DigiDesign Mbox 2 Pro, Руководство по началу работы

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Mbox 2 Pro Getting Started 28
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 the Sleep tab 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
possible”
option.
Setting Processor Performance
(Mac G5 Computers and G4 Powerbooks 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 Perfor-
mance to Highest .
Disabling Spotlight Indexing
The Mac OS X Spotlight feature indexes files and
folders in the background, affecting system per-
formance. It is recommended that you disable
Spotlight indexing before 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 commands Pro Tools uses to start recording
(Spacebar), and to record online
(Spacebar). If you want to
retain use of these key commands in Pro Tools,
these shortcuts must be disabled.
To disable the Spotlight keyboard shortcut:
1
Choose
System Preferences
from the Apple
menu and click Spotlight.
2
Deselect
“Spotlight menu keyboard shortcut”
and “
Spotlight 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 com-
mand in Pro Tools, this shortcut must be dis-
abled.
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.
Enabling Journaling for Audio Drives
To yield higher performance from audio drives,
enable journaling.
To enable journaling:
1
Launch the Disk Utility application, located in
Applications/Utilities.
2
Select the volume in the left column of the
Disk Utility window.
3
Click
Enable Journaling
in the toolbar.
Disabling Spotlight indexing will cause the
Find function in Mac OS X to no longer
work. You will no longer be able to search
for files on drives set to private.