"Garageband quit unexpectedly".

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JohnnyCosmo

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Whenever I try to open Garageband, the box with 'initializing' appears for a few seconds before an error saying 'Garageband quit unexpectedly'. I've tried running the disc utility and repairing disc permissions, I've tried deleting preference files, I've re-installed Garageband from the disc, I've tried using time machine to restore the program (and preferences) from an earlier date and I've run a preference checker program. Nothing has helped so far.

It happened when I installed some audio programs that were bundled with my audio interface (Melodyne Essential is one I can remember, but I can't find the disc to check the others). I've uninstalled these, but the only thing I can relate the problem to is the time when I installed these. I'm not exactly sure, but it worked earlier today, then a good while after I installed them, then a good few hours after I tried to open Garageband and it wouldn't work.

What should I try next? Thanks for any help.
 
A great discussion here on the issue:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1034047&start=15&tstart=0

In particular:

"Use Disk Utility to repair your system permissions (/Applications/Utilities);
Then, trash your GarageBand Preference files (don't worry, it will replace them; you can reset any prefs to what they were in the app)
Search for the two files:
com.apple.garageband.cs -and-
com.apple.garageband.plist
and discard them.
(Normally, they are in /Library/Preferences/ or in *user*/Library/Preferences/
but do a search to make sure you get all the copies.)"

Also search "eMagic" midi driver.

Let us know if anything on that forum thread works for you.
 
Thanks, but as I've said, I've repaired disc permissions and deleted preference files. When I repair the disc permissions now, nothing really happens; and I can find neither of those files when I search. There's nothing I can relate to garageband in the preference folder.

I found and deleted the eMagic midi driver, but it still doesn't work.
 
So, I figured it out. It seems some files to do with Melodyne Essential that came bundled with my audio interface wasn't fully uninstalled. They were in a folder in a folder called ReWire (library/application support/propellerhead software/rewire). I moved that to my desktop and now it works fine.

Thanks for the help anyway.
 
Good! (Glad I didn't pretend for one second to know the answer, :) )

This thread will certainly help others in the future. Thanks for posting the answer.
 
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