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New Mac wants to talk to dead Mac "There was a problem connecting to the server"

Got a new iMac - it's great. However, when I start up, it still wants to talk to my long-gone Mac Pro (see message below). I have to click "OK" about a half-dozen times as it reappears.

This message will also come up when I open my Livescribe Desktop software.

Is there a simple way to track the source of this, and make the iMac "forget" its dead descendant?

Thanks!

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.1)

Posted on Apr 4, 2012 7:55 AM

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Posted on Apr 4, 2012 8:13 AM

Check your login items.

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Apr 4, 2012 11:49 AM in response to Linc Davis

Sorry - I wanted to clck "helped me" AND "solved my question, because it certainly did.


I had mistakenly thought that checking a login item eliminated it from opening at startup; WRONG - it just "hides" it.


I got rid of all of the "vestage" items (stuff from old Mac that cannot be located now, with the "!" symbol to the right of it's title), and now I restart unmolested.


Thank you, Linc!

New Mac wants to talk to dead Mac "There was a problem connecting to the server"

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