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Scott Citron
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ID CS5.5 (Mac): Can't Paste?

Jul 5, 2011 2:27 PM

Here's a weird thing that's making me nuts. If I've copied text from say, TexEdit for example, to the Mac clipboard, when I return to ID CS5.5 the Paste command is dimmed. Like there's nothing there. If I copy from inside of ID it works fine, but for some reason pasting is disabled from outside apps. Anybody experiencing this? FWIW, I've trashed prefs. Wondering if it's due to some plug-in I'm running? Hmmm.

1439 Views   9 Replies   Latest reply: Marie_D, Aug 20, 2011 9:43 AM
 
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  • Bob Levine
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    1. Bob Levine,
    Jul 5, 2011 5:41 PM   in reply to Scott Citron
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    Weird stuff, Scott, but I'm not seeing anything like that here.

     

    Bob

     
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    2. Scott Citron,
    Jul 5, 2011 6:31 PM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    Figures. But then you're on Windows.

     

    Actually, I suspect the problem comes from some other oddity. Will keep exploring. Thanks, Bob.

     
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  • Steve Werner
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    3. Steve Werner,
    Jul 5, 2011 6:47 PM   in reply to Scott Citron
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    Hi, Scott,

     

    I'm on a Mac, with no such problems in 5.5

     

    What version of Mac OS X are you running? When did it start? Was there anything you installed, or did about the same time it started? (And of course you did a complete shutdown of the computer, right?)

     
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    4. Bob Levine,
    Jul 5, 2011 7:00 PM   in reply to Scott Citron
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    Oh, how soon they forget. I have a MacBook, remember?

     

    Bob

     
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    5. Scott Citron,
    Jul 5, 2011 7:15 PM   in reply to Steve Werner
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    I'm on 10.6.8. Don't know when this started, Steve. Disabled all plug-ins, restarted, but still no luck. This is the weirdest, most annoying problem.

     
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  • Steve Werner
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    6. Steve Werner,
    Jul 5, 2011 7:29 PM   in reply to Scott Citron
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    Look at this article by Adam Engst. It doesn't specifically mention your problem in his article on 10.6.8 problems (none of which I have).

     

    http://www.tidbits.com/article/12292

     

    But a suggestion is to use the 10.6.8 Combo Updater. Perhaps you had a bad 10.6.8 install.

     
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    7. Scott Citron,
    Jul 5, 2011 7:31 PM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    Yeah, but you're still a Windows guy to me.

     
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    8. Scott Citron,
    Jul 5, 2011 7:35 PM   in reply to Steve Werner
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    Thanks for this, Steve. Will give it a try.

     
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  • Marie_D
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    9. Marie_D,
    Aug 20, 2011 9:43 AM   in reply to Scott Citron
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    I have just had exactly the same problem using CS5.5 (Windows). When I quit the program and restarted the problem still existed.

     

    However, when I rebooted the PC pasting seems to be working again.

     

    Very strange ...

     
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