Error message "Master Pointer was nil (-109)"
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stringtheory
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Re: Error message "Master Pointer was nil (-109)"
i'm getting this error in a new project, begun last week. no old clippings. i create a new Startup Clipping window, and it looks good, but when i drag a file (a MainStage alias) into it, nothing happens. in the finder, i see a generic looking icon for the alias in the folder, but nothing in the clipping window itself. if i switch from DP to another app, then back, i get the (-109) error. if i close the project, it won't reopen - the DP Open File dialog box just blinks. if i then delete the Clippings folder from the project folder, it opens normally. reporting to MOTU.
27" iMac 4.0GHz (late 2015), 32G RAM, OSX 10.13.6, DP10.01, UAD Apollo Duo TB, MTPAV USB (also 2021 14" MBP M1 Pro, 32G RAM, Apollo Twin Duo TB)
Re: Error message "Master Pointer was nil (-109)"
Hi All-
I Googled my way to this thread when I got the dreaded old (-109) with DP 11 today, and it was a problem with a clipping file! I looked in Library>Preferences>MOTU Clippings>DP Clippings, and sure enough, there was a bad alias in the folder. Had a MoTU tech on the line as I did it, so he's now aware that when people get "Master Pointer was nil (-109)", check the Clippings folder first.
I Googled my way to this thread when I got the dreaded old (-109) with DP 11 today, and it was a problem with a clipping file! I looked in Library>Preferences>MOTU Clippings>DP Clippings, and sure enough, there was a bad alias in the folder. Had a MoTU tech on the line as I did it, so he's now aware that when people get "Master Pointer was nil (-109)", check the Clippings folder first.