Garageband hates me

[akm3]

So if I launch Garageband, my existing projects if I try to open them just make the screen 'flash' and nothing happens. If I try to start a new project, it asks me the name and key and time signature, then says it can't open the project.

If I try to reinstall iLife 11, it fails and says it can't install.

Permissions repairs comes up with nothing.

I'm kind of stumped?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

What version of GarageBand on what exact Mac with what specific Mac OS X version do you use?
And does it also happen on another (even temporarily created) account?

 

[akm3]

What version of GarageBand on what exact Mac with what specific Mac OS X version do you use?
And does it also happen on another (even temporarily created) account?

I have some follow-up to this.

1) It is 10.6.5 w/ iLife 11 garageband.
2) NO it doesn't happen on another user account.

So, my Users folder is moved over to a different drive (have SSD / HD configuration) so my applicaitions etc is all on the SSD and my 'Users' folder is on the HD.

This has now caused a problem with DropBox too, it can't lauch because it can't find it's settings. I believe these are related.

Everything was working great, but I had to restore from Time Machine when my old lemon iMac was replaced for a new one.

So, how do I fix it?

 

[akm3]

So I fixed Dropbox with some sudo permissions trickery and such on their website. So I obviously have screwed up permissions. What is the right way to fix Garageband's permissions?

 

[akm3]

OK.

So I couldn't reinstall iLife. So I logged in a different user and DID reinstall iLife, but that didn't fix it - but it DID let me reinstall iLife on my account, so I did.

Once I did that, I could create new projects!! *BUT* I still can't open existing projects and the new ones I create, once I save and close, I can't open that either.