> > Well, due to me needing to >> do a fresh install of OSX (and then the 10.3.2 update), I now am suffering >> from this same problem. Songs that before used 70% of my 2 processors >> are now pushing 80-90% and are causing some songs to be unplayable due >> to clicks and pops from CPU limits. > >1. Did you do an ERASE AND INSTALL, or just a "re-install" over top >of what you >already had from your previous OS X? (not saying that you should, >or need, to do this, >but just asking. And believe me, completely ERASING your hard drive >and starting >from sctrach is not such a bad idea (if you have the patience and >time)... I would do it >right now if I had an external FW hard drive). > >3. Are you using the latest PANTHER updates for your drivers??? Heya Chris - Yes, I did a fresh install, and not an upgrade. I then re-installed all apps and plug-ins fresh. I don't know what drivers you are referring to, but I do have the latest driver for my sound card, and the newest Logic midi driver is pretty old. -devin

lists@z... wrote: > Yes, I did a fresh install, and not an upgrade. I then re-installed > all apps and plug-ins fresh. I don't know what drivers you are referring to, but > I do have the latest driver for my sound card, and the newest Logic midi driver is > pretty old. Hey Devin! Hmmm.... Well, that is a good start. Erasing the hard drive and starting fresh is always a good way to determine what is realllly going on with your system. About the drivers.... Yes, that is what I was referring to: your Audio Interface's latest driver, and your MIDI driver. I wasn't sure if you ERASED your hard drive or not, so I thought that I would ask about that... but since you DID, then OF COURSE you reinstalled the drivers, or nothing would work at all!!! Well, I personally use Cocktail (www.macosxcocktail.com) as a general system maintainance tool... It can "prebind the system", "repair permissions", "clean caches" (ALL of them), "run cron scripts" (for maintaince that ONLY happens on your Mac if you leave it on 24 hrs. a day, NOT in sleep mode, from what I understand), etc. etc.... It also gives you direct, no-hassle access to many hidden files on your system that can sometimes be corrupted (like your DS_Store files that contain folder display information, which, when corrupted, can lead to your folders not displaying correctly, and icons getting jumbled up all the time, etc.)..... All this, and much MORE, and it is only $11.95. Not bad.... Anyhow... don't know what else to say. Chris M.