Flash Keeps Crashing on my Mac!

[RJBStudio]

Well I did find Flash 5.0 and reinstalled it and I was good for about an hour. Then BOOM! I have done everything short of reinstalling my system but Flash 5.0 or 5.0a still crashes on my Mac. The only thing left that makes me suspicious is that I am using dual monitors. I think Flash doesn't like it. Meanwhile, my project is almost completed anyway.

[macmarts]

RJBStudio,

does that mean that the crashes are limited to the current project, or do they reoccur with other files?

if the problem is limited to a single file, i would suspect a bad font or a postscript problem with some graphic that you imported.

do you have (seemingly unrelated) problems currently, with other applications on your Mac?

FWIW, i have a dual monitor setup here and Flash is
very stable.

good luck

[Edited by macmarts on 07-16-2002 at 06:48 PM]

[lex 007]

I had exactly the same problem.

According to Macromedia there is a bug with the sound pallete. Try keeping it closed until you need it. This has worked for me - My machine was crashing every 20 mins now hardly ever.

Hope this works

Cheers

Lex

[mowgli_uk]

I know the feeling!
I've been working with Flash on macs since version 4 on a g3, g4 and g4 powerbook. Guess what? I've always had problems, independently of software versions etc...
Whenever you start building up the size of a .fla file by adding sound, too many bitmaps , hardcoding text or enbeding a font everything becomes unstable.
If anyone has a magical cure please tell me.

[RJBStudio]

Now that I have upgraded to Flash mx, the usual crashing has declined a great deal. It's still not perfect but tolerable. Thanks for all the advice, gang.

[Wheels]

Just another thought, are you keeping up to date with your OS 9 updates?

I realize these issues may be isolated to your machine, so it may be worth mentioning. Crashes like yours are usually a case of extensions conficts. Maybe you've unistalled software in the past, but often the extensions will lay dormant - and potentially cause these kinds of problems.

You might want to run Conflict Catcher http://www.versiontracker.com Thank Apple, OSX does'nt have this issue anymore.

5G