Heya, I've been having some major problems getting PD to load on my mac (have been for the past couple years) for some reason it only loads up when the internet is on, and sometimes not at all - otherwise, it just bounces there on the dock for a bit then stops. I've updated to the newest version of PD, running the latest version of OSX and its still happening- please help!

Okay, I managed to delete the preference files but its still happening. It only allows me to open PD when I am bluetooth connected to my phone internet - really weird. It must be some sort of buggy saved state or something that I can't get rid of. Any ideas?

@Jamestocher Make sure to answer the items @gsagostinho has mentioned, please.

@gsagostinho

I'm using OSX 10.9.5, PD-Extended, I've shared .pd files between computers and it hasn't happened on other machines, it only starts when only my phone internet is connected via bluetooth, and I recently did a clean reinstall of Pd as well as deleting the preference files. It used to work fine up until a couple of years ago.

Also, another point that's worth noting, is that after I start up pd using my phone connection, I can disconnect my phone after its started up, and use, save, and exit the application no problem. It seems to purely be a problem with just starting up.

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no luck so far any other ideas? is it worth an entire rebuild of OSX?

That's all fine and dandy, but unfortunately I don't have any mac OSX install dvd's...

@Jamestocher I think they phased out physical disks a few years ago. If you are running 10.9 or above you already have a recovery partition installed on your hard drive. Shut down your mac and then hold option when powering back on. Choose to boot into the recovery drive. Then reinstall the OS.