I work in the area of conceptual art for an event design company, and the easiest way for me to put together a quick down and dirty PDF of "draft" images for the client is through Bridge. Photoshop did away (as I am sure you know
) with the automate>pdf option in CS5 which makes Bridge the only way to do this other than to use some other application. I can use Keynote but that involves another whole and longer procedure, and when the client is breathing down your neck for some early visuals time is of the essence.
I don't use Illustrator that often unless I am preparing artwork for large images (floors, scrims, stage sets) which include geometric designs or corporate logos. Yes - I know I should upgrade and will do so soon. Again - I used to be able to just buy the "upgrade" to my apps, but this time around could not find an upgrade, only the complete programme and which of course costs more.
Good news though. I ran Onyx on my Mac and it did a brilliant job. Bridge is now working as is everything else. Guessing there was something in one of the caches that was causing a problem.
TTFN