Fixing (and RE-fixing) my Pages . . . ( .plist problem). Mayday . . .
So, I did some research in this forum a month or two ago and got some good information on how to fix my Pages program. In order to keep the auto-correction (spelling, grammar, etc), I was told to go into the hard drive and delete the pages.plist file. Sure enough, it worked. . . .
For a while.
Seems like when I restart (well, maybe less frequently--I'm not sure what triggers it), that darn .plist file comes back and messes with the program again. I'm SICK of it.
Can someone tell me how to fix this problem PERMANENTLY ?
Thanks!
Steven
Hi Steven,
The "p" in plist stands for "preferences".
Every OS X application creates a .plist file to store preferences created by the user and by the application. Some of these are choices the User has made in the Application's Preferences panel, others are records of things like where you had a window positioned when you closed it or when you quit Pages.
The file is constantly changing as your actions change the information that is saved there. With this constant change, chances of the file becoming corrupted increase. Deleting the .plist file simply removes the corrupted file, curing any problems caused by the corruption. The application then builds a new, clean file as it needs it.
Of course the new file is just as susceptible to corruption as the previous one was. There may be some action you are taking that is making such corruption more likely, but I don't know what it is or have an idea for an easy way to determine that.
Sorry.
Regards,
Barry
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