serial port already in use - out of the blue

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Guys,

Same problem for me here :frowning:

busy usb port, I searched through the whole forum, installed and uninstalled the FTDI driver. But with no luck.

It did work until this morning: since then arduino program keeps giving the same error message:Serial port 'dev/cu.usbserial-A4001aGv' already in use. Try quitting any programs that may be using it."

So i am not able to communicate with the Arduino anymore. What am i doing wrong? Some help would be great.

I have an intel mac. v. 10.5.4
Arduino NG ATMEGA8
FTDI driver version 2.2.9 (i also tried it with 2.2.10)
Arduino 12