So, the recent apple software update was an utter disaster. It caused crashes, system melts, and Microsoft Office apps failed to launch. After pulling my hair out all morning, I located this fix finally, and things are finally back to normal. Turns out the problem was the QuickTime 7.2 update. Here’s the post to fix the problem, if you’re having the same frustration:
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20070716100311118
Glad to see you tracked it down… must be all the former PC troubleshooting experience.
yeah. I was having flashbacks to the days of trying to get Logic working on Windows 98.
i fortuitously missed all the headache due to my ADD and not wanting a reboot to interrupt my time spent reading celebrity gossip. who says paris hilton doesn’t do anything for society…
Boy, glad I’m running MS Vista……….Not really, wish I had XP instead.