Always Google a problem
July 14th, 2008
The other day I had a problem – a big problem. My Photoshop locked up and wouldn’t run. It’s an old copy that runs on the Windows side of my Mac through Parallels.
Why am I running my Photoshop on Windows?? That’s a long story in and of itself and for another day.
I tried reinstalling. No luck. I figured maybe it was finally time to invest in CS3.
Before I pulled the trigger our Creative Services Coordinator, Sarah Hines, and I tried one last thing, something we occassionally do when we run into a programming conundrum: we Googled the arcane error message.
After sampling three suggested solutions Photoshop was back up and running. Amazing! On the other hand, I shouldn’t be too surprised.
The moral of the story? If you’re hamstrung by a problem, whether it’s a design issue or even a home repair issue, you might do well to at least give Google a shot.
