AVID bug stopping MacPro’s from rebooting turns out to be Chrome

So news reports have been popping up that 2013 MacPro’s running AVID Media Composer have been not restarting just going black. And the only fix was to re-install the Mac OS to get the system running again. Reports seemed to mostly focus on 2013 MacPro’s but from many rental houses, but also sone other macs were affected. It seemed to be that the user folder was having it’s permissions changed from admin to a normal user.

Well it seems that issue was not caused by Media Composer per se. In fact, according to ProVideoCoalition and Engadget it is a Chrome update that is screwing up the user folder. And it is only on macs that have System Integrity Protection (SIP) disabled. This means that in fact AVID is partially responsible, since AVID requires SIP to be turned off so it can get direct access to a Mac’s Graphic Systems. Of course neither Final Cut or Premiere or DaVinci require this, but AVID does.

AVID needs to fix this or work with Apple, because such an expensive and important software shouldn’t require you to lower your Macs defenses. And of course a Company as big as Google should know better as well, but why would they test with SIP disabled? I mean now they need to, but it is not something you would normally test for.

Why is iCloud ‘s Safari Bookmark sync so bad?

Now I use Firefox as my primary browser, and I have for years. I have enough if my life in google because I use a gmail account, and google search is too much of my life so I don’t want to use Chrome, even if it is marginally faster. And Safari I don’t really use on my mac, because I use Firefox, but I have to use it on my iPad and my iPhone.

My problem is, as it has been for years since they introduced iCloud syncing of bookmarks, is that it constantly fucks up and my bookmarks get destroyed. I end up with empty folders and bookmarks moved all over with all these new random folders. And this happens all the damn time!
Now when it existed I used Xmarks to sync my bookmarks between firefox and safari on my mac, but it never worked well and I tended to get messed up bookmarks both ways, but now that Xmarks is officially gone I realize that the issue is much deeper within iCloud.
In fact I don’t save any bookmarks in any version of Safari. I only add them to Firefox to keep them and I back them up when I add them so that I can restore and don’t have to fix my bookmarks ever. I even e-mail myself the links from my iPad so that I can add them to Firefox on my desktop. It is a pain but it means keeping my bookmarks safe.
And it means that I am constantly fixing my Safari bookmarks. And I know how to do that. You turn off iCloud syncing of Safari on all your devices, and let it sit for a bit, and tell the iOS devices to delete your bookmarks when you do this. Then I export my clean bookmarks from Firefox and import them into safari, then re-organize them so they are correct (bookmarks toolbar into favorites and move the rest of the bookmarks out of the folder they get stuck in). Then you turn back on iCloud Safari on all your devices and hope everything was cleared up. If it was, you will get your clean bookmarks back until iCloud messes them up again.
The stupid part is this is an easy problem to fix for Apple. Instead of always merging your bookmarks add a damn option to upload and overwrite bookmarks. This way I could easily clean them up in a single step! Xmarks had this. And so do other bookmarks sync programs. Apple just acts like it never fucks up, but it fucks up all the time!
Do people just live with their fucked up bookmarks? I don’t understand! WTF! Fix this shit Apple!

Rogue Amoeba blog on the sad state of Mac Hardware

Quentin Carnicelli recently posed a great article on the sad state of upgrades across the whole line of the Macintosh Computers. Basically it comes down to the fact that other than the iMac Pro which came out in December (half a year ago) there isn’t a single mac that has been updated in a year.

This is really a sad state. And the Mac Mini has been almost 4 years without an update or a price drop for old as hell hardware. Macs used to at least get processor upgrades once in a while with the form staying the same, but it seems we are not even getting that anymore.

Apple really has become a phone company that occasionally releases some new computer hardware.

And this makes me worry even more for the supposed new MacPro which we will learn about in 2019! Honestly no computer should take 3 years to design and ship. Especially when what Pros really want is the old cheese-grater with updated hardware. All the hints at a modular design really scares me. I don’t want modular, I want upgradeable with off the shelf PC components. Not some proprietary monstrosity that is upgradeable with over-expensive modules that only follow Apple’s upgrade schedule, which is slow at best. And most of us want some choice, mostly the choice to use NVIDIA graphics cards and not have to run it externally via thunderbolt which is not and never will be as fast as a 16x PCI bus.

Simon Wyndham on RedShark News on him considering leaving the Mac for Windows Editing

Simon Wyndham at RedShark News has a good read on why he is considering moving back to PC after the lackluster Pro Laptops and the lack of a real Pro Mac.

Now I have been saying this for years now. I don’t want to leave Mac, as I like it much better than Windows, but Windows has really become superior for Professional Computer work. There is not the choice with Mac, and the fact that the MacPro is from 2013 and itself has no upgrade ability really limits the Mac. Sure I could go Hackintosh, but working on a Quo at work I have seen the issues with upgrading, and don’t really want to deal with it.

Apple has given up on the creative professional, and Microsoft has stepped up. Look at the next Windows Update for Creatives, and the Suface, Surface Book, and Surface Studio are really for creatives!

I think Apple is making a huge mistake by not making machines for the market that kept them afloat through all the bad years, but Tim Cook doesn’t seem to agree, and Apple will suffer for it.

Still fixing my iTunes Library after disasterous update to El Capitan

After my disasterous update to El Capitan which tanked my iTunes Library, I am still working on cleaning it up!

I have fixed the music, and re-rated all my tracks, and only lost about 20 tracks out of my 40,000 plus itunes library, but now I am working on video and that is such a mess. So many tracks have been randomly renamed! I have to go through and watch some of them and figure out what they are and rename them!

All I can say is never move your iTunes library to an external Synology as it just ruined my iTunes library completely!

iTunes update

So I have been spending all the time I can re-rating my iTunes Library, and so far I am only in D! This is going to literally take forever! Such a pain. And it seems to have been slowing down the more things I rate or make playlists, but that seems to have changed.

iTunes updated to version 12.3.2.35 recently, which allows for 100,000 songs in iTunes Match, and iTunes seems to have sped up again, no more beachballs all the time. Nice! Lets hope it stays this way! This is such an improvement. My almost 50,000 library seems zippy again!

ITunes Spindump

I am posting my iTunes Spindump from iTunes burning my CPU to try to get it fixed, so I am posting it here.


Date/Time:       2015-10-30 18:06:05 -0700
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.11.1 (Build 15B42)
Architecture:    x86_64
Report Version:  19


Command:         iTunes
Path:            /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes
Version:         12.3.1 (12.3.1.23)
Build Version:   2
Project Name:    iTunes
Source Version:  1200012003001023
Parent:          launchd [1]
PID:             724


Event:           cpu usage (microstackshots only)
Thread:          0x99dc (89% cpu over 102 seconds)
Duration:        102.00s
Steps:           100


Hardware model:  MacPro4,1
Active cpus:     16


Fan speed:       1327 rpm




Powerstats for:  iTunes [724] thread 0x99dc
UUID:            89930B69-4818-3148-B8D9-56EB65C5C28D
Start time:      2015-10-30 18:06:08 -0700
End time:        2015-10-30 18:07:46 -0700
Parent:          launchd
Microstackshots: 43 samples (43%)
Primary state:   43 samples Frontmost App, User mode, Thread QoS User Interactive
User Activity:   0 samples Idle, 43 samples Active
Power Source:    0 samples on Battery, 43 samples on AC
  43 start + 1 (libdyld.dylib) [0x7fff8fb075ad]
    43 ??? (iTunes + 8910016) [0x10a3ed4c0]
      43 -[NSApplication run] + 231 (AppKit) [0x7fff9991eb65]
        43 -[NSApplication finishLaunching] + 354 (AppKit) [0x7fff9991f022]
          43 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 66 (Foundation) [0x7fff8d3600fa]
            43 _CFXNotificationPost + 693 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff93525925]
              43 -[_CFXNotificationRegistrar find:object:observer:enumerator:] + 1922 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff935266d2]
                43 ___CFXNotificationPost_block_invoke + 50 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff93569912]
                  43 _CFXRegistrationPost + 407 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff93569ba7]
                    43 ___CFXRegistrationPost_block_invoke + 63 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff93569c2f]
                      43 __CFNOTIFICATIONCENTER_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER__ + 12 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff93569c9c]
                        41 ??? (iTunes + 6391274) [0x10a1865ea]
                          41 ??? (iTunes + 6365930) [0x10a1802ea]
                            41 ??? (iTunes + 8751069) [0x10a3c67dd]
                              41 ??? (iTunes + 9629611) [0x10a49cfab]
                                41 ??? (iTunes + 2493126) [0x109dceac6]
                                  41 ??? (iTunes + 9343854) [0x10a45736e]
                                    41 ??? (iTunes + 9344851) [0x10a457753]
                                      41 ??? (iTunes + 9267015) [0x10a444747]
                                        41 ??? (iTunes + 9366605) [0x10a45cc4d]
                                          41 ??? (iTunes + 2207291) [0x109d88e3b]
                                            41 ??? (iTunes + 2134647) [0x109d77277]
                                              41 ??? (iTunes + 2457875) [0x109dc6113]
                                                41 ??? (iTunes + 9343854) [0x10a45736e]
                                                  41 ??? (iTunes + 9344851) [0x10a457753]
                                                    41 ??? (iTunes + 9267015) [0x10a444747]
                                                      41 ??? (iTunes + 9366605) [0x10a45cc4d]
                                                        41 ??? (iTunes + 2383951) [0x109db404f]
                                                          41 ??? (iTunes + 2384211) [0x109db4153]
                                                            41 ??? (iTunes + 9506337) [0x10a47ee21]
                                                              41 ??? (iTunes + 2369361) [0x109db0751]
                                                                41 ??? (iTunes + 2377627) [0x109db279b]
                                                                  41 ??? (iTunes + 9506486) [0x10a47eeb6]
                                                                    41 ??? (iTunes + 10003040) [0x10a4f8260]
                                                                      41 ??? (iTunes + 9984753) [0x10a4f3af1]
                                                                        41 ??? (iTunes + 9993163) [0x10a4f5bcb]
                                                                          41 ??? (iTunes + 3543453) [0x109ecf19d]
                                                                            41 ??? (iTunes + 13745676) [0x10a889e0c]
                                                                              41 ??? (iTunes + 13751739) [0x10a88b5bb]
                                                                                41 ??? (iTunes + 13752703) [0x10a88b97f]
                                                                                  41 ??? (iTunes + 13709309) [0x10a880ffd]
                                                                                    23 ??? (iTunes + 13705429) [0x10a8800d5]
                                                                                      18 ??? (iTunes + 11954139) [0x10a6d47db]
                                                                                      4  ??? (iTunes + 11954152) [0x10a6d47e8]
                                                                                        3  ??? (iTunes + 15014107) [0x10a9bf8db]
                                                                                      1  ??? (iTunes + 11954136) [0x10a6d47d8]
                                                                                    15 ??? (iTunes + 13705394) [0x10a8800b2]
                                                                                      6  ??? (iTunes + 11954139) [0x10a6d47db]
                                                                                      5  ??? (iTunes + 11954152) [0x10a6d47e8]
                                                                                        2  ??? (iTunes + 15014107) [0x10a9bf8db]
                                                                                        1  ??? (iTunes + 15014122) [0x10a9bf8ea]
                                                                                        1  ??? (iTunes + 15014109) [0x10a9bf8dd]
                                                                                        1  ??? (iTunes + 15014094) [0x10a9bf8ce]
                                                                                      2  ??? (iTunes + 11954136) [0x10a6d47d8]
                                                                                      1  ??? (iTunes + 11954144) [0x10a6d47e0]
                                                                                      1  ??? (iTunes + 15014088) [0x10a9bf8c8]
                                                                                    3  ??? (iTunes + 13705889) [0x10a8802a1]
                                                                                      3  ??? (iTunes + 8381776) [0x10a36c550]
                                                                                        2  CFStringCompareWithOptionsAndLocale + 9083 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff934eb39b]
                                                                                          2  _CFCompareStringsWithLocale + 6189 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff935a7fbd]
                                                                                            1  __CompareTextDefault + 102 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff935a81d6]
                                                                                              1  icu::RuleBasedCollator::setAttribute(UColAttribute, UColAttributeValue, UErrorCode&) + 387 (libicucore.A.dylib) [0x7fff9d517c63]
                                                                                                1  icu::CollationFastLatin::getOptions(icu::CollationData const*, icu::CollationSettings const&, unsigned short*, int) + 471 (libicucore.A.dylib) [0x7fff9d517375]
                                                                                            1  __CompareTextDefault + 1385 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff935a86d9]
                                                                                              1  icu::RuleBasedCollator::setAttribute(UColAttribute, UColAttributeValue, UErrorCode&) + 387 (libicucore.A.dylib) [0x7fff9d517c63]
                                                                                                1  icu::CollationFastLatin::getOptions(icu::CollationData const*, icu::CollationSettings const&, unsigned short*, int) + 471 (libicucore.A.dylib) [0x7fff9d517375]
                                                                                        1  +[NSLocale currentLocale] + 48 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff9350e680]
                        2  ??? (iTunes + 6391260) [0x10a1865dc]
                          2  ??? (iTunes + 6360002) [0x10a17ebc2]
                            1  ??? (iTunes + 3269685) [0x109e8c435]
                              1  ??? (iTunes + 3285870) [0x109e9036e]
                                1  ??? (iTunes + 15111011) [0x10a9d7363]
                                  1  ??? (iTunes + 15133178) [0x10a9dc9fa]
                                    1  ??? (iTunes + 15155354) [0x10a9e209a]
                                      1  _platform_memmove$VARIANT$Nehalem + 250 (libsystem_platform.dylib) [0x7fff9974865a]
                            1  ??? (iTunes + 3271051) [0x109e8c98b]
                              1  ??? (iTunes + 15093088) [0x10a9d2d60]
                                1  ??? (iTunes + 15133946) [0x10a9dccfa]
                                  1  ??? (iTunes + 4378042) [0x109f9adba]
                                    1  ??? (iTunes + 12015165) [0x10a6e363d]
                                      1  _platform_memmove$VARIANT$Nehalem + 224 (libsystem_platform.dylib) [0x7fff99748640]


  Binary Images:
         0x109b6e000 –        0x10b4d6fef  com.apple.iTunes 12.3.1 (12.3.1.23) <89930B69-4818-3148-B8D9-56EB65C5C28D> /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes
      0x7fff8d359000 –     0x7fff8d6adfff  com.apple.Foundation 6.9 (1255.1) <3AD7B198-3943-3919-B6F2-B0C28DC817B1> /System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Versions/C/Foundation
      0x7fff8fb04000 –     0x7fff8fb07ffb  libdyld.dylib (360.17) <99396189-E53A-3A78-BC49-449236DA7CFF> /usr/lib/system/libdyld.dylib
      0x7fff934c9000 –     0x7fff9393eff7  com.apple.CoreFoundation 6.9 (1255.1) <86B26482-C917-34F2-80D8-02911B6001E0> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation
      0x7fff99747000 –     0x7fff9974ffef  libsystem_platform.dylib (73.1.1) <3F4D2390-E3DE-3C24-A515-95DFAC8671C4> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_platform.dylib
      0x7fff998e1000 –     0x7fff9a503fff  com.apple.AppKit 6.9 (1404.13) <9B600863-6A16-31CB-8138-97AC8F43FBC6> /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit
      0x7fff9d4e6000 –     0x7fff9d6f3fff  libicucore.A.dylib (551.30) <CC6AA367-C6D3-3592-A697-76C0CFFE19DD> /usr/lib/libicucore.A.dylib




Powerstats for:  loginwindow
UUID:            7D731864-F023-31C4-9552-6CF5D934422B
Start time:      2015-10-30 18:06:06 -0700
End time:        2015-10-30 18:07:41 -0700
Microstackshots: 26 samples (26%)
Primary state:   19 samples Non-Frontmost App, User mode, Thread QoS Legacy
User Activity:   0 samples Idle, 26 samples Active
Power Source:    0 samples on Battery, 26 samples on AC
  26 start + 1 (libdyld.dylib) [0x7fff8fb075ad]
    26 ??? (loginwindow + 23452) [0x106794b9c]
      26 -[NSApplication run] + 682 (AppKit) [0x7fff9991ed28]
        26 -[NSApplication _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 454 (AppKit) [0x7fff9992a1c5]
          26 _DPSNextEvent + 1067 (AppKit) [0x7fff9992ad96]
            26 _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 71 (HIToolbox) [0x7fff9c4419cf]
              26 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 432 (HIToolbox) [0x7fff9c441b8f]
                26 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 235 (HIToolbox) [0x7fff9c441d55]
                  26 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 296 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff93551fc8]
                    21 __CFRunLoopRun + 1841 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff93552961]
                      19 __CFRunLoopDoTimers + 298 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff9355b46a]
                        6  __CFRunLoopDoTimer + 322 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff9355b622]
                          5  mk_timer_arm + 10 (libsystem_kernel.dylib) [0x7fff994e4dda]
                            5  <Kernel mode>
                          1  mk_timer_destroy + 12 (libsystem_kernel.dylib) [0x7fff994e4dd0]
                        5  __CFRunLoopDoTimer + 1075 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff9355b913]
                          5  __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_TIMER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 20 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff9355bc84]
                            1  __NSFireTimer + 95 (Foundation) [0x7fff8d403220]
                              1  -[NSView setNeedsDisplay:] + 27 (AppKit) [0x7fff9990622b]
                            1  __NSFireTimer + 42 (Foundation) [0x7fff8d4031eb]
                              1  objc_autoreleasePoolPush + 1 (libobjc.A.dylib) [0x7fff90822c85]
                            1  _CFAutoreleasePoolPop + 1 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff93511cd1]
                            1  __NSFireTimer + 32 (Foundation) [0x7fff8d4031e1]
                              1  DYLD-STUB$$memcpy + 6 (libobjc.A.dylib) [0x7fff9083ad1a]
                            1  objc_msgSend + 46 (libobjc.A.dylib) [0x7fff9081fe6e]
                        4  __CFRunLoopDoTimer + 1510 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff9355bac6]
                          3  __CFRunLoopFindMode + 197 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff93521145]
                            3  CFSetGetValue + 125 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff9352162d]
                              2  CFBasicHashFindBucket + 2644 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff934d5cb4]
                              1  CFBasicHashFindBucket + 650 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff934d54ea]
                                1  __CFStringHash + 206 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff934d22ee]
                          1  __CFRunLoopFindMode + 175 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff9352112f]
                            1  object_setClass + 269 (libobjc.A.dylib) [0x7fff90823869]
                        2  __CFRunLoopDoTimer + 1736 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff9355bba8]
                          2  __CFRepositionTimerInMode + 127 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff935273bf]
                            1  mk_timer_arm + 10 (libsystem_kernel.dylib) [0x7fff994e4dda]
                              1  <Kernel mode>
                            1  __CFArmNextTimerInMode + 581 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff93527825]
                        1  __CFRunLoopDoTimer + 63 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff9355b51f]
                          1  _pthread_mutex_lock_slow + 241 (libsystem_pthread.dylib) [0x7fff993735eb]
                        1  __CFRunLoopDoTimer + 1675 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff9355bb6b]
                          1  __CFTimeIntervalUntilTSR + 89 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff9355c709]
                      2  __CFRunLoopDoTimers + 191 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff9355b3ff]
                        1  OSAtomicCompareAndSwapPtrBarrier$VARIANT$up + 16 (libsystem_platform.dylib) [0x7fff997489dc]
                        1  -[__NSArrayM insertObject:atIndex:] + 279 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff934f4327]
                          1  malloc + 42 (libsystem_malloc.dylib) [0x7fff88cb00dc]
                            1  malloc_zone_malloc + 71 (libsystem_malloc.dylib) [0x7fff88cb15b1]
                              1  _platform_strcmp + 238 (libsystem_platform.dylib) [0x7fff997488ee]
                    1  os_release + 7 (libdispatch.dylib) [0x7fff98f2d26c]
                    1  __CFRunLoopRun + 872 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff93552598]
                      1  __CFRunLoopDoObservers + 391 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff93573007]
                        1  __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 23 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff93573097]
                          1  __NSConnectionDoQueuedWork + 67 (Foundation) [0x7fff8d3fe8df]
                            1  _NSThreadGet0 + 12 (Foundation) [0x7fff8d35b80a]
                    1  __CFRunLoopRun + 1206 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff935526e6]
                      1  _kernelrpc_mach_port_insert_member_trap + 10 (libsystem_kernel.dylib) [0x7fff994e4c36]
                        1  <Kernel mode>
                    1  __CFRunLoopRun + 1693 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff935528cd]
                      1  CFArrayGetValueAtIndex + 1 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff934f5101]
                    1  __CFRunLoopRun + 1356 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff9355277c]
                      1  voucher_mach_msg_revert + 7 (libsystem_kernel.dylib) [0x7fff994d4415]


  Binary Images:
         0x10678f000 –        0x106856ff7  com.apple.loginwindow 9.0 (1639.1) <7D731864-F023-31C4-9552-6CF5D934422B> /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow
      0x7fff88caf000 –     0x7fff88ccbff7  libsystem_malloc.dylib (67) <1B57A614-3D60-3F87-876F-7DB4AF38120F> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_malloc.dylib
      0x7fff8d359000 –     0x7fff8d6adfff  com.apple.Foundation 6.9 (1255.1) <3AD7B198-3943-3919-B6F2-B0C28DC817B1> /System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Versions/C/Foundation
      0x7fff8fb04000 –     0x7fff8fb07ffb  libdyld.dylib (360.17) <99396189-E53A-3A78-BC49-449236DA7CFF> /usr/lib/system/libdyld.dylib
      0x7fff90818000 –     0x7fff90b82ddf  libobjc.A.dylib (680) <CE3C3C78-A7BB-3147-8375-55424032FF5E> /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib
      0x7fff934c9000 –     0x7fff9393eff7  com.apple.CoreFoundation 6.9 (1255.1) <86B26482-C917-34F2-80D8-02911B6001E0> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation
      0x7fff98f2b000 –     0x7fff98f58fff  libdispatch.dylib (500.10.1) <438F4595-0731-34A2-ACAD-60121A76D1FF> /usr/lib/system/libdispatch.dylib
      0x7fff99372000 –     0x7fff9937bff7  libsystem_pthread.dylib (137.1.1) <1373D0F1-C6CA-364E-A6BA-8BDBD0D34670> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_pthread.dylib
      0x7fff994d3000 –     0x7fff994f1fff  libsystem_kernel.dylib (3247.10.11) <FA4DCF42-27B0-3878-9158-E148D208B21E> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_kernel.dylib
      0x7fff99747000 –     0x7fff9974ffef  libsystem_platform.dylib (73.1.1) <3F4D2390-E3DE-3C24-A515-95DFAC8671C4> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_platform.dylib
      0x7fff998e1000 –     0x7fff9a503fff  com.apple.AppKit 6.9 (1404.13) <9B600863-6A16-31CB-8138-97AC8F43FBC6> /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit
      0x7fff9c411000 –     0x7fff9c706ff3  com.apple.HIToolbox 2.1.1 <359FC9DB-B64C-3BC7-B9DA-401D8A5337DC> /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/HIToolbox




Powerstats for:  FMCore
UUID:            0A21CCE1-22E4-312E-AF34-B37D217CDF6C
Start time:      2015-10-30 18:06:11 -0700
End time:        2015-10-30 18:07:47 -0700
Microstackshots: 11 samples (11%)
Primary state:   5 samples Non-Frontmost App, User mode, Thread QoS Legacy
User Activity:   0 samples Idle, 11 samples Active
Power Source:    0 samples on Battery, 11 samples on AC
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    2  _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 70 (libdispatch.dylib) [0x7fff98f3308b]
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          1  _dispatch_queue_wakeup_global_slow + 60 (libdispatch.dylib) [0x7fff98f306f7]
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              1  <Kernel mode, Thread QoS User Initiated>
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            1  <Thread QoS User Initiated>
    2  _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 116 (libdispatch.dylib) [0x7fff98f330b9]
      2  _dispatch_timers_program + 924 (libdispatch.dylib) [0x7fff98f37ae4]
        2  kevent_qos + 10 (libsystem_kernel.dylib) [0x7fff994eb0a2]
          2  <Kernel mode, Thread QoS User Initiated>
    1  _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 97 (libdispatch.dylib) [0x7fff98f330a6]
      1  _dispatch_timers_configure + 53 (libdispatch.dylib) [0x7fff98f376f4]
        1  <Thread QoS User Initiated>
    1  kevent_qos + 10 (libsystem_kernel.dylib) [0x7fff994eb0a2]
      1  <Kernel mode, Thread QoS User Initiated>
  3  thread_start + 13 (libsystem_pthread.dylib) [0x7fff99373385]
    3  _pthread_start + 168 (libsystem_pthread.dylib) [0x7fff9937592e]
      3  _pthread_body + 131 (libsystem_pthread.dylib) [0x7fff993759b1]
        3  GThread::PthreadInternal(void*) + 223 (cpp-core) [0x100b39867]
          1  ??? (FMCore + 690978) [0x1000a8b22]
            1  ??? (FMCore + 690582) [0x1000a8996]
              1  ??? (FMCore + 85953) [0x100014fc1]
                1  GSystem::OSGetSecondsSince1970() + 18 (cpp-core) [0x100b332da]
                  1  GScopedManagedMemory::GScopedManagedMemory() + 16 (FMCore) [0x100023790]
                    1  GScopedManagedMemory::OSSetupManagedMemory() + 51 (cpp-core) [0x100aec3c5]
                      1  -[NSAutoreleasePool init] + 16 (Foundation) [0x7fff8d35db22]
                        1  _getObjc2NonlazyCategoryList(mach_header_64 const*, unsigned long*) + 21 (libobjc.A.dylib) [0x7fff9081fc51]
          1  ??? (FMCore + 491360) [0x100077f60]
            1  ??? (FMCore + 490776) [0x100077d18]
              1  GThread::ShouldContinueRunning() + 62 (cpp-core) [0x100b38ec2]
                1  GScopedLock::GScopedLock(GLockable&, bool, GLockStrategy*) + 67 (cpp-core) [0x100aebf89]
                  1  GScopedLock::Lock() + 42 (cpp-core) [0x100aec192]
                    1  GBlockingLockStrategy::Lock(GLockable&) + 7 (cpp-core) [0x100a77277]
          1  ??? (FMCore + 29273) [0x100007259]
            1  ??? (FMCore + 38185) [0x100009529]
              1  GIPCReceiver::OSWaitForData() + 5468 (cpp-core) [0x100abc34c]
  2  ??? [0]
    1  __commpage_gettimeofday + 31 (libsystem_kernel.dylib) [0x7fff994e4e3f]
    1  __commpage_gettimeofday + 41 (libsystem_kernel.dylib) [0x7fff994e4e49]
      1  mach_absolute_time + 28 (libsystem_kernel.dylib) [0x7fff994e4072]


  Binary Images:
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      0x7fff8d359000 –     0x7fff8d6adfff  com.apple.Foundation 6.9 (1255.1) <3AD7B198-3943-3919-B6F2-B0C28DC817B1> /System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Versions/C/Foundation
      0x7fff90818000 –     0x7fff90b82ddf  libobjc.A.dylib (680) <CE3C3C78-A7BB-3147-8375-55424032FF5E> /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib
      0x7fff98f2b000 –     0x7fff98f58fff  libdispatch.dylib (500.10.1) <438F4595-0731-34A2-ACAD-60121A76D1FF> /usr/lib/system/libdispatch.dylib
      0x7fff99372000 –     0x7fff9937bff7  libsystem_pthread.dylib (137.1.1) <1373D0F1-C6CA-364E-A6BA-8BDBD0D34670> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_pthread.dylib
      0x7fff994d3000 –     0x7fff994f1fff  libsystem_kernel.dylib (3247.10.11) <FA4DCF42-27B0-3878-9158-E148D208B21E> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_kernel.dylib

El Capitan and iTunes major problems

So if you read my blog you know I have been having major issues with El Capitan, so much so that I did a fresh install on another hard drive, but it did not fix either my Messages issues or my issues with iTunes.

iTunes has just been incredibly slow. Like so slow it is unusable with constant beachballs. It just barely functions, and even then not much. It is just a mess. I tried what I could, running Diskwarrior and TechTool Pro as well as fixing permissions to see if it would fix anything, but it didn’t so I decided to re-import my Library.

This should not be a hard process as it just involves removing the iTunes Library.itl and iTunes Library.xml file from the iTunes folder (SAVE THEM THOUGH), then restarting iTunes. One step they don’t tell is that if you Medua is on an external drive, then open itunes and set the Media to that location and the go to Library and import the XML you moved .

Now this took quite a long time for me as it basically brought up a dialogue for every iOS app saying it was already there, either older, newer or the same, and the do the same for all check box did nothing. So about 12 hours later I had my library imported again, and low and behold, while everything i back with proper metadata, iTunes is once again unusable.

Just frozen with a beachball.

It is all also pegging my processor (or at least some of them as shown from Activity Monitor.

 And is sending up a slew of messages in the console, including that it is pegging the processor.

And is is basically beachballing and unusable!

I don’t want to lose my whole iTunes Library, which I have literally worked years on! WHAT THE HELL! This is ridiculous, between the iCloud issues and iTunes being completely fucked, El Capitan is the worst update to OS X I have ever used, and I have used them all!

Larry Jordan has a good article on how Disk Utility has been emasulated in OS X El Capitan

Larry Jordan has a good in depth article on the emasculation of Disk Utility in OS X El Capitan. He goes into how Soft Raid is the best solution to create software Raids in El Capitan.

Of course Soft Raid has always been a better solution than Disk Utility, but it is also a $179 solution to something that you used to be able to do for Free in Disk Utility!