iWeb is not working... Help?

[Turkish_boy_Antonio]

I bought iLife from a friend and selled the other iLife pack but now all programs are working but iWe doesn't why would it that be?

[phiDC]

hi antonio... i had the same problem as you and i was given some great help finding the solution(s).

here is the link to the macusers forum i started:

 

http://www.macusersforum.com/index.php?showtopic=17194

 

here is the final posting, etc. from this forum which has all the information you will need to get you fixed:

 

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i tried all of the options suggested on that link (http://homepage.mac.com/hoovmoss/iWebIsGrey.html) you gave me (except reinstalling) and nothing worked. i then did a search for "grey menu" on the discussions.apple.com site and found a number of postings on the iWeb issue.

here's the link:

 

http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?s...amp;q=grey+menu

 

in summary... for anyone having this problem:

• "easiest" method is to share an album with iWeb from iPhoto. this might wake iWeb up and boot up the templates. this may have to be done a number of times but for some this will eventually work.

 

• if iPhoto doesn't work... try the same thing with iMovie

 

• Go to the iWeb application, right click on the app and select "Show Package Contents"

Browse to "/Contents/Resources/" and open "Defaults.plist" in textedit

Find the lines "<key>SFRAcceleratedCanvas</key>

<true/>"

and edit it to <key>SFRAcceleratedCanvas</key>

<false/>"

Save it and relaunch.

 

• do a "custom" reinstallation of iWeb from your OSX system software or iLife CDs after you have removed all traces of iWeb from your hard drive.

 

i tried the first three methods many times with little variations suggested at the above link and nothing worked.

i then found someone who had used appZapper to remove iWeb before successfully reinstalling.

 

appZapper is "the uninstaller Apple forgot"... a wonderful little tool ($12.95/$18 family pak) that automatically finds all those myriad files installed throughout your computer and eliminates them effortlessly. you get five free "zaps" when you download the app from:

 

http://www.appzapper.com/

 

sooo... IT WORKED!!!

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good luck antonio... hope this gets you up and out there!