DP File Menu Weirdness...No Option to Save, etc...

[buzzsmith]

In my almost 30 years of using DP, I don't think that I've ever seen this.

No option to do anything under the File menu...


Screen shot DP Menu Greyed Out by Buzzy Smith, on Flickr

However, under the Digital Performer menu item, I do have a Quit option. When I clicked it, I got the "...unsaved changes..." dialog and saved that way.

Curious...

Buzzy

(The sequence was not in play, BTW, or were there any other processes going on that I was aware of.)

[MIDI Life Crisis]

If you restart DP does it fix it? Sounds like the app is loosing track of the OS directory. I might have seen this once or twice over the years. Maybe just once, but it sounds familiar.

The usual Disk Utility suggestions apply : Repair permissions. Repair disk(s).

[buzzsmith]

MLC:

As I was posting this, I left DP running to make sure the anomaly didn't correct itself over time, and then I wanted to check the Quit option that I mentioned.

Then I shutdown, let the Mac sit for about a minute and restarted.

The very first thing I did was repair permissions. Took about 20 minutes. The three main "culprits" were Java, Core Services and Frameworks. About 15 or so repairs for each.

Then I ran MacJanitor and Preferential Treatment. Got one error with PT.

Shutdown and rebooted and continued working for the rest of the afternoon.

I have not gone back to this particular edit file, but everything seems AOK right now.

Thanks...

Buzzy