Slow USB/drive performance with new (Oct 2011 release) MacBookPro

I am a Final Cut editor, and began using FCP X about three months ago. I was using my wife's 13" MacBook Pro (previous revision 2.7GHZ i7 dual core, 4GB RAM, OS X 10.6.8) to play with it, and I was able to edit a few projects from a USB 2 drive.
However, on my new (2.4GHZ i7 Quad core, 4GB RAM, OS 10.7.2 part: MD322LL/A) the same video project is choppy, and there's a spinning beach ball when quitting Final Cut that lasts about 25 seconds.
Any ideas why the newer MBP with better graphics and quad cores would be having more trouble with video playback than the (slightly) older dual core machine? The only other difference between them is my computer came pre-loaded with Lion, and the 13" has snow leopard. I don't think I can install Snow Leopard on the new computer to eliminate that variable.
I suspect there might be something going on with the USB port speeds, but beyond running the hardware test (doing it now) I don't know how to test this and know whether it's a "good" speed or not.
Thanks,
~Ryan

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Last edited by el_ave (2007-03-20 21:14:51)

You have clearly not done very much research on this subject. Did you know that with hal and dbus daemons, kde will automount for you? And for that to happen, there should _not_ be an entry about that device in fstab, unless it is clearly specified as "noauto". You need also be a member of the correct groups to do this.
After that, it's a easy as clicking the device in media:/ and renaming it...
Please, read up on the wiki.
esp. the "beginners guide" by chaosgeistern.

Lenovo usb drive works with MBA

I tried an external usb drive that came with my lenovo x61s at work. Works fine. Just though I would let folks know. It is larger than the superdrive and may be more expensive, but if you have one or know someone who does then it will work.

couple of things to try:
_*Checking a device’s USB connection*_
_*If a USB device isn’t working*_
you could also try starting up in _*safe mode*_, then reboot normally, to see if that fixes things.
lastly, you could run _*Apple Hardware Test*_ using the install DVD that came with your machine.
JGG

USB drives compatible with MAC and Win

Can anyone help me out. I need to encrypt my USB drive but such that it can be decrypted by both my Mac and a Windows machine.
1) If I encrypt the USB drive using the MAC to create an encrypted disk image, will the Windows machine be able to access this disk image?
2) Is there a decent USB drive on the market with encryption software compatible with both Mac and Windows machines?
Thanks for any help (and excuse my Mac ignorance !)

I have the same issue and ended up damaging my USB when Sandisk tried to format it so it can be used for MAC. Its very frustrating that all these big companies can't make MAC compatible software. What's more frustrating is that they advertise their product saying it works with WINDOWS n MAC but when you go check out the encryption software then its only windows compatible.

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