A solution for trouble with an iLife '04 install

Sep 28, '04 09:50:00AM

Contributed by: Isbiten

When I tried to install iLife 04 this morning, it kept complaining about one of the iApps running, but I made sure none were ... and yet, still the same error. So I restarted and tried installing without opening anything. Yup, same error. So I open Activity Monitor and search for iTunes. Voila! Sizzlingkeys4iTunes, which is a program for globally controlling iTunes (website), showed up in the list. Killing the process made the iLife installer run.

It seems that Apple's installer is just searching for "iTunes" in the process list and then making its install/no install decision based on those results. So if you're having trouble getting it to install, use Activity Monitor to look for "iLife-like-named" processes and kill them off, too.

[robg adds: I tested SizzlingKeys, and it adds only that one process to the list, so it certainly seems that this is another example of a semi-brain-dead Apple installer. They're probably just grepping on "iTunes" and running with the results.]

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