One specific file that always crashes (loads but doesn't activate, rarely saves)

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Hi! I’m running on macOS Sequoia, and for some reason, I have one specific file that, with the exception of one time, has not been able to activate, so I can’t use it for playback or MIDI input, but I can still add notes without MIDI. However, when I try to save it, I usually get the rainbow wheel until I inevitably have to force quit. It’s been able to save a few times but it’s getting worse so I think I have to abandon it and restart. My other projects all activate immediately when I open them and they work fine, so I’m not exactly sure what’s wrong with this particular file… I’ve gone through most. of the other posts regarding VSTAudioEngine since I noticed that after force quitting Dorico, VSTAudioEngine would still be in my Activity Monitor, but I’m kind of drawing a blank at this point.

Thank you for your help! I’m not totally sure what diagnostics to upload that would be useful, so please let me know how I can provide more specific info about my issue!

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Do Help>Create Diagnostics Report and upload the Dorico Diagnostics.zip that appears on your desktop

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It can happens, it is rare but it can happen. To recover your work and save your day, one approach worked for me : create a new projet and import the flows from the corrupted files. This issue in my case was related to a mess in the playback templates. Restarting form a new file with a clean playback template and import just the notes (the flows) makes the trick in my case.

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Welcome to the forum, @21ahmedf. If you would like to attach the troublesome project here, or send it to me via a private message, I should be able to repair it for you.