Level 1

4 points

Aperture 2.1.4 Crashing after Snow Leopard Upgrade

Hi All

Upgraded to Snow Leopard today and then shortly after a successful upgrade, also upgraded Aperture to 2.1.4 via software update.

It now crashes almost immediately after launch giving the output below. It would seem that the "library not loaded" part would be the cause.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Will

http://www.photoswarm.com

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Process: Aperture [480]
Path: /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/Aperture
Identifier: com.apple.Aperture
Version: ??? (???)
Build Info: Aperture-908252102~1
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [109]

Date/Time: 2009-08-29 12:16:22.858 +0100
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6 (10A432)
Report Version: 6

Interval Since Last Report: 1097 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 10
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 9
Anonymous UUID: 4BE3DE5F-30C8-4D24-899D-E882EF506AB6

Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0

*Dyld Error Message:*
*Library not loaded: /Library/Frameworks/PluginManager.framework/Versions/B/PluginManager*
*Referenced from: /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/Aperture*
*Reason: image not found*

Model: MacBookPro3,1, BootROM MBP31.0070.B07, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.6 GHz, 2 GB, SMC 1.16f11
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT, GeForce 8600M GT, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport wireless_card_type_airportextreme (0x168C, 0x87), Atheros 5416: 2.0.19.4
Bluetooth: Version 2.2.0f18, 2 service, 0 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
PCI Card: pci168c,24, sppci_othernetwork, PCI Slot 5
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS542525K9SA00, 232.89 GB
Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-857E
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8502, 0xfd400000
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x021b, 0x5d200000
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0x5d100000
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8205, 0x1a100000

Macbook Pro - 2.6Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.5.6), http://www.photoswarm.com

Posted on Aug 29, 2009 4:26 AM

41 replies

pyrrho

Level 1

10 points

Aug 29, 2009 2:40 PM in response to Jim F

Have a look in /Library/Receipts

MainEvent Author

Level 1

4 points

Aug 29, 2009 7:51 PM in response to pyrrho

Hi Pyrrho

Thanks so much for your solution to this. Worked like a charm.

Will

http://www.photoswarm.com

kgelner

Level 4

1,205 points

Aug 29, 2009 8:26 PM in response to MainEvent

I had the same problem, and found an easier way to install the missing PluginManager.framework - you can download a separate installer here:

http://support.apple.com/downloads/PluginManager_1_73

It says it's from 2008, some time ago - but there doesn't seem to be a newer one, and Aperture seems to run just fine with it - I've only tried one editing plugin (Hydra) so far, but it seems to work.

Richard_

Level 1

25 points

Aug 29, 2009 8:48 PM in response to pyrrho

I was having the same crash at startup.
Restoring /Library/Frameworks/PluginManager.framework from my timemachine backup fixed it for me too.

Thanks Pyrrho.

Aug 30, 2009 8:24 AM in response to kgelner

kgelner wrote:
I had the same problem, and found an easier way to install the missing PluginManager.framework - you can download a separate installer here:

http://support.apple.com/downloads/PluginManager_1_73

I had to install via Pacifist; but this seemed to have worked for me, too. i say "seemed to," though, because while the crash is fixed, my serial number was zapped somewhere along the way. Odd. I guess I'll have to head to the office today to track that down. 😟

welchgeo

Level 1

2 points

Aug 30, 2009 8:39 AM in response to Mark Alan Thomas

I am having a different problem, but I wonder if it may have a similar solution. since upgrading to SL my MacBook Pro is running faster online and off except for working in Aperture. It is much slower in general and is also constantly rebuilding thumbnails.

I keep my library on my 1TB Time Capsule and have been working over a wireless network. This had worked well before the upgrade. I then tried using the ethernet connection. This sped things up a little, but the thumbnails are still constantly rebuilding.

Any suggestions?

Bakari

Level 2

481 points

Aug 31, 2009 8:27 PM in response to pyrrho

Thanks so much, Pyrrho. You saved me lots of time and hassle. Also glad I had TM up running for the last several months. Because of issues like this, I'll never let TM stop running again.

Bakari

Level 2

481 points

Aug 31, 2009 8:31 PM in response to Bakari

I just noticed another problem. I got Aperture to open up using the above suggestion, but the Aperture icon in the dock is not highlighted with the little blue mark under it. So it looks like it's not open. Also, there's no option when I right-click on the Aperture icon to hide the application. Any suggestions?

Bakari

Level 2

481 points

Aug 31, 2009 9:11 PM in response to Bakari

Problem resolved with a reboot of computer.

Sep 2, 2009 5:01 AM in response to welchgeo

hi, similar problem here. just upgraded to snow leopard and installed aperture. it constantly tries to rebuild thumbnails and previews but is unable to complete the tasks. which makes it impossible to use aperture. any help is appreciated. thanks

welchgeo

Level 1

2 points

Sep 2, 2009 7:38 PM in response to stefan.horrer

I had the problem with thumbnails rebuilding. I reinstalled aperture and then did all the updates and it fixed the problem totally.
Did you update after reinstalling?
Georgia

Sep 6, 2009 6:48 AM in response to MainEvent

Okay, still having some plug-in caused crashed (same error as noted above) except it only happens with Nik plug-ins. Noise ninja, Topaz and Photomax all work fine.

Exception Type: EXC BADACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN PROTECTIONFAILURE at 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

I've replaced the framework/plug-ins folder, reinstalled Aperture, reinstalled the latest Nik plug-ins. Restarts after each. I've removed the plug-in preferences as well.

Any suggestions?

Cheers,
Hagen

Message was edited by: Hagen Hohn

Sep 9, 2009 6:11 AM in response to Hagen Hohn

I talked with Nik yesterday and they are aware of the problem.

Sep 10, 2009 8:30 PM in response to MainEvent

This is what worked for me:

Going on what I've seen around the internet that duplicate Arial fonts could cause the Nik plugins to crash I opened up 'font book' and took care of the dups. That still didn't fix the problem.

Then going on the assumption that the Arial font was still the issue I started looking at the versions of Arial on my computer. All Arial files seemed kind of old. Using an application called Pacifist I looked at the Snow Leopard installer package. Doing a search for Arial I found that the version numbers were different.

Using Pacifist I copied the newer versions of the Arial font to my computer and removed the older versions. There are a few places were fonts live on your Mac. Make sure you find out were your current version of Arial lives, remove and replace with the one from the SL installer.

My Nik plugins now work.

I sent this info off to Nik too. Hopefully this helps you out. Good luck!

Aik Bo

Level 1

0 points

Sep 11, 2009 4:33 AM in response to MainEvent

I experience problems after i upgraded to snow leopard. Aperture crashes each time I try to use a NIF software plug in. As long as I do not touch the NIK plug in everything works fine. I read something about arial fonts in this forum but do not know what to do to solve the issue.

Aik Bo

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