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"Failed to Save Settings" error

#1 Post by brandonl » Thu Nov 11, 2010 2:58 pm

Whenever I attempt to make a preference change, I get a "Failed to Save Settings" error message. I thought it maybe needed the beta registration code, but when I attempt to put it in there, I get a "Failed to store registration code in database" message. I deleted the .app file, and the .plist file and reinstalled, but still get the message. Any ideas?

I'm on Snow Leopard, and it's MakeMKV v1.6.2

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Re: "Failed to Save Settings" error

#2 Post by mike admin » Fri Nov 12, 2010 6:52 am

Are you running two copies of MakeMKV at a time? Do you have a folder named ".MakeMKV" in your home folder, and are there any files inside?

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Re: "Failed to Save Settings" error

#3 Post by brandonl » Fri Nov 12, 2010 4:03 pm

Only running it once. No .MakeMKV folder anywhere inside my home folder.

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Re: "Failed to Save Settings" error

#4 Post by mike admin » Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:35 am

Please create a folder named ".MakeMKV" in your home folder and try again.

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Re: "Failed to Save Settings" error

#5 Post by brandonl » Mon Nov 15, 2010 1:51 pm

I'll try that. I did note that when I made a new user/profile, saving worked...so it is definately something with my account.

Where do I put the .makemkv folder (do I name it with the period in front?)? I don't think I can make a folder right in the root of my home directory (with the Documents, Pictures, etc. folders). Where exactly do I put it?

THanks!

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Re: "Failed to Save Settings" error

#6 Post by mike admin » Wed Nov 17, 2010 9:31 am

brandonl wrote:I don't think I can make a folder right in the root of my home directory (with the Documents, Pictures, etc. folders). Where exactly do I put it?!
Exactly there. Try from a terminal

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mkdir ~/.MakeMKV

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Re: "Failed to Save Settings" error

#7 Post by brandonl » Wed Nov 17, 2010 1:28 pm

Was unable to create the directory-so I took a look at permissions-and it turns out my user account only had read only access to my own home directory! Fixed that and now the program is working normally...thanks!!!

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Re: "Failed to Save Settings" error

#8 Post by sensu » Tue May 10, 2022 7:26 pm

I had the exact same issue when trying to register the latest beta key.

In my case, I resolved it by deleting all the files inside ~/.MakeMKV and then registering the latest beta key again.

This command I ran will work on Linux and MacOS in the terminal:

sudo rm -rf ~/.MakeMKV/*

But like others said previously, make sure that the folder ~/.MakeMKV actually exists in the first place and create it if it doesn't.

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