Palm Desktop suddenly will not run

After 8 years of using Palm Desktop, now it will not open. It will start booting up and a window comes up with: "Unexpected end of file" and prompts me to quit. Also my palm will not sync.
What is going on?
Mac OS 10.4.11
Palm Desktop 4.2.1 rev2
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1chiro, do you have experience with MacOS or apple computers?
It's pretty important to have when answering questions in this area...
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