Working around a cs3[4?] Symbol Set Staining bug

The problem will show if you stain some but not all of the symbols in a set, then apply at least one further Symbolism tool, then later want to change the original symbol.
You'll find that the stained symbols won't update to the changes in the original symbol, though the unstained ones will, regardless of how many other Symbolism transitions have been made to them.
The workaround is to touch the stained symbols with any of the symbolism tools, then do an Undo to remove any effect. Now edit the base Symbol, make no modifications, and return. Your stained symbols will now update to the base symbol appearance (shape change for example).
You'll have to do this each time, after you've stained some symbols.
The fascinating thing is that if you remove all staining (Alt/Option staining tool and strokes), the previously stained symbols will revert to proper behaviour, now obeying underlying symbol edits.
It would be great if Adobe is still fixing CS3 bugs, and would fix this. Does it show up in Illustrator CS4?

I've got a better sequence to demonstrate this bug, and a nicer work-around, after talking with someone helpful this morning.
1. Create a symbol - for example 'sunglass' lenses, or as I named them, 'varilens'. This is a path shape for the front of sunglasses, with a gradient across the lenses to get a cartoon realism look.
2. Spray the symbols. Just produce a Symbol Set normally.
3. At this point you can use any of the Symbolism tools except Stainer, and everything seems to work properly.
4. Double-click the 'varilens' in the Symbol window, and edit its shape. When you return from the Isolated 'group' for editing, you'll see that all the 'sunglasses' in the Symbol Set have the new shape, as they should.
5. Now, stain a few of the 'sunglasses' -- not all of them. For example, use a red color, against an original blue basis of the gradient.
6. Now, double-click 'varilens' in the Symbol window again, and edit it to a fresh shape. When you return from the Isolated editing 'group', you'll find all the original blue sunglasses have the new symbol shape. But the reddish Stained sunglasses do not. They've kept the previous shape. This is the bug.
7. To work around the bug, I've found an even simpler way now. Just double-click 'varilens' once more, in the Symbol window, and immediately exit the Isolated editing 'group'. The Stained symbols will now 'catch up' to having the new shape, this second time.

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    Q7 - is there any way to maintain apps folder structures when I am syncing to a new iTunes instead of the work around I have thought of?
    Q8 - and last question haha. My iPad has 10 3rd party apps now for example. If I backup now, it would backup the app data of all 10 apps (3rd party apps - notation left out for simplicity sake moving forward). However if I deleted 2 apps from these 10 apps, then if I backup the 8 apps, would it mean that the backup no longer stores the 2 deleted apps's app data? I think that would be the case but I would just like to confirm.
    Thank you for reading my very long post and I really appreciate all your help, Allan and all others. Looking forward to your advice, guidance and response!! Thank you once again!!!
    P.S. does iTunes lag quite a bit in Windows (if you are a Windows user)? For me it's not the quickest programme around; can get quite laggy sometimes, on my newly formatted and empty 64 bit 4GB Dual Core 2.4 GHz HP TX2 and Acer computer as well

    If you restored to factory settings/new iPod and still have the problem that indicates a hardware problem.
    Make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store..
    Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

  • 10.4.9 Printing Work-Around Fix - 10 Steps

    VonB has already listed a fix in this thread.
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4234084&#4234084
    Unfortunately the links he provided there are for a paid site, and if you don't have a membership you're outta luck. I've taken his info, used it and written what I think are clear instructions to help you be able to print in 10.4.9 until Apple releases an update patch. Special thanks to Vonb for pointing me in the right direction.
    Hope this helps...
    Jim
    10.4.9 Printing Work-Around Fix - 10 Steps
    Problem - Many programs will not print in OSX 10.4.9.
    What This Fix Does - Allows you to print in TEXT EDIT. You can then save MS Word files as Text Edit files and print them. Hopefully a fix will soon be released by Apple for OS 10.4.9 or MS for office 2004.
    What This Fix Does Not Do - It won't allow you to print in MS Word if you currently can't, and it won't allow Appleworks to work if it currently doesn't.
    Difficulty - easy to moderate. Can you paint by numbers or do you tend to draw outside the lines? If you follow the directions closely you'll be ok.
    Disclaimer - I typed this fix out for myself and have applied it to my 5 personal macs and 4 at work. It hasn't crashed any of them, but I don't want you to get ****** off at me if it does... so if you screw your mac up by doing this don't say I didn't warn you. This fix isn't for newbies.
    Time to complete - about 1/2 an hour.
    Special Instructions -
    A. You'll need to be logged in as the administrator of the computer you're working on. I've written this help missive in real plain language. If it seems like I'm speaking down to you I'm not, I'm just trying to make sure you don't screw it up and send me nasty emails.
    B. Check to see if TEXT EDIT already prints for you, if it does then skip to #10. (TEXT EDIT can be found in your APPLICATIONS FOLDER on your Macintosh HD.)
    OK... here we go, THE TEN STEPS! (cue dramatic music)
    1. Delete all of your printers in the PRINT & FAX set up in SYETEM PREFERENCES by following this path - BLUE APPLE / SYSTEM PREFERENCES / PRINT & FAX. If the plus and minus button on the bottom left of the dialog window that appears is grey'd out, you need to CLICK ON THE LOCK and UNLOCK it. You'll need the administrator password to do this. Once the lock is unlocked, click on each printer listed there and then click the minus button. Repeat the process until all printers in the print & fax dialog are deleted.
    2. Download two programs from the net. (REMEMBER where you download these files on your computer.)
    A. Download a program called CUPS from this site. http://www.cups.org/software.php?VERSION=1.3svn-r6326&FILE=cups/1.2.8/cups-1.2.8 .dmg
    CUPS is a unix program that Apple uses within Mac OSX to print. Download version 1.2.8 only. When you get to the site, you will have FTP and HTTP buttons to select where to download from. If you're already in a browser, click on one of the HTTP sites. That way you don't have to open an ftp program.
    B. Download and install a program called PRINTER SETUP REPAIR (VERSION 5.0.5) from this site. http://www.fixamacsoftware.com/software/index.html
    PRINTER SETUP REPAIR is a shareware program we'll use to fix some issues... if this works I suggest you go back to this site and be a good net citizen and purchase the software. If it doesn't then don't buy it.
    3. Install CUPS by clicking on the CUPS.DMG file twice. This will open the DMG file on the desktop as a hard disk image. Open the CUPS HD image and click on the CUPS.pkg twice to install the program. Follow the instructions to the end. After installation click close button.
    4. Open psr505te.dmg by clicking on it twice. (it might be called psr505TE.dmg.zip. if it is, click on the psr505TE.dmg.zip file twice to open it, then click on the psr505TE.dmg file twice to open it.) Once the psr505TE.dmg is open, open the PRINTER SETUP REPAIR HD on your desktop. Inside is a program by the same name. Open it by clicking on it twice.
    5. Click the "TRY IT" button, type in your admin password, and click the CONTINUE button
    6. On the left side of the Printer Setup Repair dialogue window, click CUPS TOOLS icon. in the middle of the dialogue box, if the screen reads " cupsd is running" click the STOP button located just to the left.
    7. On the lower right hand side of the Printer Setup Repair dialogue window, under the words "replace current cupsd.conf file with", SELECT "new cupsd.conf file". Then click GO. Then click CONTINUE in the next dialog box that appears.
    8. On the left side of the Printer Setup Repair dialogue window, click on the FILE PERMISSIONS ICON. Make sure that all of the boxes in the middle of the Printer Setup Repair dialogue window are checked except for OMIT LOCALIZED FILES and both of the FOR ALL USERS boxes. At the top of the screen in the middle click on the PRINTER ICON THAT HAS A QUESTION MARK on it. In the window that pops up click CONTINUE. This will run VERIFY AND REPAIR PERMISSIONS from inside the Printer's Setup Repair Program. (I know, there is a repair permissions in the Disk Utility Program already on the mac, it doesn't do something that this program does. I don't know what it does, but this works and Disk Utility doesn't.)
    9. Run it AGAIN! (the second time does the trick for some reason. just once didn't do it on three out of 5 macs that I used this work around on). This should allow you to print in TEXT EDIT.
    10. If you are using Microsoft Word and you want to print something, you need to SAVE AS a text only file (File menu / Save As / Format - Text Only) and print by opening the document in TEXT EDIT and printing from that application. So far this fix has worked on 1 intel iMac, 1 lamp stand iMac, an eMac, a Macbook and an iBook. (Funny enough, my G4 sawtooth Mac running 10.4.9 works fine and prints from MS word without a hitch.)
    If this fix works for you, i encourage you to go back to printer's setup repair's website (http://www.fixamacsoftware.com/software/index.html) and purchase their software.

    Use the install disk that shipped with your Mac to "Repair Disk"
    Steps for using Disk Utility
    1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
    2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
    3. Click the First Aid tab.
    4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
    5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
    6. Click Repair.
    If you repair errors run it until no errors found.
    Let us know.
    -mj
    [email protected]

  • BO 4.1 SP3 WebI section space Issue - Work around

    System:
    SAP BO 4.1 SP3 Update
    Windows 2008 R2 Std x64 Edition SP1
    Universe - Single Source UNX
    We upgraded from SP2 to SP3 recently and while working on the WebI report, I noticed that WebI reports with Section creates big spaces between sections and the table block. There is a setting to adjust the Top header vs actual section header space using Format Section. But in the View Mode, there will be lot of space between table blocks due to the Section boundary.
    So, I read web articles and tried couple of options but in vain. But the following work around helped me to overcome this issue !!
    I tried to create it from a new 'Add report' in the same WebI report, so that I can reuse my earlier tables/cross tabs etc.
    1. At the bottom of the WebI report Right click the tab -> Add report -> In the new sheet go to Report Elements -> Section -> Insert Section and select the object from the UNX.
    2. A new section is created.
    3. Now check whether you can adjust the section size manually. If yes, then copy the Header content / table blocks from the problematic tab to this new tab;
    4. You can use the newly created section report for other problematic report tabs.
    The above steps are work around ONLY.
    For me it looks like a SAP Product bug. If anyone else had similar issue please post your comments !!
    Thanks,
    Chithresh

    Are you also having issues with merged dimensions that are used on the sections?
    I've had to unmerge, merge, and create the section again. It throws an error if I don't do that.

  • The Skinny on IMAP vs POP Email and work arounds

         It took me a while to figure out email so I figured I'd share what I've learned so far.  Do feel free to reply with more useful tips for us all if anyone has some.
    First email accounts are either IMAP or POP and the first step was figuring out the difference:
    IMAP
       Mirror of the server
    What is done one place is done everywhere because you are looking at the server.
           Advantage: can access email from multiple devices/locations
           Disadvantage: May have to mark as read individually when adding to a new device
    POP
       Independent of the server
    What is done one place stays that place because you have moved it from the server.
            Advantage: once it's delivered the mail can be viewed offline
            Disadvantage: where ever it is delivered once, the other divices do no have access to the mail
    Think of the server as a huge mailbox as big as a room!
       IMAP
    With IMAP the mail stays in the mailbox until you delete it permenently,
        but once it is deleted it has moved out of the main part of the huge mailbox into the trash can in the room of the huge mailbox (the trash folder settings decide when the trash gets taken out and deleted permenently) when deleted permenently it is no longer in the trash can in the huge mailbox it has been taken out the the dump.
    If you read it then it's like opening the mail but leaving it in the huge mailbox.
    If you move it to another folder then it's like moving it to the desk in the room but still in the mailbox.
       POP
    With POP the mail is taken out of the mailbox and moved to the computer (in the other room)
    Once you request/download your mail it is taken off of the server and whatever is done with the mail the server no longer has access to it
    If you read it (or move it to a folder) it is the same thing as Mom taking the mail out of the huge mailbox and putting it in the car, if Dad checks the mailbox the mail may have been delivered by Dad is not going to find it because it is no longer in the mailbox it is with Mom in the car.
    Here a link that helped me figure it out:
    http://www.office.mvps.org/glossary/pop_imap.html
    So after you decide wether you want to use IMAP or POP which email carrier is which?
    Microsoft Exchange is IMAP
    MobileMe is IMAP
    Yahoo! mail is IMAP
    Hotmail is IMAP
    Gmail is IMAP can be set up as POP
         see here for that:  https://discussions.apple.com/message/8149520#8149520
    ~Most web-based email is IMAP (if it is designed to be accessed via the web by ANY computer it's likely IMAP)
         settings for incomming/outgoing servers:   http://www.emailaddressmanager.com/tips/mail-settings.html
    AOL is POP can be set up as IMAP (origanally intended to be used with only one computer via the ISP)
          see here for that: http://email.about.com/od/aoltips/qt/Access_an_AOL_Email_Account_with_any_POP_IM AP_Email_Program.htm
    Comcast is POP
    Qwest is POP
    Earthlink is POP
    ~Most ISP (internet service providers) email from a cable/internet company of a business specific email is a POP account
    Use this chart HT1277 ( http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1277 ) for contacting your service provider or IT department to acquire the proper settings for your email account!
    Finally, as promised, work around for your email:
        If you only have access to a POP email account and it won't work on your iPhone or want it to act like an IMAP account, then follow these steps~
    1)   Get a free IMAP email account (using Gmail for this example)
    2)  Sign in to your Gmail account
    3)  Click the gear icon in the upper-right
    4)  Select Gmail settings
    5)  Select the Accounts and Import tab
    6)  Under Send mail as, click Add another email address
    7)  In the 'Email address' field, Enter your name and alternate email address (ie the POP address)
    8)  Choose use Gmail's servers to send your mail
    9)  Click Next Step>>
    10) Click Send Verification
                 (Gmail will send a verification message to your alternate email address to confirm that you own it)
    11) Open your other account and click the link in the message Gmail sent
    12) Add your new Gmail account to your iphone
    You will be able to send, receive, reply, forward, delete, and manage folders of your other address through your Gmail address on your phone and it will appear to the recipients as though it came from your other address.

    Allan, I have run into questions in this area recently since I got my iPhone. I have a long time Charter ISP POP email account which I've accessed with Apple Mail. This has worked fine. I also have a Yahoo web based account which I've also used separately.
    Now when I set up my Yahoo account on my iPhone it worked great. But when I set up the Charter account it resulted in an IMAP account with incoming and outgoing servers being mobile.charter.net. Charter website implies that all email accounts on all mobile devices must be set up like this. My question is whether I can, or should, try to set up the account manually as a POP on my iPhone so it will behave similarly to the Charter POP account in my iMac?
    I've run into some conflicts after using my iPhone to access my Charter email. My inbox on my desktop iMac in Apple Mail will give me the message that another client is accessing the email account when I try to get new mail soon after my iPhone has been accessing the Charter account. I've wondered whether this is a conflict between IMAP and POP?
    Confusing. Thanks.
    Steve M.

  • New Q-10 User - Complaints -- Looking for Work-Arounds

    BB OS 10 has a business path (through enterprise activation) and a personal path – so if you are using enterprise activation for business, you need to make sure your employer has the BES10 feature or it will not work.  And without this feature, I sense it impacts use of the device in many ways.
    Q10 does not have a deactivation feature to prevent deleting email from Outlook when one deletes email from the BB.  Very inefficient – I have to go thru email twice – once on Outlook and once on BB.
    Upon set-up, all Outlook contacts did not interface to the BB.
    When I accept calendar invites on the BB show up on the BB calendar, it reads it as "personal path" (see #1 above) and does not show up on the business path to register on my Outlook calendar.  This causes false availability highlighted on Outlook.
    Replying to email and accepting calendar invites on the BB do not show an indication of response/acceptance on Outlook.  This is very confusing, as I have to personally recall what I’ve replied to on the BB before filing on Outlook.
    I'm guessing I will have more difficulties...but these are major inefficient issues for me. If anyone has "work around solutions" here, please let me know.

    Hello scottjones92660;
    Welcome to the forums and thank you for your question.
    In response to your inquiries I have included the following response for your perusal;
    “BB OS 10 has a business path (through enterprise activation) and a personal path – so if you are using enterprise activation for business, you need to make sure your employer has the BES10 feature or it will not work.  And without this feature, I sense it impacts use of the device in many ways.”
    The BlackBerry 10 devices utilize ActiveSync to communicate\sync with end user mailboxes. Although the BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 does provide security to devices and will setup and separate a Work Perimeter in addition to the Personal Perimeter, devices can also be activated strictly to ActiveSync only.
    “Q10 does not have a deactivation feature to prevent deleting email from Outlook when one deletes email from the BB.  Very inefficient – I have to go thru email twice – once on Outlook and once on BB.
    Upon set-up, all Outlook contacts did not interface to the BB.”
    I am unsure as to your question as it seems contradictory to your above statement. You state the Q-10 does not have a feature to prevent two-way synchronization of mail, which is typical of ActiveSync activated devices. You go on to say that this is inefficient as you have to go through mail on the mail client and on the device.
    The device is utilizing ActiveSync synchronization, as such what is deleted on device or mail client, will sync with the other. If this is not the case and what is deleted on the device or mail client is not syncing, it is possible you may have an incomplete activation. This may also allude to the issue that all contacts from the mailbox Contact Parent Folder did not sync to the device.
    “When I accept calendar invites on the BB show up on the BB calendar, it reads it as "personal path" (see #1 above) and does not show up on the business path to register on my Outlook calendar.  This causes false availability highlighted on Outlook.”
    When a device is activated on the BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, the device calendar can be accessed from the Personal Perimeter as well as the Work Perimeter.
    The Free\Busy feature with ActiveSync is availability starts in version 14.0 With Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.
    If calendar invites are sent to and accepted by the corporate email account on a device that is activated on a BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, they will be visible on both Perimeters.
    The following is a link to the BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 guides and documentation and Microsoft ActiveSync;
    BlackBerry Enterprise Server 10
    Microsoft ActiveSync FAQ;
    Let us know if you have any further questions regarding this specific request.
    MAD-VIKING

  • It's simple... I want the Illustrator pen tool to ALWAYS make corner annchor points and NEVER smooth.  Right now I have to convert every single one of them, or I have to do a work around every time I draw a line and make one of the handles disappear.  Is

    It's simple... I want the Illustrator pen tool to ALWAYS make corner annchor points and NEVER smooth.  Right now I have to convert every single one of them, or I have to do a work around every time I draw a line and make one of the handles disappear.  Is there some simple setting out there that will just "make it so?"@

    The video I am watching this guy is just dragging every line to make curves.  And every anchor point is a corner.  He is not switching back and forth between the pen and the anchor points tool, and he is not using the convert points tool.  He draws a curved line and starts another straight line only to curve it with a click and a drag.  It is super efficient, and I could save a world of time if I could figure out what he is doing.

  • In Lion return key no longer opens a file! Is there a work around?

    In Lion return key no longer opens a file! Is there a work around?
    In Snow Leoppard I used the return key all the time in finder and Path finder when quickly navigating files. There was the choice of the 2 return keys, one opens the file and the other goes into edit the filename. Now in Lion both keys do the same thing and I miss it badly. It means you have to go to the mouse which (reletively speaking) takes ages.
    Is there a work arround or fix?

    This is a standard setting to change to this to allow users to access the emotions option, this has been like this for some while because the text messages app only allows a number of letters and to add a line break will cause issue with the letter count...  At this time there isnt any way to modify it other than use a 3rd party keyboard but a number of them does this as well.
    Another option that may work is open a email and type the message the way you want it to layout and then copy all text and paste in the text message window, it may keep the original format of the text but I havent tried it myself.
    UPDATE:  Just tried it and you can copy and paste from email and text will keep format...

  • FM hypertext doesn't work - work around in RH doesn't work... need help!

    I am working in TCS2 in Windows XP. I posted this in the RH discussion too... I hope that is OK that I put it here as well (hoping to reach the correct audience somehow!)
    I am trying to single-source things. So I have created a huge doc in FM. Within FM, I have hypertext links to openfile a PDF (which works just fine in FM, and when I generate a PDF it still works nicely). Then I import into RH and those hypertext links don't work anymore. So I created my own little work around:
    Went to that place and coded the FM hypertext as PRINT
    Added a hypertext link (coded as ONLINE) that will jump to the required destination in the online help files
    Works beautifully. But b/c I am single-sourcing (I think) whenver I make changes in the FM files and I have to update the RH files, the manual changes I've made to the RH files (as above) disappear. That is not going to work for me... I cannot do that manual work around everytime I update... too hard to remember, to time consuming, etc. etc.
    Here is ultimately what I need:
    -the PDF link to work in FM (which it does) - usable in PRINT generation
    -a RH link which jumps to that location in RH - usable in ONLINE generation
    Suggestions?
    Thank you!
    Adriana

    Hi there
    Could it be as simple as the setting in the RoboHelp HTML Single Source Layout of "Mark Of The Web"? (MOTW)
    With MOTW enabled, links to local files such as PDFs don't work. At least when you test using Microsoft Internet Explorer.
    Cheers... Rick
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  • FCPX 10.0.7 hangs when loading multiple projects - a non-destructive work around

    FCPX 10.0.7 hangs when loading multiple projects - a non-destructive work around....
    Hi Guys, I upgraded from FCPX 10.0.6 to 10.0.78 and discovered to my immense frustration that many of my 100+ FCPX projects would not load.
    Symptom:
    FCPX 10.0.7 appears to hang ("spinning beachball") with either high CPU% on a single core or  with 1-2% CPU busy (activity monitor.app) when a FINAL CUT PROJECT is selected. No logs error information in /var/logs ..hmm
    notices that the "status circle" spins around endlessly.
    Actvity Monitor.app shows "Final Cut Pro (Not Responding)
    and also I notice in some cases that an OEM filter ("NEAT VIDEO NOISE REDUCTION") is in progress to be loaded. FCPX V10.0.7 must be FORCED QUITtted to remove it from system.
    History: Upgraded FCPX from V10.0.6 to V10.0.07.
    "FINAL CUT EVENTS" and "FINAL CUT PROJECTS" on a single file system on SAS 16TB disk array (768MB/sec read via AJA system test) and 60% utilised capacity… FCP EVENTS has 400 events in it .. some 5.2TB of Prores essence etc .. all works fine! (i.e. the storage system is first class and is NOT the issue)
    32GB of RAM on MAC PRO 2009 Nehalem 16 x Vcore with ATI 5780 card and ATTO HBA's (i.e. plenty of resources!)
    As usual with any "upgrade" to FCPX 10.0.? all the EVENT objects need to be upgraded. In my case this takes an hour or two.. so I do that when asleep.
    After experiencing above, I restored the FCPX EVENTS LIbrary of that file system from LTO4 tape archive (BRU-PE ) and still had the same issues as above.
    WORKAROUND:
    FORCEd QUIT FCPX V10.0.7
    RENAMEd "/volumes/some_file_system_volume/Final Cut Projects" to "/volumes/some_file_system_volume/Final Cut Projects_original"
    created (make) a new "/volumes/some_file_system_volume/Final Cut Projects" (use finder)
    For each project !!! in "/volumes/some_file_system_volume/Final Cut Projects_original", (do one project at a time!!!)
    MOVE "/volumes/some_file_system_volume/Final Cut Projects_original/one_fcpx_projext_nnnn_folder" to "/volumes/some_file_system_volume/Final Cut Projects"
    Make sure you move ONLY one project at a time. If you have a subfolder of projects, please do each project one at a time (serially!)
    Launch FCPX V10.0.7 and BE PATIENT!!! .. DONT click or fiddle with the UI.. it seems when you intervene it locks up as well…
    Let FCPX V10.0.7 settle….
    select the project you just added above  and RELINK any objects it needs. Thumbnails and proxies will be rendered again.. just be patient
    wait until ALL the rendering as stopped.
    QUIT FCPX V10.0.7
    (now if FCPX locks up, just force it out and start again as above).
    repeat for all projects in "/volumes/some_file_system_volume/Final Cut Projects_original" (go to step 4 ad do until all projects moved)
    When all is COMPLETED MAKE SURE YOU ARCHIVE an instance (or make a backup ) of "/volumes/some_file_system_volume/Final Cut Projects"
    If this procedure has worked the folder "/volumes/some_file_system_volume/Final Cut Projects_original" will have zero (nill, none) projects in it.
    I have managed to restore ALL my  "/volumes/some_file_system_volume/Final Cut Projects" this xmas between drinking etc. I'm satisfied that its all ok.
    Other issues:
    use DISK WARRIOR or TT PRO 6 to make sure that the file system volume where your  "/volumes/some_file_system_volume/Final Cut Projects" are is physically ok. I noticed some entries in file system's  volume table that represented objects in  "/volumes/some_file_system_volume/Final Cut Projects" were at fault when I used these utilities… FWIW.
    SUMMARY: yes this took ages to d, however luckily I had everything in at least 3 instances in an archive which has saved me many time in the old FCP& and prior days… it was just a matter of time to put it back together.
    I put this outage down to may be my own impatience when I first fired up FCPX 10.0.7 after the upgrade.
    I'm interested if this workaround is helpful to others and in addtiion if others have a more satisfactory remedy.
    HTH
    warwick
    Hong Kong

    Hi Eb, yeah I could not see any "memory leak" or unusual consumption of REAL memory whose less availability would cause excessive PAGEing and SWAPping as seen in the Activty Monitor.app
    I watch this carefully especially the use of REAL MEMORY by 3rd Paryy apps. BTW there are a few that cause ALLOCATED but NOT USED memory (blue in the A.M.app UI). Simply a unix PURGE command can release that memory and help clean up the PAGE and VM swap files (its alleged!).
    Yes, you may be might with the element of "Luck" involved. I would add though, that having MULTIPLE project displaying in the STORYLINE window and loading always caused my FCP 10.0.7 jam up at startup with h symtoms and observations I described.
    TIP: I might also add that for a super speedy launch of FCPX one may also emply setting each PROJECT's UI to show only AUDIO thus negating the need to contstruct or reneder out a PREVIEW ui in each clip in the storyline.
    Your/Apples  suggestion of the movememt (rename) of "Final Cut Pro Projects" to "Final Cut Pro Projects Hidden" is similar to what I proposed above to stop FCPX 10.0.7 accessing and building it up at startup. This workaround has been useful inthe past as well.
    ALso one might also get the stick out and remove (delete/rm) the ~/Library/Saved Application State/com.apple.FinalCut.savedState in one's home ~/Library so that FCPX wont do such a neat job reinstating FCPX last time you crashed it... This has been helpful also in diagnosing my issues.
    Lastly I have noticed that:
    impatience clicking on the FCPX UI when in the unstable state causes it to lock up with NO visible CPU% busy.... as if its waiting on something which is usually me MEMTERMing it via FORCE QUIT and
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