saxking20 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 FYI-Spent 24 hours trying to get Snow Leopard to work to no avail. Something made it so slow it was completely unusable. The simplest task would take a minute. I performed all the routines that were given me by three different Apple Techs but none worked. Thank goodness for TIME MACHINE! I was able to get back to Leopard 5.8 and once again working at warp speed. If you don't have TIME MACHINE, you need to get it. Both installs have a TIME MACHINE data load box to check. I was wary of it, as I wiped my main hard drive before the install, but it works! I have a LaCie 1 terrabye which I bought for about $150. Best investment I have made in a long while. If anyone has the SL with the slows and figures out what causes it, I'd love to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaniGordon Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I have a LaCie 1 terrabye which I bought for about $150. Best investment I have made in a long while. If anyone has the SL with the slows and figures out what causes it, I'd love to know. So you better buy another HD for backup of the backup. Or even more two of them. From different brands. Cause If you have just one backup, you have nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxking20 Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 HAHAHAHA! It's a good feeling to not have to rebuild. I've done that before because I missed the LIBRARY folder. It's no f***in' fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kongwee Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Me facing freezing after install 10.6. I notice my 8,1 iMac got warmer after the installation. I shut down and let it cool. Boot it and it run faster( after a few hours). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxking20 Posted September 17, 2009 Author Share Posted September 17, 2009 Kongwe, I feel there are some serious problems with 10.6. My Black Leopard is running so good, it will take much persuasion to try the upgrade again....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaniGordon Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 I just did the upgrade to Snow Leopard today. Everything is fine. Logic 8 working fine. Motu drivers working fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxking20 Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 Glad it worked for you! I'll wait until 10.6.10 before I try it again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septicstudio Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 you tried this? I had a fnurked system aswell before deleting the 2 old tiger files... Whew, I was about to wipe my drive and do a clean install when I finally came across this "fix" for those of us with Mac Pros & a MOTU PCIe 424 type setup: I did not figure this out... "After I've spent some time trying to set up Snow Leopard I've found issues with some drivers. I know that quite a few people in this forum use MotU hardware, and so it's probably worthwhile to share my findings of workarounds with their drivers. Installing the latest MotU drivers from their website under 10.6.0 resulted in a very long boot time and the system being stuck for good 10 minutes in the blue screen that shows before the login window comes. The system log hints towards a human interface device timeout in iokit. The cause turned out to be two files that come with the MotU driver setup that are not even necessary for running the hardware. If you experience the same or similar problems, try removing the following two files from /system/library/extensions (administrative rights required): "Motu MIDI Driver.kext" "MotuTigerDriver.kext" That should fix the problem and get your PCI424 Hardware running. Cheers, Jazz " After pulling those two files out of my system folder, I to was able to get my machine up and running without issue. I decided to post this here in case anyone else is having issues with a Mac Pro and a PCIe MOTU setup. ________________________`Thats a quete from another post on this forum. I know you dont have a PCI424, but I saw Motu in your sig, this could also apply to you perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxking20 Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 Yep. I had BOTH of those files.......... I deleted them. It will take me a while to get up my nerve to try this Snow Leopard again but I know I will. I specifically asked one of the Apple Techs that seemed more knowledgeable then the others, if there were any of those .plist files that gum up the works and he said NO. In other words, I was going in the right direction, just not specific enough. I thank you so very, very much for your help and for sending me this information. BTW, MOTU has a conflict with FINALE 2008 and Leopard so maybe it was those two files???? Finale wouldn't load if my 8pre was on..... I've forgotten how FINALE Techs told me to cure the problem but they have a paper on it. If anyone needs it, I might be able to find it. Thank you again for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougb256 Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Glad it worked for you! I'll wait until 10.6.10 before I try it again! It's out (10.6.1). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougb256 Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 I have a LaCie 1 terrabye which I bought for about $150. Best investment I have made in a long while. You had better buy a backup for your backup then; LaCie drives are known to fail. I didn't believe, bought one and it died on me within 2 days. Replaced it with a G-Tech, much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxking20 Posted September 20, 2009 Author Share Posted September 20, 2009 Sorry to hear about the death of your LaCie. I have four and some have been with me for nearly 5 years with NO problems, other then operator error. I believe them to be fine machines until the first one crashes I guess! Thanks for your input, however, as that's what this group is all about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxking20 Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 Glad it worked for you! I'll wait until 10.6.10 before I try it again! It's out (10.6.1). Nope...... 9 more to go...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kongwee Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 I think SL kill my harddisk. My iMac run unusually warm after SL install. Thankfully, Applecare replace my iMac harddisk. But it is warmer than usual, so dunno when my "new" harddisk will die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojoflash Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Just a thought I have been through multiple harddrives. Western Digital NG Seagate (Triple Interface) NG Seagate Desktop Pro for Mac (Problems with Macbook Pro Intel) Iomega Quadruple Interface AWESOME HARDDRIVE FLAWLESS!!!!!!!!! run it with eSATA connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisrnps Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Something made it so slow it was completely unusable. The simplest task would take a minute. What type of installation did you choose? "Upgrade", "Archive and Install", or "Erase and Install"? I've had very similar post-update sluggishness happen in the past and it's been the difference between using "Upgrade" vs. "Archive and Install". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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