A special message thrown/displayed by software to indicate a problem, usually in a dialog box
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Quicksilver will not open on my Mac (OS 10.6). Can you help?
I installed Quicksilver and due to some problems I have with the "shelf" feature I decided to uninstall it (using appCleaner).
When I tried to install it again the application wouldn't install the ...
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Why am I receiving this error code, when trying to rename a flash drive?
I receive this error upon attempting to rename a flash drive. The renaming process works, but I would like to know what this error is, and why it's appearing.
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An error occurred when configuring keychain syncing
I'm using MobileMe to sync my keychain between an iMac and a MacBook Air. Since both machines run Lion this error message pops up every other system start (or when waking up from sleep):
"An error ...
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Pen drive does not show on mac on attaching but show error on removal?
My problem is that when I attach my pen drive to any of the ports on my Mac, it won't show up on my Mac, but when I remove the pen drive, it shows the error, "The disk was not ejected properly. If ...
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“usb device was drawing too much power” error message
Ever since I upgraded to Lion, I've been getting this error message a lot. It seems to trigger(not every time though) when I plug in my iPhone to the usb port on my keyboard.
The only other USB ...
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Problem downloading large app using iPad 2
I tried to download a 500MB app using my iPad 2 connected to WiFi and got an error stating that the app could not be downloaded.
Someone told me that its because the file is too large to be ...
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Error installing Wine on 10.6.8
I was installing Wine on 10.6.8 and got this error:
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details)
Error: Failed to install expat
Log ...
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What are “nwnode:” URLs, and why did Lion break them?
After installing OS X 10.7, Dropbox presented the following error upon loading: "URLs with the type "nwnode:" are not supported". I also got this error from Path Finder (although I don't know what I ...
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Paragon-NTFS only let me save files into NTFS Drive from Finder Application
I just upgraded my Mac OS into Lion. I use Paragon NTFS to apply ntfs write mode. While working using Microsoft office, i noticed that i couldn't save any file from outlook, word, excel into NTFS ...
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Email stuck in outbox but can't access it
I have Office 2011 installed on Mac OS 10.6 and I tried to send an email to multiple recipients and got this error: The message could not be sent because it has unresolved recipients. And now, every ...
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What does “mds: (Error) Volume: Could not find requested backup type:2 for volume ” signify?
In Console.App I can see various log messages. I've diagnosed a Time Machine problem and searched for "backup". In the resulting messages from backupd I also noticed the message
27/07/11 ...
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iPhone Accessory warning - without any accessory
I am getting following error. Previously I connected iPhone headphone/handsfree. It was working fine. Now, I disconnected my headphone/handsfree & my iPhone started giving warning as follows.
I ...
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Where can I find error documentation for Iphone Configuration Utility?
I am running Iphone Configuration Utility and I am in the console tab, but the information is confusing to me. Here is what I mean, I get an error like
Springboard[29] : Icon state had duplicate ...
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How to dim (and un-dim) display in automator
For those that are interested in the final script you can get it here
original question
I am trying to make a alarmclock script to wake me up. but I can't figure out how to change the screen ...
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“Set time zone automatically using current location” is not working. Why?
Although I keep my system time & date in check using time.asia.apple.com, I can't "Set time zone automatically using current location". I get the error message, "Unable to determine current ...
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Sync errors between iCal and Google Calendars
For the most part iCal and Google Calendars via CalDAV just work for me. But irregularly, throughout the day, iCal will start bouncing in my dock and display a warning like the following:
What I ...
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Location of error icon
Where is the location of the error and the warning icon?
I'm talking about the red octagon with a ! inside it and the yellow triangle also containing a !.
Example: ...
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My friend tried to gift me a video on iTunes but purchased by mistake: can he regift to me?
my friend tried to gift me a film in the iTunes store but he says that somehow he "received" it by mistake (his mistake, most likely).
What are his options now. Can he :-
a) Return the purchase
b) ...
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AppStore stopped working
Today I wanted to download a free application from the AppStore.
First it wanted me to review my account settings, I accepted the license, then filled out the empty fields and it asked for my payment ...
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How to copy paste Xcode warnings?
Is there a way to copy paste the content of this warnings in Xcode ?
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1answer
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Refreshed MacBook + BootCamp unable to boot restored Windows 7 partition
I recently had my MacBook's HDD crap out on me. The OS X partition, in particular, quit working, but my Windows 7 partition was still in decent enough shape for me to grab an image. I got a ...
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MDS Error: /var/folders/lM
I've been getting this error coming up in my system log. Having looked around for an answer, two things came up commonly: a problem with the spotlight database(s), and permissions on those folders.
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Interesting Mac OS X error
Has anyone ever seen an error like the one pictured below on Mac OS X? What is it? The system is 10.6.6. I'm quite experienced in OS X but I've never seen such a thing. I was booting in verbose modem, ...
