system back.

Mac mini, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 23, 2013 9:49 AM

277 replies

techcafe

Level 1

31 points

Feb 17, 2014 12:40 PM in response to petermac87

yeah, you would be #1 on my block list.

Feb 17, 2014 12:43 PM in response to techcafe

Who says that you have to remain here if you find it so unhelpful.

Allan

petermac87

Level 5

7,447 points

Feb 17, 2014 12:47 PM in response to techcafe

techcafe wrote:

yeah, you would be #1 on my block list.

No thanks needed. Now any technical question you would lik answered or are you just here to add negetivity to two particular threads without offering anything and just agreeing with your uninformed counterparts?

Try unsubscribing to the thread. There an idea that will work well for everyone. 😉

Cheers

Pete

John Galt

Level 10

146,624 points

Feb 17, 2014 12:52 PM in response to techcafe

techcafe wrote:

i very much agree with you, Joe. i really wish there was a way to block the insufferable fanboys on this site, they are nauseating, and extremely unhelpful.

Like this one, techcafe?

Linc Davis wrote:

nah, i'm not wasting my time with any of that.

Then I'm not wasting any more of my time on this thread. Good luck.

Experienced users possessing the knowledge and motivation to help are quick to learn who wants help, and who doesn't; who's worth their time, and who's not. Guess which category you're in.

techcafe

Level 1

31 points

Feb 17, 2014 12:52 PM in response to Allan Eckert

oh i agree, and i rarely visit here. i find the Stack Exchange forums to be a much more helpful… and without the stench of arrogance found around here, thankfully.

techcafe

Level 1

31 points

Feb 17, 2014 12:53 PM in response to John Galt

you'd be #2

Feb 17, 2014 12:56 PM in response to techcafe

Maybe you should consider spending more time there and less here. I am sure that your absence here will be hardly noticed at all.

Allan

John Galt

Level 10

146,624 points

Feb 17, 2014 12:58 PM in response to techcafe

techcafe wrote:

you'd be #2

That's how the ignorant remain so. Buh-bye.

petermac87

Level 5

7,447 points

Feb 17, 2014 1:00 PM in response to techcafe

I think you just hit #1

Congratulations. and goodbye.

Pete

techcafe

Level 1

31 points

Feb 17, 2014 1:21 PM in response to petermac87

nope, certainly not a friend of mine,

ask your friend 'John Galt' above

my comment about Rand was 'removed'

as i suspect this one will be as well

really is a pity about the no block feature, it would save us some grief

Feb 17, 2014 1:28 PM in response to techcafe

Then we could block you.

Wouldn't that be nice.

Allan

petermac87

Level 5

7,447 points

Feb 17, 2014 1:29 PM in response to techcafe

Yes it would. And people such as yourself with no technical input and who cannot even stay on topic would be first ones blocked. Or perhaps removed. Obviously you were not educated enough to be able to read and understand the Terms Of Use here. But you could manage to tick the pretty box. Well done.😝

Pete

techcafe

Level 1

31 points

Feb 17, 2014 1:30 PM in response to Allan Eckert

i couldn't agree more. i even gave you a thumbs up! 😉

petermac87

Level 5

7,447 points

Feb 17, 2014 1:31 PM in response to techcafe

techcafe wrote:

i couldn't agree more. i even gave you a thumbs up! 😉

😝

Feb 28, 2014 4:50 AM in response to Swift1113

Mavericks ran decent on my computer i5 Quad Core, 4 gigs of ram but I switched back to Lion because the Dock is eye sicking in Mavericks. But Lion software loads a lot faster for me. I get better performance then I did with mavericks.

P.S. The main reason why I switched back to Lion was because of the dock. I cannot stand the glassy dock, and the 2d dock command doesn't work on Mavericks for some odd reason. So I plan on staying on Lion until Mavericks is completely done.

OS X Mavericks - Awful Performance