Does this occur when or because we use the setup wizard to set up a score with linked parts?
Thanks, Michael mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ >________________________________ > From: Darcy James Argue <djar...@earthlink.net> >To: finale@shsu.edu >Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 4:25 PM >Subject: Re: [Finale] FinMac2012b - kernel_task going crazy > >Hi Michael, > >Thanks but is is definitely a Finale problem, not a Mac OS X problem or a >computer problem. Everything else runs fine and I keep the machine and OS >well-maintained. > >Cheers, > >- DJA >----- >WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org > > > >On 11 Aug 2012, at 6:57 PM, Michael Mathew wrote: > >> Darcy, >> >> I don't know if this is relative or not because I am not good at computer >> programming, etc. >> >> I'm wondering if DiskWarrior is supposed to help with slow downs and so >> forth? >> >> I have tried it on general principles once in a while and it seems to help >> sometimes. >> >> I also use David Pogues early MAC OS X suggestion to >> restart, hold down command s until it boots into the shell, and then at the >> command line run fsck (hyphen)-fy and hit return. >> >> Then type reboot and hit return/enter. >> >> Michael >> mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com >> http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl >> http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ >> >> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Darcy James Argue <djar...@earthlink.net> >>> To: finale@shsu.edu >>> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 3:08 PM >>> Subject: [Finale] FinMac2012b - kernel_task going crazy >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm working on a large orchestral score in Finale 2012b -- 33 staves -- and >>> while I know that can sometimes cause some sluggishness, I'm now getting >>> ridiculous, productivity-killing slowdowns, even on a fairly new and >>> powerful Mac -- the 2011 MacBook Pro Core i7 (quad-core 2.2 GHz) with 8 GB >>> RAM. >>> >>> Even without loading Garritan instruments, a look at Activity Monitor shows >>> kernel_task going completely nuts, sucking up 380% of CPU in an idle state >>> (Finale itself takes about 35% CPU). This means *extremely* poor >>> performance doing basic tasks -- scrolling around the score, adding >>> expressions, etc. >>> >>> This behavior is definitely new to Fin2012 -- possibly new to Fin2012b, >>> though I haven't done much orchestral work in Fin2012 vanilla so I'm not >>> sure. >>> >>> Is anyone else seeing this? (Jef, I think you mentioned something along >>> these lines?) >>> >>> Time Capsule is off, Spotlight is off, nothing else is running, and still, >>> Finale causes the entire system to drag to a halt. Even a ProTools session >>> with 60+ audio tracks doesn't cause my MacBook Pro to choke this bad. >>> Something seriously screwy is going on, and it's completely killing my >>> productivity. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> - DJA >>> ----- >>> WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> Finale@shsu.edu >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > >_______________________________________________ >Finale mailing list >Finale@shsu.edu >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
