Why don't my settings persist after a reboot in Mac OS X 10.7.4?
Every time I change my desktop background or the default application to open a file, OS X does it well. But when I restart, the changes are not saved.
Does anybody know whats happening?
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Every time I change my desktop background or the default application to open a file, OS X does it well. But when I restart, the changes are not saved.
Does anybody know whats happening?
mac osx-lion
edited Mar 10 '13 at 0:31
Louis
12.2k28105177
asked Mar 8 '13 at 18:21
alvizourialvizouri
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add a comment |
Every time I change my desktop background or the default application to open a file, OS X does it well. But when I restart, the changes are not saved.
Does anybody know whats happening?
mac osx-lion
edited Mar 10 '13 at 0:31
Louis
12.2k28105177
asked Mar 8 '13 at 18:21
alvizourialvizouri
4126
Every time I change my desktop background or the default application to open a file, OS X does it well. But when I restart, the changes are not saved.
Does anybody know whats happening?
mac osx-lion
mac osx-lion
edited Mar 10 '13 at 0:31
Louis
12.2k28105177
asked Mar 8 '13 at 18:21
alvizourialvizouri
4126
edited Mar 10 '13 at 0:31
Louis
12.2k28105177
asked Mar 8 '13 at 18:21
alvizourialvizouri
4126
edited Mar 10 '13 at 0:31
Louis
12.2k28105177
edited Mar 10 '13 at 0:31
Louis
12.2k28105177
edited Mar 10 '13 at 0:31
Louis
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12.2k28105177
asked Mar 8 '13 at 18:21
alvizourialvizouri
4126
asked Mar 8 '13 at 18:21
alvizourialvizouri
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asked Mar 8 '13 at 18:21
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Let's investigate the wallpaper issue as its easier problem to investigate and will most likely solve the other problem.
You might have a permissions problem. Take a look at:
ls -la ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
Mine looks like this
-rw------- 1 cmdcentral staff 2603 Feb 5 16:39 Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
if you open this file
nano ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
You will find your wallpaper's location in there. I found mine in there somewhere, looking like this:
`......^@^@^@_^P9/Users/cmdcentral/Pictures/1359637970_phpcode_287392.jpeg"G@Z~/PicturesUNeverO^P @^@^@^@^@ @^C^`
See what your permissions are and compare them, also check if the location of your wallpaper is changing after you save it in System Preferences. Please also take a look if it is the same before you shutdown and after you start up. If your permissions seem correct but the problem persists we can take it to step two :)
answered Mar 9 '13 at 23:54
CoboltCobolt
210138
mine looks like this: -rw-r--r--+ 1 me staff 1585 Mar 25 2012 /Users/me/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plis AND in nano looks like this (even after restarting): /Users/me/Pictures/Ferrari-FF_2012_1600x1200_wallpaper_07automotiveface.com_photo.jpg
– alvizouri
Mar 12 '13 at 19:27
It does seem like you have permission problems, giving more permissions than needed can also cause problems. Please do chmod -R 700 ~/Library/Preferences chown -R me:staff ~/Library/Preferences I have a feeling this might help. Let me know!
– Cobolt
Mar 13 '13 at 8:36
Everything got fixed up, but Chrome "Didn't shotdown properly"
– alvizouri
Mar 14 '13 at 4:03
So it's all working but chrome has that issues now?
– Cobolt
Mar 14 '13 at 9:03
Yes, some apps act weird, for example, 'recent open documents' appear always the same documents.
– alvizouri
Mar 16 '13 at 4:34
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Let's investigate the wallpaper issue as its easier problem to investigate and will most likely solve the other problem.
You might have a permissions problem. Take a look at:
ls -la ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
Mine looks like this
-rw------- 1 cmdcentral staff 2603 Feb 5 16:39 Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
if you open this file
nano ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
You will find your wallpaper's location in there. I found mine in there somewhere, looking like this:
`......^@^@^@_^P9/Users/cmdcentral/Pictures/1359637970_phpcode_287392.jpeg"G@Z~/PicturesUNeverO^P @^@^@^@^@ @^C^`
See what your permissions are and compare them, also check if the location of your wallpaper is changing after you save it in System Preferences. Please also take a look if it is the same before you shutdown and after you start up. If your permissions seem correct but the problem persists we can take it to step two :)
answered Mar 9 '13 at 23:54
CoboltCobolt
210138
mine looks like this: -rw-r--r--+ 1 me staff 1585 Mar 25 2012 /Users/me/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plis AND in nano looks like this (even after restarting): /Users/me/Pictures/Ferrari-FF_2012_1600x1200_wallpaper_07automotiveface.com_photo.jpg
– alvizouri
Mar 12 '13 at 19:27
It does seem like you have permission problems, giving more permissions than needed can also cause problems. Please do chmod -R 700 ~/Library/Preferences chown -R me:staff ~/Library/Preferences I have a feeling this might help. Let me know!
– Cobolt
Mar 13 '13 at 8:36
Everything got fixed up, but Chrome "Didn't shotdown properly"
– alvizouri
Mar 14 '13 at 4:03
So it's all working but chrome has that issues now?
– Cobolt
Mar 14 '13 at 9:03
Yes, some apps act weird, for example, 'recent open documents' appear always the same documents.
– alvizouri
Mar 16 '13 at 4:34
|
show 3 more comments
Let's investigate the wallpaper issue as its easier problem to investigate and will most likely solve the other problem.
You might have a permissions problem. Take a look at:
ls -la ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
Mine looks like this
-rw------- 1 cmdcentral staff 2603 Feb 5 16:39 Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
if you open this file
nano ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
You will find your wallpaper's location in there. I found mine in there somewhere, looking like this:
`......^@^@^@_^P9/Users/cmdcentral/Pictures/1359637970_phpcode_287392.jpeg"G@Z~/PicturesUNeverO^P @^@^@^@^@ @^C^`
See what your permissions are and compare them, also check if the location of your wallpaper is changing after you save it in System Preferences. Please also take a look if it is the same before you shutdown and after you start up. If your permissions seem correct but the problem persists we can take it to step two :)
answered Mar 9 '13 at 23:54
CoboltCobolt
210138
mine looks like this: -rw-r--r--+ 1 me staff 1585 Mar 25 2012 /Users/me/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plis AND in nano looks like this (even after restarting): /Users/me/Pictures/Ferrari-FF_2012_1600x1200_wallpaper_07automotiveface.com_photo.jpg
– alvizouri
Mar 12 '13 at 19:27
It does seem like you have permission problems, giving more permissions than needed can also cause problems. Please do chmod -R 700 ~/Library/Preferences chown -R me:staff ~/Library/Preferences I have a feeling this might help. Let me know!
– Cobolt
Mar 13 '13 at 8:36
Everything got fixed up, but Chrome "Didn't shotdown properly"
– alvizouri
Mar 14 '13 at 4:03
So it's all working but chrome has that issues now?
– Cobolt
Mar 14 '13 at 9:03
Yes, some apps act weird, for example, 'recent open documents' appear always the same documents.
– alvizouri
Mar 16 '13 at 4:34
|
show 3 more comments
Let's investigate the wallpaper issue as its easier problem to investigate and will most likely solve the other problem.
You might have a permissions problem. Take a look at:
ls -la ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
Mine looks like this
-rw------- 1 cmdcentral staff 2603 Feb 5 16:39 Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
if you open this file
nano ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
You will find your wallpaper's location in there. I found mine in there somewhere, looking like this:
`......^@^@^@_^P9/Users/cmdcentral/Pictures/1359637970_phpcode_287392.jpeg"G@Z~/PicturesUNeverO^P @^@^@^@^@ @^C^`
See what your permissions are and compare them, also check if the location of your wallpaper is changing after you save it in System Preferences. Please also take a look if it is the same before you shutdown and after you start up. If your permissions seem correct but the problem persists we can take it to step two :)
answered Mar 9 '13 at 23:54
CoboltCobolt
210138
Let's investigate the wallpaper issue as its easier problem to investigate and will most likely solve the other problem.
You might have a permissions problem. Take a look at:
ls -la ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
Mine looks like this
-rw------- 1 cmdcentral staff 2603 Feb 5 16:39 Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
if you open this file
nano ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
You will find your wallpaper's location in there. I found mine in there somewhere, looking like this:
`......^@^@^@_^P9/Users/cmdcentral/Pictures/1359637970_phpcode_287392.jpeg"G@Z~/PicturesUNeverO^P @^@^@^@^@ @^C^`
See what your permissions are and compare them, also check if the location of your wallpaper is changing after you save it in System Preferences. Please also take a look if it is the same before you shutdown and after you start up. If your permissions seem correct but the problem persists we can take it to step two :)
answered Mar 9 '13 at 23:54
CoboltCobolt
210138
answered Mar 9 '13 at 23:54
CoboltCobolt
210138
answered Mar 9 '13 at 23:54
CoboltCobolt
210138
answered Mar 9 '13 at 23:54
CoboltCobolt
210138
210138
mine looks like this: -rw-r--r--+ 1 me staff 1585 Mar 25 2012 /Users/me/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plis AND in nano looks like this (even after restarting): /Users/me/Pictures/Ferrari-FF_2012_1600x1200_wallpaper_07automotiveface.com_photo.jpg
– alvizouri
Mar 12 '13 at 19:27
It does seem like you have permission problems, giving more permissions than needed can also cause problems. Please do chmod -R 700 ~/Library/Preferences chown -R me:staff ~/Library/Preferences I have a feeling this might help. Let me know!
– Cobolt
Mar 13 '13 at 8:36
Everything got fixed up, but Chrome "Didn't shotdown properly"
– alvizouri
Mar 14 '13 at 4:03
So it's all working but chrome has that issues now?
– Cobolt
Mar 14 '13 at 9:03
Yes, some apps act weird, for example, 'recent open documents' appear always the same documents.
– alvizouri
Mar 16 '13 at 4:34
|
show 3 more comments
mine looks like this: -rw-r--r--+ 1 me staff 1585 Mar 25 2012 /Users/me/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plis AND in nano looks like this (even after restarting): /Users/me/Pictures/Ferrari-FF_2012_1600x1200_wallpaper_07automotiveface.com_photo.jpg
– alvizouri
Mar 12 '13 at 19:27
It does seem like you have permission problems, giving more permissions than needed can also cause problems. Please do chmod -R 700 ~/Library/Preferences chown -R me:staff ~/Library/Preferences I have a feeling this might help. Let me know!
– Cobolt
Mar 13 '13 at 8:36
Everything got fixed up, but Chrome "Didn't shotdown properly"
– alvizouri
Mar 14 '13 at 4:03
So it's all working but chrome has that issues now?
– Cobolt
Mar 14 '13 at 9:03
Yes, some apps act weird, for example, 'recent open documents' appear always the same documents.
– alvizouri
Mar 16 '13 at 4:34
mine looks like this: -rw-r--r--+ 1 me staff 1585 Mar 25 2012 /Users/me/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plis AND in nano looks like this (even after restarting): /Users/me/Pictures/Ferrari-FF_2012_1600x1200_wallpaper_07automotiveface.com_photo.jpg
– alvizouri
Mar 12 '13 at 19:27
mine looks like this: -rw-r--r--+ 1 me staff 1585 Mar 25 2012 /Users/me/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plis AND in nano looks like this (even after restarting): /Users/me/Pictures/Ferrari-FF_2012_1600x1200_wallpaper_07automotiveface.com_photo.jpg
– alvizouri
Mar 12 '13 at 19:27
It does seem like you have permission problems, giving more permissions than needed can also cause problems. Please do chmod -R 700 ~/Library/Preferences chown -R me:staff ~/Library/Preferences I have a feeling this might help. Let me know!
– Cobolt
Mar 13 '13 at 8:36
It does seem like you have permission problems, giving more permissions than needed can also cause problems. Please do chmod -R 700 ~/Library/Preferences chown -R me:staff ~/Library/Preferences I have a feeling this might help. Let me know!
– Cobolt
Mar 13 '13 at 8:36
Everything got fixed up, but Chrome "Didn't shotdown properly"
– alvizouri
Mar 14 '13 at 4:03
Everything got fixed up, but Chrome "Didn't shotdown properly"
– alvizouri
Mar 14 '13 at 4:03
So it's all working but chrome has that issues now?
– Cobolt
Mar 14 '13 at 9:03
So it's all working but chrome has that issues now?
– Cobolt
Mar 14 '13 at 9:03
Yes, some apps act weird, for example, 'recent open documents' appear always the same documents.
– alvizouri
Mar 16 '13 at 4:34
Yes, some apps act weird, for example, 'recent open documents' appear always the same documents.
– alvizouri
Mar 16 '13 at 4:34
|
show 3 more comments
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