kerochan Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) So I managed to upgrade my old Macbook Pro ,with only 4GB RAM, from Snow Leopard to El Capitan, and download Logic 10.3.2! Its guess that 4gb RAM isnt powerful enough to run Logic 10.3.2 smoothly? I am getting occasional errors about system overload, changing the buffer size seems to help. *Update, changed buffer size to 512, all completely fine, no error messages But if I used Logic 10.2.4 instead, would this work better with my old system? I have copy of Logic 10.2.4. Edited August 31, 2017 by kerochan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zplane Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 You should try maxing out the audio buffer (I forget now if the max is 1024) - if you have not already done so. But that will also increase latency which could be an issue if you are trying to do simultaneous playback and recording. Under Applications -> Utilities is the "Activity Monitor" program. You could launch this, next launch Logic, then switch back to the Activity Monitor window (click on the memory tab) to see how much memory is in use. I would hope that newer versions of Logic (apart from being faster), use memory more efficiently, but I have not done any tests. Even an old MacBook Pro from ~7 years ago that has only 2 memory slots and shipped with 4GB of RAM (2 GB in each slot) - can be upgraded to have 8G of RAM (4 GB in each slot max). You can buy quality memory (limited lifetime warranty) from Crucial, http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/apple-memory, and there are videos on the OWC site that try to walk you thru upgrades, https://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/ You just need to match the make/model of the machine you have (Apple symbol -> About this Mac, then get the line from the description "MacBook Pro (model is here)" - when finding the memory on the web site. If you are not comfortable with taking things apart and/or being careful with static sensitive parts (like memory chips), then maybe you know or can find a good tech who can upgrade your machine. 8 GB of Crucial memory for an old MacBook Pro looks to be something like $80, and if a tech charges you $40/hour, then you could double the memory in your old MacBook for ~$120 (should not take more than an hour to do this). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerochan Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share Posted August 31, 2017 *Update, changed buffer size to 512, all completely fine, no error messages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anp27 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Is it necessary to use a really big font size for all of your posts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maceasy Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Since you have the laptop, and copies of both programs, you are in the best position to do some tests and determine the answer to your question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerochan Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share Posted August 31, 2017 Is it necessary to use a really big font size for all of your posts? Not sure where i need to change it!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anp27 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Is it necessary to use a really big font size for all of your posts? Not sure where i need to change it!? You must have done something because this last post is looking normal.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerochan Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share Posted August 31, 2017 Strange! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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