Filing system: events, projects, backups

As far as I know Final Cut Pro X should create two new folders within the foulder films: Final Cut Events und Final Cut Projects.
I can‘t find these folders. Instead there is a folder Final Cut Backups with hundreds of files and more than 800 GB data. Each new file is bigger than the previous one. They seem to copy their predecessors and add new material.
I am afraid that‘s not the way it should be ...
How can I restore a proper filing system ?

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As far as I know Final Cut Pro X should create two new folders within the foulder films: Final Cut Events und Final Cut Projects.
is is about obsolete versions of FCP.

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FC Events & Projects folders on external HD, and some clips missing.

Hello there,
Searched for an answer, but nothing seems to be exactly my experience.
To help my MBP perform better, I moved my FCP X "events" & "projects" folders to an external LaCie HD. Folks here say they should be at the "root". Unsure how to check that, but I do know they are at the lowest level of folder on the drive, with no other folders above them.
Most clips show up in all the projects when FCP X is opened. But some don't; modifying event references with Inspector leads to the event not showing up at all, so I can't even move it to the top.
Then tried to "import from camera" and open the LaCie drive as an archive. But when clicking on the proper event folder, the message appears, ""Intrvw-WendyEllen_20Jun11" contains unsupported media or has an invalid directory structure. Please choose a folder whose directory structure matches supported media."
Original media files on HD are all still there from when I first imported into FCP X. Now the same files are duplicated in the FCP X "events" folder, which also got moved to the external HD. Choosing either folder gets the same message.
According to the manual, the yellow alert triangle showing in the timeline means the event is missing.
<complaint> FCP X isn't very intuitive or user friendly on directing it to see the proper files. If something is missing, why can't I just pick where FCP should look for those files? Why can't I recreate a new path to those files, of the original one was broken? I'm not keen on the Events & Projects folders _having_ to be _set in stone_ on the MBP's harddrive. Where those files lie should be a choice.</complaint>
My system is 2.2GHz Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM w/ Mac OS X 10.6.8.
Please let me know what I'm missing that FCP can no longer find the proper files. I'm sure it's something super easy, too obvious to figure out. In fact, if there's a way to ditch the "events' folder altogether & just have FCP X pull/render from the external HD files all the time, I'd love to learn that solution.
Thanks in advance!

You are correct about root ... no other folders above the FCP X folders is the way it's supposed to be. I noticed that FCP X can get confused if you first opened up or created a project with the Final Cut Pro folders on your system drive then you try to make a copy of them on an external drive. That is what I did at first also. I would recommend moving your system drive Final Cut Pro X folders to a safe backup drive such as usb, etc then ejecting that drive. Make sure they no longer exist on the system drive. Then go to your external drive where you first copied them to and go into the Final Cut Projects folder. Then go into a folder that has the name of your project, or if you created "Folders" in FCP X to put your projects in then go into the folder that has the name of the folder you created within FCP X. Within one of those will be a folder named after your project name you had assigned it in FCP X. Inside that will be a file called CurrentVersion.fcpproject. Double click on that file, and Final Cut Project X will open with that project. In your Project Library window on the lower half of the display, over against the left you will see Macintosh HD, or whatever your system drive is called. Under that will be the name of your external drive. Indented to the right slightly under your external drive will be the name of the project you have just loaded. Just keep working in that one from now on without moving the old FCP X folders backing onto the system drive. If you get some clips that are red meaning that FCP X can no longer find them, copy them from your original system drive or the Final Cut Events folder to the event name you had placed them in when you imported them into your project. You can also simply find them and re-import them into FCP X and be done with it. It has been my observation that you do not want to have two Final Cut Project or Events (or any of the other) FCP X folders on two drives that are active at the same time. Best practice is to leave them off your system drive and put them on an external Firewire drive. If you need to make a backup of them periodically, put a usb drive or another Firewire drive on your system WITHOUT GOING INTO FINAL CUT PRO X, and use Finder to simply copy the folders to the other drives as a backup ... then eject the backups. You can then continue working in FCP X. Sounds detailed, but the bottom line is FCP X does not seem to like two FCP X file systems on two attached drives at the same time. At least that's the way it has seemed in my experience. Hope this helps.
stephen

Open file With System Events

i have a backup and sychronizing program called Synk that is currently unscriptable. I want to set up folder action so that when i plug various drives in this program opens the correct backup files and the program.
So far i have managed to get the program to open and i have managed to get the open dialog box up, i have also managed to get it to click the right button to start the process. Where this fails is when selecting the correct backup file. The open dialog box appears and i can see which one i want it to select, but i am unsure of how i get system events to select a specified item from the open dialog box. It also fails to initalize when the drive is inserted.
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
if (added_items as string) contains "Humphrey" then
--set bup to file "Humphrey To University.sknd" of folder "Backup documents" of folder "documents" of "home"
tell application "Synk"
activate
tell application "System Events"
key code 31 using {command down}
-- open bup
-- (click the radio button "Open" of window) open
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click the button "Run" of the front window
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Rich

Richard,
Does this help:
tell app "Finder" to open file "Humphrey To University.sknd" of folder "Backup documents" of folder "documents" of "home"
It should open Synk for you with the target settings file.
Reese

Project Backup Issue

We have a situation where single project backup is reported as "completed successfully" , but when we try to restore it, it gives error.
The Oracle Tech Support is horrible beyond imagination. For two weeks they kept telling me that they are working on it, and now they want to start over and want another backup sample. This tells me clearly, they have no clue, just fishing around to find something. Here is the entire conversation:
Quote:
I am surprised that this simple realization came after two weeks.This is really worst tech support I have ever seen, inspite of paying top dollars. Is there any place in Oracle which tracks the quality of technical support provided to clients or is it free for all.
Well, just for your information, we have also started looking at some other options to replace Contract manager due to the bad support.
I will send you the backup as desired.
Oracle Support - April 16, 2012 2:15:23 PM GMT-04:00 [ODM Action Plan]
Data Request
Thanks for your reply.
Based on the information you have provided and the support team's previous
experience with the issue I believe the project itself may be corrupt in some way.
Therefore when one attempts to restore the project the restore process fails the
validity check due to possible missing data within the project.
Because the .JAR file itself is corrupt I'm unable to view its contents using an XML editor
or other means.
Please upload a copy of a database export of the Oracle database where this project
exists. This way I can restore the data here and query the contents of the project
itself to confirm whether there is missing or invalid data within the project.
See DOC ID 908371.1 (attached in the related articles section of this SR) for steps
of how to perform the export.
Thank you.
[email protected] - April 16, 2012 9:31:18 AM GMT-04:00 [Update from Customer]
This is really frustrating to receive such responses for a paid service contract after more than two weeks of pending SR. Did you read my entire post before posting your question or you just want me to start all over again. Last time you said that you have reproduced the issue, then why do you need another backup?
Anyway the replies are as under:
1. This is happening with one project and not multiple projects ( read my earlier responses)
2. No, there were no errors reported ( read my earlier responses)
3. It was saved on local drive
4.As I understand you were able to reproduce the issue, then why do you need me to send you another backup. If so, please define the backup should be under what environment variables, because I dont want you to come back 2 weeks later and ask for another backup with different variables.
Oracle Support - April 13, 2012 3:21:27 PM GMT-04:00 [ODM Action Plan]
Hello.
1- So am I understanding that this is only happening with ONE project and not multiple projects?
2- When this single project backup was originally taken did any errors or unusual behavior occur?
3- Where is the backup file being saved when it is taken? On the local machine or to a network drive on some other machine?
4- Please create another single project backup of this project and attempt to restore that new backup to the new database
group. Let me know how this works out.
[email protected] - April 11, 2012 7:23:42 PM GMT-04:00 [Update from Customer]
We are unable to do a backup only for this project. All other projects are working OK. Let me know if you need anything else.
Thanks
Oracle Support - April 11, 2012 5:56:53 PM GMT-04:00 [ODM Action Plan]
Hello. I have reproduced the issue and am currently still investigating the issue. I will reply
back shortly with next steps and or further questions. Thank you for bearing with us.
[email protected] - April 11, 2012 2:07:53 PM GMT-04:00 [Update from Customer]
When can we expect a reply?
[email protected] - April 9, 2012 1:23:40 PM GMT-04:00 [Update from Customer]
Do we have a time line for a fix of this issue?
Oracle Support - April 2, 2012 11:47:40 PM GMT-04:00 [Notes]
Thank you for uploading the single project backup. I will try to restore
to a test system here to try and reproduce the issue.
[email protected] - April 2, 2012 9:41:47 AM GMT-04:00 [Update from Customer]
Upload to gtcr successful for the file EXP_SFP1_SFP1.JAR.
[email protected] - April 2, 2012 9:40:16 AM GMT-04:00 [Update from Customer]
Attached is a single project backup which was backed up successfully, but gives error while restoring. i havetried to restore it on two seperate installation of CM13, and both gave a message "error were encountered......."
[email protected] - April 2, 2012 7:35:33 AM GMT-04:00 [Update from Customer]
1. This happens with Single project backup with all the projects we have.
2.yes, it is being restored to another group in the Same installation of Contract Manager.
As expalined earlier, this was happening without any error until we installed the Contract Management Exchange Module. Since then we have uninstalled the module, but the error continues.
Oracle Support - April 2, 2012 12:37:10 AM GMT-04:00 [Notes]
Hello. Thanks for your reply.
1- Does this issue happen with one single project backup or multiple backup files?
2- Is the single project backup being restored to the same version of Contract Management system as where the backup was
taken?
3- If only happening with one backup please upload the single project backup file to this SR. This way I can restore the file to a test environment for research.
[email protected] - March 30, 2012 9:31:50 PM GMT-04:00 [Update from Customer]
1. The version is 13.0.5.0, build 2085
2. "Errors encountered during restore"
3. No
4.Weblogic
Let me know if you need anything else.
Thanks
Oracle Support - March 30, 2012 5:30:53 PM GMT-04:00 [ODM Action Plan]
Data Request
Hello. Thank you for contacting Oracle Primavera support.
A few questions:
1- What is the version and build of Contract Management? (This can be found in the upper right corner of the log on screen)
2- What is the error message or behavior that occurs when attempting to restore the backup?
3- Does the project already exist in the group to which the backup is being restored?
4- What application server is being used with Contract Management? JBOSS or Weblogic?
- If you are unsure which app server is being used do the following
a. On the web server machine right click my computer and choose manage > expand services and apps > click on services
b. Scroll through services and look for the service named either Contract Manager or Primavera Contract Management. If this service exists
then open My Computer > open the drive that has your installed programs and look for a folder named JBOSS 5.0.1 GA
c. If both of the above exist then your running JBOSS if neither of the above exist then go to step d.
d. Open My computer and look for either of the below folders:
[drive letter]:\bea\user_projects\domains\[Contract Management domain name]
[drive letter]:\Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\domains\[Contract Management domain name]
e. If either of the above folders exist then it is likely that Weblogic is being used as the application server.
Thank you.
[email protected] - March 30, 2012 3:24:01 PM GMT-04:00 [Customer Problem Description]
1) Does your issue impact all of your users, or just some?
All users
2) Does your issue occur in a single project, or in multiple projects?
all projects
3) ### Impact on Business ###
We back up the project before processing monthly pay requisitions, so that it can be restored in case the process is to be reversed. Till last month it was working properly. This problem started after we installed Contract Management Exchange Program to export the Pay Requisitions. Since then we have uninstalled this program, but the error continues.
[email protected] - March 30, 2012 3:24:01 PM GMT-04:00 [Customer Problem Description]
Problem Description: Unable to restore Project backup created in from one group to another group.
Unquote:
Anyone have any idea about this error message?
Thanks

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How to duplicate Events/Projects with only Proxies.

I'm on a MBP Retina, with 500GB SSD. Running Mountain Lion and FCPX 10.0.5.
I have a 3TB Seagate drive.
I encoded all my footage to ProRes 422 first, then imported that as original media into my current Project. That footage is over 1TB in disk space.
I then created Proxies of all that, and am pleased at the performance, and file size of the proxies.
Now I want to copy my Event/Project to a smaller drive that only has 400 GB available (I measured my Proxies footage folder and it's only over 100GB. So plenty of space).
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So my question: How can I take my current Event/Project and Proxy versions only, and go home and edit, and then come back to the office and move my updated Project file and relink and keep moving with my bigger versions stored on my 3TB drive? What's the step-by-step?
Thanks,
Chris.

Here is a possible way to go about this:
Duplicate (or move) all projects to the backup drive. Duplicate the event to the backup drive.
Click on each copied project from the backup drive (you don't need to open its timeline), go to the Inspector and click on "Modify Event References". There you will get a list with two events (the one on the original disk and the copy you just made). Move the new copy to the top an click ok. Now your projects will reference the versions of your clips in the copied event, and you can safely delete the originals.

Maintaining previous filing system format within Aperture 3

I am a new Mac user after 20 years with PC's. I bought a 2.3ghz MacBook Pro 15" with 8gb of ram and a 512 solid state drive to try to better manage a photo collection of about 100gb, including a huge set of ancestors photos from 1800 and on. I have been using a simple filing system by creating separate folders for various trips by date and place, such as 2011-03-15 USA, AZ, Phoenix. Each folder may contain photos from several dates over several weeks. I do not want to break out the photos into separate folders by each day. I want to be able to permanently modify, tag, and delete photos from the master file. I also want to be able to export the modified photos using this "date" structure.
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4. My mistake (but this is whacked in Aperture). If you set this to either one of the settings that start with "Both ... ", Aperture should import all image files, regardless of format.
By all means:
- Back up all your current images
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- Practice until you are sure you have it right, then do a trial run on all of your files. +You can always delete this Library as well.+
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Advisable to Exclude "Library" and "System" From TM Backup?

In the event I need a complete restore, can I use the Leopard install disc with the TM backup? And if this is the case, can I exclude "Library" and "System" from TM backup without harm. If there is personal info in "Library" (I have checked all the MobileMe sync options) can I retrieve it from the MobileMe cloud? Since my backup drive is same capacity as computer, my goal is to effectively economize.

nublu wrote:
In the event I need a complete restore, can I use the Leopard install disc with the TM backup?
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And if this is the case, can I exclude "Library" and "System" from TM backup without harm.
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Windows could not start the Cluster Service on Local computer. For more information, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific error code 2.

Dear Technet,
Windows could not start the Cluster Service on Local computer. For more information, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific error code 2.
My cluster suddenly went disappear. and tried to restart the cluster service. When trying to restart service this above mention error comes up.
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Hi,
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Event/Project Workflow - Suggestions?

My camcorder records to minidv tapes. I keep them filed and archived so content can be easily found in future years...
I take the MiniDV tapes and import footage I want to edit into iMovie 08. I make my projects with pretty titles and fades and music and all that good stuff and I share them to YouTube. Sometimes I also make iDVD projects, but usually not. I typically just share to friends and family via YouTube.
SO now my harddrive has all this event footage on it that is duplicated on the MiniDV tapes...but of course as you know I cant delete the events w/o screwing up the projects, even if ive already shared the projects (gone thru the rendering process)...right???
so if I want to clear out my iMovie events and projects (and therefore make space on my harddrive) BUT if I also wish to keep the projects for future viewing do I just have to go to YouTube to view them? I dont like that idea... or can I copy the project files on an external hard drive or on a DVD for safekeeping and THEN delete all the events/projects out of iMovie?
what do you guys do? Im starting to really use up my harddrive....
thanks in advance!
Kristin

Petersonk01 wrote:
.. Are you all telling me that I have no choice but to let both events and associated projects pile up in my iMovie for years on end w no ability to clean them out if I ever want to enjoy viewing or sharing my projects in the future??
basicly..
no, kiddin'
a) you can drag _in iMovie_ Projects and Events to any Mac-formatted, external harddrive
b) .. which allows, to edit this material in the future
c) just for viewing (=no editing), you can Export using QT/and to any codec you like .. in the future.
problem with any digital media is: you HAVE to store it somewhere.. and you have two cliffs to go:
what 'format'?
what to do with it in the future?
my personal point of view:
keep the raws (tape/Archive SDcards/Archive card's file structure/... )
keep a FullQuality (=projects native codec) Export.. on HDD, tape (=nevermore with iM08/09),
create a videoDVD.. of project, keep that safe&dry&dark..
=> I never have the plan, to re-edit any older projects.
so, I can erase all files on my Mac...

Everytime when I quit FCP X, I could not find the file that was created previously. I'm aware files (events/projects) are saved automatically. But strangely when I reopen FCP, the event/projects are not listed.

I need help here. Saved events/projects are not visible or listed when I reopen FCP X. Tried to open from the event folder don't seem to work.
I'm using MacOS X 10.6.8 and just bought FCP X 10.1.
Help.

No. I'm not using two hard drives. Files saved on MacBook Pro HDD. Only time I use the second HD is for backup but while working on FCP X.
This is unclear.
Do you have another HD with FCP X projects and / or events?
If you do (whether it's a backup or not) it will cause the exact problem you described. Make sure any other drives with FCP X events or projects are turned off before you launch FCP X.
If you don't have a second drive with events or projects, I suggest you try trashing your preferences.
Faults like this can sometimes be fixed by clearing out FCP X's preferences (for some reason, they get knotted up from time to time).
Download Digital Rebellion's Preference Manager (free, simple to use, and quite safe).
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/
With Pref Manager, you can backup the Prefs first, then if trashing makes no difference, you can restore all your settings.
If you trash them and don't restore them, you will need to go over your FCP X settings again, so it's a great idea to backup Preferences from time to time when FCP X is working well, then you can ditch the bad prefs and restore from your (Digital Rebellion) backup.
muhammadfromsingapore wrote:
Thks Bob. No. I'm not using two hard drives. Files saved on MacBook Pro HDD. Only time I use the second HD is for backup but while working on FCP X. I'm getting very frustrated whenever I return to work on the video to find the file 'missing'. I know its there but it's just not showing up on the Event Browser. Sigh!!
How come you marked your own post as "Correct Answer" when all it does is tell Bob he's wrong? This will mislead people.
Andy

Windows 8.1 - Windows Couldn't connect to the System Event Notification Service service

I have an issue that has been bothering me for a while on new 8.1 computers. Standard users are not able to log into the computer on the first try consistently. They receive the error message: Group Policy client service failed the sign-in access is
denied. They are stuck at the logon screen.
If an administrator logs in (local or domain), they can log in but get a black desktop with two error messages. The first is Location is Not available - C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Desktop is unavailable. The second error message is a popup
balloon. It states "Failed to Connect to a Windows service. Windows couldn't connect to the System Event Notification Service service."
When a standard user attempts to log in, event viewer records three warnings. They are listed in order from oldest to newest
The winlogon notification subscriber <Profiles> was unavailable to handle a critical notification event. -Logged 9:14:44
The winlogon notification subscriber <GPClient> failed a critical notification event. - Logged 9:14:44
The winlogon notification subscriber <Profiles> was unavailable to handle a notification event. - Logged 9:14:49
After a reboot, users still have the issue. I noticed that the user profile services and system event notification service are not running though their startup type is automatic. They start after a minute or two.

Hi Joseph__Moody,
Based on your description ,I assume it is a domain environment .First of all ,I would suggest you to try to update all the machine .
"I have an issue that has been bothering me for a while on new 8.1 computers"
Do you mean all the Windows 8.1 machine share the same symptom or just a specific one ?Did the machine work correctly before ?When did the issue start to occur ?Have you installed any third party software before ?Can we operate the machine when we login with
an administrator account ?
If the issue occurred with the specific machine :
"The first is Location is Not available - C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Desktop is unavailable."
Please try the following suggestions if we can operate the machine when we login with the administrator account :
Open Windows Explorer and navigate to: C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile and verify if it has the Desktop folder there.If the folder doesn`t exit, we can copy from C:\users\Default\Desktop location(This folder is hidden by default).
We also can try the following suggestions to have a troubleshoot :
1.Run "sfc /scannow"or "dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth" to check the health of the system files.
2.Perform a full scan with an antivirus software.
3."They start after a minute or two."
I suspect there is a third party service confilct here. Please perform a clean boot to verify whether there is a third party conflict here .
How to perform a clean boot in Windows
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929135
If the issue occurred with multiple machines in the domian ,I would suggest you to check whether you have configured any logon scripts and logon group policy .We can remove the machine from the domain to have a troubleshoot .
If the issue occurred recently ,we can perform a system restore to recover the machine to a previous normal point.
Best regards
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AppleScript 10.9.0 System Events -10006 Update property list file item

Have AppleScript that runs without error on Mountain Lion 10.8.5, but errors out on Mavericks 10.9.0.
At end of script, property list items need to be updated and this is when error occurs.
Put together a subset of the script, see below) that get the error
Statement reads "set value of property list item "ArrayList001" to ArrayList001"
Text of error:
     error "System Events got an error: 'xxx.plist' is not a property list file."
     number -10006 from contents of property list file "xxx05.plist"
=============================================================================
property myPListFile : "cbmck05.plist"
property myPListFilePath : ""
property constPreviousRunDay : "PreviousRunDay"
on run
   set today to "Date01" as string
          set List001 to {}
          set List002 to {}
          set myPListFilePath to ""
          repeat with i from 1 to 8
                    set end of List001 to (i * 2) as string
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          set myPListFilePath to path to desktop folder from user domain as string
          set fileMyPList to (myPListFilePath & myPListFile) as string
clear_file(fileMyPList)
-- First time! need to initalize
          tell application "System Events"
-- create an empty property list dictionary item
                    set the parent_dictionary to make new property list item with properties {kind:record}
-- create new property list file using the empty dictionary list item as contents
                    set new_plistfile to ¬
make new property list file with properties {contents:parent_dictionary, name:fileMyPList}
make new property list item at end of property list items of contents of new_plistfile ¬
with properties {kind:string, name:constPreviousRunDay, value:today}
make new property list item at end of property list items of contents of new_plistfile ¬
                              with properties {kind:list, name:"ArrayList001"}
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                                        set value of property list item "ArrayList002" to ArrayList002
                              end tell
                    end tell
          end tell
end run
-- ==========================================
on repopulate_lists()
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          set List002 to {}
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          end repeat
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          return List001
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-- ==========================================
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on fileExists(f)
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f as string as alias
                    return true
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                    return false
          end try
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                    end tell
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-- 1.1 - rough work-around for Mavericks bug where using a list for property list item value wipes out data
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                                        end if
                              end try
                              tell plistFile
                                        try
                                                  tell property list item plistItemName
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                                                  end tell
                                        on error errMsg number errNum
                                                  if errNum is -10006 then
make new property list item at ¬
                                                                      end of property list items of contents of plistFile ¬
with properties ¬
                                                                      {kind:class of plistItemValue, name:plistItemName, value:plistItemValue}
                                                  else
                                                            error errMsg number errNum
                                                  end if
                                        end try
                              end tell
                              return true
                    end tell
          end if
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427
Regards,
-Norm G.

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