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Q: When I click on any Appleworks document or try to open Appleworks, I get a dialog box saying :Appleworks Quit Unexpectedly" I have a current model iMac running OS  10.6.8. My Appleworks is version   6.2.9. Any suggestions?

When I try to open an Appleworks document or try to open Appleworks itself, I get a dialog box stating: "Appleworks 6 Quit Unexpectedly". I have Appleworks 6.2.9 and my OS is 10.6.8. Any suggestions?

Many thanks

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5

Posted on Apr 4, 2012 10:58 AM

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  • by Peggy,

    Peggy Peggy Apr 4, 2012 6:31 PM in response to Sprinkles
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    Apr 4, 2012 6:31 PM in response to Sprinkles

    There was a security update through Software Update a couple of months ago for 10.6.8 that caused this kind of problem for PPC applications. Apple issued a revised update a couple of days later. So my first suggestion is to run Software Update to make sure you have the updated update. You can also manually download the updater at this link.

     

    Whenever AppleWorks quits unexpectedly or you force quit it, there will be some corruption of its preferences.

    To delete AppleWorks’ preference files, go to HD > Users > Library > Preferences. Find and delete the file com.apple.appleworks.plist. Find and open the folder AppleWorks in this Preferences folder, then delete all of the enclosed files (with the exception of the Button Bar Preferences if you have customized the Button Bars). AppleWorks will recreate the preference files as it needs them.

     

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