Frequently Asked Questions


Q: Why do I get an error when trying to enter or change the information in MacGourmet?

A: On rare occasions the database gets locked by the file system, and doesn’t unlock normally. When this happens you’ll usually see an error like:

ERROR:
unable to open database file

To resolve the problem, try the following:

With MacGourmet not running…

  1. Select your MacGourmet3Database file in Documents and choose Get Info.
  2. In the window that is displayed, look at Ownership & Permissions and make sure “You can” says Read & Write
  3. If it already does, then with the MacGourmet3Database file still selected, right-click, or control-click on the file and choose “Show package contents” which will open a window. Now, select the MacGourmet.mgdb file and choose Get Info, and make sure “You can” says Read & Write for that as well.

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