"steam beta must be running to make use of find servers"
"error steam beta must be running"
"steam beta must be running mac"
"steam beta must be running tf2"
It's a pain, it's ambigious, and not only is the error message confusing, but it actually is wrong. But once you know the solution you might understand part of how this error shows up.
But it's so simple.
Most of the time this is fixed by restarting steam. The next best thing is to check for an update in order to update steam.
In fact do that first since it will restart if there is an update.
SOLUTION:
[Check for an update + Restart]
On mac this means going to the Steam menu at the very top of your screen and choosing "Check for Updates"
In windows you will find the check for update option under the tools menu.
If there wasn't an update, restart. If there was an update it will ask to restart by itself.
If neither of those work try validating your game files by right clicking on the game in your game list, choosing "Properties" followed by selecting the "Local Files" tab and you should see a button that mentions validation.
If all three of these do not resolve your issue it's time look for other causes for your problem.
What's happening:
The game you are trying to find servers for isn't happy with the version of steam you are running. So it either isn't up to date or something is preventing the game from properly shaking hands with Steam, hence the restart.
Forum threads to watch
http://forums.steamgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1306946
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=824497
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
kleptomaniacal "Open With..." OS X menu
"clean OS X open with menu"
"reset open with menu"
"organize os x open with menu"
"remove adobe photoshop open with menu"
"how do I clean up the os x open with menu
If you're looking for a solution to this problem, you either have a lot of applications, use various Adobe products that come with rarely used droplets, or are just tired of looking at applications you deleted long ago in the "Open With..." menu. Thankfully there are simple solutions. (If you're main problem is a massive list of adobe actions or droplets in your "Open With..." list, skip down to the "Adobe Droplet Invasion" section first, then come back up and follow these steps.)
Etch a sketch method
Start with the basics, we are going to force the Finder to forget its "Open With..." list so that it will create a new one. Find your way to the local user's Preferences folder under /YOUR_USERNAME/Library/Preferences. In here there should be a file named com.apple.LaunchServices.plist, delete or rename this file and perform a restart. Try it out by right-clicking or ctrl-clicking on a file to see if you're "Open With..." has fixed itself. If that didn't work open up a Terminal window (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal) and copy paste the following command into it by highlighting from "user" at the end up.
Once again restart your computer. Neither of these restarts are necessary, however for some users it is needed to take affect, why is not known, but it can't hurt to ensure that things get cleaned out and reset. Once your computer comes back up go ahead and right-click or ctrl-click on something and see if the "Open With..." problems have gone away. Keep in mind that some applications can keep adding themselves back, but these two methods should deal with any lingering applications listed that you have deleted.
Adobe Droplet Invasion
If your "Open With..." menu is slow and cluttered with Adobe actions, then its time to take action against them. Open up the Adobe folder where you have it installed, and you're going to need to look for those items listed in the "Open With..." list. For Adobe Photoshop this is will either be /Adobe Photoshop/Presets/Droplets/ or /Adobe Photoshop/Samples/Droplets/. Delete the droplets folder if it contains those items listed in your "Open With..." list. If you ever want to bring them back you can re-install photoshop, or a better solution is to simply make an archive or zip file of the droplets folder before deleting it. Now go back to the top of this post and follow the steps for cleaning the "Open With..." list itself.
Additional control, more refined solutions
Programs exist that give you more control over the "Open With..." list and other parts of OS X. Examples are
Cocktail
Onyx
Further reading and sources
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24770?viewlocale=en_US
http://macapper.com/2007/10/08/tutorial-clear-the-finders-open-with-menu/
http://macosx.com/forums/howto-faqs/50890-howto-removing-extra-photoshop-open-options.html
http://macosx.com/forums/mac-os-x-system-mac-software/306807-cleaning-open.html
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030730161311391
"reset open with menu"
"organize os x open with menu"
"remove adobe photoshop open with menu"
"how do I clean up the os x open with menu
If you're looking for a solution to this problem, you either have a lot of applications, use various Adobe products that come with rarely used droplets, or are just tired of looking at applications you deleted long ago in the "Open With..." menu. Thankfully there are simple solutions. (If you're main problem is a massive list of adobe actions or droplets in your "Open With..." list, skip down to the "Adobe Droplet Invasion" section first, then come back up and follow these steps.)
Etch a sketch method
Start with the basics, we are going to force the Finder to forget its "Open With..." list so that it will create a new one. Find your way to the local user's Preferences folder under /YOUR_USERNAME/Library/Preferences. In here there should be a file named com.apple.LaunchServices.plist, delete or rename this file and perform a restart. Try it out by right-clicking or ctrl-clicking on a file to see if you're "Open With..." has fixed itself. If that didn't work open up a Terminal window (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal) and copy paste the following command into it by highlighting from "user" at the end up.
/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
Once again restart your computer. Neither of these restarts are necessary, however for some users it is needed to take affect, why is not known, but it can't hurt to ensure that things get cleaned out and reset. Once your computer comes back up go ahead and right-click or ctrl-click on something and see if the "Open With..." problems have gone away. Keep in mind that some applications can keep adding themselves back, but these two methods should deal with any lingering applications listed that you have deleted.
Adobe Droplet Invasion
If your "Open With..." menu is slow and cluttered with Adobe actions, then its time to take action against them. Open up the Adobe folder where you have it installed, and you're going to need to look for those items listed in the "Open With..." list. For Adobe Photoshop this is will either be /Adobe Photoshop/Presets/Droplets/ or /Adobe Photoshop/Samples/Droplets/. Delete the droplets folder if it contains those items listed in your "Open With..." list. If you ever want to bring them back you can re-install photoshop, or a better solution is to simply make an archive or zip file of the droplets folder before deleting it. Now go back to the top of this post and follow the steps for cleaning the "Open With..." list itself.
Additional control, more refined solutions
Programs exist that give you more control over the "Open With..." list and other parts of OS X. Examples are
Cocktail
Onyx
Further reading and sources
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24770?viewlocale=en_US
http://macapper.com/2007/10/08/tutorial-clear-the-finders-open-with-menu/
http://macosx.com/forums/howto-faqs/50890-howto-removing-extra-photoshop-open-options.html
http://macosx.com/forums/mac-os-x-system-mac-software/306807-cleaning-open.html
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030730161311391
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