Best way out of a crashing project?

i'd be so grateful for chimes on this subject!
i've been advised to initialize logic preferences when a particular project seems to be going pear-shaped, with regular crashes
i've also been advised to transfer files, audio and midi, over to a new template and i'd be real happy to learn the best and simplest way of doing this. i tried selecting everything in the arrange, then copying and pasting all into the new template's arrange. subsequently there was some intensive work with pen and paper noting all settings from the old project and duplicating them in the new one. was this the imbecile way of doing it, is there a simpler way?
and have you good peeps found either of the above routines useful around rectifying crashing probs?

all drivers (crucially apogee ensemble) are up to date, i'm intentionally keeping the system very very sparse right now after my disaster with i dunno how many plugs which ended by mashing up my life
jg could you please say a little more about 'selective track import?' do i need to set up the empty template with all the track-to-instrument assignments and inserts myself or does this routine take care of all that?

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