Had to reinstall lion because of my error, but now a lot of apps. are showing up on my dock as question marks and will not open.

Ive gotten the question mark icon thing, and I just took them off the dock and redragged them onto the dock from the Applications folder again and they worked fine. Mine were a couple of game type programs nothing major yet. Just wanted to throw that out there though since I had that happen with a few dock icons.

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This article may help: A flashing question mark appears when you start your Mac.

After I reinstall Itunes, the message read "the file iTunes Library.it cannot be read because it was created by a newer version of itunes, i have tried with iTunes version 11.1, 10.1 and 9.1 still come up with the same message and will not open iTunes

after I reinstall Itunes, the message read "the file iTunes Library.it cannot be read because it was created by a newer version of itunes, i have tried with iTunes version 11.1, 10.1 and 9.1 still come up with the same message and will not open iTunes

Try the following user tip:
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Please help! My Itunes says corrupt file and will not open (IMac 2010). I couldn't fix it by reinstalling so I moved it to trash. It will not delete from my trash as it is saying "Japanese.lproj" is in use. I can't delete or open to close it, what do I do

Please help!
My Itunes says there is a corrupt file and will not open (IMac 2010). I couldn't fix it by reinstalling ITunes so I moved ITunes to trash. It will not delete from my trash as it is saying "Japanese.lproj" is in use. I have never opened or used "Japanese.lproj". I can't delete ITunes or open ITunes to close the Japanese.lproj, what do I do? Thank you for any help you can provide..

It will not delete from my trash as it is saying "Japanese.lproj" is in use. I have never opened or used "Japanese.lproj".
Interesting. This sort of thing is more common on Windows systems. Taken at face value, one of the iTunes program files (one of the Japanese language resources) is damaged.
I'd try running your Disk Utility over your startup disk. Does it find/repair any damage? If so can you empty your trash and reinstall your iTunes successfully now?

My CS6 is giving me an error message that says "photoshop has unexpectedly quit" and will not open. I have tried re-intalling but it still won't open

CS6 has stopped working. It give error message saying that Photoshop has unexpectedly quit and will not open at all. The same with Elements 11

Sorry - this is the Audition forum. We don't know anything about Photoshop or Elements at all; you need to ask in the Photoshop forum.

I have upgraded from firefox 4 to firefox 5 and now it crashes and will not open at all just produces an error box to submit the fault. I have submitted and now cannot use firefox at all cannot open it cannot use it cannot do anything with it.

I wish I could go back to version 4.
Have spent hours now .
Upgraded to 5 and now completely useless, will not open at all please help

I have this problem with Firefox 5.0 too. You are forced to reboot when access to 5.0 is denied. I had so many problems with 4.0 as well. I am so tired of the crashes and seeing that popup window to send your comments, it is ridiculous. I also find in 5.0 that mouse controls are fruitless and sometimes take over. The pages will jump forward or back, the pull down menus do not function, clicking boxes in online email don't work and pages will zoom in or out by themselves. I have three computers with different operating systems that this happens with. All these updates by programmers are crap. I thought I set firefox to not update automatically, since updates seem to be worse than the previous version, but it happens anyway. I will surf for an older version or switch to something else. Too bad because after 10+ years, they are losing my loyalty.

Iphoto has crashed and will not open. Can I reinstall Iphoto without loosing my existing photos?

Iphoto crashed and will not start. How do I save my existing photos and videos and reinstall Iphoto?

reinstalling will not cure this - you need to rebuild your library- Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - rebuild your iPhoto library database
And the ONLY way to "save" your photos and videos - and every other file on your computer - is to always have a good current backup - sooner or later your disk will fail and with no backup you will lose everything
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Elements 9 is showing an error message and will not open

elements 9 is shwing an error message and will not open

Are you using the new Mavericks OS? If you upgrade to 10.9 with the application already installed the old prefs will have been left behind; so you need to clear them. Start by quitting PSE9.
Launch Finder and click the Go menu whilst holding down the Option (alt) key. Then go to Library >> Preferences and clear everything relating to PSE9 which usually means deleting the following files:
com.adobe.PhotoshopElements.plist
Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 Paths
Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 Settings
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http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/crash-using-open-save-dialog-mac.html

I had to reinstall Lion because my computer was non responsive. Now all my stuff (applications, etc) are gone. I have a time machine backup - does that have my applications and if so how do I get them from the backup to my computer? It is power mac 2 x2.8

It is power mac 2 x2.8 GHz Quad core intel xeon running 10.7.3 - purchased in 2006
Or how can I transfer the appliucations form my laptop?

Ok. I have 2 hard drives and one of them died apparently so..not knowing what to do, I did chose reinstall Lion after command r open start-up. The whole thing is a mess but my computer is back up and running with the second hard drive. I had a time machine backup which I've been dragging stuff out of. i had to re enter serial numbers and do all sorts of initial set up stuff. 1) How do I get all of my icons (like my HD icon and external drives icons) to appear on my desktop again? I can only find them through a finder window. 2) i now have to type a password to get into my computer (user) - I 'm the only user and don't want to have to do that.

After Mavericks reinstall, I copied iPhoto library over, but now photos missing? Where are they hiding or how do I recover them?

I was told by Genius?Bar to reinstall Mavericks and avoid using Migration Assistant, but rather manually copy over my data because of ongoing issues. I have a newer version of iPhoto now (9.5.1, not sure the previous version). I copied the iPhoto Library from the Pictures folder of my Time Machine backup. I want to keep all the folders, albums, keywords, etc. Now, several photos are missing and showing an exclamation mark, however the folders they were in are still there. I tried rebuilding the database and had no luck with that. I still have the Time Machine back up, but no idea where the missing photos are if they aren't in the iPhoto Library file. Most of the photos were imported from an iPhone and iPad, so not sure if there is a default location they would save to other than iPhoto Library? Any help is greatly appreciated.

but the Genius Bar guy specifically advised me to "drag and drop" my data
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There is nothing more to say - it will not work and you have proven that to yourself by doing it and having it not work
LN

No matter what site I download firefox from, there is always an error and will not open or install, what is the problem? I'm on a Mac with OS 10.4. I'm trying to download firefox 3.6.12.dmg

When trying to download firefox 3.6.12.dmg to my Mac, OS 10.4, no matter what site I download it from, it will not install. There is always some error message. I'm trying to download it again now, and I know it will be the same thing again and again. Can anyone open a window for me, since the door is constantly being slamed in my face?
Thanks

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Muse crashed and afterwards, error message saying site file damaged and will not open

I was working on a muse file when it shut down due to "an error". When I tried to open the file again, it told me that the site was damaged and could not be opened. I have a PC and I would like to know if there is any way I can get the file checked out to see if it is recoverable in any way. I have two versions of the file, the original damaged muse file and a gzip file that I got from recovering some of the files.

Hi,
This is not a sure sort fix and only if you are comfortable you may try these steps to recover your file :-
1. First, Create a backup copy of your Muse file and then perform the following steps on the copy.
2.Change the extension of the file from .muse to .rar.
4.Open it using the WinRAR application.
5.Winrar throws a warning stating that you attempted to open damaged archive, you can safely Ignore the warning.
6.Go to Tools->Repair Archive. This ensures that the archive and hence, the .muse file is repaired.
7.Change the extension back to .muse.
This is not a sure sort fix but this sometimes helps in recovering files that have got corrupt due to unexpected crash.
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ITunes error and will not open

I just upgraded QuickTime to 7.6. When I try to open iTunes I get the following error message:
The iTunes application could not be opened. A required iTunes component is not installed. Please repair or reinstall QuickTime.
I tried to repair iTunes by going to Add/Remove programs >> change >> repair to iTunes, but the same problem is still occurring.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.

I am not sure about this as I am not familiar with problems on 64 bit systems.
But I would try a complete removal of iTunes and related programs followed by a phased reinstall, QUicktime then iTunes.
Note that your need the version of Quicktime that does not include iTunes.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Completely remove itune and quicktime etc
XP
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1925
The other thing you should think about is incompatible codec packs.
Have you installed any of the following:
ACE & K-Lite mega codecs package, QT alternative, Storm codec, WinAVI video converter, Mpcstar, (possibly starcodec pack, 3ivx)
If so uninstall them before reinstalling Quicktime, they are know to cause problems with QUickitme.
Install QUicktime then restart your PC and check that it works.
If it does try installing iTunes.
PS you can get the 64 bit drivers for burning from the Gear site:
http://www.gearsoftware.com/support/drivers.cfm
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Had to reinstall lion because of my error, but now a lot of apps. are showing up on my dock as question marks and will not open.

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