logic express crashes on startup

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logic express crashes on startup

I'm running Logic Express 9.1.7 on Mac OS X 10.6.8, 2 GHz Intel Duo Core, 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM. Whenever I click its icon to start it up, it begins to load, checks the plugins, then all of a sudden the screeen flashes as if it's taking a screenshot, and crashes -- just quits, too fast to read any error message dialog box. I removed all plugins expecting there to be a bad plugin, That didn't solve the issue. Besides, all my plugins work with other DAW software.

Any help you can give would be appreciated. I'm using Reaper right now because I need a working DAW, but I'd prefer to be back on Logic Express. Vesides, I need to access past projects.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Feb 2, 2013 3:42 PM

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Answer 1

CCTM

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Feb 3, 2013 6:21 AM in response to Thermionicist

Hi

Check Console (in the Utilities folder) for any related Crash Logs.

Have you tried moving the Logic preferences file to the Desktop and re-starting Logic?

CCT

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Answer 2

Feb 6, 2013 5:15 PM in response to CCTM

Didn't fix the problems. Bummer. I checked console and saw, "uncaught system exception signal 5" or something to that effect.

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Answer 3

cajx2

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Feb 17, 2013 2:42 AM in response to Thermionicist

When you say "removed all plugins", did you try holding down the Option key after launching the application?

If not, try that.

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Answer 4

Feb 19, 2013 12:35 PM in response to cajx2

Nope, didn't help. Still acts like it is taking a screen shot, then immediately crashes.

Oh well, I'll stick to Reaper. Thank you for your help, though. I just don't have th etime or patience, and Apple tech saupport has been of no help either.

No more Apple software for me. I have to have software I can rely on for work. Logic dies, Mail won't even load (switched to Thunderbird), Safari lacks compatbility with most web sites I visit (Firefox works fine though), and Pages is too primitive to do what I need -- plus it crashes every so often, whereas libre and Microsoft Office don't.

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