FCP X: Mac Pro Freezes when I turn on "Analyze and Fix" media

Hello,
I see this happening regularly ever since I started using Final Cut Pro X. If I turn on "Analyze and Fix" on my imported media files, my Mac Pro freezes up after a while. I am forced to power cycle the Mac Pro at this point.
I am running Mac OS 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) on a Mac Pro with 8 cores, 10GB RAM. My primary hard disk for the video editing is not the same one as the OS disk - I use a second internal drive for video and all projects / events are stored here.
If I check off / turn off analyze / fix in the background, my Mac Pro does not crash. System log does not reveal anything.
Any ideas on what can be done to fix this? Has anyone else experienced this?
Thanks,
-Balu

Yes - I go to the "Analyze and Fix" menu and check mark video and audio analysis and let it crunch in the background. It goes on for an hour or two. At some point, I have to power cycle my Mac Pro. It freezes up.
I see this happening on Lion OS as well...
If I don't run analyze and fix, i have absolutely no issues..
Any thoughts?
Thx,
-Balu

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If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Reinstall Snow Leopard
If the drive is OK then quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed with reinstalling OS X. Note that the Snow Leopard installer will not erase your drive or disturb your files. After installing a fresh copy of OS X the installer will move your Home folder, third-party applications, support items, and network preferences into the newly installed system.
Download and install Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1.
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Reinstall Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks without erasing drive
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported then click on the Repair Permissions button. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
Reinstall Mountain Lion or Mavericks
OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Reinstall OS X
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is
three times faster than wireless.

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Why does My Mac Pro freeze in outlook.com email.

My husband uses outlook.com e-mail for a special mailing he has. He goes to the search bar in Safari and types in outlook.com, then goes into his e-mail.
When typing in his message the Mac Pro freezes and the computer needs to be shut down and restarted.
MJ

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Upgrading my FCP X Mac Pro
by Michael Holmes on Jul 24, 2012 at 11:18:08 pm
I shoot videos of local bands as a hobby. I have been mixing/mastering songs for these bands for 15 years, so this is a natural extension.
I would like to upgrade my 2010 Mac Pro 2x2.4 Quad Core. This computer is only for (1) FCP X and (2) Pro Tools HD Native. Currently my system works well on single cam editing as long as I don’t use a 3rd party plug-in…………then it drops frames big time. I am about to start using two FS100 camcorders, and I am worried that the Mac Pro won’t handle dual cam editing very well. I edit 100% in ProRes.
Are the following decisions good ones?
(1)     A Crucial M4 256 SSD for OS/Apps. I plan to buy, this seems like an obvious upgrade. I only have 75GB on the OS/Apps HD, so 256 should be sufficient.
(2)     A RAID card. I don’t plan to buy this. I am not even using software RAID. Only one of the other three 2TB Hitachi 7200RPM SATA II drives is dedicated to video files; the other two handle Pro Tools files, and backup duties. I don’t currently have room for a RAID card, since the four PCIe slots are/will be used:
(a)     ATI Radeon 5770
(b)     Pro Tools HD Native
(c)     Card for external monitor (maybe)
(d)     Card for LTO 6 tape storage (planned, as soon as LTO 6 is available).
(3)     An upgrade of the ATI Radeon 5770 graphics card. I don’t plan to buy this. I haven’t seen anybody saying this will give me substantial FCP X performance improvement.
(4) Increase memory. I will do this if it will help. I have 16GB, and I can go up to 32GB.
(5)     An Eizo ColorEdge CG275W LCD Monitor. I don’t know what to do on this. I am currently using an HP 2711x monitor that I calibrate with a Spyder4PRO. I deliver H.264 QuickTime movies that are viewed on computer monitors. Probably 30% are uploaded to the Internet. Often the QT movies are given to club owners when bands try to get bookings.
However, I will probably start to deliver HD video DVD’s soon, especially for the club owners. These will be better quality and increase the odds that the club owners will actually view them. So, right now the product is viewed 100% on computer monitors, but later this year it will start to be viewed on televisions.
BTW, I have no idea what card to buy for this monitor, if I get it.
Are these the right decisions?
Note that I am doing very little to address the “dropping frames” issue, which is the biggie. Am I overlooking something obvious?
Thanks!

What about just getting two SSD's for the drive bays:
(1) One 256GB SSD for OS/Apps
(2) One 512GB SSD for Event/Project folders.
512GB would be tight on some shoots, but I could even go to a Mercury Electra 960GB SSD.
Yes, very pricey storage, but if this would solve data transfer problems, it would be worth it.
If I only need one video card, I can use a PCIe slot for an external SATA drive unit (4 bays) I already have to handle all backup storage. So, the loss of the two HD bays to SSD would not be a big issue. HD bays are less dear than PCIe slots.

HELP! Mac Pro Freezing on startup

Hi,
Upon startup, the startup noise happens, the apple logo and the spinning lines all come up, and I can hear the hard drive working away loading etc. Then, around the top quarter of the screen changes to a dark grey colour, and the hard drives go silent. It's been frozen on this screen for about half an hour!
The last thing I had done was install an update for Pro Tools LE version 7.4.2 from the Digidesign website, then I restarted the computer after install and it wont start up.
I have tried turning the computer off, both with the button and at the mains. I have also unplugged all external USB/Firewire devices, so only the keyboard and screen are plugged in, but the same freezing happens. Tried calling AppleCare but it's shut!! Can anyone help?! Thanks in advance.

I had a thought,
I managed to boot the Mac Pro in target disk mode via firewire and my MacBook. Everything on the Pro was fine until I updated Pro Tools, but now I have it running in this mode, might it be an idea to delete all associated files with the PT installation? Might this clear what I did (and whatever is causing this problem?).
I also read that disconnecting the computer for 15 seconds/pressing the SMC_RST switch might help. Tried both of these and neither solved the problem.
Thanks.

I use my own color profiles from Photoshop CS6/Mac Pro - how do I turn of Epson Artisan 837 printer color management?

I use my own color profiles from Photoshop CS6/Mac Pro - how do I turn of Epson Artisan 837 printer color management?

Choose Photoshop Manages Color in the CS6 print dialogue. At the top, click the Print Settings button and disable any color management settings for the printer.
Edit: Correction, that's CS6 in Snow Leopard. In Mountain Lion, if you check the print settings, color management for the printer should automatically be disabled when using Photoshop Manages Color.

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