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For example, I go to upload an image to tinyurl, hit 'browse', double-click a file, and Firefox crashes. It seems to be a Finder issue.
I've tried both an upgrade from Leopard and an Archive & Install, and the problem persists.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/506/cpsid_50654.html
This s@#&*!!!! Has anyone figured out a fix while Apple takes its Microsoft 101 class and comes back from the Redwood tour of their HQ?
I am about to loose it....Can't go back to Leopard and I am wasting tons of time I could be using to STUDY....
I swapped to Apple b/c I was tired of the ever emerging issues with my MS/Win products...What now? Linux?
I guess I will be looking at a CHEAP Netbook that runs Linux and go for Open Office insted of dumping more $$ into a the next Mac I was saving for...
Any help would be great!
Thanks
Mission critical apps crashing every 5mins on Windows? They'll need UN Peacekeepers at Redmond to counter that outrage and invective from the press and more importantly their customers(who aren't cultishly devoted to protecting a corporation).
Quit peddling FUD or actually use the platform you take cheap shots at so as to not make yourself looks just another conflating fanboy.
I've run IT Departments in fortune 100 corporations, and believe me. This is a Windows Grade problem.
Cults 'Believe' what their told . They follow with attitudes like one colleague of mine when he said, "I hate Macintosh. I don't know anything about Macintosh, but I hate them." He's a good soldier, but not someone you can ask an intelligent question.
Microsoft "dominates" because their business model is devoted to search and destroy. Not innovate and motivate.
A lesson in business and technology would enlighten you tremendously.
Watch what happens with Apple around this issue. They won't be like Microsoft shoving millions of systems with Vista on consumers.
Apple/Mac Man since 1982
I've switched to the commercial version of SL. Apple SW such as .numbers and .pages, as well as .mail crash constantly. I cannot properly save on my PBPro a document sent to me by email, without having to quite applications and restart the saving operation. I am quite frustrated and consider reinstalling OS10.5.
Peter
a friend of mine did an upgrade-install from a buggy leopard-system, and he has no crashes.
http://twitter.com/jtranber
http://twitter.com/dhowe
BTW - we're working with David Pogue to try and track down the issue he's seeing. It may be something unique to his setup. Still investigating.
Oh, I did have to delete and re-recognize a Dell laser printer before my Mac would communicate with it (by AirMac).
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
On Tiger 10.4.1.1. / Safari 4.03 all cookies ok and block pop-ups turned off, the page looks trashed (On Firefox it looks fine).
my BRAND NEW mac was running fantastic with all my adobe software, I upgraded to snow leopard 2 days ago, it has become HELL! all my adobe software crashes after doing simple tasks, I deactivated the version cue on photo shop and it got a bit better but still crashes, after effects I can't even import an image or video . I did not do a single thing different since I upgraded.
Apple WTF??? I TRUSTED YOU!
Jeff Tranberry - Photoshop QE
http://twitter.com/jtranber
- Cmd-S after attaching JPG file and before attaching 2nd JPG will save in Draft.
- Mail self-restarts quickly (2-3 seconds) and allows the Draft to be displayed so not much delay.
- Mail self-reports so I'm optimistic that the bug will get fixed, assuming there are enuf others with same problem.
- Reminds me of Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel in the mid-90s when ctl-s was a good idea every 5 minutes.
- Also reminds me of iMovie in Leopard that needed Cmd-S every 5 minutes when I started using it in early 2008 and it would crash reliably when working with lots of JPG files
Fred in Boston
Thanks. ?I did not do a clean install. ?I have never done that. ?I am not partitioned. ?You remember as I do how simple it has been since we first turned on our Macintosh 128 kb in 1984, I do at least. ?I have evolved thru many os and app installs. ?I have only legit programs. ?I am not a power user but have always done it on my own. ?I have the largest collection of xrays, movies, lectures on medical subject in the world, humbly stated. ?Photoshop, Adobe, Quicktime, Safari, Word, XL, File Buddy, and others crash. ?And Apple knows there is a problem, they all clam up at the apple stores when I mention it, eyes avert, hums and ahs and we heard about a few problems. ?Yet they sell Leper as if it is just install, no problems. ?No special warnings. ?I have functional Quicktime Player 7.62 that keeps being attacked by QT player 10.0 51. ?QT10 has fewer functions, cannot find open image sequence on QT10.
Yes there is a problem. ?I know Apple knows, Adobe knows, and the others do too. ?This was a snafu. ?And it is happening right before I go on a lecture tour.
Thanks, dude, for the advice, but there is more behind the scenes. ?Some missing code, some missing do or don't. ?Too many like me.
Frank Scholz
You were kind to respond and I ask a favor, what is the best one site user site to post questions about MAC programs use? ?QT, Powerpoint, Photoshop, Word, etc.
A site that will not mock simple questions. ?An example, I cannot find a function in QT 10 that exists in QT 7.6. ?I can create a movie in QT 7.6 by clicking on "open image sequence", I pick the first image from a CT scan of the abdomen or chest and a movie is created of the entire 100 or more images.
QT 7.6, easy. ?I am on deadline for major lectures from here to timbucktoo and fighting my machine.
Old but not too smart,
Frank Scholz
I have a macbook pro for wk - CS4 - everything crashes - Inc. illustrator, photoshop, indesign, bridge - I need these for work! Cannot upload anything to the web using mailbigfile or any web based stuff..- this is a mare- and entourage is stable for 5 seconds-- i don't care for the tech crap wheres the patches ? upgrade? we make our livings from these computers.......
So, I am re installing osx leopard 10.5 "I need the stability"
I have even had to copy this to a text edit page.
So, help anyone??
email me any ideas, THANKS!!!!
We are seeing issues like this with Snow Leopard. This is likely issues with the preferences which resulted from the Upgrade. At this point I do not think that it is necessary to remove and re-install, we will rebuild the preferences by following the steps below:
Rebuild the Microsoft Preferences:
After rebuilding these preferences you may see some changes, such as default font size, or custom toolbars and dictionaries as they get reset to the default settings.
-Quit all Microsoft Office Programs.
-Open Macintosh Hard Drive.
-Open Users.
-Open Home (House).
-Open Library.
-Open Preferences (view "as List").
-Move to Trash all Preferences that start with "com.microsoft.*.*".
-Move Microsoft folder to Trash from Preferences also.
-Close to Desktop.
1) To prevent PS (or other programs from crashing) - MINIMIZE your Save As dialog so you don't see the folder structure below the filename box (click the arrow to the right of the Filename box).
2) Save as a new file every time - trying to save over a file or browse your folder structure is what crashes these programs. It's because of the re-write of the Finder code. There are either glitches in the finder code or an inability for apps to render the in-program finder correctly.
Good Luck
So far disappointed in the "it's no leper, darn crash again". No fix or encouraging words from anyone. Suggestions are reminiscent of my Window ITs at work. "Try this, I don't know. Reinstall. Scratch your left ear as you cough, save that thought, and then tap your toe as you save as."
Have the same problem with Excel crashing and sending me back to the Login screen - Don't ask why this works but I have made a 'copy' of the document (that is in a folder with other documents) and placed it on the desktop. Opened the 'copy' and no problems - no crashes. Dumped the original from the folder to Trash and placed the 'copy' into the folder and .... well it crashes!! Made a another copy and placed that back onto the desktop - opened that in Excel - no crashes. Please explain???
Back to square one other than setting up a new user account.........
Still annoyed by Quicktime old pro fighting with new SL QT player. Will figure it out. New QT player 10 jumps in when on old QT, hides or does not have same functionality as old version QT pro.
I admit I am only a heavy user, light in the apps finesse.
Trashing Photoshops preferences did not fix the problem.
The first thing I noticed was the Console reported errors with the utility that came bundled with my Western Digital Firewire drive. It put an icon in my Menu bar that I never looked at. I shouldn't have installed this stuff but I did. So I hunted down and deleted anything with the letters WD in the file name.
I also had an error report involving a script for 1Password version 1 - a beta release at that. I have no idea how that got into my Library but I removed it. I confirmed that the script wasn't part of the current version of 1Password with the vendor - who also told me the error simply was a warning that the script was not loading. It shouldn't have been responsible for my crashes.
There were a few other miscellaneous bits and pieces that I don't need like a piece of Virtual PC that I removed as well. Migration Assistant is nice but it copies over a lot of crud you don't need along with the good stuff.
At that point I think the crashing still persisted.
So I checked my fonts. I removed all duplicates and two fonts with warnings regarding "kern table structure and contents". I removed both of those.
Since then I have not encountered a single crash.
A friend was having similar app crashing problems. After cleaning out the fonts like I did, that machine also stopped crashing.
My situation: I first installed 10.5 on a new drive in my Mac Pro. Upgraded to 10.5.8. Also of course, upgraded Safari from 3.x to 4.x.
About 2 weeks after doing this, Safari suddenly popped up a message asking if it could use the font, Lucinda Bright. ??? I clicked "no." Nothing happened - everything with 10.5 has been okay and I've gotten used to it. But - a couple days after getting that Safari message, I happened to check my trash (as I always do prior to emptying), there was the font, Lucinda Bright!
Then, a few more days passed and I found another Lucinda font in Trash! (Lucinda Sans) I checked with Font Book and saw that the only remaining Lucinda font family member is Lucinda Grand. But there was no message of any kind before this 2nd font was trashed (obviously without my knowledge or intention).
I posted on Apple Discussions asking about these events. One reply so far: suggesting that these are actually aliases. But they are not - checked both with "Get Info."
I did then scan all fonts with Font Book - there are no duplicates or corrupted fonts. But I won't try to re-install the two "rejected" fonts, either. I remember the days of OS 7 thru 9 - when messing with fonts was something you just didn't do unless you were an advanced user.
I just think it's interesting that, under both 10.5 and 10.6, there are some "interesting problems" which are fixed by cleaning out "questionable" or duplicate fonts.
As for Snow Leopard: I see no great need to install it for now. I still have Tiger running on one drive in my Mac Pro (because I have one mission critical app which won't run under Leopard or later). So until I'm absolutely confident of Snow Leopard, I will wait to install it. Over the years, I've saved myself untold problems and lost time by being a "Slow Adopter."
And I'm sure people are beginning to put this together for themselves: most of the complaints about Snow Leopard are made by people who did little or no checking or preparation prior to installing it. This is a mistake they will remember for a long time: meaning they too will become better at preparations and troubleshooting: and slow to jump in on new releases.
Thanks for posting your report.
My Snow Leopard tale of woe:
1) Upgraded SL over existing Leopard. Noticed frequent crash problem more or less immediately.
2) Hoped SL 10.6.1 would save my bacon. It did not.
3) Tried deleted additional fonts with Font Book. No real improvement.
4) Today tried a complete wipe of OS with clean install. Used Migration Assistant to bring my data back in. No improvement.
5) Tried trashing the preferences files but I'm not optimistic.
For the record, I experience frequent crashes with Word 2008, Excel 2004, Entourage 2008, Audiobook Builder, and Mail. The problem definitely appears to be related to file operations, so the various comments above that point the finger at a fundamental problem with the Finder ring truest to me.
Bummed.
http://life.innove.it/?p=217