Mavericks has ruined my Mac

Ol\' Mitch wrote:

... Apparently apple forgot to make Mavericks compatible with Macs.

This, of course, is absurd.

I'll report back as to results....

Please don't. Find out what's wrong with your Mac and fix it. To do that pleasestart a new Discussion.

Ol\' Mitch wrote:

For the benifit of others experiencing this problem, - I too "upgraded" from snow leapard to Maverics and it made my ~5year old iMac unusable. Very slow doing anything. Apparently apple forgot to make Mavericks compatible with Macs. After spending some time with Apple Support Chat they had me try some things and eventually told me to re-install Maverics OSX. This did not work, so don't waste your time. Stay tuned... I'm going to try the time machine restore also. I'll report back as to results....

Start your own thread, Mavericks works (faster than prevous OS X versions) you will benefit from the attention paid to your own thread.

Wow, so testy... I thought the purpose of the public forums were that they are - well, public?

...And yes, it is absurd. Quick how you picked up on that. Must be the engineer in you.

Good luck with your problem.

Solved it with a simple update of iBooks, - but you didn't want me to share that with others so forget I said that.

Ol\' Mitch wrote:

it made my ~5year old iMac unusable.

Very slow doing anything.

After spending some time with Apple Support Chat they had me try some things and eventually told me to re-install Maverics OSX.

I'm going to try the time machine restore also.

And you solved it with an update of iBooks? I ust have missed the update. Where did you get it from? It may be the answer to every problem everyone here has. You probably should have mentioned that iBooks was your main issue earlier.

Thanks. I will update iBooks also when you post the link.

Many Thanks

Pete

I've never used ibooks but apparently there is a hang up between Mavericks and iBooks. All I'm saying is that after I manually updated all apple apps Mavericks is performing well.

I know it sounds ridiculous - but I got the idea from a different forum and it has worked for other as well.

Jus' sayin'

Ol\' Mitch wrote:

I've never used ibooks but apparently there is a hang up between Mavericks and iBooks. All I'm saying is that after I manually updated all apple apps Mavericks is performing well.

I know it sounds ridiculous - but I got the idea from a different forum and it has worked for other as well.

Jus' sayin'

No, where you said

Solved it with a simple update of iBooks

I can't find an update for iBooks ever being released, or a general update of all Apple Apps (a couple like iPhoto and one for Mail, but nothing else). Just the links will do.

Thanks

Pete

Oh, and the link is: → Apple menu/Software Upate...

Ol\' Mitch wrote:

Oh, and the link is: → Apple menu/Software Upate...

No, that is an old update from a month ago. That's all been done.

it made my ~5year old iMac unusable.

and all it ended up being was iBooks as you now state? Even though you say you've never used it?

Very slow doing anything.

and all it ended up being was iBooks as you now state? Even though you say you've never used it?

I'm going to try the time machine restore also.

And iBooks was so badly corrupting your computer that you were going to reinstall you last OSX?

I think you are just here to Troll in someone else's thread. That you actually have nothing to offer at all and were simply too lazy to start your own thread.

And then you stated 'Solved it with a simple update of iBooks'

I can now see why your reputation was deserving 😉

It was fun. Must do it again sometime in your own thread. 😁

Cheers

Your friend Pete

Look, - this is the fist time in 20 years of being a Mac enthusiast I’ve ever had to consult a support community because everything has always work flawlessly right out of the box (like a Mac should).

I experienced a problem after upgrading to Mavericks and I came here to see if others had experienced similar problems.

I had no idea that there was a subculture of Mac Support Geeks, - or that there was a specific “protocol” for how to learn if others could help me.

All I am saying is after I upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mavericks my was not functional – and after I updated from the apple menu it was fine. It might not solve your problem, but it might solve others like it did for me.

The reason for my reputation?

I just created a profile today, - again because I never had to for the past 20 years. No Troll here.

Have fun in your frenzy.

No frenzy here, pal. All good. So are you now, so you can stop threadjumping and carry on using Mavericks with no problems like most of us. 🙂

Bye

Pete

I wouldn't even know what "threadjumping" is since the symptom was identical to the origional post. Guess **** You is all I can say at this point.

(smile).

Glad to be of help.

Your friend

Pete

Speaking of Trolls, - I never even saw that you even had a problem related to the subject of the thread? Did you?What were the symptoms? What was the resolution?