Finder message: serial port in use by another application
After giving a print command, I had a power outage with my application open. The computer tells me I
cannot print my document because the serial port is in use by another application. I have opened and closed each application to no avail. The printer has nothing in the cache. I suspect the power outage
left me in limbo with the original command, but I don't know how to get out of it to print the document.
Just so you know, I am not a computer wiz kid. I don't understand how or why anything works. I can,
however follow instructions. Can anyone one help?
Have you tried a Shut Down & Restart? This will close all applications.
Haven't booted into OS 9 for a long time, but try moving Appletalk to remote under Control Panels.
Cheers, Tom
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I have my iPhoto set to an external drive, when it was in use the usb disconected as i was moving my mac air, when i re-conected a message said (your photo library is either in use by another application or has become unreadable).
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Disadvantages: Impossible if you don't have a backup. All changes made since the backup are lost.
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Have a nice (programming) day!
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I have tried to use options command and click on iphoto then rebuild yet nothing happens and same error message occurs.
I have gone to my personal drive, desktop, iphoto library, and found file Albumdata.xml and when i click on it, there is a lot of text in it, i am assuming these are all my photos.
I have tried clicking and dragging this file to iphoto app and it doesn't work, as the same error comes up in iphoto being in use or unreadable....
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Albumdata.xml does not contain your photos - and again NEVER make any changes to the content of the iPhoto library - no dragging - no changes - never go into the library
We need to know exactly what you did
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