Photoshop CS5 freezes temporarily on a newly opened PSD

For some reason whenever I open a PSD, generally speaking having more than 10 layers (website concepts most of the time so more tall than wide), the document freezes for about 5-10 seconds where I cannot switch between existing documents, use a tool, use the menu, use any palette ... ultimately the whole program temporarily freezes.
I tested it on both Mac and Windows OSes and it only seems to happen on the Mac.
My config is:
27" iMac OSX 10.6.4
2.66GHz Intel i5
4x2GB 1066 DDR3 RAM
ATI Radeon 4850 512MB @ 2560x1440 and 2nd monitor @ 1200 x 1920
I let PS use 70% of RAM, enabled OpenGL Drawing in Advanced Mode with Vertical Sync and Antialias Guides and Paths with History and Cache levels set on the "Tall and Thin" option. Scratch disk is the same as my only HDD.
I'm pretty sure it doesn't freeze up on opening images such as jpg, png, gif but it has done on layered tiffs.
Any ideas?

>I would set you as "answered" but I mis-clicked and hit helped.
no worries, I'm not sure what all that is about anyway, I don't think anyone is getting a bonus for more stars : )
Most of the responses on the forum are just parroting the solutions to the same problems that regularly arise in posts. There's not a good single source that lists PS problems/solutions with the exception of searching forums, but in situations like this with FAP the delay problem seems unrelated so it can be more difficult to find via a search.
Here's my list of most common issues (I'm sure that I'm missing some) :
1. permissions issues from early installer - fixed with 12.0.1?
2. font issues with OS handling of bad fonts - remove, repair cleanup fonts and caches, and wait for OS fix from Apple
3. delays from using an older version of FontAgentPro - update software
4. new problem with Fusion3 and large PSB files - no fix yet
5. restricted drag area under open panes - not fixed
6. script errors with Windows/CIFS network shares mounted on the desktop - unmount from network
and a couple listed here:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/840/cpsid_84020.html
Several of the solutions are simple; update OS, PS and all 3rd party apps/plugins, clean up permissions, clean caches. All of which are good regular maintenance tasks before adding a new CS suite or any new app.
regards, j

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Hello all! I would be so appreciative of any help I can get with this.
I am working on a some graphics that need to be completed very soon, and suddenly photoshop is freezing on the eyedropper tool. I've tried force quitting, which does not work, and then restarting multipe times, but this has not worked either. Every time I reopen my file (which is an 8.5 x 11, 350 ppi,grayscale image), and try to work with the paint bucket tool, the problem persists. I'm not able to click and change the tool, use any options under file/edit/view/etc, go to another layer, click out of the window/close photoshop. I am still able to zoom in and out with keyboard short cuts, but that is about it.
I am working with CS5 on a Mac OS X 10.6.8 , 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon procesor.
Please let me know if there is any more information I can provide to help explain the problem.
Thank you!

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Start photoshop and immdeiately hold down the option + command + shift keys. (Windows Alt Ctrl Shift).
You should get a reset window.
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