On start up and waking from sleep, I get a Notepad/Brush/Pencil/Ruler icon that says it needs internet to work? I can't work out what it refers to? I tend to just hit ok and move on, but it is quite annoying. A month or so ago, I went through a stage of downloading a bunch of applications. Have I picked up a bug?
MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
The image provided only seems to direct to something called Core Telephony. However all related images returned actually specify this in the error message whereas your's provides no specific app. Does the noted app sound at all familiar or if you try searching it using Spotlight on your Mac do you get any returns?
http://www.macosxblog.com/how-to-fix-coretelephony-trace-file-error-on-mac/
Hmm, no. No familiarities at all. Nothing comes up in the search at all.
I did come across another thread where someone mentioned seeing the same icon referring to their mail app. SO not sure what relevance that is...
That's my first thought too. But I think I have everything closed. Some apps have the little dot on them down on the bottom bar, but if I quit there any other way to double check if anything is open (sorry, only 12 months into owning a Mac)
“Icon and dialogue box still came up when I opened the computer just now after work"
do this vpn start on its own?
Is it in SystemPreferences->Users&Groups->LoginItems? if so remove the entry with the minus sign underneath. If it is not there in Finder go to StartupDisk->Library->StartupItems folder, remove it there if it is there, or
StartupDisk->System->Library->StartupItems.
Restart after this and see if it starts automatically.
You then have to start the vpn by hand, when you want to use it.
I think that the issue is that it opens the dialog box automatically, perhaps you can change that in the settings...
I have the impression that an app (Notepad?) is running, when waking up, faster than the reconnection of the WiFi at waking up....
Quitting that app before going to sleep the mac, might help.
Immediately next to the Trash in the Dock, there is a document open, made with the third icon from the Trash icon. Both are open in the picture.
Ah, that's my VPN. I turned it off and bingo! Let me test it again later today after work, but that sounds like it. Thanks
Nope. Icon and dialogue box still came up when I opened the computer just now after work 😟
Any other thoughts or ideas?
What is this icon?
