All My Apple Apps Crash (always) any ideas?? - Page 2

studiogeek · 09-08-2003, 03:40 PM

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	Originally posted by tlarkin If you think it may be a preference file, or user related software issue an easy way to confirm this would be to create a new user account. Create a new admin user, and log in as that brand new account. Try using your apple applications then. Does the problem still persist? If the problem goes away you can more safely assume its something related to the user and not the application or the OS. Then you can start removing pref files and such.

I covered that 2 messages ago..
>I have moved my entire user/library/prefrences folder to the desktop and re-logged in. The problem persists BUT! when I log in as another user all apps work fine. It must not be the prefs folder but something else in my user folder... any ideas of where to look??<
all good on new account/app support is long gone
studiogeek
Thank You!!

macmath · 09-08-2003, 04:03 PM

1) Does placing your ~/Library/Caches on the desktop and restarting fix the problem?

2) What about moving the whole ~/Library onto the desktop and restarting? If this fixed the problem, you could always start putting things back in, and seeing what broke your apps.

willdaddy · 05-24-2004, 11:18 AM

I know this issue has long since passed into obsolescence, but I was having the exact same issue, figured it out, and thought that others might appreciate this.

The problem lies in the keychain file, if you remove either the ~/Library/Keychain folder or the keychain inside, it will fix the problem.

Pretty simple but not in any way obvious.

Hope this helps some people out there,
willdaddy

PS-this happened to me on OS X Server 10.2.7 but I've had it happen before on client. I have no clue as to what the sequence of events was that started this.

krishna · 07-19-2004, 04:55 PM

I submitted a hint earlier on this, titled ''Create a new 'safety' user prior to upgrades". In my case, one of my startup items was screwing me up, but I don't know whether startup items are stored in the homedir on on the system, and that may have changed from 10.2 to 10.3. But my recommendations below would have (and can still) help/ed with troubleshooting.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...04050420562096

05-24-2004, 11:18 AM	#23
willdaddy Prospect Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Raleigh Posts: 3	fixed it (bettter late than never) I know this issue has long since passed into obsolescence, but I was having the exact same issue, figured it out, and thought that others might appreciate this. The problem lies in the keychain file, if you remove either the ~/Library/Keychain folder or the keychain inside, it will fix the problem. Pretty simple but not in any way obvious. Hope this helps some people out there, willdaddy PS-this happened to me on OS X Server 10.2.7 but I've had it happen before on client. I have no clue as to what the sequence of events was that started this.

07-19-2004, 04:55 PM	#24
krishna Prospect Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Frozen in time and aging Posts: 3	General suggestion for troubleshooting these problems I submitted a hint earlier on this, titled ''Create a new 'safety' user prior to upgrades". In my case, one of my startup items was screwing me up, but I don't know whether startup items are stored in the homedir on on the system, and that may have changed from 10.2 to 10.3. But my recommendations below would have (and can still) help/ed with troubleshooting. http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...04050420562096

09-08-2003, 04:03 PM	#22
macmath MVP Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Elsewhere Posts: 1,497	1) Does placing your ~/Library/Caches on the desktop and restarting fix the problem? 2) What about moving the whole ~/Library onto the desktop and restarting? If this fixed the problem, you could always start putting things back in, and seeing what broke your apps.