Sony Bloggie Software Fix for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

by Sohrab Osati | Aug 25, 2011 | 20 comments
Sohrab Osati

A little under a month ago, Apple released their latest operating system, Mac OS X Lion. As with all new operating system launches, there tends to be some unforeseen consequences and this time, the victim happened to be Sony’s Bloggie software. We’ve previously covered the Bloggie software on the Mac and quickly, after Lion’s release began to get hear from Mac users that the Bloggie software would no longer function under Lion. After launching the application, users would discover a white window, instead of software loading. Even users who had attempted to redownload the software were faced with the same problem; no matter what, the Bloggie software would not work on Lion.

As many of our regular readers know, my actual paying job is being an Apple Consultant, and over the years, I’ve built a great relationship with Sony and their staff.  I quickly contacted Sony and they put me in touch with one of their engineers. After exchanging some console logs, Sony has been able to create a fix which is documented in the video after the jump. Sony has said that they will have a software update in the works, to ensure proper compatibility with Mac OS 10.7 though no given timeline has been put in place. After the jump, you can find a quick video walkthrough and the given steps needed to enable this fix.

The current work-around consists of three easy steps:

1. Head to “System Preferences”

2. Click “General” under the “Personal” category

3. Uncheck “Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps” under “Number of recent items”

After you’ve closed System Preferences, go ahead and launch the Bloggie Software again. For those who want a visual guide of it, the following video will take you through all the steps required. After further testing, I’ve also discovered that once you’ve turned off the option to “Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps” and launched the Bloggie software, you can simply enable that feature again and the Bloggie software will continue to function properly. You can even log out of your account and restart your machine with “Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps” enabled and the Bloggie software will again work properly.  Thanks again to Sony and their engineers who worked with us on this matter.