jasonturner wrote:… hanging after 30-60 seconds of starting …
Is there playback before the hang?
Is the hang endless (requiring a force quit)?
Start the Mac in safe mode, then restart normally and see whether symptoms are reproducible.
Without reference to ZEVO, Google found topics such as the following in Apple Support Communities:
I haven't tested podcasts. With ZEVO, I can't reproduce what's described in the second and third topics. For test purposes, I'm pushing the Mac relatively hard in other ways (sixteen swap files totalling 12.88 GB); iTunes and other apps are remarkably responsive.
There's
another ZEVO topic about OS X 10.8.5, no problems there.