PixInsight Crashes A Lot using an iMac OSX (10.8.2) 2013 purchase

[jprovi57]

I have been using PixInsight for about 2 weeks and really like the software (trial licensee)- very powerful and great to use.  However, PixInsight crashes many times while in use and I lose all my work - very frustrating!  I and my brother would like to purchase a license, but the continued crashes is very problematic.  I am using the latest download Core version 1.8 (version 01.08.00.0963 (x86,_64) RC3).  The program tends to crash under the following conditions:

- Undo's
- Wavelets
- Saves
- multiple windows

I have attached some screen shots that may help to find the problem.  Any help would be greatly appreciated

THanks
Jason

[georg.viehoever]

RC3 has been relatively unstable, I recommend to update to RC4 (http://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?board=2.0) or use 1.7. The "RC" mark stands for "Release Candidate", meaning that the software is close to being released, but not yet meeting all quality standards.
Georg

[jprovi57]

Thank you for the location of RC4... just downloaded - does seem more stable... fingers crossed

Jason

[Josh Lake]

I've had *much* better luck with RC4 than RC3, and the full 1.8 should be rock solid when it's ready. If you still find it crashing, though, I can highly recommend 1.7 as a completely stable platform.

[Lex]

Hi,

indeed RC4 runs much more stable than its predecessor, nevertheless there are still some issues with pointer/cursor behaviour. In parallel i run it on VM Ware WIN8 and this one is really slow against its MAC brother version...

Best