http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Channels-Tool-Freezes-on-Fiji-and-MacOS-10-9-5-tp5013822p5013830.html
> Channel, Fiji partially crashes. The Channel Tool is unresponsive and
> On 7/31/15 3:21 PM, Burri Olivier wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We have just had a visit from a user with a big problem using Fiji
>>
>> Basically when opening any multichannel image, it first is very slow at
>> displaying the image (You actually see the image window's pixels being
>> populated from top to bottom). Then, when using the channel tool to switch
>> from Composite to Single Channel, Fiji partially crashes. The Channel Tool
>> is unresponsive and we cannot quit Fiji normally and must Force Quit the
>> app. Some of the other menus still respond though...
>>
>> We thought it was due to the 1.50 update so we reverted back to 1.49, no
>> change. Then we also installed JDK1.7 instead of 1.8 to see if this could
>> be fixed. Still nothing. Has anyone experienced this after an update from a
>> couple of days ago? Any hints on where we should keep looking for a
>> possible solution?
>>
>> MacOS 10.9.5, i7, 8Gb RAM
>> Java 1.8 and 1.7 x64 versions, managed using jEnv
>>
>>
> This seems similar to problems of Java 1.8 + ImageJ + OSX, which we
> recently discussed on this list. When I tried Java 1.7, I also has
> problems, though I did not test that very much.
> I suggest you "fall back" to Java 1.6.
>
> Mark Hiner recently posted a shell script that will let you run 1.6 even
> if 1.8 is installed. It should also be in the FAQ. See:
>
http://fiji.sc/Frequently_Asked_Questions#How_do_I_set_up_Java_6_on_OS_X.3F>
> --aryeh
>
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