iCal crashes on startup

tclary · 08-28-2004, 10:42 AM

Help. iCal crashes on startup. I've reinstalled, replaced the .pkg, checked everything I can think of including replacing a font rumored to have once caused problems. I don't have anything critical in the program that I need to preserve so wiping it out completely and reinstalling is perfectly fine...except that even that doesn't seem to work.

here are the error details I get when it crashes. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Code:

Date/Time:      2004-08-28 08:33:51 -0600
OS Version:     10.3.5 (Build 7M34)
Report Version: 2

Command: iCal
Path:    /Applications/iCal.app/Contents/MacOS/iCal
Version: 1.5.3 (653)
PID:     393
Thread:  0

Exception:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes:      KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000020

Thread 0 Crashed:
0   <<00000000>> 	0x908311ec 0 + 0x908311ec
1   <<00000000>> 	0x92ebb548 0 + 0x92ebb548
2   <<00000000>> 	0x92dea91c 0 + 0x92dea91c
3   <<00000000>> 	0x92df1948 0 + 0x92df1948
4   <<00000000>> 	0x92e85ddc 0 + 0x92e85ddc
5   <<00000000>> 	0x92e3a80c 0 + 0x92e3a80c
6   <<00000000>> 	0x92eb95c8 0 + 0x92eb95c8
7   <<00000000>> 	0x92ecadbc 0 + 0x92ecadbc
8   <<00000000>> 	0x92eb9430 0 + 0x92eb9430
9   com.apple.iCal                 	0x0003570c 0x1000 + 0x3470c
10  com.apple.iCal                 	0x0007b474 0x1000 + 0x7a474

Thread 1:
0   libSystem.B.dylib              	0x900074c8 mach_msg_trap + 0x8
1   libSystem.B.dylib              	0x90007018 mach_msg + 0x38
2   com.unsanity.ape               	0xc000a954 __ape_internal + 0x90b4
3   com.unsanity.ape               	0xc0001330 __ape_agent + 0x40
4   libSystem.B.dylib              	0x900246e8 _pthread_body + 0x28

Thread 2:
0   libSystem.B.dylib              	0x900074c8 mach_msg_trap + 0x8
1   libSystem.B.dylib              	0x90007018 mach_msg + 0x38
2   ...lagutin.audio_hijack.server 	0x003a129c ah_serv_loop + 0x58
3   libSystem.B.dylib              	0x900246e8 _pthread_body + 0x28

PPC Thread State:
  srr0: 0x908311ec srr1: 0x0200f030                vrsave: 0x00000000
    cr: 0x48000422  xer: 0x00000000   lr: 0x0003bdd4  ctr: 0x908311e0
    r0: 0x0003bdb8   r1: 0xbffffa40   r2: 0x000005aa   r3: 0xa0830454
    r4: 0x9083eba8   r5: 0x00000058   r6: 0x00000061   r7: 0x00000020
    r8: 0x00000030   r9: 0x000004b4  r10: 0x00000000  r11: 0x001a8e5c
   r12: 0x00000000  r13: 0x00000000  r14: 0x00000000  r15: 0x00000000
   r16: 0x00415640  r17: 0xa2dfa4b0  r18: 0xa2dea4b0  r19: 0xa2dfa4b0
   r20: 0xa2dfa4b0  r21: 0x00000000  r22: 0xa2df18c0  r23: 0xa2dfcd98
   r24: 0xa2dfb7d8  r25: 0x001c0000  r26: 0x001bff3c  r27: 0x001bc0b0
   r28: 0x001c0000  r29: 0x0046c600  r30: 0x001c0000  r31: 0x0043cc80

Binary Images Description:
    0x1000 -   0x1a6fff com.apple.iCal 1.5.3 (653)	/Applications/iCal.app/Contents/MacOS/iCal
  0x39d000 -   0x3a3fff alex_lagutin.audio_hijack.server 1.2.6	/Library/Application Enhancers/Instant Hijack Server.ape/Contents/MacOS/Instant Hijack Server
0x63650000 - 0x63681fff com.apple.DAVKit 1.0.1 (176)	/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DAVKit.framework/Versions/A/DAVKit
0x86800000 - 0x868fefff com.apple.MessageFramework 1.3.9 (619)	/System/Library/Frameworks/Message.framework/Versions/B/Message
0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe4ffff dyld 	/usr/lib/dyld
0x90000000 - 0x90122fff libSystem.B.dylib 	/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
0x90190000 - 0x9023dfff com.apple.CoreFoundation 6.3.4 (299.31)	/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation
0x90280000 - 0x904f9fff com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 10.3.5	/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Versions/A/CarbonCore
0x90570000 - 0x905dffff com.apple.framework.IOKit 1.3.5 (???)	/System/Library/Frameworks/IOKit.framework/Versions/A/IOKit
0x90610000 - 0x9069afff com.apple.CoreServices.OSServices 3.0.1	/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/OSServices.framework/Versions/A/OSServices
0x90700000 - 0x90700fff com.apple.CoreServices 10.3 (???)	/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/CoreServices
0x90720000 - 0x90787fff com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 2.1.2	/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreAudio.framework/Versions/A/CoreAudio
0xc0000000 - 0xc000efff com.unsanity.ape 1.4.2	/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationEnhancer.framework/Versions/A/ApplicationEnhancer

Edit: enclosed in code tags - yellow

yellow · 08-28-2004, 12:07 PM

The presence of unsanity's APE and audio hijack server in this crash thread looks suspicious to me. Turn off APE. See if iCal works. Turn off audio hijack. See if iCall works.

tclary · 08-28-2004, 12:44 PM

Sadly neither worked. I Uninstalled Ape and turned of Audio Hijack. For what it's worth, here is the most recent crash report:

Code:

Date/Time:      2004-08-28 10:42:08 -0600
OS Version:     10.3.5 (Build 7M34)
Report Version: 2

Command: iCal
Path:    /Applications/iCal.app/Contents/MacOS/iCal
Version: 1.5.3 (653)
PID:     433
Thread:  0

Exception:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes:      KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000020

Thread 0 Crashed:
0   <<00000000>> 	0x908311ec 0 + 0x908311ec
1   <<00000000>> 	0x92ebb548 0 + 0x92ebb548
2   <<00000000>> 	0x92dea91c 0 + 0x92dea91c
3   <<00000000>> 	0x92df1948 0 + 0x92df1948
4   <<00000000>> 	0x92e85ddc 0 + 0x92e85ddc
5   <<00000000>> 	0x92e3a80c 0 + 0x92e3a80c
6   <<00000000>> 	0x92eb95c8 0 + 0x92eb95c8
7   <<00000000>> 	0x92ecadbc 0 + 0x92ecadbc
8   <<00000000>> 	0x92eb9430 0 + 0x92eb9430
9   com.apple.iCal                 	0x0003570c 0x1000 + 0x3470c
10  com.apple.iCal                 	0x0007b474 0x1000 + 0x7a474

Thread 1:
0   libSystem.B.dylib              	0x900074c8 mach_msg_trap + 0x8
1   libSystem.B.dylib              	0x90007018 mach_msg + 0x38
2   com.unsanity.ape               	0xc000a954 __ape_internal + 0x90b4
3   com.unsanity.ape               	0xc0001330 __ape_agent + 0x40
4   libSystem.B.dylib              	0x900246e8 _pthread_body + 0x28

Thread 2:
0   libSystem.B.dylib              	0x900074c8 mach_msg_trap + 0x8
1   libSystem.B.dylib              	0x90007018 mach_msg + 0x38
2   ...lagutin.audio_hijack.server 	0x003a129c ah_serv_loop + 0x58
3   libSystem.B.dylib              	0x900246e8 _pthread_body + 0x28

PPC Thread State:
  srr0: 0x908311ec srr1: 0x0200f030                vrsave: 0x00000000
    cr: 0x48000422  xer: 0x00000000   lr: 0x0003bdd4  ctr: 0x908311e0
    r0: 0x0003bdb8   r1: 0xbffffa40   r2: 0x0000049a   r3: 0xa0830454
    r4: 0x9083eba8   r5: 0x00000058   r6: 0x00000061   r7: 0x00000020
    r8: 0x00000030   r9: 0x000003a4  r10: 0x00000000  r11: 0x001a8e5c
   r12: 0x00000000  r13: 0x00000000  r14: 0x00000000  r15: 0x00000000
   r16: 0x00415640  r17: 0xa2dfa4b0  r18: 0xa2dea4b0  r19: 0xa2dfa4b0
   r20: 0xa2dfa4b0  r21: 0x00000000  r22: 0xa2df18c0  r23: 0xa2dfcd98
   r24: 0xa2dfb7d8  r25: 0x001c0000  r26: 0x001bff3c  r27: 0x001bc0b0
   r28: 0x001c0000  r29: 0x0041cd80  r30: 0x001c0000  r31: 0x004835a0

Binary Images Description:
    0x1000 -   0x1a6fff com.apple.iCal 1.5.3 (653)	/Applications/iCal.app/Contents/MacOS/iCal
  0x39d000 -   0x3a3fff alex_lagutin.audio_hijack.server 1.2.6	/Library/Application Enhancers/Instant Hijack Server.ape/Contents/MacOS/Instant Hijack Server
0x63650000 - 0x63681fff com.apple.DAVKit 1.0.1 (176)	/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DAVKit.framework/Versions/A/DAVKit
0x86800000 - 0x868fefff com.apple.MessageFramework 1.3.9 (619)	/System/Library/Frameworks/Message.framework/Versions/B/Message
0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe4ffff dyld 	/usr/lib/dyld
0x90000000 - 0x90122fff libSystem.B.dylib 	/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
0x90190000 - 0x9023dfff com.apple.CoreFoundation 6.3.4 (299.31)	/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation
0x90280000 - 0x904f9fff com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 10.3.5	/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Versions/A/CarbonCore
0x90570000 - 0x905dffff com.apple.framework.IOKit 1.3.5 (???)	/System/Library/Frameworks/IOKit.framework/Versions/A/IOKit
0x90610000 - 0x9069afff com.apple.CoreServices.OSServices 3.0.1	/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/OSServices.framework/Versions/A/OSServices
0x90700000 - 0x90700fff com.apple.CoreServices 10.3 (???)	/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/CoreServices
0x90720000 - 0x90787fff com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 2.1.2	/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreAudio.framework/Versions/A/CoreAudio
0xc0000000 - 0xc000efff com.unsanity.ape 1.4.2	/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationEnhancer.framework/Versions/A/ApplicationEnhancer

Edit: once again, enclosed in code tags - yellow

hayne · 08-28-2004, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tclary


	I uninstalled Ape and turned of Audio Hijack. For what it's worth, here is the most recent crash report: [...] Thread 1: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x900074c8 mach_msg_trap + 0x8 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90007018 mach_msg + 0x38 2 com.unsanity.ape 0xc000a954 __ape_internal + 0x90b4 3 com.unsanity.ape 0xc0001330 __ape_agent + 0x40 4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x900246e8 _pthread_body + 0x28 Thread 2: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x900074c8 mach_msg_trap + 0x8 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90007018 mach_msg + 0x38 2 ...lagutin.audio_hijack.server 0x003a129c ah_serv_loop + 0x58 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x900246e8 _pthread_body + 0x28

Both APE and Audo Hijack still seem to be active. Revisit your uninstall procedures.

And tell us what is different since the last time that you ran iCal successfully. What did you install or remove? Fonts? Peripherals? OS Updates? etc.

Colin Ng · 11-25-2004, 02:30 PM

I had a similar problem. It turned out to be one of my calendars. I fixed it by going to ~/Library/Application Support/Calendars, moving out all my calendars, and moving them back one at a time and launching iCal each time. (iCal 'knows' your list of calendars and will create blank calendars when you move them out - just replaces those blank calendars with your real .ics calendar file)

gucciago · 03-05-2005, 01:49 PM

I have been having the same problem and I just removed the Calanders in iCal 1.5.5 then started it... worked great! then I just drug each one back in until it crashed.... it was the HOME calander for me... so... next... when running (iCal) I double clicked on the HOME calander that I had drug to my desktop... it reloaded (imported) it back and now works great! :-)

the location of the Calaners have aparently been moved by apple.. to this folder (OS X 10.3.8 Panther) ~/(user)/library/Calendars hope this helps anyone...

yellow · 03-05-2005, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gucciago


	~/(user)/library/Calendars

The user meant:

~user/Library/Calendars/

vvebsta · 12-05-2005, 06:47 PM

>Help. iCal crashes on startup. I've reinstalled, replaced the .pkg, checked >everything I can think of including replacing a font rumored to have once >caused problems. I don't have anything critical in the program that I need to >preserve so wiping it out completely and reinstalling is perfectly fine...except >that even that doesn't seem to work.

I had the exact same problem and I figure out how to fix it without system wiping my computer...

I deleted iCal off my computer as well as the com.apple.iCal.AlarmScheduler.plist & com.apple.iCal.plist found in Library>Preferences

Then I went to MacHD>System>Library>PrivateFrameworks & dragged CALcore.framework to the trash as well

Empty trash ...insert Mac Osx Install DVD>System>Installation>Packages>iCal.pkg and reinstall your iCal

after that I opened up iCal in my apps and it worked!!!

hope that helps everyone

oodude69 · 12-16-2005, 05:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yellow


	The user meant: ~user/Library/Calendars/

Where are my Calendars in Tiger? In /Users/rskoss/Library/Application Support/iCal/Sources/ there are folders with names like 7E4346E7-63F5-4879-B2D6-708C5DCE075E.calendar. In each of these folders there are 3 files: corestorage.ics, index, and info.plist. Do each of these folders represent one of my Calendars?

I made another folder named backup in the Sources directory. I moved all of the .calendar folders into this backup folder and started iCal but it still crashed. It also showed all of my calendar entries for the 2 seconds it was up before it crashed - so I'm confused. If those folders were my calendars and I moved them, how did iCal find them?

f8lee@mindspring · 01-22-2006, 11:37 PM

Okay, I'm stumped. After posting a question on my iCal immediately dying (following my attempt to respond to an Outloook MIME invitation) I removed all vestiges of iCal from Tiger on my G4 (couldn't find the CALcore.framework file anywhere, though).

Anyway, I cannot find a way to reinstall just iCal from the Tiger DVD - it demands that I restart and then warns about resetting everything. Which I obviously don't want to do. Is there a magic key combo that will get me to the part of the DVD which will allow me to select only iCal installation?

TIA

BobF

hayne · 01-23-2006, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by f8lee@mindspring


	Anyway, I cannot find a way to reinstall just iCal from the Tiger DVD - it demands that I restart and then warns about resetting everything. Which I obviously don't want to do. Is there a magic key combo that will get me to the part of the DVD which will allow me to select only iCal installation?

You should be able to use the Tiger DVD to do a "Custom" install where you check only the iCal files and uncheck everything else.
Otherwise, you could use the 3rd-party utility "Pacifist" (http://www.charlessoft.com/) to extract the files you need from your Install DVD.

vikasr · 02-14-2006, 04:33 AM

I'm having the same problem as described above.
I've tried everything.. deleted everything listed, reinstalled both with Pacifist and through the iCal.pkg on my CD, and nothing works. It dies right when it starts up. Strangely, it works on a new user account that I made.
Trust me when I say that I deleted everything iCal related in my home directory.
The only thing that could be going on now is that it is crashing from some kinda extension or widget conflict.

Hope someone can help.

-v

hayne · 02-14-2006, 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vikasr


	Strangely, it works on a new user account that I made.

You have determined that the problem is only with the one user account.
The problem thus is almost certainly due to something under your home folder.
And it likely is something under ~/Library
( ~ = your home folder)
The most likely thing is a bad preference file under ~/Library/Preferences
You could start by removing the preference files for the apps you are having trouble with.
If the problem persists, you need to narrow the problem down - you could start by moving (via drag & drop) the whole "Preferences" folder that is under ~/Library to the Desktop, then log out and log in again. A default copy of the Preferences folder will have been recreated. Does that improve things? If so, you could use a divide & conquer approach to figure out which of the preference files is causing the problem - move half of the preference files back into the Preferences folder, log out & in again, etc.

If the problem persists, try the same thing with the other sub-folders of ~/Library. E.g. with ~/Library/Caches, ~/Library/InputManagers, ~/Library/Fonts, ~/Library/PreferencePanes, ~/Library/Application Support, ~/Library/Application Enhancers, contents of ~/Desktop, etc.
Also remove any files owned by your user in /Library/Caches (the Library folder at the top-level of the drive)

carter4 · 02-26-2006, 03:38 AM

iCal has been crashing on restarts for months but it would always open when double-clicked from Dock. Tonight it crashes full time.

Last night I used CCC to clone the main drive to another HD. That has been the major change. However iCal worked fine this morning, I believe. The cloned copy of iCal is broken, too!

I tried all the solutions (most of hayne's anyway and not Pacifist, yet) plus reinstalling the OS10.4.5 upgrade and creating a new user. iCal continues its stubborn streak. Tried removing the two calendar widgets too.

Sure would hate to lose access to that calendar :-(

carter4 · 03-10-2006, 12:54 AM

The solution that worked for me: installing Tiger on the other drive in my computer. Taking the broken iCal out of the startup drive and Option-dragging the new iCal from the 2nd drive to the startup. All the birthdays, appointments, etc. were still there. I only had to adjust the Prefs to suit my needs.

Only problem is the working iCal is v2.0 The broken iCal was v2.0.3.

atl_adam_2000 · 04-11-2006, 10:27 AM

I removed the Home calendar and launched iCal and it worked. Then I imported my Home calendar (picked the option to remove alarms thingiee) and that worked too.

THANK YOU MacOSXHints folks & users!

Adam

wd1512 · 07-11-2007, 11:18 PM

I tried most of the suggestions in this thread but iCal kept crashing after a couple of seconds. Then I deactivated (removed checkmark) "Calendars" in System Preferences / .Mac. That's where the Sync settings are controlled.
Now iCal worked again but I had no syncing for it with my iDisk.
When I reactivated "Calendars" it reported that it wanted to add 40 !!calendars to iCal. I cancelled that crazy task and subsequently went to the Advanced Tab. There I unregistered my computer.
This unregistering had the purpose to remove all compromised backup data on my iDisk that was most likely responsible for iSync wanting to add 40 ficticious calendars to my only 4 calendars (Home, work, and two more) in iCal.
Once I had unregistered, I immediately registered the same computer again, but this time under a different name (I don't know if a different name was needed, but it did not harm). Then I was asked how to handle the data in the first iSync. I choose to delete all data on the iDisk.
That done, the sync worked fine and ever after iCal works again. No further crashes.
By the way, this whole problem occurred when I had only 2 GB of free space on my HD for a short while. Don't ever have your disk get that full.

Skybolt · 07-12-2007, 09:51 AM

The original problem was a bad sync with iDisk. The fix was/is to simply go to iSync preferences and "reset all sync". You will be prompted to tell whether you want to sync the computer to the iDisk or vice versa. Choose one or the other, let it sync and you are good to go.

denishow · 12-27-2007, 12:00 PM

Hi,

I've tried deleting all the calendars but I must still be missing something because when I launch iCal it creates Home and Work and 6 other unnamed calendars. I've tried deleting everything as follows:

~/Library/Application Support/iCal/*
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.iCal/*/*
~/Library/Caches/metadata/iCal/*
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iCal*.plist
~/Library/Safe Preferences/com.apple.iCal.plist

I think there must be somewhere I'm still missing because there are events in some of the calendars, so these are being recreated from somewhere. I just don't know where.

Here's the crash log, I don't know if it's any use (it doesn't tell me anything)!

Thanks in advance,
D

Code:

Date/Time:      2007-12-27 16:35:14.892 +0000
OS Version:     10.4.11 (Build 8S2167)
Report Version: 4

Command: iCal
Path:    /Applications/iCal.app/Contents/MacOS/iCal
Parent:  WindowServer [2153]

Version:        2.0.5 (1069)
Build Version:  2
Project Name:   iCal
Source Version: 10690000

PID:    5090
Thread: 0

Exception:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes:      KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0xbf7fffec

Thread 0 Crashed:
0   libSystem.B.dylib        	0x90007ae5 szone_calloc + 12
1   libSystem.B.dylib        	0x9001177a malloc_zone_calloc + 578
2   libobjc.A.dylib          	0x90a5aa72 _internal_class_createInstanceFromZone + 82
3   com.apple.Foundation     	0x927dc4f2 NSAllocateObject + 100
4   com.apple.Foundation     	0x928093c6 -[NSArray objectEnumerator] + 144
[snip]

Thread 1:
0   libSystem.B.dylib        	0x9001a1cc select + 12
1   libSystem.B.dylib        	0x90024227 _pthread_body + 84

Thread 2:
0   libSystem.B.dylib        	0x90009cd7 mach_msg_trap + 7
1   com.apple.CoreFoundation 	0x9082d23b CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 2014
2   com.apple.CoreFoundation 	0x9082ca56 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 61
3   com.apple.calcore        	0x9a4c1d56 -[CALRunLoopSemaphore down] + 105
4   com.apple.calcore        	0x9a558c89 -[CALThreadedOperationHandler run] + 253
5   com.apple.Foundation     	0x927f82c0 forkThreadForFunction + 123
6   libSystem.B.dylib        	0x90024227 _pthread_body + 84

Thread 3:
0   libSystem.B.dylib        	0x900248c7 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 7
1   com.apple.Foundation     	0x9284e250 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 39
2   com.apple.calcore        	0x9a58ac80 -[CALThreadedMDController consumerLoop:] + 96
3   com.apple.Foundation     	0x927f82c0 forkThreadForFunction + 123
4   libSystem.B.dylib        	0x90024227 _pthread_body + 84

Thread 4:
0   libSystem.B.dylib        	0x900248c7 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 7
1   com.apple.Foundation     	0x9284e250 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 39
2   com.apple.calcore        	0x9a58ac80 -[CALThreadedMDController consumerLoop:] + 96
3   com.apple.Foundation     	0x927f82c0 forkThreadForFunction + 123
4   libSystem.B.dylib        	0x90024227 _pthread_body + 84

Thread 5:
0   libSystem.B.dylib        	0x900248c7 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 7
1   com.apple.Foundation     	0x9284e250 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 39
2   com.apple.calcore        	0x9a58ac80 -[CALThreadedMDController consumerLoop:] + 96
3   com.apple.Foundation     	0x927f82c0 forkThreadForFunction + 123
4   libSystem.B.dylib        	0x90024227 _pthread_body + 84

Thread 6:
0   libSystem.B.dylib        	0x900248c7 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 7
1   com.apple.Foundation     	0x9284e250 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 39
2   com.apple.calcore        	0x9a58ac80 -[CALThreadedMDController consumerLoop:] + 96
3   com.apple.Foundation     	0x927f82c0 forkThreadForFunction + 123
4   libSystem.B.dylib        	0x90024227 _pthread_body + 84

Thread 7:
0   libSystem.B.dylib        	0x900248c7 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 7
1   com.apple.Foundation     	0x9284e250 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 39
2   com.apple.calcore        	0x9a58ac80 -[CALThreadedMDController consumerLoop:] + 96
3   com.apple.Foundation     	0x927f82c0 forkThreadForFunction + 123
4   libSystem.B.dylib        	0x90024227 _pthread_body + 84

Thread 8:
0   libSystem.B.dylib        	0x900248c7 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 7
1   com.apple.Foundation     	0x9284e250 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 39
2   com.apple.calcore        	0x9a58ac80 -[CALThreadedMDController consumerLoop:] + 96
3   com.apple.Foundation     	0x927f82c0 forkThreadForFunction + 123
4   libSystem.B.dylib        	0x90024227 _pthread_body + 84

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
  eax: 0x01800000  ebx: 0x90011546  ecx: 0x00000000  edx: 0x00000001
  edi: 0x01800000  esi: 0xa27f41e0  ebp: 0xbf800128  esp: 0xbf7ffff0
   ss: 0x0000001f  efl: 0x00010286  eip: 0x90007ae5   cs: 0x00000017
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03-05-2005, 01:49 PM	#6
gucciago Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1	iCal 1.5 Crash fixed also with same procedure I have been having the same problem and I just removed the Calanders in iCal 1.5.5 then started it... worked great! then I just drug each one back in until it crashed.... it was the HOME calander for me... so... next... when running (iCal) I double clicked on the HOME calander that I had drug to my desktop... it reloaded (imported) it back and now works great! :-) the location of the Calaners have aparently been moved by apple.. to this folder (OS X 10.3.8 Panther) ~/(user)/library/Calendars hope this helps anyone...

12-05-2005, 06:47 PM	#8
vvebsta Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1	fixed ical crash at startup >Help. iCal crashes on startup. I've reinstalled, replaced the .pkg, checked >everything I can think of including replacing a font rumored to have once >caused problems. I don't have anything critical in the program that I need to >preserve so wiping it out completely and reinstalling is perfectly fine...except >that even that doesn't seem to work. I had the exact same problem and I figure out how to fix it without system wiping my computer... I deleted iCal off my computer as well as the com.apple.iCal.AlarmScheduler.plist & com.apple.iCal.plist found in Library>Preferences Then I went to MacHD>System>Library>PrivateFrameworks & dragged CALcore.framework to the trash as well Empty trash ...insert Mac Osx Install DVD>System>Installation>Packages>iCal.pkg and reinstall your iCal after that I opened up iCal in my apps and it worked!!! hope that helps everyone

02-14-2006, 04:33 AM	#12
vikasr Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1	Same Problem I'm having the same problem as described above. I've tried everything.. deleted everything listed, reinstalled both with Pacifist and through the iCal.pkg on my CD, and nothing works. It dies right when it starts up. Strangely, it works on a new user account that I made. Trust me when I say that I deleted everything iCal related in my home directory. The only thing that could be going on now is that it is crashing from some kinda extension or widget conflict. Hope someone can help. -v

04-11-2006, 10:27 AM	#16
atl_adam_2000 Prospect Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 1	Remove Home Fixed It I removed the Home calendar and launched iCal and it worked. Then I imported my Home calendar (picked the option to remove alarms thingiee) and that worked too. THANK YOU MacOSXHints folks & users! Adam

07-11-2007, 11:18 PM	#17
wd1512 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1	iCal crash was due to iSync problem I tried most of the suggestions in this thread but iCal kept crashing after a couple of seconds. Then I deactivated (removed checkmark) "Calendars" in System Preferences / .Mac. That's where the Sync settings are controlled. Now iCal worked again but I had no syncing for it with my iDisk. When I reactivated "Calendars" it reported that it wanted to add 40 !!calendars to iCal. I cancelled that crazy task and subsequently went to the Advanced Tab. There I unregistered my computer. This unregistering had the purpose to remove all compromised backup data on my iDisk that was most likely responsible for iSync wanting to add 40 ficticious calendars to my only 4 calendars (Home, work, and two more) in iCal. Once I had unregistered, I immediately registered the same computer again, but this time under a different name (I don't know if a different name was needed, but it did not harm). Then I was asked how to handle the data in the first iSync. I choose to delete all data on the iDisk. That done, the sync worked fine and ever after iCal works again. No further crashes. By the way, this whole problem occurred when I had only 2 GB of free space on my HD for a short while. Don't ever have your disk get that full.

08-28-2004, 12:07 PM	#2
yellow Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,677	The presence of unsanity's APE and audio hijack server in this crash thread looks suspicious to me. Turn off APE. See if iCal works. Turn off audio hijack. See if iCall works.

11-25-2004, 02:30 PM	#5
Colin Ng Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1	I had a similar problem. It turned out to be one of my calendars. I fixed it by going to ~/Library/Application Support/Calendars, moving out all my calendars, and moving them back one at a time and launching iCal each time. (iCal 'knows' your list of calendars and will create blank calendars when you move them out - just replaces those blank calendars with your real .ics calendar file)

01-22-2006, 11:37 PM	#10
f8lee@mindspring Prospect Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1	Okay, I'm stumped. After posting a question on my iCal immediately dying (following my attempt to respond to an Outloook MIME invitation) I removed all vestiges of iCal from Tiger on my G4 (couldn't find the CALcore.framework file anywhere, though). Anyway, I cannot find a way to reinstall just iCal from the Tiger DVD - it demands that I restart and then warns about resetting everything. Which I obviously don't want to do. Is there a magic key combo that will get me to the part of the DVD which will allow me to select only iCal installation? TIA BobF

02-26-2006, 03:38 AM	#14
carter4 Prospect Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 4	iCal has been crashing on restarts for months but it would always open when double-clicked from Dock. Tonight it crashes full time. Last night I used CCC to clone the main drive to another HD. That has been the major change. However iCal worked fine this morning, I believe. The cloned copy of iCal is broken, too! I tried all the solutions (most of hayne's anyway and not Pacifist, yet) plus reinstalling the OS10.4.5 upgrade and creating a new user. iCal continues its stubborn streak. Tried removing the two calendar widgets too. Sure would hate to lose access to that calendar :-(

03-10-2006, 12:54 AM	#15
carter4 Prospect Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 4	The solution that worked for me: installing Tiger on the other drive in my computer. Taking the broken iCal out of the startup drive and Option-dragging the new iCal from the 2nd drive to the startup. All the birthdays, appointments, etc. were still there. I only had to adjust the Prefs to suit my needs. Only problem is the working iCal is v2.0 The broken iCal was v2.0.3.

07-12-2007, 09:51 AM	#18
Skybolt Triple-A Player Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 249	The original problem was a bad sync with iDisk. The fix was/is to simply go to iSync preferences and "reset all sync". You will be prompted to tell whether you want to sync the computer to the iDisk or vice versa. Choose one or the other, let it sync and you are good to go. __________________ Mary