HELP ME almost nothing is going right.
OK so... I don't know where to start, but here I go...
Last week Software Update kept bugging me to update a bunch of things including iTunes, and so I did. When I restarted it like it asked me and logged in and everything, I tried to open iTunes, and instead the icon just bounced in the dock for 10 seconds and then stopped and a window popped up saying "iTunes quit unexpectedly" and I sent the report to Apple. I tried again and again and it still wouldn't work...
So then I tried to reinstall iTunes by going to apple.com and downloading the new version and installing it all again, but that didn't work. Then I tried a clean install of iTunes, deleting the copy I had, and the music folders, and going to Apple.com again and reinstalling it, which didn't work at all... And then I looked online for fixes to the problem and found a blog with a Terminal script that would remove iTunes 8.2 and then I installed iTunes 8.1.1 again, which didn't work.. So I tried to update iTunes again to version 8.2 and it still didn't work... I've tried A LOT of things, and none of them have worked... Disk Utility and everything too.
And this has affected the use of the built-in iSight camera too, and iPhoto, and GarageBand and almost every other program!!! Whenever I click the Photo Booth icon, just like iTunes, it just bounces
for 10 seconds and then quits "unexpectedly"... And I noticed that it isn't just Photo Booth, because when I tried to use the camera in Safari and also in iChat, it made both the applications just quit "unexpectedly"...
When I try to import photos into iPhoto it just quits "unexpectedly", and when I have iPhoto open and double click on a photo to zoom in/edit it it just quits "unexpectedly"... And In GarageBand when I press save, the program quits "unexpectedly". Aaaanddd... When I try to open an mp3 or m4a file in any program, it just crashes... Including QuickTime...
CAN YOU HELP ME!!?? Please? I'm about to like go crazy! I am a music FREAK and I also use my built-in iSight a lot for video chats, and this *****! I can't listen to any music at all!!! PLEASE if you have any ideas of what to do please help...
Some info you might want is that I do not have the discs that came with my computer so I can't re-install OS X if thats your recommendation.
Start by doing the following:
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger and Leopard.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger, and 4.1 for Leopard) and/or TechTool Pro (4.6.1 for Leopard) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
If the problem persists then do this:
How to Perform an Archive and Install
An Archive and Install will NOT erase your hard drive, but you must have sufficient free space for a second OS X installation which could be from 3-9 GBs depending upon the version of OS X and selected installation options. The free space requirement is over and above normal free space requirements which should be at least 6-10 GBs. Read all the linked references carefully before proceeding.
1. Be sure to use Disk Utility first to repair the disk before performing the Archive and Install.
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then quit DU and return to the installer.
2. Do not proceed with an Archive and Install if DU reports errors it cannot fix. In that case use Disk Warrior and/or TechTool Pro to repair the hard drive. If neither can repair the drive, then you will have to erase the drive and reinstall from scratch.
3. Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When you reach the screen to select a destination drive click once on the destination drive then click on the Option button. Select the Archive and Install option. You have an option to preserve users and network preferences. Only select this option if you are sure you have no corrupted files in your user accounts. Otherwise leave this option unchecked. Click on the OK button and continue with the OS X Installation.
4. Upon completion of the Archive and Install you will have a Previous System Folder in the root directory. You should retain the PSF until you are sure you do not need to manually transfer any items from the PSF to your newly installed system.
5. After moving any items you want to keep from the PSF you should delete it. You can back it up if you prefer, but you must delete it from the hard drive.
6. You can now download a Combo Updater directly from Apple's download site to update your new system to the desired version as well as install any security or other updates. You can also do this using Software Update.
Or, if you maintain regular backups you can erase the hard drive and restore your backup (assuming the backup is from before you updated.)
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