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Q: iPhoto crashes after opening repeatedly

Hello -

 

   Tonight my iPhoto opened, then crashed almost immediately. I have done a database rebuild, but it continues to crash shortly after opening. Using iPhoto 9.4.3 on OSX 10.8.5... thanks for any help.

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Nov 18, 2015 12:36 AM

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  • by carvermon,

    carvermon carvermon Nov 18, 2015 12:58 AM in response to carvermon
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    Nov 18, 2015 12:58 AM in response to carvermon

    Additional info - the last three times it opened, I was able to select photos and albums, and enter edit mode, but right after selecting "info" mode it crashed.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Nov 18, 2015 3:32 AM in response to carvermon
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    Nov 18, 2015 3:32 AM in response to carvermon

    As a Test:

     

    Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Create Library'

     

    Import a few pics into this new, blank library. Is the Problem repeated there?

     

    Post back with the result.

  • by carvermon,

    carvermon carvermon Nov 18, 2015 8:09 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Nov 18, 2015 8:09 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    Hello,

     

       Thanks for the reply. I just created a second library - same issue. I can do other tasks, but right after selecting the "info" sidebar button, it shuts down.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Nov 18, 2015 8:43 AM in response to carvermon
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    Nov 18, 2015 8:43 AM in response to carvermon

    Oka. Another test: switch to another user account and try that test once more.

  • by carvermon,

    carvermon carvermon Nov 18, 2015 9:10 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Nov 18, 2015 9:10 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    I switched to a test user account and had the same thing happen in the new iPhoto there. Hope you have a next step! Thanks.

  • by carvermon,

    carvermon carvermon Nov 18, 2015 10:06 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Nov 18, 2015 10:06 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    Well, now I have a potentially much bigger problem. When in the alternate user account, iPhoto said it needed to be updated and previous libraries would not work with the new version. I assumed this was only for the new user's iPhoto, so allowed it. Now, in my own user account, my library is completely gone and there are only the couple of photos that I put into the test account. Please help!!

  • by carvermon,

    carvermon carvermon Nov 18, 2015 10:35 AM in response to carvermon
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    Nov 18, 2015 10:35 AM in response to carvermon

    Ok - found the switch to library option and got my original back - but the original crash problem remains.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Nov 18, 2015 12:19 PM in response to carvermon
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    Nov 18, 2015 12:19 PM in response to carvermon

    My next step would be to reinstall the app. Check the app is on the Purchases List First.

     

    To re-install iPhoto

     

    1. Put the iPhoto.app in the trash (Drag it from your Applications Folder to the trash)

     

    2. Download it from the App Store to reinstall It's on your Purchases List* there.

     

    For older versions that have been installed from Disk you'll need these additional steps:

     

    2a: On 10.5:  Go to HD/Library/Receipts and remove any pkg file there with iPhoto in the name.

     

    2b: On 10.6: Those receipts may be found as follows:  In the Finder use the Go menu and select Go To Folder. In the resulting window type

     

    /var/db/receipts/

     

    2c: on 10.7 or later they're at

     

    /private/var/db/receipts

     

    A Finder Window will open at that location and you can remove the iPhoto pkg files.

     

    3. Re-install.

     

    If you purchased an iLife Disk, then iPhoto is on it.

     

    If iPhoto was installed on your Mac when you go it then it’s on the System Restore disks that came with your Mac. Insert the first one and opt to ‘Install Bundled Applications Only.

     

    *Sometimes iPhoto is not visible on the Purchases List. it may be hidden. See this article for details on how to unhide it.

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4928

     

    One question often asked: Will I lose my Photos if I reinstall?

     

    iPhoto the application and the iPhoto Library are two different parts of the iPhoto programme. So, reinstalling the app should not affect the Library. BUT you should always have a back up before doing this kind of work. Always.


  • by akdmks,

    akdmks akdmks Nov 18, 2015 1:42 PM in response to carvermon
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    Nov 18, 2015 1:42 PM in response to carvermon

    I have exactly the same problem since today ...

    And yes, the problems comes from the "i" button.

    It's quite strange that we both have the same problem on the same day ...

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Nov 18, 2015 1:57 PM in response to carvermon
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    Nov 18, 2015 1:57 PM in response to carvermon

    Try the following:

     

    1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your

         User/Home/Library/ Preferences folder.

     

    2 - delete the contents the following folder: User/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto

     

    Screen Shot 2013-12-29 at 9.59.57 AM.jpg

     

    3 - reboot, launch iPhoto and try again.

    OTsig18.png

  • by akdmks,

    akdmks akdmks Nov 18, 2015 2:15 PM in response to Old Toad
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    Nov 18, 2015 2:15 PM in response to Old Toad

    Did not work for me sadly ...

    Same problem occurs with a new library.

     

    Here is the error stack :

     

    Process:         iPhoto [479]

    Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto

    Identifier:      com.apple.iPhoto

    Version:         9.4.3 (9.4.3)

    Build Info:      iPhotoProject-720091000000000~2

    Code Type:       X86 (Native)

    Parent Process:  launchd [131]

    User ID:         501

     

     

    Date/Time:       2015-11-18 23:12:02.820 +0100

    OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.8.5 (12F2560)

    Report Version:  10

     

     

    Interval Since Last Report:          8559 sec

    Crashes Since Last Report:           27

    Per-App Interval Since Last Report:  1478 sec

    Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   27

    Anonymous UUID:                      C3F6D536-8FBD-398D-213D-C5406AD5731E

     

     

    Crashed Thread:  0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

     

     

    Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)

    Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00000000c53539f0

     

     

    VM Regions Near 0xc53539f0:

        CG shared images       00000000c15e6000-00000000c15ee000 [   32K] r--/r-- SM=SHM

    -->

        CG backing stores      00000000c82f5000-00000000c8ae6000 [ 8132K] rw-/rw- SM=SHM

     

     

    Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

    0   com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x918573ae JSC::DFG::GPRTemporary::GPRTemporary(JSC::DFG::SpeculativeJIT*, JSC::DFG::StorageOperand&) + 110

    1   com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x91887dc4 JSC::DFG::SpeculativeJIT::compile(JSC::DFG::Node&) + 59684

    2   com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x91858929 JSC::DFG::SpeculativeJIT::compile(JSC::DFG::BasicBlock&) + 889

    3   com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x9185ab85 JSC::DFG::SpeculativeJIT::compile() + 69

    4   com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x9184501f JSC::DFG::JITCompiler::compileBody(JSC::DFG::SpeculativeJIT&) + 63

    5   com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x91845e47 JSC::DFG::JITCompiler::compileFunction(JSC::JITCode&, JSC::MacroAssemblerCodePtr&) + 231

    6   com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x9184373c JSC::DFG::compile(JSC::DFG::CompileMode, JSC::JSGlobalData&, JSC::CodeBlock*, JSC::JITCode&, JSC::MacroAssemblerCodePtr*) + 1020

    7   com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x9184332e JSC::DFG::tryCompileFunction(JSC::JSGlobalData&, JSC::CodeBlock*, JSC::JITCode&, JSC::MacroAssemblerCodePtr&) + 46

    8   com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x918961af JSC::jitCompileFunctionIfAppropriate(JSC::JSGlobalData&, ***::OwnPtr<JSC::FunctionCodeBlock>&, JSC::JITCode&, JSC::MacroAssemblerCodePtr&, JSC::SharedSymbolTable*&, JSC::JITCode::JITType, JSC::JITCompilationEffort) + 271

    9   com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x91894fb7 JSC::FunctionExecutable::compileForCallInternal(JSC::ExecState*, JSC::ScopeChainNode*, JSC::JITCode::JITType) + 311

    10  com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x91894e73 JSC::FunctionExecutable::compileOptimizedForCall(JSC::ExecState*, JSC::ScopeChainNode*) + 51

    11  com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x91829a6a JSC::FunctionCodeBlock::compileOptimized(JSC::ExecState*, JSC::ScopeChainNode*) + 58

    12  com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x918b3e20 cti_optimize_from_ret + 352

    13  ???                           0x19b12b4a 0 + 431041354

    14  com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x91788edc JSC::Interpreter::executeCall(JSC::ExecState*, JSC::JSObject*, JSC::CallType, JSC::CallData const&, JSC::JSValue, JSC::ArgList const&) + 972

    15  com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x91788b03 JSC::call(JSC::ExecState*, JSC::JSValue, JSC::CallType, JSC::CallData const&, JSC::JSValue, JSC::ArgList const&) + 83

    16  com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x918bba00 JSC::boundFunctionCall(JSC::ExecState*) + 560

    17  ???                           0x160e256f 0 + 370025839

    18  com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x917814a4 JSC::Interpreter::execute(JSC::ProgramExecutable*, JSC::ExecState*, JSC::ScopeChainNode*, JSC::JSObject*) + 3812

    19  com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x9182c7ed JSC::evaluate(JSC::ExecState*, JSC::ScopeChainNode*, JSC::SourceCode const&, JSC::JSValue, JSC::JSValue*) + 333

    20  com.apple.WebCore             0x039234d9 WebCore::ScriptController::evaluateInWorld(WebCore::ScriptSourceCode const&, WebCore::DOMWrapperWorld*) + 441

    21  com.apple.WebCore             0x039230b8 WebCore::ScriptController::evaluate(WebCore::ScriptSourceCode const&) + 40

    22  com.apple.WebCore             0x03945d45 WebCore::ScriptElement::executeScript(WebCore::ScriptSourceCode const&) + 149

    23  com.apple.WebCore             0x03be5d33 WebCore::ScriptElement::execute(WebCore::CachedScript*) + 163

    24  com.apple.WebCore             0x03be5bde WebCore::ScriptRunner::timerFired(WebCore::Timer<WebCore::ScriptRunner>*) + 430

    25  com.apple.WebCore             0x03be5a26 WebCore::Timer<WebCore::ScriptRunner>::fired() + 38

    26  com.apple.WebCore             0x038be79c WebCore::ThreadTimers::sharedTimerFiredInternal() + 172

    27  com.apple.WebCore             0x038be6da WebCore::ThreadTimers::sharedTimerFired() + 106

    28  com.apple.WebCore             0x04341fc0 WebCore::timerFired(__CFRunLoopTimer*, void*) + 64

    29  com.apple.CoreFoundation       0x905e0406 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_TIMER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 22

    30  com.apple.CoreFoundation       0x905dfda5 __CFRunLoopDoTimer + 709

    31  com.apple.CoreFoundation       0x905c4bb2 __CFRunLoopRun + 1842

    32  com.apple.CoreFoundation       0x905c401a CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 378

    33  com.apple.CoreFoundation       0x905c3e8b CFRunLoopRunInMode + 123

    34  com.apple.HIToolbox           0x91179f5a RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 242

    35  com.apple.HIToolbox           0x91179cc9 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 374

    36  com.apple.HIToolbox           0x91179b44 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 88

    37  com.apple.AppKit               0x95ee293a _DPSNextEvent + 724

    38  com.apple.AppKit               0x95ee216c -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 119

    39  com.apple.AppKit               0x95ed85cc -[NSApplication run] + 855

    40  com.apple.AppKit               0x95e7b5f6 NSApplicationMain + 1053

    41  com.apple.iPhoto               0x000a10b9 0x91000 + 65721

    42  com.apple.iPhoto               0x000a0705 0x91000 + 63237

  • by carvermon,

    carvermon carvermon Nov 18, 2015 2:50 PM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Nov 18, 2015 2:50 PM in response to Terence Devlin

    Thank you sir. I will likely attempt this in the near future, and will report back.

  • by carvermon,

    carvermon carvermon Nov 18, 2015 2:57 PM in response to Old Toad
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    Nov 18, 2015 2:57 PM in response to Old Toad

    Thank you for the tip. I have not yet done the full iPhoto reinstall that TD has suggested, and planned to try your simpler procedure first - but it apparently did not do the trick for akdmks (who curiously had the same issue come up on the same day. I notice there are now 4 people that have clicked the "I have this question too" button). Any further ideas or input will be much appreciated.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Nov 18, 2015 3:08 PM in response to carvermon
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    Nov 18, 2015 3:08 PM in response to carvermon
    - but it apparently did not do the trick for akdmks (who curiously had the same issue come up on the same day. I notice there are now 4 people that have clicked the "I have this question too" button). Any further ideas or input will be much appreciated.

    Does the crash log you get also show a crash in the    com.apple.JavaScriptCore  ? In the backtrace for the crashed thread?

     

    Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

    0   com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x918573ae JSC::DFG::GPRTemporary::GPRTemporary(JSC::DFG::SpeculativeJIT*, JSC::DFG::StorageOperand&) + 110

    1   com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x91887dc4 JSC::DFG::SpeculativeJIT::compile(JSC::DFG::Node&) + 59684

    2   com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x91858929 JSC::DFG::SpeculativeJIT::compile(JSC::DFG::BasicBlock&) + 889

    3   com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x9185ab85 JSC::DFG::SpeculativeJIT::compile() + 69

    4   com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x9184501f JSC::DFG::JITCompiler::compileBody(JSC::DFG::SpeculativeJIT&) + 63

    5   com.apple.JavaScriptCore       0x91845e47 JSC::DFG::JITCompiler::compileFunction(JSC::JITCode&,

    I don't have Mt. Lion installed any longer, but there have been recent Java updates that I installed for ElCapitan. Have there also been Java updates for  your system that you recently installed?

     

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