# 
# 
# patch "src/main.cpp"
#  from [59347d7e681fed811c599bc6624756ffc974be86]
#    to [bd4675cd7e85e6a2cd1ab348d2aca03fad38d3db]
# 
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--- src/main.cpp	59347d7e681fed811c599bc6624756ffc974be86
+++ src/main.cpp	bd4675cd7e85e6a2cd1ab348d2aca03fad38d3db
@@ -19,20 +19,44 @@
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include <QApplication>
+#include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QLocale>
 #include <QTranslator>
+#include <QSysInfo>
 #include "view/Guitone.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
     QApplication app(argc,argv);
     
+#ifdef Q_WS_MAC
+	if (QSysInfo::MacintoshVersion < QSysInfo::MV_TIGER)
+	{
+		QMessageBox::information(
+        		NULL, 
+             app.translate("main","Unsupported OS"),
+            	app.translate("main","You're running guitone on MacOS X 10.3 or earlier, "
+            	   "but we could only test it on MacOS X 10.4. "
+            	   "It may run perfectly fine, but it could also crash horribly. "
+            	   "Please give us feedback if something goes wrong. Thanks!"),
+            	QMessageBox::Ok
+         );
+    }
+#endif
+
+// somehow loading the translation code leads to crashes on OSX, so we exclude
+// this OS for now...    
+#ifndef Q_WS_MAC
     // try to find a suitable locale and setup translations
     QString locale = QLocale::system().name();
     QTranslator translator;
-    translator.load(QString("i18n/guitone_") + locale);
-    app.installTranslator(&translator);
-    
+    QString path = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/i18n";
+    if (translator.load("guitone_" + locale, path))
+    {
+        app.installTranslator(&translator);
+    }
+#endif
+
     // create and show the main window
     Guitone *mainWnd = new Guitone();
     mainWnd->show();