Bruce you said "Laura, look in the Console at the system messages, see if there are errors being reported at the time you're slowing down. "
can you explain how to do that more fully? I don't think I am looking in the right place? Laura On Oct 19, 12:50 pm, Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 18, 2008, at 8:45 PM, Kyle Parish wrote: > > > > > Try resetting the pram. > > Which will do not a single damn thing. > > > > > On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Laura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Hi All, > >> As you can see by my below specs my imac is pretty maxed out. > >> Lately I have been having problems watching tv shows in itunes. > >> For a few minutes its fine, then eventually the cpu starts maxing out > >> and the video kind of slows down - sound is still there. > >> I pause it, wait a minute then it works fine for like 5 or 10 > >> minutes, > >> then it maxes out again. > >> I am running no other programs. > >> Any ideas would be appreciated. > > Laura, look in the Console at the system messages, see if there are > errors being reported at the time you're slowing down. > > ISP speeds have got nothing to do with watching TV shows in iTunes, > unless you're trying to watch them as they download. Shows in iTunes, > like songs in iTunes are downloaded in their entirety to your computer. > > Watching the cpu will probably show it pegged the whole time, as > iTunes video is quite CPU intensive. > > If your hard drive is having problems, this could cause it, as well. > I'd check the SMART status with Disk Utility and/or boot from your OS > disks and repair your hard drive. > > Is the RAM upgrade new? I'd get Memtest and run it...you might have > faulty RAM. > > Since it's a 'lately' thing I'd try to isolate what has changed..new > programs? new iTunes? Seeveral updates to iTunes have come out > recently, I'd look to Apple's forums to see if there were issues with > video playback. > > Do copies of shows that ran ok before now exhibit the same behavior or > is it just the newer episodes? > > -- > Bruce Johnson > > "No matter where you go, there you are", B. Banzai --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
