why is my mac screen flashing a folder with a question mark?
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A folder with a flashing question mark means that your startup disk is no longer available or doesn't contain a working Mac operating system. ... Turn on your Mac and immediately press and hold Command (⌘) and R to start up from macOS Recovery. While in macOS Recovery, use Disk Utility to repair your startup disk.
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The error message appears along the following lines: The selected disk is not a fixed MBR disk. The ACTIVE command can only be used on fixed MBR disks. This problem indicates that the disk where the partition you want to mark as active is located as a GPT (GUID partition table) disk.
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If you're getting a notice that scratch discs are write-protected, or that Premiere cannot access something, or it can't find nor search certain folders, then you have a permissions issue in the operating system. OS's set permissions to who can do what with folders and files.
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['Windows or Linux: Ctrl + /', 'Mac OS: Command + /']
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I often get this when selecting a window in the plot dialogue. Not sure why it occours but sometimes you can free it up by opening windows explorer and double click opening a drawing file, sometimes a sneaky click on the save or new file icon on the toolbar also resets it.
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When the Preview app is open, press the Command and N keys, or go to the File menu and choose “New from clipboard.” A window opens showing several folder icons. Next, press the Option, Command and C keys — or go to the Tools Menu and select Adjust Color.
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Try going to the "App Store" > "Store" > "Check for Unfinished Downloads ..." ... Download Yosemite Cache Cleaner software. Its a trail version, but you can delete it after you clean your cache. Then rebooting mac should resolve the problem.
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Restart your computer if sfc /scannow repaired files. System File Checker may or may not prompt you to restart but even if it doesn't, you should restart anyway.
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If you're new to Macs and OS X, you may have noticed that some of your app icons in the Dock have a small black dot under them. The black dot is normally always under the Finder icon no matter what. The black dot basically indicates that the application is running.
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Problem 3: Mac Desktop Icons Disappeared Sometimes missing icons are due to disk permissions or a macOS fault. In most cases, the reason is simple. An application could have overwritten the desktop icon settings, making them hidden or go missing.
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You are seeing temporary files on your desktop because a setting was changed on your files and folders view. You need to check off "hide operarion system files” and “"do not show hidden files and folders”. There are many ways to do this, it also depends on which version of Windows you are using.
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A circle with a line through it means that your startup disk contains a Mac operating system, but it's not a macOS that your Mac can use. ... Turn on your Mac and immediately press and hold Command (⌘) and R to start up from macOS Recovery. While in macOS Recovery, use Disk Utility to repair your startup disk.
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It turned out that I had assigned the same shortcut to a Macro and completely forgot about it. ... So if you still have the problem, try checking if any of your open workbooks have macros and if so, check to see if ctrl+shift+L is assigned to any of them.
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If you get the error message when the scratch disk drive shows a good amount of free space, run a disk defragmentation utility. Clear the Photoshop cache. If you can open Photoshop, delete temporary files from within the program by going to Edit > Purge > All (on Windows) or Photoshop CC > Purge > All (on Mac).
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Changing folder background colours You can change the folder background colour on your Mac. Select a folder by double clicking on it or press ' Tab ' to highlight it and press ' Apple ' + ' O ' to open it. Click on the ' View ' menu and select ' Show View Options ' or press ' Apple ' + ' J'.
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Temporary files are also stored in the hidden "/var/TMP" folder, also located in the root directory. The TMP folder is just one of many folders present on your Mac system.
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To fix this go to TortoiseSVN > settings > Icon Overlays > Status cache changed from default to shell. If the drive A or B is used check the Drive type as A and B.