system freezes

[Tim Streater]

At 16:10 21/04/2008, Stefan Koopmanschap - Ibuildings.nl wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am relatively new user in the Mac family, having gotten my first Mac in november 2007. One of the apps I've been trying out since then is OmniGraffle and since a week, my employer bought me a license for OmniGraffle Pro 5. I am one happy kid here, 
>being able to make great flowcharts and such.
>
>However, now that I got the license from my employer, I have upgraded to OmniGraffle 5. Ever since doing that, I've been having trouble with my system's interface hanging while using OmniGraffle. This is usually (but not always) triggered by me saving 
>my work. What happens is that the interface of my Mac seems to hang, however I can still move my mouse and iTunes keeps playing in the background. But I can not change focus anymore to other windows either by clicking or otherwise trying to switch 
>focus. Obviously, this is rather annoying as I have to power down the Mac to get it back.


Instead of power cycling the Mac, can you use the "Force quit ..." entry on the Apple Menu?


-- Tim