Dear Philip

Thanks for your speedy response.
I didn't know what it's called. It must 'beach ball.'
I don't use iDisk nor iPhone.
Pardon my ignorance; what's 'plist', please?

Cheers,
Takamitsu


On 15/04/2013 20:08, "spaelti" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello Takamitsu
> 
> by "sunflower" do you mean "beach ball"? The beach ball is the standard mac
> indication that a process is not completing.
> 
> I can sympathize. Nisus does this for me too these days. The problem in my
> case has to do with the list of past opened files. In my case this list
> contains files on other servers. In my case this used to include files on my
> iDisk, and more recently it includes files on my iPhone. The iDisk is a now a
> defunct apple technology, so the only way I was able to get rid of this was to
> trash the list of previous files. The simplest way to to do that is to erase
> the Nisus plist file in preferences. If you don't want to lose all your
> preferences you can try to edit the file using the plist editor to remove only
> the preferences that cause the problem. (Try removing the whole file first,
> but keep a copy. Then edit and replace, etc.)
> 
> Since currently my list includes files on my iPhone, I actually have to unlock
> my iPhone to get Nisus to start working! This is kind of like a return to the
> *good old* dongle days for those with long enough memories! My iPhone now
> functions like a dongle. Unless I turn it on I can't work with Nisus!! I
> really hope that Nisusoft release an update that gets rid of this problem
> soon.
> 
> Of course there are many possible problems that might cause the appearance of
> a beach ball. I hope you can identify the reason in your case.
> 
> best
> Philip
> 
> 
> On 16. Apr 2013, at 2:18 , t muraoka <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> Hello everybody,
>> 
>> I wonder if any of you could help me.
>> 
>> When I start working on a NW file, a multi-coloured sunflower-like thing
>> appears and starts revolving, which seems to last for ages. So long as it¹s
>> turning round, I can¹t work on the file. Does anyone know what this is and
>> how can I stop this or get rid of this sunflower?
>> It¹s a real nuisance.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Takamitsu 
> 
> Philip Spaelti
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