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Mac Forum / General / General / May 2008iMovie won't start up
Sorry ... this sounds like the stupidest question on the face of the earth, but I just want to make sure I'm not missing something. I was messing around with iMovie for pretty much the first time. Quit. Now it refuses to restart. I'm using a MacBook with OS X 10.5.2. > Sorry ... this sounds like the stupidest question on the face of the > earth, but I just want to make sure I'm not missing something. I was > messing around with iMovie for pretty much the first time. Quit. Now > it refuses to restart. I'm using a MacBook with OS X 10.5.2. Does anything appear in system.log when you try to start iMovie? Use Console.app to see the system.log file. Cheers, Chris > > Sorry ... this sounds like the stupidest question on the face of the > > earth, but I just want to make sure I'm not missing something. I was [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Chris Interesting. I ran Console.app and see that I got a bunch of these, one for each time I tried to launch iMovie: 5/24/08 1:29:30 PM com.apple.launchd[64] ([0x0-0x39039].com.apple.iMovie3[2694]) posix_spawnp("/Applications/ iMovie.app/Contents/MacOS/iMovie", ...): No such file or directory DK In article <b956af93-dd4d-4c28-9457-54317d6c86ba@26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com>, > > > Sorry ... this sounds like the stupidest question on the face of the > > > earth, but I just want to make sure I'm not missing something. I was [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > DK Well, that's troublesome. The next step, I'd say, is to open a terminal window (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app) type ... cd /Applications/iMovie.app/Contents/MacOS ... then ... ls -l ... and see if the iMovie code is actually there.  Signature"Harry?" Ron's voice was a mere whisper. "Do you smell something ... burning?" - Harry Potter and the Odor of the Phoenix > Interesting. I ran Console.app and see that I got a bunch of these, > one for each time I tried to launch iMovie: > > 5/24/08 1:29:30 PM com.apple.launchd[64] > ([0x0-0x39039].com.apple.iMovie3[2694]) posix_spawnp("/Applications/ > iMovie.app/Contents/MacOS/iMovie", ...): No such file or directory posix_spawnp() is one of the basic ways modern Unix programs are run, and it looks like the actual executable program file inside iMovie.app has gone AWOL. Pretty bad news. Did something try to update the app? Maybe the best way to recover is to go back a while in Time Machine and restore a working version. The last software update I'm aware of for iMovie was back in January, so you probably don't want to go back before then. Cheers, Chris > > Interesting. I ran Console.app and see that I got a bunch of these, > > one for each time I tried to launch iMovie: [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Chris I ran it. I quit. How could it just disappear? > > > Interesting. I ran Console.app and see that I got a bunch of these, > > > one for each time I tried to launch iMovie: [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > I ran it. I quit. How could it just disappear? And now I'm getting a message that says "You can't open the application 'iMovie' because it is not supported on this architecture." > > > > Interesting. I ran Console.app and see that I got a bunch of these, > > > > one for each time I tried to launch iMovie: [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > And now I'm getting a message that says "You can't open the > application 'iMovie' because it is not supported on this architecture." Sorry! I think I might have found the problem, but I'm still puzzled. The iMovie on my very new MacBook is v.4.0.1. I went to Version Tracker and found that it's all the way up to 7.1.1. I downloaded it, but I can't install it, because it says an eligible version of iMovie is not available. I had thought a working version of iMovie came included with new Macs. What gives? > Sorry! I think I might have found the problem, but I'm still puzzled. > The iMovie on my very new MacBook is v.4.0.1. I went to Version > Tracker and found that it's all the way up to 7.1.1. I downloaded it, > but I can't install it, because it says an eligible version of iMovie > is not available. I had thought a working version of iMovie came > included with new Macs. What gives? I noticed "iMovie3" in your logging too, which looked a bit odd. iMovie 4 was not available on Intel Macs, so presumably it does something like check it is running on a G3 (?) G4 or G5 and exit if not. The current version of iMovie (7) is a universal binary, and you *should* have had a copy of that with your MacBook. Did you restore the applications and files from an older Mac to this MacBook? Maybe dumping all your iLife apps (iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb) and reinstalling them from your Leopard/MacBook DVD is the simplest way to get the right versions installed. Cheers, Chris > > Sorry! I think I might have found the problem, but I'm still puzzled. > > The iMovie on my very new MacBook is v.4.0.1. I went to Version [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Chris Yeah. I think I know how to proceed now. Thank you. |
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