I receive the following error message today after updating to High Sierra last night. The app will no longer open any files nor allow me to change settings to go find the sketchbook folder. Any advice? Thanks in advance!
I don't know what the cause of that error message was, other than the obvious that the folder really didn't exist.
You say "won't even open" but then you also say "will no longer open any files nor allow me to change settings to go find the sketchbook folder", which makes me think that the Arduino IDE does start but then you're encountering the issue where the menu bar doesn't appear. This is a known issue:
I believe they have that solved if you install the hourly build:
As for being able to change settings if the IDE won't open:
- With the IDE not running, open /Users/{username}/Library/Arduino15/preferences.txt in a text editor.
- Edit any preferences you like.
- Save the file.
Thanks! I tried changing the path from preferences.txt (it was null after the update for some reason), the app initializes, but crashes after 20-30 seconds or so.
I decided to just do a fresh install (thanks to your path, I didn't know there was another Arduino15 folder lying around) and it now works. I also don't have that known issue published by the other users after this fresh install.
Best Regards!