Ok so I know I'm a little behind with the most up to date software and hardware but hopefully someone knows what I can do…

So I purchased Aperture 1 when it came out in the beginning, and loved it. Always worked and no problems. I'm not normally one to update software at all, but last month I decided to do a full overhaul on my system.

I updated to OSX 10.6.8. Launched Aperture to work on some photos and it would just bounce on the dock, and not launch. I did a quick google search and found out that Aperture 1 would not work with 10.6.8, that was ok I get that. So I went to the apple website to download Aperture 2. The first install went as you would assume, noticed that I had a previous version of Aperture with a licensed key, and went to install. After it was done I went to launch it again, it bounced on the dock and I received the 'Aperture quit unexpectedly' message.

This is where the confusion happens and no one seems to know whats going on. I did some more looking around and found a few possible fixes but nothing has worked.

After some security updates, I tried again. Downloaded the Aperture 2 trial, just to get the ball rolling. Every time things seem to go off without a hitch. Installer runs, loads everything up, finishes with 'Successfully Installed'. However when I then go to Applications, nothing shows up? Perform a spotlight search for Aperture and only the install package shows up, no application. I have tried this about 10 times with the same results over and over, no application showing up.

Here is what I have tried so far:

-Fully uninstalled everything to do with Aperture, did a spotlight search to make sure all was gone, even went into folders that had Aperture items but did not show up in spotlight and deleted them.
-Downloaded the trial from 2 different locations.
-Created a new user as an admin, tried to instal from that user.
-Made sure I have rosetta installed as it is required for my computer to run Aperture 2

I have searched all over the net and no one else seems to have this problem. I have called my authorized apple dealer who I normally deal with and they had no idea. I contacted Apple and Pro Apps, they had no idea.

Hopefully someone can help me!

Thanks,

Matthew