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brolly
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constant crashing.

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Hi all, as above, DP is crashing constantly, almost hourly. I'm on DP9.52 on Mohave ,plus i'm mid series so upgrading etc is out of the question till mid January.
Tried deleting the preference file but then i lost all my VEP6 routing so quickly got that file back out of the bin and put it back where it came from.

I'm thinking of doing a clean install but what files should i save/backup and where can i get DP9.52 from?
It may not be DP, it could be the mac, what should i look for?
As usual massive thanks in advance.
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Re: constant crashing.

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You should be able to download 9.52 from MOTU. Just reinstall — normally, this just works.

Once done, shut down, do a Safe Boot of your Mac, then reboot. Next, start DP in Safe Mode, quit and restart. Hold the Shift key for both. I have had occasional crashing issues over the years and this has always fixed me up.

There are other causes, of course. Sometimes, old code will want to load when it shouldn’t or the Launch Services need to be rebuilt. An obsolete or corrupt plugin is often the real culprit. Every once in awhile, it can be hardware or a corrupt drive. I once isolated such a problem to .aif files recorded on a CD Audio recorder (who remembers those?).

Fixing the problem is always easy (even if money has to be spent). Diagnosing it can be a real PIA. Try the reinstall and Safe modes first—you can do those in the middle of a project without worry.
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