Today my M-Audio iControl play button stopped working on my Mac Book Pro after I unplugged the USB cord.

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Today my M-Audio iControl play button stopped working on my Mac Book Pro after I unplugged the USB cord.

Hello,

Today my M-Audio iContol play button stopped working after I unplugged it from the USB port and then plugged it back in. I have a Mac Book Pro Mac OS X 10.7.3 and I only use it for Garage Band. The iControl will only play a very short snippet of a song then shuts off? (Like a millisecond) My space bar works fine as well as the GB play button using the mouse. I have searched for the GB preference files listed on some blogs but I cannot find them...help please!! One more thing, I plgged the iControl into my other Imac and it works fine so the iControl is ok.

Thanks!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Apr 10, 2012 8:51 PM

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léonie

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Apr 10, 2012 9:05 PM in response to donbright576

I have searched for the GB preference files listed on some blogs but I cannot find them...help please!!

In MacOS 10.7.3 the User LIbrary is hidden. To find the Preferences Files use the Finder "Go" menu:

Click onto you Desktop to bring the Finder forward.
In the Finder Menu press "Go" and hold down the "option/alt" key, until your user library appears in the drop-down menu
Select "Library" and in the Finder window that opens navigate to the "Prederences" folder; move com.apple.garageband.plist to the Desktop.

Regards

Léonie

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donbright576 Author

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Apr 10, 2012 9:44 PM in response to léonie

Thank you very much, this was very helpful in finding the Library. Once I was able to access my Library I deleted the file you spoke about and it still did not work so I removed the 2nd file metioned in the blog and that I read today (file name) com.apple...ageband.cs along with the file you metioned and it worked!!

Thanks again for your help!!

read fixed it.

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Apr 11, 2012 3:55 AM in response to donbright576

It would have been even better if you hadn't awarded the "solved" points to yourself but to Leonie! 😉

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donbright576 Author

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Apr 11, 2012 4:12 AM in response to Christoph Drösser

Oh crap, I am sorry about that. This is new to me ....: (. is there a way I could change it? You definatley made it happen for me.😢 sorry....

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léonie

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Apr 11, 2012 5:03 AM in response to donbright576

Don't worry about the points - thanks for trying and thanks for the golden star!

Léonie

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Nov 21, 2012 5:54 PM in response to léonie

I'm having this same problem, I'm on 10.8.2 (latest). I just got the iControl, it will not play, loop, probably some other things. On screen, the play button and loop bar do light up, for just a millisecond. I've found the prefs and trashed all of them. Tried various USB cables, connected/reconnected/rebooted/restarted, multiple times. Is anybody still successfully using the iControl on 10.8.2? I really love the feel of it and hope it will work somehow.

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