I'm 100% sure it's either EndNoteX5, Time Machine or Microsoft Word itself that's causing the problem.Īs I almost lost the whole M.Sc. Then, it might also be a problem with Microsoft Word. Not sure about this tho, will need to keep waching out for it. It seems when I go to System Preferences and turn off the Time Machine, the problem is no longer there. Now, the second possible reason might be Time Machine. However, the first time this happened, I saw an error message that had something to do with EndNote and that's where I started thinking maybe it's EndNote, but again, after the complete uninstallation, I'm still getting the same problem. I compeltely uninstalled the whole program, but it kept crashing, so now I think it has nothing to do with Endnote. I used to have Endnote X5, then I thought I kept crashing because of the EndNote. Who is to blame here and who has to work on a solution? Microsoft, Reuters or Apple?įact remains: it used to work under Mac OS X 10.6 and Endnote X4 with Office 2011!

So if these coincide, as often the case with temporay Time Machine back-ups on my MacBook Pro, it simply can't save and asks you to do it otherwise. My guess is that Endnote can't handle any kind of syncing or back-up processes while saving. (scroll down for remarks on Dropbox and Endnote) Neither Endnote, Microsoft or the web seem to provide answers. There are too many players in this process 😟

Has Time Machine and/or Dropbox corrupted my Word file? If I'm lucky my file is simply renamed but twice it completely disappeared! Gone! No autorecovery, no Time Machine back-up, no. Select a file from the list of files and folders.įirst I thought it was because I was using Endnote X4, but even after upgrading to X5, turning off my external hard drive and moving the files from Dropbox to a normal folder, I still get the same prompt. Check the path to make sure it was typed correctly You cannot save while the file is use by another process. I'm now running Endnote X5, Word 2011 and Mac OS X 10.7.3 as well.Įvery now and then, while saving, I get a prompt stating:

Undo a save in word for mac 2011