Q: Etrecheck results and damaged Property List Data
In the past couple of weeks I have discovered several problems with my (mid-2010) iMac (System: OS X 10.9.4). First of all, Safari does not automatically open when I boot my computer. Although the computer appears to work alright otherwise, I then suddenly began having problems with it failing to scan documents from my HP L7780. Having a large project requiring the scanning of hundreds of documents, I’m at a standstill until I solve this problem.
Setup:
1. 120GB Internal SSD with OS X (10.9.4) used as main disk with frequently used applications and documents.
2. 1TB Internal Hard Disk with seldom used applications and documents.
3. 1TB External Hard Disk with two partitions:
A) Backup for 120GB Internal SSD,
B) Backup for 1TB internal Hard Disk. (The 1TB internal Hard Disk has only 124GB. Obviously, a much better setup would be to have just one 250GB internal SSD and one external backup for that drive.)
The problem appears to be with the software on the SSD and not the software on the internal hard drive.
Procedures taken:
1. Backed up SSD and reinstalled a fresh copy of OS X 10.9.4 via the Recovery partition using ⌘-R.
2. Attempted to Repair Disk Permissions on SSD again from the Recovery partition. Printout is extremely long.
3. Ran all the tests on TechTool Pro from the external backup. No problems found.
4. Ran all the tests on DiskWarrior from the DiskWarrior disk on both the internal Hard Disk and the internal SSD.
When I scanned the internal Hard Disk with DiskWarrior for files and folders for damage and potential compatibility, no problems were found.
Concerning the internal SSD, using DiskWarrior I had to rebuild the directory several times to (supposedly) completely repair the disk. When I scanned the internal SSD for files and folders for damage and potential compatibility I FOUND A LONG LIST OF PROBLEMS. I’m listing only two (of dozens) below:
******************** BEGINNING OF DISKWARRIOR REPORT ********************
DiskWarrior scanned the disk named "SSD" checking all files and folders for damage and potential compatibility
problems.!
!
Disk: "SSD"!
The Property List data was checked in 4,846 files.!
The Resource Data was checked in 4,623 files.!
The maximum Folder Depth on this disk is 20. This does not exceed the maximum recommended depth.!
Location: "Desktop"!
!
File: "._browserExtentionVersion.plist"!
Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.!
Unexpected character ! at line 1!
Location: "SSD/Users/danielbollhoefer/Library/Application Support/iSkysoft iTube Studio/ResourceForFree/5_0/
__MACOSX/50003/BrowserExtentsions/"!
!
File: "._Extensions.plist"!
Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.!
Unexpected character ! at line 1!
Location: "SSD/Users/danielbollhoefer/Library/Application Support/iSkysoft iTube Studio/ResourceForFree/5_0/
__MACOSX/50003/BrowserExtentsions/Safari/"!
******************** END OF ABBREVIATED DISKWARRIOR REPORT ********************
I realize that some of these files are invisible, however I do have InVisible 1.2.1. In checking out some invisible folders I find that they have a white minus sign on a red circle on the bottom right corner of the folder icon which means that (apparently) I do not have Sharing & Permissions for this folder.
QUESTION: So, how can I delete a damaged plist in this situation?
In addition, I ran an EtreCheck. Below is a copy of the report:
******************** BEGINNING OF ETRECHECK REPORT ********************
EtreCheck version: 1.9.13 (49)
Report generated August 13, 2014 at 11:39:27 AM EDT
Hardware Information: ?
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac11,3
1 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 CPU: 2 cores
16 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
ATI Radeon HD 5670 - VRAM: 512 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 0:13:33
Disk Information: ?
WDC WD10EARX-00PASB0 disk1 : (1 TB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Hard Disk (disk1s2) /Volumes/Hard Disk: 999.86 GB (875.11 GB free)
Samsung SSD 840 Series disk0 : (120.03 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
SSD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 119.04 GB (54.41 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information: ?
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
DYMO DYMO LabelWriter 450
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Gatekeeper: ?
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
[not loaded] com.dymo.usbprinterclassdriver.kext (1.1 - SDK 10.5) Support
Launch Daemons: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist Support
[running] com.dymo.pnpd.plist Support
[running] com.micromat.TechToolProDaemon.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
[running] com.micromat.TechToolProAgent.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[failed] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
iTunesHelper
SpeechSynthesisServer
Safari
xScan
xScan
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
Internet Plug-ins: ?
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
DYMO NPAPI Addin: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
DYMO Safari Addin: Version: (null) - SDK 10.5 Support
Safari Extensions: ?
iTube Studio (Disabled)
AdBlock-2 (Disabled)
Awesome Screenshot-2 (Disabled)
MapTricks
Audio Plug-ins: ?
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins: ?
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
Flash Player Support
TechTool Protection Support
Time Machine: ?
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ?
2% WindowServer
2% xScan
1% fontd
0% coreservicesd
0% hidd
Top Processes by Memory: ?
197 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
115 MB TextEdit
66 MB xScan
66 MB mds_stores
66 MB Safari
Virtual Memory Information: ?
13.34 GB Free RAM
1.27 GB Active RAM
225 MB Inactive RAM
1.17 GB Wired RAM
305 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
******************** END OF ETRECHECK REPORT ********************
When attempting to repair permissions in Disk First Aid, there are hundreds (thousands?) of entries stating that they have been repaired. However, when immediately repeating the test, I get the same report.
Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
Posted on Aug 13, 2014 1:37 PM
