Audio-Midi-Setup resetting after reboot

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Audio-Midi-Setup resetting after reboot

Hello,

I have the very frustating problem that my settings in the audio-midi-setup keep resetting on every reboot.

Therefore i searched for the com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup.plist in /Library/Preferences but there is no such file and no Audio folder.

It seems Mac OS X has problem creating such setting file.

Would be nice if someone could help me out here.

regards

info: i updated from Mavericks to El Capitan without Yosemite. I also had some Network-Issues, and deleting the network plist did help here.

Mac Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Feb 15, 2016 7:40 AM

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Answer 1

greyberry Author

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Feb 15, 2016 3:50 PM in response to Linc Davis

Thank you for your answer.

I found out that the file is there, and i actualy have read/write permissions. It is also not locked.

The modified date does change to the current time when i change something in the Midi-Audio-Setup menu.

So everything seems fine with this file, eventhough it looks corrupt when i open it with TextEdit. (It looks fine in the preview-tab of the Information Window)

However, when i set a Standard-Output Device, it is reset to the system's choice when i do a reboot. :-(

If you have an additional idea, please let me know.

regards

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Answer 2

Linc Davis

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Feb 15, 2016 11:18 AM in response to greyberry

Please triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup.plist

Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select

Services ▹ Show Info in Finder (or just Show Info)

from the contextual menu.* An Info dialog should open.

☞ Does the dialog show "You can read and write" in the Sharing & Permissions section?

☞ In the General section, is the box labeled Locked checked?

☞ What is the Modified date?

If you don't have read and write access to the item, change the settings as directed here. Note, however, that if one file has wrong access settings, most likely others do as well. If the item is locked, unlock it.

*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Open a TextEdit window and paste into it (command-V). Select the line you just pasted and continue as above.

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Answer 3

greyberry Author

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Feb 16, 2016 7:11 AM in response to Linc Davis

Thank you for your answer, but as i mentioned in the first post i do not have an Audio-folder in /Library/Preferences.

So the command fails when i want to execute it:

$ sudo chown 202:202 /L*/P*/A*/*.audio.*.plist; sudo chmod -N $_
chown: /L*/P*/A*/*.audio.*.plist: No such file or directory
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file /L*/P*/A*/*.audio.*.plist: No such file or directory

Here are the rights of the folder-content of Preferences:

total 456
drwxr-xr-x  2 root    wheel     68 22 Dez 02:28 DirectoryService
drwxr-xr-x  5 root    wheel    170 22 Dez 02:32 OpenDirectory
drwxr-xr-x  8 root    wheel    272 16 Feb 15:53 SystemConfiguration
drwxr-xr-x  2 root    wheel     68 21 Mär  2014 Xsan
-rw-r--r--  1 manuel  staff    100 22 Jan 15:50 com.Musitek.SmartScore.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel  67382  1 Mär  2015 com.adobe.PDFAdminSettings.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    staff     68  9 Jan  2015 com.adobe.acc.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    230  9 Jan  2015 com.adobe.headlights.apip.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    197 22 Jan 14:07 com.apple.AppleFileServer.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    119 11 Sep  2014 com.apple.BezelServices.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel   1173 22 Dez 02:32 com.apple.Bluetooth.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    418  1 Aug  2015 com.apple.ByteRangeLocking.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel     60 11 Sep  2014 com.apple.CoreRAIDServer.cfdb
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    430 11 Sep  2014 com.apple.HIToolbox.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel     86 16 Feb 15:53 com.apple.MCX.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel   4115 24 Okt 04:14 com.apple.P2PSupervisor.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    564 15 Feb 00:46 com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel   1933 16 Feb 15:59 com.apple.TimeMachine.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel     42 31 Okt 12:44 com.apple.ViewBridge.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    336 24 Okt 04:14 com.apple.airport.opproam.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel   1145 22 Dez 02:32 com.apple.alf.plist
-rw-r--r--@ 1 root    wheel      0 22 Dez 02:32 com.apple.apsd.launchd
-rw-------  1 root    wheel   3271 16 Feb 15:53 com.apple.apsd.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    303 30 Dez 16:09 com.apple.commerce.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    108 22 Dez 02:32 com.apple.dock.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel     80 11 Sep  2014 com.apple.driver.AppleIRController.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    322 15 Feb 14:38 com.apple.dt.Xcode.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    108  5 Nov 23:49 com.apple.keyboardtype.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    204 16 Feb 15:53 com.apple.loginwindow.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel     63 16 Feb 15:55 com.apple.networkextension.necp.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    308 16 Feb 01:58 com.apple.networkextension.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    102 14 Jan 20:56 com.apple.noticeboard.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    271 17 Apr  2015 com.apple.preferences.accounts.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 manuel  staff     60 15 Jan 22:48 com.apple.preferences.sharing.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    160  7 Feb  2015 com.apple.screensaver.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    249 26 Okt 01:12 com.apple.security.appsandbox.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel     71 22 Jan 14:18 com.apple.security.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    353 11 Sep  2014 com.apple.security.systemidentities.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel     42 22 Jan 14:18 com.apple.storeagent.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    116 22 Dez 02:32 com.apple.systemprefs.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    217 14 Sep  2014 com.apple.timezone.auto.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel     73 11 Sep  2014 com.apple.updatesetings.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    admin   2336 12 Sep  2014 com.apple.windowserver.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel   2946  2 Jan  2015 com.microsoft.office.licensing.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    staff     88 30 Jun  2015 com.native-instruments.Content.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    117 30 Jun  2015 com.native-instruments.ServiceCenter.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel     88 15 Feb 00:53 com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    727 16 Feb 02:01 com.projectosx.clover.installer.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    staff    355 11 Jan  2015 com.tuxera.NTFS.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel    456 14 Sep  2014 org.catacombae.macntfs-3g.DriverSettings.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root    wheel   1403 15 Feb 15:54 org.cups.printers.plist

and from the Preferences folder itself:

drwxr-xr-x   55 root  wheel   1870 16 Feb 16:01 Preferences

regards

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Answer 4

Feb 16, 2016 7:48 AM in response to greyberry

I found out that the file is there, and i actualy have read/write permissions. It is also not locked.

The modified date does change to the current time when i change something in the Midi-Audio-Setup menu.

So everything seems fine with this file, eventhough it looks corrupt when i open it with TextEdit. (It looks fine in the preview-tab of the Information Window)

However, when i set a Standard-Output Device, it is reset to the system's choice when i do a reboot. :-(

Not sure what is happening, but would like to point out:

1) The file you mention is NOT a text file, it is a binary preferences file, so it is quite natural that is looks like gibberish in TextEdit.

If you have XCode, and double-click this file, you are likely to see it as it is meant.

It contains a Root dictionnary, with a few items (mine shows 8, but it will vary).

QuickLook must have an interpreter for this type of file, and so is capable of interpreting it and showing it as if it were an actual text file with xml code.

2) The fact that you don't seem to have a /Library/Audio folder is unexpected. When I make changes in Audio Midi Setup I can see the changes affect the

/Library/Preferences/Audio/com.apple.audio.SystemSettings.plist file. Your problem seems to be that this file does not exist, so the system reverts to the defaults all the time.

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Answer 5

greyberry Author

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Feb 16, 2016 10:01 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Luis Sequeira1 wrote:

I found out that the file is there, and i actualy have read/write permissions. It is also not locked.

The modified date does change to the current time when i change something in the Midi-Audio-Setup menu.

So everything seems fine with this file, eventhough it looks corrupt when i open it with TextEdit. (It looks fine in the preview-tab of the Information Window)

However, when i set a Standard-Output Device, it is reset to the system's choice when i do a reboot. :-(

Not sure what is happening, but would like to point out:

1) The file you mention is NOT a text file, it is a binary preferences file, so it is quite natural that is looks like gibberish in TextEdit.

If you have XCode, and double-click this file, you are likely to see it as it is meant.

It contains a Root dictionnary, with a few items (mine shows 8, but it will vary).

QuickLook must have an interpreter for this type of file, and so is capable of interpreting it and showing it as if it were an actual text file with xml code.

2) The fact that you don't seem to have a /Library/Audio folder is unexpected. When I make changes in Audio Midi Setup I can see the changes affect the

/Library/Preferences/Audio/com.apple.audio.SystemSettings.plist file. Your problem seems to be that this file does not exist, so the system reverts to the defaults all the time.

1) Thank you for that information, i did not know that.

2) That was also my theory mentioned in the first post. but i cant find out why os x should not be able to create the file. 😟

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Answer 6

greyberry Author

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Feb 16, 2016 10:05 AM in response to Linc Davis

Here we go:

$ ls -@BOaen /L*/Preferences
total 480
drwxr-xr-x  55 0    0   sunlnk      1870 16 Feb 18:42 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 66 0    0   sunlnk      2244 22 Dez 02:28 ..
0: ABCDEFAB-CDEF-ABCD-EFAB-CDEF0000000C deny delete
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -           2048  2 Jan  2015 .7aguVhpr9x
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -           4922 24 Jan 20:21 .GlobalPreferences.plist
drwxr-xr-x   2 0    0   -             68 22 Dez 02:28 DirectoryService
drwxr-xr-x   5 0    0   -            170 22 Dez 02:32 OpenDirectory
drwxr-xr-x   8 0    0   -            272 16 Feb 15:53 SystemConfiguration
drwxr-xr-x   2 0    0   -             68 21 Mär  2014 Xsan
-rw-r--r--   1 501  20  -            100 22 Jan 15:50 com.Musitek.SmartScore.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -          67382  1 Mär  2015 com.adobe.PDFAdminSettings.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    20  -             68  9 Jan  2015 com.adobe.acc.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -            230  9 Jan  2015 com.adobe.headlights.apip.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -            197 22 Jan 14:07 com.apple.AppleFileServer.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -            119 11 Sep  2014 com.apple.BezelServices.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -           1173 22 Dez 02:32 com.apple.Bluetooth.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   compressed   418  1 Aug  2015 com.apple.ByteRangeLocking.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -             60 11 Sep  2014 com.apple.CoreRAIDServer.cfdb
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -            430 11 Sep  2014 com.apple.HIToolbox.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -             86 16 Feb 18:42 com.apple.MCX.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   compressed  4115 24 Okt 04:14 com.apple.P2PSupervisor.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -            564 15 Feb 00:46 com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -           1945 16 Feb 18:00 com.apple.TimeMachine.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   compressed    42 31 Okt 12:44 com.apple.ViewBridge.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   compressed   336 24 Okt 04:14 com.apple.airport.opproam.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -           1145 22 Dez 02:32 com.apple.alf.plist
-rw-r--r--@  1 0    0   -              0 22 Dez 02:32 com.apple.apsd.launchd
    com.apple.quarantine       29
-rw-------   1 0    0   -           3271 16 Feb 18:42 com.apple.apsd.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -            303 30 Dez 16:09 com.apple.commerce.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -            108 22 Dez 02:32 com.apple.dock.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -             80 11 Sep  2014 com.apple.driver.AppleIRController.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -            322 15 Feb 14:38 com.apple.dt.Xcode.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -            108  5 Nov 23:49 com.apple.keyboardtype.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    20  -            232 16 Feb 18:42 com.apple.loginwindow.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -             63 16 Feb 17:00 com.apple.networkextension.necp.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -            308 16 Feb 01:58 com.apple.networkextension.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -            102 14 Jan 20:56 com.apple.noticeboard.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -            271 17 Apr  2015 com.apple.preferences.accounts.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 501  20  -             60 15 Jan 22:48 com.apple.preferences.sharing.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -            160  7 Feb  2015 com.apple.screensaver.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   compressed   249 26 Okt 01:12 com.apple.security.appsandbox.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -             71 22 Jan 14:18 com.apple.security.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -            353 11 Sep  2014 com.apple.security.systemidentities.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -             42 22 Jan 14:18 com.apple.storeagent.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -            116 22 Dez 02:32 com.apple.systemprefs.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -            217 14 Sep  2014 com.apple.timezone.auto.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -             73 11 Sep  2014 com.apple.updatesetings.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    80  -           2336 12 Sep  2014 com.apple.windowserver.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -           2946  2 Jan  2015 com.microsoft.office.licensing.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    20  -             88 30 Jun  2015 com.native-instruments.Content.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -            117 30 Jun  2015 com.native-instruments.ServiceCenter.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -             88 15 Feb 00:53 com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -            727 16 Feb 02:01 com.projectosx.clover.installer.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    20  -            355 11 Jan  2015 com.tuxera.NTFS.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -            456 14 Sep  2014 org.catacombae.macntfs-3g.DriverSettings.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 0    0   -           1403 15 Feb 15:54 org.cups.printers.plist

What do we see here?

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Mar 5, 2016 5:48 PM in response to Linc Davis

hello, I have a problem with a Xone k2, not walk , read you have to create a folder but am new to the world of " Macbook " and do not understand how I could help ? I could read it is a problem with El Capitan , but I need to walk . I am looking forward to your response. Thank you

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