Localized String cannot be found, Shared Library Errors

[Westerstrom@mac]

HI!

I recently bought a new computer (MacBook Pro) after my G4ibook crashed on me while traveling on the job. I needed to buy the Macbook anyways for FC Studio but I would still like to fix my old G4, mainly because I'd like to uninstall some expensive programs to install them again on my new MacBook Pro.

The problem with the G4 ibook is strange and I haven't received much help yet. It happened during a software update. When I went to open Safari, it would crash and I would get the text 'localized string cannot be found".

The strange thing was, that after that, each program started crashing, one by one. At first it was localized string cannot be found, but now it is 'Application Launch Failure - The application "Screenwriter" could not be launched because of a shared library error:/<Screenwriter><CarbonLib<>CFMPriv_CarbonCore><>"

It says this for basically all of my Software.

The other problem is that the DVD/CD drive broke down right after the warranty ran out, so I can only install via HD, not by disk.

What I'd like to do is simply get some of the programs off of the G4 and some files (like my itunes library!) and then I wouldn't mind resetting the computer and just giving it to my girl or little brother.

Any help I can get on how to do this would be greatly appreciated!!!!

Thanks

 

[Westerstrom@mac]

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[Giaguara]

Looks like something crashed or was interrupted in those updates.
Download the combo update for your Mac's OS and architecture and re-install it in target mode. That should fix the missing files.
It sounds like those missing strings are not in the applications themselves but somewhere in core services or frameworks as they keep occurring everywhere.

You could always use target disk mode (boot this mac with T letter down at startup, attach a firewire cable to the new mac and you should be able to get the hard drive moutned as external hard drive on the desktop of your new mac). After getting these programs - and for programs like final cut you will need also to get the installers and not jsut copy the files over - run the software update to miss the possible missing pieces from them.

Is your system set to run in English?