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