mac firmware updates

[mark rachelle]

after i owning macs for many years now i have a sneaking suspician that as soon as you install a firmware update from Apple the computer starts to run slower

we have the same problem in the office

we have 4 imacs (9 months old)constantly uploading video and music to various dsp,s

and low and behold the new imac with no firmware updates is faster, and syncs better to the back end of apple.

everything is the same except newer is better?

why is this so?

is apple trying to get you to buy new machines?

[jkhuri44]

is apple trying to get you to buy new machines?

surely the face of evil is kinder than this??


MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

the proof is in the firmware my friend.

Similar scenarios are MS Office being so slow, where audio programs on the same computer virtually FLY.....

[Chinagraf]

Since myImac updated from the original 10.6 OS I can't create a wireless network on channels 1 to 13. Heaps of people are having the same issue but no solution from uncle Mac...
Sooo...no internet sharing for me at home.

[musikwerks]

the question needs to be asked.... why do you have to upgrade the OS at all? If it ain't broke....

[no-fi]

maybe you need the ultimate mac upgrade?

windows 7.

they become usable, then.
:-)

[heathen]

I have to agree with Kris, I just don't update my audio computers if they are running fine. My internet machines are another story, I always update them for the security.

[Ben M]

For my macs it's always been;

Music computer = music only, no connection for the interweb, only upgrade on major OS (eg. panther, leopard, etc) if it's past the test from users.
Internet computer = anything goes.

:)

[Ben M]

Since myImac updated from the original 10.6 OS I can't create a wireless network on channels 1 to 13. Heaps of people are having the same issue but no solution from uncle Mac...
Sooo...no internet sharing for me at home.

Andy have you tried logging in to the wireless network profile, change your password, log out, restart computer, log in?

I did this for a similar problem and hey presto.

:)

[musikwerks]

Ben might be on to something there. Sometimes on upgrading passowrd keychains get messed up. Also try repairing permissions.... which is a good task to undertake every few weeks anyway.

[Chinagraf]

Interesting, I willtry when I get home. If I ever do after making the 6 million cloth panels I'm doing today. The reason it was updated it that this is my first Mac and I thought they were good at that sort of stuff....ha..kill me...
Kris, what is repairing permissions? Is that like buying my wife flowers so I can go out on the weekend?

[Chris H]

Interesting, I willtry when I get home. If I ever do after making the 6 million cloth panels I'm doing today. The reason it was updated it that this is my first Mac and I thought they were good at that sort of stuff....ha..kill me...
Kris, what is repairing permissions? Is that like buying my wife flowers so I can go out on the weekend?

.....more like buying her flowers so you can buy more gear!
To repair permissions go to Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility. Select the disk and click repair permissions.
In my simplistic laymans terms, it repairs errors in file numbers/names etc, in the directory or some where under the bonnet so to speak. .....like a stitch in time saves 9 function.

[Kurt]

So it's the Mac equivalent of chkdisk in windows/dos?

Interesting, I willtry when I get home. If I ever do after making the 6 million cloth panels I'm doing today. The reason it was updated it that this is my first Mac and I thought they were good at that sort of stuff....ha..kill me...
Kris, what is repairing permissions? Is that like buying my wife flowers so I can go out on the weekend?

.....more like buying her flowers so you can buy more gear!
To repair permissions go to Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility. Select the disk and click repair permissions.
In my simplistic laymans terms, it repairs errors in file numbers/names etc, in the directory or some where under the bonnet so to speak. .....like a stitch in time saves 9 function.

[Martin]

i'm sure there would be enough nerds out there with enough know how to be able to figure this out if it were actually happening, could you imagine the frenzy if they were known to be crippling their own machines?

but that said, they kinda already do this, software updates so apps use more memory & disk space


best thing i ever did for mine was a solid state hard disk for the system and apps folder, everything else on hard drives, and a decent whack of ram too