(Lots) Of Apps Crashing

Question

After doing a CLEAN install (wiped iMac hard drive, install 10.6 and then reinstalled my apps) I have also like some other been experiencing lots of crashes. The first one I noticed was with Mail, that when you would move you mouse to click send after composting a message, the program would just disappear. It also happened if you attached an image to a message. Deleting my MobileMe account seemed to fix that problem.
However, other applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, Pages, SuperDuper and others) will exhibit the same problem of crashing, all with no warning, just poof. It happens at no particular time or action. I also installed Snow Leopard on 2 other machines exactly the same way, an iMac, a PowerBook and since they are all running basically the same apps, the other two machines are trouble free except the one iMac.
Only thing different on the one that is having app crashing is that I set up my MobileMe account when installing the operating system. I went into System Prefs and logged out and so far, it seems that the crashing has stopped. I need a day or so of moderate to heavy use to be sure, but if you are having problems with apps crashing try deleting/logging out of MobileMe and see if that may help.
-robert.

Answer 1

Hello Robert:
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I've been struggling for over a week with Illustrator and Photoshop crashes since installing SL. After combing the message boards at various times, I came across your post. Though I have never opened a MobileMe account, I thought I'd check it out. When I clicked on the MobileMe icon, I saw that it was trying to sign on to an account. I clicked Sign Out and then went straight to Illustrator CS3 and opened a file I was unable to previously. I was then able to edit it, save it, and print it! I don't know why MobileMe was trying to sign on to an account, I've never even gone into it to check it out. I'm so grateful to you for posting your experience. Thank you again!
Best wishes,
Patti