typing the name of an object dosen't autocomplete anymore

chapelier fou's icon

Hi. For some reason it just stopped working. im on mac OS10.6.8, max 5.1.9. In the prefs i got 'object box autocompletion' checked in. i don't get it !

chapelier fou's icon

that's weird...it works in max 6 when using m4l and live 9. But not with max 5 and live 8 or just max 5...

$Adam's icon

Hi, the same setup here (10.6.8, 5.1.9). This happens to me as well once in a while. Restarting Max usually solves the problem for me, though. BTW, the same applies some times to hot/cold inlets, which also stop working once in a while. Again, a Max-restart fixes it...

chapelier fou's icon

Hey, thank you.
Unfortunately, even after rebooting my computer, it doesn't work...

chapelier fou's icon

Damn, i just reinstalled max 5.1.9 and it still doesn't work. Time to contact support i guess.

Oli Mason's icon

I had the same problem and it annoyed me so much i reinstalled....and it did fix it (max6).

chapelier fou's icon

Yeah, but i did a reinstallation ! That's so annoying, it turns out to be unusable...

Stephane Morisse's icon

Already happened to me on mac also... Did you try to delete your preferences ? You can also try the 'rebuild database' message to max (make a search in help to have its precise forms).

chapelier fou's icon

Yep, tried to delete the prefs, trash the bin, reinstall. 3 times. Also repaired permissions.
Gonna have a look at 'rebuild database' !

chapelier fou's icon

Couldn't find anything about rebuilding databases. i'm in touch with the support, so hopefully they'll help me to sort it out.

chapelier fou's icon

For no apparent reason, it started working again...