Anne, have you done the basics for misbehaving apps? Have you been using the SUPP to keep up to date?
Try removing the preference file and cache. You'll find them in ~/Library/Preferences/ and ~/Library/Cache If that doesn't work, trash them again and do a reinstall. I've got a G4 800 tower with only 2gigs of space on the HD and iMovie HD runs okay. (Granted, I should have at least 10 to do anything, but it'll play small files.) And yes, if you were to try to output HD movies, you would probably need a faster processor. Ward Oldham wrote: >Well Anne, > >That all depends on what version of iLife you're running. > >http://www.apple.com/ilife/systemrequirements.html > >Note the quoted minimum speed applies only to iDVD, not the full suite. > >Ward > > >On Aug 2, 2007, at 5:53 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: > > > >>I think my problem may be due to lack of HD space like Leeanne >>mentioned. While I said I had a lot of space that's actually on the >>external HD> I thought I had moved enough to free up plenty on the >>computer but it is still below 20 GB. I am going to move more and >>see if >>that helps. >> >>The symptoms: I get what looks static, black up and down lines instead >>of the movie. And iMovie sort of freezes. At least if it's not >>frozen, I >>don't have the time to wait to see what happens and quit. >> >>Let me see after I open up some more space. If iMovie runs on a 450 >>MHz >>G$ it should run on mine. My main concern was that the person at Apple >>said that my machine was just barely fast enough for iLife and >>suggested >>I buy a new machine. What else should I have expected! >> >>Thanks >> >>Anne >> >> >>Lee Larson wrote: >> >> >>>On Aug 1, at 10:44 AM, Anne Cartwright wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>I have an 800 MHz iMac Power PC G4 running Mac OS X 10.4.10 with 1GB >>>>SDRAM and am having trouble getting iMovie to work. I wonder if the >>>>problem is the speed of my Mac? Is anyone using iMovie >>>>successfully with >>>>such a set-up? >>>> >>>> >>>Cn you be more specific about the symptoms? >>> >>>My daughter runs iMovie quite often on a 450 MHz G4 Cube with 1 GB of >>>RAM. It isn't very quick, but it eventually gets her there. >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >>be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >>Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >>Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > >
