Quark keeps quitting - QuarkXPress Passport 6.0 for Mac

Sometimes an invalid control character snuck into Quark 4.1 and the file would quit performing. I found I could edit and save it as a Quark 3,2 file and reopem it in 4.0.

Below is a standad mac fix-all and a quark fix-all but it could be something else that has happened, after looking on forums there appears to be a problem with this type of problem which quark never bothered fixing in 6.5. I would also instal the quark update from 6.5 to 6.52 from http://www.quark.com/support/downloads/Details.aspx?fid=122 before you do this it may correct it.

Mac Fix-All
Another thing I would do is go to the applications folder and then the utilities folder open up disk utility once opened click on your hard drive and then click on repair disk permissions and let it complete the verification and repair (it could take 20 minutes or more) depending upon the size of your hard drive. A lot of people do not this but to keep your machine running efficiently it should be done on a monthly basis.

Quark Fix-All
It could be that your quark preferences have corrupted, I would go to your users folder then go into the library folder, then the preferences folder and then the quark folder within the quark folder there should be a file called "XPress Preferences.prf" move this to the trash (But do not delete it yet). When you open quark next it will recreate the preference file and hopefully that will sort it out. If this has corrected the problem you can then delete the file in the trash. Please note that you will have to reset your preferences once you open Quark again.

Hope this helps in some way.

Hi Chris, where did you bought the program? Unfortunately there are many double dealers out there, they might have sold the copy of the program to another person, so when you register your license the program recognize it has been used more than once. If this is not the case, I recommend you contact the Quark support. Here are the official telephone numbers http://support.quark.com/phone.html And the official support page http://support.quark.com/
Hope it helps.

Hi,

Go to the user preferences, and in the Quark 7 folder delete the XPress Preferences file, now Quark will open up ok.

Hope this helps!

It could be that your quark preferences have corrupted, I would go to your users folder then go into the library folder, then the preferences folder and then the quark folder within the quark folder there should be a file called "XPress Preferences.prf" move this to the trash (But do not delete it yet). When you open quark next it will recreate the preference file and hopefully that will sort it out.

This is for Quark on a Mac. What you could do is go to users then which ever user is the active one then library then preferences then quark then QuarkXPress 6.0 (or may say 6.5) in this folder is a file called "XPress Preferences.prf" move it to the trash (Do not empty the trash if it does not work you can replace the file back into the preference folder) and then start up Quark, it should rebuild the file.

Please note your preferences will be back to default and you will need to reset them.

Hope this helps.

Try opening the book first and then the chapters and it should work fine

you have a conflict with another program best thing to do is uninstall the program and find a patch or update.
good luck.

Since you're copying your Quark file to an external HD, I assume that you're also copying the image files? What you should do before copying to the external HD to work on the file at home is under the File Menu, use the 'Collect for Output' feature, which may take a while depending on the size of your file, number of images, etc., but then you can use the Quark file from the xternal hd, and back and forth to your computer without having to relink the picture files all the time.