Dreamweaver Constantly Crashing

[purefusion]

I've got Dreamweaver MX on my iBook G4 here at work. I never used to have a problem with it crashing, but now more than ever it will crash when I'm uploading probably more than 20 files. Also, randomly. For instance I was editing css and it crashed. It started doing this so I updated it to 6.1. It's still doing the same thing. I have 1 gig of ram on this machine.

I know the easy response would be "upgrade to..." but is there anything I can do (change settings, remove software) to optimize my mac all around for less crashing? They say these things aren't supposed to crash, but that's a crock with my experiences. Thanks for your help!

-Scott

BTW, dreamwever isn't the only thing that crashes, but it's the prog that crashes most frequently.

[CaptainQuark]

If it's not just Dreamweaver that crashes, then it suggests that it's a system-wide malady, rather than just DW. I run DW and find it to be the flakiest, least stable app on my whole system.

First thing to do is to repair permissions using Disk Utility.

[purefusion]

I have run repair disk permissions. Would you suggest I run it again? It's been a couple weeks.

[CaptainQuark]

Never hurts to be on the safe side. At least then we know what the problem ISN'T!

[Natobasso]

You should run it every couple of weeks.

Also, if you haven't yet, you might think about getting out your system disk and running Disk Repair from there. Do NOT reinstall the os x software, just go to File/Open Disk Utility when booting up with your system cd. (Hold down the "c" key on start up with the cd in the drive and you'll boot up with the system disk.)

[CaptainQuark]

You should run it every couple of weeks.

Heed the man's words of wisdom. 99.9% of all computer problems are PREVENTABLE by regular maintenance of your system. Get into a habit of running a disk maintenance utility once a week.

If nothing else, it's the perfect opportunity of stopping work an hour early on a Friday afternoon – "Uh… yeah Boss, I'm running maintenance on my system." Good excuse for slacking AND brownie points into the bargain!

[purefusion]

Haha, great! Thanks

So what exactly does the repair permissions do?

[CaptainQuark]

Repair Permissions does deeply mystical system things. My field of expertise is QuarkXPress and other graphics applications. If you need a deeper understanding of the workings of Repair Permissions, then that would be the subject for another thread.

Glad it helped tho'!