Rush freezes when starting a new project

[frankd42567622]

A couple of days ago the program started to freeze when I start a new project. It will open a new project, but when I choose a file to begin the program says "preparing media" and is frozen. I have to do a force quit and then reopen to start building the video. I'm running on MacOS Monterey v12.6. Any help with this issue would be appreciated.

[Myra Ferguson]

There are some troubleshooting tips for Premiere Pro (as opposed to Rush), but you could see if any of them help--especially reinstalling Premiere Rush:

• How to fix Premiere Pro crash issues

[Sandruh]

This is also now occurring for me, and I am an avid user of Rush. Can open the program, but if i click on create a new project (or file/create project) it freezes then program closes.