[G4] Unexpected Quitting of a Software

[Snoke Jay S NPRI]

keep in mind it *may* be indicative of bad RAM.  there are lots of other things that can cause this...
when was the last time you ran the disk utility?  I've found that after every update from Software Update, I've had to go in and repair permissions to keep things running as well as possible.

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> From: 	Sean O'Malley
> Reply To: 	Power Macintosh G4 List
> Sent: 	Thursday, August 14, 2003 1:26 PM
> To: 	Power Macintosh G4 List
> Subject: 	Re: [G4] Unexpected Quitting of a Software
> 
> 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.
> 
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> 
> 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
> >
> > >From: Tracker at aol.com
> > >Reply-To: "Power Macintosh G4 List" <G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> > >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.
>