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Q: settings changed wont save after reboot

Any changes that i do in my Mac, wont save after reboot.

 

If i change the settings on my mouse (unchecking Scroll direction) next time i reboot, it will be checked again.

 

Any changes that i do to my Finder sidebar (like adding My Main Drive not visible, add downloads and pictures, change the foler view as columns) they are all gone after i reboot. Its getting freakin anoying. I Google for a solution but to find none.

 

When trying to opening Calender, it says that i dont have permission. I have gone to the application and checked and made sure that all acounts have r/w permissions.

 

On the Dock, i uninstalled an app and next reboot i will get a question mark, even tho i removed it before it comes back after the reboot.

 

Thanks for listening.

 

Burn1nator

Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Jan 18, 2013 9:33 PM

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  • by softwater,

    softwater softwater Jan 18, 2013 9:52 PM in response to burn1nator
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    Jan 18, 2013 9:52 PM in response to burn1nator

    May sound silly, but are you sure you're not logging in as the 'Guest' user? What privileges does the user account you're using have? Check in

     

     > System Preferences... Users & Groups

     

    that the account you're using is Admin. If you're using a Standard account, are parental controls enabled?

     

    If you are admin, try resetting your permissions and removing the sys pref property file. Before you do that, backup your system and user data. Once you're backed up, open Terminal and copy/paste the following into the Terminal window:

     

    rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist

     

    hit 'return'. If the prompt returns without an error (as it should), paste this

     

    sudo chown -R `id -un` ~

     

    hit 'return'. Enter your password as requested, but type carefully as it will be invisible while you do.

     

    This will take a while, but after the command finishes (i.e., when the prompt returns), restart the mac.

     

    After the restart, set the mac up the way you want, then test whether the problem is fixed by restarting again to see if your changes were kept.

  • by burn1nator,

    burn1nator burn1nator Jan 18, 2013 11:46 PM in response to softwater
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    Jan 18, 2013 11:46 PM in response to softwater

    OMG! this is stupid

     

    When i try to do rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist it tells me Permission Denied

     

    I am the administrator on this computer and only one. Guest account is off. I turned off auto login just to make sure that it was not that.

     

    I really dont know what to do. 

     

    I installed 10.6 and upgraded to 10.6.8, then upgraded to Lion 10.8.2 and i do not want to do a clean install and re install all my photoshop, lightroom and other software.

     

    Reason i upgraded, it was because my Spyder4Pro was having problems saving a profile and the upgrade did the fix but now i am having all these problems.

     

    Thx for your help.

     

    Burn1nator

  • by burn1nator,

    burn1nator burn1nator Jan 19, 2013 1:03 AM in response to burn1nator
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    Jan 19, 2013 1:03 AM in response to burn1nator

    I just created a new User Admin account and the problems were fixed. This is really stupid man. I never had that many problems when i had my pc years ago.

  • by softwater,

    softwater softwater Jan 20, 2013 12:49 AM in response to burn1nator
    Level 5 (5,392 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jan 20, 2013 12:49 AM in response to burn1nator

    burn1nator wrote:

    When i try to do rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist it tells me Permission Denied

     

     

    The second command I posted should fix that. I should probably have suggested you did that one first!