iLife 09 hangs on install

July 2, 2009 at 2:57 pm | In Mac OS X, Software | 3 Comments
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Installed iLife ‘09 on two Macs today, and both hung at the end of the installation. The iLife installer indicated that installation completed successfully, but clicking the “Restart” button in the installer window did not cause the computer to reboot. Rather, the Installer window closed, the menu bar disappeared, and all that was left on the screen was a non-functional Dock. None of the usual tricks (e.g., Force Quit) would work, so I had to resort to powering off by holding down the power button. The system log showed the following:
LaunchServices/5123589: coreservicesd
is running an unsupported version, 0 ( we are 10500000 ), so we cannot talk to i
t.
Very annoying. I suspect the iLife 09 installer is incompatible with Mac OS X 10.5.7, which was released after iLife ‘09.

Installed iLife ‘09 on two Macs today, and both hung at the end of the installation process. The iLife installer reported that installation was successful, but clicking the “Restart” button failed to reboot the computer; instead, the Installer window closed, the menu bar disappeared, and all that remained was a non-functional Dock. None of the usual tricks (e.g., Force Quit) would work, so I had to resort to powering off by holding in the power button. The system log showed the following:

LaunchServices/5123589: coreservicesd is running an unsupported version, 0 ( we are 10500000 ), so we cannot talk to it.
— last message repeated 153 times —

Very annoying. I suspect the iLife ‘09 installer isn’t completely compatible with the most recent Mac OS X (10.5.7).

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  1. Same problem. I have a clean installation of OS X 10.5.7, bought a new family ack of iLife’09 and it hangs on iPhoto installation (96% complete, 45 minutes remaining). Never progresses any further.

    Jacob

    Comment by Jacob — July 8, 2009 #

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    • Actually, my problem was resolved. I lost my patience, killed the installation process and started from the beginning. This time around, the installation was successful and all iLife components installed successfully and a lot of new system updates kicked in. All bits and pieces seem to be working very well.

      Jacob

      Comment by Jacob — July 11, 2009 #

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      • Glad your problem was resolved! Sounds like the installer hung earlier in the process for you, which is why you were able to do a Force Quit.

        Comment by Victor — July 19, 2009 #


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