Yosemite calculator broken

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Yosemite calculator broken

Hi,

When I run the calculator app it launches but the window does not appear. I can open the paper tape window but when I close that or select anything from the menu bar the app quits. In the console I get these lines:

10/04/2015 22:17:18.876 Calculator[781]: Failed to connect (_YToTheXButton) outlet from (BasicAdvancedController) to (NSButton): missing setter or instance variable

10/04/2015 22:17:18.879 Calculator[781]: *** -[__NSPlaceholderArray initWithObjects:count:]: attempt to insert nil object from objects[0]

Looks like I've got a duff version of the app. Anybody know how to get a working calculator app?

Cheers,

Fatty

Posted on Apr 10, 2015 2:19 PM

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Answer 1

mario49

Community Specialist

May 4, 2015 2:46 PM in response to Captain Fatty

Hello Captain Fatty,

After reviewing your post, it sounds like an app is not working. I would recommend that you read this article, it may be able to help the issue.

Mac OS X: How to troubleshoot a software issue - Apple Support

Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.

Have a nice day,

Mario

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Answer 2

May 4, 2015 2:44 PM in response to mario49

Hi Mario,

Yup, the App is broken and cannot be deleted from the Applications folder or overwritten as it claims to be essential to the o/s (shades of Windows' IE...). Thanks for the link, lots of information there, but the thought of re-installing again broke this camel's back. However I've sort of fixed it by air-dropping the calculator from my yosemite macbook to my local Apps folder on my mini where it works just fine.

Thanks for your help and apologies for such a late reply.

Cheers,

Fatty

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