[splicestudios]

here's an update - I'm going through a list of suggested fixes from Avid.

Today I reset PRAM & NVRAM, as well as the SMC. So far, still no improvement.

I'm trying to avoid the clean install since it will take the machine offline for a day, and I can still get work done even with the many restarts that I have to do as soon as I see the SmartTool stop changing the cursor when I move it around a clip start/end.

One other clue - when it starts to get weird, when I want to apply a plugin to a clip, once I do the dropdown menu for plugins, it will not show the plugins that are in the various categories. In the mix window, when I try to adjust plug-in parameters, the mouse will not function correctly and clicking the plugin will shift the whole plugin from it's position to another position, eg I click on an EQ that's in a, it will drop to b. At this point, I have to restart cos PT is now basically unusable.