Rosetta applications won't launch

Hi Rune,

Just a wild guess . . . the same thing happened to me. Do you have any sharewares from Unsanity.com loaded? I found when I had Application Enhancer 2.02 installed - I started to get funny things like that happening.

Deinstalling APE didn't solve the problem. But deleting it from my HD did! Never happened to me since I deleted that hack!

I duplicated these results twice, too!

Good luck,
Larry

Rune

You can also try going to Activity Monitor (in your Utilities folder) and search for a process called 'translated'. Use Activity Monitor to quit the process and then try and launch your Rosetta apps.

If you're comfortable in the Terminal you can achieve the same by using

sudo killall translated

give your password when requested.

Regards

TD

I had this problem recently, too. I fixed it by deleting this directory:

/Library/Caches/com.apple.ATS

(This is the "Library" directory at the top level of your boot hard drive, not the one in your home directory. You'll need to provide an admin account / password. Be careful as you're working within the system directories).

Reboot your machine and empty the trash. Hopefully Rosetta applications will work now.


Mac Pro 3GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2GB, ATI X1900 XT

I'm having this problem too. Lost the use of MS Office applications, Quicken 2003 and Adobe Professional 6. Tried the suggested fixes but nothing has worked.

I'm on a MacBook.

Tried all the suggestions here: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office/browse_frm/thread/b78 b6bcb0db8a17f/858f78eb682e3843?lnk=gst&q=11.3.3+intel&rnum=1#858f78eb682e3843

None worked.

I'm using Pages instead of Word and Keynote instead of PPT. When I need to run Excel I transfer to another machine.

Still hoping a fix is on the way.

In order to access Ecel documents I launched Appleworks but it fell over trying to open a simple excel file. Now Appleworks tries to launch and then crashes too. Just like MS Office.

I've found a solution. Here's what I did:

Took the plunge and reinstalled the system. chose the option of not erasing the hard drive but created a Previous System fold.

Restarted and everything is working. Office, Appleworks, Adobe Professional, Quicken 2003.

Relief. Still don't know what the problem was. Running 10.4.6. Not sure if I"m game to install the updater to 10.4.8 just in case it was the problem.

After a power outage yesterday it seems that I now have this issue. It seems primarily to have affected the applications that were running at that time, of course some others as well. I don't know what Rosetta applications are but affected are itunes, safari,dashboard, iphoto etc...
Firefox & Explorer are OK!

- I've removed & deleted the ape-ware installation (no luck).
- Downloaded & reinstalled iTunes (no luck)
- I can’t find the library file to delete.
- Activity Monitor won’t launch
- iDisk Utility finds problems with the startup drive but will not allow me to “repair disk”
* Next, I plan on reinstalling the OS.

Open to any other ideas!

Thanks,
Ken

G5 1.8mhz Mac OS X (10.4.8) Viewsonic G790 19" display

Hi, Ken.

1. Your exact problem isn't Rosetta-related since you have a PowerPC-based Mac. Rosetta only applies to Intel-based Macs running non-Universal, i.e. PowerPC-based apps.

2. However, for your problem see my "Multiple applications quit unexpectedly or fail to launch" FAQ for advice on troubleshooting this issue.

3. You wrote:

"iDisk Utility finds problems with the startup drive but will not allow me to “repair disk”"

I think you meant to write Disk Utility. You can't repair your startup disk while your Mac is started up from such. Run at least Steps 1-3 of the Procedure outlined in my "Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption" FAQ.

Good luck!

😉 Dr. Smoke
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Hi, Ruñe et. al.

I worked on a similar problem with another fellow once: none of his PPC-based (Rosetta) apps would launch on his Intel-based Mac. The solution he found was to delete the hidden .GlobalPreferences.plist file for the affected account. To do this for your account, perform the following steps in the order specified:

1. Launch Terminal, which resides in the Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities folder.

2. At the Terminal prompt, type the following command exactly as written:

cd ~/Library/Preferences

This command switches the current directory to your Home > Library > Preferences folder (~/Library/Prefernces).

3. Press Return.

4. Rename your account's .GlobalPreferences.plist file to .GlobalPreferences.plistold: at the Terminal prompt, type the following command exactly as written:

mv .GlobalPreferences.plist .GlobalPreferences.plistold

5. Press Return.

6. End your Terminal session:

6.1. At the Terminal prompt, type exit and press Return.

6.2. Quit (Command-Q) Terminal.

7. Log out of your account, then log back in to your account.

8. See if the problem is resolved.

Note the following:

• Removing the .GlobalPreferences.plist file as described above will result in some of the following preferences being reset for your account, which you can reset with System Preferences:

• Date and Time formats.
• Appearance preferences.
• International preferences.
• Keyboard & Mouse preferences.

• Some third-party applications may hide registration information in this file, so you may be prompted to re-register some applications.

• You can undo the change by repeating steps 1-8 above, but in step 4 using the command:

mv .GlobalPreferences.plistold .GlobalPreferences.plist

Good luck!

😉 Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

Good morning and thanks for your insight!

I ran the disk utility from the startup disk and it made repairs to the startup disk! After this, the problem still appears; when I launch some applications "nothing happens". A dialog box does not appear prompting to retry or posts an error.

It seems as part of the os was corrupted or a system preference file (os9) needs to be deleted.

Even if I reinstall these applications they don’t launch.

Using “Console” here are some messages:
Mac OS X Version 10.4.8 (Build 8L127)
2007-01-31 07:33:07 -0600
2007-01-31 07:33:08.223 loginwindow[78] FSResolveAliasWithMountFlags returned err = -43
2007-01-31 07:33:08.224 loginwindow[78] FSResolveAliasWithMountFlags returned err = -43
dyld: Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit
Referenced from: /Extensis Suitcase Fusion/Suitcase Fusion.app/Contents/MacOS/Suitcase Fusion
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit: unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x5F 0x03 0x55 0xE6 0xFA 0x2B 0x38 0x04
/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit: unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x5F 0x03 0x55 0xE6 0xFA 0x2B 0x38 0x04
2007-01-31 07:33:10.115 WeatherPop[118] system version = 1048
2007-01-31 07:33:10.284 WeatherPop[118] No Menu Extra Enabler
Jan 31 07:33:10 g5 mDNSResponder: Adding browse domain local.
2007-01-31 07:33:11.294 SystemUIServer[94] lang is:en
2007-01-31 07:33:11.833 HPEventHandler[153]: DebugAssert: Third Party Client: ((__null) != m_lock && 0 == (*__error())) Can't create semaphore lock [/Volumes/Development/HP/Mac-Software/mac-software/core/HPEventHandler/Sources/ HPTMNotificationManager.cpp:60]
2007-01-31 07:33:14.136 WeatherPopApp[166] Vended com.glu.WeatherPop0
2007-01-31 07:33:14.401 WeatherPopApp[166] WeatherPop Advance is registered.
2007-01-31 07:33:15.329 WeatherPopApp[166] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
2007-01-31 07:33:15.329 WeatherPopApp[166] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
2007-01-31 07:33:15.329 WeatherPopApp[166] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
2007-01-31 07:33:15.330 WeatherPopApp[166] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
-----> using the default for dK=[icon] tS=[currentconds]
dyld: Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit
Referenced from: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit: unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x5F 0x03 0x55 0xE6 0xFA 0x2B 0x38 0x04
/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit: unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x5F 0x03 0x55 0xE6 0xFA 0x2B 0x38 0x04
Jan 31 07:35:45 g5 crashdump[239]: Safari crashed
Jan 31 07:35:45 g5 crashdump[239]: crash report written to: /Users/kenheraty/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Safari.crash.log
dyld: Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit
Referenced from: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPodSync.framework/Versions/A/iPodSync
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit: unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x5F 0x03 0x55 0xE6 0xFA 0x2B 0x38 0x04
/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit: unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x5F 0x03 0x55 0xE6 0xFA 0x2B 0x38 0x04
Jan 31 07:35:58 g5 crashdump[241]: iTunes crashed
Jan 31 07:35:58 g5 crashdump[241]: crash report written to: /Users/kenheraty/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/iTunes.crash.log
-----> using the default for dK=[icon] tS=[currentconds]
dyld: Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit
Referenced from: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit: unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x5F 0x03 0x55 0xE6 0xFA 0x2B 0x38 0x04
/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit: unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x5F 0x03 0x55 0xE6 0xFA 0x2B 0x38 0x04
Jan 31 07:50:46 g5 crashdump[252]: Safari crashed
Jan 31 07:50:46 g5 crashdump[252]: crash report written to: /Users/kenheraty/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Safari.crash.log

You wrote:

"I ran the disk utility from the startup disk and it made repairs to the startup disk! After this, the problem still appears; when I launch some applications "nothing happens". A dialog box does not appear prompting to retry or posts an error.

It seems as part of the os was corrupted or a system preference file (os9) needs to be deleted."

I suspect the former, i.e. Mac OS X corruption.

Repair Disk repairs the disk directory. However, it can't repair files that may have been damaged while the directory was corrupted: only a reinstall can do that.

I suspect the only way you are going to resolve this is by performing an Archive and Install. For important tips on this, see my "General advice on performing an Archive and Install" FAQ. Perform the steps therein in the specified order.

Good luck!

😉 Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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