[Xenu]

Sometimes after I boot up my MacBook Pro and open OmniFocus I get an error message to the effect that another application has locked OmniFocus. As a result, OmniFocus won't fully open and I can't close it either. The only way I can remedy this problem is to Force Quit OmniFocus and then restart my computer.

What's causing this? How can I make it stop? I'm using whatever Sneaky Peak was released today.

[nggalai]

Hi there,

this happened from time to time for me, too. On my system (still on Tiger), it’s iCal starting up at the same time as OF. I had to remove iCal from my startup items to rectify the issue. I now start it manually, after OF loaded, and have had no problems since then.

Cheers,
-Sascha

[Xenu]

Sascha,

No iCal in my startup. The only things in my startup are:

iTunesHelper
ExpanderDaemon
Airport Base Station Agent
Viscosity
Microsoft Database

[oshamsy]

I also got in this situation today. I had to force my mac to reboot, and now the OmniFocus document is locked, and I can't find a way to unlock it. In OmniFocus 1.0, I believe this same dialog allowed the user to override the lock, but no such luck here.

Any pointers are greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[Andrew]

oshamsy, I don't believe we've ever (yet) had UI for clearing that lock, although I can't say authoritatively. Anyway, I recommend manually deleting the lock file, as outlined in this previous post: http://forums.omnigroup.com/showpost...09&postcount=4

[oshamsy]

Thanks Andrew. Deleting the lock file did the trick for me!