ISync refuses to launch

I have been using iSync over the last day to assist iTunes in syncing with my iPhone. Sync services tried to merge lots of data with Entourage causing lots of duplicate calendar and contacts. I cleaned it up. But I cannot get the iPhone to sync. So, I tried to reset the sync database in iSync only to find that it will not launch anymore. I tried blitzing the files in application support and in prefs, but it still will not launch. Tried restarting. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Hey David,
How did you reset the sync database?
"As if it were a swarm of bees, you should stay away from the SyncServices folder in Mac OS X 10.4. Removing or modifying anything in it—or in subfolders within it—may cause unexpected issues. This folder is located in your Application Support folder, in your Library folder, in your Home folder."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301920
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306122
Does iSync launch in another user account?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh168.html
Try pulling the plist for iSync at ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.isync.plist
Jason

Similar Messages

Since re-install of OSX, ISync refuses to launch

Here is the crash log :
Host Name: PBG4.local
Date/Time: 2007-05-07 09:17:13 +0200
OS Version: 10.3.9 (Build 7W98)
Report Version: 2
Command: iSync
Path: /Applications/iSync.app/Contents/MacOS/iSync
Version: ??? (???)
PID: 502
Thread: Unknown
Link (dyld) error:
dyld: /Applications/iSync.app/Contents/MacOS/iSync can't open library: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SyncConduit.framework/Versions/A/SyncConduit (No such file or directory, errno = 2)
Thank you for advices, don't know what to do, I tried to reinstall 1.2 ISync pkg, no way : "pkg already received". Then I tried to trash ISync, reboot and reinstall -> same message so what ?
PB G4 PPC 1,33Ghz 1Go RAM Mac OS X (10.3.9) Agence de publicité www.belcanto.fr

Hey David,
How did you reset the sync database?
"As if it were a swarm of bees, you should stay away from the SyncServices folder in Mac OS X 10.4. Removing or modifying anything in it—or in subfolders within it—may cause unexpected issues. This folder is located in your Application Support folder, in your Library folder, in your Home folder."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301920
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306122
Does iSync launch in another user account?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh168.html
Try pulling the plist for iSync at ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.isync.plist
Jason

Need help FAST Application refusing to launch

My PowerBook is refusing to launch an app, the app works fine on all my other computers. In the app's crash log I get this:
http://pastebin.com/664099
This computer used to run the app fine until earlier today when a folder named 501.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (the x represents numbers that I can't remember). I am loosing my patients with this **** computer and am about to smash it with a hammer if I don't get this fixed FAST.
--Thank you for your help

If you really want this fixed fast, you should consider:
The more information you provide about the crash, the better. You didn't indicate what program you were using and you also seemed a bit frustrated when you posted and didn't quite finish the sentence concerning the 501 folder, which I can only assume, appeared in your trash, as I think I've seen this before after a program quits unexpectedly.
According to the crash report, it appears that the program that is crashing is Adium.
You can try reinstalling the program to see if something has been corrupted in the program package.
You can check to see if there is a more up to date version of the program. You might be dealing with a bug that has been fixed in a more recent version.
You can hunt for the preferences by doing a file search in the library/preferences folder to see if you can find all the preferences associated with adium and delete them. You will most likey loose all your preference setting and any login information, since it's an IM program, but at least you can get it up and running again.
Don't delete the preference files until you have verified that the other two solutions do not work. There's no need to go through re-intering the preferences you want if you can fix the problem by reinstalling the program, which doesn't mess with your preferences.

ITunes refuses to launch

I just updated to the newest version of iTunes, and upon restarting, iTunes refuses to launch. I tried launching from applications, restarting, reinstalling, and deleting my library settings file for iTunes, but nothing has worked. No other programs are running.
When I try to start iTunes, the icon bounces for less than a second, and then stops, and the application never starts.
I'm at a loss, any idea's?
15" 2.16 Ghz Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.10)

http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20070712103214718
See this.
Fixed mine.
It seems that the enhancer wont allow the licence agreement pop up to show for the new update.
When disabled you can agree to the licence then re-enable the enhancer the re-start and everything should then be back to normal.

Ipod Nano refuses to launch automatically with itunes 8.2 on mac

Hi all,
I'm hoping someone can please help. I have a 2nd Generation Nano and it now refuses to launch my itunes 8.2 automatically and therefore I am unable to get to my ipod's music at all via my mac.
I used to get the DO Not disconnect logo flash up on screen, but this NO longer activates. It does however still charge the ipod fully via the USB cable provided.
I've now had to resort to uninstalling 8.2 and trying to work with 8.01, but this doesn't appear to have rectified the problem. I have yet to restore the ipod but was hoping I could avoid that option.
If anyone has experienced anything similar or has a solution to the problem please get in touch.
Sal
Message was edited by: Icklesal

pictures illustrating the problem:
"iPhone" is an album containing 111 photos. No photos actually appear even after syncing - as shown by the capacity bar at the bottom:
http://i42.tinypic.com/30mo2ev.jpg
Note: I've tried syncing just ONE photo (inside AND outside iPhoto) and it doesnt work.
Also tried under Windows XP and syncing ONE photo. Didn't work either. (also running iTunes 8.2 as I don't have an old version to try...)
iPod Photo Cache is created correctly. Tried deleting and recreating it. Definitely works.
http://i41.tinypic.com/1217og4.jpg
If I use something like the demo of Ecamm Phone View ( http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/ ) to view the contents of the iPhone, it is clear that NONE of the iPod Photo Cache thumbnails got transferred to the iPhone. (If i manually transfer it into the Photos folder the photos work – of course, until iTunes syncs again as it then deletes all the photos once again.)
Tried restoring iPhone - no help.
Clearly the problem is sporadic (as not many ppl have reported it) but yet, for those that are affected, it stops something that has worked before.

Quicktime Pro 7 refuses to launch independently after installation of AVID MC7 / Sorenson Squeeze

Hi guys,
Hopefully someone knows a fix for this.
After installation MC7 and Squeeze, i can no longer launch QT / QT Pro. The only way i can play .mov files is via iTunes, which for me is less than desireable. So the codec is obviously there.
Please note that QT 7 (non pro) was working fine prior to installing Avid & Sorenson.
I've tried 'repairing' QT by downloading the file, but even after the repair it still refuses to launch.
Also, QT is non longer listed in the 'open with' options... Please help!
Windows 7 home x64 (latest ver.)
x6 Phenom 945
8GB Ram
GTX 560 ti

Good catch!
I must note that when i launch QT from the start button and it prompts the user account control popup, i notice the target is in 'Program Files - Quicktime Alternative.'
It'll probably be a conflict with QuickTime Alternative (It's a third-party chop-down of QuickTime) and the standard QuickTime Player.
Head into your uninstall a program control panel. Uninstall QuickTime, then uninstall QuickTime Alternative. Now try reinstalling the QuickTime Player:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
Does the player launch for you now?

HT2490 I can't find System Preferences on my Mac. I can locate the Apple menu and click on the System Preferences tab, but the System Preferences refuses to launch. Help!

I can locate the Apple menu and click on the System Preferences tab, but the System Preferences refuses to launch. Help!

I think it must be missing from the Applications folder.
Do you have your 10.4 Install Disc to do an Archive & Install?

Leopard 10.5.7 refuses to launch applications after "erase and install"

I have an older iMac G5 (1.6Mhz PPC, 2 Gb RAM) born with Panther OS. I wanted to update some applications so I could have a secure browser and other apps. I upgraded the RAM to 2 Gb as a first step. The additional RAM really perked up the old iMac so the next step was to update the OS to 10.5.6 using a DVD that was printed in Jan '09 and sold as part of a bundle pack with the new iLife 09 and iWork 09.
I thought I could get away with an overwrite installation and I knew there were risks in doing that. The result was a really bugey computer with frequent terminal views, kernel panics and even hard shut downs. Apple issued the 10.5.7 update and that helped stabilize the system somewhat.
I still had problems with instablility of the OS and with Safari 3.2.3, Firefox 3 and other applications. I decided to reinstall Leopard using the archive and install procedure. The 2nd install stabilized the OS but I still had problems with browsers and Open Office refusing to launch.
I did lots of troubleshooting using Onyx, MemTest OSX, repair permissions in the Disk Utility, etc. I created a new user account and the problems persisted. I decided to try a third install of the OS using the Erase and Install procedure.
The system now has Safari 4.0.1 but after a few page views Safari crashed and now it crashes as soon as you launch it. A freshly downloaded Camino browser does the same thing. iTunes, System Profiler and a fresh download of Onyx also refuse to launch. All of them crash while launching.
I can launch an ancient version of IE and Firefox 3 from the desktop.
After the last OS X install, I noticed the system did not accept the first attempts at downloading the Leopard updates and the Safari update. A second attempt was successful for both. I am reluctanct to proceed with installing anymore applications until I can fix what I believe is a problem with the OS. The OS worked well after the archive and install procedure and I am thinking it should be able to work at least as well after the erase and install.
I live in a rural area and the nearest Apple "genius" counter is about a 5 hour round trip. Is there anyone out there that has encountered this problem?

The Internet Explorer came with the iMac and I never used it. I had it on a disk so I put it on the desktop to get a download of Camino after Safari failed. It's so old that most websites can't render for it unless they have some html default page.
Here is what the Crash Reporter log had. The iTunes was on the OS X install disk. The Camino browser was downloaded from Caminobrowser.org.
Process: iTunes [275]
Path: /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes
Identifier: com.apple.iTunes
Version: ??? (???)
Build Info: iTunes-8202301~15
Code Type: PPC (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [67]
Date/Time: 2009-07-04 21:34:25.644 -0700
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.7 (9J61)
Report Version: 6
Anonymous UUID: 17FE9D2E-ED3C-44C8-BD16-23C937CA83AE
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x000000008fe0105c
Crashed Thread: 0
Dyld Error Message:
Symbol not found: __ZN7WebCore11RenderLayer18gAlignCenterAlwaysE
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.frame work/Versions/A/WebCore
Process: Safari [118]
Path: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
Identifier: com.apple.Safari
Version: ??? (???)
Build Info: WebBrowser-55301800~1
Code Type: PPC (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [67]
Date/Time: 2009-07-04 21:14:45.039 -0700
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.7 (9J61)
Report Version: 6
Anonymous UUID: 17FE9D2E-ED3C-44C8-BD16-23C937CA83AE
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x000000008fe0105c
Crashed Thread: 0
Dyld Error Message:
Symbol not found: __ZN7WebCore11RenderLayer18gAlignCenterAlwaysE
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.frame work/Versions/A/WebCore
Process: Camino [361]
Path: /Volumes/Camino/Camino.app/Contents/MacOS/Camino
Identifier: org.mozilla.camino
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: PPC (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [67]
Date/Time: 2009-07-04 22:14:43.753 -0700
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.7 (9J61)
Report Version: 6
Anonymous UUID: 17FE9D2E-ED3C-44C8-BD16-23C937CA83AE
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x000000008fe0105c
Crashed Thread: 0
Dyld Error Message:
Symbol not found: __ZN7WebCore11RenderLayer18gAlignCenterAlwaysE
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.frame work/Versions/A/WebCore

Photo Shop Elements 12 refuses to launch

I installed and have successfully used PSE 12 on Windows 7 since October 2013. It quit working in the middle of alternately using it with an online screen of an art class and now refuses to launch. I have done repeated uninstalls and reinstalls to no avail. It's welcome screen does come up but now with the message that my trial version has expired and the only option given is to BUY NOW. I have a licensed product. Is this a program bug as I've read others encountering similar issues. Please advise what steps I can take to try and resolve this issue. My class work depends on this program. Thanks.

http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/error-licensing-stopped-windows.html

ISync Failing to Launch, Reinstall Unsuccessful

I'm having a terrible problem with iSync on a G4 Powerbook running 10.4.11. I removed Palm Desktop by hand following these instructions from Palm:
http://kb.palm.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE?New,Kb=PalmSupportKB,CASE=31318
and afterwards iSync wouldn't launch. It bounces in the dock for awhile, and eventually settles but never displays a black arrow underneath it. So, I reinstalled the system software using an Archive and Install, but had the same problem. Next, I reinstalled the iSync app by extracting it from my Tiger disk using Pacifist and then running the 10.4.11 combo updater to update it, and it's still exhibiting the same behavior.
Is there any way for me to completely reinstall iSync and it's supporting files aside from a new, clean install of Tiger?

I would not have bothered to remove the Palm Desktop, but looking at the instruction set they provided, I see no reason that iSync would have been adversely affected. Are you sure that iSync is in its default location in the Applications folder?
If it is anywhere else, including within a subfolder in the Applications folder, it will not have been affected by the update you reapplied.

ISync will only launch in Admin accounts in Snow Leopard

I use Sync Together from Mark Space. Since upgrading to Snow Leopard, the application will not launch and stops responding upon launch so I force quit. When I changed the account to an admin, this does not happen. The same thing happens with iSync. I am guessing that the root problem of Sync Together is that iSync is not launching.
Can anyone else launch iSync while logged in as a 'Standard' account?

There was a problem with the sync services. This article helped me solve this problem:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1627

Social app refuses to launch

The social app in my nokia asha 202 refuses to launch. Each time I try it responds " invalid application - delete? ". Pls how do I restore it ?

Hi,
Have you checked if there is an update for the social app on your phone or available software update for your device? If not then visit the link http://www.nokia.com/global/support/software-update/belle-asha-symbian-software-update/ and check the instructions for updating the application or software of the phone. Before doing so, take a back up first of the files from your phone to your PC using Nokia Suite to avoid data loss.
If there is no update, you may re-install the software of the device by the following instructions below:
Connect your phone to your PC using the USB cable and launch Nokia Suite.
Once your phone is already recognised by Nokia Suite, click on Tools tab.
Select Software Update then look for the "reinstall" button.

Itunes 10.4 refuses to launch

Twice now I've tried to upgrade iTunes to 10.4 on two 64-bit Windows 7 machines (the second time I waited for 10.4.1), and twice the results were catastrophic, with iTunes stubbornly refusing to launch, with no error message whatsoever. Zapping the old music libraries and the SC Info files did not help.
Any clues?

Ah! I found several other people with the same problem in this forum. I followed the suggestion to move iTunes 4 from the "Applications" to the desktop and launch it from there. It worked! I moved it back into the Application folder and its still okay. Thanks! This is a definitely a bug that Apple needs to address quickly.

IWork files refuse to launch in Snow Leopard

I upgraded to Snow Leopard today and All iWork apps refuse to launch. They close in a few seconds without any crash report. Any suggestions?

Grab the official list of fonts installed by the system:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1642
I will search if there is a new technote listing the Snow fonts.
Disable those which aren't listed here.
Then try to enable them one by one to identify the culprit(s).
Interesting infos available at:
http://www.prepressure.com/fonts/basics/snow-leopard-fonts
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/06/font-changes-coming-to-mac-os-x-snow-l eopard.ars
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2132728&tstart=0
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) lundi 31 août 2009 14:30:42

TS1702 My iBooks is refusing to launch on the new iPad. Worked yesterday. . I have restarted the iPad and nothing. Latest os and no app update in the store. Help

Tring to launch iBooks just flashes an goes back to launch icon My iBooks is refusing to launch on the new iPad. Worked yesterday. . I have restarted the iPad and nothing. Latest os and no app update in the store. Help

Have you tried closing the iBooks app completely and seeing if it works when you re-open it ? From the home screen (i.e. not with iBooks 'open' on-screen, though it sounds like you can't get it to be open anyway) double-click the home button to bring up the taskbar, then press and hold any of the apps on the taskbar for a couple of seconds or so until they start shaking, then press the '-' in the top left of the iBooks app to close it, and touch any part of the screen above the taskbar so as to stop the shaking and close the taskbar.
If that doesn't work then you could try a reset (not sure whether this is what you meant by a restart) : press and hold both the sleep and home buttons for about 10 to 15 seconds (ignore the red slider), after which the Apple logo should appear - you won't lose any content, it's the iPad equivalent of a reboot.

ISync refuses to launch

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for