OS X V10.7 Lion :: Where Is Preferences Folder
Mar 4, 2012It seem as though the Preferences folder has moved in Lion OS X v10.7. Any know where I can find it?
View 3 RepliesIt seem as though the Preferences folder has moved in Lion OS X v10.7. Any know where I can find it?
View 3 RepliesI have a Mac Book Air running 10.7.3. The Sharing Folder under system preferences is frozen. The padlock is unlocked. How do I unfreeze the sharing folder so that I can click on any item in this folder? The sharing folder freezes every time I open it - so you cannot select anything in the sharing folder?
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
where do i find my preferences folder
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Info:Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
I have a Mac Book Air running 10.7.3. The Sharing Folder under system preferences is frozen. The padlock is unlocked. How do I unfreeze the sharing folder so that I can click on any item in this folder? The sharing folder freezes every time I open it - so you cannot select anything in the sharing folder.
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
After installing Lion, I can no longer move program icons from my applications folder to a sub folder. When I do, it makes a copy and leave the original in the applications folder. When I then try to delete the icon in the applications folder it tells me it's required by the OS and won't let me delete. I'm forced to keep certan applications such as Time Machine and Stickies in the application folder.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I would like to create a Smart folder that only has applications & utilities in a sub-folder.Â
This will be similar to the default applications folder that shows in the dock, but without all the extra files & folders - just a list of applications.Â
I can do this by esily by just having a smart folder of applications showing only type=application.
However, I would still like to have utilities in a sub-folder.Â
If thats not possible, then it would be OK to have 2 seperate smart folders, 1 for apps excluding utilities & 1 for utilities only.Â
Is there some way in the smart folder options i can exclude a sub directory?
I must have done something to my installation of OS X. When I go to create a new folder, it automatically creates the folder with the name "untitled folder". The problem is, the name isn't selected. Normally, when you create a new folder, you can just type the name immediately. For me, I have to create the new folder, then click on the name to select the text and then type it. Also, when I do go to type in the new name, the text "untitled folder" doesn't disappear. I just type over it.Â
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I'm using MacBook Pro Early 2011 model with Mountain Lion (10.8.5).
I recently noticed that there was an application folder in my home folder (the folder with your username), but that application folder had been empty. I remember I used to be able to access to my applications from that folder, but not anymore.Â
Since the folder was empty, I deleted it before doing further research.Â
After deleting the empty application folder from the home folder, I looked up and some said the application folder in the home folder and the application folder in Macintosh HD are two different folders. I don't know what it means, but I would like to have an application folder with applications in my home folder. Is this possible? or should I just make an Alias folder and put it in my home folder?
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
I'm setup a master image in Lion on a MacBook Pro and sucessfully created the image and hosted it up on as a NetRestore. In this image I made a local account that I call "Local Adminisrator" with the short name "ladmin" and I use this account to install all my applications under and also set user settings like finder views, dock icons, turn off resume, turn off backwards scrolling and all those things. Typically in Snow Leopard after I have done this, these settings took affect under other users. Â Â
You may be thinking, why not just set user prefrerences under Workgroup Manager and the reason I havn't done this is my server runs Snow Leopard Server and its scheduled for upgrade for the mountain lion release. So far how I've hosted the NetResore images is in a Virtual Machine running on an iMac I have lying around. Â Â
So my question is: is there any I can create all user settings under lion in my one administrator account and then have these settings be applied for all the users? It seems like Lion just goes back to the defaults whenever a new user logs in from either active directroy or open directory,Â
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OS X Lion Server, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
This is a recent occurrence i ust to be able to move hundreds at once?why this changed and what di I do about it?
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I Mac, Mac OS X (10.5.1)
It appears that the Library folder that is in the Home Folder (e.g./Users/Home/Liberary)has been made invisible in OS 10.7.x. However I have seen it because after converting samples Logic showed me the folder and its contents. I would very much like to move the samples from their present location in this folder on the startup disk to the EXS 24 samples folder on the external RAID array that is dedicated to this purpose - - but I don't know how to make the Library folder visible.
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Mac Pro (Early 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.4), 24GB RAM/MOTU 2408 mk3 audio interface
What is the difference between a normal folder and a Smart Folder?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I've a MBP running 10.6.8. When I open the Accounts preferences, System preferences quits unexpectedly.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
After upgrading to Lion 10.7.4 ALL of my Sharing options in the Sharing Preference Pane have disappeared. See screenshot. Is there any way to get them back without a reinstall? I installed Lion from a thumb drive purchased from the Apple Store...
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
In Lion, Finder opens in my home page. When I tell it to open in another folder, it remembers for about 3-4 days, and then goes back to to my home page. How can I get it to remember my preference?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I've just upgraded to lion and when I go to prefrences in safari I get a prompt saying 'To open "PluginProcess" you need a java runtime. Would you like to install it now'. My question, Do I need this and what is pluginprocess, I know Apple have dropped java from thier OS, so why would Safari need it?
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Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Latest update of lion and all updates done.. gettint the error message when trying to open .. the Application System Preferences can't be opened. -600..
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7)
I recently noticed that my mac book pro, 17" display, with Dual 2.66 Ghz i7 processors is running slower than usual. I ran disk utility and onyx and everything is fine. When I run apps in general things seem ok except for Safari, which crawls at times and I get a lot of spinning beach balls. Seemlingly a very common problem lately. In trying to locate the source of the problem, I went to my preferences to see what OSX thought of my system. Low and behold, it thinks that I only have one CPU!!! The OS thinks I have 1 CPU where the apps know that I have 2 CPUs. When I am running apps that display the CPUs, (i.e. Activity Monitor, video apps, disk burning apps, etc) they all show 4 cores as expected. why the system would be incorrectly displaying only one i7 CPU? This has happened in recent weeks. The last time I looked (weeks ago) it correctly showed 2 i7 CPUs. I have reboted my machine several times already, so that's not it.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), Dual 2.66 Ghz i7 processors
It's just that simple: I set the Finder preferences to always open a new window to a partition, it works, but after I restart, it opens to my home folder, and the preferences window has a blank space for "New Finder windows show".Â
Things I tried:
-- Trashing ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
-- Repairing disk permissions
-- Repairing the drive
-- Created a new user account.Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
I am on my MacBook pro from 2010, reinstalling Snow Leopard and Lion afterwards. I install the updates and some programs (Plex, uTorrent, Chrome) only to realize that when I restart, some preferences completely ignored.. All programs added to the Dock are gone again, the assigned log-in items don't start up, iCloud was logged out again, mail settings were reset.I reinstalled the whole thing, except for Lion, and it all worked fine. So anyway, I thought it was the laptop. Some sort of hardware problem or something, right? So I just got this new Mac mini, with Lion, and it does the same exact thing.It doesn't remember some changes I made. I tried to repair permissions, but it doesn't do anything.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Last night I attempted to change my desktop picture and thought I'd scroll through my own photos to choose one. When I got one in particular, it obviously changed the picture, then I couldn't change it back again. All I got was the spinning beach ball. After a force quit, I went back, started up System Prefs and immediately the ball started spinning again. Tried this a couple more times - same result. I shut down the Mac and started up again this morning - still the same. System Prefs always opens on the 'Desktop/Screen Saver' option and the ball appears and spins, neccessitating the 'force quit' option again. (running 10.7.4)Â
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MacBook (13-inch Late 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
How do I delete MagicPrefs from my Preferences? I don't have the devices it works with, yet annoying windows keep popping up to tell me I need to download a different version....of this thing I don't need....
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I am trying to change preferences for all users who log into a system. For example, I want the screen saver to timeout at 10 minutes and require a password immediately after the screensaver starts. When a new user is logged in, this defaults back to 15 minutes and not to require a password after the screensaver is active.
I have modified the default user 'profile' but the settings do not stick for new users. How can I force settings in System Preferences to apply to all accounts, current and future? These systems are in an enterprise environment, but since they account for 0.001% of our entire system inventory, we do not run Open Directory and they will not be managed via AD. I would like to configure them as locally (and simply, most technicians here have no experience with OSX) as possible.
Info:Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7)
it appears like: this application cannot be found? how can i get this back?
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
The Lion OS I am using is not holding its preferences. For example, every time I open Preview I get the same photo and it won't hold my Mail settings either. I have unticked the box on the log in window and updated as well as settings preferences again and again.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)