Ever since I updated my OSX from 10.8.3 (or 10.8.4) to 10.8.5 Logic Pro X has been doing this weird stuff as shown in pics below.
I've tried trashing Logic Pro X and reinstalling but still same problem.
Any ideas??
Logic Pro X, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
What version of Logic Pro X are you running?
Try deleting Logic's Preferences.....
To delete the user preferences, do the following:
You can resolve many issues by restoring Logic Pro X back to its original settings. This will not impact your media files. To reset your Logic Pro X user preference settings to their original state, do the following:
- Quit Logic Pro X
- In the Finder, choose Go to Folder from the Go menu.
- Type ~/Library/Preferences in the "Go to the folder" field.
- Press the Go button.
- Remove the com.apple.logic10.plist file from the Preferences folder. Note that if you have programmed any custom key commands, this will reset them to the defaults. You may wish to export your custom key command as a preset before performing this step. See the Logic Pro X User Manual for details on how to do this.
- If you are having trouble with a control surface in Logic Pro X, then you may also wish to delete the com.apple.logic.pro.cs file from the preferences folder.
- Restart the computer.
Note: If you cannot find any of the files listed above, you didn’t follow the instructions correctly! 🙂
If that doesnt fix things then try running Etrecheck...
http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
..and look through it's report to see if there is anything installed that shouldn't be.. or doesn't need to be, on your Mac...
If you need help with reading through the Etrecheck report.. post it up here and I'll take a look/see for you...
Failing that, roll back to your previous OS X configuration via your backups... and see if that resolves things
If it doesn't then its likely you have some kind of driver/system file corruption going on.... and you may need to try reinstalling everything including OS X from scratch..
Note: It is also possible, your Mac may have a hardware issue... Memory or Graphics related, seems to be the most likely culprits.. but try all of the above first to eliminate almost everything else from the equation.
Will do and get back to you with results. Thank you very much for your time and expertise.
EtreCheck version: 2.3 (135)
Report generated 8/6/15 2:45 PM
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Hardware Information:(What does this mean?)
iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) (Technical Specifications)
iMac - model: iMac10,1
1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 0/DIMM1
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: Unknown
Video Information:(What does this mean?)
ATI Radeon HD 4670 - VRAM: 256 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software:(What does this mean?)
OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Time since boot: about one hour
Disk Information:(What does this mean?)
WDC WD10EZEX-08M2NA0 disk0 : (1 TB) (Rotational)
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (629.83 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GA11N ()
USB Information:(What does this mean?)
Digidesign Eleven Rack
Western Digital External HDD 250.06 GB
HuxMusic (disk1s1) /Volumes/HuxMusic : 250.06 GB (54.03 GB free)
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1 TB
disk2s1 (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
NI Libraries (disk2s2) /Volumes/NI Libraries : 999.86 GB (710.38 GB free)
iLok iLok
Mitsumi Electric Hub in Apple Extended USB Keyboard
KORG INC. nanoPAD2
Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0
Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard
BEHRINGER UMX 25
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Gatekeeper:(What does this mean?)
Anywhere
Adware:(What does this mean?)
Genieo, InstallMacAdware! [Click to remove]
More adware filesAdware! [Click to remove]
Kernel Extensions:(What does this mean?)
/Library/Application Support/Roxio
[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0) [Click for support]
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.Avid.driver.AvidDX (5.8.0 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.caiaq.driver.NIUSBGuitarRigMobileDriver (2.6.0 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.caiaq.driver.NIUSBHardwareDriver (2.6.0 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]
[loaded] com.digidesign.iokit.DigiDal (10.3.9f207 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.digidesign.mbox2.boot.driver (10.3.5f211 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.digidesign.mbox2.driver (10.3.5f211 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
[loaded] com.digidesign.usb.elevenrack.driver (1.2.0 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.master (5.9.1 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.roxio.BluRaySupport (1.1.6) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.wibu.codemeter.CmUSBMassStorage (1.0.7) [Click for support]
/System/Library/Extensions/PACESupportFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.leopard (5.9.1 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.panther (5.9.1 - SDK 10.-1) [Click for support]
[loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.9.1 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.tiger (5.9.1 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]
Startup Items:(What does this mean?)
Digidesign Mbox 2: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Digidesign Mbox 2
DigidesignLoader: Path: /Library/StartupItems/DigidesignLoader
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Launch Daemons:(What does this mean?)
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.avid.bsd.shoe.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.avid.bsd.ShoeTool.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.digidesign.elevenrack.helper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] PACESupport.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents:(What does this mean?)
[loaded] com.genieo.completer.download.plist Adware! [Click to remove]
[loaded] com.genieo.completer.update.plist Adware! [Click to remove]
User Login Items:(What does this mean?)
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
TuneupMyMac UNKNOWN (missing value)
NIHardwareAgent Application Hidden (/Library/Application Support/Native Instruments/Hardware/NIHardwareAgent.app)
EvernoteHelper Application (/Applications/Evernote.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/EvernoteHelper.app)
Internet Plug-ins:(What does this mean?)
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 18.0.0.209 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Flash Player: Version: 18.0.0.209 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Check version
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 [Click for support]
Safari Extensions:(What does this mean?)
MacVeXe
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Amazon Shopping Assistant Adware! [Click to remove]
Ebay Shopping Assistant Adware! [Click to remove]
Audio Plug-ins:(What does this mean?)
Avid CoreAudio: Version: 11.1.3.325 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
3rd Party Preference Panes:(What does this mean?)
Digidesign Eleven Rack [Click for support]
DigidesignMbox2 [Click for support]
Flash Player [Click for support]
Native Instruments USB Audio [Click for support]
Time Machine:(What does this mean?)
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 999.35 GB Disk used: 369.51 GB
Destinations:
Time machine backup [Local]
Total size: 999.86 GB
Total number of backups: 2
Oldest backup: 2015-05-15 02:41:25 +0000
Last backup: 2015-05-15 03:42:47 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 999.86 GB < (Disk used 369.51 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU:(What does this mean?)
2% fontd
1% WindowServer
1% MemServerUI
0% WebProcess
0% storeagent
Top Processes by Memory:(What does this mean?)
410 MB WebProcess
82 MB Safari
49 MB NIHardwareAgent
41 MB Finder
33 MB Preview
Virtual Memory Information:(What does this mean?)
2.25 GB Free RAM
5.75 GB Used RAM ()
3 MB Swap Used
Diagnostics Information:(What does this mean?)
Aug 6, 2015, 02:21:50 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Pro Tools_2015-08-06-142150_[redacted].crash
Aug 6, 2015, 01:32:43 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Pro Tools_2015-08-06-133243_[redacted].crash
Aug 6, 2015, 01:03:10 PM Self test - passed
Aug 4, 2015, 09:36:34 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/EvernoteHelper_2015-08-04-213634_[redacted].cr ash
Aug 3, 2015, 04:40:18 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Pro Tools_2015-08-03-164018_[redacted].crash
Uh-Oh, Somebody's been visiting ummm... "suspect" sites!
There, I didn't come out and say it,
Haha,
Anything I can do? should i delete all those adware things?
Anything I can do? should i delete all those adware things?
Yes..
1) I would suggest you download and install Malwarebytes Anti-Malware utility which now includes the excellent Adware Medic software...
http://www.adwaremedic.com/index.php
That should clean up most of the adware etc from your system...
2) You have Pro Tools installed on your system and that has been crashing frequently from the log report..... These crashes could easily be related to the issue you are having with Logic... be it something else that is causing these crashes or be it PT itself... Personally, I won't install anything PT related on my main system drive (where I have Logic installed) because of the various issues that have gone on with Avid/Digidesign related drivers and software over the years...
If I needed to use PT then I would make a second bootable external hard drive and install PT and its various drivers on that instead and boot to that drive when I wished to use PT, leaving my main system drive clean to run Logic on....
3) You have a bunch of other apps etc running in the background of your Mac... such as MacVeXe which is a well know freeware MP3 player and also considered nasty malware at the same time... and TuneUpMyMac which is a waste of time imho.. and often does more harm than good.. (as do most of the 'system tweaking/speed up/clean up' type apps out there..)
and finally...
4) With all due respect... but you are using Professional level software on a professional level computer and yet you are using that Mac in a very non professional manner... installing / running all kinds of stuff without apparent care or attention... and you wonder why you are having issues?
Again, please take that last comment in the true spirit it is intended... and take whats going on as a major wake up call....
You may need to wipe out your system drive and start again from scratch to fully cure all these various issues... and if so, then pull the trigger and do it... but also, learn from this and try to curb the things you did in the past, that likely caused all these types of problems so you can relax and make music without any of these hassles and frustrations.
Cheers..
Nigel
Awesome. Will do mate.
Thanks a lot for all your help. Greatly appreciated.
Logic Pro X bug, screen looks like the program has a virus or something
