Lightroom 4.4 The Big Freeze

(Why isn't there a straight forward way to report a bug? Why am I directed to the Adobe Community when I want to report a bug? Does the develop team leave resolving their bugs to the community? Why is my Adobe ID not good enough to report a bug over there? Why do I need to create a new account after typing my message? And why do I end up getting a message I can't create such an account — effectively meaning I can't get in touch with Adobe at all? Why am I not told at the start of my more than an hour and a half search to report a bug that you hate me and are going to drive me crazy with not just a Lightroom bug I don't have time time for, but also an unfair dose of time consuming support page terror?)
So, I finally got here, I found a workaround, a true detour, just before writing a letter. This is what I want to let you know and, obviously, I would like to see this resolved:
I'm on Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard (you know, the last great OS, Apple's XP) and I upgraded Lightroom to version 4.4. Now nearly every time I want to straighten a photograph's horizon with the crop tool Lightroom freezes. And I don't have time for that.

Jan2563190 wrote:
Making fun, aren't you Rob?
No.
Jan2563190 wrote:
Your link gets me to this same place...
Not me. Here is what I see when I click on that link:
- just fill out the form and click "post". Oh - you do have to be logged in:
So you will need to register an Adobe ID if you haven't done so yet - sorry, but that's just the way it is...
Jan2563190 wrote:
Considering using a beta version when I don't have time for bugs?
That's what I would do. There is a fair chance that installing a new OS will shake up your system in such a way that that, combined with an all new Lr version, will get you around the problem you are having. At a minimum, make sure your system/drivers are up to date, and disconnect all extraneous hardware, and disable all extraneous software services, at least until you get it sorted. Also consider running a system/hardware test and move preference file aside, try with a new catalog... - stuff like that, in case there is some problem with those things which you could get around..
But if you don't want to take the time, then you don't want to take the time...
Good luck,
Rob.

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