I am working in Mac OS 10.6.8. I am using Quark 8.5.1. I just laid out an 80 page magazine and when I try to save my work I get this error message. I tried throwing out my Quark preferences thinking maybe they became corrupt, but that did not solve the issue. Next step will be to reinstall Quark, but I am trying to avoid that. Please help!
It's a disk error. The drive needs to be formatted and restored from a backup, or (preferably) replaced.
Thank you for responding Linc! I am sure this is an inevitability where the drive is concerned, though my iMac is only 2 years old and I still have 170 GB available. Through researching forums and trial and error, I think it was a Quark glitch more than a hard drive one (at least I am hoping). Apparently I overloaded the color palette (since other files were fine I deduced that it was this particular file with the problem and not my computer). After creating a new layout and appending the original file to it (which eliminated the colors in the palette not in use) I was able to solve my problem and save my 80 page magazine. Whew! Thanks again!
Whew, great work & a strange tip/fix!? 🙂
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