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So no matter what desktop picture I use, there are 3 faint squares with thing black lines that show up. They're part of the desktop itself, so if there's a folder or file on top of them, they don't show (if that makes sense).
Any ideas how to get rid of these annoying things? (and that's my cat Annie, btw)
MacBook Air
Might be a corrupt .plist.
Do a backup, preferably 2 backups on 2 separate drives.
Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist and com.apple.desktop.plist (depending on your OS version, this .plist may not exist). Move the .plists to your desktop.
Re-launch Finder by restarting the computer and test. If it works okay, delete the plists from the desktop. Then reset your preferences as desired.
If the same, return the .plists to where you got it from, overwriting the newer one.
Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.
Try setting up another admin user account in System Preferences/Users & Groups to see if the same problem continues. Please post back on whether or not this worked. Also try the Safe Mode. Please post back on whether or not this worked.
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Might also try an NVRAM reset:
I do regular backups so no worries there.
There is NO plist file for the desktop. I know where to look and it's definitely not there.
Other ideas?
Please tell Annie hello. Kitty pets are wonderful things.
Try doing the above with just the Finder.plist. The Desktop.plist has been removes/combined with the Finder.plist in newer OS versions.
Thank you! This worked!!
You are welcome. The .plist, the PRAM reset, or the kitty pets?
Strange faint shapes on desktop
