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Mac OS X error -47 when running Creo Trap Editor, Dotshop, or Separations Viewer and Norton AntiVirus


Product

 

Platform

 

Macintosh

Operating system

 

Mac OS X


Error

 

An unrecoverable error has occurred. Details: The file "FSSpec[-100,1101341GFIL-288ae]" or its disk is busy or locked; Mac OS error code = -47


Symptoms

 

A PDF viewed in Adobe Acrobat using Mac OS 10.3.5 with the Trap Editor plugin does not allow the operation of Separations Viewer or trapping functionality.


Cause

  Norton Antivirus 9.0.x introduced a feature called "AutoProtect" which seems to lock certain files that Trap Editor are writing to disk.

Solution

 

Use the following settings in System Preferences > Norton AutoProtect: AutoProtect = On

Automatic Repair = Off

Quarantine files = deselected

Scan Disks when mounted = Off

Scan Compressed Files = Off

Permanent fix:


See also

 


Keywords

 

acrobat, Creo PDF trapper, Dotshop, Macintosh, virus


Technical contact(s)
 

Rob Morgan

Submitted by
 

David Herder

Date submitted
 

27 Aug 2004


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