o.k., thanks, kula - sounds like good news!  the detail about having to edit the preferences.txt
file in snow leopard to include some font name may have been fixed in 7.2.  even
without the content, £6 for the program is a bargain.  I found I couldn't run the  carrara pro 7.1.1.37
file (75.4 MB) that was on download.com and couldn't edit the incomplete pref file, nor could I run
c6Pro in snow leopard until I edited pref file to add font name.  We'll keep hope alive that C8Pro
will be o.k. soon.