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Disk Warrior Shows Corrupted plists

Greetings and Happy New Year!


I've just finished running Disk Warrior on my boot drive (Lion 10.7.2) and it returned a list of corrupted plist files that can't be repaired. Before I try and run them down and move them to the trash, I want to double check that the list doesn't include items that might cause trouble should I decide to remove them. The following is a cut and paste from the DW report:


File: ".com.cocoastuff.apple.plist"!

Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.!

Conversion of string failed. The string is empty.!

Location: "SSD-LION/Library/Preferences (Corrupt)/"!

!

File: "com.apple.systemdfine2.plist"!

Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.!

Unexpected character j at line 2!

Location: "SSD-LION/Library/Preferences (Corrupt)/"!

!

File: "com.apple.systemuinbws.plist"!

Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.!

Unexpected character } at line 1!

Location: "SSD-LION/Library/Preferences (Corrupt)/"!

!

File: "com.apple.systemuinccp.plist"!

Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.!

Unexpected character V at line 1!

Location: "SSD-LION/Library/Preferences (Corrupt)/"!

!

File: ".com.cocoastuff.apple.plist"!

Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.!

Conversion of string failed. The string is empty.!

Location: "SSD-LION/Library/Preferences/"!

!

File: "com.apple.iphotomosaic.plist"!

Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.!

Conversion of string failed. The string is empty.!

Location: "SSD-LION/Users/Tim/Library/Preferences/"!

!

File: "com.apple.appstore.plist"!

Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.!

Conversion of string failed. The string is empty.!

Location: "SSD-LION/Users/Tim/Library/Cookies/"!

!

File: ".com.cocoastuff.apple.plist"!

Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.!

Conversion of string failed. The string is empty.!

Location: "SSD-LION/Users/Tim/Library/Preferences/"!


I'd appreciate any suggestions or ideas regarding the items on the list. Specifically, is it safe to remove the corrupted files?


Thanks!

T-Ray

Mac Pro, Mac Book Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Dec 30, 2011 6:51 AM

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User profile for user: T-Ray
T-Ray Author
User level: Level 2
237 points

Dec 30, 2011 7:16 AM in response to CT

Yes, downloaded DW this morning.


I've had some inconsistent problems that include self-restarts.


I had also noticed a sound coming from one of the drives (not the boot drive) that sounded like the drive was acting strangely. I dismounted the drive. To my untrained ear, it sounded as if the drive was swinging the read head arm every 10 seconds or so, even when the drive was not in use. All attempts to diagnose or repair the drive showed it acting normally but I know that it shouldn't be making a mechanical noise like that while at rest.


The plists showing on the error list from DW include things that seem system related, i.e., .com.cocoastuff.apple.plist, com.apple.systemdfine2.plist, com.apple.systemuinbws.plist, etc. Since they aren't seemingly associated with an application, I can't really say if they're a problem or a false positive from DW.


My natural inclination is to remove them, but their association with system-related items makes me hesitate.


Thanks for your response!

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Disk Warrior Shows Corrupted plists

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