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Old 09-22-2010, 01:36 AM
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Hi,

I'd be very grateful if someone could give me a couple of pointers here. I'm currently running an LE 8.0.4 system on a macbook pro(specs below) but am upgrading to an imac 3.06gHz with 8gbs of RAM.

My question is; if I go with 64 bit Snow Leopard am I going to run into problems with 32 bit LE? Am I better off installing Leopard 10.5.8 on my new mac?

Thanks in advance for any help,
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Old 09-24-2010, 04:06 AM
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Any takers?
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Old 09-24-2010, 04:39 AM
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I run snow leopard with no problems. Currently I'm running 10.6.3. It also appears that 8.0.4 is qualified on 10.6.4, although there was no real announcement. Its on the compatibility page.
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Old 09-24-2010, 06:04 AM
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Snow Leopard here with 10.6.4 and 8.0.4

Others prefer PT 8.0.3
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Old 09-24-2010, 06:28 AM
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I upgraded my system to 10.6.4, and it's worked flawlessly. I kept my 10.5 install on an external drive with PTLE 8.0.1, so I can still use my, now ancient, original Mbox.
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"My question is; if I go with 64 bit Snow Leopard am I going to run into problems with 32 bit LE?"

Running Snow Leopard 10.6.4 in 64 bit mode and Pro Tools LE 8.0.4 ... Smooth as glass for me
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Know that Pro Tools itself is only 32 bit so it won't be able to access all of your RAM by itself, but it will run fine in Snow Leopard. Other programs running separately will be able to access more RAM though.
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Old 09-24-2010, 05:57 PM
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I had to get used to hitting Command-S more often since upgrading to Snow, as I am experiencing PT crashing (never before).
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Running MacOS 10.6.4 and PT 8.0.4 with no problems.
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Old 09-25-2010, 08:14 AM
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I just received my SL upgrade today. Reading this thread is encouraging.
I think I'm about to run out the door to grab a new internal drive and start fresh.
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