Re: FLASH: G4 problem w/ flash

[Frederico]

On 4/5/00 10:41 AM Mountain Time, william chamberlin via

williamchamberlinearthlink [dot] net

, said:


>Has any mac G4 users come across a problem with not being able to drag

>symbols on the stage? It seems that the problem occurs after a couple weeks

>of using the product. Is it a mac problem or Macromedia problem.

>Everything has been checked from memory to extension conficts and no dice


These types of errors are almost always reduced by using a dedicated, 

fast volume for Virtual Memory, and by using DiskWarrior and 

Trash*Desktop to keep your other directory structures in top shape.


The fact that the ". . . problem occurs after a couple weeks of using the 

product. . .", and I presume goes away after reinstalling the 

application, OS, or both, lends considerable creedence to the idea that a 

slow degradation of your Directory, DB/DF and other assorted file 

structures, is the source of the problem.


If turning VM or RAM Doubler off immediately aids in this problem, the 

issue is only further confirmed to be one of both Directory and file 

fragmentation/corruptions, easily kept in check with *regular* and 

*complete* disk maintenance (less than ten minutes a week, and can be 

fully automated to run while you're not waiting).


FWIW, we employ rigid maintainence on custom configs geared towards media 

production,  and rarely see issues working with huge and heavy FLA's 

every day.


<http://sciencequest.org/support/computers/mac/prevent.html>

<http://sciencequest.org/support/computers/mac/config.html>

<http://sciencequest.org/support/computers/mac/topics/partitioning.html>

http://sciencequest.org/support/computers/mac/repair.html


If none of the above seems to help, fall back on the obvious extension 

conflict testing, disk-cache issues, display driver issues, etc.; confirm 

such issues by installing a virgin OS and required updates, and Flash 

*ONLY* (no Wacom, Kensington, etc) to a fresh drive or volume and see how 

long it takes to repeat the issues.


HTH


Frederico



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