Adjustment Brush Intermittently Won't Work

Running a new Mac 27" with 3.06 Intel 2 core, 8 GB RAM, OS 10.6.3, Lightroom 3 (64 bit). The adjustment brush will suddenly stop and start working. Very frustrating!

infinity,
Yes, use the Lightroom forum.
>adobe crashed
Note: never just say "Adobe". It is meaningless unless you add the application name and version.
Neil

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