The past few days I have been recieving these errors:

2010-01-20 18:34:20 Error failed to save preferences
Error failed to save preferences
Error DoSaveNow() caught exception: FileIOError -- failed to create temp file (err -5000)
Error DoSaveNow() caught exception: FileIOError -- failed to create temp file (err -5000)

2010-01-20 18:35:10 Error ~CMailScanMgr() caught exception: FileIOError -- failed to create temp file (err -5000)
Error ~CMailScanMgr() caught exception: FileIOError -- failed to create temp file (err -5000)

I checked permissions on a few files and folders and nothing seemed wrong. I am currently repairing permissions on the whole hard drive.

Anyone got any other ideas?

Did the repair permissions help?

Copy/paste the following into Terminal, then copy/paste the results to the forum for me:

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cd /Library/Application\ Support/Perceptive\ Automation/Indigo\ 4/Preferences/
ls -al
id


Here are the results:

total 64
drwxr-xr-x@ 10 502 502 340 Jan 17 08:55 .
drwxrwxr-x 10 root admin 340 Jan 21 05:32 ..
-rw-r--r--@ 1 502 502 6148 Jan 6 17:05 .DS_Store
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 502 502 0 May 14 2007 56DDE2BB
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 502 502 0 May 31 2007 80AB451F
-rw-rw-r--@ 1 502 502 961 Jan 17 07:37 Indigo Emails Scanned.indiPref
-rw-r--r--@ 1 502 502 1467 Jan 7 2009 Indigo Registration.indiPref
-rw-rw-r--@ 1 502 502 6132 Jan 17 08:55 Indigo Server Prefs.indiPref
-rw-rw-r--@ 1 502 502 1065 Jan 8 06:10 Indigo Server Settings.indiPref
drwx------ 5 502 502 170 Jan 6 11:38 PrismReflector
Dining-Room:Preferences matthewxxx$ id
uid=501(matthewxxx) gid=501(matthewxxx) groups=501(matthewxxx),204(_developer),100(_lpoperator),98(_lpadmin),81(_appserveradm),80(admin),79(_appserverusr),61(localaccounts),12(everyone),32(boinc_project),31(boinc_master),401(com.apple.access_screensharing)

The owner all all the files (and folder) is incorrect. It is set to 502, but you are user 501. You should check the other sibling folders as well; they are probably incorrect too.

I installed Mac OS X 10.6 on this computer and used Migration Assistant on the older computer running in the Dining Room. I am running Indigo on the Admin user account and deleted the old account.

I suppose the quick fix is to backup the Indigo 4 Folder re-install Indigo?

Quick fix is to do this in the Terminal:

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cd /Library/Application\ Support
sudo chown -R 501:501 Perceptive\ Automation

Enter your OS X user account password when prompted.

Matt wrote:I installed Mac OS X 10.6 on this computer and used Migration Assistant on the older computer running in the Dining Room. I am running Indigo on the Admin user account and deleted the old account.

I suppose the quick fix is to backup the Indigo 4 Folder re-install Indigo?

I really wish Apple would fix that stupid assistant - it almost always screws up some permissions...

Almost a whole hour error free. Thanks Matt!