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  kripes, you're feakin' me out. is this the fate of my spanking new iMac? I installed FH as soon as I got it (used the Adobe fix), and no trouble for about 3 or 4 weeks now. I'll be back to this post if anything goes awry. Have you tried setting the most liberal file permissions to all folders and files that FH uses? This is always the first thing I try with OS X troubles. More often than not, some critical resource file has been set to a restrictive permission, and all but the most core user Name (wheel, system, etc.) is set to Read & Write. You might try command+info on your Preferences folder(s), Application Support, etc and set all users to Read+Write then "apply to enclosed items" (in the Actions icon at info panel bottom). You may also need to unlock the info panel using the padlock icon, also at bottom. Hope that helps but it may completely miss the point. Keep in mind you can also wreak havoc on the system by setting file permissions improperly so tread carefully. Anyway, Free FeeHand is about to get very loud with Adobe, and this all is part of the story. Ongoing support of FreeHand is paramount to our cause. Jabez Palmer answered in HELP 4 months ago | Report 0 0 2 comments by Mark Gelotte and Jabez Palmer… But Nadia is using FH10 so this seems typical of that version from what I've read online. FHMX is fine. Mark Gelotte commented 4 months ago | Report moderator aha, thanks for pointing that out. In my panic and ire I'd somehow overlooked this basic fact! Jabez Palmer commented 4 months ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

• Word of warning to all on Snow Leopard--FH MX 11.02 worked beautifully on my new QuadCore 27" iMac for 30 days. Lighting fast. Perfect!!! Then it stopped working with no warning at all (bouncing icon in dock). Feels like it thought I was working with a trial version, though I've owned FH for 12+ years. I've preferred FH over Illustrator all this time, and though CS4 has the 'like FreeHand" option, it's still not nearly as easy to use. I'm up to about 8 hours of tech support with Adobe, and still no answer. Have tried all of the workarounds seen online (about 5 different, and have tried the Adobe registration fix more than a dozen times, uninstall, reinstall, etc.). Had hoped to try the OSX 10.5 fixes seen in a few places... But you cannot downgrade the new iMacs. Apple tech support says it'll make things even worse. Hoping this won't happen to any other 27" iMac FH users. Mary Ann Einarson answered in HELP 4 months ago | Report 0 0 2 comments by Nadia's Studio and Mary Ann Einarson… thanks for your post but it didn't address any of my questions. Nadia Nadia's Studio commented 4 months ago | Report It might not be relevant, but then again it might... If you've been running FHMX for less than 30 days. I won't know for a few days, but it sounds like I was having a registration problem. After nearly nine hours of Adobe phone support (mostly wait time), two different techs agreed that if FH worked on 10.6.2 for 30 days, it should be able to work again... If I start over. Meaning, purchase a new copy. Which at this point, I'm willing to do. Even at 6 years 'behind', FH still beats Illustrator for most of the work I do. My FH also got a little flighty for a week or so before it 'disappeared' over night. I think I was just enjoying my new Mac's lightning speed--and failed to notice the 'temp' files being saved (usually a sign before something goes awry--at least for me). And now I recall FH quitting on me for no reason a few times, but it always came back. Since I was on a deadline, I figured I'd deal with it later. Late today, I discovered that Adobe had my MX serial number noted as FH9. (though it's not--I have a different # for FH9). Perhaps this mix-up happened when Adobe bought Macromedia. Anyway, perhaps my computer thought I was running a trial and my 30 days were up. So, no "fix" was going to let it run. At least, that's what I'm hoping. Since they still have me on record as only FH9, it looks like I can simply purchase the upgrade--fingers crossed. If it doesn't work, they said I could return it. Hoping I don't have to purchase the full version... So I guess I'm recommending that you check your registration with Adobe--just in case. (And good luck!) Mary Ann Einarson commented 4 months ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

• This was brought up a while back and, yes, FH10 does crash at odd times as one user says here: http://freefreehand.yousaidit.com/questions/5403-how-does-freehand-10-run-in-leopard-and-snow-leopard I've read elsewhere pretty much the same thing unless you have a volume license which one person said works. They didn't go into detail though. The only solution looks to be moving up to FHMX which is working on Snow Leopard (as you'll find in these forums and at Adobe's FreeHand Forum.) Upgrading for $99 will be fine at the Adobe Store. Mark Gelotte answered in HELP 4 months ago | Report 0 0 1 comment by Jabez Palmer… moderator or there's the free way to upgrade. I don't make any claim it's entirely legal, but if Adobe is giving away a trial download and registration file.... You wouldn't find me giving adobe $99 for an application they killed and won't properly support. Rubs me the wrong way big time. But pirating software, even when the owner is giving away everything needed, isn't for everyone. Jabez Palmer commented 4 months ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

• I'm not sure this will help everyone, but I have Freehand 10, and Freehand MXa 11.0.2 both running on a new MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard 10.6.2. Yesterday got the bouncing icon when I tried to open 11.0.2. Went back and tried everything that had been mentioned in work arounds and got nothing. Trashed everything and reinstalled from v.10.0. Did each upgrade using the new upgrade ser#'s and the old ser#'s. Took them all the way to v 11.0.2. Everything worked again as it should. Then reinstalled from v 10.0, and that worked. We will see if in some future time it will quit again, but for now both are working, and I'm able to open old projects OK. A lot of trouble, but it worked. ... Chuck chuckt2 answered in HELP 4 months ago | Report 0 0 Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.