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System saving like a tank
I own a G4 500 dual coprocessor running OSX 10.3.9 using FCP 4.5. I have two internal hard drives for media files (both 80 gigers) and five external firewire hard drives (most of them 250 gigers) for more media files. All of my operating software is on an IBM 50 gig hard drive. This hard drive (the one with the operating system on it) now has a little less than 4 gigs of open space. Most of my media hard drives have a significant number of media files on them. One has only 4 gigs of space left. The rest vary from 15 gigs to 130 gigs of space free.
I notice that when I save it now takes a very long time for the system to do its thing. I would like to pep things up, i.e. make the system faster.
I wonder if changing out the hard drive on which I have my operating software for one with more capacity would help? What else can I do to get relief short of buying a G5 which is the next step I will take (hopefully not for at least another six months to a year)?
Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Frank,
Of course maxing out hard drives makes a huge difference, and there’s no excuse for it these days when excellent 300gb hard drives can be had for just $125. Check out the 300gb Maxline III ATA hard drive at newegg.com and get a few.
DRW
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As your projects get bigger, the time it takes to save them takes longer, until the autosave begins to really slow you up. I open a new project with just my sequences in. You lose the ability to match frame and reveal the original clip in its bin, but you can always search for the clip, and this stops the autosave from interrupting the edit.
Also clear your drives.
Rob Tinworth
http://www.1021.tv
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