A special message thrown/displayed by software to indicate a problem, usually in a dialog box
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“device not configured” error when attempting to reach specific websites
A few months ago I posted the question getting "out of memory" error when trying to load specific websites (am not out of RAM) regarding bizarre could not allocate memory errors when I ...
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mac doesnt boot after single user mode
I had brought an external hard disk to use as a time machine. There was a problem while trying to partition, so i booted into single user mode and ran the ffsck command. This returned an error, and ...
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Mac App Store Problem
Memory Clean update & Pocket new purchase both stuck in installing bar, though in MAS purchase page appears " installed".
Both appear in launchpad as if in progress but with full bar.
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Clicking help on Time Machine “to improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you” message cancels it?
On a fairly new machine running 10.8.3 I'm getting the message:
Time Machine completed a verification of your backups on “<disk>”. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new ...
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Time Machine error - The backup disk is not available - Using internal disk for TM
I have an old Mac Pro that I would like to use as a Time Machine server for my small company. I just put in some spare hard drives in the unused bays, and set up a mirrored RAID set to use for Time ...
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346 views
“# is not registered with iMessage” error
Let me clearly establish that I am not trying to send a sms to a non-iPhone user. On my OS x Mountain Lion macbook pro I was sending iMessages from the Messages application just fine until all of a ...
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Canon imageclass MF4420w printer cant work with mac osx 10.8
There seems to be no legit drivers available for the Canon MF4420w imageclass printers which dont seem to work.
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Time machine error-1
How can I solve the problem - The backup disk image “/Volumes/Time Capsule de xx/MacBook Pro xx.sparsebundle” could not be accessed (error -1).
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iPhone 3GS locked to at&t. How do unlock it?
I bought an iPhone 3GS, second hand, and I have now found out its on a AT&T network. I live in the UK, I can't get past the "Connect to iTunes" message. Even when I connect to iTunes it says:
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Permissions error when downloading or quick-looking attachments in mail.app after symlinking Mail Downloads directory
Awhile back, I symlinked my ~/Library/Mail Downloads directory to ~/Downloads so that my email attachments would be downloaded to the same location that all my other applications download files to.
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Xcode fatal confused error
I just off to lunch break for 30 minutes, when returned back, Xcode shows me this message repeatedly, don't know why this was happening, the only solution to get rid out of this is to Force quit the ...
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What techniques work to handle errors in AppleScript so I can place a dialog?
I'm new to programming and AppleScript and I have lots of problems with error handling.
Could anybody share their error handling for file operations like move/trash files? Here is my code so far:
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iPhone - no display
My verizon iPhone was working fine until yesterday, mint condition, no damage.
Suddenly, there's no display, iTunes detects it but doesn't let me restore: error 3194
Is there any known fix for ...
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How can I set the Java version default to 32bit via command line?
I have a few 10.6.8 users with the last official Cisco VPNClient.app, 4.90.280, who continuously received the "error 51" on launch despite not being booted into 64-bit.
Manually running sudo kextload ...
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Homebrew LoadError no such file to load
I'm running Mac OS X 10.7.5 on which I installed Homebrew some time ago. When trying to go into the brew directory with
cd `brew --prefix`
I'm getting the following error:
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I restored my iPhone but it always says Activation Error, what should I do?
I forgot my passcode so I go on iTunes to restore it, but after the restoration, it says Activation Error after I put in the Wi-Fi Settings. I have tried it many times but it still hasn't worked.
I ...
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Why does the Mac App Store show an “error” for a missing product?
A game that purchased a while ago in the Mac App Store is now "not currently available in the U.S. store", but continues to appear in my Applications folder as a download in progress
and shows an ...
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Downloaded apps does not start, error -10658
When I downloaded an application (e.g. RubyMine) and transfered it to the Applications folder, the application wont start (nothing happens). It is not limited to the Applications folder, it appears ...
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Error 2009 when restoring iPhone
I have a jailbreaked iPhone 4 and I updated from version 5 to v6 in wifi.
The screen shows only the recovery mode, but when I connect it to iTunes, it detects the iPhone but needs to update it.
When ...
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1answer
300 views
Restoring a jailbroken iPhone
I'm trying to restore a iPhone 3g I got that was jailbroken. I plugged it into itunes and hit restore and received the error 1015 that it could not be restored. I've tried using the tinyumbrella ...
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117 views
Permission denied error when opening Terminal
I'm using a clean install of 10.8. I wanted to add a couple of directories to my path. I tried adding them to /etc/paths using
sudo vim /etc/paths
Now when I open a terminal window I see this:
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apache on OSX 10.8 not starting
I had Apache working on my 10.8 MPBR. I haven't used it for a few weeks, and now it doesn't seem to start. I get nothing in /private/var/log/apache2. Nothing, meaning no logging at all, error or ...
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Download error in iTunes, deleting file which is hung up in queue
I have 2 files in my download queue that are not downloading, getting error message. How do I delete? With download errors you cannot swipe to the left to delete.
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What steps can I take to recover data from a FileVault 2 encrypted boot volume that won't boot and is stuck in “converting” status?
I have a 2008 Macbook Pro running OS X 10.8 on a 500GB (upgraded from original) 1-2 year old hard drive. The drive was encrypted with FileVault2, and the system was running fine a few months ago until ...
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Start up disk full due to backups
I am getting the "disk full" error message and my computer is running painfully slow. When I run OmniDiskSweeper to find out the culprit it shows that I have over 800GB in "Backups" most of them are ...
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Macbook Pro wont open apps or download content due to Error Code: -50.
My Macbook Pro ran into a problem and reported Error: -50. I cannot open applications such as Chrome, Word, and others. I cannot download content or move content to the trash because it says the ...
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146 views
Error while installing Homebrew on Lion
I started installing Homebrew on my Mac Lion v10.7.4 but got the following error.
==> Downloading and Installing Homebrew...
Failed during: Error: /usr/bin/xcode-select returned unexpected error. ...
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Why does “ATSFontFindFromContainer failed: count = 2” appear thousands of times in my system.log?
Just now, I looked at Console Messages and system.log in the Console application. I saw thousands of repetitions of messages like the following:
Dec 30 00:01:54 MyName-2 com.apple.quicklook[39867]:
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Why am I receiving the error “Photos for the iCloud account [username] cannot be accessed”?
I'm receiving this error message periodically:
Photos for the iCloud account "name@email.com" cannot be accessed. Review your account information in System Preferences.
Photo Stream is enabled ...
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getting “out of memory” error when trying to load specific websites (am not out of RAM)
I'm having a problem where my computer (Macbook Pro, 8GB RAM, OS 10.8) will not to attempt to load certain websites. Nothing fixes it except for rebooting. This occurs when nothing else is obviously ...
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iTunes suddenly decided my mp3s are mpga movies that iTunes won't play. What happened?
I have a bunch of music I ripped from CD myself. I haven't played all of it recently, mostly listening to my iPhone instead. I went to play some old tracks only to be told by iTunes "this movie ...
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Statistics on MacBook Air failures?
Are there any statistics available about failure rates for MacBook Air by time? For example, what are the chances of failing within 1, 3, 6, 12 months, etc.
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Download Error in AppStore while downloading Green Farm
I'm using Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2) and whenever I try to download Green Farm in the AppStore, I get a download error.
The weird thing is, this only occurs when download this particular game. I ...
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App store download error
I live in China and have a UK iTunes account. I'm trying to download Mountain Lion but the download has failed repeatedly. Yet, I was able to download and install apps in the past.
In the App store, ...
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Gmail on iPad not working ..error message
I'm seeing this problem all over the web and I'm asking the same thing. I am not very computer savvy and would appreciate an answer that is easy to understand.
When I try to access my Gmail account ...
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How to fix weird screen issues on Macbook Pro after appr. half an hour of activity?
Recently my couple year old MacBook Pro has been acting up strangely. I generally use it for watching videos. After about half an hour or so of activity, the screen starts to look like this:
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Can not open Mail app since I updated the last version of Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
I just update my version of Mountain Lion and then when I try to open my Mail app I receive this message :
I tried to reinstall Mail but I actually don't know how to do it.
Anyone know what is the ...
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Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup to
I'm getting some strange behaviour from Time Machine since upgrading to ML and since I started using the Iomega home Cloud Edition NAS.
So I already had a helluva time getting the first backup to ...
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How can you avoid error -43 when copying symlinked folder in Finder with a SAMBA share?
The context
From a Mac running Mountain Lion, a share "Multimedia" served by QNAP NAS is mounted as root via SAMBA in the Finder. Let's say I create a symbolic link of a directory on the NAS such ...
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External drive error while moving files, now folder is inaccessible from Finder
I was moving some files from one external hard drive to another, while the system froze, and I had to reboot the hard way.
When I logged in again, the folder was looking semi-transparent (as it is ...
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iPhoto refuses to open, even after deletion and reinstall
Here's the error message:
Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /Library/Frameworks/NyxAudioAnalysis.framework/Versions/A/NyxAudioAnalysis
Referenced from: ...
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How to fix Quicktime error -2048 (doesn't understand file format)?
I recently transferred a movie made on iMovie from my iPad to my PC. It's a big file I transferred with Photo Transfer App. On the PC, Quicktime refuses to play the file. It gives error -2048 ...
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Can I get files off an iPhone 4 that is stuck in a firmware update loop?
So I updated my iPhone 4 to iOS6 today (using the built in updater on the iPhone). The phone did some stuff for a while and then rebooted with a progress bar which never updates. If I leave it long ...
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Eclipse quit unexpectedly (Mac OS X 10.7.4 and Eclipse 3.8)
I had an Eclipse environment all wrong, than I decided to install another (newer) version from scratch. After I "uninstalled" the older version, I downloaded the Eclipse for Java Developers 64-bit for ...
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Strange QuickLook Error
I recently installed an SSD (m4 crucial latest firmware) with TRIM enabled on my late 2011 MBP 13". I did a clean install of Mountain Lion 10.8.1, enabled FileVault 2 and everything was working fine ...
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Get exclamation point alert icon when opening most pictures in iPhoto
My Library appears to be intact. All the events and albums are normal in thumbnail view but when I open a picture I get this exclamation point error icon that fills the screen.
Looks fine in ...
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App Store “An Unknown Error Has Occurred”, Apple Support fix was only temporary. How fix permanently?
When opening an application installed from the App Store (TextWrangler) I am prompted to sign in. After entering the correct Apple ID and password I get an error, An unknown error has occurred. This ...
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How do I triage errors from the AppStore? Where are the log files?
Am getting an error message when trying to reinstall TextWrangler from the App Store. The message given is An unknown error occurred. This is not terribly helpful. Where can I look to get more ...
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Finder error -50 when moving files from external NTFS hard disk
As per title, I'm using a external NTFS hard disk for storage (guess it doesn't matter the type, but I can give more informations if needed). It happen many times, however, that I receive Finder error ...
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Why are three newly-downloaded, up-to-date, unrelated applications not starting: “not supported on this type of Mac” *not a PowerPC problem*
Today, I downloaded the latest stable versions of three largely unrelated programs: Pixen, Tiled, and Gideros Studio (free Gideros pack).
All three of these programs have crossed out icons, and return ...
