Problems launching certain applications

fullmetalfoxfullmetalfox
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
hey, I've been having problems launching certain applications. whenever I open a select few apps, I get this message:







the apps affected are appleworks, photoshop, AIM, among others. how can I fix this? thanks.

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    ricksbrainricksbrain Posts: 517member
    If they used to open, try to repair permissions first. Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility
  • Reply 2 of 4
    MarvinMarvin Posts: 15,326moderator
    Are you on an Intel Mac and are all these apps powerpc?
  • Reply 3 of 4
    fullmetalfoxfullmetalfox Posts: 23member
    I am on an intel mac, but I've never had any problems before opening these apps. this only started a week ago, and I've had this imac for almost three months.
  • Reply 4 of 4
    MarvinMarvin Posts: 15,326moderator
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by FullMetalFox View Post


    I am on an intel mac, but I've never had any problems before opening these apps. this only started a week ago, and I've had this imac for almost three months.



    Sure but for example, you may have removed something that prevents PPC apps from working. There is a program called Monolingual that removes extra languages but it is also set by default to remove PPC compatibility from the system.



    Check out /System/Library/CFMSupport and check if CarbonLib and a few other libraries are in there.
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