Missing Final Cut Pro 7 preferences. Where could they have gone?

I've been using Final Cut Pro 7 for years on my MacBook Pro with no problems at all. Back in the fall, I noticed something weird happening in my timeline. Every time the cursor would approach an edit point, the playback with stop for a beat then jump ahead. This has happened with every project that I've imported since then.
I wanted to trash my preferences and, lo and behold, none of the four files (nor their folders) are anywhere to be found.
I even reinstalled the Final Cut Pro application and, even after opening one of my old projects, there was still no preferences folder.
Help!

Can you confirm you are running OSX 10.7.5?
The easiest way to deal with FCS preferences is to download Preference Manager from Digital Rebellion (free) at
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/
MtD

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