Freehand MX always crashing OSX 10.3.2 +G5

[franconian]

Hello can anybody help me?
Always when I type applekey+U, freehand is crashing

Also when going over the men?s in the settings dialog it is crashing!

I have no idea. Using freehand since version 3
Now on one mac under OSX 10.3.2 and it is horrable to work!

Kind regard

[ldegroot]

Having similar issues with MXa on OS X 10.2.8. Program quits with magnify tool.
Have been able to reproduce on intermitant basis. There's 10 of us here and
everyone has experienced an increase in crashes since moving to MXa

[Wes Rand]

ldegroot wrote:

> Having similar issues with MXa on OS X 10.2.8. Program quits with
> magnify tool. Have been able to reproduce on intermitant basis.
> There's 10 of us here and everyone has experienced an increase in
> crashes since moving to MXa
>

Reverse situation here. Almost all crashing stopped when we finally
upgraded to MXa. One thing that I have found is that you need to do
regular maintenance with OS X. A tool like Cocktail/Onyx/Mac Sweeper
etc. (check out versiontracker.com) that does those for you is a great
time saver. Repairing permissions, clearing out caches, etc. seems to
keep programs running smoothly

[Judy Arndt]

The Cmd-U problem might be a conflict with another system extension. Are you
sure you don't have another application that uses it?

Your preferences or settings files may have become corrupted. Quit FHMX.
Find the Preferences file in:
(User)/Library/Application Support/ Macromedia/ FreeHand MX/ 11/ English/
Settings

Trash the Preferences file.

If that doesn't help, trash all the files in the Settings folder, then
reinstall FHMXa. That should clear up any and all corrupted settings.

Are you using the updated version, FHMXa? If not, I suggest you download and
install the updater.

Judy Arndt
FHMXa, OS 10.3.2, G4

franconian wrote:

> Hello can anybody help me?
> Always when I type applekey+U, freehand is crashing
>
> Also when going over the men?s in the settings dialog it is crashing!
>
> I have no idea. Using freehand since version 3
> Now on one mac under OSX 10.3.2 and it is horrable to work!

[Rich Hudgins]

I'll second that! Repairing permissions is probably the most important
thing you can do, especially after a System upgrade. I have random
crashing apps that are almost always fixed by repairing permissions.
One to add to the list of cleaning apps: MacJanitor.

Rich

Wes Rand wrote:

> ldegroot wrote:
>

>> Having similar issues with MXa on OS X 10.2.8. Program quits with
>> magnify tool. Have been able to reproduce on intermitant basis.
>> There's 10 of us here and everyone has experienced an increase in
>> crashes since moving to MXa
>>

>
> Reverse situation here. Almost all crashing stopped when we finally
> upgraded to MXa. One thing that I have found is that you need to do
> regular maintenance with OS X. A tool like Cocktail/Onyx/Mac Sweeper
> etc. (check out versiontracker.com) that does those for you is a great
> time saver. Repairing permissions, clearing out caches, etc. seems to
> keep programs running smoothly

[franconian]

Hi Judy, I love you!

It works now again.
The update well I have noticed but I`m still waiting on the localized german version.

Thanks a lot!