Applications crash and I don't know why

[cool11]

Somebody here should know something about it.

There are some applications on osx that crash when I try to run them.
I download trial versions from several companies. Some of them are well-known, like zend studio, or sorenson squeeze etc.

I download. I open dmg. I double click the .app. Osx tells me that the application crash.

I don't know why. New versions of applications, what cause the crash?

I have one suspicion about the way I upgraded from tiger to leopard.
I think I used 'archive-install' option. But it should be ok I think. We dont talk about rubbish microsoft windows here! After all 'archive-install' is a normal option on leopard installation disk.

Most of my applications run smooth. Photoshop, ms word, many others. No problem at all.

It seems that something strange happens to my system.
I don't know why new programs crash on my osx.

Can you please help me.

 

[cool11]

Any help?

 

[jeremy.king]

1) You should copy the application out of the .dmg file and put it in your Applications folder

2) If the problems persist, contact the developer of the application in question.

 

[cool11]

Here is some lines from crash report on one application ( i put it on applications folder):


Application Specific Information:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSImageCacheException', reason: 'Can't cache image'

...

Does this means something for you?

 

[cool11]

What would cause application crashing?
There are a few applications, so maybe there is something wrong on my system?

I talk about new versions of programs, so it is not a matter of roseta or leopard compatibility etc

 

[trevorlsciact]

people die and i dont know why

maybe it has something to do with life?

 

[Amdahl]

Elsewhere on the web, the following suggestions about cause/cure:

Repair permissions
Run Apple hardware test from your original DVDs (video card failure?)
And of course, try a re-install.

I once had numerous crashes in many apps, and it turned out to be a glitchy firewire connection (I was running off external drive.)

 

[Catfish_Man]

Here is some lines from crash report on one application ( i put it on applications folder):


Application Specific Information:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSImageCacheException', reason: 'Can't cache image'

...

Does this means something for you?

Yes, actually. Could you post the rest of the log?

 

[Cromulent]

Copy the application across to your Applications folder as someone else has already stated. You shouldn't run programs from a DMG directly.