Hi everyone.
I deleted the com.apple.windowserver.plist, under preferences and the longer version under my user profile.
Supposidly,the system would recreate these files on restart. It has not and the files are gone.
Now I can't enable quartz extreme, or do anything with these files.
Does anyone have an idea on how to get them back?
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This is on a powerbook g4 1.5ghz . 1 meg of ram. 10.5.8
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
In that case (I'm surprised they aren't replaced) and if you don't have a backup, you're best to do a 'system only' restore from your installer disc.
Isn't that weird?? I was sure that they would be replaced, but nothing. I wasn't planning to resurrecting this computer and I think I trashed the install cd's during a clean out last week.
Darn teaching me to never throw anything away. What to do what to do.
Did you empty the trash?
Anyone you know can send you a copy of theirs?
If you know how to peek inside a .dmg, you might try downloading one of the updates and seeing if you can fish out from there.
I checked my friend's computer, but it doesn't appear to have the quartz extreme entry. I suppose I could download the entire update to 10.8.5.
It is just weird that it hasn't reapplied the preferences. Maybe I need to make a display change to force it??
paul oberman wrote:
I checked my friend's computer, but it doesn't appear to have the quartz extreme entry. I suppose I could download the entire update to 10.8.5.
It is just weird that it hasn't reapplied the preferences. Maybe I need to make a display change to force it??
Until you update a display setting or reboot, you wouldn't likely see any action on that preference file. If you reboot after trashing the file, what will actually happen is a saved version of that preference file may be read to create a new plist. The file can be found in ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost and usually takes the form of com.apple.windowserver0HHHHHHH.plist where the H's correspond to hex digits.
That was the other file, which the other thread said to throw away. I have rebooted and changed a display setting. Goose eggs. The funny thing is that I didn't throw the second (backup file) away, until the system didn't regenerate the first file. I thought that the second file was keeping the system from recognizing the missing preference. That idea came from several other threads saying that both files had to be trashed.
Did this every get properly resolved? I'm in a similar situation, trying to debug a thunderbolt display that's flashing black (or going out entirely) regularly. Yesterday I thought I'd cured it by deleting the root library windowserver.plist, but this morning the blackouts came back, only this time I noticed (much to my dismay) that the file was completely gone. Fortunately, the "ByHost" version was still in place, so just changing the settings made the root one reappear. But how do I (termporarily) cure the blackouts now? Do I delete the root version again? I love the Macbook Pro + Thunderbolt Display setup, when it works... But it doesn't work almost every day, in my experience...
I'm in a similar situation
I don't think you can be. The PowerBook that the OP owns is a completely different architecture from the MacBook Pro. Your best bet is to start a new thread in the MacBook Pro forums here:
I know some forums flame you for starting a new thread but the new thread works best here. You get help with your issue without diluting the attention the OP seserves.
Also, some experienced posters will not even look at threads with multiple questions from different people; it's simply to hard to keep sorted after a while.
Be sure to include your MBPs model variant and the Mac OS version in your new post. That will save people having to ask for it and you'll get help faster.
Best wishes!
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