Computer Audio Design OSX Audio Optimization Script

[Jud]

 

P.S. If you guys wanted to be extra specially nice, you could tell me if there's a way to get the optimization script to skip my "RAMdisk.app" script when eliminating items that run at login. My wife uses the laptop also, so I'm always re-running the reset and optimization scripts.[/color]

 

Hi Jud, why don't you just run the script as an app from the dock (since i understand you don't just put in back as a login item for you share with your wife) ?

 

That is slightly more convenient than running it from Finder perhaps (though I must open Finder to copy music files to a RAMdisk), but not quite as convenient as having the script run it for me.

[alsterfan]

Installed CAD script 1.2.2 with these additional lines of the script 1.2.0:

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.IOBluetoothUSBDFU.plist 2>/dev/null

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.afpfs_afpLoad.plist 2>/dev/null

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.afpfs_checkafp.plist 2>/dev/null

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.blued.plist 2>/dev/null

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.bnepd.plist 2>/dev/null

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.hidd.plist 2>/dev/null

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.locum.plist 2>/dev/null

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.FileCoordination.plist 2>/dev/null

launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.fontd.useragent.plist 2>/dev/null

launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.NetworkBrowserAgent.plist 2>/dev/null

Restarted

Quit the Finder with Rowmote Pro (iPhone app)

Then iTunes Remote (iPhone app)

= > THE NIRVANA! the sound is now better then ever before!

I am again going to try the trick of Superdad (SD card + RAM Disk) to improve the sound …

Otherwise the starting up is just a little slower (1min) with the script 1.2.2.

BIGS THANKS DAMIAN!!!

 

Hi tipunch,

I just tried the script having added your proposed extra lines (except the first line referring to Bluetooth) and was not happy with the result: All of you using Apple Magic Mouse and Wireless Keyboard should bear in mind that after reboot these instruments will no longer be recognized.

Best wishes,

Uwe

[BobP63]

Hi Bob,

 

Screen sharing is working with 1.2.2, please let us know if it's not working for you.

 

Thanks,

Damian

 

Unfortunately I went against my better judgment and ran the 1.2.2 script without having everything in place to recover in the event screen sharing did not work, now I'm dead in the water.

 

I selected "no" when asked to turn WiFi off and "yes" for the other options. Should I have selected no for anything other than WiFi, because screen sharing is dead.

 

I now need to round up a monitor to see if I can get the reset script to work; hopefully I don't encounter the issue others reported in that they couldn't launch the reset script.

 

Sorry guys, in the future I'll refrain from running any of these scripts until there's overwhelming evidence that screen sharing works. Thanks for the effort.

[tipunch]

Hi tipunch,

I just tried the script having added your proposed extra lines (except the first line referring to Bluetooth) and was not happy with the result: All of you using Apple Magic Mouse and Wireless Keyboard should bear in mind that after reboot these instruments will no longer be recognized.

Best wishes,

Uwe

 

Normal !

Here NO KEYBOARD, NO MOUSE, NO MONITOR !

Just screen sharing from other computer. My Mac mini is just for audio use !!!

Best wishes

[wdw]

Unfortunately I went against my better judgment and ran the 1.2.2 script without having everything in place to recover in the event screen sharing did not work, now I'm dead in the water.

 

I selected "no" when asked to turn WiFi off and "yes" for the other options. Should I have selected no for anything other than WiFi, because screen sharing is dead.

 

I now need to round up a monitor to see if I can get the reset script to work; hopefully I don't encounter the issue others reported in that they couldn't launch the reset script.

 

Sorry guys, in the future I'll refrain from running any of these scripts until there's overwhelming evidence that screen sharing works. Thanks for the effort.

 

Have a similar condition ... Had to run the reset script for both 1.2.2 and 1.2.1 so back to the full program running headless with screen sharing.

Cheers,

[BobP63]

Normal !

Here NO KEYBOARD, NO MOUSE, NO MONITOR !

Just screen sharing from other computer. My Mac mini is just for audio use !!!

Best wishes

 

Hi tipunch happy it's working for you.

 

I see your mini is a late 2012 version while mine is a mid 2011, that may or may not make a differance. Given the fact I'm running headless it's safe to assume a keyboard and mouse aren't part of my normal configuration either.

 

I can't explain why screen sharing doesn't work for me I can only confirm that's the case. Not sure if it's worth mentioning, but I do have a Geffen HDMI Detective installed to force the mini's video drivers to load while headless. And yes my mini is for audio only as well, that's why I was very interested in further optimizations.

[Freann]

@BobP63 This might sound strange, but have you made sure the problem isn’t with the computer your are trying to login with? Happened to me, a restart cured it.

[tipunch]

Hi tipunch happy it's working for you.

 

 

I see your mini is a late 2012 version while mine is a mid 2011, that may or may not make a differance. Given the fact I'm running headless it's safe to assume a keyboard and mouse aren't part of my normal configuration either.

 

 

I can't explain why screen sharing doesn't work for me I can only confirm that's the case. Not sure if it's worth mentioning, but I do have a Geffen HDMI Detective installed to force the mini's video drivers to load while headless. And yes my mini is for audio only as well, that's why I was very interested in further optimizations.

 

Hello BobP63,

Try this:

Open Safari and type:

vnc://mac-mini-de-tipunch.local [ENTER]

Change the name tipunch with your name of course!

[BobP63]

@BobP63 This might sound strange, but have you made sure the problem isn’t with the computer your are trying to login with? Happened to me, a restart cured it.

 

I'm sure. I tried it from two different iMacs and my iPad all of which worked prior to running the script. Same thing happened when I first tried version 1.2.1 of the script.

[Le Concombre Masqué]

Normal !

Here NO KEYBOARD, NO MOUSE, NO MONITOR !

Just screen sharing from other computer. My Mac mini is just for audio use !!!

Best wishes

Saving my system after I stupidly thought tipunch's trick would do for a MBPR has been quite an ordeal (well, since even Textedit would not open a file with repair lines, I had to call Word from my SSD so I could copy/paste repair lines in Terminal...)

 

You also loose authorizations to do this and that : it's plain bad even if you don't have external keyboard, mouse, monitor to deal with

[tipunch]

Saving my system after I stupidly thought tipunch's trick would do for a MBPR has been quite an ordeal (well, since even Textedit would not open a file with repair lines, I had to call Word from my SSD so I could copy/paste repair lines in Terminal...)

 

You also loose authorizations to do this and that : it's plain bad even if you don't have external keyboard, mouse, monitor to deal with

 

Oups…!

Excuse-me...

 

Authorizations:

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.locum.plist 2>/dev/null

Open files (for text edit) :

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.FileCoordination.plist 2>/dev/null

 

After that you can copy/paste repair lines in Terminal.

[Le Concombre Masqué]

Oups…!

Excuse-me...

 

Authorizations:

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.locum.plist 2>/dev/null

Open files (for text edit) :

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.FileCoordination.plist 2>/dev/null

 

After that you can copy/paste repair lines in Terminal.

"le mieux est l'ennemi du bien" : I'll stick with CAD's script, thanks

[AnotherSpin]

Tried 1.2.2... Too extreme for my ability to operate mac mini. The sound has less body, less natural, thin and flat. Too analytical. Returned back to 1.2.1.

[pl_svn]

still haven't tried script v1.2.2 but... Screen Sharing was working fine here with v1.2.1

(headless MacMini)

[Superdad]

Installed CAD script 1.2.2 with these additional lines of the script 1.2.0:

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.IOBluetoothUSBDFU.plist 2>/dev/null

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.afpfs_afpLoad.plist 2>/dev/null

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.afpfs_checkafp.plist 2>/dev/null

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.blued.plist 2>/dev/null

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.bnepd.plist 2>/dev/null

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.hidd.plist 2>/dev/null

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.locum.plist 2>/dev/null

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.FileCoordination.plist 2>/dev/null

launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.fontd.useragent.plist 2>/dev/null

launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.NetworkBrowserAgent.plist 2>/dev/null

 

Tipunch:

Putting those unload lines back into the script is a BAD idea! Those were the very ones that Scott/Damian removed to fix everyones problems with being able to open/write files, mount network shares, etc. And even if you don't use Bluetooth, you have to careful with some of those because you will loose the ability to turn Bluetooth off (it will get stuck ON even if you did not turn it on).

 

I strongly advise everyone to make back-ups of cleanest working boot systems, and to run a number of routines in Mavericks Cache Cleaner (including Permissions Repair, etc.) after booting. Test everything, reboot into your back-up and test, etc., etc.

I run headless, but I also keep a monitor and wired mouse/keyboard on hand.

 

By the way, Carbon Copy Cloner has not worked on my SD boot card since I started using CAD script 1.2.1 (I have not begun testing 1.2.2 at all). CCC hangs near the end on specific EFI boot file. So to back-up my SD boot card I just shut down, pull it, and back it up with CCC by sticking it into my desktop machine.

 

I am looking forward to testing 1.2.2 later this week as Le Concombre Masque's screen-shot of a record-setting low number of processes has me very excited!

 

Best,

Alex C.

[pl_svn]

By the way, Carbon Copy Cloner has not worked on my SD boot card since I started using CAD script 1.2.1 (I have not begun testing 1.2.2 at all). CCC hangs near the end on specific EFI boot file.

 

same here and as my OS still is on the internal SSD... I gave up using the script

(running the "reset" one just to backup as I did the first couple of times... is really boring on the long run)

[Le Concombre Masqué]

 

I am looking forward to testing 1.2.2 later this week as Le Concombre Masque's screen-shot of a record-setting low number of processes has me very excited!

 

Best,

Alex C.

;-)

[Umetaro]

Hi Jud,

 

I think I know what the problem is. As a test, could you please run the reset script manually? ie go to its folder in terminal and run ./ResetOSX v1.2.2.command

 

Let me know if it runs successfully.

 

Many thanks,

Damian

 

Damian,

 

Can you please elaborate on this for the beginner? I opened the terminal app and then what exactly should I do? v1.2.2 reset program worked initially but later it became unusable.

 

Thanks,

[Jud]

Damian,

 

Can you please elaborate on this for the beginner? I opened the terminal app and then what exactly should I do? v1.2.2 reset program worked initially but later it became unusable.

 

Thanks,

 

Copy and paste the reset script into your home directory (Users/Umetaro, or whatever it is named.) Open the terminal app. Copy and paste the line below in the Code box into the terminal, then press Return.

 

./"ResetOSX v1.2.2.command"[/Code]

[Umetaro]

Jud,

 

Thanks for your quick and detailed response. It worked perfectly!

 

Thanks,

[Jud]

You're welcome.

[Superdad]

Current script (1.2.2) is working fine with my headless 2010 Mac mini booted from Mavericks SD card.

With a monitor connected I'm down to 73 processes and 276 threads after 5 minutes idle (Finder "quit", but of course Activity Monitor running). Pleased to see that Screen Sharing adds only 2 processes and a handful of threads.

Most of the unloaded daemons and agents were not running in the first place, and that's why a hundred new launch agent unloads only knocked me down by about 10 real processes. But every little bit helps--and its free! Sounding great.

 

Many thanks again to Scott and Damian!

 

 

P.S. I was listening to my DAC and some Swenson prototypes this past weekend and we compared the feed from my Mac mini versus a ARM MX.6 Wandboard running Fedora (with tracks on Wandboard SD, same new linear supply feeding both Mac and Wandboard, LMS server/SqueezeLite Player with customized SoX upsampling). I have to say that the Linux on Wandboard--with probably only about 15 active processes--sounded very, very good… I love my Mac, Audirvana, and iTunes library management, but…

Trying to get Debian/NAA/HQPlayer running this week on the mini.

[zyzyx]

Just wanted to say thanks for the script! Working and sounding lovely on my 2010 Mini/Mavericks/30GB SSD/8GB.

 

Although, the one thing I haven't been able to test is the script's functionality while controlling the Mini in a headless configuration. I've been having problems in that regard for the last year since upgrading from Snow Leopard.

 

I thought the script sounded good with a slight loss of dynamics while the monitor was connected. When disconnected...an improvement across the board.

[Computer Audio Design]

Just wanted to say thanks for the script! Working and sounding lovely on my 2010 Mini/Mavericks/30GB SSD/8GB.

 

I thought the script sounded good with a slight loss of dynamics while the monitor was connected. When disconnected...an improvement across the board.

 

You are very welcome. Glad it worked for you!

 

Scott

[BobP63]

You are very welcome. Glad it worked for you!

 

Scott

 

Hi Scott,

Any ideas for those of us who still can't get screen sharing to work with 1.2.2? Thanks.