Mavericks - worst OS update in memory?

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Since I&#x27;ve installed Mavericks I have the following problems:1) 2 external HDs have been corrupted and have lost data (fortunately only backups). I did an SMC reset which I thought had fixed the problem but it has now returned even after re-formatting both drives2) Zipcloud takes forever to backup (a 6 day incremental backup since Mavericks installation) - Zipcloud support don&#x27;t seem to be able to figure out the problem3) My MBP has now completely frozen 4 times in 3 days and required a hard restart, which has resulted in data loss4) Disk Utility reports that the disk needs to be repaired in Recovery HD mode - I do this and it appears to have no effect (Mac still crashes and DU still reports that there are problems which need to be fixed in Recovery HD mode)5) The strange slight screeching noise that Apple were unable to diagnose a few months back has now got much worse. The fix for this is to adjust the brightness of the display either up or down but since the Mavericks update this is now happening more regularly.I am using a 7 month old MBPr, 768GB SSD, 16GB RAM - a computer that cost almost £3000 - which has more or less turned into a piece of junk since I installed Mavericks.If anyone from Apple is reading this, then you need to pull your finger out and fix your QA problem. I am furious.

thomas_r. · Answer

Understanding upgrade nightmares

Gareth Clark · Answer

I&#x27;ve done most of those apart from a totally new install.The external HD problem also exists on my wife&#x27;s Macbook Air, (and if the length of the threads on this discussion  forum are an indicator then it is not an uncommon problem)

thomas_r. · Answer

http://www.tuaw.com/2013/11/01/western-digital-warns-customers-of-mavericks-exte rnal-hard-drive/

robertishere · Answer

Apple Mail block system. Using over 2.5 GB at startup.Apple mail is taking over my iMac compleetle take over 15/20 minuts for Apple-Mail tot relaese the system-memory before i can work again.Not using Apple Mail any more will do the trick..... Went back to webmail for my emails. Planning to install Thunderbird as a alternative. Hope on a quick udate from Applehttps://discussions.apple.com/thread/5516492

Gareth Clark · Answer

Well, I&#x27;ve fixed one of the problems. Zipcloud support told me that their application does not work very well with App Nap, so I had to permanently disable that specifically for the Zipcloud app.I still have the following problems:1) External HD&#x27;s have been reformatted and time machine seems to work, but it can take a long while for the HD&#x27;s to mount properly and for Time Machine to start (sometimes hours)2) MBP still freeezing - no idea why, I don&#x27;t have a lot of system extensions or junk software. I use Native Instruments Traktor Scratch Pro and there don&#x27;t appear to be any issues reported with the latest version and Mavericks on the NI forums.3) Disk Utility is still reporting every time I run it that the disk needs to be repaired in Recovery HD mode but when I do this DU still subsequently reports the same thingI reinstalled Mavericks and ran the Apple Hardware Test but no joy...here&#x27;s the results of my Etrecheck scan if anyone would be kind enough to cast their eye over them:Hardware Information:          MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013)          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,1          1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores          16 GB RAMVideo Information:          Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB          NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MBAudio Plug-ins:          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0          AirPlay: Version: 1.9          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3System Software:          OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 0:7:7Disk Information:          APPLE SSD SM768E disk0 : (751.28 GB)                    EFI (disk0s1) &lt;not mounted&gt;: 209.7 MB                    disk0s2 (disk0s2) &lt;not mounted&gt;: 750.42 GB                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) &lt;not mounted&gt;: 650 MBUSB Information:          Apple Inc. MacBook Air SuperDrive          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host ControllerFireWire Information:Thunderbolt Information:          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_busKernel Extensions:          com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower          (1.5.3)Problem System Launch Daemons:Problem System Launch Agents:Launch Daemons:          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist          [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist          [loaded] com.orbicule.uc.plist          [failed] com.rogueamoeba.hermes.plistLaunch Agents:          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist          [loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist          [loaded] com.orbicule.UCAgent.plistUser Launch Agents:          [loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist          [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plistUser Login Items:          GrowlHelperApp          iTunesHelper          EvernoteHelper          Dropbox          CrossOver CD Helper          ZipCloud          NIHardwareAgent3rd Party Preference Panes:          Flash Player          Flip4Mac WMV          Native Instruments USB AudioInternet Plug-ins:          AdobePDFViewer.plugin          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin          AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin1016264.plugin          AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101749.plugin          Default Browser.plugin          Flash Player.plugin          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin          googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin          iPhotoPhotocast.plugin          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin          npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin          o1dbrowserplugin.plugin          OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin          QuickTime Plugin.plugin          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin          Silverlight.pluginUser Internet Plug-ins:          WebEx64.pluginBad Fonts:          NoneTime Machine:          Skip System Files: NO          Auto backup: YES          Volumes being backed up:          Destinations:                    GC HD [Local] (Last used)                    Total size: 999.86 GB                    Total number of backups: 15                    Oldest backup: 2013-10-28 00:22:19 +0000                    Last backup: 2013-11-04 06:44:15 +0000                    Size of backup disk: Excellent                              Backup size 999.86 GB &gt; (Disk size Zero KB X 3)Top Processes by CPU:              40%          ZipCloud               3%          WindowServer               1%          fontd               1%          EtreCheck               0%          com.apple.WebKit.Networking               0%          ps               0%          Dropbox               0%          loginwindow               0%          uc               0%          SafariTop Processes by Memory:          197 MB             Safari          115 MB             ZipCloud          98 MB              WindowServer          98 MB              Dock          98 MB              com.apple.IconServicesAgent          82 MB              Dropbox          82 MB              mds_stores          66 MB              com.apple.WebKit.WebContent          49 MB              com.apple.WebKit.Networking          49 MB              SystemUIServerVirtual Memory Statistics:          10.27 GB           Free RAM          3.75 GB            Active RAM          550 MB             Inactive RAM          1.43 GB            Wired RAM          292 MB             Page-ins          0 B                Page-outs