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diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index 2b3b7ba96f6..90d416714e5 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -3382,7 +3382,7 @@ for further discussion. * Runtime problems specific to macOS -** Error message when opening Emacs on macOS +** Error message about malicious software when opening Emacs on macOS When opening Emacs, you may see an error message saying something like this: @@ -3399,6 +3399,22 @@ the Emacs app icon, and then choose Open. This adds a security exception for Emacs and from now on you should be able to open it by double-clicking on its icon, like any other app. +** Error message about color list unarchiver when starting Emacs on macOS + +The error message looks like this: + + Failed to initialize color list unarchiver: + Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4864 "*** -[NSKeyedUnarchiver + _initForReadingFromData:error:throwLegacyExceptions:]: non-keyed archive cannot be decoded by NSKeyedUnarchiver" + UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=*** -[NSKeyedUnarchiver + _initForReadingFromData:error:throwLegacyExceptions:]: non-keyed archive cannot be decoded by NSKeyedUnarchiver} + +After showing this message, Emacs usually works normally. + +The usual reason for this is that the color file, +~/Library/Colors/Emacs.clr, is stale or corrupted. The solution is to +delete that file and restart Emacs. + ** macOS doesn't come with libxpm, so only XPM3 is supported. Libxpm is available for macOS as part of the XQuartz project. |