VLC Error Window Removal — Mac

A short technical tip: to prevent VLC's persistent error dialogs from appearing, navigate to the app's Resources directory via Terminal and rename ErrorPanel.nib to ErrorPanel.nib.orig. Quick, effective, and still works.

Highlights

• The problem — VLC shows error panels that won't go away — especially annoying when playing network streams or partial files.
• The fix — Rename one .nib file inside the VLC.app bundle. Reversible — rename it back to restore the error panel.

Originally published at chalolet.blogspot.com