disk utility crashes 10.6

I have the same problem: Disk Utility crashes very often. Also Address Book and iCal crashes every time I try to make a backup of my data.

Not sure, but try deleting:

Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.DiskUtility.plist.

Scott

Perhaps both of you could use Pacifist (http://www.charlessoft.com/Pacifist_Documentation/English/index.html) to reinstall/fix your party crashers.

I have not had Disk Utility crash (admittedly I only looked at it briefly) But the trio of Address Book, iCal and Mail crash hard in Snow Leopard, although all three exhibit slightly different behaviour.

Address Book shows up with no records although I have about 3000 in my database. I let this chug last night and the records were there this morning. But when I restarted, the records were gone again and I was faced with a blank Address Book again.

iCal opens as a blank calendar and the CRASHES hard immediately.

Mail opens and imports my mail. It then shows me my Mail Browser window with all my addresses but the spinning beach ball never stops.

This is all after installing 10.6 on top of a system with 10.5.8
System: 8 core 3 ghz Mac Pro with 10 gb of RAM
Not using Exchange but am using Mobile Me and Sync Services

After the first time I installed and this happened, I reverted to 10.5.8 via Time Machine and checked to make sure my Address Book, Mail and iCal were cool. They were. As a precaution, I exported archives of iCal and Address Book.

Then I rebuilt permissions and reinstalled 10.6 again. This time checking Rosetta on the install.

Same behaviour. Next stop a call to Apple. That all three of their core apps are hosed is perplexing. Everything else seems to work fine.

I am NOT impressed...

Does it give you a crash log with a "Report to Apple" thing? If so, post the crash log. If not, that's useful information.

Hi All,

I"m having this problem too - looks like SL install doesn't create some Library files properly, Disk Utility and the Server Admin Tools crash as the install is missing progams - see Disk Utility Crash Log excerpt below:

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

Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PlatformHardwareManagement.framework/Versions /A/PlatformHardwareManagement
Referenced from: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ServerFoundation.framework/Versions/A/ServerF oundation
Reason: image not found

i have this same problem; here is my error report:

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

Dyld Error Message:
Symbol not found: _DMDiskChangedNotification
Referenced from: /Utilities/Disk Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/DUSupport.framework/Versions/A/DUSuppo rt
Expected in: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskManagement.framework/Versions/A/DiskManag ement

Model: MacBookPro3,1, BootROM MBP31.0070.B07, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.2 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.16f11

Me too:
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Process: Disk Utility [510]
Path: /Users/louisfrisz/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/Disk Utility
Identifier: com.apple.DiskUtility
Version: ??? (???)
Build Info: DiskUtility-2520400~5
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [112]

Date/Time: 2009-08-31 01:34:18.446 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6 (10A432)
Report Version: 6

Interval Since Last Report: 5619 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 8
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 8
Anonymous UUID: 4BEE9D3C-602C-4EC5-A68C-FC7080E85355

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

Dyld Error Message:
Symbol not found: _DMDiskChangedNotification
Referenced from: /Users/louisfrisz/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/DUSupport.framework/Versions/A/DUSuppo rt
Expected in: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskManagement.framework/Versions/A/DiskManag ement

Model: Macmini2,1, BootROM MM21.009A.B00, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 1.83 GHz, 2 GB, SMC 1.19f2
Graphics: Intel GMA 950, GMA 950, Built-In, spdisplays integratedvram
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport wireless_card_type_airportextreme (0x168C, 0x86), Atheros 5424: 2.0.19.4
Bluetooth: Version 2.2.0f18, 2 service, 0 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS542580K9SA00, 74.53 GB
Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITACD-RW CW-8124
USB Device: ST94811U2-RK, 0x0bc2, 0x0502, 0xfd300000
USB Device: USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge, 0x152d (JMicron Technology Corp.), 0x2329, 0xfd100000
USB Device: USB Receiver, 0x046d (Logitech Inc.), 0xc512, 0x5d100000
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8205, 0x7d100000
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8240, 0x7d200000

Use the spotlight bar to search for "Disk Utility"

There will be 2 in there. One located in:

Macintosh HD > Applications

and one located in:

Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities.

Try both files. The one located in Applications didn't work, crashed, and delivered a similar report to what I've seen in here.

The other launched without issue.

I did repair my permissions using my Leopard Disk from boot first... perhaps a combination of the two steps fixed things for me. But, you may want to try both, it worked for me!

Thanks Paul! That worked for me! Now how can I make it so that my system always uses the working version and not the other? Can I trash the non-working one or something to that effect?

this worked for me too;

but yes, how do i get only one disk utility that works?

thanks!

I went into the folder that has the non-working Disk Utility, trashed it, and then replaced it with a copy of the working one. Now I have a working one in both locations. That does it for me.

awesome, thanks!

I have encountered a different problem:

When using "erase free space" a message pops up near the end of the routine "system folder running low on memory". This occurs when running disk utility in the start up disk. Never really noticed this problem before 10.6.

Also only seeing one copy of Disk Utility...user> applications > utilities>disk utilities V 11.5

No extra copies.