Computer Audio Design OSX Audio Optimization Script

[kissov]

I don't understand some of these replies, are they being translated into english? Does this software work or not? does it screw up your computer? I'm an "audiophile" not a computer programer. Will it conflict with the Amarra " computer tweaking" software already installed?

[Jud]

I don't understand some of these replies, are they being translated into english? Does this software work or not? does it screw up your computer? I'm an "audiophile" not a computer programer. Will it conflict with the Amarra " computer tweaking" software already installed?

 

This would be a good argument for not using it until you do understand it.

 

Calling it "software" is kind of stretching things. It's a script (instructions to the computer that you can run any time you choose or automatically every time the computer boots if you want) to turn off lots of functions thought to be non-essential. But people's systems differ, and what can be turned off and cause no problem in one person's system may mess up something important in another person's system. That's why it's a bad idea to blindly go ahead and use this script unless you understand what functions are being turned off and whether your specific system might need one or more of these functions to operate as you want.

 

It could be possible, given more people and time, that ways to customize the script easily, either by having the user answer questions, or even automatically, might be designed. But we're not close to being there. The script is at this point completely manual and requires a fair amount of knowledge on the part of the user in order not to really mess things up. (Either that or a backup and the willingness to go through the time and trouble to install it onto a system that might not even boot up.)

[wwaldmanfan]

I don't understand some of these replies, are they being translated into english? Does this software work or not? does it screw up your computer? I'm an "audiophile" not a computer programer. Will it conflict with the Amarra " computer tweaking" software already installed?

 

I assume you are on Yosemite. Did you use the previous (Mavericks) C.A.D. optimization script? If you are using your computer strictly as a music server, OK. It works for me without glitches, but it renders many operations on the Mac inert. For example, I had to comment out certain command lines in TextEdit. For example, it hides your desktop, so you can't see your mounted volumes, including your music files. I'm using a laptop, so that was a problem.

 

If you have also gone into your System Preferences and have minimized all that stuff (Spotlight, Languages, Notification Center, Energy Saver, Bluetooth, Time Machine, etc.), and are also using the Amarra optimizations, you probably don't need to add the C.A.D. scripts, too. I don't think you hear that much more improvement in SQ, and might create other problems with the computer.

[freddie40]

I'm sorry to advise against the script

 

 

suffice you drop (part of the script):

launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.accountsd.plist

 

and you're in trouble with ReportCrash going berserk

 

here's my updated Y tweaking scheme (not sure the CAD stuff at the end brought anything good but haven't found what's left of it to be harmful either so far ; the rest is approved for weeks):[ATTACH]18016[/ATTACH]

 

Thanks for letting us know about this. My machine is acting much better

 

Dave

[alsterfan]

...to turn off lots of functions thought to be non-essential. But people's systems differ, and what can be turned off and cause no problem in one person's system may mess up something important in another person's system.

After having made a clean install and applying the CAD script to Yosemite without any changes the Finder and the waste paper basket could no longer be used. Since no one else has reported this concerning Mavericks and Yosemite, it seems to me to have something to do with me using an iMac.

Apart from that SQ is very good (Scott and Damian, thank you very much).

 

One more point refers to Le Concombre Masqué´s suggestions. With the application of all of these I got very good results as to SQ,

b u t : After applying them it happened every once in a while, that shutdown did not complete. Only after having corrected user´s rights Y finished properly - for a while anyway. I´d like to know which command might be resposible for this behaviour?

Regards,

Uwe

[kissov]

Thank you for the info.

[wwaldmanfan]

After having made a clean install and applying the CAD script to Yosemite without any changes the Finder and the waste paper basket could no longer be used. Since no one else has reported this concerning Mavericks and Yosemite, it seems to me to have something to do with me using an iMac.

 

I alluded to this in my previous post. The script is hiding your desktop?

 

Open the OptimizeOSX v1.3 command script in TextEdit. Find and delete this, then save the script.

cecho "disabling desktop" $green

defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool FALSE

[alsterfan]

The script is hiding your desktop?

Hi wwaldmanfan,

do we speak about the same point? In my case neither the Finder, nor the waste-paper basket could be opened.

Regards,

Uwe

[Le Concombre Masqué]

don't forget to check Activity Monitor before and after the script : killing some processes trigger others and some tax the cpu. My machine is idling at 99.9 when not playing music and I'd rather have this and my #110 processes than half as much but with a higher cpu load. When I play music, very few operations are active, with brief appearances of launchd I have these only :just make sure that the script does not unleash ReportCrash or other panic processes

Thanks for letting us know about this. My machine is acting much better

 

Dave

[wwaldmanfan]

Hi wwaldmanfan,

do we speak about the same point? In my case neither the Finder, nor the waste-paper basket could be opened.

Regards,

Uwe

 

Sorry, evidently not. I'm not running Yosemite. I don't need to open that can of worms.

 

In my case, on Mavericks with the unaltered script, the hidden deskop could be still revealed by opening a new finder window from the menu bar, showing the sidebar, then clicking on Desktop. A different problem than what you are describing.

 

Good luck.

[alsterfan]

Finder and the waste paper basket could no longer be used.

By commenting out:

launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.accountsd.plist

this problem could be solved. For me (iMac) the new CAD script is now working without any glitches.

 

@wwaldmanfan

As I am waiting for the new fanless MacBook to arrive to be used as a music server alone could you please tell me, which lines you had to comment out for your laptop to work properly?

Regards,

Uwe

[wwaldmanfan]

By commenting out:

launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.accountsd.plist

this problem could be solved. For me (iMac) the new CAD script is now working without any glitches.

 

@wwaldmanfan

As I am waiting for the new fanless MacBook to arrive to be used as a music server alone could you please tell me, which lines you had to comment out for your laptop to work properly?

Regards,

Uwe

 

I am assuming that you are going to be running the latest Yosemite v10.10.3 on your new Mac. I must tell you that the C.A.D. script v1.3 for Yosemite did not function as expected on my MBP.

 

Unlike the older v.1.2.2 for Mavericks which reduced background processes and threads by 50% without degrading operating performance, the new script for Yosemite only reduced processes and threads by 25%, and more importantly, messed up my CPU, so that all my Finder operations like launching A+, opening volumes, expanding windows, pulling down menus, scrolling, etc. were severely impeded. Either the Finder did not respond at all, or I got the spinning beach ball.

 

I don't know why this is happening, but I can not use the computer like this. When I restore the OSX with the reset script and restart, all is well with Yosemite.

 

The good news is, that with "regular" Yosemite (no optimization), I still hear a substantial improvement in SQ over Mavericks. My advice to you is to run the script, and see what happens.

 

Perhaps the developers will comment if they see this post. If others have issues as well, maybe they can come up with a fix. If it is just me, I can live without using it.

[jotauve]

In my case it worked perfectly as is. Installed on top of fresh Yosemite 10.10.2 install. Mac Pro 2014.

Tested with Spotify and Amarra SQ.

Many thanks to the guys at Computer Audio Design.

[Suloo]

Hello,

 

i would like to use the 1.3 script on Mavericks, but it appears that my DAW Bitwig Studio won't start it's audio engine after i installed the script. Do you maybe know, wich part of the script could cause this?

 

There is also a demo of Bitwig Studio available, in case you wanna test your script with.

 

cheers

[Daudio]

it appears that my DAW Bitwig Studio won't start it's audio engine after i installed the script.

 

Have you considered having separate systems/partitions for a regular Mavericks that does DAW and other stuff, and an optimized system for high end playback only ?

Then you would not have to worry about adapting the script, or impacting any of the particular uses for that machine. You would then only have to reboot the Mac to do whatever you need to do at that time.

[Suloo]

Well, i would like to have the script working with my DAW actualy, since it's a realtime software any launchdeamons or backround tasks have the potential to disturb the audio stream and the performance.

 

I do see a benefit from using it with my DAW.

[LarBo]

Hi folks - I'm kinda late to the party and pretty naive. Been using the CAD script on a MBP with Mavericks for awhile, but just switched to a MM with Yosemite, and would like to use Splashtop to run headless. However, the VNC doesn't work with the CAD optimization. Somewhere in this thread it's suggested to "comment out" three of the script lines as follows:

 

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

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

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

 

I'm presuming the "commenting out" is simply using TextEdit to add in " 2>/dev/null" at the end of each of these lines - then when the script is run again these lines are not enacted. Is this correct? The only text editing I've done previously has been strictly spelled out for me - so I apologize for the naivete. Any/all guidance welcomed.

 

Thanks.

[CAD Support]

Hi folks - I'm kinda late to the party and pretty naive. Been using the CAD script on a MBP with Mavericks for awhile, but just switched to a MM with Yosemite, and would like to use Splashtop to run headless. However, the VNC doesn't work with the CAD optimization. Somewhere in this thread it's suggested to "comment out" three of the script lines as follows:

 

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

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

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

 

I'm presuming the "commenting out" is simply using TextEdit to add in " 2>/dev/null" at the end of each of these lines - then when the script is run again these lines are not enacted. Is this correct? The only text editing I've done previously has been strictly spelled out for me - so I apologize for the naivete. Any/all guidance welcomed.

 

Thanks.

 

Hi LarBo,

 

Just put a # at the beginning of the line to comment that line out.

 

Damian

[LarBo]

Hi LarBo,

 

Just put a # at the beginning of the line to comment that line out.

 

Damian

 

 

Thanks Damian. Does it matter whether a space separates the # and the subsequent text in each line?

 

Did I understand you and others correctly that commenting out the three specific lines highlighted in my earlier post will likely restore VNC (e.g. splashtop) functionality?

 

Thanks again for your help - and sorry for my ignorance - am trying to learn.

[Audio_ELF]

Thanks Damian. Does it matter whether a space separates the # and the subsequent text in each line?

 

Did I understand you and others correctly that commenting out the three specific lines highlighted in my earlier post will likely restore VNC (e.g. splashtop) functionality?

 

Thanks again for your help - and sorry for my ignorance - am trying to learn.

A space (or not) doesn't matter - everything following the # until the line break is ignored.

 

It's good practice to put something like

#allow VNC#

so that you can easily find the changes you made in the future.

[Forehaven]

Isn't there another Mac OSX Optimization that doesn't require A+ to run it's script afterward? I had one, but for some reason, I lost the app.

[cris_fletcer]

Isn't there another Mac OSX Optimization that doesn't require A+ to run it's script afterward? I had one, but for some reason, I lost the app.

Could you name the one that you have?

[Forehaven]

Could you name the one that you have?

 

Luckily, I found it on another drive, it's called: MacOSX_Optimization_Setup

MacOSX_Optimization_Setup.app.zip

[pl_svn]

a run only app? =:-/

 

"would be nice" to know where does this one come from and, even more, *what, exactly, it does*

[Forehaven]

True, but to be honest, I forgot where I got this. Here's a screenshot of the program: