Christian:

I ran permissions repair before and after installing the 10.4.9 update. This did not prevent the crash I mentioned. Oddly enough, Disk Utility repairs exactly the same permissions every time I run it, even if nothing has happened between running it, rebooting the computer and running it again. This was a bug in one of the earlier incarnations of OS 10.4 but reappeared in 10.4.8 and is still present in 10.4.9 (if it is a bug and not a symptom of imminent disaster). It seems to have appeared (or at least I first noticed it) after installation of Altiverb 6.0.5 - - but I have no idea if there is any relationship there. In any case, to prevent total disaster - - and accompanying work and psychological meltdown phenomena - - I do always maintain recently updated clones of my startup drive and store 2 of the three clones offsite at any given time.

cm, your link only lists the Security fixes. The enhancements and bug fixes are listed here: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx1049comboupdateppc.html

apologies, from my point of view always the security fixes are the most important ones [;)]
... occupational disease ... thx for the additional link
christian

Many thanks,
Hi stevesong are you using Altiverb 6.0.5 under Logic ? Is working ?

...anyway...here pretty good. Just AU rescan on Logic startup, all good.
Thanks

Anton:

I am running Altiverb 6.0.5 with Logic 7.2.3. In my experience Altiverb 6 sounds gorgeous but is very buggy. Main symptom is that, if the Altiverb 6 GUI has been opened or was open during the session, Logic freezes immediately after a bounce - -. The workaround is to

1.do all Altiverb tweaking prior to the bounce
2 close the Altiverb 6 GUI
3. save the file
4.quit Logic
5.restart Logic
6. bounce.

Following this procedure usually - -but not always- - avoids the crash. No such problems ever with Altiverb 5. My advice: if possible stick with Altiverb 5 until they have sorted out this and other bugs in Altiverb 6 - - which they are promising to do. Also, in my opinion, the changes to the GUI in Altiverb 6 are not an improvement - - the main advantage of Altiverb 6 seems to be the ability to write automation directly to all parameters. Check the Altiverb forums for news of any bug-fixing update to Altiverb 6.

Hi Stevesong,
i know about AV 6 problems and still using 5.
That's because i ask for.
Hope they solve the problem at soon.
Thanks

For the record:
I joined the brave and mentally unstable and upgraded to 10.4.9 [[;)]]
When I checked Vienna Instruments, most of my library was missing. Luckily, I have read a few tricks on these forums, so I deleted everything from Directory Manager and started from zero.

After doing doing this 3 times and re-launching Logic 5 times, I had all my libraries back. [[:|]] whew!

Folks at LUG have reported that certain plugins don't show up, but they can obviously be forced into service with AU Val.

So far so good......
Colin

I installed the update yesterday after a permissions repair. Works fine here (iMac G5, 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM)! No "critical incidents" so far. Logic did a AU rescan on startup, but that´s it.

Best,

Maya

I have installed on my 3 G5 and no problem apart rescanning AU.

....anyway AV 6.0.6 is out....seems fixed the Logic bounce problems....

Hi everyone.. ive just 3 weeks ago got the cube & a few extended bits.. im half way through my first movie score & i was having a ball up until an hour ago when i installed the 10.4.9 along with the VSL player update 1.11...

since then when i try to load vsl as stand alone or within my project ( motu DP user ) i get a message " Custom data folder is inaccessable. Please use Directory Manager to specify a new custom data folder" please go to manager & select a new one" error message..

ive done this, a few times.. still wont have it.. i know its a proper new-bee question [:O]ops: but im sweating here now i cant get the project up , g5 dual 2.5 / 3 gig ram

There was me hoping to do a big "Hello" post as well.. [8-)]

Anywayzzz.. any help would be really appreciated.. & Hello everyone, i look forward to learning & contributing to the life changer that is VSL ( & its forum ) [:D]

Regards in Music
Love in Life

Marc Mitchell

www.marcmitchell.co.uk www.surroundedpodcast.com www.innersense.je
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to marcmitchell:
Make sure the Custom folder that you specify is not locked and that the permissions for that folder are set to ~you~ and also unlocked. Do this in the <Get info> window

Regards - Colin (and welcome to this wonderful VSL community)

PS : NEVER do software or system upgrades in the middle of a movie score or any job at all. You can be certain that something will go wrong....

Thanks Colin, you star... all working fine now [:D] & thanks for the welcome

regards
MM