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That seems to be it. When I connect thru the hub, it hangs if I do anything else on the computer when it is transfering. E.g. opening a window, opening the mail util. Well, it doesn't hang every time, but maybe 1/3 times. If I connect directly, I can load the computer heavily with other tasks and still transfer. Open windows, copy files, download mail or files from the internet, whatever. No problem. I transfered many files without problems. Anyway, your email implies that changing the hub won't solve the problem, so I guess I will leave it as a direct connect. Luckily I can do that without any difficulty. Thanks for the posts, they helped a lot. H58 PS in my earlier post I said "thru the midi port expander". Well, duh, at least you figured out I meant USB port expander.

Mount Point : / Capacity : 74.4 GB (79,892,106,240 Bytes) Format : Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Available : 56.4 GB (60,511,158,272 Bytes) Permissions Enabled : Yes Used : 18.0 GB (19,380,944,896 Bytes) Number of Folders : 59,204 Number of Files : 240,853 As you can see I have 56.4 GB available. Again, nope. I usually have firefox open and the Mac mail utility just sitting there. But I will try again after closing all application other than HiMD. I realize that I have connected thru a midi port expander -- aha!! very suspect as I think about it. I'll try without that. Since it doesn't happen every time, I may have to try for a day or so to see for sure if the problem is fixed. Thanks for the response. It is very helpful to know that it is probably limited to my system/setup/hardware. I originally suspected that there was a known bug and was looking for a patch/update, but I see that many, many people are successful with the software, so it must be my system. I'll post when I have more data. Thanks again.

I get a different, but possibly related problem. I can transfer (all files are linear-PCM) files, but occasionally it hangs. The transfer starts, the pop-up displays status and as it progresses I see that more and more bytes have been transfered. Then, without any message, it simply stops. The indication of how many bytes have been transfered simply freezes. I wait and wait and nothing happens. I tried to force quit Hi-MD wave importer and it won't force quit. The only way I have of restarting is to unplug the cable, close everything and start again. I would say that file transfer hangs about once per 20 files. After restarting the file will load correctly, so it is definitely not a problem with the recorded file. Any ideas?? I've searched the web for any reference to this problem, and haven't found any reference to it, so I am beginning to suspect bad hardware. Any suggestions would be appreciated.