Intel Imac Creator 7.0.5

Rick Gaskin rgaskin at wdt.net
Thu Dec 14 14:42:04 CST 2006


On Dec 14, 2006, at 3:36 PM, Steve Mills wrote:

> On Dec 14, 2006, at 13:58:52, Anthony Asmus wrote:
>
>> I have been having loads of issues with our Intel Imac and  
>> distilling .eps
>> files from creator 7.0.5 , now I tried both Distiller 6 and  
>> Distiller 8 and
>> what will happen from time to time is that distiller will not  
>> distill a file
>> because of a font issue, and that same ad after a reboot or using  
>> "Font
>> Fingler" utlitily will distill perfectly and for days, but then it  
>> will act
>> up again and find font issues. On the opposite side of the Imac we  
>> have a
>> Power PC Imac with the same fonts and application version and  
>> everything all
>> the time runs smoothly. What is the deal? Is Creator 7 and intel  
>> mac's
>> running flaky?
>
> For what it's worth, I have to delete my font cache almost daily. I  
> don't know what is corrupting it, some software or just something  
> specific to Intel. I see the problem when I run Creator 8 via the  
> debugger; while loading fonts, some data can't be read. If I just  
> let this go then try to export to eps and include fonts, it will  
> crash. So, I have to quit everything, throw /Library/Caches/ 
> com.apple.ATS into the trash, and reboot. A simple log out/in isn't  
> enough it seems, but a full reboot is required before I can empty  
> the trash with that cache folder in it. It's really starting to get  
> on my nerves, along with other things that only seem to happen on  
> Intel or at least Mac Pros.
>


What does apple say about all of this???

Will Leopard solve any issues??

Rick





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