I am having a similar issue trouble shooting PS CS2, not opening files. I know about the form above (2003 date) so it is not relevant, plus the FAQ and knowledge base are all old and dated. Here is the problem to note.
PS CS2 9.01, OSX 10.4.7, on G5 dual 2Gig – worked fine Friday. Now PS runs, but won’t open file on double-click, on menu open, or save file, just beach ball. Select PS from dock and it knows it needs to force quit.
Have done disk Utility, repaired permissions, Mac runs 24/7, ran Cocktail, deleted prefs, followed knowledgebase docs (www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/332313.html & 33137). Pulled last installed plug-ins.
Don’t understand the console, since there are no tabs in its preference menu. Do you read newest log at bottom? And it does not update as problem is reconstructed.
Have searched forms and find only old issues, this seems to be most recent, but not getting true crash, "unexpectedly quit".
Have tried new user and seems to correct problem, PS works fine. What does this tell me? How does knowing this help me isolate the problem? What is my next step?
Thanks for any help.
If an Archive and Install (followed by running the latest Apple COMBO Update from your Desktop) does NOT fix the problem, try this:
Make a copy of your Users/Library/Preferences Folder on your Desktop as a back-up.
Then trash the entire CONTENTS of your original Users/Library/Preferences Folder; reboot and let the Prefs. rebuild themselves.
And see if that works.
Only add back those of your old Prefs that you then find that you really need (such as the Mail and Safari ones).