[OS X TeX] Texmaker vs. TexShop

[Richard Seguin]

> On Nov 9, 2015, at 3:30 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
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>> On Nov 9, 2015, at 3:27 PM, Richard Seguin <riseguin at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>> On Nov 9, 2015, at 1:56 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
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>>>> On Nov 9, 2015, at 1:39 PM, Richard Seguin <riseguin at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>>>> On Nov 9, 2015, at 1:28 PM, Alain Schremmer <schremmer.alain at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>> On , at 2015 Nov 9,11:31 AM, Richard Seguin wrote:
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>>>>>>> On Nov 9, 2015, at 5:34 AM, Alain Schremmer <schremmer.alain at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>>>> On , at 2015 Nov 9,6:07 AM, Jutta Wrage wrote:
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>>>>>>>> TexShop ist using OpenGL which tends to heat up graphic cards and maybe kill them.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> As many people on this list could tell you, I am totally unable to give you any advice. On the other hand, I have been using TeXShop (and a lot of graphics) for at least ten years and I have never had any problem with the graphic card. 
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>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>> —schremme
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Some versions of Apple’s Macbook Pros, including mine, have had issues with graphics cards burning up from heat, and sometimes taking the entire logic board with them. Apple does not design laptops for optimal heat dissipation (form over function!), and, in some cases, there have also been problems with the heatsink adhesive that attaches the heatsink to the processor. In my case, I believe that it was the photo editing software Aperture that put enough stress on the graphics card to cause it to fail. My logic board was replaced for free under the result of a class action lawsuit.
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>>>>> I did not know. But then my graphics are puny and I never edit photos. I just take them and store them (NOT with iphoto)
>>>>> That it should have taken a class action lawsuit is all too credible but quite deplorable.
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>>>>> Best regards
>>>>> --schremmer
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>>>> Actually, NVIDIA had to pay for the replacements, not Apple, because it was the fault of their GPUs.
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>>>> I was making huge 48 MP TIFF scans of old slides and editing them in Aperture. Aperture probably makes intensive use of the GPU for all sorts of filters and adjustments, hence the overheating.
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>>>> Richard Séguin
>>> 
>>> Howdy,
>>> 
>>> Did NVIDIA replace the GPU with exactly the same version or were there fixes incorporated to prevent the over-heating when using OpenGL commands.
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>>> Good Luck,
>>> 
>>> Herb Schulz
>>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
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>> NVIDIA had to pay Apple (and other PC manufacturers) to replace all of the logic boards that had their GPU soldered in. I think the replacement GPU was identical. It could be that the problem with the GPU was fixed, but I don’t know, so I’m still leery of really stressing out my computer with heavy use of Aperture.
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>> Richard Séguin
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> And does your fan go crazy when you use TeXShop---assuming you do use TeXShop?
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)

I’ve been using BBEdit and Skim, rather than TeXShop, and haven’t noticed the fan at high speed. It will go crazy though if Aperture is used heavily, and during a system upgrade install.

Richard