Bridge CC - Stuck building criteria

I recently upgraded to the Adobe CC suite from the Adobe CS5 suite. Bridge CC was working fine until I upgraded my Mac to the new mac OS X version - Maverik. Since then, when I open Bridge CC the interface opens but none of the files respond to any interaction on my part (click, enter, etc.) A spining circle along with text that says "BUILDING CRITERIA" appears and remains churning. A dialouge box then appears and suggests that I purge the cache from the Bridge prefrence panel. When I do so, the prefrence panel and the entire interface lock up and will not respond to anything other than a force quite.
My only option is to open Bridge CS5 to views image files which then opens the image file in Adobe CS5 camera raw and then opens that file in Photoshop CS5.
Can anyone please offer me some help with this Bridge CC issue?
Thank You!

Glad to hear you are somewhat back in business and yes, Cocktail is easy to use, good and cheap. It also can run on auto pilot to automate the tasks
Caching can take some time but that depends on many variables.
You should have a reasonable fast computer with enough RAM (1 GB is the minimum required but won't get you far, especially when you have other apps also running in the background.) so at least 4 GB is needed, preferable as much as you can store in your machine, RAM is very very cheap nowadays and you will profit a lot.
Then there is the disk space, for normal HD you need at least 20 % free space left, using SSD also is a lot faster.
The size and amount of the files is also an important factor, naturally large, big files take more time then smaller files.
However 6 files a minute would be more about 1,5 GB sized files and I don't suppose you are using that??
Under normal conditions with reasonable fast machine and normal Raw, dng and jpeg files 1 file per 1- 2 seconds would be more appropriate I would think. I use a Mac Pro with 32 GB RAM and SSD, and can not really even time the files while caching…
Be sure to have set the quality to Always HQ and don't use 'generate 100 % previews' because the latter is taking much time and very much space in the Cache folder.
It is very hard to check all things from distance, but for sure, the behavior you are describing is not normal, nor should your Mac go in sleep mode while Bridge is still active.
Just for testing, create a new user account and try if Bridge is still acting so slow. If not you should consider to use the OSX Recovery disk, but first back up and read the manual!

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CS6 adobe bridge stuck on building criteria!!

can anyone tell me why bridge is permanently stuck on building criteria on my CS6 Adobe bridge - on my Mac
I never had this problem on my CS5 version. I never ever changed any of the default settings so something is seriously wrong with the default settings on CS6
for it to be stuck like this.
I have removed photoshop entirely and reinstalled it to try and see if i can tewak the options but it wont let me - i have to force quit to close the application
which seems to be building criteria for hours on end.
I have even left it for 24 hours to build the cache - but this did not help at all.
any ideas before i remove the whole thing and go back to using CS5!
thanks

Ask in the Bridge forum. Chances are your BridgeCache is corrupted and you simply need to delete it.
Work File Safety
Refer to the section on Bridge.
Mylenium

I cannot use bridge it is stuck in building criteria.

Has anyone else noticed that Adobe is NO HELP AT ALL! I cannot get a person to assist me and I have been trying for 2 months! A refund would be great! I cannot use bridge it is stuck in building criteria. I have reinstalled on M AC and still NOTHING

These are user forums. Perhaps we can help with your problem.
First you need to visit the Bridge forums: Bridge General Discussion
Then state your problem clearly and give them some information about your system.
The more information you supply about your situation, the better equipped other community members will be to answer. Consider including the following in your question:
Adobe product and version number
Operating system and version number
The full text of any error message(s)
What you were doing when the problem occurred
Screenshots of the problem
Computer hardware, such as CPU; GPU; amount of RAM; etc.

Bridge freezes - Building Criteria

This problem just began two days ago using Bridge CC. No hardware changes - nothing except accepting whatever CC updates have come up.
I open Bridge, navigate to a folder, and everything seems fine. Click on any other folder, and Bridge locks up with the "Building Criteria" message and arrows spinning ... forever.
Then I try to exit Bridge. Everything seems OK, but it will not restart. Looking at the Task Manager shows Bridge process is still running. End Process and/or End Process Tree in task manager does nothing. A cold start is required to reload Bridge.
Have purged cache and prefs to no avail. Updated video driver.
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   Adaptive Wide Angle 14.1.2
   Angled Strokes 14.1.2
   Average 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
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   Fresco 14.1.2
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   Perfect Resize 7.5 Filter 7.5.3
   Perfect Resize Format 7.5.3
Plug-ins that failed to load: NONE
Flash:
   onOne
   Mini Bridge
   Adobe Exchange
   Kuler
Installed TWAIN devices: NONE

Thank you for your comments Omke. Realizing none of us are mind readers, my first post in this thread included roughly 200 lines of system info. I can understand why you may not have wanted to read all of it, but the pertinent systems information was included there, including on lines 3 and 4 ...
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
Version: 6.1 Service Pack 1
As far as exact actions and file locations, sorry I replied from a mobile device. I should not have replied with partial or "remembered" information.
My first attempt was to hold down the <Alt> key while double clicking the Adobe Bridge CC Icon on the Windows Desktop. That did not resolve the "Building Criteria" message.
My second action was to navigate to C:\Users\Ted\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Bridge CC where I deleted folders entitled Cache, Collections, and Workspaces. That just changed everything but did not resolve the problem ... which I state again:
I open Bridge, navigate to a folder, and everything seems fine. Click on any other folder, and Bridge locks up with the "Building Criteria" message and arrows spinning ... forever.
Then I try to exit Bridge. Everything seems to close OK, but double clicking on the Bridge Icon does not relaunch Bridge. Looking at the Task Manager shows the Bridge process is still running. End Process and/or End Process Tree in the Task Manager does nothing (Bridge apparently is capable of ignoring the End Process command). A cold start is required to reload Bridge
Hopefully this adds clarity to the issue.

Bridge cannot build criteria, goes on and on and then tells me to clear cache, which I've done, but it still cannot open. I can see everything in the Mac Finder no problem. What to do?

I recently moved all of my images to a Mac from a Dell. Everything was perfect, but a few weeks ago I started getting an error message in Bridge that it could not read (not sure of this) the criteria and that I should go into preferences and clear the cache. Which I did. Now when I open bridge it sees a few images and then says it's building criteria, for like hours, and then the same error comes back. I don't know what to do. Any ideas? I can see everything in Finder or search, everywhere but bridge. it's the same for .psd, .jpg or raw.
Thank you,
Cheryl

You may get better help in Bridge General Discussion
The Cloud forum is not about using individual programs
The Cloud forum is about the Cloud as a delivery & install process
If you will start at the Forums Index https://forums.adobe.com/welcome
You will be able to select a forum for the specific Adobe product(s) you use
Click the "down arrow" symbol on the right (where it says All communities) to open the drop down list and scroll
If you are advised to uninstall and reinstall, read below
-http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1408331?tstart=0
-http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1398961?tstart=0
-and http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/install-apps.html
-using the cleaner after uninstalling and before reinstalling will usually help
-http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs5-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html

CS6 E Bridge Slow to load thumbnails, 'building criteria'

When Bridge opens on the folder it was last opened/closed in, it takes a long time to load, constantly 'building criteria' as if all the images are newly imported. I've searched the forums, have tried all the tweaks and settings, but it's still iceberg slow. Bridge CS5 is noticeably quicker, as if the cache info is being read immediately. CS6 is behaving as if the cache file has been deleted. It hasn't. I have tried the "flush the cache" to see if maybe it's corrupted. No joy. I have boosted cache size. No joy. I've compacted, automatically exported cache to folders, everything... Nothing seems to fix the snail slowness.
All Adobe updates have been applied.
i7-2600s @2.80GHz
8 gb DDRw ram
Nvidia GeForce GT420 1gb DDR3
6+ tbs hd space.

I could understand the glacial slowness if the beta version had also been so slow. Or if CS5 Bridge was also as slow.
Did not read this whole (long) thread but in general when a previous version of Bridge did work faster then the following this almost certainly is related to your system itself.
While building criteria in filter panel has a mind of its own and especially when opening a second window to fast (when first window is just finished caching or building filter panel) it may take ages. closing this window and open a new one usually succeeds.
However when this always takes a long time the problem seems related to the cache (most Bridge problems are...)
Purging cache using preferences or menu commands is not always the correct solution. Using Bridge CS5 and PS CS6 is also not the perfect solution.
If you can spare the time you should consider a proper back up of custom settings, actions tools, keywords, templates etc. and a complete reinstall.
I don't have the correct info for Windows and searching on Adobe.com isn't easy anymore. Here are some old Knowledge base articles (it's about CS4 but changes are locations are still the same)
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/move-actions-presets-workspaces-photoshop.html
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/preference-file-functions-names-locations-1.html
and also read about the Adobe Cleaner Tool and decide if this is an option for you.
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html
If you decide to reinstall:
Deactivate the software and use the official uninstaller that comes with the application itself and then use the clean tool for Adobe:
Double check if your Cache folder has been deleted (I'm on Mac, don't know the location for Windows but on Mac it is in the user library caches folder)
Install CS6 again. Obvious you have to set your custom preferences again and also need to recache your files but if you have a main folder with many subfolders containing the files just select the main folder and in the menu View select 'show items for subfolders' and let it do it's caching overnight.
In my experience every new version of CS has been faster and more stable (well, except the disaster CS3 version for Bridge...) then its predecessor.

Building Criteria fail

Adobe Bride CS5 is stuck in "Building Criteria". It won't finish and load thumbnails.

Hi there! Because the forum you originally posted in is for beginners trying to learn the basics of Photoshop, I moved your question to the Bridge General Discussion forum, where you'll get more specialized help.

Bridge CC just stopped working on my MAC. Was working perfectly for a while and I haven't done anything different that I know of. When I try to load a folder it says " building criteria" and never does load. Please help!

Please help me figure out why bridge isn't working! I'm pretty computer illiterate, so step by step guidance would be helpful. Thanks in advance!

You may get better help in Bridge General Discussion
This forum is about the Cloud as a delivery process, not about using individual programs
If you start at the Forums Index https://forums.adobe.com/welcome
You will be able to select a forum for the specific Adobe product(s) you use
Click the "down arrow" symbol on the right (where it says All communities) to open the drop down list and scroll

Bridge is 'building criteria'....... I am sick of it.

is there anything else to browse a large (1000s of RAW files in each folder, 2-3 levels deep) image library FAST?
ACDSee does not show RAWs fast enough

You can use 'prefer embedded images' in Bridge. It's much faster than waiting for Camera Raw to generate thumbnails and previews.

Adobe Bridge Search Stuck On Current Folder

to start off, the adobe bridge search feature is loaded with glitches. sometimes it works great, other times not at all. well, today when i opened the program and tried to search for some files i found that for some reason i was only able to search in the current folder. all other options were gone and i could not uncheck the current folder option. does anyone know how to remedy this problem without a re-install?

thanks for replying, station_two. although i am certain this is a software issue, i will provide a brief rundown of my system. im running photoshop cc on win7 on a 6 core amd cpu with 16GB of RAM and an evga 650ti gpu. my specs exceed the requirements for the software. ive experienced several glitches with bridge over time and typically it always requires a re-install and its super annoying. prior to today, i had the ability to search my entire pc but now its "stuck" on current folder and that check mark cannot be unchecked. there are no error messages, the cameras used have nothing to do with this either. this is an apparent glitch with the software but im hoping someone may know a fix without a re-install. and yes, i already reset my bridge prefs to no avail.

Having trouble with Bridge CS5.1 building previews

I'm using Adobe Bridge CS5.1 and it has stopped building previews that are correct, if I open the image in Camera Raw it looks accurate but the preview in Bridge is not even close?

Purge the cache.

Bridge crashes when building cache

I am trying to index a folder with many images in it. I start Bridge CS4, point it at the folder, and build the cache (with subfolders, with 100% previews), and after a few hours I return to my computer to find that Bridge has crashed. Console messages are below.
Questions:
1) Is there any way to pinpoint which file Bridge was working on when it crashed?
2) Is there any way to build a cache for my disk other than selecting every folder and building a cache separately for that folder? (hours of mindless work)
3) Anyone else seeing this.
A note for Adobe, just in case someone is reading this: other programs, like FoxTrot, note which file caused the crash, and skip that file on the next build, which allows you to complete building the cache after multiple invocations of the process--which is much better than Bridge's behavior!
Console log says the following: What I think it means is that Bridge has a programming error and is using a freed object--which is always a good way to get a segmentation fault!
12/31/09 3:33:19 PM SubmitDiagInfo[750] Submitted crash report: /Users/alan/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Bridge CS4_2009-12-23-233429_Ctenophore-2.crash
12/31/09 3:33:20 PM SubmitDiagInfo[750] Submitted crash report: /Users/alan/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Bridge CS4_2009-12-27-141729_Ctenophore-2.crash
1/1/10 1:42:18 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[100] ([0x0-0x225225].com.adobe.bridge3[8965]) Job appears to have crashed: Segmentation fault
1/1/10 1:42:19 PM ReportCrash[13340] Saved crash report for Adobe Bridge CS4[8965] version 3.0.0.464 (3.0.0.464) to /Users/alan/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Bridge CS4_2010-01-01-134219_Ctenophore-2.crash
1/1/10 11:12:40 PM [0x0-0x12012].com.adobe.bridge3[144] Adobe Bridge CS4(144,0xb0e44000) malloc: *** error for object 0x2216fbd0: pointer being freed was not allocated
1/1/10 11:12:40 PM [0x0-0x12012].com.adobe.bridge3[144] *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
1/1/10 11:12:40 PM [0x0-0x12012].com.adobe.bridge3[144] Adobe Bridge CS4(144,0xb0e44000) malloc: *** error for object 0x21538b10: pointer being freed was not allocated
1/1/10 11:12:40 PM [0x0-0x12012].com.adobe.bridge3[144] *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
1/1/10 11:12:40 PM [0x0-0x12012].com.adobe.bridge3[144] Adobe Bridge CS4(144,0xb1361000) malloc: *** error for object 0x21538b14: incorrect checksum for freed object - object was probably modified after being freed.
1/1/10 11:12:40 PM [0x0-0x12012].com.adobe.bridge3[144] *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
1/1/10 11:25:48 PM [0x0-0x12012].com.adobe.bridge3[144] Adobe Bridge CS4(144,0xb0e44000) malloc: *** error for object 0x216ebf90: pointer being freed was not allocated
1/1/10 11:25:48 PM [0x0-0x12012].com.adobe.bridge3[144] *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
1/1/10 11:25:48 PM [0x0-0x12012].com.adobe.bridge3[144] Adobe Bridge CS4(144,0xb0e44000) malloc: *** error for object 0x216d81a0: pointer being freed was not allocated
1/1/10 11:25:48 PM [0x0-0x12012].com.adobe.bridge3[144] *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
1/1/10 11:25:48 PM [0x0-0x12012].com.adobe.bridge3[144] Adobe Bridge CS4(144,0xb12df000) malloc: *** error for object 0x216d81a4: incorrect checksum for freed object - object was probably modified after being freed.
1/1/10 11:25:48 PM [0x0-0x12012].com.adobe.bridge3[144] *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
1/1/10 11:25:49 PM [0x0-0x12012].com.adobe.bridge3[144] Adobe Bridge CS4(144,0xb0dc2000) malloc: *** error for object 0x216ebfb4: incorrect checksum for freed object - object was probably modified after being freed.
1/1/10 11:25:49 PM [0x0-0x12012].com.adobe.bridge3[144] *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
1/1/10 11:25:49 PM [0x0-0x12012].com.adobe.bridge3[144] Adobe Bridge CS4(144,0xb0dc2000) malloc: *** error for object 0x216ebfd4: incorrect checksum for freed object - object was probably modified after being freed.
1/1/10 11:25:49 PM [0x0-0x12012].com.adobe.bridge3[144] *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
1/1/10 11:25:49 PM [0x0-0x12012].com.adobe.bridge3[144] Adobe Bridge CS4(144,0xb0dc2000) malloc: *** error for object 0x216d81a4: incorrect checksum for freed object - object was probably modified after being freed.
1/1/10 11:25:49 PM [0x0-0x12012].com.adobe.bridge3[144] *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
1/1/10 11:25:49 PM [0x0-0x12012].com.adobe.bridge3[144] Adobe Bridge CS4(144,0xb0dc2000) malloc: *** error for object 0x216d81a0: pointer being freed was not allocated
1/1/10 11:25:49 PM [0x0-0x12012].com.adobe.bridge3[144] *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
1/1/10 11:26:01 PM ReportCrash[275] Saved crash report for Adobe Bridge CS4[144] version 3.0.0.464 (3.0.0.464) to /Users/alan/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Bridge CS4_2010-01-01-232600_Ctenophore-2.crash
1/1/10 11:26:47 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[105] ([0x0-0x12012].com.adobe.bridge3[144]) Job appears to have crashed: Segmentation fault
A

Not many here are capable of reading crash reports, neither can I.
It still isn't a good idea to use Bridge for caching large amount of files
in a variety of subfolders to use it for Digital Asset Management. Bridge is
a very fine application for ingestion files, sorting, rating renaming,
adding metadata and developing using ACR.
But with the current use of cache management I'm afraid it is not reliable
for use as DAM. For this you should look at typical DAM apps like Canto
Cumulus, Media Expression or Extensis Portfolio.
I have tried several times to cache large amounts but after many
disappointments I stopped using it for this purpose, still I advocate the
use of Bridge for the before mentioned purposes!
The easiest way to use the build cache for subfolders is to select the main
folder containing all the subfolders in Bridge and then use the menu:
tools-cache-build cache.
Then again, it would not be my choice to use the generate 100% previews.
This will take a lot of disk space (just look for the cache folder for
Bridge (user lib-caches-Adobe-BridgeCS4-cache) point to this last cache
folder and use info to calculate the total size of this folder, with this
settings it can grow to very huge proportions.
When Bridge is caching and having a crash it might have also an other reason
then a wrong file (remember that with your settings it needs a lot of disk
space and takes a great deal of your processor activity.
But the most easy (but not fast) way to look for a corrupted file is to
divide the problem folder in half and every time you have a problem again
divide this one in half until you reach the problem file.
Questions:
1) Is there any way to pinpoint which file Bridge was working on when it
crashed?
2) Is there any way to build a cache for my disk other than selecting every
folder and building a cache separately for that folder? (hours of mindless
work)
3) Anyone else seeing this.

Wireless Bridge between 2 building

Hi !
I need a wireless bridge between a second building (across the street, about 100' direct) to our main building and a switch.
Can anyone recommend me a good products/solutions.
The purpose of this bridge is to connect the remote office via a small Cisco Switch with 6 computers, and 6 IP Phones w/video.
Thanks !

The 1300 comes in two flavors, one with internal antenna and the other with external antenna connectors. For the distance you indicated I would use the internal antenna model, it is rated for up to 1.25 miles and requires less accuracy in alignment than the YAGI antenna. I believe the spread of the signal is 15 degrees on the built in antenna.
The YAGI could be used with the external antenna model but will limit your exterior coverage for users other than the remote bridge.
Seth

Bridge cs3 crashes building thumnails

i'm a photographer, trying to cache a 500GB hard drive full of images. bridge crashes when i run it overnight. what a royal pain in the ***.

There are many posts on crashes, but no smoking gun. Older computers don't do well with Bridge. See this post http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3c05d861/1
You just have one folder for all pictures?
Also, how much space do you have for cache? May need in excess of 40 gigs, and preferably on different drive than program.

HELP. iMovie 11 stuck "building project" -- freeze, hang, stuck

Trying to cut and paste, I get a message that it's "Building project" --- "Time remaining, less than a minute." the timer bar doesn't fill at all. nothing happens. force quit doesn't work. i can't restart the computer without forcing shutdown.
HELP!
of course, i'm on deadline!
i've run the OnyX cleaner program and Disk Utility / verify.
i'm running Snow Leopard, 10.6.8 on a MacBook Pro. plenty of storage memory and RAM. this is a new problem.

Dragged all the movies out of the events folder. Deleted the com.apple.IMovieApp.plist file in the preferences folder in my library (as recommended by another site), open up IMovie, it goes straight to the spinning beach ball and hangs forever.
And yet, I can open up the program under another user account no problem.

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