Hey David,
Yes, the computer goes to sleep. But I don't think the hang is
peripheral-related -- earlier versions don't have this problem, it
seems to be a Finale 2008 quirk. And Macs -- especially laptops --
don't normally seem to have the problems you describe wrt/ power-
saving mode.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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On 10 Sep 2007, at 5:47 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
On 10 Sep 2007 at 14:46, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Okay, so another thing I've noticed is that FinMac2008 reliably hangs
after being left open for a long period of time -- say, overnight.
(You may need to have Garritan instruments loaded for this to
happen). Everything appears fine when you return to the computer, but
as soon as you try to perform an action, you get the Spinning Rainbow
Wheel of Death. The only way out of this hang is to Force Quit, but
when you do that, the entire computer hangs for about 30 seconds
(with the Spinning Rainbow Wheel of Death in *every* app, and even
the dock doesn't pop up on mouseover, etc).
Does your computer go into any power-saving modes when left
overnight? For example, powering down the video card, hard drive,
half speed for CPU and then powering off peripherals. This could
cause problems if Finale wants to initialize some connection to a
peripheral that is not waking up when the machine becomes active
again in the morning.
I gave up a long time ago on all the power saving features of
computers. There have just been too many problems, and as long as my
computer is plugged into the wall, everything stays on. I know it's
not environmentally friendly, but there's just too much risk of
losing data, not to mention the inconveniencing of then having to
restart the machine and rebuild the working environment you had set
up for yourself.
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David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/
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