Preferences in Mavericks

Found this article by Richard Taylor quite interesting and thought others might as well.
Russ

Warwick Teale wrote:
why not start a TIPs or FAQ thread on this Compressor.forum.. it might a lot or redundant posts.
W
A very good idea. I'll look into it.
Russ

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Can't see iCloud preferences from Mavericks

Hi.
I can't see the iCloud preferences since I installed Mavericks in my MacBook Pro (2,66 GHz, Core 2 Duo, 4 GB DDR3, 13-inch Mid 2010).
It's completely blank (see screenshot).
Is there any solution, please?
Many thanks.

This kind of problem is usually caused by a third-party system modification called "SIMBL." Uninstall SIMBL as follows. Back up all data before making any changes.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it, then copy the text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:
/Library
In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens (command-V), and press return. A folder will open. From that folder, delete the items listed below (some may be absent.) You may be prompted for your administrator login password.
Application Support/SIMBL
InputManagers/SIMBL
LaunchAgents/net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist
ScriptingAdditions/SIMBL.osax
Log out and log back in.
Make sure you never reinstall SIMBL. It’s likely to come bundled with another third-party system modfication that depends on it. If you want trouble-free computing, avoid software that makes miraculous changes to other software, especially built-in applications. The only real exception to that rule is Safari extensions, which are mostly safe, and are easy to get rid of when they don’t work. SIMBL and its dependents are not Safari extensions.

Cannot Save Mail Preferences in Mavericks

Hi Friends,
I am using Apple Mail, Mavericks (10.9.1) and cannot save Mailbox Behaviors for my IMAP Gmail accounts. Even after I have "saved" them, they return to everything being stored on the server. This configuration runs counter to Google's recommended settings.
I am running OSX 10.9.1 and therefore have the Mail Update installed. Any fixes out there?
Thanks,
Falguni

Delete the account and re-add the gmail account inside Apple mail instead of from the system preferences. Mail > Accounts.
There are a ton of gmail issues going on so you might be better off using the web interface or a 3rd party mail program until Apple and Google work out their issues (Google isn't following IMAP and Apple's attempt at patching it has made it worse for many).
If you are using any custom GMAIL setting on their server side that could also be causing issues in Apple Mail. If you are using 2 step authentication make sure Apple Mail has a custom password issued for it.
Best of luck
- Stephen
http://learni.st/users/Riptide360/boards/69477-optimizing-apple-mail

I cannot change any safari preferences in mavericks

i attempt to change my safari preferences such as toolbar, homepage, default search engine, and other preferences, but it keeps returning to the previos settings. i cannot even reset all of the top sites in safari

Might be corrupted Safari preferences ...
Open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist
Click Go then move the com.apple.Safari.plist file to the trash.
Quit and relaunch Safari then try changing Safari preferences.

Restoring System Preferences in Mavericks with Time Machine

I'm trying to get back to an earlier version of the System Preferences with Time Machine. All goes well until I hit restore, and then I get the notification that "“System Preferences” can’t be modified or deleted because it’s required by OS X." Am I doing something wrong?

Try restoring the preference file to the Desktop and try manually, with Admin password, to replace the existing file.
To restore to a cifferent location Command (right) - click on the file in TM and select this contextual menu option:
OT

You can't open the application "System Preferences.app" because it is not supported on this type of Mac

All of the sudden my System Preferences in Mavericks has stopped working and I get the error message:
You can't open the application "System Preferences.app" because it is not supported on this type of Mac.
It was working fine before this, and I have run Permissions Repair, restarted to another partition and run Diskwarrior and TechTool Pro, but none of those has helped. Anyone have any ideas why this happened, and what I can do to fix it?

See this entire thread
https://discussions.apple.com/message/4241006#4241006

To use the "Users & Groups" preferences pane, System Preferences must quit and reopen.

When I try to access some of the system preferences in Mavericks I get an error pane that states "To use the “Users & Groups” preferences pane, System Preferences must quit and reopen."
Has anybody had this problem and if so what is the fix?

Usually happens if you opened one that was 32-bit. Then, you need to revert back to 64-bit.

What has been your experience upgrading from Mac OS X 10.6.0 to 10.7 or 10.8? I read real horror stories about Maverick.

What has been your experience upgrading from Mac OS X 10.6.8 ti 10.7 or 10.8?

my story was indeed a horror story
Mavericks is not an upgrade of previous OSes, but rather a port of iOS
If you want your computer to function like an iPad, go for it.
Snow Leopard on the other hand is a full-featured and stable OS - the best of them in my opinion.
Mavericks makes it easier to port Pages and Numbers documents back and forth between your computer and your iPad - but this portability comes at the price of many, many lost features in both programs. Over 100 lost features in Pages. Don't know how many for Numbers, but because of lost functionality you risk losing data (if you used Footers and Headers, Page View, etc.).
It is possible to use the older version of iWork under Mavericks, but it is a real pain as Mavericks keeps trying to default you to the newer versions. Even accidentally opening with the newer version and not saving changes can cause the file identifier to be altered making it no longer open under the older version (I did find a way to force open) Deleting the newer versions from your system results in Mavericks nagging you on a daily basis to reinstall them. There is no option to say No, only the option to postpone for one day.
the OS itself is much less customizable, I found it much harder to use with older eyesight because I couldn't highlight my scroll bars, or change the colour of certain files in a list, etc. Anywhere I went to Preferences I was struck by how few of them there were - less than half as many as Snow Leopard, in some cases less than 25%. Again, I had used those missing Preferences.
Mavericks also takes away many of the abilities of iTunes to sync with your iPad or iPhone and forces you to use iCloud to do much of the synching. If you don't want to use iCloud, or if you have confidentiality issues that prevent you from using it - you are out of luck.
In the end I found Mavericks unusable. The process of reverting back to Snow Leopard required 5 hours with 2 different geniuses at the Apple Store, 2 deep wipes of my computer and fresh install of Snow Leopard. And some loss of settings and data.
If you choose to go for it, then make a bootable backup first. Some sources suggest making 2 backups.
There are people who are happy with Mavericks, but I am not one of them.
Since I had my misadventure they have made some improvements to Mavericks, but not nearly enough of them to tempt me back. For example, you cannot set your old Pages and Numbers documents to 'always open' with the older version of the software ... or rather you can set them to, but Mavericks will immediately revert it back to the new version.

More detailed information on system preferences "energy saver"

Is there anyplace I can find a more detailed explanation in one place of the options available under "energy saver" in preferences in Mavericks? I am trying to avoid the improper dismount of external HDs and am trying to find a useful description of which of the five options can be used in which combinations with a Mavericks iMac and external HDs: a Thunderbolt; a USB 3; and a USB 2 (currently turned off).
Apple's current exxplanations are few, sparse, and scattered. For example, I only happened upon an explanation of "enable power nap" at http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5394 by chance, and it does not even mention the improper ejection of external HDs and the effect that this selection has on this problem, even though the problem is pervasive, long-standing (predating Mavericks), and largely unresolved. See, for example, https://discussions.apple.com/message/24478149#24478149, with more than 60,000 views, many of them highly and legitimately frustrated.

Barney-15E:
Re 1/21 message:
I’m still not sure that it is helpful to say the settings “do what they say they do,”
Many Apple statements used to be clear, but things have gotten much more complex since the Apple II.
The first energy saver option, "put hard disks to sleep when possible," fails to describe, or give a link to a description of, when it is "possible.' it is not obvious. For example, if TM is running or, as in my case, Crashplan is running in the background, does the OS wait to put the hard disks (in my case a hybrid drive) to sleep?
The option also fails to describe "sleep." Looking down to "power nap," and what the computer does when set to that, one can deduce, infer, or reasonably guess - since "power nap" should be different for "sleep when possible" - that once the hard disk has been put to sleep under a "when possible" scenario, it cannot back up with TM or check for email, etc. But since in another obscure place, Apple tells us that an iMac is never completely asleep - it is not even fully powered off with the power button completely, only unplugging gets it completely off - it appears that under both options the "sleep" stops a hard disk from spinning but the OS and hard disk firmware are not shut down. That is what I had previously understood as "sleep." So, clearly, there are two different types/levels of "sleep" intended in the options. Wouldn't it be useful for an explanatory sentence to be added to the "when possible" option as one is given for the "nap"?
Furthermore, nothing in the energy saver options (imaged) indicates whether the two sleep options are compatible (what are the consequences of having both selected?) or that only one should be selected.
As to whether any of the numerous discussions about "improperly ejected" external HDs refer to "power nap" is something I will explore by raising the question on one of them. In the meantime, it seems to me that even if the persistent problem only involves those who set to sleep whenever possible, it is still a problem worth resolving. (Apple is said to be working on it.) Until then, I believe more information to allow intelligent use of the "energy saver" options would be welcome.
Re 1/22 message:
Although I think that as of now Apple doesn't own any HD manufacturers, it should have some interest in what HD manufacturers present as being Mavericks-compatible and in making sure that the OS, including parts easily set by users, such as the energy saver settings, works with the HDs at least when they are set up for TM. This is particularly true when the Apple Store sells the HD; and more so when the HD uses Thunderbolt, a connection predominantly, if not exclusively, Apple's. At any rate, I think the readily accessible Apple support pages (not those for developers), should make clear whether Apple is representing that the "power saver" sleep settings are compatible with any external HD, and if Apple can't supply details, it should at least offer a link to sites which can.
Finally, you note that your external drives "sleep fine" and "without incident." What settings do you use? Is this true under 10.9.2? Have you had an "improper ejection" at all using Mavericks?
For the moment, I have not elected either option. (PS - I have found that even with this setting, my old Iomega running USB2, if on, may have improperly ejected when I check in in the morning. I can imagine that its firmware, etc., did not anticipate changes in the last few years in OS, sleep settings, etc.) My cure for this is to shut that drive (an archive) off when I don't need to refer to it.

Question mark on startup disk in System Preferences

There is question mark sign on startup disk in System Preferences on Mavericks of Macbook air 13inch (Early 2014). I can't find any solution for this. Could someone please help me find the solution. I know that something went wrong and I don't know how to fix it.

I think I now understand your concern. This is from my MBP System preferences display:
Click on it and should show what startup disk option(s) you have. This is normal.
Ciao.

TS5362 My scroller on the right hand side of my screen is missing and I have to use my arrow buttons to navigate through the page with my update. Please help:-)

Since my update, I cannot scroll using the scroller option that slides down the page and my iTune downloaded podcasts will not sync to my apple tv. Any ideas?

Hello there, breezyandrade.
The following Knowledge Base article offers up some great information on setting your scroll bar preferences. Although written for Mountain Lion it provides accurate location for this preference in Mavericks as well:
OS X Mountain Lion: Change how scroll bars work
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10895
Use General Preferences to customize scroll bars in windows.
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, and then click General.
Set the scrolling options. For more information about the scrolling options, click the Help button.
Some apps let you scroll through a document in other ways, such as by dragging in the document, using arrow keys, or pressing the Space bar.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

Can I receive emails immediately in Mail with a Hotmail account?

If I can do that then how do I set it up? I noticed that on my iPod, the Mail app is able to notify me immediately when an email is sent to me, I want the same function in the Mail application on my Mac.

Hey Damien829,
Thanks for the question. You may wish to configure the check for new messages option in your Mail General Preferences:
Mail (Mavericks): General preferences
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14864
Check for new messages
When Mail gets new messages from the mail server. By default, the option is set to Automatically (Mail varies how often it gets messages, based on whether your Mac is plugged into an electrical outlet).
An IMAP account gets messages more frequently if the account uses push email (set the IDLE command option in the account’s Advanced pane in Mail preferences).
If you set the option to Manually, click the Get Mail icon in the Mail toolbar to check for messages. (Whenever you click an IMAP or Exchange mailbox, it syncs with the server, and shows new messages.)
Thanks,
Matt M.

Setups for Security

Three questions here. My iMac sits at home. No one else has access to it. And I am retired. Please tell me about these options in the Security Preferences screen.
Firewall. Does the average person need this activated?
Firevault. Is this necessary for all?
I don't have the Missing Manual for Mavericks yet. So I often look up topics in the MM for Lion. He mentions something on page 510 about "closing the backdoor" so hackers can't 'Ping" an idle or sleeping computer. The Security Preferences in Mavericks don't seem to address this. Has the new OS got built-in security for this.
Wiping an HD clean, installing fresh OS and then restoring preferences from a TImeMachine backup.
I was getting some odd behavior on my HD that DiskWarrior detected. From the error messages, the Alsoft (DW company) support people suggested I erase the HD and install a new system. And to be sure, wipe the HD clean first. I posted about this before, and the kind people on this forum agreed. I wonder, though, would it be save to Restore my old Network and Kechains and System Preferences from my TM backup?

I'll weigh in on this:
1. You don't need a firewall if you use a hardware router with its own built-in firewall.
2. You have no real need for FileVault unless you require military level security.
3. Do have a strong log-in password for your Admin account. Be sure to write it down somewhere safe.
4. Be sure you use strong passwords for any sites you use that require logins; especially ones where you purchase things.
5. Don't do your banking online or pay bills online. These places have security systems too easily cracked.
6. Use a credit card as infrequently as possible. Your financial information is not available on cash.
7. If you are behind a good router you should not have problems with hackers. If you use wireless, then be sure to activate security in the router to prevent others from accessing your network.
8. Pinging your backdoor can be blocked by using the firewall, but I don't think you have much to fear here. Only experienced hackers even know what that is. And, who wants your information? Unless you have millions in cash available, hackers aren't interested in you or your bank accounts. I haven't used any of these advanced security setups in 30 plus years of computing - I'm 72 and retired. I don't even both with anti-malware software
9. It's safe to restore your old keychain as long as you know you haven't permitted anything you'd be worried about. Network and system preferences should be no problem.

About Mountain Lion

Hello,
My Mac OS X is 10.7.5 13" MBP late 2011. Is it wise not to upgrade to ML but wait for Maverick OS X instead?

Hi,
It will come down to personal preferences.
Mavericks may be as much as a year away if it is not ready for this Autumn's release date
It could also be a few months and Apple rarely confirm a date until the OS version is virtually ready to run.
There will be changes.
You will notice more between two OSes that jump one such as missing out Mountain Lion.
I all but missed Lion as I upgraded my computer well into the Lion release and upgraded to Mountain Lion almost before I knew my way around Lion. This meant that in reality I jumped from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion which saw quite a few changes.
As you have waited this long and the suggested release date is almost upon us it may pay to wait.
However that will depend on which previous version of the OS you will be able to Upgrade from.
9:32 pm Tuesday; September 17, 2013
 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.4)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

Local login capability for network accounts?

Hi all,
I'm setting up a local network at an office servicing about 20 different client machines (mostly just MacBooks). The goal of this is to accomplish some basic administrative taks, such as checking the status of/enforcing disk encryption, password strength policies, caching software updates, etc.
Currently everyone is logging onto their machines locally and ideally we could have them merged into network accounts through a box that we have running OS X Server. I've got that set up and working with test accounts, but given that our users sometimes are working off-site or from home, I need a solution that could allow people access to their accounts when the server is unavailable (any time they are not on our local network). Is this possible? Are there any other workarounds that aren't too awkward?
Thanks!

There are three main types of user account.
Local only - defined on the local machines with files being stored on the local machine
Network only - defined on a server with files being stored on a server
Mobile account aka. Portable Home Directories - defined on a server but when user first logs in to a Mac configured for this type of account their account is copied to the Mac along with their home directory, and thereafter password changes are synchronised between the server and Mac
Most often Mobile accounts are used with laptops but this is not compulsory.
You will need to use ProfileManager to manage the Macs and be able to configure a group of Macs to use Mobile Accounts. This is under Mac only - Mobility, and you want to then configure "Create Mobile Account when user logs in to Network Account".
Note: With older OS versions you could set this up with Workgroup Manager and Managed Preferences but Mavericks needs you to do this via ProfileManager. ProfileManager is however backwards compatible with Lion and Mountain Lion versions.

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