Plist Corruption. . keeps happening. . How can I stop it.
I've had my powerbook for 6mths and I've had my com.apple.Bluetooth.plist has been corrupted about 6 times. . What am I doing to cause this. . Each time I have to remove the plist file and let it recreate it. .
Here is a copy of the corrupt one. .
com.apple.Bluetooth.plist (broken one)
bplist00Þ OBEXFTPRootFolderLocation_OBEXFileHandlingAuthenticationEnable
DiscoverableState_BluetoothVersionNumber_ControllerPowerState_OBEXPIMDataDisposi tion_OBEXOtherDataDisposition]RecentDevices
PrefPanelTabIndex_
"PrefKeyBluetoothMenuExtraShowState
EncryptionEnable_OBEXPIMDataSaveToLocationRFCOMM10BEnableX~/Public Ò00-0a-95-0a-dc-0500-0a-95-42-da-903A£¹S8&3A£¸î´ß [~/Documents%ATk˜¯Èãñ*=Yktvxy{€”¨±º»ÇÈ\
Here is a copy of what my powerbook just recreated. .
com.apple.Bluetooth.plist (new one)
bplist00Ý OBEXFTPRootFolderLocation_OBEXFileHandlingAuthenticationEnable
DiscoverableState_BluetoothVersionNumberControllerPowerState
OBEXPIMDataDisposition_OBEXOtherDataDisposition_PrefPanelTabIndex
"PrefKeyBluetoothMenuExtraShowStateEncryptionEnable
OBEXPIMDataSaveToLocation_RFCOMM10BEnableX~/Public [~/Documents#?Ri}–Æáõ-I[dfhiklxy
looks like a mac address is getting written into the file. . WEIRD..
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
Powerbook G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4) Mac OS X (10.4.4) Powerbook
Hi, kg4fap and pick...
kg4fap — I'm not sure whether I know enough about the intricacies of preferences files to be able to help with this...
(1) ...but what you've pasted in aren't accurate representations of the .plist files' contents [1] — they're only the parts that "can be seen" by a text app like TextEdit.
(2) If I may — I'm unclear why you're considering editing a preference file as a troubleshooting step, anyway.
(a) How did you determine that .plist corruption was an issue — by trial-and-error, or using Jonathan Nathan's Preferential Treatment, or...?
(b) What are/were the Bluetooth problem(s) that need(ed) troubleshooting? It might help to know some details about your Bluetooth firmware, software, devices, etc. — would you mind pasting the data from a System Profiler »» Hardware »» Bluetooth report, with View »» Full profile (⌘—3), into a message?
I'd be happy to try and help with isolating and troubleshooting whatever the problematic Bluetooth behavior(s) may be...
Looking forward to hearing back from you —
Regards,
Dean
[1] Fyi, utilities such as —
• Property List Editor — part of the Apple Developer Tools that can optionally be loaded from your Install Disc
• Pref Setter - 1.1.2 (Freeware)
— can open .plist files so that they can be viewed and edited. (Please don't attempt this unless you know what you're doing — and are working on a copy.)
This Ted Landau "geek factor" article in MacWorld and Figure 3-1 in the "Defining a Service" subsection of Working with Bluetooth Devices will give you a taste of what's involved.
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