Premiere Pro CS6 Playback Keeps Freezing Then Programme Crashes

When I'm editing my playback freezes then Premiere stops responding and crashes, this is very annoying.
It normally happens when I m colour grading, but it can happen anywhen when I am editing.
I have an iMac with these stats:
Processor 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB
Please can someone help, I have a few big projects coming up and NEED to edit.
Cheers

Oh really!? I thought they were alright, my computer handeled CS5 well. I have the creative suite installed but only use premiere, photoshop and after effects. Would only reinstalling the programes I use help?
My internal Macintosh HD is 999.35 GB with 958.89 GB of free space.
And an external HD which is used for time machine is 2TB with 1.06 GB free.
What you reckon I should do?
Cheers for the reply by the way

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