cpu spikes on imac, please help

mjoshstase · Post by **mjoshstase** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:44 pm

i was playing out the othert night and my imac spikes like 3-4 times to 150% and glitches something nasty. the imac is brand new and i think i have all my internet and updates off. any help would be greatly appreciated. i played the two nights before and it didnt do it, please help!

imac
firewire audiophile
uc33-e
external hard drive

Alexander in LA · Post by **Alexander in LA** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 1:04 am

u using Live 5.03 etc? I just went through nightmare with my new macpro and turned out I had to dowload the 5.2 beta version. All sweet after that. Universal Binary vs. Rosetta... if that means anything to u...
Good luck,

mjoshstase · Post by **mjoshstase** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:35 pm

i am using version 4 still, i have read about more cpu problems with 5 so i didnt upgrade. i will wait for version 6 probably. any other idea other than the version that could be causing me this problem.

thanks

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:52 pm

yeah. Live 4 will not work on your system. Simple as that...
You can try out the Live 5 beta though. So you can see for yourself if it would be worth it to upgrade.

Live 4 only runs under rosetta on a intel mac. So you will never be able to use that full power.

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:53 pm

Btw. Live 5 will run faster on your new mac then Live 4 on any mac.

Cpu issues are relative. some people have them. some dont

mjoshstase · Post by **mjoshstase** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:11 am

Thanks for your help. After reading all the info 5.2 that sems like it will solve the problem. What is causing it to bog down like that? Anyway I will be upgrading ASAP to 5.

AdamJay · Post by **AdamJay** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:37 am

which imac?

mjoshstase · Post by **mjoshstase** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:18 am

20" imac 2GHz
intel dual core processor
512MB ram
250GB hard drive

i just bought it two weeks ago, i have a three night a week gig and i need to figure this out.

thanks

paulreiners · Post by **paulreiners** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 12:47 am

So where can you download the 5.2 beta version from? I couldn't find it anywhere on the Ableton web site.

justin · Post by **justin** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 12:09 pm

beta announcements are made in the general forum

or u can go straight there:
http://www.ableton.com/beta