[G4] Unexpected Quitting of a Software

[Sean O'Malley]

Have you done a memory check? That is one of the symptoms of bad ram.
it wont crash until it tries to access the invalid data.



On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, k s d wrote:

> A few times Photoshop has quit on me.. No warning, nothing-
> Just plain quits and takes me to the finder with no dialog,
> explanation, nada.
> I too try to save every couple of minutes, but often I get so
> involved in my work that I forget. A half hour or 45mins of
> work really sucks to loose.
> -kevin
>
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> >To: "Power Macintosh G4 List" <G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> >Subject: Re: [G4] Unexpected Quitting of a Software
> >Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 05:00:44 EDT
> >
> >Whichever programs are causing your unexpected quitting, you should first
> >concentrate on saving your documents more frequently.
> >
> >It is foolish to perform large quantities of work without taking the few
> >seconds needed to save your documents and any changes that you have made. I
> >recommend that you save your documents every two to three minutes to avoid
> >losing
> >data and having to duplicate all the lost work.
> >
> >You did not indicate if there were any dialogue windows with short
> >explanations of the cause of the quit. Many times, there is an individual
> >reason such as
> >shortage of memory or interruption of process commands that caused the
> >quit.
> >
> >Often, there will be a dialogue window that gives a coded number for the
> >shut-down. There used to be a list of the codes available at
> >VersionTracker's web
> >site, but I haven't tried to find it lately and can't promise that it is
> >still
> >there. You may have to do some research to locate such a list.
> >
> >Good luck, but remember to save more frequently in the future.
> >
> >
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