Performance slowing down when ripping cd's..external drive won't work

2 problems I need help with. Itunes was ripping my cd's to wav format anywhere from 20-40x from my internal cd/dvd player/burner. Now it's only doing it around 12x. I cleaned up space and defraged the hard drive, but that didn't help. I also upgraded to the latest version of itunes (which took me 2 days to fix..that's another discussion completely). Still didn't help. I then tried using the external player cd/dvd player/burner. The cd is recognized by itunes, but will not rip the file. It goes through the files very quickly and leaves filenames on my hard drive, but the files are empty.
So what's killing the speed on my internal drive and how come I can't rip from the external drive?
Thanks to anyone who can help.

You'd have to rule out the possibilities. By connecting the drive to another Mac using the same cable, it seems like you have ruled out the drive itself and the cable.
The two remaining possibilities I can think of are the iMac's FireWire 400 port being faulty and a software-related cause.
To rule out the software cause, you can try starting up from your Mac OS X installation disc; insert disc and restart with the C key held down. When you get to Installer's first screen, go up to the menu bar. Under Utilities, select to run Disk Utility. Connect the external drive. Does it appear in the Disk Utility sidebar properly, as a drive with a volume indented below? If it does, there may be some problem with your currently installed system that is causing this problem. If it does not, then it becomes more likely that there is some hardware-related problem with the iMac's FireWire port.
Note: When you did the "unplugging everything for half an hour," you should use the reset SMC procedure instead. Try following this procedure precisely.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
When you do this, you should disconnect ALL cables. If you have been using a power strip, connect the power cord directly to a wall power outlet for this test. Power it up with nothing connected, except for the power cord. Then, add only your keyboard/mouse. Connect the external drive. Is there any difference?
Also consider how the external drive is connected to power. Is it connected to power differently when it works on the MacBook? Were you using a crowded power strip that also has the iMac's power cord? As with the iMac itself, if you have been using a power strip, try connecting the hard drive's power cord directly to a wall power outlet for this test.

Similar Messages

Performance slows down when moving from stage to test schema within same instance with same database table and objects

We have created a stage schema and tested application which is working fine when we are moving it to another schema for further testing ( This schema is created using same scripts which were used to create objects in staging schema) the performanc of application (Developed in .NET) slows down drastically
Some of the store procedures we have checked at Databse/SQLdeveloper level are giving almost same performance but at Application level there is lot of difference
Can you please help
We are using Oracke 11g Database

Are you using the Database Cloud Service? You cannot create schemas in the Database Cloud Service, which makes me think you are not. This forum is only for the Database Cloud Service.
- Rick Greenwald

Why does my computer slow down when I connect an external hard drive

I've been using a 2TB western digital external hard drive with USB connection. It was working fine, but once it was up to 1.95TB, my macbook pro froze up. Looking at my activity monitor, my memory dropped to nil once the hard drive was connected. The same hard drive works fine on my PC and I have no issues accessing all the files, just not on my mac. Any suggestions?

Thanks Eustace,
When I disconnect the external hard drive, and look at the activity monitor, the memory climbs back up to about 4 to 6GB free.
I have software system version: OS X 10.8.3 (12D78)

WD External Drive Won't work with Time Machine or anything else

I am really hoping someone can help me. I have been using Time Machine to backup my hard drive on my Macbook and using a WD drive. Everything worked until right before Christmas. Something happened and I don't know what and I am not sure the last backup worked. I can no longer see the external drive in the finder, but I can see it in Disk Utility and it shows up in About this Mac. When I've had the drive connected today, the disk is turning and the status light is flashing. I can see data being written in the activity monitor which makes me think something is happening with the drive. In Disk Utility, I can eject the drive, but can't select it to do any first aid or other activities. Anyone have any suggestions?

You might want to try resetting your MacBook's FireWire Bus to see if that cures the issue: http://tinyurl.com/7p6jfx.

External drive won't work on PC

I have an external drive that I have set up as my time machine but now the external drive is not recognized on any PC and I've tried several. How do I get the external drive to work on my mac and a PC?

If it's formatted for Mac then you can't use it on a PC without 3rd party software. If you format it for PC, then you can't use it TimeMachine.

Drag and Drop from inside iTunes to external drive won't work

Hello all, I have a huge library of nearly 6000 cds on my computer, all in itunes. I have lots backed up on DL dvds, but i bought a 1tb drive to back up the rest. So i am selectively dragging and dropping the songs in big chunks to a backup folder i have made on my external drive but it just does not work!
It works some of the time, but if it has a problem with even one of the songs it does not copy any of them, so i have to go thru and manually drag each cd until i find the one that it refuses to copy (which it refuses to copy for no descernable reason) and this will take forever with 5600 cds. any suggestions as to why it is doing this??
Thanks so much!
Tim

That is a good suggestion, and it would be simpler, but the problem is, I ahve over 1tb of music and movies combined, but i want them all backed up, so some of my music is backed up to data-dvd's and the rest needs to be selectively moved to the harddrive...is it because some of the song titles may be the same name? folders may not allow that?

My Seagate external drive won't work since I downloaded Yosemite

My Mac recognizes my Seagate external drive but it doesn't work since I downloaded Yosemite.

Yosemite is not a Classic operating system. See where to post here:
Site map of Communities and Categories
Also you may find this tip useful:
WD, Seagate, and Toshiba drives

External drives won't work since upgrading to Lion.

This is a really frustrating problem. I have two portable external hard drives that have both ceased to work ever since I upgraded to 10.7. These are both used for large video files and I need them to work as they have some important stuff on them.
One is a 1TB WD MyPassport, USB connection.
The other is a 500GB Seagate FreeAgent, FireWire 800 connection.
The drives are both giving me the same weird phenomenon:
I plug them in, and they'll boot up--sometimes right away, sometimes after several minutes--but then they make my Finder worthless. The files won't preview in Cover Flow, and expanding a folder takes forever. When I try opening a video file in QuickTime, I end up with the beach ball of death. I try restarting the computer, but I can't even do that because "Finder (Not Responding)."
So I tried manually shutting down by holding down the power button. When I restarted the computer with the drive attached, the Finder wouldn't launch. The dock would appear, but no icons on my desktop whatsoever. When I unplug the drive, once again hold down the power button to shut down, and restart without the drive attached, everything boots up just fine.
If anyone has experienced this, please help ...

Open Disk Utility, select the external disk in the sidebar and verify the disk. If there's an issue with them, repair the disks

Excel slows down when network drive is mapped

Since a couple of months we are experiencing strange behaviour of excel (2011) on Lion 10.7.5
Excel versions from 14.3.1. to 14.3.4 all the same behaviour.
Symptom 1)
When I connect the Time Capsule drive , Excel slows down by factor 100 when entering text. Needs up to 2 seconds to react on a key stroke.
When I disconnect the handle, excel works fast again.
(repeatable, reproducible)
Symptom 2)
on the network drive, always at the same place, a file named ~abcde.xls... occurs (exact name forgotten, but it is a recent file name
preceded with a tilde sign)
deleting of the file does not affect speed
the file reappears occasionally (TC backup is switched off!)
Where is the ghost??? :-D
maybe these symptoms are uncorrelated.
Why the heck does Excel slow down when I open the network drive??
Why does this happen on 10.7.5 and not on 10.6.8?
Anyone any idea?
thanks,
Stefan

Thanks. Away on holiday right now, but will do it as soon as I get back next week.
Out of curiosity, the external drive works fine when connected directly via USB to the laptop. I took that to mean that the problem wasn't to do with the drive, but probably the network. Is it possible there could be a problem with the drive which only shows up when it's used as a network drive?

Performance slow down (Run Portal Form)

performance slow down
Hi :
When I code a program and running, it is running speed is very fast. but After I was coded programs about 10 program, it is speed is
slow down, runing a program must speed 1 minute.
My portal system totally have 12 programs, when I reinstall portal system. that problem never change.
Can you tell me why? Thanks.
null

Hi :
Sorry, I don't understand your answer.
you mean the solution is create index.
But what table can I create index, oracle portal table or my own apllication table?

Internet speed slows down when connected via airport express

Internet speed slows down when connecting via airport express. When connecting directly via the timecapsulethe internet speed is ok, when connecting via the airport express the speed slows down.What can I do to change that? Any suggestions?

Turn off the AirPort Express completely as a test, and move your computer very close to the location of the Express.
As I said before, the Express can only extend the bandwidth (speed) that it receives from the Time Capsule, so the speed that you see there with the Express powered off will be the fastest speed of which the Express is capable.
The Express will make the signal go further when it extends....but it will not make the signal go faster.
A good location for a device that extends wirelessly is a point that is about half the distance from the Time Capsule and the general area that needs more wireless coverage.
If you locate the AirPort Express too far from the Time Capsule or there are more than a couple of walls in the signal path, the signal will be very slow by the time that it reaches the Express....and the Express simply extends a signal that has already slowed down significantly.
If you already have the Express located about half the distance between the Time Capsule and general area that needs more wireless coverage, how many walls, ceilings or other obstructions are there in the signal path between the Time Capsule, the AirPort Express and the area that needs more coverage?
Often, due to obstructions, it is just not possible to achieve good performance when you try to extend a network wirelessly. The solution is connect the AirPort Express to the Time Capsule using a wired Ethernet connection.
There is virtually no signal loss with this type of connection, so the Express can be located exactly where it is needed and it will produce a much faster wireless signal in this type of setup.

Songs slowing down when I type

I'm running iTunes 7.7.1 on a new computer. iTunes had no problem on my old one, but on my new one, the songs slow down when I type, which is rather annoying, since I listen to music while, you know, typing. I'm on WinXP Pro, and everthing else is working great. Any ideas?

What tools, Mostly I work with iWeb using iPhoto, Aperture, Photoshop TeXture Adobe FormsCentral for Acrobat etc. making and editing Web Sites. Often I have many Apps open simultanously.

HELP - 88.2 k 24-bit wav file is slowing down when imported to garageband

i have an 88.2 k 24-bit wav file that is slowing down when imported to garageband. How do i get around this problem?

You need to convert it to 44.1 16 bit. You can do that with iTunes.

Safari browser seems to slow down when working with my wifi ASUS AC 68U router

safari browser seems to slow down when working with my wifi ASUS AC 68U router - any ideas on why?

Is your problem with Safari on the iPad, or some MacBook Air?
Are you sure that the ASUS firmware is tested with the device having trouble and its operating system?
Note: MacBook Airs do not run iOS. They run Mac OS X, Windows or Linux.

Slow down when processing image clipping in photo shop with pen tool

Adobe cs5 slow down when processing image clipping use with pen tool. The path is applying after few seconds when we draw on the image. My system supporting 4 GB memory with 64 bit.

The main thing i use paths for in photoshop is extracting objects from photos.
Other uses include stroking paths with the paint tools. For example, if you had
a powerline to remove, one could trace the line with the pen tool and then stroke
the path with spot healing brush set to content aware fill.
more info on photoshop paths:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-73ada.h tml
MTSTUNER

Performance slowing down when ripping cd's..external drive won't work

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for