Mac Freeze BUT only at home...
 

Hello,
I am writing, as many of you have, because Limewire freezes from time to time....but only at home. I am signed on to the network right now at my office and I NEVER get a lag. So what is the deal? I haven't changed the settings, memory or anything at home or work. Does it have something to do with the network? I am on a Cable modem at home and a T1 at work. What are your thoughts?

This is a memory problem with the Mac. Allocating it more RAM will reduce the freeze effect, but unfortunately, doesn't eliminate it. I am not 100% sure, but I think you OPTION+CLICK the app file and go the properties box. Maybe it's get info. Look for some place where you can tell it how much RAM to use. I am not sure of the exact procedure because I don't have a Mac on hand to try this. It has reduced problems for others in the past, but none have reported a complete fix.

Does this work for you?

I recommend giving LimeWire 1.7 beta a try. You can download this version from:

http://www.limewire.com/index.jsp/download_beta

We have put a great deal of effort into diagnosing this problem for LimeWire 1.7. While there are frequent memory problems using LimeWire on the Mac (you should give it 65MB or more, as recommended by Apple for Java applications), there was a more serious issue that we were previously unaware of.

After consulting with many Java Mac programmers, we learned that a specific part of the program (one method call) did not work in the way that we thought it did. It turns out that we were performing a "reverse dns lookup" for each new incoming connection that came in. You experienced this problem at home because your home computer is likely not firewalled, and therefore can accept incoming connections. At work, your computer likely is firewalled, so these types of connections could never happen.

Please let us know if you continue experiencing these issues with LimeWire 1.7.