MacPro running slow with FCP6.02 editing ProRes422 footage

I've got a Mac Pro Quad Core 2.66 with 5GB of RAM, and am having unusual slowdowns while scrubbing AVCHD footage transcoded to ProRes422. I've been working all day in FCP and this has just recently started happening.
I've got no other programs in the background, and have disabled high-quality scrubbing.
Any help would be appreciated.
-D

What sort of drive is this footage stored on?
Shane

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Mac running slow with Yosemite

Mac Running slow with Yosemite install.
report is below. Now what do I do?   Thanks Stu
Problem description:
Mac running very slow after Yosemite install. Wheel turns almost all the time
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated November 7, 2014 at 10:14:41 AM PST
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 14:53:8
Disk Information: ℹ️
Hitachi HTS547550A9E384 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / [Startup]: 498.88 GB (343.70 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.2.3 - SDK 10.4) Support
/System/Library/Extensions/Seagate Storage Driver.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_4 (5.2.3 - SDK 10.4) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.2.3 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.SeagateDriveIcons (5.2.3 - SDK 10.4) Support
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent.plist
[failed] com.apple.bird.plist
[failed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
[failed] com.apple.coreservices.uiagent.plist
[failed] com.apple.EscrowSecurityAlert.plist
[failed] com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist
[failed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
[failed] com.apple.pluginkit.pkd.plist
[failed] com.apple.recentsd.plist
[failed] com.apple.SafariNotificationAgent.plist
[failed] com.apple.sbd.plist
[failed] com.apple.scopedbookmarkagent.xpc.plist
[failed] com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy.plist
[failed] com.apple.spindump_agent.plist
[failed] com.apple.syncdefaultsd.plist
[failed] com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.awdd.plist
[failed] com.apple.cache_delete.plist
[failed] com.apple.ctkd.plist
[failed] com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist
[failed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist
[failed] com.apple.MobileFileIntegrity.plist
[failed] com.apple.nehelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
[failed] com.apple.periodic-daily.plist
[failed] com.apple.periodic-weekly.plist
[failed] com.apple.smbd.plist
[failed] com.apple.softwareupdated.plist
[failed] com.apple.spindump.plist
[failed] com.apple.tccd.system.plist
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
[loaded] com.sonos.smbbump.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper UNKNOWNHidden (missing value)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
AdobeResourceSynchronizer ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.0.11 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version
User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Java Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 498.88 GB Disk used: 155.18 GB
Destinations:
Seagate Backup Plus Drive [Local]
Total size: 3.00 TB
Total number of backups: 106
Oldest backup: 2012-07-30 21:42:20 +0000
Last backup: 2014-11-07 07:42:37 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 3.00 TB > (Disk size 498.88 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      12% mds
      6% WindowServer
      0% Dropbox
      0% AppleSpell
      0% fontd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
90 MB Safari
34 MB WindowServer
26 MB mds
26 MB cloudd
21 MB soagent
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
64 MB Free RAM
766 MB Active RAM
721 MB Inactive RAM
1.13 GB Wired RAM
18.26 GB Page-ins
120 MB Page-outs

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- checked Activity Monitor to remove any processes in red
- run disk verify
- reinstalled the OS X
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Problem description:
mac running very slowly with yosemite
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated 8 March 2015 1:41:06 pm AEDT
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
    iMac (27-inch, Late 2012) (Technical Specifications)
    iMac - model: iMac13,2
    1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4-core
    8 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
        BANK 0/DIMM1
            Empty
        BANK 1/DIMM1
            Empty
    Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M - VRAM: 512 MB
        iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 0:8:1
Disk Information: ℹ️
    APPLE HDD ST1000DM003 disk0 : (1 TB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (737.74 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apogee Duet USB
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    Apple Inc. MacBook Air SuperDrive
    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /Applications/AirParrot.app
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    [not loaded]    com.squirrels.driver.AirParrotSpeakers (1.7 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]
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    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
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User Launch Agents: ℹ️
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User Login Items: ℹ️
    None
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.40.2.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 25 Check version
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
    "Duplicate Tab" Button
    Exposer
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player [Click for support]
    Java [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Skip System Files: NO
    Mobile backups: OFF
    Auto backup: YES
    Volumes being backed up:
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    Destinations:
        Data [Network]
        Total size: 2.00 TB
        Total number of backups: 53
        Oldest backup: 2014-05-24 09:36:55 +0000
        Last backup: 2015-03-07 02:24:42 +0000
        Size of backup disk: Adequate
            Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk used 261.60 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
         9%    cloudd
         2%    WindowServer
         0%    backupd
         0%    cloudpaird
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    258 MB    Living Earth Desktop
    180 MB    cloudd
    86 MB    Finder
    69 MB    ocspd
    52 MB    Preview
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    16 MB    Free RAM
    1.67 GB    Active RAM
    6.19 GB    Inactive RAM
    710 MB    Wired RAM
    77.72 GB    Page-ins
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My Macbook Air is running slow with Yosemite.

My Macbook Air is running slow with Yosemite.
I checked out most of the blogs and everything and have removed widgets from the notification center, but everything seems to run kinda slowly.
Sure, i have the base model 2014 macbook air but that 4 gb ram should run a freakin finder just fine. I had Mavericks installed before, and with that, i could do everything. I even made cool music in GarageBand and nothing was lagging for me. Now i installed Yosemite... Everything is lagging. Scrolling seems like it happens around 10 FPS. That aint good man. Memory cleaner says around 1gb ram free when only the finder is running in the background (before it did around 2). I just uninstalled Memory Cleaner o I'm not looking at that little amount of memory. I don't know what to do now? I would appreciate it, if someone would help me. Otherwise, ill just wait for a new update.

Since it's new I would take it back for repair or exchange under your warranty before bothering to read further.
Try these in order testing your system after each to see if it's back to normal:
1. a. Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM
    b. Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
2. Restart the computer in Safe Mode, then restart again, normally. If this doesn't help, then:
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3. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
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4. Reinstall Yosemite: Reboot from the Recovery HD. Select Reinstall OS X from the Utilities menu, and click on the Continue button.
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I have a 4 yr. old iMac. I recently got a trojan on it that sent out emails to my address book. I got Norton Internet Security for Mac, and now my Mac is running slow, with way too many spinning beach balls of death. Was it a mistake to install Norton?

yankeecat wrote:
I have a 4 yr. old iMac. I recently got a trojan on it that sent out emails to my address book.
There is no such Trojan or other malware known today that will do that using OS X nor has there ever been one. The most probable explanation is that somebody hacked into your e-mail account on the server, so you should change that password to something stronger right away. If it had come from your Mac then there would almost certainly be copies of those messages in your Sent Mail mailbox.

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Yours is the first computer I've heard about on these forums that is attempting to run Mavericks with only 2GB of RAM.
Indeed that is acceptable per the Mavericks requirements:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5842
... but as you may know, Apple has not sold computers with as little as 2GB RAM for quite a while.
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My 2011 MBP has begun running slow with frequent 'spinning beach ball' events. I'm running Yosemite and wondered if I should of use the original install disk for maintenance.

My 2011 MBP has begun running slow with frequent 'spinning beach ball' events. I'm running Yosemite and wondered if I should of use the original install disk for a maintenance reinstall. I presume I'd have to download Yosemite again, though I'd be happy just using Snow Leopard again too.
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When you see a beachball cursor or the slowness is especially bad, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
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Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
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from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
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from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above.
Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first.
Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

Older MacPro running slow--keep it or get newer Mac?

We have a MacPro, but a little older generation, 2005-6. Processor: 2 x 2 Ghz Dual-Core Intel Xeon Memory: 1 GB 667 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM
I added a second hard drive a few years back, as well as more RAM (though now I can't remember how much! If this info would be helpful, please let me know where to look it up and I'll add that to my description.) The second disk is a TB disk with about 450 GB free. We store all our photo, video and music content on the second drive. The boot disk is the original one that came with the Mac. It is not full, but has about 75 GB free. We have OS 10.6.8 installed on the boot HD, as since it is the original disk it won't accept the latest versions of OS Maverick or whatever is the most recent.
In the past few months, it has started to shut down instead of sleeping. If, however, an internet browser window is open, it will go to screen saver and then the screen will sleep, but not the computer, but the computer won't shut down, either. Basically, if all applications are closed, instead of sleeping, the computer will shut down. It will turn back on with just a key stroke, which is not typical when one does a proper shut down. It's like the key stroke or pushing the power button awakes it from sleep, only it wasn't sleeping, because it goes through the whole "ding" of turning one, apple screen, then sign-in. Does that make sense?
Also, it is running SUPER SLOW. If I have our browser (either Safari or Chrome) open, as well as iTunes or iPhoto, it's even worse.
Basically, my question is this: should we, or CAN we even, try to tidy up the computer we have, possibly replace a hard drive or add more RAM, or would it behoove us to just get a new computer?
We definitely don't need the capacity of a MacPro anymore, as the photo editing and such I was assuming I needed when we originally bought the computer is minimal enough that we don't need that kind of power any more. I'm thinking an iMac or MacBook Pro even would do. We do not do any gaming, just usual internet usage, photo editing (Photoshop), minimal video editing just with the Mac software, and basic word processing/power point type stuff. We are not programmers, professional photograpers or videographers.
I would *like* to salvage our computer, as I feel it has space available (empty drive bays) that we are not currently using, probably is just a little old and needs a clean-up. I back things up to our Time Machine often, have minimal desktop icons, clean out the caches, basic maintenance. I'm not a knowledgeable enough computer person to do much more. Is it worth trying to salvage it? When I contacted the Apple store a while back about checking it out they basically laughed at me and asked why I still had such a dinosaur. I HATE thinking that it's becoming necessary to chuck out a computer every 5-8 years and buy a new one, especially when it's one that has been designed to expand. But perhaps that's naïve. I don't want to waste time if it's hopeless, and am not opposed to buying a new machine if need be. BUT, I am philosophically opposed to chucking out something that can be spruced up.
Opinions? Recommendations? Please keep in mind we are novices, so tech talk often goes over my head. The most tech I've done is installed the second hard drive and extra RAM.
Thanks.

EtreCheck version: 1.9.11 (43) - report generated June 4, 2014 9:38:35 PM GMT+01:00
Hardware Information:
          Mac Pro
          Mac Pro - model: MacPro1,1
          2 2 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon CPUs: 4 cores
          1 GB RAM
Video Information:
          NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT - VRAM: 32768 MB
System Software:
          Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) - Uptime: 0 days 0:3:40
Disk Information:
          WDC WD2500JS-41SGB0 disk0 : (232.89 GB)
                    (null) (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 200 MB
                    HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 232.44 GB (170.6 GB free)
          WDC WD10EACS-00D6B1 disk1 : (931.51 GB)
                    (null) (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 200 MB
                    Storage (disk1s2) /Volumes/Storage: 931.19 GB (331.33 GB free)
USB Information:
          Mitsumi Electric Hub in Apple Extended USB Keyboard
                    Primax Electronics Apple Optical USB Mouse
                    Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard
Kernel Extensions:
          [kext loaded] com.squirrels.airparrot.framebuffer (3 - SDK 10.7) Support
          [kext loaded] com.squirrels.driver.AirParrotSpeakers (1.7 - SDK 10.7) Support
          [not loaded] com.tomtom.driver.UsbEthernetGadget (1.0.0d1) Support
Startup Items:
          HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
          HP Trap Monitor: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP Trap Monitor
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
          [loaded] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
User Login Items:
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Internet Plug-ins:
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.8.1 Support
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 13.9.8 - SDK 10.6 Check version
          Photo Center Plugin: Version: Photo Center Plugin 1.1.2.2 Support
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.6.6
          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.4 Support
          DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 1.4 Support
          o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.1.18709 Support
          googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.1.18709 Support
          Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.0.1f2 Support
          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
iTunes Plug-ins:
          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.2
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          DivX Support
          Flip4Mac WMV Support
Top Processes by CPU:
               6%          mdworker
               1%          WindowServer
               0%          Google Chrome
               0%          fontd
               0%          usbmuxd
Top Processes by Memory:
          73 MB          Google Chrome
          60 MB          Google Chrome Helper
          34 MB          WindowServer
          24 MB          Finder
          14 MB          Dock
Virtual Memory Information:
          314 MB          Free RAM
          431 MB          Active RAM
          96 MB          Inactive RAM
          181 MB          Wired RAM
          191 MB          Page-ins
          4 KB          Page-outs

Preview: why slow with nothing edited?

I'm running a trial of After Effects, to see what the product can mean for my business. I run an Intel Quad core with 8GB of RAM.
I have an empty 1280x720 29.7fps composition and no matter which 1280x720 video I import with different codecs, the preview (with the "play button" and not the "ram preview" button) always seem to be around 14-19fps (message: "NOT realtime") and that is without doing anything with the video (video placed in composite). Why do I have such low frame rates already when all it has to do is play the original video? I can't imagine what the frame rates will be if I actually start editing these files.
What am I missing here? I assume it's still filling the cache for the ram preview, but why does it take so long with nothing edited? Is there a way to avoid this, maybe by converting the video to a new format that AE manages to cache faster? I don't have this problem with a similar product (demo) like HitFilm, even with some edits. Now don't get me wrong, I prefer to use AE but I still don't get this ram preview thing. In HitFilm I can add 3D effects and all kind of other stuff and the preview (video of same size) plays smoothly and with sound (in some cases a lower resolution is required).
I can understand that at some point you're going to reach the limit what you can preview realtime with the hardware available so that ram preview is necessary, but not when I haven't even done anything to the video.
Confused...sigh

There are hundreds of video and illustration apps I have never heard of; many more video devices, too, like cameras. I don't have the time to follow every development in this industry. I know After Effecs, though.
Here's your statement: > "I don't have this problem with a similar product (demo) like HitFilm, even with some edits. Now don't get me wrong, I prefer to use AE but I still don't get this ram preview thing. In HitFilm I can add 3D effects and all kind of other stuff and the preview (video of same size) plays smoothly and with sound (in some cases a lower resolution is required).>
You seem to be implying here that this app is superior to AE for some functions. Since I have no experience with it, I bow to your superior knowledge and I encourage you to use the tools you need to accompolish your compositing tasks.
But you also seem to have a chip on your shoulder and I'm sorry you have chosen to deliberately misunderstand my statement which, I believe, acknowleges your predicament and congratulates you honestly for discovering the limitations of After Effects before you spend big money on the application.
> I'm running a trial of After Effects, to see what the product can mean for my business. <
I've reported your post to the forum admins as unacceptably antisocial and equally ungrateful.
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Ann, thanks for your reply.
I have set my prefs (caches, thumbnails and previews) for the quickest loading.
This is happening when I only have like 100 images in a folder. The main thing is that I have used Bridge before and it was nothing like this -- it was much, much faster. So it is nothing I have done. I think it is the newest update.
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I have written a table transformation script for InDesign CS3, which formats an imported Excel table.
With InDesign CS3 the script runs well. Now I tried the same script with InDesign CS4 and CS5 and it runs very slow. It's about 10 times slower than with CS3.
I tried to turn off redrawing, but this didn't help. It even got slower again!
Does someone has made similar experiences? Could you solve the performance issue?
Do scripts in CS4/CS5 generally run slower than in CS3?
Does CS4 differ so much to CS3 that the script runs 10 times slower?
What can I do to improve the execution performance?
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I now have made some tests with profile / timing. Here are the results.
you find the code snipped below. It iterates first over all rows and then over all cells inside of the row. In the cell iteration, the function hasGapInLineBelow(...) does more iterations.
The example is with a table of 42 rows and 9 cells.
I have compared CS3 and CS5
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for 1/9 means: first for-loop is in iteration 1 and second for loop is in iteration 9 (statements for first row and all 9 cells of the row done)
for 2/9 means: first for-loop is in iteration 2 and second for loop is in iteration 2 (statements for second row and all 9 cells of the row done)
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it's also strange why in "for 1/9" and "for 2/9" variable assignments take much longer than in "for 1/1"...
could I use another data type than array for the variable isMergedRow? Which one?
do you know any performance optimizations?
in which time unit ExtendScript Toolkit shows the measured periods?
how are the times calculated in loops? Are these the times sumed up over all iterations or is it just the time for a single statement?

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Bimmer330,
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Before you upgraded to Mavericks, did you ensure that all of your installed third-party apps are compatible with Mavericks? It might be the case that such an app that runs in the background does not work well with Mavericks, and could require updating itself to work well under Mavericks.
If you haven’t done so already, download and install EtreCheck. Please include in your reply the output from a run of EtreCheck.

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Hi,
I have my macbook pro for about 2 years now, and in the last couple of months it started running slow, and the fan gets really loud even immediately after startup.
I ran the disk utility, clean my mac, and disk inventory, and I deleted large files. I have about 35GB free (out of 250GB). I use CS5 and Parallels Desktop, which I thought were the reason for making it so slow, but I usually quit whenever I'm not using them.
I checked the console and I found repeating messages about Chrome. It's the one application that's always open... so I guess it might have something to do with it..?
Here's the message:
5/2/11 10:43:28 AM [0x0-0x92092].com.google.Chrome[1117] /Library/QuickTime/DivX Decoder.component/Contents/MacOS/DivX Decoder: open() failed with errno=1
5/2/11 10:43:28 AM [0x0-0x92092].com.google.Chrome[1117] 2011-02-05 10:43:28.263 Google Chrome Helper[1133:107] Error loading /Library/QuickTime/DivX Decoder.component/Contents/MacOS/DivX Decoder: dlopen(/Library/QuickTime/DivX Decoder.component/Contents/MacOS/DivX Decoder, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
Any idea what's wrong and how to fix it?
Thanks!

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Your drive is still pretty full so that could still be a factor. You want 15%-20% free space for the OS to work well.
Open Activity Monitor and see if you have some process hogging the CPU. Be sure to select "All Processes" at the top. If you find a rogue process that is doing that, see if you can quit it. It may even be Chrome, and if it is, quit it and relaunch it. If it does the same thing again, you may want to trash it and reinstall it fresh.
Good luck!

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