Google Earth crashes with OSX El Capitan

google earth is currently on version 7.1.5.1557,

it does not say if it is or is not compatible with OS 10.11

https://support.google.com/earth/answer/40901?hl=en&ref_topic=4363014&vid=1-6358 11171222849588-2996433916

Hello,

with El Capitan on my Macbook pro, Google Earth crashes after a few seconds.

Reinstalling Google Earth does not help.

(Google Earth is not exactly Google Earth Pro.)

By the way, Google Earth crashes likewise on my Android phone, so I suspect a server or network problem.

Please confirm.

Now with OS X 11.2 El Capitan, Google Earth 7.1 still crashes after 5 s. I have reinstalled Google Earth, no help.

I downloaded here : http://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/agree.html there is no hash to check download integrity.

Time Awake Since Boot: 19000 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

please see the enclosed article

https://support.google.com/earth/answer/176181?hl=en

if none of this resolves the issue you can try to create a new user account with administrative rights, then boot into that account and launch the application.

I tried this

rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.Google.GoogleEarthPlus.plist

and I could use Google Earth for a few minutes before crash.

Other users on the same computer also have the problem.

Before El Capitan, I had Snow Leopard, then Yosemite and Google Earth used to work. This eliminate most possible problems in

https://support.google.com/earth/answer/176181?hl=en

Problem (almost) solved 🙂

Having read elsewhere about internet plug ins, I removed them all

% sudo mv /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/ ~/Desktop

(reboot)

and Google Earth works.

I still have to find the particular culprit in the list :

% ls

AdobePDFViewer.plugin Mathematica.plugin

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin NP_2020Player_IKEA.plugin

ContentUploaderPlugin.plugin Quartz Composer.webplugin

Default Browser.plugin RealPlayer Plugin.plugin

DirectorShockwave.plugin Silverlight.plugin

Disabled Plug-Ins flashplayer.xpt

DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin iPhotoPhotocast.plugin

Flash Player.plugin npQtAPI3DPlugin.bundle

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin npUpload.xpt

Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin npdivx.xpt

JavaAppletPlugin.plugin

This will take time but I will necessarily find it.

Thanks.

The culprit was npQtAPI3DPlugin.bundle

Others are harmless to Google Earth.

npQtAPI3DPlugin.bundle originates from Geoportail3D, a competitor of Google Earth. That is pretty harsh competition !

I am running OS 10.11.3 on a Late 2013 Mac Pro and I found that copying:

• PluginManager.framework
• AEProfiling.framework
• AERegistration.framework

from /Library/Frameworks to /Applications/Google Earth Pro/Contents/Frameworks did the trick.

OSX 10.11.3
I removed "fbplugin_1_0_1.plugin" , which dated 2010, from ~user/Library/Internet Plug-Ins. Now Google Earth launches

Jeff's trick helped in my case (removing fbplubin_1_0_1.plugin).

removing fbplugin_1_0_1.plugin solved my problem of google earth crashing on opening with el capitan.

Thanks everybody.

Helped me too, now it works. Thanks.