Aperture 3.4 with Nik plug-ins

Question

After finally getting Aperture 3.4 to work (installed new version, etc) it now longer crashes on launch, but every time I attemp to use a Nik plug-in Aperture goes into an endless loop. I have updated and reinstalled all the Nik plug-ins but the problem continues. Any suggestions?

léonie · Answer

I do not use the Nik-plug-ins, but have you seen this support article: Aperture 3.4 and later: Some third-party plug-ins are no longer compatibleAperture now requires that the plug-ins are sandboxed, in addition to being 64-bit compatible. Check out the Nik-webpages, if the plug-ins are compatible with Aperture 3.4.RegardsLéonie

David Kay5 · Answer

Contacted Nik support and they claim full compatibility.

léonie · Answer

Can you provide any diagnostic hints? What das the Console Window (launch from Applications &gt; Utilities)  show, when you launch a plug-in?What does the Activity window show, when Aperture is hanging? (Main menu bar &gt; Window &gt; Show Activity)?

David Kay5 · Answer

The Console Window is as follows:mdworker(1458) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxdProcess:         mdworker [1458]Path:            /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support/mdworkerLoad Address:    0x10b02c000Identifier:      mdworkerVersion:         ??? (???)Code Type:       x86_64 (Native)Parent Process:  launchd [997]Date/Time:       2012-09-24 15:36:40.750 -0400OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.8.2 (12C54)Report Version:  8Thread 0:0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x00007fff95441686 mach_msg_trap + 101   CoreFoundation                          0x00007fff8a21d803 __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 1952   CoreFoundation                          0x00007fff8a222ee6 __CFRunLoopRun + 10783   CoreFoundation                          0x00007fff8a2226b2 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 2904   CoreFoundation                          0x00007fff8a231371 CFRunLoopRun + 975   mdworker                                0x000000010b034ba96   libdyld.dylib                           0x00007fff8d52b7e1 start + 0Thread 1:0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x00007fff95443d16 kevent + 101   libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8effb9ee _dispatch_mgr_thread + 54Thread 2:0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x00007fff954436d6 __workq_kernreturn + 101   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x00007fff938b1cb3 _pthread_wqthread + 4122   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x00007fff9389c171 start_wqthread + 13Thread 3:0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x00007fff95441686 mach_msg_trap + 101   liblaunch.dylib                         0x00007fff8a5f27c42   liblaunch.dylib                         0x00007fff8a5f14d9 bootstrap_look_up3 + 693   libxpc.dylib                            0x00007fff95a06c21 _xpc_connection_bootstrap_look_up_slow + 3714   libxpc.dylib                            0x00007fff95a05c82 _xpc_connection_init + 10625   libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8eff90b6 _dispatch_client_callout + 86   libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8effa47f _dispatch_queue_drain + 2357   libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8effa2f1 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 528   libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8effa448 _dispatch_queue_drain + 1809   libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8effa2f1 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 5210  libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8effa1c3 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 24911  libsystem_c.dylib                       0x00007fff938b1cab _pthread_wqthread + 40412  libsystem_c.dylib                       0x00007fff9389c171 start_wqthread + 13Thread 4:0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x00007fff954416c2 semaphore_wait_trap + 101   libxpc.dylib                            0x00007fff95a08e1f xpc_connection_send_message_with_reply_sync + 1272   LaunchServices                          0x00007fff8a6ba3ce send(LSBoxMessage&amp;, LSBoxMessage&amp;) + 283   LaunchServices                          0x00007fff8a73ad4b lsbox_preflightAppLaunch + 844   LaunchServices                          0x00007fff8a6c5341 _LSFindOrRegisterBundleNode + 8575   LaunchServices                          0x00007fff8a721b02 _LSRegisterNode + 756   LaunchServices                          0x00007fff8a6cda0f _LSBundleCopyOrCheckNode + 10477   LaunchServices                          0x00007fff8a6b55b6 _LSCopyLibraryItemURLs + 4868   mdworker                                0x000000010b05c0149   libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8effcf01 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 1510  libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8eff90b6 _dispatch_client_callout + 811  libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8effa47f _dispatch_queue_drain + 23512  libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8effa2f1 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 5213  libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8effa1c3 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 24914  libsystem_c.dylib                       0x00007fff938b1cab _pthread_wqthread + 40415  libsystem_c.dylib                       0x00007fff9389c171 start_wqthread + 13Thread 5:0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x00007fff954436d6 __workq_kernreturn + 101   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x00007fff938b1cb3 _pthread_wqthread + 4122   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x00007fff9389c171 start_wqthread + 13Binary Images:       0x10b02c000 -        0x10b085ff7  mdworker (707.3) &lt;105316D8-F5DF-3079-96EF-0EF0986EB053&gt; /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support/mdworker    0x7fff8a1ee000 -     0x7fff8a3d7fff  com.apple.CoreFoundation (6.8 - 744.12) &lt;EF002794-DAEF-31C6-866C-E3E3AC387A9F&gt; /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation    0x7fff8a5ef000 -     0x7fff8a5f7fff  liblaunch.dylib (442.26.2) &lt;2F71CAF8-6524-329E-AC56-C506658B4C0C&gt; /usr/lib/system/liblaunch.dylib    0x7fff8a6b1000 -     0x7fff8a762fff  com.apple.LaunchServices (539.7 - 539.7) &lt;DA7C602E-5E01-31B8-925D-B45360CA089F&gt; /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchS ervices.framework/Versions/A/LaunchServices    0x7fff8d529000 -     0x7fff8d52cff7  libdyld.dylib (210.2.3) &lt;F59367C9-C110-382B-A695-9035A6DD387E&gt; /usr/lib/system/libdyld.dylib    0x7fff8eff7000 -     0x7fff8f00cff7  libdispatch.dylib (228.23) &lt;D26996BF-FC57-39EB-8829-F63585561E09&gt; /usr/lib/system/libdispatch.dylib    0x7fff9389b000 -     0x7fff93967fe7  libsystem_c.dylib (825.25) &lt;8CBCF9B9-EBB7-365E-A3FF-2F3850763C6B&gt; /usr/lib/system/libsystem_c.dylib    0x7fff95431000 -     0x7fff9544cff7  libsystem_kernel.dylib (2050.18.24) &lt;C0535565-35D1-31A7-A744-63D9F10F12A4&gt; /usr/lib/system/libsystem_kernel.dylib    0x7fff959fd000 -     0x7fff95a1fff7  libxpc.dylib (140.41) &lt;FAC04D8B-680E-325F-8F0C-DD69859D0E01&gt; /usr/lib/system/libxpc.dylib

One Big Wookie · Answer

Nik updated all of their plug-ins last week (shortly after both ML 10.8.2 and Aperture 3.4 were released).  Make sure you&#x27;ve got their latest versions.

léonie · Answer

What I see in the Console window "mdworker(1458) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd" looks like a problem with the new sandbox design. The plug-in you have been using may not bee compatible with sandboxing.

David Kay5 · Answer

I have talked to Nik support and they claim that I have the latest plug-in which should be the case as I downloaded and installed it yesterday. Who knows whether actually tested it with the actual version of Aperture 3.4 that was finally released as it is pretty clear that the updater was not tested by Apple before release.