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jamesb78030212
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Jan 30, 2018 11:07 PM UTC
Question

Adobe elements 2018 freezes with spinning wheel of death!

Hi all,

  Just started using adobe elements 2018 to edit my GoPro footage. After importing I can be halfway through editing and all of a sudden I will get the apple spinning pizza of death. the programme is unresponsive and eventually after waiting for a reasonable amount of time my only option is to force quit. This is obviously very annoying. anybody have any idea of steps I can take to prevent this? I am using a MacBook Pro 2017, with the latest version of high Sierra. I have already tried reinstalling elements. which worked for a short while and then I'm back to the same problem.

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    nidhibhushan_23
    Adobe Employee
    Adobe Employee
    Sep 24, 2018 8:00 AM UTC

    Hello,

    Can you specify the exact steps which lead to this hang in Premiere elements? I will try to reproduce and debug the issue at my end.

    Thanks,

    Nidhi Bhushan.

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    BobL53
    Participating Frequently
    Jul 9, 2018 7:14 PM UTC

    I got so tired of Premier Elements 14 freezes and crashes on my 2016 Mac Pro running High Sierra, with a 1TB solid state drive and 32 GB of RAM that I bought the latest Premier Elements 2018. I've been using it for only a few days and it either crashes or freezes as much or more than Premier 14! It seems to happen arbitrarily, so I can't pinpoint any specific causes. I close all other programs but my email software (Outlook for Mac). I've had to change my auto save to 7 minutes so I never lose more than that much time. I absolutely love the program but am annoyed by its instability. I've added no plugins and have a huge scratch disk. Would resetting the .psp file make a difference?

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    Participant
    Jul 10, 2018 9:36 AM UTC

    I have the same problem.  As much as I like PE, this crashing is forcing me to move off to another app.  Really frustrating.

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    Legend
    Jul 10, 2018 12:09 PM UTC

    These new Mac operating systems are really wreaking havoc on Premiere Elements.

    I'm not sure what's going, but my pre-Sierra Mac has no problems at all running the program.

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    Participant
    Apr 24, 2018 7:05 PM UTC

    I am also a new installer for Premiere Elements 2018 and running the latest version of High Sierra 10.13.4 on a Imac 27" late 2015 and it works great until it starts is Spin on death which only is remedied with a force quite.  Please help  The freeze happens every time I use the "pan/zoom feature" 

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    Community Expert
    Apr 24, 2018 8:18 PM UTC

    Would you please look at the suggestions here:

    Troubleshoot Mac OS 10.x system errors, freezes | Adobe software

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    Peru Bob
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    Jan 31, 2018 12:07 AM UTC

    Convert the GoPro footage to the CineForm Codec with the GoPro Utility before importing into Premiere Elements:

    GoPro Official Website - Capture + share your world - How To Prepare Video Files for Editing (Apple / Mac)

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