iPhoto keeps crashing when i try to turn on Photostream

[ToddJ]

I have the beta version of iPhoto and when i try to change the settings or try to turn on Photostream, it crashes. Has anyone else had this problem and found a way to fix it?

 

[ToddJ]

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Is no one else having this problem?

 

[lewys]

do you need to have the beta to use photo stream on iPhoto?

 

[GollumBoy]

I have the beta version of iPhoto and when i try to change the settings or try to turn on Photostream, it crashes. Has anyone else had this problem and found a way to fix it?

Wait a few hours for the final iPhoto to be released.

 

[kasclark]

iphoto keeps crashing

Last night I updated to the latest version of iPhoto (9.2?) to be compatible with iCloud. First, iPhoto would crash each time I clicked on PhotoStream, but now it just crashes as soon as iPhoto launches, even if PhotoStream is not selected. I thought the iCloud servers were just hammered, so I tried again this morning, but got the same problem.

SOLUTION:
Apparently, the 3vix codec was causing the crashing. I ran the 3vix uninstaller application and now I can open iPhoto and PhotoStream with no problems. Strange but true.

Hope this helps

 

[bradleymason]

thanks kasclark...that fixed the problem. Yes indeed very strange.

 

[thejeffcruz]

SOLUTION:
Apparently, the 3vix codec was causing the crashing. I ran the 3vix uninstaller application and now I can open iPhoto and PhotoStream with no problems. Strange but true.

Hope this helps

Amazing. spent HOURS looking all over the web for the answer and like an idiot, did not come here first. This was absolutely the fix. Works perfectly now that 3vix is uninstalled.

REMIND ME??? WHAT IS 3vix and why did I have it in the first place?


thanks
~jeff

 

[patrickh1350]

Worked for me too

And I wanna know why Apple hasn't corrected this bug. Ditto on thejeffcruz remark: What is 3vix and why was it on my machine?

 

[wovel]

And I wanna know why Apple hasn't corrected this bug. Ditto on thejeffcruz remark: What is 3vix and why was it on my machine?

I am also curious which installer put 3ivx on in the first place.

 

[ToddJ]

i only found a few leftover things from 3ivx.....i deleted those, but it still didn't help. I never found an uninstaller program though....was it in your Applications folder?

 

[soundiesam]

Thats crazy that solved my problem to!!!
sam

 

[ToddJ]

Here is part of my crash log...if anyone has any suggestions...i'd GREATLY appreciate it! iPhoto crashes when i open Preferences, not Photostream.


Process: iPhoto [1711]
Path: /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier: com.apple.iPhoto
Version: 9.2 (9.2)
Build Info: iPhotoProject-626000000000000~2
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [662]

Date/Time: 2011-10-14 12:09:05.308 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.7.2 (11C73)
Report Version: 9

Interval Since Last Report: 85769 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 53
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 6678 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 32
Anonymous UUID: 92D0653C-9057-4DB9-8555-B6B4F2BFBE38

Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x000000006e868b7e

VM Regions Near 0x6e868b7e:
__LINKEDIT 0000000064b08000-0000000064b0e000 [ 24K] r--/rwx SM=COW /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Print.framework/Versions/A/Print
-->
__TEXT 000000008f002000-000000008f7a5000 [ 7820K] r-x/rwx SM=COW /System/Library/Extensions/GeForceGLDriver.bundle/Contents/MacOS/GeForceGLDriver

Application Specific Information:
objc_msgSend() selector name: autorelease
Performing @selector(showPreferencePanel from sender NSMenuItem 0xf4b2080
objc[1711]: garbage collection is OFF

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x05c6ed47 objc_msgSend + 23
1 com.apple.iPhoto 0x003afa17 0x1000 + 3861015
2 com.apple.iPhoto 0x003aa057 0x1000 + 3838039
3 com.apple.iPhoto 0x003af9a6 0x1000 + 3860902
4 com.apple.iPhoto 0x003a6c1c 0x1000 + 3824668
5 com.apple.iPhoto 0x00217dd4 0x1000 + 2190804
6 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x0168e091 -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:] + 65
7 com.apple.AppKit 0x04d61cb3 -[NSApplication sendAction:to:from:] + 232
8 com.apple.AppKit 0x04e55caf -[NSMenuItem _corePerformAction] + 536
9 com.apple.AppKit 0x04e5592c -[NSCarbonMenuImpl performActionWithHighlightingForItemAtIndex:] + 171
10 com.apple.AppKit 0x04e54fb5 -[NSMenu _performActionWithHighlightingForItemAtIndex:sendAccessibilityNotification:] + 79
11 com.apple.AppKit 0x04e54f61 -[NSMenu _performActionWithHighlightingForItemAtIndex:] + 48
12 com.apple.AppKit 0x04dce543 -[NSMenu performKeyEquivalent:] + 306
13 com.apple.AppKit 0x04dccfb3 -[NSApplication _handleKeyEquivalent:] + 594
14 com.apple.AppKit 0x04cc0ad7 -[NSApplication sendEvent:] + 5772
15 com.apple.iLifeKit 0x03869ac7 -[iLifeKit sendEvent:] + 55
16 com.apple.iPhoto 0x0008d78b 0x1000 + 575371
17 com.apple.AppKit 0x04c51c82 -[NSApplication run] + 1007
18 com.apple.AppKit 0x04ee618a NSApplicationMain + 1054
19 com.apple.iPhoto 0x000114d0 0x1000 + 66768
20 com.apple.iPhoto 0x00010ad9 0x1000 + 64217

Thread 1:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x04774b5e __select_nocancel + 10
1 libdispatch.dylib 0x045adb11 _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 642
2 libdispatch.dylib 0x045ac6a7 _dispatch_mgr_thread + 53

Thread 2:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x0477483e __psynch_cvwait + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x04667e78 _pthread_cond_wait + 914
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x04667f7b pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x04878507 -[NSCondition waitUntilDate:] + 427
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x0483e92a -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 294
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x0483e7fe -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 69
6 com.apple.proxtcore 0x03630702 -[XTMsgQueue waitForMessage] + 50
7 com.apple.proxtcore 0x0362f6b0 -[XTThread run:] + 416
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x04845f7d -[NSThread main] + 45
9 com.apple.Foundation 0x04845f2d __NSThread__main__ + 1582
10 libsystem_c.dylib 0x04663ed9 _pthread_start + 335
11 libsystem_c.dylib 0x046676de thread_start + 34

Thread 3:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x04772c22 mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x047721f6 mach_msg + 70
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x016260ea __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 170
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x0162f214 __CFRunLoopRun + 1428
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x0162e8ec CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 332
5 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x0162e798 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 120
6 com.apple.Foundation 0x047f2607 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:] + 273
7 com.apple.proxtcore 0x03631aed -[XTRunLoopThread run:] + 509
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x04845f7d -[NSThread main] + 45
9 com.apple.Foundation 0x04845f2d __NSThread__main__ + 1582
10 libsystem_c.dylib 0x04663ed9 _pthread_start + 335
11 libsystem_c.dylib 0x046676de thread_start + 34

Thread 4:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x04772c22 mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x047721f6 mach_msg + 70
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x016260ea __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 170
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x0162f214 __CFRunLoopRun + 1428
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x0162e8ec CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 332
5 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x0162e798 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 120
6 com.apple.Foundation 0x047f2607 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:] + 273
7 com.apple.proxtcore 0x03631aed -[XTRunLoopThread run:] + 509
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x04845f7d -[NSThread main] + 45
9 com.apple.Foundation 0x04845f2d __NSThread__main__ + 1582
10 libsystem_c.dylib 0x04663ed9 _pthread_start + 335
11 libsystem_c.dylib 0x046676de thread_start + 34

Thread 5:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x0477483e __psynch_cvwait + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x04667e78 _pthread_cond_wait + 914
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x04667f7b pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x04878507 -[NSCondition waitUntilDate:] + 427
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x0483e92a -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 294
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x0483e7fe -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 69
6 com.apple.proxtcore 0x03630702 -[XTMsgQueue waitForMessage] + 50
7 com.apple.proxtcore 0x0362f6b0 -[XTThread run:] + 416
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x04845f7d -[NSThread main] + 45
9 com.apple.Foundation 0x04845f2d __NSThread__main__ + 1582
10 libsystem_c.dylib 0x04663ed9 _pthread_start + 335
11 libsystem_c.dylib 0x046676de thread_start + 34

Thread 6:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x0477483e __psynch_cvwait + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x04667e78 _pthread_cond_wait + 914
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x04667f7b pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x04878507 -[NSCondition waitUntilDate:] + 427
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x0483e92a -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 294
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x0483e7fe -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 69
6 com.apple.proxtcore 0x03630702 -[XTMsgQueue waitForMessage]

 

[troyhome]

It worked for me too!

Last night I updated to the latest version of iPhoto (9.2?) to be compatible with iCloud. First, iPhoto would crash each time I clicked on PhotoStream, but now it just crashes as soon as iPhoto launches, even if PhotoStream is not selected. I thought the iCloud servers were just hammered, so I tried again this morning, but got the same problem.

SOLUTION:
Apparently, the 3vix codec was causing the crashing. I ran the 3vix uninstaller application and now I can open iPhoto and PhotoStream with no problems. Strange but true.

Hope this helps

Uninstalling 3vix worked for me too! Apple needs to address this soon!!

 

[AZMerf]

Uninstalling 3vix worked for me too! Apple needs to address this soon!!

You guys should work for Apple. This fixed my problem too. What is 3vix anyway?!?

 

[ihektik]

3ivx

3ivx

 

[ov3rwr1t3]

3ivx is definitely the problem

I uninstalled 3ivx and iPhoto started running like a champ again. For those that were asking, you can find the uninstaller in Applications > 3ivx > Uninstall 3ivx.

 

[Shasha46]

3ivx

This worked for me too. I couldn't believe my eyes when my iPhoto kept crashing with no way to disable photo streaming. What is 3ivx and can I delete the entire file?

 

[vjaaan]

I just did a search in Finder for 3ivx and got nothing. Today when I tried to load iPhoto, I had a message saying I first had to install some update to the library that would take a long time and that after that was none, the library would no longer work with something (the old version, I think it said).

So I chose not to run that update till I knew more. Is that related to the issue being discussed here, and if so, should I hold off updating iPhoto?

Thanks.

 

[laspic]

Thank you so much, kasclark! I spent hours over several days deleting prefs, rebuilding every possible thing and still couldn't stop the crashing. In a million years I never would have thought to uninstall 3ivx. Everything is now perfect. I just had to rebuild all my thumbnails one last time.

THANK YOU!

 

[Fireproof!]

Damn I love these forums. I *NEVER* would've thought to uninstall 3ivx, but sure enough, it worked. iPhoto stopped crashing.

 

[crunchypaws]

brilliant, thanks folks,
cured the problem in 10 secs
ps found 3VIX with the search button top right corner of screen