[Leica] OT: sluggish iMac

[Jim Nichols]

Hi Frank,

My computer systems analyst son, who chooses to use Android, advised me 
not to install the iOS 9 upgrades which are now sitting on my iPhone 6.  
His advice was to await the iOS 9.1 version which is currently a month 
or so away.  I have taken his advice.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 10/8/2015 12:15 PM, Frank Filippone wrote:
> Jayanard.. same problem here....
>
> The fix, according to Apple.....
> Turn unit off.
> Put on cool ( not warm) table top.
> Plug in AC Cord.
> Take shoe and hit it HARD, several times.
> At this point the problem you were having will be gone
>
> Or.....
>
> Hold down the ON/OFF switch and the whatever -you-call-it button on top.... The unit will switch off then reboot.  It worked on my IPhone and my Wife's Ipad....
>
> Ios 9 is by far the buggiest POC that runs ( or not run) in the house.....
>
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jayanand Govindaraj
> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2015 9:43 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: sluggish iMac
>
> No, I was genuinely interested why there seems to be an OS upgrade every few months that causes all sorts of problems every time. Seems to negate the advantages of sticking to a highly fenced and proprietary system.
> Anyway, a Mac is a non starter for me because I play a lot of  RPGs....:-)
>
> Incidentally, the OS that gives me the maximum number of headaches today is IOS 9 on my Ipad Mini 128GB - they are bringing out an update a week (we are already on 9.02), but programs like Gmail still freeze for no rhyme or reason a few times a day. If it were not so convenient, I would junk it. As it is, being lazy, I am locked in and stuck with it for the time being!
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 9:42 PM, Adam Bridge <abridge683 at fastmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Oh just STOP it, Jayanand. Aren t we over this OS wars stuff? If it s
>> a hardware failure, and it sounds like it is to me, then any machine
>> is likely to have something happen to it - especially after 7 years.
>>
>> Sheesh.
>>
>> All seriousness aside, might take a look through the console logs and
>> see if there are any telltale errors being reported during boot.
>> Resetting the power controller for your machine might make sense as
>> well - I d have to look up the technique that s relevant to the machine in question, however.
>>
>> And it might be a RAM failure issue as well if something is mucking up
>> the boot process. The Apple Store guys should have poked around at
>> that but bad RAM can be tricky to find if its intermittent.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>> On Oct 8, 2015, at 8:08 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> I thought the whole idea of using a MAC with all the proprietary
>>> restrictions was to avoid this sort of nonsense. Never happens to me
>>> on Windows nowadays.....
>>> Cheers
>>> Jayanand
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