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Q: iPhone 6s Plus in Lion 10.7.5

November 25, 2016 I plugged iPhone 6s Plus into my MacBook Pro OS X 10.7.5 and did not know a new "privacy" folder was created.

I thought I had a virus.

I deleted anything I could not recognize and ran verify disk and permissions repair numerous times.

I created a Firewall to prevent virus connecting to protect itself, and I created a master password to keep virus from turning tunneling back through while trying to fix this problem.

Because the Permissions log kept referring to Safari, iTunes and privacy as "ALC found but not expected..." , I searched and found the privacy folder.

Each time permissions identified a different folder in "privacy", I would delete it.

System log kept recording "dubious" ownership but I am the only user and the only Administrator this computer has ever had.

Thought an upgrade to Yosemite would fix the problem, but now my computer will only allow me to sign on with my user name and password but no longer recognizes me as user/Administrator.

Without any permissions, I cannot install a work-around and plugged my phone back in just in case it would recreate the problem and hopefully I could regain control.

The phone requires an iTunes update but I now know that downloading an update will not correct permissions, it just gives another permission protocol I cannot respond to for an install.

Everything else works fine except I must use data instead of wifi to connect.

Any hope of help on this?

[Sorry to have to add this note: Please do not respond if your entire answer is to criticize me for doing things ignorantly. I already know that.]

Thank you.

Brenda Miller

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5), 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 Late Oct2011

Posted on Jan 26, 2016 7:06 AM

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Q: iPhone 6s Plus in Lion 10.7.5

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  • by MrHoffman,

    MrHoffman MrHoffman Jan 26, 2016 7:20 AM in response to b4noesis
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    Jan 26, 2016 7:20 AM in response to b4noesis

    Back up your data to external storage at least once and preferably twice, preferably dismount and disconnect one of the backup copies to avoid any chances of overwriting your data, then wipe the boot disk, and reinstall OS X from a current copy of 10.7.5, and then migrate in your data from your backup.   Treat this like a new-to-you Mac.

  • by b4noesis,

    b4noesis b4noesis Jan 26, 2016 7:28 AM in response to MrHoffman
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    Jan 26, 2016 7:28 AM in response to MrHoffman

    Time Machine will not turn on. It will allow me to look at other copies as if the dedicated drive is foreign.

    Thanks.

    Brenda

  • by b4noesis,

    b4noesis b4noesis Jan 26, 2016 7:30 AM in response to MrHoffman
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    Jan 26, 2016 7:30 AM in response to MrHoffman

    BTW: Without a internet connection, data only took 12 hours for Yosemite download, how do I reinstall OS X 10.7.5 without using Time Machine?

  • by MrHoffman,Helpful

    MrHoffman MrHoffman Jan 26, 2016 5:51 PM in response to b4noesis
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    Jan 26, 2016 5:51 PM in response to b4noesis

    if the disk is sufficiently corrupted that Time Machine is not working, then back up your data using Disk Utility or the add-on Carbon Copy Cloner tool, either from the corrupt disk if it'll let you, from the recovery partition (if your Mac has that), or back up from a bootable external disk.

     

    When using Disk Utility or CCC, please use great care when specifying the source and destination of the disk copy operation, lest the disks be reversed  — and overwriting your data with a scratch disk.

     

    Or maybe go visit the local Apple Store, and see if the folks there can help sort this out for you.