Imovie keeps freezing once im in the middle of importing of a video camera!
I have a JVC Video Camera GZ - MG135,
I plug the USB into mac macbook, then open imovie then a message pops up says loading thumbnails or something like that, all is good until half way of the loading of the thumbnails and i have to force quit it.
Can anyone tell me why, this is happening, and it is the latest version of imovie.
So i can't think of anything why it is doing this...
By the way, i have imported from this camera before and has worked pefectly, and this complication has just happened.
PLEASE HELP
Message was edited by: __Timmy
Hi,
Usually, when my vintage (as in, bought in 2006) MBP did that, it was because it was overheating, as you suspect. Now, you've got yourself a brand-new machine, and I'm sure there are many posts in this forum related to that issue.
There's one thing you can do (this one is two-fold, actually), and one you can't:
1) Starting with the good news, you can install a prefpane called Fan Control (free, here: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/23137/fan-control), that will let you control base speed and temp threshold for your fans (the ones on your Mac, I mean...); additionally, you can also install a widget called iStat Pro (free, here: http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatpro/), that you can invoke through Dashboard after freezing your game, so that it lets you know the current temperature your Mac is operating under.
2) Now, for the (semi-) bad news: given your MBP probably has an "i-something" processor, you won't be able to install this Scandinavian gem that's called CoolBook, that lets you undervolt your logic board so as to prevent overheating. CoolBook currently doesn't support i-3 to i-7 processors because they don't rely on the same SMB sensors as the older Intel processors Apple installed in its machines prior to the current generation of MacBooks, MBP, MBA and the like. I said semi-bad news, because undervolting has obvious effects on your machine's response when under strain; if you are using processor- or memory-intensive applications, they might (scratch that, they will) be slowed down by an undervolted logic board. Video games being one.
HTH
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