Hey folks, Arduino IDE won't let me compile or upload my sketches to a Mega 2560. Here's the error message: Arduino: 1.6.10 (Mac OS X), Board: "Arduino/Genuino Mega or Mega 2560, ATmega2560 (Mega 2560)" /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/arduino-builder -dump-prefs -logger=machine -hardware …

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I just haven't used this laptop for any Arduino projects in a while. And it did. Thanks for catching that... It hadn't occurred to me that I could be using an old version of their IDE.

"Error compiling for board Arduino/Genuino Mega or Mega 2560."

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"Error compiling for board Arduino/Genuino Mega or Mega 2560."

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