Interim reply here -- first, thank you for all the replies.
second, I'm using OS X 10.8.2, and had already re-downloaded and installed Quicksilver beta 70 (I was already using it). third, there *are* messages in Console -- I'm embarrassed I didn't look there. On the first time I try to open an encrypted disk and get the interaction I mentioned, there is this is in the log: 10/13/12 8:29:05.784 AM WindowServer[139]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x7f9672eb6a10 10/13/12 8:29:05.784 AM WindowServer[139]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x7f9672eddf60 10/13/12 8:29:05.785 AM WindowServer[139]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x7f9672e822a0 10/13/12 8:29:08.332 AM Dock[216]: no information back from LS about running process fourth, the problem goes away if I reset Quicksilver's preferences as you described. If I restore the old preferences files it comes back. I haven't done any investigation past this right now but wanted to give you an update ... from here out I'll just re-add my plug-ins and change other preferences until the problem comes back, and I'll report back when that happens. Thanks again! Norm Aleks On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 11:49:29 PM UTC-7, Patrick wrote: > > Thanks Norm for the kind words, much appreciated! We're all volunteers, > and work on Quicksilver because we love it and love helping people to use > it :) > > From the further information you've given me, I can't think of anything > else we can do other than resetting the preferences. Before you do this, > can you just confirm the following: > > * Your Mac OS X version > * Your version of Quicksilver. ß70 is the latest. Download it from > http://qsapp.com/download.php > * If there are any messages in Console.app when this problem happens > > You do not actually need to reset the preferences using Quicksilver, but > can perform a 'temporary' reset following the steps at > http://qsapp.com/wiki/FAQ#How_to_Backup_or_Reset_Quicksilver.27s_Settings > > On 11 October 2012 05:28, Norm Aleks <[email protected] <javascript:>>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. 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