Barry Garsson
Barry
I have a digital sound recorder that is supposed to transfer its files to a computer - I was trying to simply copy the files over to a new folder in my Mac but the copy and paste function keeps getting hung up and freezes (ghosts of Windows!), something I am not used to in my new Mac (I'm a relatively new user).
Several times I had to reboot the Mac with the power button to clear it. The digital files are apparently rather large, but the Mac handles the capture of video tapes quite well, and allows me to back those very large files up to an external drive, so I don't understand why these sound files are causing such a hang-up.
The digital recorder records the sound as WMA files which my Mac won't read, but a free downloaded converter converts them to WAV files and then they work. is it the WMA structure that is causing the problem?
Right now I am getting ready to abort a conversion for what appears to be a large WMA file (211 mg) since I see only the little colored pinwheel spinning and I am again going to have to power down and power back up (I hate having to do that). Am I low on memory (have 1.5 gig RAM)?
Anybody?
Thanks in advance.
Barry
Several times I had to reboot the Mac with the power button to clear it. The digital files are apparently rather large, but the Mac handles the capture of video tapes quite well, and allows me to back those very large files up to an external drive, so I don't understand why these sound files are causing such a hang-up.
The digital recorder records the sound as WMA files which my Mac won't read, but a free downloaded converter converts them to WAV files and then they work. is it the WMA structure that is causing the problem?
Right now I am getting ready to abort a conversion for what appears to be a large WMA file (211 mg) since I see only the little colored pinwheel spinning and I am again going to have to power down and power back up (I hate having to do that). Am I low on memory (have 1.5 gig RAM)?
Anybody?
Thanks in advance.
Barry