Comments on: InDesign CS3 vs. Leopard Status Report

By: Annie

Annie — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:37:07 +0000

Have the Navsvcs problem with 10.5.8. HELP!

By: Neil

Neil — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:11:01 +0000

I just bought a new 27″ iMac for DTP-purposes, so Indesign CS4 will be used most of the time.

The Mac came with Snow Leopard 10.6.2 pre-installed and after installing the CS4 Design Standard Suite, everything works fine, except INDESIGN. The program launches, but as soon as I create a new blank document, Indesign is “not responding”. So when I click “OK” after I set the ‘Paper Size’ in the ‘New Document Window’, I get the rotating coloured disc and Indesign hangs. I have to ‘Force Quit’
Same thing when I open an existing document I made on another Mac: it opens and I can see it, but Indesign crashes.

After looking for a solution on different forums and sites, these are the things I tried but did not make any difference:
- update everything to the latest version (6.0.4 for Indesign for example)
- disable “preflighting” and “link checking” in Indesign
- uninstall all Microsoft Office components and fonts
- delete the automatically created Adobe PDF printer in System Prefs
- use another mouse
- delete/replace Indesign preferences (4-key combo)
- delete Recovery files and folders

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANOTHER SUGGESTION???
and is there a way to go back to OS 10.6.1? (’cause I have a MacPro 8-core that runs 10.6.1 and there Indesign works fine…)

This is really a joke. I buy the newest Mac and install legal software which most mac-people use every day and I can’t even create a blank document. All I can do is set aside this beautiful machine and go back working on my old iMac under OS 10.5.8 where everything works fine.

Many thanks in advance for any suggestions!

By: Natalie

Natalie — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:18:26 +0000

Does anyone have any info on any issues with Windows XP and CS3 InDesign? I can’t “Save As” or “Export” without the screen flickering quickly and then freezing! I feel like I’ve tried everything!!!!

By: Matthew Laun

Matthew Laun — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:35:48 +0000

This did get fixed in the Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6. See:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/402/kb402895.html

By: Amy/Anja

Amy/Anja — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:04:25 +0000

I am looking for a Dennis Quant from Alkmaar.
I wonder how you are doing, you can contact me through Linkedin or hyves.
A

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:56:05 +0000

Leopard works great for me. If you are still looking to upgrade to it I would.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:48:31 +0000

Not being able to hide InDesign seems an insignificant issue. Unexpected quits on save, however, is disastrous!

By: Chris Walker

Chris Walker — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:25:28 +0000

10.5.4 seems to fix the ‘navigation services’ problems.

(on a side note, I had to reinstall 10.5.4 from a ‘combo’ updater as the ‘delta’ update provided through Apple’s software update software broke Photoshop)

By: Iestyn Lloyd

Iestyn Lloyd — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:59:23 +0000

Is there still no news of an update to this? I just upgraded to an Intel iMac from a PowerPC and the crashes happen 10 times more offten.

By: Nye Hughes

Nye Hughes — Fri, 30 May 2008 09:23:45 +0000

David, the Creative Tech solution is based on the solution provided by Dennis Quant in the comment toward the top of this post (which was in turn from an uncredited website).

His workaround solves the NavSrc problem for me, but I additonally I always add some text to the spotlight field, and press the New Folder button before cancelling back out of the Print PDF dialogue.

For me this prevents Indesign from crashing during spotlight searches or creating a new folder in the Place, Save, Relink or Export folders, a problem that appears to persist even with the 10.5.3 update.