In taking some online tutorials, it brought to mind that my copy of the program may be corrupted because things will work and then they don't work and then they work! Also, when striving to follow along with the tutorials, my compluter would not always function properly when following the instructions online. My question is: If I uninstall Scribus 1.6.4 on my MacBook and re-install it, will I lose the files I currently have in Scribus? How do I COMPLETELY uninstall it on the MacBook?
Follow your standard procedure uninstalling on the mac. It should uninstall the program. Your data files are your and do not get uninstalled from removing the program. However, before you uninstall the program, try renaming the preferences for scribus. do the rename without scribus running and let it recreate the default prefs. This might be the source if the issues you are having.
How old is your system? and is it a ssd or a spinning harddrive?