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).

Software update hangs at “Configuring installation”

December 19, 2008 at 1:08 pm | In Mac OS X | Leave a Comment
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When upgrading from Mac OS X 10.5.5 to Mac OS X 10.5.6, you may find that Software Update hangs at “Configuring Installation”.  This is apparently due to an incomplete download of the update.  Apple has posted instructions for fixing this if it should happen to you.

Personally, I didn’t encounter the above  when upgrading. However, on one of my Macs I did run into a problem starting the update. Basically, I clicked the “Install” button and then Software Update hung with the spinning colored disk.

Fortunately, I was able to quit all other applications and log out (partially, at least) before I had to hold down the power button to shut down. After rebooting, I was prompted to download the update again and this time it worked without a hitch. Perhaps Apple’s update servers are a bit overwhelmed by the size of the 10.5.6 update?

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