• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  MacBook Pro Runs Slow

  Posted by Susan Wilcox on April 11, 2009 at 4:21 am

  I’ve been editing happily with my desktop G5 for five years, until it developed a hard drive problem. I bought a MacBook Pro with the 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4 GB of memory, which should be an upgrade for running FCP. I used the new laptop to complete a little 3-minute video in FCP with no problem, storing it on an external drive. However, now I have a 20-minute program and once I logged it into FCP, it is not allowing me to edit it in any way. I put the audio and video on the timeline and as soon as I move the cursor to do anything, I get the waiting sign for five minutes before I can make a move. Then FCP crashes. The only difference I have with my connection from my old method of editing with the G5 is to connect my external drive for storage and my tape deck through a hub because the laptop only has one Firewire input. What am I missing here to get FCP to operate?

  Susan

  Susan Wilcox replied 17 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Walter Biscardi

  April 11, 2009 at 12:15 pm

  [Susan Wilcox] ” I bought a MacBook Pro with the 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4 GB of memory, which should be an upgrade for running FCP.”

  Yes and no. That’s a single processor vs. the two in the original G5. Yes it’s a “core duo” but no necessarily faster than a desktop. Desktops will always be faster than a laptop.

  [Susan Wilcox] ” The only difference I have with my connection from my old method of editing with the G5 is to connect my external drive for storage and my tape deck through a hub because the laptop only has one Firewire input. “

  You can’t use a FW hub. The tape deck should go through FW 400 and your storage should go through FW 800.

  If you don’t have FW800 on your storage, connect the storage to the laptop and the camera to the storage.

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  Susan Wilcox

  April 12, 2009 at 4:06 am

  Walter,

  You were exactly right. When I switched the cables around it worked perfectly! Thank you so much! I’m non-technical and couldn’t be enjoying the creativity of editing without your help and the Cow. The Cow has bailed me out many times!

  Thanks for setting me straight! Susan

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