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Chapter 5: Configuring Your Pro Tools System 31
Turning Off Energy Saver
To turn off the Energy Saver feature:
1
Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu and
click Energy Saver .
2
Click Sleep and do the following:
• Set the computer sleep setting to Never .
• Set the display sleep setting to
Never
.
• Deselect “ Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possi-
ble ” option.
Setting Processor Performance
(Mac G5 Computers Only)
To set the Processor Performance:
1
Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu and
click Energy Saver .
2
Click the Options tab and set Processor Performance
to
Highest
.
Disabling Spotlight Indexing
The Mac OS X Spotlight feature indexes files and folders
in the background, affecting system performance. It is
recommended that you disable Spotlight indexing be-
fore using Pro Tools.
To disable Spotlight indexing:
1
Choose
System Preferences
from the Apple menu and
click
Spotlight
.
2
In the Spotlight window, click the Privacy tab.
3
To prevent indexing of a drive, drag its icon from the
desktop into the list.
Disabling the Spotlight Shortcuts
The Mac OS X Spotlight feature uses the same key com-
mands Pro Tools uses to start recording (Com-
mand+Spacebar), and to record online (Op-
tion+Spacebar). If you want to retain use of these key
commands in Pro Tools, these shortcuts must be dis-
abled.
To disable the Spotlight keyboard shortcut:
1
Choose
System Preferences
from the Apple menu and
click
Spotlight
.
2
Deselect “ Spotlight menu keyboard shortcut ” and “ Spot-
light window keyboard shortcut .”
Disabling the Dashboard Shortcut
The Mac OS X Dashboard feature uses the same key
command Pro Tools uses to start recording (F12). If you
want to retain use of this key command in Pro Tools,
this shortcut must be disabled.
To disable the Dashboard keyboard shortcut:
1
Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu and
click Dashboard and Exposé .
2
Set the Dashboard keyboard shortcut to “–” to disable
the shortcut.