Tips and Tricks to make STP 2 run faster?

I'm working with STP 2 for the first time and it runs very slow despite my new computer. I don't remember having this problem in Pro Tools with a much slower computer. I'm wondering what I can do to improve the performance...
When a multitrack projects is exported from FCP to STP, is the video shown as a proxy size? I'm editing at full resolution 1080 in FCP w/ no problems, and I'm wondering if that's my problem in STP... or if the video in STP automatically has a reduced proxy resolution?
I have about 26 tracks right now w/ various effects... do I need to condense the number of tracks to speed things up or is there anything else I can do to improve performance?

Thank you for your insight. I did everything you said, except double my 4GB of RAM to 8GB, which I'm sure would help if I had the money right now. And my media is on a separate internal drive rather than an external drive and I'm restarting and quitting FCP first. I have a couple of follow up questions...
Is there a way to clear or reduce STP cache files as you go w/o restarting?
Also, I'm wondering if anyone has an answer for my other question: when a multitrack project is exported from FCP to STP, is the video shown as a proxy size? I'm editing at full resolution 1080 in FCP w/ no problems, and I'm wondering if that's my problem in STP... or if the video in STP automatically has a reduced proxy resolution?
For no apparent reason, some of my audio tracks do not play back. They don't seem to be turned off, but maybe there's something else. When I move the audio files to another track they work fine. Has anyone else experienced this issue?
Thanks for your help!

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Here is a few tips and tricks I have picked up over the time of having a blackberry.

In any message application, scroll onto the message and press T to go to the top of the conversation. And B to get to the bottom.
On your photos click I to zoom in and O to zoom out.
Hold alt and press LGLG (not capitals) and this will bring up you event log. Press the blackberry button and clear log. ( This makes your phone faster and removes any bugs )
If your display picture does not change within 10 minutes follow these steps applications>files>device>I M in the (I M folder) delete the whole thing! This just automatically saves things you do not need.
DO NOT save chat history to device! This makes bbm incredibly slow and its common knowledge to.
If your memory card is full or over 4 gb. It should not be in the phone. This also makes your phone slow.
The app "screen grabber" is a vrius! It has very good rating, but it is full of bugs!
Want to save battery?
Turn your backlight brightness to 10.
Turn off the LED indicator
DON'T download battery saving apps, they do not work there is no way possible to save battery by having something on your phone that takes battery life to power.
Make sure you have blackberry protect app! If your phone is ever stolen/lost you can trace it from blackberry desktop.
Delete all call logs, and texts to make phone run faster.
Most helpful tip I can give anyone for battery saving is DO NOT CONNECT TO 3G! Sounds stupid? Why have a 3g option if you don't want to use it? ... Connecting to 3G takes the most battery out of anything. Because 3g is on it constantly searches for full signal, which takes it out on your battery. Try it, connect to 2G only! Not 3G or 2g and 3g... Just 2g!
To ping someone quick on bbm click blackberry button press "P" and hit enter!
To paste quickly press blackberry button double click "p" and hit enter!
To get up your phone number quickly press my number. ( No space between my and number ) after doing my""nospace""number click space and your number will pop up, also do it for your bbm pin ( my"nospacehere"pin and to get the model of your phone its " my"nospace" ver ...
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Thanks for reply,
It's truely a disestar for me to kill my phone myself by so called bloody upgradation.
Iwish I have not upgraded.
I baught it from here in Bangladesh and now I’m ina mess to get at least a minimum support.
Thanks for your valued suggessions but it didn’tmade any difference to my situation.
So now I have an ipod in the price of an iPhone4. Crap.
Is there any chance of fixing this bug by apple?As the same problem has already been faced by a lot of iPhone Users.

How to clean up my mac and make it run faster

I want to know how to clean up my mac and make it run faster.. seems very bogged down lately and doesnt do stuff very fast anymore..

macworld.com/mac-troubleshooting-what-to-do-when-your -computer-is-too-slow.
Basically... Make sure you have enough Free Hard Drive space for your Mac to Perform as expected...
This is what Apple has to say.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10798
More Info Here...
ds store > Why is my computer slow?
Thomas A Reed > Mac Performance Guide
To keep your Mac Happy... See Here...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1147
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/maintainingmacosx.html
Mac OS X: About background maintenance tasks

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I was wondering if there is any top free app for cleaning up ...
There is no such thing, since the problems you are describing can have various causes. Seeking anything claiming to "clean" your Mac is asking for trouble, since all of those products are scams, whether they are "free" or not.
If you are having trouble with your Mac, describe what it is. Be as specific as possible. For general recommendations read below.
There will always be threats to your information security associated with using any Internet - connected communications tool:
You can mitigate those threats by following commonsense practices
Delegating that responsibility to software is an ineffective defense
Assuming that any product will protect you from those threats is a hazardous attitude that is likely to result in neglecting point #1 above.
OS X already includes everything it needs to protect itself from viruses and malware. Keep it that way with software updates from Apple.
A much better question is "how should I protect my Mac":
Never install any product that claims to "clean up", "speed up", "optimize", "boost" or "accelerate" your Mac; to "wash" it, "tune" it, or to make it "shiny". Those claims are absurd.Such products are very aggressively marketed. They are all scams.
Never install pirated or "cracked" software, software obtained from dubious websites, or other questionable sources.
Illegally obtained software is almost certain to contain malware.
"Questionable sources" include but are not limited to spontaneously appearing web pages or popups, download hosting sites such as C net dot com, Softonic dot com, Soft pedia dot com, Download dot com, Mac Update dot com, or any other site whose revenue is primarily derived from junk product advertisements.
If you need to install software that isn't available from the Mac App Store, obtain it only from legitimate sources authorized by the software's developer.
Don’t supply your password in response to a popup window requesting it, unless you know what it is and the reason your credentials are required.
Don’t open email attachments from email addresses that you do not recognize, or click links contained in an email:
Most of these are scams that direct you to fraudulent sites that attempt to convince you to disclose personal information.
Such "phishing" attempts are the 21st century equivalent of a social exploit that has existed since the dawn of civilization. Don’t fall for it.
Apple will never ask you to reveal personal information in an email. If you receive an unexpected email from Apple saying your account will be closed unless you take immediate action, just ignore it. If your iCloud, iTunes, or App Store account becomes disabled for valid reasons, you will know when you try to buy something or log in to this support site, and are unable to.
Don’t install browser extensions unless you understand their purpose:Go to the Safari menu > Preferences > Extensions. If you see any extensions that you do not recognize or understand, simply click the Uninstall button and they will be gone.
Don’t install Java unless you are certain that you need it:
Java, a non-Apple product, is a potential vector for malware. If you are required to use Java, be mindful of that possibility.
Java can be disabled in System Preferences.
Despite its name JavaScript is unrelated to Java. No malware can infect your Mac through JavaScript. It’s OK to leave it enabled.
The same precaution applies to Adobe Flash Player. Newly discovered Flash vulnerabilities appear almost weekly.
Beware spontaneous popups: Safari menu > Preferences > Security > check "Block popup windows".
Popup windows are useful and required for some websites, but unsolicited popups are commonly used to deceive people into installing unwanted software they would never intentionally install.
Popups themselves cannot infect your Mac, but many contain resource-hungry code that will slow down Internet browsing.
If you ever receive a popup window indicating that your Mac is infected with some ick or that you won some prize, it is 100% fraudulent. Ignore it.
The same goes for a spontaneously appearing dialog insisting that you upgrade your video player right this instant. Such popups are frequently associated with sites that promise to deliver "free" movies or other copyrighted content that is not normally "free".
The more insistent it is that you upgrade or install something, the more likely it is to be a scam. Close the window or tab and forget it.
Ignore hyperventilating popular media outlets that thrive by promoting fear and discord with entertainment products arrogantly presented as "news". Learn what real threats actually exist and how to arm yourself against them:
The most serious threat to your data security is phishing. Most of these attempts are pathetic and are easily recognized, but that hasn't stopped prominent public figures from recently succumbing to this age-old scam.
OS X viruses do not exist, but intentionally malicious or poorly written code, created by either nefarious or inept individuals, is nothing new.
Never install something without first knowing what it is, what it does, how it works, and how to get rid of it when you don’t want it any more.
If you elect to use "anti-virus" software, familiarize yourself with its limitations and potential to cause adverse effects, and apply the principle immediately preceding this one.
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Do install updates from Apple as they become available. No one knows more about Macs and how to protect them than the company that builds them.
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CSS General Tips and Tricks, Please if you can add to this, thanks

I thought of some general guidelines in CSS and XHTML, please feel free to add some more if you think i missed, thanks in advance !
No Empty Divs
Use text-indents in hyperlinks for images and images background so that the div does not remain empty
Even if you have a division marker that contains a backgrounds and is embedding another inner-container (or any other reason), use a text-indent:-9999px so that it does not appear empty. This misuse has led to many misinterpretations by search engines
Validate your codes on W3C
Even if there is a warning, there’s always this possibility to wipe it out and write the right piece of code for it.
No Ids! Classes & inheritance
We’re in 2010 now ladies, things have changed and now it’s the new era. Like for me, it was quite a bite that day I got those slaps (uhh… let’s call that e-slaps for the sake of this article) from my boss, who clearly mentioned the important generic methodologies of using inheritance techniques in everything we do… And that included CSS my oh my..
Besides, even if you are using ids, make sure that they are unique and that they are not being duplicated elsewhere on your page. That’s the good thing with the W3C validator: it doesn’t miss those
Comment your lines of codes
There are many advantages for this, the major one I’m considering is to help situate the programmer in line who will be taking your codes elsewhere. It’s a form of diplomacy, hence good practice.
No Styling in your html pages: out!
It’s better to transfer all the related style, with comments alongside on your generic style sheet
Insert Images on web pages only if necessary
Whenever there is an opportunity not to insert an image as an <img src>, do it; the best practice is to load it as a background image and if possible use write any text that’s ever found on the image instead of importing the image from photoshop or any app you’re using down to tyou
Anti-aliasing of gif images for better image quality
I have this luck of having a chief who knows quite a sleek stuffs in photoshop and image rendering techniques and that includes gif images.
Integrators love gifs: light, minimal use of colors.. when they’res no curves in any way, but what about transparency ?
There are possibilities to avoid the use of pngs, which are usually heavier and take quite some time to load. Sometimes when gifs are being exported, codes or designers forget the background image on which the gif will be laid onto. That is why anti-aliasing techniques are very important for keeping the design intact.
use overflow: hidden instead of clear:both
More information can be found on this link:
http://www.quirksmode.org/css/clearing.html
To brief a bit, using clear is like ol’ school teaching stuff which was the fast-driven solution while the overflow:hidden seems to satisfy the major browsers like MSIE, FFx , Chrome, etc…
Minimise the use of style sheets
Avoid using different style sheets for different browsers. Use one generic style sheet, unless you have different themes for different pages, but that depends. All this creates confusion and that might also mean you are not be using the right html codes and the right css styles
To minimise the use of multiple style sheets, use:
i.e. <!–[if IE 6]><div id=”IE6″><![endif]–>
Validate your css codes on http://jigsaw.w3.org
Jigsaw is the CSS passport for integrators. I never knew it, but now O I know !
It’s the haven. The hide in our line of business. It’s what keeps our ego hmmm strong and heavily proud, the reason why integrators are so needed in the web business.
* Squeak *
Always have this final habit to validate your css in the following link
http://jigsaw.w3.org/ to make sure that you are in line with your css standards. Even if there are warnings, that would mean you are wrongly interpreting your css codes or that some styles have been duplicated here and there.
Conclusion
That’s all for now folks. I think , whenever I’ll have some more time, I’d probably create a CSS tips and tricks Part 2, cos amending what’s already there would sound so cheap and it’s not like facebook, uhh Sheran changed that article, etc..
It’s good to have some feedbacks and all, well, that’s probably interesting to know what’s out in the CSS jungle, so jot in some lines, criticise, be blunt and bold and don’t hesitate to contact me (except ma okes at work, you know who you are, ladies) for any info ya need
À La Prochaine !

use CSS, it will save you time no matter how much DW does things automatically for you
if you don't know how it's done, ask or view source. css is client side code and can be viewed.
use divs instead of tables for layouts
firefox has a great plugin called HTML Validator (http://users.skynet.be/mgueury/mozilla/). you don't have to keep going to the w3c website to validate. when viewing your page within firefox it will validate it and tell you any errors and warnings. saves me a lot of time. it's also great if you're development environment is behind a firewall - you won't have to view source, copy & paste onto w3c validator. they don't have support for html5 yet
this could be more of style and preference but i use multiple files of css. usually 2 or 3. one is for the layout (layout.css), one is for forms (form.css) and one for display data. anything more can become more work when it's time to make any changes, especially with multiple people working on the same project
create a standard workflow. naming conventions for file names, class names, etc.
i'm not sure you can get away from those IE specific css. i've tried a campaign at work to not support IE so that we become fully compliant with the web but unfortunately, IE still has a lot of users. what we've done is support IE but the latest versions only. M$ is at least getting better with being compatible.
view the page in firefox and IE. if they work, then you should be fine with the other browsers. as a developer, it's my responsibility to ensure that any user whether mac or pc can view the website - as long as they are running the "latest" version of the browser. latest as in what the software developer still supports.
well that's my tips, tricks and a little pet peeve here and there

How can I safely clean my Mac of old folders etc to make it run faster?er

How can I safely clean my Mac of old folders, etc to make it run faster?

The only real and safe way to do this is to do it manually looking through each folder individually.
Many third party utilities claim to clean out a hard drive of various detritus, but some times will delete data that it shouldn't and delete any other important data that it shouldn't have.
The only "safe" way to accomplish what you need to accomplish is to do this manually.
Stay away from the OS X system folder!!!!!
Hard drive getting full?
You can download an app called OmniDiskSweeper.
This app will allow you to see where files maybe able to be delete are located.
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Follow some of my tips for cleaning out, deleting and archiving data from your Mac's internal hard drive.
Have you emptied your iMac's Trash icon in the Dock?
If you use iPhoto, iPhoto has its own trash that needs to be emptied, also.
If you have images stored in iPhoto,,the only way to weed out duplicates is to do this manually.
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If you use Apple Mail app, Apple Mail also has its own trash area that needs to be emptied, too!
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Delete any old or no longer needed emails and/or archive to disc, flash drives or external hard drive, older emails you want to save.
Look through your Documents folder and delete any type of old useless type files like "Read Me" type files.
Again, archive to disc, flash drives, ext. hard drives or delete any old documents you no longer use or immediately need.
Look in your Applications folder, if you have applications you haven't used in a long time, if the app doesn't have a dedicated uninstaller, then you can simply drag it into the OS X Trash icon. IF the application has an uninstaller app, then use it to completely delete the app from your Mac.
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My macbook pro hard drive is 80% full, how do you "defrag" a mac to make it run faster?

Is there a program in mac to make my macbook pro run faster? On my PC I would defrag it but on my mac, I don't know how to do it. Can someone suggest the best way to tune up my macbook pro to delete unnecessary files and make it run faster?

joyvdk wrote:
Is there a program in mac to make my macbook pro run faster? On my PC I would defrag it but on my mac, I don't know how to do it. Can someone suggest the best way to tune up my macbook pro to delete unnecessary files and make it run faster?
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From the Community: Tips and Tricks

Hello,
I believe it makes sense if we have a thread where we post some key tips and tricks we have discovered during our adventures.
The intention is not to post whole applications but solutions to specific issues that might be encountered during the creation of the apps
Some simple rules:
1 post or reply per tip, Always check if a tip isn't alreay posted
Follow the structure as in the first post: Title, Context, Tip
Avoid replies like "yea cool", "thx for this", etc. This is a functional thread not a discussion.
If someone from the core team could make this sticky it would be highly appreciated
Regards
StonyArc
http://www.stonyarc.com http://www.xboxlivenation.com

Title
Playing a sound in an OnSelect
Context
You may have the need to add an audio event to an action.
Tip
Assuming you start from blank screen
add your sound via App Data / Media (right click for the menu)
add an "Audio" control to you screen (right top cross)
in the "Autostart" of your Audio1 put "bstart" without the quotes
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So far you will then have a button that plays you that sound.
You will have to decide what to do with the action you have behind. If the action is within the same screen you can add directly after the OnSelect of the button.
Most likely you will need to move to another screen and then you should add the action in the OnEnd of your audio control
Navigate(Screen2,ScreenTransition!Fade)
Two remarks
You can set the visibility of your Audio1 to "false" (select the audio and go to express view "visible". If you want to select it again and toggle the visibility you can use the control drop down on the top left to select your Audio1
If you have multiple buttons you want to add the sound the safest way is to add a few other players as otherwise the OnEnd will be quite tricky if you just use one. You can safely point the audio control to the same media file but replace the bstart
I mentioned above to "bstart1" for the first, "bstart2" for the second, etc.
http://www.stonyarc.com http://www.xboxlivenation.com

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I'm assembling home NAS (mostly for CIFS, probably CVS, probably some kind of multimedia streaming) with OS (and it is AL) placed on an USB flash drive. What I have already found (I mean tips and tricks):
- /var has dedicated partition,
- some fs dirs will be mount with tmpfs: /tmp, /var/lock, /val/run, and even am thinking about linking /var/log to RAID1 which will be used, or to tmpfs also,
- of course, noatime (do we need 'flush' or any other options?),
- dd is suitable for easy backing up and restoring of bootable USB flash drive (I have tried - it works! ).
I would be happy if everybody having experience in this specific area will share discovered tips and tricks. If it takes matter, HW is (already bought): Celeron E3200, 2GB DDR3, 1TB + 1TB WD HDD for RAID1, uATX motherboard with solid caps, Scyther cooler, and so on.
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cybertorture, thanks for participation!
cybertorture wrote:3. no, better think well for cooling hard drives than spin down them, unless they are not runing for seweral hours total idle
Yes, cooling and silence are main priorities. I have found old server 4U case as a base for some DYIing I'm also apt (before any experience) to avoid turning spin off.
cybertorture wrote:4. specifications above will get 1 mbit with no worries, as for heat i strongly recommend u cpufrequtils
Probably it's a typo, I think you mean 1GBit. OK, will look at cpufrequtils.
cybertorture wrote:now its time for mine question, why the hell u use usb as system device Oo?
It's sufficient, silent, very cheap (in comparison with SSD), didn't eat SATA slot and is very handy for backing up and restoring.
Another question: HDDs has so called "Seek Mode 3" with less seeking noise (and less performance). Have not found a way to tune it.
Last edited by student975 (2011-03-19 03:33:13)

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Thank you VVVVV much! Not only I got the 'fortune', more important, the 'tips' can be displayed as well! (See another post http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=32960 , just wonder if it was too stupid to ask, otherwise why nobody has dropped a line on it so far)

Hi, I have a iMac Tiger running slowly, how can I make it run faster?

Hi, I have a iMac Tiger 10.4.11 running slowly, how can I make it run faster?

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"Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor :"
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