I've been using the "Play stero audio as mono" option in Universal Access, but ever time I restart, the setting is disabled. As far as I know, this is the only setting that does this. I also have the "Balance" slider bar all the way to the left in the Sound control panel; this persists through restarts. What can I do to fix this?
iMac9,1, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
bump (it's been 2 weeks)
This setting seems to be controlled by
<~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.universalaccess.plist>
<~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist>
Maybe they are corrupt. Try moving them to the desktop and restarting. They should be re-created; but you'll have to set again various preferences kept in the latter file.
Thank you for the suggestion, but the setting still resets itself after restarting.
Philmac88 wrote:
the setting still resets itself after restarting.
Then I'm stumped. I don't know why or what to do.
You could go around the issue by running a script at login to set this option. Here's a script I found on the net:
--script begins
on run
tell application "System Preferences"
activate
reveal anchor "Hearing" of pane id "com.apple.preference.universalaccess"
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences"
clickcheckbox 2 of tab group 1 of window 1
end tell
quit application "System Preferences"
end run
--script ends
(It requires the "Enable access for assistive devices" pref to be enabled.)
Save it as an app in a convenient location (eg, <~/Library/Scripts>), and add it to your Login Items. It will run every time you log back in. Note that this is a toggle—if the preference is on, it will turn it off.
"Play stereo audio as mono" disabled after restart
