Reason 2.5 Not Installing On Osx Options

[BoosterGold]

I wonder if any of you guys could help me. I have not been able to install Reason on my iMac G5. I can install the program disc fine and after installed it prompts me to insert the Orkestra disc. However, when I put the Orkestra CD in, the computer seems to register the CD but then spits it right back out, same with the sound bank CD. I have tried installing many times with the same results. I really want to get to making music and this installation is really giving me a headache. If any of you guys could help me with this it would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

[monkeyboy23]

I wonder if any of you guys could help me. I have not been able to install Reason on my iMac G5. I can install the program disc fine and after installed it prompts me to insert the Orkestra disc. However, when I put the Orkestra CD in, the computer seems to register the CD but then spits it right back out, same with the sound bank CD. I have tried installing many times with the same results. I really want to get to making music and this installation is really giving me a headache. If any of you guys could help me with this it would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

The one time this happened to me was when I was upgrading to 3.0 from 2.5. I was using the wrong Orkestra cd, it turned out. I forget the specifics, but I popped the other versions Orkestra cd in and it worked. Hopefully that's it.

[deaconblue]

Hey Booster,

What happens if you put either the Orkester CD or the SoundBank CD into the drive when you are not using it to install? Do they mount? Do they have the correct name(s)? If they do, then I would agree with Monkeyboy, the version you are trying to use is not the correct one for the Reason version you are installing. If they do not mount or show up incorrectly in the Finder after they mount on the desktop, then I would contact Propellerheads to get a new copy as your CDs may be damaged or corrupted.

One other thing to try, just to be on the safe side, if they mount on the desktop correctly, but you still can't use them, make sure you try to repair the disc (hard drive volume) and the permissions using disk utility. Permissions issues can cause very weird things to happen. Sinc eReason writes to different directories during install, this could be causing some problems as well.

Good luck.

peace.

[BoosterGold]

Hey Booster,

What happens if you put either the Orkester CD or the SoundBank CD into the drive when you are not using it to install? Do they mount? Do they have the correct name(s)? If they do, then I would agree with Monkeyboy, the version you are trying to use is not the correct one for the Reason version you are installing. If they do not mount or show up incorrectly in the Finder after they mount on the desktop, then I would contact Propellerheads to get a new copy as your CDs may be damaged or corrupted.

One other thing to try, just to be on the safe side, if they mount on the desktop correctly, but you still can't use them, make sure you try to repair the disc (hard drive volume) and the permissions using disk utility. Permissions issues can cause very weird things to happen. Sinc eReason writes to different directories during install, this could be causing some problems as well.

Good luck.

peace.

Thanks you guys for replying. Yes, both CDs are recognized by the computer when they aren't being used to install. The weird thing is when I'm prompted by the installation program to insert the disk, the CD is recognized for a split second and spit right back out. And even if I just insert the orkestra and sound bank discs and just click on the program on the CD, it'll eject itself out. So I'm pretty sure the CDs itself aren't the problem. The other thing is I have Reason 2.0 and the upgrade to 2.5 and the installation won't work on either program. Also, where would I go into to use disk utility, I've looked around my computer and can't find it.

Thanks!

[deaconblue]

Booster,

Go to the Hard Drive -> Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility.

Open it and it should present a list of drives in your computer on the left hand side of the window. Click on your hard drive where the OS and Applications are installed (If you have more than one; if not, just click on the one named as your hard drive vs. Seagate 71420 blah blah blah, etc.), then click on the "First Aid" tab on the right. Click on Verify Disk. IF ANY problems are found, you should get your original system CD/DVD or latest Mac OS X CD/DVD, which ever has the latest version of the OS installed and boot from it (put it in the drive, restart and hold down "C" to boot from the optical drive). Once the OS X installer loads, go to the Utilities menu and select Disk Utility from there. Repeat the above process, but choose "Repair Disk" instead of verify.

If no problems are found during either one of these processes or all the issues were able to be repaired, then click on the "Repair Permissions" button.

Once both of these are comlpeted and no other problems are found (you might want to run each a couple of times to be sure) you should restart off the hard drive and try to install again.

Good luck. The technical gremlins can be the biggest pain. But, they are usually solved relatively quickly.

peace.

[Justin Thyme]

I have seen something similar happen. In my case, I changed users. When you do this, Reason no longer sees your registration info, and when you run it, it response as if it's being run for the first time after install. So it will ask for Orkester, mount it, see that the file is already installed, kick it out, and then do the same thing with the Soundbanks CD.

I'm new to Macs, but my guess is that somehow your configuration isn't being saved properly, so every time you run Reason it reacts like the first time you run it. I don't have an answer for the hows and whys of that, but perhaps someone else does.