Suddenly lots of 'is damaged and cannot be opened'

Hi, I'm getting these error messages now. It started with just a facebook but but now I have got them for thinsg like 1Password. All saying that these apps were purchased on a different computer andneed a password check. I give the password, then the 'damaged, delete and download again' message.
Anyone else getting this or know what it is related too???
The even more curious thing is that they WERE all purchesed on THIS computer....
Any help would be much appreaciated

No not chnaged the Apple ID. I had got a new iPhone as so I kept getting messages saying already had 5 devices associated with this account (as got the whole range of Apple iOS and mac and macbook). So I deauthorized all computers and added them again.
Still seem to get the error message with reinstall with the ones Im ok to try. Tho im def not reinstalling 1Password as has all my data in it!
Any ideas?

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Many Thanks, Kurt.
I knew I'd seen the solution you've provided somewhere - either in MacWorld or MacFormat - but couldn't remember the Gatekeeper bit!
I shall save it somewhere VERY safe now in case this happens again …
You have made an old man very happy and saved me from worrying that senile decay had suddenly set in. (I was 70 last week so you might understand the situation from that.)
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I am unable to open a project that I have worked on and saved. I get an error message that the file is damaged and cannot be opened.

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Travel and detours have kept me from following up sooner. If the problem that you wrote about still persists.....
Let us go back over that Adobe document regarding troubleshooting damaged projects.
3. Delete the Application Preferences
Where you able to follow that path and delete the Adobe Premiere Elements Prefs file at the end of the path? And, after you did, did the saved/closed programs still refuse to open? If you could not carry out this procedure, what were the limiting factors that kept you from do
7. Test to see if individual media files are causing the problem.
That is an important one. How far did you get into following the instructions given in the document? If you could not complete the test, what was the major block that prevented you from doing so?
I want to make sure that we have gone through everything in that document and ruled all factors there in or out. If it was a matter of you not understanding the instructions, I am hoping that the above will channel you questions to me so that I can clarify anything that you did not understand in the Adobe document instructions.
I do not recall if I asked previously. Even if you cannot open all your saved/closed projects, can you still open a new project and save/close it? Maybe even reopen it?
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Please send us the .muse file and the MuseLog.txt file from your Documents folder to [email protected] along with a link to this thread. If the files are larger than 20Mb you can use a service like Adobe SendNow, Dropbox, WeTransfer, etc. (If you use a service, please include your return e-mail address in the body of the message, since not all services include it in the sharing invite they send.) Thanks.
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Hi all,
While making some edits to my muse site, my mac froze, and I waited for about 10 mins and it was still frozen--so I forced restarted my computer. Upon re-opening the file, I received the message "This Adobe Muse site file is damaged and cannot be open." I was wondering if there is any way to recover the file. I have a very recent HTML export of the site, is there a way to re-import that into a muse file? Or perhaps the file is somehow able to recover? I'm on an iMac that was just bought. It's pretty frustrating because my last backup was from two weeks ago and there have been major updates to the design of the site. At the very least, I have the latest export to copy the layout from, but my site is 50+ pages. Thanks in advance for any help.
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Neither file shows any signs of the type of damage that occurs when a drive is removed without being ejected. I feel quite confident that's not the cause in this case.
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2) A bug in Muse.
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Faulty Hardware
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A Bug In Muse
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Please send us the .muse file and the MuseLog.txt file from your "Documents" folder (Mac) or "My Documents" folder (Windows) at [email protected] along with a link to this thread. If the files are larger than 20Mb you can use a service like Adobe SendNow, Dropbox, WeTransfer, etc. (If you use a service, please include your return e-mail address in the body of the message, since not all services include it in the sharing invite they send.) We'll take a look inside the file and let you know what we find.

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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 22:45:25 -0700
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That means you have a case-sensitive startup volume.
You should be able to use either "Carbon Copy Cloner" or "SuperDuper" (free for this purpose) to copy your case-sensitive volume to an empty case-insensitive one. Make at least two such copies on different drives. One is not enough to be safe.
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pamelaproof
Just saw your thread and thought that I would contribute these comments....
a. As asked by SG, what version of Premiere Elements are you using and on what computer operating system is it running?
b. I am jumping ahead of the classical questions on your source media, project settings, computer environment and the like to cut to the damaged project aspects of issues. In that regard have you read the Adobe Tech Note that addresses troubleshooting suspected damaged projects?
http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/kb/troubleshoot-damaged-projects-premiere-element s.html
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ATR

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Everytime I try to open my project, it says it is damaged and cannot be opened? Why? How can this be fixed?

emerickd
Wonderful news. Congratulations on your success. Great job.
You wrote
Wonder why the auto-saves were kind of all over the place as far as their numbers and my progress? Oh well!!
A few years ago I looked at the ordering of those AutoSaves, but could not find the thread. So, I decided to look at Premiere Elements
13/13.1 ordering of the AutoSaves.
My Edit Menu/Preferences/AutoSave settings were the following to speed things up
Automatically save every minute(s) = 1
Maximum Project Versions = 5
In the Adobe Premiere Elements AutoSave Folder were:
My new video project-1.prel (first and the oldest)
My new video project-2.prel
My new video project-3.prel
My new video project-4.prel
My new video project-5.prel (last and the newest)
I am OK with the first 5 with the maximum project versions = 5, but.....
Since I have set for only 5 versions, where do the subsequent versions go every 1 minute since you continue to
see only the above file names in the Adobe Premiere Elements AutoSave Folder.
My new video project-1.prel
is now the 6th AutoSave and replaces the original first AutoSave.
My new video project-2 prel
is now the 7th AutoSave and replaces the original second Auto Save.
Since I did 7 AutoSaves, this is the last and the newest.
My new video project-3.prel is still the original third AutoSave.
My new video project-4.prel is still the original fourth AutoSave.
My new video project-5.prel is still the original fifth AutoSave.
So, after the generation of the 10 th AutoSave, all the original 5 AutoSave would be gone,
and the My new video project-5.prel would then again become the last and the newest)
As for the question about
Can I re-save this auto-save under a different name?
Yes, but review the Edit Menu/Preferences/Scratch Disks for the locations of the scratch disc. If same as
project, then those scratch disc will end up in the folder with the AutoSave which has become your project.prel.
A battery failure was at the core of this situation. So you should be OK moving forward.
Best wishes
ATR

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