Security update affects iPhoto

[[email protected]]

(I use a G4 with Panther)
On 4th Dec a newly arrived Security Update was run. Mail would not run immediatly afterwards until Norton Disk Doc and Speed disk had tidied things up. Last night I tried to use iPhoto and however I try it will not open. Norton had no effect neith did reinstalling iLife 06. I am
Any help anywhere?
Roy

 

[Ric]

Hi there and welcome,

What stage are you at... is the old iPhoto still on the Mac or just the new one ?

Personally I would throw Nortons away, it can do more damage than good.

I would suggest doing a Repair Permissions with Disk Utility first then a restart. Disk Utility is in your Applications folder-->Utilities.

Try that and then let us know what happens.

regards

Ric

 

[zeyhra]

I second Ric's suggestion to throw out the Nortons... I have it from an actual former Apple employee (he was there almost 20 years) that Norton does more harm than good in OS X in general, and if installed on a machine pre-OS X.

 

[searay345]

I would like to third that Norton does more harm than good...I have never liked Norton products even when I was using Windows.

 

[[email protected]]

Ric and all
Thanks for speedy reply.
I have moved all but Norton Antivirus to trash and emptied it.
I was unaware of Disk Utilities in MACOS X. I tried it in Classic and it seemed of little value.
I have run Repair Permissions and I'm sorry to say there is no change in the problem. Indeed I have found it also applies to iTunes.
Any more ideas? Or... do I erase the programmes and reinstall?
Roy

 

[LightGear]

before you delete any app I would get a program call main menu.
I like it alot and it has alot of utilites you can run before deleteing anything

Hope it helps

 

[[email protected]]

I don't know about Main Menu. I will look, into it.
I have tried reinstalling iLife (excepting GarageBand) without success.
I have looked at permissions. Quicktime works with Owner=system and Group=admin
Office works with Owner and Group set to royjones
Neither arrangement works with iTunes or iPhoto
Help??
Roy

 

[LightGear]

Main menu have utilities on it that you can run to help fix problems it could fix the problem

 

[Ric]

Hi there,

you may find it quicker to do an 'Archive and Install', just make sure that any impotant data is backed up and that you have 7GB free.

regards

Ric