Imovie Export Time Better with More RAM ?

I have an Imac, one before latest release, 3.06 CPU and 2 Gig RAM. A 17 minute video is exporting right now using H.264 and 1920 x 1080 settings and Imovie is telling me that it will take 3 hours. Also, the source video and the exported file are both on an exernal firewire drive (which I know was a mistake).
Question, if I installed 2 gigs more RAM, would it make a big difference ?

I'm a strong advocate for maximizing RAM, but It won't shave that much time of the processing. It still takes a long time to process hd. You will feel the RAM while you work and use multiple applications. It will take out the lag. However, becareful on choosing the RAM. A friend of mine went a really inexpensive route and wound up with conflicts and problems. Its not worth the dollar savings...

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Slow render times even with more RAM...why?

I have a Quad core Mac Pro that I just upgraded the RAM on from 3G to 7G and can't see any improvement in render speeds, any idea why that would be? As a test I added a simple text box over a single layer of video, added a drop shadow to it (which then requires a render to view) and it didn't take any less time than it did before, about 10 seconds. Shouldn't this have been improved with $225 worth of memory?

If you're talking about editing speed, that's not "rendering." The goal is not to render at all. Really the best things you can do are: have all your material in the same codec, same size, same everything: then you'll have lot fewer of the timeline "bars" indicating rendering. Having a fast enough machine and drives means you can playback in realtime, or closer to it. Many of us are using one of the flavors of ProRes because it's tuned to the editing environment (as opposed to acquisition or distribution). The machines and processors can handle it. Having enough ram means the system does not have to swap out segments of memory to complete operations. As has been noted, FCP can't access all that much memory in the first place. But with too little memory, which doesn't appear to be your case, some of that memory is captured by the OS performing other duties.
I can run ProRes on an older MBP with 4 gigs total using an old Firewire 400 drive without any significant timeline rendering popping up. Of course I'm editing documentary work. I'm not trying to turn it into a Flame for compositing.

What will I notice with more RAM? or FCE HD?

Right now FCE2 seems to be laboring between tasks. Since I just upgraded to the intel it is kind of a disappointment because my g4 Ibook never blinked (at all)... I like the new mac but seems like the old one handled more with less processor and same ram... Is it the older FCE2 or do I need more RAM? Would like to get dialed in for performance... so I can get more work done...

FCE2 is running under Rosetta. Since it is not a Universal Binary program it will not work as well as FCE3. 512 Mb ram is not much even for running FCE3. You would get better performance with more RAM. RAM is very cheap right now, I paid $39.00 US for a 1 GB stick recently. More RAM would help your FCE2 run better. You would also find it improves a lot of other things on your Mac.

Can you start Illustrator CC2014 with more RAM?

I am using Illustrator to edit very large SVG files (>150MB), and the software is extremely slow and stops responding periodically, while it (slowly, slowly) acquires more RAM. Is there a way to start Illustrator with a larger amount of RAM, e.g. 8 or 16 GB?
I'm working on a MacPro with 32 GB of RAM, two 6-core processors, an NVIDIA Quadro K5000 video card (4GB RAM) and tons of free disc space. It's very frustrating to see Illustrator not taking advantage of the available machine resources! I scoured the web for solutions and came up empty-handed.... Any tips?

There is nothing you can do. Even if you could assign a fixed memory range, the program would still need to load the objects one by one and render them, so it actualyl doesn't even make sense to think of it that way...
Mylenium

Should I buy a new laptop? Or fix it with more RAM?

Dear all,
After a few years (since mid 2009) of happy relationship with my Macbook Pro, the last year I have noticed a severe decline in speed in all applications as well as a lot of apps crashing or not responding regulary. Me and my laptop have survived this long thanks to this forum where I am usually able to find solutions to various problems and by experimenting with "home fixes", despite my lack of technical knowledge.
I live abroad in a country without access to proper computor service centers etc, however I am visiting Europe next week and I need to take the decision on whether it is worth fixing my laptop or if the best option sis just to buy a new one.
After my attempts to troubleshoot and after reading up on this forum I am suspecting that the cause of the problems might have something to do with RAM or the proccessor. I do run a lot of heavy apps such as photoshop, premier pro, indesign, firefox, lightroom etc. I have always been able to work efficiently while having several apps running at the same time (for example firefox, word, indesign and photoshop) however since a while back i can't run more than 1-2 apps at the same time without the computer crashing or getting paralysed. The beach ball is spinning for minutes after each click which is very frustrating when working with details in for example photoshop. I have tried to clean up the computor with Onyx a few weeks ago which I think improved it a little bit. My 500GB harddisk is less than half full.
I would really appreciate your advise on my options of fixing the issue or just buying a new computer. Below are some details about my laptop.
Millions of thanks in advance!
Best,
Hanna
Processor: 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256MB
Software: OSX Version 10.8.3

I think 8G of memory may be good enough to run Adobe suite and Office.
No, there is no such risk.
Following shop has memory you need, though if you think you couldn't hadle to upgrade RAM, take it to Apple Store's Genius Bar to ask about upgrading RAM.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade/DDR3
-- kaz-k
PS/ You'd better ask about your question at MacBook Pro discussion board.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro

IMovie exporting time unbelievable long!!!

Hi, sorry my english is very bad. I'm running iMovie HD 6.0 on a PB G4, 1,5 GHz with 2 GB DDR SDRAM, OS 10.4.10. Suddenly, I don't know why, exporting a 40 minutes film (130 clips, mixed .mpeg and .wmv files) will need 900 Minutes to get converted into a simple Quick Time (.mov) film (900 minutes were announced after iMovie had already be run for 180 Minutes!!!!). A few weeks ago it took me 120 minutes to convert!!! As well I cannot convert into .wmv anymore even I still have the Flip4Mac (V.2.1.2.72) installed.
Meaby anybody is able to help me???
Best regards and thanks in advance!
Arne

Your Name is GERMAN, so maby you speak german as well and we can write in german???
this is an international board, so, very little participants do speak/write perfect english...
my German 'home' is macuser.de... the iM board is:
http://www.macuser.de/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=79
over there, I'm 'k_munic' ...

MSI GX620 with more ram

It appears that the laptop cuts off 4GB of RAM as the max. I want more. And I mean, with two instances of Visual Studio open, 30 firefox tabs, music player, and VirtualBox running at the same time, 4GB is just not enough.
It is possible to do a hardware mod to achieve at least 8GB (yes, warranty void bla bla bla). Or are there plans to release BIOS that will support bigger memory scope?
Thanks.

Quote from: Crypton on 30-July-09, 01:14:24
So this is a hardware limitation? Is there a motherboard upgrade for example?
You cannot upgrade laptops in the same way that you can upgrade desktop PCs. The limitation is in the motherboard chipset, if you knew you would need more memory before you purchased your notebook you should really have checked the specs before you bought it. Maybe a laptop is not really suited to your needs after all.

Which is better? More Ram or bigger HD?

I am buying a new 13" macbook pro. I can get $100 student discount. So I was gonna either add 4gb ram for $90 or 320 gb harddrive for $90. I can only afford one of them though. Which one is more benificial? I don't need tons of storage space. Right now on my current computer I am using 74.63GB of my harddrive. Please help me decide. Thank you.

Ok. I will be using it for normal everyday use. But in addtion to that. I am going to be working in pro tools 8 for studio recording stuff. Just for a personal recording studio. And also, I will be playing Sims 3. So if the ram is better for performance, then I might want that thinking of those two programs.

HT4681 Problem exporting time lapse with FCPX 10.0.6

I have been trying to export my time lapse and it processes for a bit, then this message comes up:
The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.Compressor.CompressorKit.ErrorDomain error -1.)
Before updating to version 6, I had no problems exporting dozens of time lapses. As far as I know, I'm not doing anything differently than my previous ones. This is not even the biggest file I've processed.
I have Compressor 4, and that fails as well.
Thanks for any help

See if it will export with other settings, like Master File, Pro Res. If it does, you can then do your h.264 encode in Compressor.
Whether that works or not, try the usual troubleshooting steps of trashing preferences and repairing permissions.
(I'm also assuming that you followed Tom's advice to make sure both FCP and Compressor were updated to their latest versions.)
Russ

How do you use Time Machine with more then one mac

I just bought a new external hard drive and want to back up my iMac & MacBook Pro using Time Machine. But I do not want to use my airport network.
I will keep the hard drive connected to the iMac, but want to, as needed, plug my MacBook Pro into the Hard drive to back up.
Is this possible? Do I have first partition the new backup hard drive?
Any help is appreciated... Jim

Ok... I am back again.
I decided to plug my backup drive into the USB port on the Airport extreme.
On my Macbook Pro, which I connect wirelessly, I was able to start Time Machine... Time Machine saw the backup drive and did a backup.. Yes it took a long time Anyway all is cool with that.
My iMac is connected to the Airport Extreme by Ethernet. On the iMac when I started Time Machine, it does not see the backup hard drive. I can see and share the hard drive... works fine. But no luck with TM seeing the hard drive on the iMac.
Questions is will Time Machine work with a computer that is connected to airport extreme by ethernet. If yes how o you set it up and what might be wrong??
I might mention that the reason I have the iMac connected with an ethernet cable and not wirelessly is because the iMac does not stay connected well to the internet and when it is connected has a very slow connection. My MacBook Pro is all the way across the house and has a great connection.
I have guessed the slow connection was because the Airport Extreme sits right next to the iMac and maybe there is some kind of interference.
Thanks.... any help is appreciated.

Error when exporting target groups with more than 10000 BPs using mail form

Dear experts,
we are working on 7.0.
we customized the communcation medium file export for the usage in campaigns.
Everything is working fine: the target group (<4000 BPs) is exported to a .csv-file and attached to the campaign.
As soon as number of BPs in the target group exceeds app. 9.000-10.000 the background job is executed successfully without errors, but no .csv-file is attached to the campaign.
Has anyone experienced the same? Soem hitns or solutions?
Thanks a ton and kind regards
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Regarding the apache log. I have to admit that I don't even know if I'm running apache. I am using a newly installed Oracle XE on a laptop in order to get some experience with application express. This app is the first one I've done. If someone will direct me to the log then I'll be glad to check it and post the relevent contents.
I signed up for an apex workspace and intend to see if I can recreate the error from there so I can see if the problem is just in the free version of apex that comes with the Oracle Express Edition for windows database.

IMovie exports to iDvd with Distortion ! HELP!

I cannot get rid of distortion in iPhoto slideshow, exported to iMovie, shared to iDVD. Have tried a number of configurations:
iPhoto slideshow 4:3 imported to iMovie 16:9 -photos did not fit in frames due to different aspect ratio - minimal distortion
iPhoto slideshow 16:9 to iMovie 16:9 - pictures not as sharp as when iPhoto set at 4:3
iPhoto slideshow 4:3 to iMovie 4:3 - pictures fit frames perfectly, exported to iDVD fine, but HEAVY distortion on final burned product
Up against a hard deadline - thought this was done over a week ago but have been trying to resolve the distortion issues for 10 days!!!

Thank you Shawn from Apple Tech Support... such a simple fix I wish I knew about it before I spent 40+ hours fixing the non-issue.
In iDVD, Project/Project info...change encoding to Profession Quality.
Problem solved... sure wish the many Apple instructors I asked knew about this...

How do you start a java program with more RAM alloaction

Hi
can anyone please tell me how to start a java program to start with lots of RAM (RAM size is sent as a parameter), I have seen it somewhere and now I cant remember it. I have a server application to run this way.
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sunil

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More RAM or time to buy?

I'm on an early 2009 iMac with 24 inch screen.
Processor 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Software OS X 10.9.5 (13F34)
I knew I was running into RAM problems, so I upgraded to 8GB but it's clearly not enough. Machine seems to be running okay otherwise. I've used two different cleaning programs and now have to use them all the time. Is it possible to increase the RAM to 16 GB on this computer? Or (sigh) have I reached the end of the line, and it's just time to cough up money for a new model?
Thanks!
Krista

If 8 GBs isn't enough then you may be trying to run too much concurrently. Perhaps you should try running fewer programs. One thing that will help is uninstalling or removing the cleaning software you installed. They aren't required and certainly won't fix the problem.
Things You Can Do To Resolve Slow Downs
If your computer seems to be running slower here are some things you can do:
Start with visits to:     OS X Maintenance - MacAttorney;
                                  The X Lab: The X-FAQs;
                                  The Safe Mac » Mac Performance Guide;
                                  The Safe Mac » The myth of the dirty Mac;
                                  Mac maintenance Quick Assist.
Boot into Safe Mode then repair your hard drive and permissions:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions Pre-Lion
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. 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 click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
Repair the Hard Drive - Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the Utilites 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 disk icon and click on the arrow button below.
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. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
Restart your computer normally and see if this has helped any. Next do some maintenance:
For situations Disk Utility cannot handle the best third-party utility is Disk Warrior; DW only fixes problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by directory corruption; Disk Warrior 4.x is now Intel Mac compatible.
Note: Alsoft ships DW on a bootable DVD that will startup Macs running Snow Leopard or earlier. It cannot start Macs that came with Lion or later pre-installed, however, DW will work on those models.
Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep.) If this isn't the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep. Dependence upon third-party utilities to run the periodic maintenance scripts was significantly reduced since Tiger. These utilities have limited or no functionality with Snow Leopard or later and should not be installed.
OS X automatically defragments files less than 20 MBs in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files there's little need for defragmenting the hard drive.
Under no circumstances should you install so-called maintenance software from MacPaw or ZeoBit (CleanMyMac/CleanMyDrive or Mac Keeper, respectively.) You do not need special software to maintain your computer.
Helpful Links Regarding Malware Protection
If you are having an immediate problem with ads popping up see The Safe Mac » Adware Removal Guide and AdwareMedic.
Open Safari, select Preferences from the Safari menu. Click on Extensions icon in the toolbar. Disable all Extensions. If this stops your problem, then re-enable them one by one until the problem returns. Now remove that extension as it is causing the problem.
The following comes from user stevejobsfan0123. I have made minor changes to adapt to this presentation.
Fix Some Browser Pop-ups That Take Over Safari
Common pop-ups include a message saying the government has seized your computer and you must pay to have it released (often called "Moneypak"), or a phony message saying that your computer has been infected, and you need to call a tech support number (sometimes claiming to be Apple) to get it resolved. First, understand that these pop-ups are not caused by a virus and your computer has not been affected. This "hijack" is limited to your web browser. Also understand that these messages are scams, so do not pay any money, call the listed number, or provide any personal information. This article will outline the solution to dismiss the pop-up.
Quit Safari
Usually, these pop-ups will not go away by either clicking "OK" or "Cancel." Furthermore, several menus in the menu bar may become disabled and show in gray, including the option to quit Safari. You will likely have to force quit Safari. To do this, press Command + option + esc, select Safari, and press Force Quit.
Relaunch Safari
If you relaunch Safari, the page will reopen. To prevent this from happening, hold down the 'Shift' key while opening Safari. This will prevent windows from the last time Safari was running from reopening.
This will not work in all cases. The shift key must be held at the right time, and in some cases, even if done correctly, the window reappears. In these circumstances, after force quitting Safari, turn off Wi-Fi or disconnect Ethernet, depending on how you connect to the Internet. Then relaunch Safari normally. It will try to reload the malicious webpage, but without a connection, it won't be able to. Navigate away from that page by entering a different URL, i.e. www.apple.com, and trying to load it. Now you can reconnect to the Internet, and the page you entered will appear rather than the malicious one.
An excellent link to read is Tom Reed's Mac Malware Guide.
Also, visit The XLab FAQs and read Detecting and avoiding malware and spyware.
See these Apple articles:
Mac OS X Snow Leopard and malware detection
OS X Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
OS X Mountain Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
OS X Mavericks- Protect your Mac from malware
About file quarantine in OS X
If you require anti-virus protection Thomas Reed recommends using ClamXAV. (Thank you to Thomas Reed for this recommendation.)
From user Joe Bailey comes this equally useful advice:
The facts are:
1. There is no anti-malware software that can detect 100% of the malware out there.
2. There is no anti-malware that can detect everything targeting the Mac.
3. The very best way to prevent the most attacks is for you as the user to be aware that
     the most successful malware attacks rely on very sophisticated social engineering
     techniques preying on human avarice, ****, and fear.
4. Internet popups saying the FBI, NSA, Microsoft, your ISP has detected malware on
    your computer is intended to entice you to install their malware thinking it is a
    protection against malware.
5. Some of the anti-malware products on the market are worse than the malware
    from which they purport to protect you.
6. Be cautious where you go on the internet.
7. Only download anything from sites you know are safe.
8. Avoid links you receive in email, always be suspicious even if you get something
    you think is from a friend, but you were not expecting.
9. If there is any question in your mind, then assume it is malware.
Troubleshooting Applications
I recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX, Mavericks Cache Cleaner, or Cocktail that you can use for removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc. Corrupted cache, log, or temporary files can cause application or OS X crashes as well as kernel panics.
If you have Snow Leopard or Leopard, then for similar repairs install the freeware utility Applejack. If you cannot start up in OS X, you may be able to start in single-user mode from which you can run Applejack to do a whole set of repair and maintenance routines from the command line. Note that AppleJack 1.5 is required for Leopard. AppleJack 1.6 is compatible with Snow Leopard. Applejack does not work with Lion and later.
Basic Backup
For some people Time Machine will be more than adequate. Time Machine is part of OS X. There are two components:
1. A Time Machine preferences panel as part of System Preferences;
2. A Time Machine application located in the Applications folder. It is
    used to manage backups and to restore backups. Time Machine
    requires a backup drive that is at least twice the capacity of the
    drive being backed up.
Alternatively, get an external drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
1. Carbon Copy Cloner
2. Get Backup
3. Deja Vu
4. SuperDuper!
5. Synk Pro
6. Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files. For help with using Time Machine visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things Time Machine.
Referenced software can be found at MacUpdate.
Additional Hints
Be sure you have an adequate amount of RAM installed for the number of applications you run concurrently. Be sure you leave a minimum of 10% of the hard drive's capacity as free space.
Add more RAM. If your computer has less than 2 GBs of RAM and you are using OS X Leopard or later, then you can do with more RAM. Snow Leopard and Lion work much better with 4 GBs of RAM than their system minimums. The more concurrent applications you tend to use the more RAM you should have.
Always maintain at least 15 GBs or 10% of your hard drive's capacity as free space, whichever is greater. OS X is frequently accessing your hard drive, so providing adequate free space will keep things from slowing down.
Check for applications that may be hogging the CPU:
Pre-Mavericks
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time (>=70,) then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
Mavericks and later
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the View menu. Click on the CPU tab in the toolbar. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time (>=70,) then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
Often this problem occurs because of a corrupted cache or preferences file or an attempt to write to a corrupted log file.

Have imac osx 10.6.8 with 2 gb 667 mhz ddr2 sdram. Can I get more ram and a good video card to use CS6 Premiere Pro

I'd like to upgrade with more ram and a proper video card to properly use Adobe Premiere Pro CS6.
I have an imac version 10.6.8 Can I boost this mac.
Hardware Overview:
Model Name:          iMac
Model Identifier:          iMac5,2
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          1.83 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          2 MB
Memory:          2 GB
Bus Speed:          667 MHz
Boot ROM Version:          IM52.0090.B09
SMC Version (system):          1.6f0
Serial Number (system):          W86510LAWH5
Hardware UUID:          00000000-0000-1000-8000-0017F2CA47EB

Sorry, you have the maximum amount of RAM in your computer, as shown in the specs below. Also the video card can not be upgraded.
Maximum Memory     2.0 GB
Memory Slots     2 - 200-pin PC2-5300 (667MHz) DDR2 SO-DIMM

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