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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Macbook Pro Crashing on set

Whoa, I don't check it for a few days and the thread explodes:w00t:

I wiped my computer and did a clean install. I'm basically going to install only the programs I need or might need on the laptop (e.g. Yes to FCP, AF, PS, Red programs, No to Shake, dreamweaver). I had loaded the computer up with a lot of programs, but I'm not really sure if that could have caused problems.

Haven't had a chance to test it yet, but we'll see.

I'm not sure if the esata advice was directed at me, but to be clear, on set I usually run a lexar FW800 CF card reader into my comp and copy the footage over to a Sonnet Fusion F2 which is connected via esata through an express card adapter. The Sonnet is set up as a mirrored raid to have that added protection.

Then during down time, we'll take the footage from the Sonnet and copy it over to a Gtech G Raid Mini to have a third copy (since the Sonnet is actually making two copies in its mirrored configuration).

I think JohnF mentioned heat issues earlier in this thread. This sounds like a possible culprit. The only time we got the It's a Small World Power Down Screen of Death, was when the computer was not plugged in and the fan had not been going (it must have been in power save mode or something).

Plus the Sonnet is powered from the FW400 jack and the Lexar and Gtech are bus powered. Maybe running these things together can cause heat issues.
 
Harky
Sorry if we messed up your thread a little, although I think its all connected!!

I also own a Mac book pro just like yours but with 2gb, and I just bought an iMac 3.06ghz with 4G in ram and a SATA 1TB internal HDD. The difference is huge. I am not saying that you should youse an iMac to take on the set, but I want to point out the fact that probably the mac book pro is made for something else. I tried to play videos from other machines and it plays at the lower resolution, I'd just use it to parse files and as I also work in photography I plug my digital back in it to xfer files.
 
estebanred said:
Harky
Sorry if we messed up your thread a little, although I think its all connected!!
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No, You didn't at all. I was just commenting on the amount of posts it got in just a day or two, after a while of not getting many posts.

It sounds like it would be nice to bring an iMac on set if there's that big a difference. I suppose if one could rig up a carrying case for it the keyboard and the mouse. But, of course, you'd have to plug in somewhere.
 
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