Premiere Pro CS6 completely freezes computer

Hello. I am new here, but have seen many discussions, just never joined in.
I've seen others with similar problems with this program, but they all had windows.
I am asking for some help with this program.
PPCS6 has been fiunctioning somewhat fine until recently; it freezes my computer. It froze when I tried to use glow text. I dont know if it freezes for other text effects, I will test run it. Once I dragged it to setup for use, it pauses then the whole computer is frozen. I cant force quit, hit any keyboard codes, exit the program, nothing. Its always a hard power-off to get out of it.
I have not recently updated any apps, though I recently installed Logic Pro. I've accumilated numerous files and photos, but nothing stands out as enough of a change that might effect Premiere. The last video I did some editing on I actually used glow text and it worked just fine.
Adobe has a rep with me for minor issues that an cause a program not to function correct, like After Effects and needing a font for it to even start up.
Specs:
Macbook Pro 17
OSX 10.8.5
8GB RAM
1TB HD w/ 300GB available
All permissions are fixed, HD is in perfect health.
There's always plenty of RAM for the program to use.
Any help would be appreciated.
& Thanks in advance.

I've tried several more things.
The playback does not freeze if I have only one clip in the timeline.
If I have clips on two or more video tracks, it starts freezing.
Once I clear it down to one video track, it takes a couple of seconds (up to 30) to start playing normally again.
Sometimes I can play two tracks for several minutes before it freezes. Sometimes it freezes immediately.
When I open Premiere, I get the "Media Pending" screen for way longer than usual.
I have rebuilt the peak and cfa files, no difference. GPU accelerator is enabled. The latest Adobe updates are installed.
I see a few other forums with similar problems but no solution.
No settings, file formats, or file locations have changed since Monday (the last time CS6 was working properly). After a lot of digging around I found that a Windows Defender Definition update was installed the morning of the day PP started freaking out. I can't get rid of this update.
I edit two or more hours of footage per day. They are lectures, so they are recorded in 1-3 hour chunks. I use two videos simultaneously--one with the professor's powerpoint presentation, and one of the professor. I keyframe the PPT video into the corner, overlaid over the lecturer. I did this for years without problem in CS5.5 and for two months without problem on my current setup.

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