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libertyranger10

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Original poster
Jun 10, 2011
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I was finalizing a project yesterday and realized that iMovie it not using all of the power of my processor. I have a Macbook Air with an i5 1.6GHz processor. It shows the processor usage anywhere from 180-220%. The processor is a dual core with hyperthreading, therefore it should show 400% if it is using all the processing power. The hyperthreading makes the computer think it has 4 cores.

Anyways, is there anyway to make the processor use more power. I finalized a 1 minute trailer in about 15 minutes, which isn't bad to me considering it makes 4 files of it. However, if the processor was running at full capacity, it should be faster.

Any ideas? Thanks.
 
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