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Crashes, crashes, crashes...

I keep getting crashes where either the app crashes and the crash log says something about osakit.framework not being found, or ReportCrash crashes, and then the app closes. This has happened in several apps, such as Cyberduck (ReportCrash), Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Entorage (2008) (it crashes but Microsoft's crash thing comes up with no detail whatsoever), Onyx (osakit), and many others. What is going on, and how can I fix this? Thanks!

PowerBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Oct 20, 2012 8:51 AM

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Posted on Oct 20, 2012 10:47 AM

Hello, I suspect Disk Corruption, it should be located in...


/System/Library/Frameworks/OSAKit.framework/


Could be many things, we should start with this...


"Try Disk Utility


1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.

2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at the top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)

Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.

3. Click the First Aid tab.

4. Select your Mac OS X volume.

5. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."


http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214


Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.


(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)

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Oct 20, 2012 10:47 AM in response to thepengwin

Hello, I suspect Disk Corruption, it should be located in...


/System/Library/Frameworks/OSAKit.framework/


Could be many things, we should start with this...


"Try Disk Utility


1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.

2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at the top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)

Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.

3. Click the First Aid tab.

4. Select your Mac OS X volume.

5. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."


http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214


Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.


(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)

Oct 21, 2012 6:57 AM in response to thepengwin

I had the same problems with my mac crashing I was on MacOSXv10.5 Leopard I upgrade it to snow leopard. But I rout the apple operating system limited and you can't right click its no freedom.. Sold my macs then I build mine own 3 times as fast as the mac power PC yes I built a PC myself and cheaper. Can you do that with a mac no except with a hackintose wich I have done. I put Linux on it and its free and I have freedom wich I miss by staying with apple and I had no trouble but apple do make things hard when things go wrong . Best of luck with it but I go linux

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