I don't think I've heard of this problem before either. Is QS trying to index the Time Machine drive? (That is, is it in the catalog).
I would try removing plugins from quicksilver and and seeing if that solves it and if so, adding them back slowly to see if a particular plugin is causing the problem. Howard On Oct 11, 2012, at 12:28 AM, Norm Aleks <[email protected]> wrote: > Patrick, > > I've checked a little more, and the answer is "many but not all." When, in > System Preferences, I "click the lock to make changes," things work as usual > and I don't need to quit Quicksilver. However, when I went to update iStat > Menus and was asked to enter an administrator password, I got the same > behavior I mentioned earlier until I quit Quicksilver. Also, when I went to > the Finder to delete an app, the "Finder wants to make changes" dialog box > was disrupted in the same way. > > Trying to check Quicksilver's preferences I found something else that was > interesting: the Quicksilver Preferences window has the same behavior as the > password-entry dialog box. That is, it opens up unselected and when I click > inside it the focus immediately shifts to the previously used application. I > *am* able to click the "reset preferences" button (and it highlights in blue, > unhighlighting when I move the cursor off of it), but I've held off on > actually resetting the preferences in case there's something else you'd like > me to check before I try that. > > By the way, I *love* Quicksilver and have been using it religiously for > years. Thank you, thank you for offering it to all of us! And thanks for > replying so quickly in support of a product I didn't even pay you for. > > Norm Aleks > > > On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 10:53:02 AM UTC-7, Patrick wrote: > This is an interesting one. Do you experience the issue with any other > password fields, or is it just the one related to Time Machine? > We've previously seen issues with Quicksilver and password fields in browsers > when 'Modifier only activation' is enabled in the 'command' preferences. Do > you have this enabled, and does disabling it help? > > It may also be worth you having a look over your triggers incase you might > have something there that's eating the input method > > On 10 October 2012 17:18, Norm Aleks <[email protected]> wrote: > Recently I can't enter administrator or encrypted-disk passwords when > Quicksilver is running. For example, this morning I plugged in my encrypted > Time Machine disk and when the "enter password to access <this disk>" dialog > box came up, rather than the cursor blinking in the password field as usual I > saw the dialog box above my application, inactive, as if I'd clicked outside > it. Each time I clicked inside the password field to type, the cursor would > very briefly blink inside it but then the dialog box would once again became > inactive (and the most recent application became active). The workaround > I've found is to quit Quicksilver while entering the password. Any other > ideas? > > This is on a MacBook Air 13-inch, late 2010, running OS X 10.8.2 and > Quicksilver beta 70. I am not sure when exactly the problem came up -- it > may have been when I upgraded to Mountain Lion, as I haven't used this Mac a > lot since then. > > I've Googled around for this problem and haven't seen anything. My apologies > if this is a FAQ that I somehow missed! > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Quicksilver" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver?hl=en. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Quicksilver" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quicksilver" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver?hl=en.
