QuickTime 7.0.4 bug stops LimeWire from opening!

[stief]

Ouch. No easy solution yet; this problem looks like an issue for a new thread.

Developers of other java apps are noting a new conflict with the QuickTime 7.0.4 Update and 10.3.9, and the solutions to the previous problem don't work this time. I haven't found a link to a practical fix so far.

Quicktime 7.0.4 kills Java application

Here's the link to an uninstaller Quicktime 701 Reinstaller for Quicktime 7.0.4

[Lord of the Rings]

On the Final Cut Pro forum, the attitude is always a wait & see approach, re: updating QuickTime. Better to wait & see whether it's safe to update. It's not uncommon for updates of QT to have some kind of bug.

[martind28]

This QT upgrade appears to be the problem! I have just returned to QT 7.01 from 7.04 and lo and behold my limewire is back! Now seems to be working fine, these Apple upgrades should come with a health warning! How are novice users meant to know the implications of these upgrades?

Thanks for the info.
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[nervous_farter]

Thank you! This has been driving me mad since I installed QT 7.0.4 yesterday. I knew it had to be related. Thanks for providing the proof, and a way out.

[FreeStuffRules!]

I delayed installing QT Pro 7.0.4 after reading about all the conflicts, but I have experienced no problems at all after installing it. I did install the newer version, not the initial release.

[Lord of the Rings]

Do you mean QT 7.0.4 didn't affect LW? Which OS version are you running & which version of LW? Just trying to work out why it didn't affect you. I use 7.0.3 & it hasn't affected LW.

I notice the QT 7.0.1 reinstaller is one of apple's top 10 downlds from their site. lol

[FreeStuffRules!]

I'm using LW 4.10.5 Pro, on OS X 10.4.4.
As I stated in my lasy post, I installed the corrected release of QT Pro , not the initial release.
Seems there was a problem with the initial release, but it was fixed after a few days. and kept the same version #.

[Giani]

hey all,

im also using 10.4.4 on new intel core duo.
newest update of limewire was working fine untill yesterday when it started shutting down at start up, it holds untill the "upgrade to pro" pop up, but when i click any of the options it shuts down. its strange though because i didn't perform any upgrade and it was working fine with quicktime 7.0.4

I tried lime wire 4.10.5,6,7,8 all the same...

any ideas? =)

[FreeStuffRules!]

"I tried lime wire 4.10.5,6,7,8 all the same..."

Perhaps you could tell us how you managed to use 4.10.6,7, and 8, when the newest release is 4.10.5.

[Giani]

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6474

4.10.9 now out apparently

on another note, i downloaded the new mac 10.4.5 and the problem has been resolved!

smiles to all

[Lord of the Rings]

Thanks for letting us know. I wonder if that update includes a bug fix for QT.

LW 4.10.5 is the "official" version however, there's been betas trialled out since; see http://www.limewire.com/english/content/beta.shtml
You can get some more details in the Beta section of the forum if you wish to trial the betas & help problem solve. You can also catch up on improvements & bug fixes here http://www.limewire.com/english/cont..._history.shtml

[Giani]

cool thanks for the advice! (had no idea about beta!)

lots of smiles =)

[Giani]

o nooo! worked for one day after new osx intel 10.4.5 update and then stopped again! quits as soon as its opened! tryed 4.10.9 but same thing...help!

smiles =)

[Lord of the Rings]

I don't know if this applies to everyone else, but after upgrading to Tiger I found an external firewire capture device wouldn't work due to QuickTime. The solution is here http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301852
After that I installed QT 7.0.4 & LW had no problems running with it at all. I guess the problem might have been having QT 6 still on the system in my receipts folder. But I never did try QT 7.0.4 before that so I don't know if there would have been a problem for me also. (BTW I've heard a rumour Apple might get rid of their firewire options. At least the FW800.)


Giani try reinstalling your Java. Use the "Offline" installer from the apple site. I'd also recommend updating to Java 1.5 & forcing LW to use 1.5 if you haven't done this already. See http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301073 for instructions for forcing LW to use Java 1.5 & Java 1.5 can be found here Java 1.5 release 3. I'd also recommend deleting your LW preferences folder whilst LW is CLOSED found here /Users/your_username/Library/Preferences/LimeWire

[Giani]

thanks for the tips, unfortunately the that version of java cannot be installed on intel mac, so problem persists!!