José M. Repiso

Just adding some feedback from the support team on this one.

No repair or anything else was performed. After a summary investigation the support team discovered all the projects were being stored in the Cloud (Google Drive) which is a reason crashes can occur ( lack of connectivity when confirming segments and so on).  It was agreed that if Studio should crash again resources should be moved locally on the hard drive to determine if this is an actual software issue or an issue with the chosen storage solution.

After an external party reached out and suggested I deactivated the "look ahead" function, I did and now the software has stopped crashing. My files are still stored in the cloud, so maybe the problem has nothing to do with the cloud and you should look into the program's functions.

José M. Repiso

What happens if you leave lookahead on and work locally without the files in the cloud?  I'm only asking because we do not test Studio with projects stored in a cloud location we have no control over.  If you are willing it would be good to know if this also resolves the problem.

Generally many of things that sometimes help, such as deactivating certain features, are only necessary because of other external influences.  If they were not then this would be a problem that affects everyone.  It does not.  One of the problems with software development today is the rapid speed in which external features are used, and in some cases automatically installed, without understanding the potential implications of their use in some conditions.  It's important to take the appropriate measures to ensure Studio can work without these external influences affecting it's operation.  It's not just Studio either:

https://support.google.com/docs/thread/4462058?hl=en&msgid=4489816

But Studio will be particularly at risk because of the size of a Translation Memory or bilingual file for example.

José M. Repiso said:

My files are still stored in the cloud, so maybe the problem has nothing to do with the cloud and you should look into the program's functions.

We are introducing Trados Live, and this will continue to be developed and improved, so that translators have the ability to store their projects in the cloud.  Using this we have the ability to control how TMs and Studio projects are managed.  If you wish to have files stored and backed up in your preferred location (like Google Docs, Dropbox, OneDrive etc) then it's up to you to understand how to manage this and why and perhaps only backup when you are not using the application.

Notwithstanding this we are always looking at the programs functions and will address things as much as we can control the environment the product is being used in.

Paul said:

What happens if you leave lookahead on and work locally without the files in the cloud?  I'm only asking because we do not test Studio with projects stored in a cloud location we have no control over.  If you are willing it would be good to know if this also resolves the problem.

José M. Repiso

Hi José,

It would really help if you would test a project worked on locally with LookAhead turned on. As Paul says, the developers are working hard to discover a means to prevent the working to Cloud causing communication issues that then trigger crashes, among other stuff.

I suggested turning off LookAhead because in your scenario it seemed the logical extra feature to turn off. As I said when I contacted you, it wasn't because I think that LookAhead causes the problem BUT it does free up some RAM. Thus I suggested it to get you through the job that is constantly crashing so you can meet your deadline.

So, please, if you would trial local working (NOT to your desktop as someone suggested) just to the usual SDL projects folder then report your findings here, it would be REALLY helpful! The developers do want to solve this issue that is causing so many problems.

Also, in my experience, you will need to suspend syncing to OneDrive - this causes me so many problems I have it permanently suspended while working. Or to any other online drive you normally sync to. Just for the purposes of the experiment.

Have a lovely day and stay safe!

All the best! 

Ali

Paul said:

What happens if you leave lookahead on and work locally without the files in the cloud?  I'm only asking because we do not test Studio with projects stored in a cloud location we have no control over.  If you are willing it would be good to know if this also resolves the problem.

José M. Repiso

Hi José,

It would really help if you would test a project worked on locally with LookAhead turned on. As Paul says, the developers are working hard to discover a means to prevent the working to Cloud causing communication issues that then trigger crashes, among other stuff.

I suggested turning off LookAhead because in your scenario it seemed the logical extra feature to turn off. As I said when I contacted you, it wasn't because I think that LookAhead causes the problem BUT it does free up some RAM. Thus I suggested it to get you through the job that is constantly crashing so you can meet your deadline.

So, please, if you would trial local working (NOT to your desktop as someone suggested) just to the usual SDL projects folder then report your findings here, it would be REALLY helpful! The developers do want to solve this issue that is causing so many problems.

Also, in my experience, you will need to suspend syncing to OneDrive - this causes me so many problems I have it permanently suspended while working. Or to any other online drive you normally sync to. Just for the purposes of the experiment.

Have a lovely day and stay safe!

All the best! 

Ali