Nothing that I can recognise.  Here is the key bit - I think!

Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000140004000

Severin

On 15/08/2012, at 5:20 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:

> Hi Severin,
> 
> That it runs in Safe Mode and will NOT run in Normal mode, indicates to me 
> that you must have an extension/plugin of something in your user account that 
> is stopping PS CS6 from running in normal mode.
> 
> Have you looked in Console.app at CS6 logs or crash log to see if anything 
> gives you a clue as to what is stopping the launch of CS6?
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> On 15/08/2012, at 4:55 PM, Severin Crisp <sevcr...@westnet.com.au> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Ronni, well Photoshop CS6 is in residence again and so are the droplets, 
>> well sort of!  
>> Following your last email I
>> 1. Uninstalled Photoshop using its own uninstaller rather than CleanMyMac
>> 2. Copied the PS CS6 DVD contents to the desktop
>> 3. Rebooted in safe mode 
>> 4. Successfully ran the Photoshop CS6 installer
>> 5. Successfully started Photoshop
>> 7. Went to check for updates
>> 8. Downloaded and installed updates
>> 9. Restarted Photoshop
>> 10. Created an Action
>> 11. Created a Droplet from the action
>> 12. Successfully ran the Droplet
>> 13. Did a normal reboot
>> 14. Photoshop will no longer open, hangs at Initialise
>> 15. Did a safe reboot
>> 16. Photoshop now behaving normally again
>> 17. Opened all the applications that normally run 
>> 18. Photoshop still OK
>> 19. Normal reboot
>> 20. Photoshop again will not start
>> 
>> From the fact that a clone made on Thursday 9 August runs Photoshop in 
>> normal boot I conclude that something after 9 August is to blame.   I have 
>> preserved the clone.  I am at a loss as to how to proceed.  I have no clear 
>> recollection or record of what happened in those few days, my policy is 
>> always to install updates when notified by MacUpdate ( but no beta 
>> versions!).   I have no memory of "trying out" anything and if I did I would 
>> have deleted it with CleanMyMac.
>> 
>> Severin Crisp
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 14/08/2012, at 5:15 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Severin,
>>> 
>>> Comments in situ below.
>>> 
>>> On 14/08/2012, at 4:42 PM, Severin Crisp <sevcr...@westnet.com.au> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Ronni, after a break here is an update on my ongoing issue.   I did as you 
>>>> suggested and reset Home Directory Permissions and this has stopped the 
>>>> untoward Finder requests for authorisation.  
>>> 
>>> Good to hear.
>>> 
>>>> The Photoshop issue remains unresolved.  My current situation is that 
>>>> Photoshop CS6 will not start, either from my account or from a new user 
>>>> account.  This situation developed AFTER I did a boot in safe mode and  
>>>> found that Photoshop opened.  Now it does not start in any account or in 
>>>> safe mode, something has been broken.
>>> 
>>> Booting into Safe Mode would not break anything. Safe Boot-Mode disables 
>>> all unnecessary extensions.
>>> You then Reboot your Mac normally and it re-enables the system extensions.
>>> 
>>>> I have uninstalled PhotoShop (Clean my Mac) and reinstalled, no joy.  I 
>>>> have a clone created just prior to finding this out from the failing 
>>>> droplets and Photoshop there opens fine, though the droplets do not work.  
>>>> Forget the droplets for the moment, I want PhotoShop back again!  
>>>> When opening Photoshop the window progresses to Initialising then quits.  
>>>> An Adobe message offers to look at the report and comes back saying it can 
>>>> not offer a solution.  All my other applications seem unaffected.  I have 
>>>> knocked out all my Login items but still no Photoshop startup.  I have 
>>>> zapped PRAM, I have run Disk Warrior, I have repaired permissions, I have 
>>>> sworn, I have torn my hair.  
>>>> What might I try next?  
>>> 
>>> Hmmm, not being a fan of Adobe products, about all I can suggest to try is 
>>> this:
>>> Did you quit all other applications, even non-Adobe, before you attempted 
>>> the install? Not doing so can cause problems.
>>> 
>>> 1) ShutDown you Mac
>>> 2) Boot the Mac while holding down the shift key until the Login Window 
>>> appears
>>> 3) Login and open the CS6 Disk Image
>>> 4) Copy the contents of the disk image (Blue PS Icon) to the desktop
>>> 5) Launch the installer from the desktop NOT the Disk Image
>>>   Install
>>> 7) Reboot the Mac normally (without the Shift key) to re-enable the system 
>>> extensions
>>> 
>>> The above installation information comes from the Adobe Support Site.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>>> Severin
>>>> 
>>>> On 13/08/2012, at 9:35 AM, Severin Crisp <sevcr...@westnet.com.au> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks, Ronni.  I have to go out for the morning, will try this 
>>>>> afternoon.  
>>>>> Severin
>>>>> On 13/08/2012, at 7:51 AM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Severin,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> You mentioned: 
>>>>>>> Ronni, further information.   The Droplets work when I boot in Safe 
>>>>>>> mode.  
>>>>>>> However Finder still asks for password when I put anything in the 
>>>>>>> Trash.   Not 
>>>>>>> so from the alternative user account  (when not in Safe mode).  
>>>>>>> Severin
>>>>>> There are certain places where you must authenticate, but your Desktop 
>>>>>> isn't one of them (unless you are moving it from a folder that denies 
>>>>>> deleting things).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I would suggest you reset the Home Directory Permissions and ACLs.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Resetting the home folder permissions with the Reset Password utility 
>>>>>> will reset both the owner and the permissions.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 1.  Restart your Mac holding ⌘+R to boot into Lion Recovery, which will 
>>>>>> bring you to the Repair Utilities screen.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 2.  Open Terminal from the Utilities menu.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 3.  In Terminal, enter resetpassword  and hit return key to open the 
>>>>>> Reset Password utility.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 4.  Choose your hard drive icon at the top, then choose your user from 
>>>>>> the drop-down menu below. 
>>>>>> DO NOT RESET the password here.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 5.  At the bottom of the window, under "Reset Home Directory Permissions 
>>>>>> and ACLs", click the "Reset" button. 
>>>>>> This may take awhile if you have a lot of files in your home folder.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> This should solve your permissions problems for most apps. However, it's 
>>>>>> possible you may have a few apps which had saved files with special 
>>>>>> permissions that are different from the user's default permissions (like 
>>>>>> preferences or application support files). 
>>>>>> For those apps, you may need to delete their preferences or reinstall 
>>>>>> the app.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Ronni
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 12/08/2012, at 11:05 PM, Severin Crisp <sevcr...@westnet.com.au> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Yes, those are the current permissions
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> Severin
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 12/08/2012, at 5:39 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi Severin,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Just a quick reply as I need to do more clients work for tomorrow.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Mountain Lion does ask for authorisation and for you to authenticate 
>>>>>>>> if you are moving or deleting any that is system related.
>>>>>>>> I've noticed it does this more than in Lion.
>>>>>>>> You might have some permissions problems, but first check what 
>>>>>>>> Permissions you have on your Hard Drive and your User Home Folder?
>>>>>>>> HD - system "Read & Write"
>>>>>>>>  wheel  "Read only
>>>>>>>>  everyone "Read only
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> User Home Folder - sev (me) "Read & Write
>>>>>>>>                                     staff  "Read only"
>>>>>>>>                                   everyone "read only"
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>> Ronni
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 12/08/2012, at 2:06 PM, Severin Crisp <sevcr...@westnet.com.au> 
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Ronni, yes, Droplets work fine in a fresh account.  Interestingly, I 
>>>>>>>>> note that I am in general getting requests from Finder for 
>>>>>>>>> authorisation when moving files or just trashing them.  Seems to 
>>>>>>>>> happen when nothing is locked and read and write is enabled for 
>>>>>>>>> everything in sight.  I suspect that this may be the trouble, the 
>>>>>>>>> droplet writes to an existing folder, but where does it come from?   
>>>>>>>>> I can find no setting that is relevant.  
>>>>>>>>> Severin
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 11/08/2012, at 5:03 PM, Severin Crisp <sevcr...@westnet.com.au> 
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Yes, I have still to try that
>>>>>>>>>> Severin
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On 11/08/2012, at 4:52 PM, Severin Crisp <sevcr...@westnet.com.au> 
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, the first thing I did when trouble arose was to recreate them. 
>>>>>>>>>>>  They worked previously in Lion too.  As I noted earlier, the 
>>>>>>>>>>> Action (script) runs fine when you use it in the File/Automate/ 
>>>>>>>>>>> Batch mode but fails when that script is made into a 
>>>>>>>>>>> Droplet(Applet).  On dragging and dropping a file to it in the dock 
>>>>>>>>>>> it gives it gives one half hearted bounce then nothing.  Normally 
>>>>>>>>>>> it would open Photoshop and carry on.  I am sure Adobe will come 
>>>>>>>>>>> out with fix in due course, clearly there is something in Mountain 
>>>>>>>>>>> Lion that jars with Create Droplet function, or rather running that 
>>>>>>>>>>> droplet.  
>>>>>>>>>>> Severin
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On 11/08/2012, at 4:39 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Severin,
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> So Droplets - File > Get Info shows Kind: Application (32-bit)
>>>>>>>>>>>> These droplets were not originally created in CS6, is that correct?
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> You have tried in a new User Account (as Daniel suggested); do 
>>>>>>>>>>>> your existing droplets work fine in the new user account?
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> You have now re-created them in CS6 but they are still indicating 
>>>>>>>>>>>> they have been created in 32-bit?
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Did you also try (as Daniel suggested) System Preferences > 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Security & Privacy - General and 'Allow applications downloaded 
>>>>>>>>>>>> from:' and changing it to 'Anywhere' to see if that makes a 
>>>>>>>>>>>> difference to the droplets?
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>>> Ronni
>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 11/08/2012, at 4:07 PM, Severin Crisp <sevcr...@westnet.com.au> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> That is the first statement at the beginning of Get Info for the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> droplet.  Droplets are drag and drop applications that you create 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> within Photoshop from Actions, which are essentially scripts.  
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Droplet looks like an application in the Finder etc.  
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Severin
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 11/08/2012, at 3:08 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, how did you see that Droplets is 32-bit mode as you 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mentioned previously?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Photoshop CS6 is only 64 bit application on Mac OS
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Windows, it is a 32 and 64 bit application.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ronni
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 11/08/2012, at 3:01 PM, Severin Crisp 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <sevcr...@westnet.com.au> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There is no checkbox as in other applications.  It just says 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Kind: Application (32 bit)"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Severin
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 11/08/2012, at 1:25 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you Uncheck 32-bit it will run in 64-bit mode.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ronni
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 11/08/2012, at 12:40 PM, Severin Crisp 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <sevcr...@westnet.com.au> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The 64 bit option is not available in the Get Info window.  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Photoshop CS6 is right up to date according to Adobe Updater 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and of course I have tried recompiling the droplets.  HMMMM!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Enjoy the sunshine, a wonderful 22C here for lunch outside 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> today
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Severin
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 11/08/2012, at 7:47 AM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Change it to run in 64bit Mode in the Get Info window.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ronni
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/08/2012, at 10:35 PM, Severin Crisp 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <sevcr...@westnet.com.au> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Have just noticed that the Droplets are 32bit.  Could that 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be the trouble?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Severin
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/08/2012, at 5:46 PM, Daniel Kerr 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <dan...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do they give an error message when tried to be used?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It could be they're treated as "little applications" that 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> don't pass Gatekeeper. You could try System Preferences 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -Security and "allow all" (applications) to see if it lets 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you use them then. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (sorry not very clear instructions as not near computer at 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> moment. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Otherwise possibly another type of coding difference. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thats one quick thought worth a try. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Will think more later when free if that doesn't help :)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kind regards
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Daniel
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone 4s
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Daniel Kerr
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MacWizardry
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Phone: 0414 795 960
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ** For Everything Apple **
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/08/2012, at 5:40 PM, Severin Crisp 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <sevcr...@westnet.com.au> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I find that my Photoshop CS6 droplets do not work in 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mountain Lion, were fine in Lion.   I see this is a 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> recognised problem with no very clear solution yet.  I 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> find that the same Actions on which I base my failing 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Droplets (File/Automate/Create Droplet…) in fact perform 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> correctly under File/Automate/Batch…   Strange, the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> action and dialogs seem vitally identical.  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Anyone a comment to offer?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Severin Crisp
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