Dear Yusuf,
From the error message, this should have something to do with "._"
files. They're created to store file information that would otherwise
go into an extended attribute on HFS+ (Apple native). You say you use
external hard drive. I guess your previous external drive is formatted
with HFS+, but now your external hard drive is formatted with other
format.
You won't get this error with your Desktop folder because your
internal hard disk formatted with HFS+ format deals with these files
and they are hidden.
Basically, removing these files from your external hard drive won't be
a problem, so I suggest deleting them with Terminal app.
From your Terminal, type the following;
$ find /Volumes/YUSUF'S HD/spm8/toolbox -name "._*" -delete
This should delete all of the "._" files in the toolbox and its
subdirectories and you won't have problems running SPM8 any more.
If you google with keywords such as "._ Mac", you will get more detail
about these files.
Hope this helps,
Kiyotaka
2014-06-23 19:41 GMT+09:00 Yusuf Daniju <[log in to unmask]>:
> Hi all,
>
> I am using Matlab r2014a and spm8, on my mac which is running Mavericks, and
> all of a sudden whenever I try to open SPM from my external hard drive which
> SPM has always been installed on. I receive the following errors:
>
> Loading of toolbox /Volumes/YUSUF'S
> HD/spm8/toolbox/DARTEL/._tbx_cfg_dartel.m failed.
> Loading of toolbox /Volumes/YUSUF'S
> HD/spm8/toolbox/FieldMap/._tbx_cfg_fieldmap.m failed.
> Loading of toolbox /Volumes/YUSUF'S HD/spm8/toolbox/HDW/._tbx_cfg_hdw.m
> failed.
> Loading of toolbox /Volumes/YUSUF'S
> HD/spm8/toolbox/SRender/._tbx_cfg_render.m failed.
> Loading of toolbox /Volumes/YUSUF'S HD/spm8/toolbox/Seg/._tbx_cfg_preproc8.m
> failed.
> Loading of toolbox /Volumes/YUSUF'S HD/spm8/toolbox/Shoot/._tbx_cfg_shoot.m
> failed.
> ......done
>
>
> When I move the SPM folder to my desktop and set the path to there, I don't
> get these errors and it is exactly the same folder, can anyone help.
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Yusuf
>
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Kiyotaka Nemoto, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Division of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
University of Tsukuba
1-1-1Tennodai Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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