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Hello,
I've had a Mac for only a few weeks. There are some things I love (The Dock, look & feel, stacks, Mac App Store, XCode, Spotlight, Quick Look) and some things I dislike (inability to bypass the trash, inability to delete only selected files from the trash, inability to sort folders first in Finder). But there's one big issue because of which I literally cannot sleep and which might force me to consider selling the Mac.
It all goes like this:
We have three Windows 7 PCs networked together (ethernet) at home. I'm used to watching videos and listen to music stored on network drives. This is no problem - I've just done some tests (sitting at the third computer and playing content from the first, using WinAmp for audio and MediaPlayer Classic for video): 800MB WMV file opens and plays in two seconds, 1500MB HD avi file does the same in three seconds, 10+MB MP3 files launch instantly. I can jump to any spot in all the mentioned files INSTANTLY with no noticeable delay. All this on a Windows PC derided in Apple ads.
Now comes my new Mac connected to the same network and using iTunes with QuickTime:
iTunes opens a 2MB MP3 file for 45 seconds, displaying the spinning ball and not responding during that time.
QuickTime Player X (with Perian) does the following when opening a standard 700MB avi file: the app launches instantly but only to display a black window with a "Loading movie" message. After about two minutes the playback starts but it's extremely choppy and un-watchable.
Could anyone please tell me where the problem(s) can be?
EDIT: I've also noticed that when I want to copy a larger file (20+MB) from a PC to the Mac, the mac displays a "preparing to copy" dialog box and it takes ages before the actual copying takes place.
I've had a Mac for only a few weeks. There are some things I love (The Dock, look & feel, stacks, Mac App Store, XCode, Spotlight, Quick Look) and some things I dislike (inability to bypass the trash, inability to delete only selected files from the trash, inability to sort folders first in Finder). But there's one big issue because of which I literally cannot sleep and which might force me to consider selling the Mac.
It all goes like this:
We have three Windows 7 PCs networked together (ethernet) at home. I'm used to watching videos and listen to music stored on network drives. This is no problem - I've just done some tests (sitting at the third computer and playing content from the first, using WinAmp for audio and MediaPlayer Classic for video): 800MB WMV file opens and plays in two seconds, 1500MB HD avi file does the same in three seconds, 10+MB MP3 files launch instantly. I can jump to any spot in all the mentioned files INSTANTLY with no noticeable delay. All this on a Windows PC derided in Apple ads.
Now comes my new Mac connected to the same network and using iTunes with QuickTime:
iTunes opens a 2MB MP3 file for 45 seconds, displaying the spinning ball and not responding during that time.
QuickTime Player X (with Perian) does the following when opening a standard 700MB avi file: the app launches instantly but only to display a black window with a "Loading movie" message. After about two minutes the playback starts but it's extremely choppy and un-watchable.
Could anyone please tell me where the problem(s) can be?
EDIT: I've also noticed that when I want to copy a larger file (20+MB) from a PC to the Mac, the mac displays a "preparing to copy" dialog box and it takes ages before the actual copying takes place.