Deleted com.apple.windowserver restore

I deleted the plist files that people have said to delete to fix my HDMI connection to the TV (I won a Macbook Pro Retina). The problem with this is that when I was going to reboot my computer, it wouldn't start again. It is stuck on loading screen and won't get to the userscreen.
What do I do?

I'm in a similar situation
I don't think you can be. The PowerBook that the OP owns is a completely different architecture from the MacBook Pro. Your best bet is to start a new thread in the MacBook Pro forums here:
MacBook Pro
I know some forums flame you for starting a new thread but the new thread works best here. You get help with your issue without diluting the attention the OP seserves.
Also, some experienced posters will not even look at threads with multiple questions from different people; it's simply to hard to keep sorted after a while.
Be sure to include your MBPs model variant and the Mac OS version in your new post. That will save people having to ask for it and you'll get help faster.
Best wishes!

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Deleted com.apple.windowserver.plist

Hi everyone.
I deleted the com.apple.windowserver.plist, under preferences and the longer version under my user profile.
Supposidly,the system would recreate these files on restart. It has not and the files are gone.
Now I can't enable quartz extreme, or do anything with these files.
Does anyone have an idea on how to get them back?
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This is on a powerbook g4 1.5ghz . 1 meg of ram. 10.5.8

I'm in a similar situation
I don't think you can be. The PowerBook that the OP owns is a completely different architecture from the MacBook Pro. Your best bet is to start a new thread in the MacBook Pro forums here:
MacBook Pro
I know some forums flame you for starting a new thread but the new thread works best here. You get help with your issue without diluting the attention the OP seserves.
Also, some experienced posters will not even look at threads with multiple questions from different people; it's simply to hard to keep sorted after a while.
Be sure to include your MBPs model variant and the Mac OS version in your new post. That will save people having to ask for it and you'll get help faster.
Best wishes!

When I delete com.apple.audio.SystemSettings.plist my audio/sound problems are solved. However when the file is replaced with another file, the sound is crappy and the quality is reduced. Can you please help me?

When I delete com.apple.audio.SystemSettings.plist my audio/sound problems are solved. However when the file is replaced with another file, the sound is crappy and the quality is reduced. Can anyone please help me?
Sincerely,
Eric

Run this when you have the problem and post the results here.
EtreCheck
This will tell us what is loaded

Is it safe to delete com.apple.systemdfine2.plist ?

I scanned for corrupted preference files using Cocktail 4.6.2 -- com.apple.systemdfine2.plist was the only system plist file identified (several user-level plist files were also identified; these have been deleted).
According to Cocktail:
XML parser error:
Unexpected character " at line 1
Old-style plist parser error:
Unexpected ';' or '=' after key at line 2
If it helps any, the first two lines of com.apple.systemdfine2.plist are:
"BW:zZ
1-?[F_0TC}o:zb6\mRm}0[} -j/vk#518uwTYCMhLIhfg=YRZW#Pnf?_C=t#[]SqJ>)}(i~R]>8v~J$`0@X" '[&ZqQ J`(c3D[\'o- 'NTsq,v(Sc-3R/WGF3t-J
About a month ago this iMac started acting up and eventually crashed hard, requiring several erase / system reinstalls to get it functioning again. But it's not 100% back. For example, Time Machine has been iffy and interferes with some third-party software (e.g., in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, right-clicking on an image brings up a contextual menu that allows opening the image in Photoshop; however, if the Time Macine HDD is connected to this iMac, Photoshop opens but the image does not). I keep trying to repair things as they come up, which is why I went searching for corrupted preference files.
Thanks in advance for your information and suggestions.
John

I don't know what that file is and don't have it on my 10.6. The only .plist files safe to delete are preference files. If it belongs to the System (/System/Library) it's not a preference file, it's meant to store code for running a process. I don't understand why Cocktail identified it.

Problems with slow finder and com.apple.finder.plist

I have four users in my marketing department, all running Mac Pros with 10.6. and Adobe CS5 and some other software for design work. Each one has a slowness issue using the Finder (by itself and inside programs (ie, within Photoshop and going to Open)) when accessing our network drives. Other people, including myself, can access those same directories without slowness.
'Slowness' is an understatement. What would normally take a second is taking 5 to 10 minutes to show content in folders.
When I delete "com.apple.finder.plist" off their systems, and reboot, everything snaps back to being speedy, but it doesn't last and they need to remove that file once a day.
I have two saved plist files before they deleted it, but I don't know what do look for when I view the contents with a plist editor.
Can anyone offer some suggestions on why this could be happening? Or how can I view and see what this file is being hung up on?

Download and run all the cleaning and maintainence aspects of the free OnyX while each machine is offline and reboot, leave offline until all are completed and then put them back online.
See if that clears the issue or reveals some more issues with the checks.
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx
OnyX also has a plist checker under Verify.

Hello i can't find com.apple.mail.plist and "mail" is not working well, thank you

Hello,
My mail.app is not working well.
I read a lot messages forum an dlot of solutions for mail.app is delete
"com.apple.mail.plist" but I can't find it in library/preferences, can you help me please.
Thank you,
Syl

All human are not equal. Same for machines and servers.
Get real : iCloud has a problem.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3539034?start=15&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17751466#17751466
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4145777?start=30&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4217434?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4207514?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4207514?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4192137?start=0&tstart=0
On all machines, permissions are repaired once a week and Onyxed twice a month.
No dice.

Mac mail and sandbox com.apple.intern issue

Hi,
I have two disk on yosemite. One of them, system disk as SSD, and other HDD data disk.
I set hard link ~/Library/Mail to /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Mail
and set read/write permissions.
when run mail client ask always mail settings, after crash the application.
I can see created new a few *.plist files under the /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Mail and ~/Library/Mail
so, I check logs from console.app and I see following error ;
18.04.2015 12:43:45,000 kernel[0]: Sandbox: com.apple.intern(346) deny file-read-data /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Mail
how can i fix this problem ?
Thanks

i navigate to /Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Preferences in the finder and delete com.apple.mail.plist file in the folder.
and resolved this issue

How to restore com.apple.dt.Xcode.savedState

How do i restore the com.apple.dt.Xcode.savedState folder?
I delete the folder from my system so my all archived data has been lost, how do i retrive back ?
Thanks in advance

Based on your suggestions, I've posted an additional article on how to do this ...
http://www.tweaking4all.com/home-theatre/appletv/restore-appletv-os-offline-1stg en/
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I've MacBook Pro 2009 model... from last few days my airport is not functional. This happened when I deleted list com.apple..... from systems folder from library- preference- system. Now, when you check the status of Airport hardware it says "Not

I've MacBook Pro 2009 model... from last few days my airport is not functional. This happened when I deleted plist of com.apple..... from systems folder from library-> preference->system. Now, when you check the status of Airport hardware it says "Not Associated". One more thing that came to my notice is that 'com.apple.internetconfigpriv.plist' this file is missing from system folder. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

Thank you for your reply......
I have tried using different OS 10.7, 10.8... further OS doesn't suit my MacBook, so currently I am on 10.6. I did reinstallation twice using 10.6 but the files were not restored.
Yes.. I am talking about internet wireless card.
I don't have back up files for files which i deleted and they are not in trash as well.... the reason I deleted files was from the image attached from OSXdaily.com
I have tried resetting the PRAM, NVRAM, SMC but to no use.
now what do I do.??

Mail wont launch at all. Deleted this: ~/library/preferences/com.apple.mail.plist

Mail wouldnt let me send outgoing mail claiming there to be an error whilst there was an outgoing connection. So I thought to completely reset the entire app and found a forum that told me to delete something >_> And so I deleted this ~/library/preferences/com.apple.mail.plist and now nothing will launch. And well. Nothing is backed up. Im an idiot. ;___; I just want to go back to my chalk and slate. TECHNOLOGY HATES ME. Please help me.

Hi Bill,
You could also try com.apple.helpviewer.plist (in ~/Library/Preferences). Have you noted whether this is system-wide or restricted to your user account? I'd create a test account (if you don't have another on your system) and try the help menus. If they're messed up over there, then fixing things in your user folder won't help. The only system resource I could find that seems remotely relevant is /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.helpdata.plist, but I'd be verrrry careful about messing around with stuff in your System folder.
Hope that helps!
—Hazy

I have a problem with my safari. I deleted then installed but now when i try to open the message below is displayed: Process:         Safari [264] Path:            /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari Identifier:      com.apple.Safari Version:

Process:         Safari [264]
Path:            /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
Identifier:      com.apple.Safari
Version:         6.0.4 (7536.29.13)
Build Info:      WebBrowser-7536029013000000~1
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [123]
Date/Time:       2013-04-26 14:00:43.687 +0200
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63)
Report Version: 9
Interval Since Last Report:          194465 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           46
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   45
Anonymous UUID:                      E2A3C96F-BC33-4EAD-BC34-18C714228A60
Crashed Thread: 0
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries
Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/Accounts.framework/Versions/A/Accounts
Referenced from: /System/Library/StagedFrameworks/Safari/Safari.framework/Safari
Reason: image not found
Binary Images:
       0x10fdf9000 -        0x10fdf9fff com.apple.Safari (6.0.4 - 7536.29.13) <48D345F9-0B52-349A-AF27-07ECB0C24CE8> /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
       0x10fdfd000 -        0x110304fff com.apple.Safari.framework (8536 - 8536.29.13) <8AB54860-C5A0-3FC2-A486-DDD3151B0555> /System/Library/StagedFrameworks/Safari/Safari.framework/Safari
    0x7fff6f9f9000 -     0x7fff6fa2dbaf dyld (195.6 - ???) <C58DAD8A-4B00-3676-8637-93D6FDE73147> /usr/lib/dyld
    0x7fff8d9ec000 -     0x7fff8da19fe7 libSystem.B.dylib (159.1.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <6E5C8AC3-DBB7-31CB-BEB7-D6ED8E6DE0CE> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
Model: MacBookAir4,2, BootROM MBA41.0077.B0F, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 1.7 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.73f66
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel HD Graphics 3000, Built-In, 384 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333235533642465238432D48392020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333235533642465238432D48392020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xE9), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.198.19.22)
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.8f17, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0
Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM128C, 121,33 GB
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfa100000 / 3
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 5
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x821f, 0xfa113000 / 7
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x024d, 0xfa120000 / 4
USB Device: FaceTime Camera (Built-in), apple_vendor_id, 0x850a, 0xfa200000 / 2
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, apple_vendor_id, 0x8404, 0xfd110000 / 3

This from the crash log
Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/Accounts.framework/Versions/A/Accounts
Referenced from: /System/Library/StagedFrameworks/Safari/Safari.framework/Safari
indicates there is a missing library on your system. What problems were you having before that caused you to delete Safari? How did you delete it?
You're best bet in this case is to re-install the OS. While doing a re-install will not normally harm your user data having a good working backup in cases like this is essential.

Restore E-Mails without com.apple.mail.plist

Hello - Somehow my Mac crashed and my com.apple.mail.plist is empty - and if I open Mail it asked me to create an account. (like first time starting).
I have a backup of all my emails ~/Mail folder but i dont have a backup of the com.apple.mail.plist - is there any change to restore my Emails without doing this whole add new account thing?
Thanks

You should ask your ISP for your lost information about your account, create a new account with an empty mail folder. Then, quit Mail, exchange your empty ~/Mail by your backup folder and then reimport your mails.

Using 'defaults delete' command with com.apple.dock

I have been using the "defaults" command in my scripts to add an icon to a user's dock after a new application has been installed. But now, I'm having trouble trying to figure out how to remove an icon from the dock using the command line. For adding an icon, I use:
defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '<dict><key>tile-data</key><dict><key>file-data</key><dict>
<key>_CFURLString</key><string>/Applications/NewApp/Program.app
</string><key>_CFURLStringType</key><integer>0</integer>
</dict></dict></dict>'
(take out all the carriage returns and spaces. I had to put them in here for the line to show properly on the post)
This works great for adding an icon. But, I cannot seem to write something similar using "defaults delete"
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
-Steve
PowerMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Hi Steve,
   If it froze then the code isn't robust against problems. In this case the problem is the web. The command has four spaces in a row in two of the matches. However, the browser smashes that down into a single space. I never understood that aspect of HTML but I know about it and should have considered it. I will replace the spaces with capital Xs. If you replace the Xs with regular spaces, the command should work:
defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps "$( defaults read com.apple.dock persistent-apps | awk 'BEGIN{ ARRAY = "("; ELEM = "" } /^XXXX{/{ while ( $0 !~ /^XXXX}/ ) { if ( ELEM == "" ){ ELEM = $0 } else { ELEM = ELEM "\n" $0 } if ( $0 ~ "_CFURLString\"" && $0 !~ /zzzz/ ){ FOUND = "true" } getline } ELEM = ELEM "\n" $0; if ( FOUND == "true" ){ ARRAY = ARRAY "\n" ELEM }; FOUND = "false"; ELEM = "" } END{ sub( /,[^\n]*$/, "", ARRAY); print ARRAY; print }' )"
In some sense that is poor coding but in the default syntax of the "defaults" command, the only way to determine depth is by how far something is indented. It would have been far more robust to actually count the number of opening parentheses and keep track of the depth but that would have been more complex to code. If I have time, I'll look into changing that.
   I assume that the reason the command hung is that it went into an infinite loop. I've also added a carat, '^', in front of the first group of four spaces that will keep that from happening. When typed correctly the command works without it but now it will fail without going into an infinite loop.
Gary
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      -- Isaac Asimov

I have 74k photo's in my iPhoto trash and crashes when emptying. I have tried deleting the com.apple.iPhoto.plist but still won't empty.

Hi! I have 74k photo's in my iPhoto trash and it crashes when trying to empty. Clearly it's too much for the system to handle so after researching I downloaded 'Trashit!' which didn't help even if I selected one photo and dragged it to the trashit icon, not a single photo will delete from the iPhoto trash.
I've tried creating a new album but the photo's won't drag. I have tried deleting the com.apple.iPhoto.plist and done several timely rebuilds but I still can't find a way to empty the trash. I hope there's something really simple I'm missing here, any help appreciated

iiPhoto is known to lock up if you try to delete a large number of photos at a time. Here are a couple of ways to get out of the predicament you're in:
1 - go into iPhoto's General preference pane and uncheck the Show item counts checkbox:
and then try emptying the iPhoto Trash bin again. It's iffy however.
2 - If that fails and you don't use the Rating stars you can do the following: select all of the photos in the trash and Control-click to bringup the contextual menu. There will be the 5 stars for the ratings. Select either 5 or 1 to apply that rating to the photos.
Next create a smart album with the criteria:
selecting the number of start you applied to those in the Trash bin.
Move the photos from the Trash bin to the Library and the Smart Album will immediately be populated with those photos.
You can now select about 100 photos or so at a time and use the Command+Option+Delete key combination to move them back to the Trash bin and empty it. Repeat with groups of about 100 or so photos till they are all deleted. Then delete the Trash bin in the Dock to completely remove them from your hard drive.
OT

Deleting the com.apple.iTunes.plist?

Greetings.
iTunes will not recognize my iPod classic and freezes with My user ID (The iPod does show up in my finder). It does not happen with my wife as user; iPod is visible and connects to iTunes without difficulty.
I have been told to delete the com.apple.iTunes.plist under my user ID, then to restart the iMac. However, the problem remains. I have looked at the tech documents, uninstalled and re-installed iTunes, upgraded to iTunes 10...all without success. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to get my user ID on the same page so iTunes will recognize the iPod?
Thanks.

This is probably too little, too late but there is also an iTunes plist file(s) located at
~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.iTunes.605A79F2-A0DD-423E-9C65-C9FB9E1F6B CC.plist
N.B. The "605A79F2-A0DD-423E-9C65-C9FB9E1F6BCC" is a UUID so each instance will be different.
Don't know if that will solve the problem but you never know.

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