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Apple Updates Pro Media Apps

Posted by timothy on from the cough-up-dough-and-make-more dept.

macguys writes "Apple Computer has released updates to its media Pro applications. Among the new software released are upgrades to Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack (now called Soundtrack Pro), DVD Studio Pro, Motion and Shake. A bundle of all the new applications (except Shake) is available under the name Final Cut Studio."

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  1. RTFM and defrag, you troll. by SnowDog74 · · Score: 0, Troll
    I'm almost positive that I've seen this exact same "17 megabytes in 20 minutes" nonsense before on the boards... I smell a troll.

    I'm curious... do you happen to put all your media files on the same partition as your applications? In a word: Don't.

    I have nearly half a terabyte of storage, and I run TechTool Pro regularly to defrag and perform directory maintenance.

    IMPORTANT:

    1. If you're not performing system/memory disk diagnostics and maintenance regularly, then your problem isn't the Mac... your problem is your own lack of common sense. Once, I discovered that one of my memory cards was not seated properly... You might never catch that if you don't confirm how much RAM your system is recognizing. So, as a rule, perform diagnostics regularly on everything.

    2. To narrow down where your drag is occuring, run the Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder... check network, memory and disk activity to pinpoint more specifically where the unnecessary load is occurring.

    3. The dumbest thing you can do is configure your System Disk as your scratch/capture disk... Always use separate physical drives for scratch/capture.

    In short... sit down, shut up, and fix the problem.