Since updating I keep receiving "URLs with the type "file:" are not supported" error message...

someone mentioned that if you don't use the timemachine, just turn it off. then the problem solved.

that sounds a great idea, i'll try it and see.

I just managed to fix the problem! I went into the Preferences (hold down Apple icon top left of screen and select "System Preferences"), clicked on the "Time Machine" icon (next to last row towards the right), and slid the ON/OFF switch to the OFF position. Like magic...no annoying error message! All I have to do now is remember to turn it back on now and then to back up my laptop.

I get the same message but always one time after waking from sleep (the laptop, not me). Annoying. Seems to be connected to Time Machine, but TM seems to turn on AUTOMATICALLY ⚠ because I switch it off everytime and it turns on each time after restart. (Even when it is off, it wants to back up. I don't want to use TM.)

So far nothing worked. Any other ideas?

Maybe the full solution "amgpac" provided in here http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1168794&page=2 can explain and help.

Stefan

Hi guys,

I don't mean to alarm anyone, but the problem may be a little deeper that we think.

Like I mentioned before, I updated 3 computers, but only one showed that error. That same computer kept showing the same error message over and over until one day, early last week, it froze during bootup.

I tryed to boot the computer via safe mode, and nothing. Got in touch with the Apple Line and we tryed all sorts of stuff to make it work, including a full HD format (we even tried to erase both the main and the Lion restore partition), without success.

I had to take the computer to an authorized repair store, and they finally got to format the hard drive, using a boot disk. After that I made a full system restore from my Time Machine and everything worked perfectly since then and the error never appeared again.

Talking to the Apple Line afterwards, they told me it could be a corrupted file that lead to both problems.

I would consider a full system backup to Time Machine and a full restore (using the Cmd+R boot), during which Lion automatically checks every copied file and rearranges them to ensure that no lingering error remains.

Like I said, this a bit in "I guess" knowledge, but I thought I'd share with you this event.

Best regards,

Sergio

did you try to turn off the time machine in system preference? see the forum here:

Yeah, I did, and it did nothing for me.

However, right now (after the full restore) it's working perfectly with TM turned on.

good. as long as it works to your satisfaction.

however, it always works fine, if you keep the time machine on in the system preference and also let the time machine auto run on the desktop. only when you don't want to use it and eject it from desktop, then you need to turn it off in system preference.

I'm getting this same problem. I also found that since updating, I have 2 new volumes called 'home' and 'net', and in the information on them, it says their server is 'file://localhost/home/'. Is this that what the error message is reffering to? The icon in the error message is the same as on the volumes.

Same with me, anyone know a solution?