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Apple Performance Update (Snow Leopard)
Apple Performance Update (Snow Leopard) 1.0
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Performance Update (Snow Leopard) addresses intermittent hard drive-related stalls reported by a small number of customers.

Products Affected

MacBook Air (Mid 2009), MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009), MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009), MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009), MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.53GHz, Mid 2009), iMac (20-inch, Mid 2009), MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2009), MacBook (13-inch, Early 2009), MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2009), MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008), MacBook Air (Late 2008), MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008), iMac (24-inch, Early 2009), iMac (20-inch, Early
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6.1 or later.






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Dana reviewed on 16 Oct 2009
Ever since I bought my mid-2009 17" MacBook Pro (with the 3.06 GHz processor and the 500 GB 7200 rpm-SATA HD) I've had occasional pauses with the spinning beach ball. Frustrating. I'm running Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.6.1.

I downloaded and installed Performance Update 1.0 using Software Update. The problem has disappeared! All is well!
[Version 1.0]


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Dr.-Girlfriend commented on 15 Oct 2009
Guys, use the "Troubleshooting" tag instead of "Comment" if you're having problems -- you'll be doing a service to others by warning them of potential issues. And if Apple sees enough of those red "trouble" tags, they might be inclined to produce a fix faster.
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Shk747 commented on 15 Oct 2009
:-( now my ssd takes 11 turns to start, before a little over only 5 ..

mbp17"3.06ssd
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Robackja commented on 14 Oct 2009
I only ever had rare and random beach-balls (mostly during open file dialogs), installed this update, 2 15-20 seconds stalls in a matter of 5 minutes. This an anti-performance update for me.

June 2009, MBP 17", 3.06Ghz/8GB RAM/160GB X-25M G2 SSD
[Version 1.0]

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Robackja replied on 15 Oct 2009
This is really annoying now. This package contains IOAHCIFamily.kext, I tried rebuilding the extensions cache, on Snow Leopard, `sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions` will cause the OS to rebuild the cache. Reboot.

But after startup, I go through two 20+ seconds pauses. The first pause beach-balls. The second pause, the cursor remains the black pointer. After that, the pauses seem to go away. I am thinking of restoring the old driver from my time machine backup...

I guess I should file a bug report with Apple. It never ends anymore.. The transition to the dark side of software is happening. haha. j/k. hopefully Apple can get this worked out (sooner than later).

Model: MBP 17-inch (June 2009) 3.06Ghz/8GB RAM/160GB Intel X-25M G2 SSD

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Giraffe6044 reviewed on 14 Oct 2009
So far so good, no beach balls so far. True test will be when i'm working and dont have any hangups
[Version 1.0]


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Larsen2k4 commented on 14 Oct 2009
Wow! This little update really brings a noticable speed boost on many operations on my Early09-Mac mini... great! :)

(SnowLeo 10.6.1 - Mac mini Early 2009 - Fujitsi 120 GB Drive)
[Version 1.0]


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Type:Utilities : System
License:Free
Date:14 Oct 2009
Platform:Intel
Price:Free0.00
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Performance Update (Snow Leopard) addresses intermittent hard drive-related stalls reported by a small number of customers.

Products Affected

MacBook Air (Mid 2009), MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009), MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009), MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009), MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.53GHz, Mid 2009), iMac (20-inch, Mid 2009), MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2009), MacBook (13-inch, Early 2009), MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2009), MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008), MacBook Air (Late 2008), MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008), iMac (24-inch, Early 2009), iMac (20-inch, Early 2009), Mac mini (Early 2009)
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