Big problems with my account; need advice setting up new one!
Hi - for the last few weeks I’ve been experiencing some weird things on my Mac! Events on iCal can’t be deleted, software keeps forgetting Registration codes so I have to reinput them everytime I launch the app, and other weird things!
I’ve spent many hours on the phone to MobileMe help, and AppleCare none of who have diagnosed the problem.
I’m guessing that some kind of Pref or Library file/folder has thrown a wobbly and is causing general corruption throughout my Account.
Someone suggested creating a new User Account and seeing if the problems do away; this I have done and certainly the iCal problem has disappeared. So, I’m planning on using this new Account from now on. Thing is (despite being logged in as an Admin) there are files from my ‘old’ account that is can’t open ‘cos it says I don‘t have sufficient permissions. Is there a quick/easy way to just allow all my old files to be open/available in my new Account?
Thanks,
andy
Wrong approach. Since the issue is specific to your original user account, you can proceed in two ways. One is to log into your new account, make a list of the preference files (plists) located in /username/Library/Preferences/, including any in the ByHost subfolder, log back into the original account, move everything on that other account's list from the original account's Preferences folder into a newly created folder on the Desktop, log out and back in, and see if the problem goes away. If so, you can copy the ones in the Desktop folder (one at time) back into /Preferences/, restart, and see if the problem returns. If so, you've identified the corrupt/conflicting one. Continue with all of them until isolating the bad ones. That'll save you the trouble of resetting preferences.
The second way is much more detailed and I'll not burden you with the steps unless the above doesn't fix the issue.
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