Too many crashes to count from Yosemite 10.10.3 today. It wasn't satisfied with the trifecta on boot crashes as it did that five times in a row. When it starts, as soon as Safari starts doing anything, boom. Safari has since been fired as the default browser.
Even if nothing else, the iMac can serve as a gambling device. Step right up, ladies and gentlemen. That's right, place your bets as to how long before the iMac crashes again. Sometimes it's seconds, sometimes it's hours, so the only question is, "Do you feel lucky?"
Immaculatizing the computer has removed all system add-ons and there weren't that many to start. All of it worked prior to 10.10.3.
There is no software running under the browser other than Blogger and Twitter. Typically I have half a dozen or more tabs open at once with Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc.
There is one remaining piece of software to remove and that's com.techsmith.TACC. This is run as a kernel extension (kext) so it's got to go. A ticket has been opened with Techsmith to find how to remove it as there's no utility here that can even find it. This fact alone tells me they're wiseguys so it emphasizes all the more getting it off the system. The only other way to get rid of it is to do a clean install for Yosemite and start all over again. Remains to be seen and I wait for a responses from the Techsmith tech support. The product this software supports is Camtasia 2.
Don't look at the above as an indictment as no-one seems to know what creates all the software conflicts and there are multiple people reporting the same symptom but there's no clear answer on what to do about it. Yosemite 10.10.3 works fine for some people and that's fine, I'm happy for them, but there are people really steaming over how it has failed.
Some oddities noticed: every single system having a problem is a 2013 iMac with 16 GB of RAM in it. Unknown if this means anything at all but it's unusual. Presumably that means I can install Yosemite 10.10.3 on the laptop and all will be peachy.
Safari was fired and Chrome is the current browser. About once a minute, the fans spin up and then shut down again. That just started as I have been writing the article and that's not how it goes when it gets to running hot. The fans will spin up for Compressor and likely run the whole time it does but that's about the only software that pushes it hard enough to do it.
Here's a history of crashes, collected from a Terminal session. There's a list of crashes today and then what it normally looks like.
iMac:~ alanfraser$ last reboot
reboot ~ Mon May 18 18:07
reboot ~ Mon May 18 18:05
reboot ~ Mon May 18 18:02
reboot ~ Mon May 18 17:45
reboot ~ Mon May 18 17:35
reboot ~ Mon May 18 17:30
reboot ~ Mon May 18 17:18
reboot ~ Mon May 18 17:16
reboot ~ Mon May 18 17:15
reboot ~ Mon May 18 16:03
reboot ~ Mon May 18 15:19
reboot ~ Mon May 18 10:58
reboot ~ Mon May 18 09:49
reboot ~ Mon May 18 09:46
reboot ~ Mon May 18 08:29
reboot ~ Mon May 18 07:46
reboot ~ Mon May 18 07:02
reboot ~ Mon May 18 06:53
reboot ~ Mon May 18 06:41
reboot ~ Mon May 18 05:13
reboot ~ Mon May 18 04:51
reboot ~ Mon May 18 04:01
What the history normally looks like:
reboot ~ Sat Mar 28 08:11
reboot ~ Sat Mar 28 06:32
reboot ~ Fri Mar 20 14:48
reboot ~ Fri Mar 13 20:10
reboot ~ Tue Mar 10 07:40
reboot ~ Mon Mar 9 00:36
reboot ~ Sat Feb 28 09:36
reboot ~ Fri Feb 27 15:24
reboot ~ Fri Feb 27 14:16
wtmp begins Fri Feb 27 14:16
Even if nothing else, the iMac can serve as a gambling device. Step right up, ladies and gentlemen. That's right, place your bets as to how long before the iMac crashes again. Sometimes it's seconds, sometimes it's hours, so the only question is, "Do you feel lucky?"
Immaculatizing the computer has removed all system add-ons and there weren't that many to start. All of it worked prior to 10.10.3.
There is no software running under the browser other than Blogger and Twitter. Typically I have half a dozen or more tabs open at once with Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc.
There is one remaining piece of software to remove and that's com.techsmith.TACC. This is run as a kernel extension (kext) so it's got to go. A ticket has been opened with Techsmith to find how to remove it as there's no utility here that can even find it. This fact alone tells me they're wiseguys so it emphasizes all the more getting it off the system. The only other way to get rid of it is to do a clean install for Yosemite and start all over again. Remains to be seen and I wait for a responses from the Techsmith tech support. The product this software supports is Camtasia 2.
Don't look at the above as an indictment as no-one seems to know what creates all the software conflicts and there are multiple people reporting the same symptom but there's no clear answer on what to do about it. Yosemite 10.10.3 works fine for some people and that's fine, I'm happy for them, but there are people really steaming over how it has failed.
Some oddities noticed: every single system having a problem is a 2013 iMac with 16 GB of RAM in it. Unknown if this means anything at all but it's unusual. Presumably that means I can install Yosemite 10.10.3 on the laptop and all will be peachy.
Safari was fired and Chrome is the current browser. About once a minute, the fans spin up and then shut down again. That just started as I have been writing the article and that's not how it goes when it gets to running hot. The fans will spin up for Compressor and likely run the whole time it does but that's about the only software that pushes it hard enough to do it.
Here's a history of crashes, collected from a Terminal session. There's a list of crashes today and then what it normally looks like.
iMac:~ alanfraser$ last reboot
reboot ~ Mon May 18 18:07
reboot ~ Mon May 18 18:05
reboot ~ Mon May 18 18:02
reboot ~ Mon May 18 17:45
reboot ~ Mon May 18 17:35
reboot ~ Mon May 18 17:30
reboot ~ Mon May 18 17:18
reboot ~ Mon May 18 17:16
reboot ~ Mon May 18 17:15
reboot ~ Mon May 18 16:03
reboot ~ Mon May 18 15:19
reboot ~ Mon May 18 10:58
reboot ~ Mon May 18 09:49
reboot ~ Mon May 18 09:46
reboot ~ Mon May 18 08:29
reboot ~ Mon May 18 07:46
reboot ~ Mon May 18 07:02
reboot ~ Mon May 18 06:53
reboot ~ Mon May 18 06:41
reboot ~ Mon May 18 05:13
reboot ~ Mon May 18 04:51
reboot ~ Mon May 18 04:01
What the history normally looks like:
reboot ~ Sat Mar 28 08:11
reboot ~ Sat Mar 28 06:32
reboot ~ Fri Mar 20 14:48
reboot ~ Fri Mar 13 20:10
reboot ~ Tue Mar 10 07:40
reboot ~ Mon Mar 9 00:36
reboot ~ Sat Feb 28 09:36
reboot ~ Fri Feb 27 15:24
reboot ~ Fri Feb 27 14:16
wtmp begins Fri Feb 27 14:16
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