MAC OS X Leopard and Google SketchUp

Hello everyone,
I was wondering if anyone has run into any Google SketchUp issues, once they have installed Leopard? I have noticed that after I installed it that SketchUp is slower then before, and that while I am using the program, I will frequently get the Beach Ball icon when doing a simple task like clicking a grouped object. If anyone else has had this problem or has heard of any fixes, please let me know! Thank you very much!
Daniel

Please go to http://groups.google.com/group/Sketchup-Pro/topics and we'll hunt this down for you and post back results (the noise of what's happening probably not that helpful here). Please note computer model (memory, graphics card, etc...), OS version (e.g. 10.5 / 9A581) and we'll test the appropriate configuration. Apple has been VERY good to work with on these issues. The only issues we've posted thus far are at http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=79634
Thanks.
Barry

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