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I am using PhotoshopCS on Mac OS 10.3.4 on Dual 2-Gig G5, 2,5 Gigs of Ram, two internal SATA drives (a 160 gig and a 250 gig). I am partitioned as follows:
160 GIG DRIVE:
SWAP PARTITION (for system) – 6-gig
SYSTEM and APPLICATIONS (including CS) – balance of drive 250 GIG DRIVE:
Divided equally into two scratch partitions (Scratch 1 and Scratch 2)
I have Photoshop configured to use Scratch 1 as primary scratch disk and Scratch 2 as secondary scratch disk. (I also have IllustratorCS set up to use the same scratch disks in the same order).
The questions are:
1. Can anyone see a problem with this configuration that might cause problems?
2. Does it create a problem for IluustratorCS and PhotoshopCS to use the same scratch disks at the same time?
My performance is generally very good with this config, but I keep having trouble saving files from PhotoshopCS. Everything will work fine for maybe several hours (including saving files) and then all of a sudden when I go to save a file to the desktop the spinning ball comes up and I have to force quit PhotoshopCS. It also takes a long time to force-quit – sometimes over two minutes before the dock icon releases where I can relaunch. Once I relaunch it usually works fine again for some time, but this happeens two or three times a day and I have to eventually force-quit each time. This also happens when IllustratorCS is not open so I don’t think that is the problem, but still curious if sharing scratch disks is recommended. Also when the freeze occurs saving a file to the desktop, upon relaunch the file that was being saved at the time is always saved successfully (of course I lose all my open document changes).
Any Ideas?
160 GIG DRIVE:
SWAP PARTITION (for system) – 6-gig
SYSTEM and APPLICATIONS (including CS) – balance of drive 250 GIG DRIVE:
Divided equally into two scratch partitions (Scratch 1 and Scratch 2)
I have Photoshop configured to use Scratch 1 as primary scratch disk and Scratch 2 as secondary scratch disk. (I also have IllustratorCS set up to use the same scratch disks in the same order).
The questions are:
1. Can anyone see a problem with this configuration that might cause problems?
2. Does it create a problem for IluustratorCS and PhotoshopCS to use the same scratch disks at the same time?
My performance is generally very good with this config, but I keep having trouble saving files from PhotoshopCS. Everything will work fine for maybe several hours (including saving files) and then all of a sudden when I go to save a file to the desktop the spinning ball comes up and I have to force quit PhotoshopCS. It also takes a long time to force-quit – sometimes over two minutes before the dock icon releases where I can relaunch. Once I relaunch it usually works fine again for some time, but this happeens two or three times a day and I have to eventually force-quit each time. This also happens when IllustratorCS is not open so I don’t think that is the problem, but still curious if sharing scratch disks is recommended. Also when the freeze occurs saving a file to the desktop, upon relaunch the file that was being saved at the time is always saved successfully (of course I lose all my open document changes).
Any Ideas?
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