I have a grey exclamation mark showing in the middle of my display - regardless of what program I am running....anyone know what it means?

I have a grey exclamation mark showing in the middle of my Macbook Pro display - any ideas what it means?

Grey "Exclamation Mark"?
A yellow means no Mac OS partition for a HDD.
Maybe you have a power symbol like this one
If so, your mac is having Kernel Panics.
Could be caused by a system folder corrupted, faulty HDD, Faulty RAM or FAulty Logic Board.
What to do:
- Backup your data (use TimeMachine if possible)
- Erase your HDD and Make a fresh install
- If still happens, there is a hardware issue. If works fine on a new install, it was OS, so just start migrating your data back.
Good luck

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HT201401 Only some of my music that I have downloaded from itunes plays on my iphone. The songs that wont play have a round circle with a darker square in the middle. Can someone please tell what this means and how I can get the rest of my music on my iph

I can only get some of my downloaded music from itunes on my iphone. The music that wont play has a round circle with a black square in the middle. Can someone help me to get all my music on my iphone. Thanks

Once you successfully add you iTunes library to iTunes Match, you go to Settings>iTunes & App Store on your iOS device and turn on iTunes Match. Your iTunes Match library will then appear on your iOS device.

GREY EXCLAMATION MARK (GCOD) on my new computer

I have one situatuion... i just got a new desktop computer
INTEL I3 PROCESSOR
WIN7
8GB RAM
EVERYTHING UP TO DATE
And i have been experincing the Grey Exclamation Mark when i watch back to back youtubes videos for lets say anywhere
from 30mins-1hour..... it shows and i refresh it goes away and it would come back between the time zone......
i have all updates i uninstalled and re-installed adobe flashplayer 2 times so i have no idea if its a problem on adobe side or not?
any ideas? I DID READ THE GCOD ADOBE RELEASED...
ANOTHER THING IS I HAD TO PUT A CHECK IN INTERNETEXPLO. SETTING UNDER "USE SOFTWARE RENDERING INSTEAD OF GPU RENDERING" DUE
TO A WHITE SCREEN ON SOME VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE VIEWED ON FACEBOOK.
ANY IDEAS GUYS?

This isn't expected behavior, nor is it widespread. We test youtube pretty extensively (I usually start a couple 24-hour long videos when I take off every weekend on all my machines), and we have a bunch of people that do GPU compatibility testing with a wide variety of graphics cards and drivers.
Anyway, it could be a number of things -- but it sounds like you're running out of memory. It could be Flash, the browser, graphics drivers, a bad plug-in/toolbar or something entirely different.
First things first, let's make absolutely sure you're running the latest player:
1.) Go here: http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/find-version-flash-player.html
2.) Make sure it says 11.4.402.287
If not, grab the latest from http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer
3.) Repeat step 1
If you have the latest, and you're still experiencing this, I'd like to see if you also see it in the latest beta, which you can grab here:
http://www.adobe.com/go/flashplayerbeta
If that doesn't help, let's take a look and see if it's a memory leak in Flash/MSIE:
1. Open Task Manager by right-clicking the taskbar, and then clicking Start Task Manager.
2. Click the Processes tab.
3. To sort programs by memory usage, click Memory (Private Working Set).
Just keep an eye on the memory as you surf youtube. Does it just grow continuously until you get the Out of Memory (OOM) icon (we should be consuming several gigs at that point)?
If it's happening and there are only a couple hundred megs in play, it might be that you're running out of GPU memory. We'll throw the OOM icon in that instance as well.
If that's the case, disabling Accelerated Graphics in Internet Explorer might help.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2528233

How to find grey exclamation mark pics?

Hi gang,
I have noticed when going back over some old pics that some have the thumbnail, but when I hit space to view the photo close up, I get a grey exclamation mark. When using Reveal in Finder, the original pic file is present and looks fine.
There are only a few of these that I have found, and they are scattered here and there. Is this a problem that would be fixed by rebuilding the thumbnails? Is there a program that can scan the iPhoto library and flag such photos?
Cheers!

The exclamation mark is an indication that iPhoto has lost/broken the file path to the orignal file. Make a temporary, backup copy (if you don't already have a backup copy) of the library and apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Select the options identified in the screenshot.
Fix #2
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
Happy New Year

The little grey exclamation marks...

OK, I realise that the reason why the grey exclamation marks next to some of the songs on my ITunes is that the song titles or album titles are too long... but it won't let me change them. The Song Info comes up in grey text & won't let me edit. So I have a bunch of good songs I can't listen to, & they are preventing me from consolidating my library, & I REALLY don't want to delete them cuz most of them were downloaded from the Music Store & I don't wanna just waste money. Advice please, people?
Thanks

"I realise that the reason why the grey exclamation marks next to some of the songs on my ITunes is that the song titles or album titles are too long"
That's not correct. The reason that you see the ! next to songs is that they have either been moved from their location, or they've been deleted, and either way, iTunes cannot find them.
If you were to double click on one, you should see a message come up to that effect. iTunes will ask if you want to locate the song. Click yes and see if it can be found.

HT203288 I have updated software on itunes and my iphone4 and at least 100 of my songs in itunes will no longer play or sync on to my iphone. They all have an exclamation mark! to the left of the song title in the library. Please help!

I have updated software on itunes and my iphone4 and at least 100 of my songs in itunes will no longer play or sync on to my iphone. They all have an exclamation mark! to the left of the song title in the library. Please help!

Read the threads over on the right under the heading of More Like This
Allan

So i just got a new mac, and i am trying to sync my songs that i bought on itunes, and some of the worked, but a huge selection of them have a little exclamation mark beside it and it says it can't be downloaded, why?

so i just got a new mac, and i am trying to sync my songs that i bought on itunes, and some of the worked, but a huge selection of them have a little exclamation mark beside it and it says it can't be downloaded, why?

Hello Pork Chop 2,
Congratulations on your new Mac! It sounds like your purchased songs are not playing completely after you downloaded them. I recommend to following steps for an issue like this:
Symptoms
Occasionally, if a song purchased from the iTunes Store on a Mac or PC was not downloaded completely, the song may not play back fully. The song may abruptly stop during playback, and iTunes may start playing the next song in your library or playlist.
Resolution
If iTunes in the Cloud is available in your country, try the following steps to resolve the issue:
Delete the purchased song that is exhibiting the problem from your iTunes library.
Click on the Purchased link in the iTunes Store to view your previously purchased music.
Download your previously purchased song from this list.
You can find the full article here:
Songs in iTunes may not play back completely
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4357
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

IPhoto 8.1.2 and iPhone 5 import photos grey exclamation mark.

I'm running OS X 10.6.8.
iPhoto 09 version 8.1.2 and a current, up-to-date iPhone 5.
I was importing photos and movies from the phone into iPhoto fine until a couple weeks ago. Now, when I look back - some photos never did import at all, or others are visible as thumbnails but the full view is a grey exclamation mark.
The "original" images don't appear to be in the iPhoto "view hidden" contents, either.
I've run the option-command-launch routine and rebuilt thumbs, library, but no good. As a matter of fact, when I try to rebuild the library from backup I get a warning I need to upgrade. I'm not sure what that means? ...upgrade version of iPhoto 09 or uprade to the 2011 edition?
I'm not totally against upgrading to 2011 but that would require upgrading my OS, too. It seems a bit much to solve a glitch/corruption in iPhoto that was working a few weeks ago?
Thanks for your time in reading. I'd appreciate any help you can offer.
-Dan

Apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Select the options identified in the screenshot.
Fix #2
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
OT

I can't import vertical photos to my iPad using the camera connection kit. Horizontal photos import without a problem, but verticals have a red exclamation mark. Help?!

I can't import vertical photos to my iPad using the camera connection kit. Horizontal photos import fine, but verticals have a red exclamation mark, and do not import. Help!?

I have the same problem and apple needs to fix this - but in the mean time you can manually select the vertical photos then "import - import selected" and you can get your verticals. We need a better fix. THIS IS A BUG!

I can't get my music to play in my itunes. It comes with a exclamation mark next to the song numbers and says that the original songs can't be played cause cant find the file. How do I get the songs back? (I found the files)

I can't get my music to play in my itunes. It comes with a exclamation mark next to the song numbers and says that the original songs can't be played cause cant find the file. How do I get the songs back? (I found the files

You get exclamation marks or dead tracks because iTunes can’t find the file. This can happen for a number of reasons:
The song file or a folder in its path was renamed
The song file or the folder it is in has been moved
The song file has been deleted
The device containing the song files e.g. external drive is not accessible or the drive letter has changed.
If you use an external drive, a change in drive letter is a common cause and you need to change it back.
AS a way of working out what has happened, right click on a track and select the summary tab (you will have to go past an error message). The summary tab will tell you where iTunes thinks the track is located. How does that compare with where the track actually is?
The xml library file is not used by iTunes, it is created to allow other programs to access the library. You can recreate the iTl file from the xml file, but there is no point if the location of the files is wrong.
There is a simple way of getting you music back in iTunes, but it loses all playlists counts and rating. To do this drag iTunes library.itl and iTunes Library.xml to your desktop. Then open iTunes and an empty library is created. Add you iTunes Media folder to it.
If you can't work out what went wrong and how to fix it, you may have to do this.

I have an iPhone 4 on IOS5. I signed up for itunes match. After everything uploaded to the cloud, my songs are messed up. I'll select a song and the title will show with the right art work but a different song will start playing. Anyone have a solution?

I have an iPhone 4 on IOS5. I signed up for itunes match. After everything uploaded to the cloud, my songs are messed up. I'll select a song and the title will show with the right art work but a different song will start playing. Some songs won't play at all even though they do appear in the itunes store. The artwork almost always shows u blank until you turn it to landscape then it will appear. Anyone know what's going on?

I have found that scrolling through the album list (past albums without art) triggers the progress wheel next to the wifi symbol. You can scroll quickly through the whole collection and then wait! Artwork will appear gradually...
However, repeat visits to the Music App might initially show no artwork again, but it might spontaneously appear more quickly this time. The bad news is that the whole Music App is now sluggish as ****...

Some songs are not longer available and an ! exclamation mark appears before the song. What should I do?

Some songs are not longer available and an ! exclamation mark appears before the song in iTunes. What should I do?

When you open iTunes it opens a database file that contains the locations of the media files you use to play the music. If something has happened to invalidate where iTunes thinks that file is stored you get a ! There are many possible reasons. Sometimes a computer can start to lose files. In other situations it is something you did such as renaming a folder or drive iTunes uses, or moving the files manually. If you can give us hints we can start working our way down the long list.

Barcode shows a bunch of squares when barcode is made on AI CS11. Does anyone know a fix for this? We have CS2 running on another PC and we don't get this problem.

Barcode shows a bunch of squares when barcode is made on AI CS11. Does anyone know a fix for this? We have CS2 running on another PC and we don't get this problem.
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Using FrameMaker 7.1 to create a PDF file where a CS11 barcode file is embedded. PDF generates fine but we get a bunch of squares when we copy and paste the barcode data into Notepad.
We have CS 2 running on another PC and we don't get this problem. Do I need to install a plugin (if any) for CS11 to get this to work?
Thanks!

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I have a blue veritcal line going down the middle of my screen turned my iMac and it showed up. What can that mean?

I have a blue veritcal line going down the middle of my screen turned my iMac and it showed up. What can that mean?

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I have many download app and game but these app and games are not install on my ipod show me the error "an unknown error occurred (0xE8008001)" What can i do please solve it

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download apps and go to this http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/

I have a grey exclamation mark showing in the middle of my display - regardless of what program I am running....anyone know what it means?

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