Slideshow shows entire Pictures folder, no matter what

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Slideshow shows entire Pictures folder, no matter what

I'm slowly migrating off my Power PC G4 933, but it's had an odd problem for a while now: no matter what folder I select in Preferences, the slide show shows my entire Pictures folder. It's not a disaster; it's just not working right. Anyone seen this before? Thanks,

PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Nov 28, 2012 10:28 AM

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BDAqua

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Nov 28, 2012 12:35 PM in response to SilverAge

First, Safe Boot , (holding Shift key down at bootup), use Disk Utility from there to Repair Permissions, move these files to the Desktop if they exist. Will require resetting some options.

/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.screensaver.<12digitHex Number>.plist

/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.screensaver.slideshow.< 12digitHexNumber>.plist

/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktopscreensaver.rsspictures .plist

/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.preference.desktopscreeneffect .plist

/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist

/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist

Then reboot once more.

PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.

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SilverAge Author

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Nov 28, 2012 1:49 PM in response to BDAqua

I sure don't like the sound of "repair Hard Drive". I've used Disk Utility to check the Hard Drive many times, and it always is OK. Do I do those steps in that order? Safe Boot, Repair, move .plist files, reboot?

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