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renatoj93608056
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October 13, 2020
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Dreamweaver latest version keeps crashing

  • October 13, 2020
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When I try to change properties of an image through the Properties panel, Dreamweaver 2020 (up-to-date) crashes randomly -- too often for comfort, it's annoying and absolute breaks my workflow. And when reopened, it lists only the file that experienced the crash for recovery, from all the files that were open, not reopening all. And using the wrong view, it doesn't save that, either. I use Catalina on a MacBook Pro. The crash report opens every time and tells me there's no solution for the problem. For how long, Adobe? What about fixing select + option + drag copy, matching selected items from design view in code view and other issues? These are real problems delaying our work.

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remoran
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July 25, 2024

Dreamweaver 2024 is useless. Cannot delete line space either in source or display, keeps crashing, absoluletly the worst. I use this to design sites. Now I can't. This is consistenet on 3 Macs!!! I have use the app for years! The coders working on this should be fired, period. I was a beta tester for ID and Acrobat 1.0 so I know a little. Inexcusable to the max.

Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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July 25, 2024

@remoran,

There was known bug in early releases of macOS Sonoma.  But Apple fixed the problem in subsequent updates.

 

Update your operating system to the latest release version from Apple.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes/macos-14_6-release-notes

 

 

 

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 13, 2020

    Check your code and fix reported validation errors.

    Window > Results > Validation.

     

    If your code is clean and DW continues to crash, try Restore Preferences.

    https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/restore-preferences-dreamweaver.html

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    renatoj93608056Author
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    October 13, 2020

    Clean code. I doubt any of the previous crashes involved files with validation issues.

     

    This is a new laptop, I installed DW less than 3 months ago when it arrived, already with Catalina, so a clean install. And I believe the only changes I made to Preferences were related to the interface colors. If DW is crashing because of that, then how can I trust any changes won't create problems? Why would a simple change like that cause corruption? 

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 13, 2020

    I'm a long time product user and forum volunteer, not an Adobe product engineer. 

     

    Why do files become corrupted?  Sometimes  s h * t  happens.  If Restore Preferences doesn't fix the problem, reach out to technical support via online chat. 

     

    Or revert to the previous version of DW from your CC Desktop App.  Post back if you need help finding older versions.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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