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Subject: [Leica] LR4 repeated crashes
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:01:57 +0200
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What Gene and Henning said. It simply does not make sense that it would be a 
memory issue or that you need to limit yourself to 20-30 images at a time.

I too never import directly from an SD card; always copy from the card to a 
hard disk and then import from there.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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On Jun 21, 2012, at 6:07 AM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:

> I have LR4.1, and have recently downloaded over 650 files with no 
> problems, I have edited most of the files, but have looked at all and no 
> lockups.  I do download all files from the sd/cf cards to a folder on the 
> HD and then import to LR, never directly into LR, just my own preference.
> 
> Gene
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 7:08:03 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Re: [Leica] LR4 repeated crashes
> 
> Herb,
> 
> I'm not a mac or LR user, but, I have had similar experience with Windows 
> XP 
> and PS Elements, when I try to import very large numbers of images in one 
> batch.
> 
> I copy files from my camera to a separate folder, in my case, on a 
> dedicated 
> hard drive.  Then, I can import 20 or 30 images, work them, save the 
> results, and start with another batch.  I suspect that the amount of 
> computer memory available could have an impact.
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Herbert Kanner" <kanner at acm.org>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 6:11 PM
> Subject: [Leica] LR4 repeated crashes
> 
> 
>> I'm at my wit's end. This morning, I imported 122 frames into LR4.1. I 
>> started selecting, cropping, and making minor adjustments to frames prior 
>> to a final selection. As I scrolled toward the bottom of the thumbnail 
>> collection, LR crashed. I have now had between ten and twenty crashes; 
>> sent the requested crash reports to Adobe. I also twice reinstalled LR4.1 
>> from the .dmg and well as rebooted my Mac. Until I got sick of doing it, 
>> I 
>> filled out Adoobe's crash report form.
>> 
>> As it is behaving now: It may crash when I scroll that list toward its 
>> end. It will consistently crash on double-clicking or pressing "E" on any 
>> frame near the end of the list. I can, however, on frames earlier on the 
>> list, in the area where I already worked on frames, repeatedly switch 
>> between "E" and "G" with no problem. I also selected several other trial 
>> collections of frames and had no problems either in going to loupe view 
>> or 
>> back to grid view.
>> 
>> Since I have not reformated the SD card, I suppose I could try 
>> identifying 
>> the exact frame at which trouble starts, delete that frame and later 
>> frames from my hard disk and then re-import those frames. I have 
>> double-clicked on the DNG files in the trouble region and "quick look" or 
>> whatever the hell it is called displays them with no problem.
>> 
>> All suggestion welcomed--I'm starting to pull my hair out. Think I'll had 
>> a drink.
>> 
>> Herb
>> -- 
>> Herbert Kanner
>> kanner at acm.org
>> 650-326-8204
>> 
>> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
>> 
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