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SGockel007 - Mar 2, 2008 - 2:13 pm

Hi, I was playing on garageband a couple days ago and the computer froze. So I held down the power button and restarted. I went back into garageband and it didn't work. It said something like "you do not have Mac OS X MIDI's installed". So I restart the computer normally and go back into garageband. It works, but the tracks are all messed up, they dissapear and then reappear at random times and it wont let me move sounds around withing the tracks. It's really frusterating!

thanks, Sam

Natobasso - Mar 2, 2008 - 2:35 pm

First, repair your permissions on your machine: apps/utilities/disk utility/repair permissions.

Let me know if the problem persists after you do that.

SGockel007 - Mar 4, 2008 - 7:00 am

Sorry it took so long to get back. I repaired the disk permissions and the problem is still there. While I was repairing, my neighborhood lost power and the computer died right during the repair. When the power returned, I restarted the repair. Could that be why it didn't work?

Thanks, Sam

Natobasso - Mar 4, 2008 - 10:50 am

No worries! I would suggest redoing the permissions repair. Losing power and interrupting the process definitely doesn't help.

If that doesn't work, download OnyX from http://www.versiontracker.com and run its repair tools and try Garageband again.

Let me know what happens.

SGockel007 - Mar 4, 2008 - 6:11 pm

OK, I have used Onyx before for other purposes back when I had 10.4.X. Should i download the latest version of Onyx or can I use the one I have?

- Sam

Natobasso - Mar 4, 2008 - 10:03 pm

If you are on 10.5 you'll need to download the latest version. There's an Onyx for every OS X ever made.

Before you do that, boot in Single User mode (hold command + s during reboot till you see black screen with white text/type fsck -fy/type reboot when the fsck -fy process finishes) Single User mode lets you repair permissions without actually fully booting the computer.

Then do the OnyX thing if Single User mode doesn't work.

SGockel007 - Mar 5, 2008 - 10:36 pm

Ok so I type: fsck -fy. And then I can repair permissions? If i type it wrong for some reason will I break the computer?

- Sam

Natobasso - Mar 6, 2008 - 11:41 am

Definitely type it right and you won't break your computer. The really serious commands don't start with fsck.