# Crash

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/crash/56890>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [July 2, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/crash/56890 "2026-07-02T15:20:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![garageshop](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/garageshop/32/366_2.png) [@garageshop](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/garageshop)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/crash/56890/1 "2026-07-02T15:20:17Z")

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Lesson learned.

I have gotten so used to Mac software just doing an auto-save that when the app crashes, I lose very little. I guess that is not true for 2.4.4 Elements.

Lost an hour of work, which is particularly painful as I am blundering my way through how to achieve the look I want. Now having to do it all again, time to quit and come back to it.

Anyway, command-s is easy. Lesson learned, tap those keys while designing!

Blessings,  
–Mark

PS. Of course, I sent in the crash log.

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**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/crash/56890/2 "2026-07-02T16:12:08Z")

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Yes - that’s very hard

Music apps were terrible - and crashed often… 90’s and 2000’s - unstable plugins…

I had ingrained command + s after every major musical edit…