System freezes in 10.6.3 with CAD and Adobe Applications

[NStocks]

Hi,

I'm having quite a lot of problems with my i7 Macbook Pro (spec in signature). When I use ArchiCAD, Illustrator, InDesign or even Acrobat, upon clicking on a line, fill slab, path or text box it takes my Mac around 5 seconds to respond to the click. What I mean specifically is when I want to edit something , say text, the dock will freeze making the computer unusable until the application responds.

I formatted the HD over a week ago as I was having printing problems, and it seems to be after this format that I'm having issues.

Is there anything I can do as I don't want to format the HD again...

Thank You

 

[colourfastt]

If you look in the Apple discussion forums, you'll find a thread 28 pages long about system freezing problems with the 10.6.3 update.

 

[NStocks]

If you look in the Apple discussion forums, you'll find a thread 28 pages long about system freezing problems with the 10.6.3 update.

I'n on 10.6.3. I did not upgrade to 10.6.4. The problems only seem to occur after I formatted, which is very strange...

 

[NStocks]

Ok, I have now discovered it is not faulty ram or any hardware.

I have repaired disk permissions, this has no affect.

I have reset the RAM, this had no affect.

I'm now in Safe Mode and it's working perfectly. I can click on a line, fill or text box in any application and it responds extremely fast!

So now that I know it works fine in Safe Mode, how do I make it work fine in 'normal' mode? Do I need to format the HD?

Thank You

 

[NStocks]

I should also add that disconnecting any peripherals has made no difference either... In 'normal' mode the issues still persist.

Do I need to format ?

 

[coolbits]

In safe mode some user apps do not load... check your login items and web plugins and maybe startup daemons.