Spinning color wheel not death but slow

[cybor462]

Hi all real new here.
I have only used a MAC for the last 5 months and only when editing video. I needed FCP so I got a Mac Pro Here are the specs
2 Quads 3.2 GHZ Intel
10 gigs ram
2-1 TB sata drives (used for editing) 1-500 gig sata system drive.
Memory is 800 Mhz Dimms
Running SL ver 10.6.2
Video NVIDIA GEOFORCE 8800 GT

That should suffice.

Running FCP suite 2

The spinning wheel only started after SL was installed. What happens now, it did not happen before SL, when I am working in any of the FCP suite programs everything is very sluggish, of course the wheel occurs whenever I try to do anything.

I tried the disk utility and it shows fine. There is a SUID error but after searching for hours I see that Apple says it is normal.

This is my problem. I know next to nothing about MACs as I still use PC's for everything else. I do not even surf the web with the MAC. It is online and is only used to get software updates and to upload video to my website when needed.

I have spent all day trying to find the answers and have not found them.

Apple wants to sell me their Enterprise Solutions package for 1K so I do not bother with them. I have started a very small video business (trying should be the spotlight here) as I have only spent 30+K so far to earn 2K gross so far. I do not need the computer to wack out on me now.

I had a friend (no longer a friend) that twisted my arms to buy the SL OS. I am used to Windows where you never ugrade until they release the next version. I was going to wait but he said, APPLE is the bomb, they only release bug free OS versions. SO I bought it and yep got trouble.

Is there any help out there?

Thanks

 

[spinnerlys]

SL is the next version, like Windows 7 is to Windows Vista.

It's just not as fancy on the surface.

If you have that much trouble with SL, you can always re-install Leopard (10.5) if you had better experience then.

Also when exactly does the beachball occur?

What kind of footage do you edit and do sequence and clip settings correspond to each other?

And why the hell did you spend 30K for a system you seem to know not much about?

Windows is fine for many editing jobs, it just does not come with FCS.


Also have a look at the following links, as the information presented there might be helpful in your future endeavours into Mac OS X and could clear up initial confusion and may even prevent harm to your system or your files.

http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/ - text

http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/ - videos

http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/ - text

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343-keyboard - shortcuts

 

[cybor462]

SL is the next version, like Windows 7 is to Windows Vista.

It's just not as fancy on the surface.

I know that. I was getting at since I am a Windows user from the very beginning (BETA) I have learned to not run out and buy the new release right away. Too many blue screens of death, reinstall after reinstall and losing everything from bugs. Conflicts on top of conflicts, got tired of being Microsoft's beta tester at my expense.

When I saw the SL release I was going to wait. A friend at the time who used MAC's for years told me APPLE OS release all were squeaky clean with no trouble like Windows. That is why I got SL. Now I am trying to see if he was right or if I should have waited.

If you have that much trouble with SL, you can always re-install Leopard (10.5) if you had better experience then.

I am not a quit and run kinda person. I admit I have read all over the many forums others with the exact same issues I am having with the install of SL, sluggish performance and disk and file access issues. I have also read that many are not. That is why I am here asking for help. I hope to find the reason and fix it. If last ditch efforts fail then I will go back.

Also when exactly does the beachball occur?

What kind of footage do you edit and do sequence and clip settings correspond to each other?

It is not a FCP workflow issue. It happens in Motion, Live Type, Compressor, FCP, and in Finder. It happens when the only app running is Finder, or there can be 3 apps open when it happens. It is random and just happens. In Motion I was working on a small backdrop and any time I tried to do anything the spinning wheel popped up and I had to wait for it to finish before I could do anything. I could not even move a text box without it happening.

And why the hell did you spend 30K for a system you seem to know not much about?

I am sorry you misread what I typed. I said I just started a small video business and spent 30k, on top of what I already have. I did not say I spent 30k on the MAC. I bought a HD camera, wireless audio, dig audio rec, tripods, mics, stands, backdrops and list goes on. I spent $5500 on the MAC Pro, and $1300 on the FCP suite before options if you must know.

I did research extensively before buying the MAC and found that the majority of pros that do video use MAC and FCP.

I will say having been a PC user for over 30 years and one that has done much editing on them, that when I used them and the systems I had always seemed to be overburdened with the task. I had several off the shelf PC's and also had special systems built for editing. The MAC just seems to handle the task much easier. It is built for this work. Materials and quality of the hardware alone seems to be more rugged and geared to pro work.

That said I am not trying to start a PC-MAC debate here, just telling you my feelings.

I should not be tongue lashed for getting into MAC. You can't learn until you use it. You can read all the blogs, forums, ads you want but you will never learn the system until you get your hands on it. I knew I was going with MAC so who cares if I bought it with out knowing it personally.

I did not learn to drive until I got behind the wheel, or ride a bike without first sitting on it and peddling.

I am learning it as I go.

Windows is fine for many editing jobs, it just does not come with FCS.


Also have a look at the following links, as the information presented there might be helpful in your future endeavours into Mac OS X and could clear up initial confusion and may even prevent harm to your system or your files.

I will check out these links to see if there is anything there I have not already read.

http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/ - text

http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/ - videos

http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/ - text

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343-keyboard - shortcuts

Thanks

 

[cybor462]

spinnerlys
The links
Well not anything I did not already know. I guess I did not make my level of know how with MACs clear. I know all the basic stuff, just do not know the ins and outs like I know PC's

MY bad for not explaining better.

None of which applies to the spinning wheel issue.

Thanks for your help.