Skip to main content
I
IgnacioGaldames
Known Participant
July 27, 2011
Answered

OSX Lion and Dreamweaver CS5.5 Crashes

  • July 27, 2011
  • 11 replies
  • 30631 views

I´ve reasently updated to OSX Lion with Creative Suite 5.5 and besides not being able to use flash catalyst or flash builder, dreamweaver cs5.5 crashes every 5 minutos and the last time i´ve just wasnt able to fully open it and then it crash again, it must be around 5 minutos, working with a single css file about 150 kb, crashin  i don´t kno 15 or 16 times.

so...

anybody else?

anything to say?

any solution?

greetings

The Crash report is This

http://cl.ly/3K3G0z3G081x2x2Y461p

    This topic has been closed for replies.
    Correct answer naswaldo

    i didnt work to delete all the adobe prefs in library/preferences and since yesterday i cant paste  anything and o get this:


    You need to delete files in your home directorys preferences ~/Library/Preferences

    ~ means home dir. So this is how the path usually looks like: "Macintosh HD/Users/username/Library/Preferences"

    How to open the dir:

    Select in Finder Menu: Go->Go to Folder and write there ~/Library/Preferences and Finder will open the correct folder for you.

    The ~ (tilde) is essential part of the address. Without the tilde you will open the Library in your System Disk. That folder does not contain user Preferences.

    In fact the library in homedir is hidden now in Lion. The Go menu is probaply the easiest way to get there.

    And in the ~/Library/Preferences -folder delete all adobe -containing files and folders.

    11 replies

    I
    IgnacioGaldamesAuthor
    Known Participant
    June 28, 2012

    well, i think cs6 has no problems so far. little improvements, but hey... CS6! i mean.. 6! yeiii

    A
    aaron1126
    Participant
    April 21, 2012

    I agree. My dreamweaver CS5 crashes when I try to open an existing html file and I try to edi the CSS code. Crashes every single time.

      S
      Strappedphotography
      Participant
      April 26, 2012

      I wish I wouldve known DW doesnt work. This is not good. Hasnt worked since we got it!

      W
      wandivu
      Participant
      March 22, 2012

      I really believe we should consider a Class Action Suit, unless Adobe is willing to fix this PRONTO.  We are loosing money here....!!*   This problem has been going on from launch to present and I do not see any motivation on Adobe's part to fix this.

        I
        IdeaWorkshop_mx
        Participating Frequently
        October 7, 2011

        My solution:

        Backed up everything @ my MacBook Pro

        Installed Mac OSX Snow Leopard from scratch.

        Installed Adobe CS 5.5 Master Collection

        Pure hapiness...

        Bye, bye!

        Hector Porras

          I
          IgnacioGaldamesAuthor
          Known Participant
          October 17, 2011

          you know i do have snow leopard but only for dreamweaver... and it a pain to switch or even use parallels desktop just for one app

          Sarthak Singhal
          Sarthak Singhal
          Inspiring
          December 5, 2011

          Are the crashes still frequent with Lion 10.7.2 upgrade?

          I received few private mails from Dreamweaver users reporting the reduced crashing after the lastest OS updates.

          Please report your observations.

          A
          Anonymous
          October 6, 2011

          Has anyone found a solution to this yet?

          Mac OS 10.7.1, Dreamweaver 5.5, even tried reinstalling the OS and CS, to no avail.
          Tried the cache folder, reinstalling multiple times, removing this and that, all the things mentioned on this thread.

          Still getting crashes every 10 minutes with seemingly no specific cause.
          I can be editing a bit of CSS, or html, inserting a tag, switching to live view - crash crash crash.

          Dreamweaver just hangs or closes completely.

          I
          IgnacioGaldamesAuthor
          Known Participant
          October 6, 2011

          no. just dreamweaver cs5.5 sucks. i cant edit neither in live view or with code

          mmasquith
          mmasquith
          Participating Frequently
          August 29, 2011

          In case it helps narrow down the problem, I'm not experienceing the crashes described, I have problems with DW redrawing the workspace when switching Spaces.

          Here's my setup:

          Mac Pro

          Early 2009

          Processor  2 x 2.93 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon

          Memory  16 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC

          Graphics  NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512 MB

          Software  Mac OS X Lion 10.7.1 (11B26)

          DW is version 11.5, build 5344.

          S
          SteveGuluk
          Participating Frequently
          August 29, 2011

          Anyone have dual monitors in a working (crash free) environment?

          I sure would like my second 27led Apple monitor back.

          FYI my system is an Early 2008

          2 X 2.8 Quad Core Xeon

          10gig memory

          ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB

          Lion 10.7.1

          Adobe Master Suite 5.5

          I
          IdeaWorkshop_mx
          Participating Frequently
          August 1, 2011

          Hello everybody:

          Well, this is starting to be an embarrasing issue for me, as it should be for Adobe developers... It seems like there were no testing of Adobe's software in Lion at all, or at least, there wasn't a LOUD warning from Adobe's to Mac OS X users about the major issues of most of the programs they have in the market, shame on you...

          Already tried all of the suggestions posted in this forum thread with no luck, tried disabling the "Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps" on the personal section of the preferences panel, tried deleting ALL the preferences with the word "adobe" inside the system and user libraries, tried intstalling and reinstalling  Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_26. OS X Lion, and even uninstalled the whole application and reinstall it from scratch... and guess what?

          NONE OF THE ABOVE WORKED...

          I definitively think that the application should be re-writed, but when? Only God knows, 'cause it seems to me that Adobe has lost its interest in the Apple market, I've been reading articles 'bout a war going on between Apple and Adobe, involving themes like Flash lack of support from Apple's side, everybody knows that, but here's something to think about: Why should user's like you and me should be left behind in the aftermath of this conflict?

          Time to move on, we should use this thread to suggest OTHER options of applications for web developing, any ideas?

          My best regards to all of you...

          Hector Porras

          S
          SteveGuluk
          Participating Frequently
          August 1, 2011

          There are other issues with Lion. I can't mount my high speed Compact Flash cards but the old slower ones work. The SanDisk Extreme and Firewire reader fail and prompt a restart while working just fine prior to the Lion upgrade and still working fine on other Snow Lepard installations.

          Hopefully there is an update that fixes all these problems.

          H
          HCS11
          Participant
          July 30, 2011

          Hi.

          Didn't update to CS 5.5 yet but having the same issue with Dreamweaver CS5 in my MacBook and MacBook Pro after upgrade them to Mac OS X Lion, Dreamweaver CS5 just do not start , so I deleted the file called 'com.adobe.Dreamweaver.11.plist' located in 'Macintosh HD/Library/Preferences' and IT WORKS! Dreamweaver works fine in both computers, no crashes, fully functional...until now.

          Thanks to naswaldo

          I
          IgnacioGaldamesAuthor
          Known Participant
          July 30, 2011

          i delete the files in the hidden folder on Lion, in my user library and im testing it, if it works, it should be the solution

          N
          naswaldo
          Participant
          July 29, 2011

          My DreamWeaver crashes every time I try to do something with my Template: Create Template, Add Editable Region ect.

          Any Ideas. I already trashed my Prefs-files. It did not help...

          N
          naswaldo
          Participant
          July 29, 2011

          I made new user and tested DreamWeaver. Everything worked fine, so user prefs had to be the reason.

          I deleted every file and folder that had adobe in my ~/Library/Preferences -folder.

          Now everything works fine, altough everything is on default also.. Small price to pay.

          Cool software to find files in Library-folders is: Find Any File from Mac AppStore...

          Hope this helps others.

          C
          clif_hirtle
          Participant
          September 6, 2011

          You need to delete files in your home directorys preferences ~/Library/Preferences

          ~ means home dir. So this is how the path usually looks like: "Macintosh HD/Users/username/Library/Preferences"

          How to open the dir:

          Select in Finder Menu: Go->Go to Folder and write there ~/Library/Preferences and Finder will open the correct folder for you.

          The ~ (tilde) is essential part of the address. Without the tilde you will open the Library in your System Disk. That folder does not contain user Preferences.

          In fact the library in homedir is hidden now in Lion. The Go menu is probaply the easiest way to get there.

          And in the ~/Library/Preferences -folder delete all adobe -containing files and folders.


          Mac OS 10.7.1

          Dreamweaver 11.5.1.5344

          Attempted deletion of Adobe preference files in ~/Library/Preferences, still crashes.

          Only way I can get DW to launch w/out crashing is to delete the files in ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe

          mmasquith
          mmasquith
          Participating Frequently
          July 28, 2011

          So far, DW hasn't crashed on me as described here.

          I only have one monitor.

          I am experiencing some anomalies with workspace panels/windows not redrawing properly when switching Spaces (another thread in this forum)

          Show more replies
          Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
          Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices