Since upgrade, preferences no longer "stick"

Since upgrading to Snow Leopard, I've noticed that at least some of my preferences no longer "stick". In particular, Expose: I have four hot corners each requiring the shift key to activate, but it keeps reverting to the non-shiftkey version. It doesn't matter whether I quick Preferences after making the change or not ... a few minutes later, it's forgotten that I configured the hot corners to require the shift key.
I haven't seen anything in the console about preferences or about expose.

Nope, that didn't work. Came back to my desktop a few hours later and the unwanted preferences are back in play. This is specifically the Expose preferences, but I've noticed some other apps have problems as well (Keynote forgets the preference to skip the theme choose page on startup).
Permissions and file ownership look OK (owned by Howard.Howard or Howard.wheel, most prefs are o=rw).
I opened com.apple.iWork.Keynote.plist in Property List Editor and it looks fine as far as I can tell.
Still at a loss!

Similar Messages

System Preferences no longer stick after 10.10.1 update

I've upgraded from OS X 10.10 to 10.10.1 today.
The upgrade caused various system preferences to change, and now I cannot change them back.
While System Preferences.app seems to accept my changes, they are reverted after I quit and restart System Preferences.
For example:
Language & Region:
- I used to have various languages in the list of my preferred languages. Since the update, only German remains in the list. Adding other languages does not stick.
- My Region is set to Germany - English, which causes german text but english number formats to be used. Changing the number format to german does not stick.
General:
- When I click the scroll bar, this now causes the document to move by one page. I used to have the other setting (move to that location), but cannot reenable that.
- Windows are now closed upon quitting applications. I don't want this, but removing the check box does not stick.
Does anybody have an idea what the root cause may be and how to fix this?
With kind regards
Piers Walter

Back up all data before proceeding.
This procedure will unlock all your user files (not system files) and reset their ownership, permissions, and access controls to the default. If you've intentionally set special values for those attributes on any of your files, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. Do so only after verifying that those settings didn't cause the problem. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it, but you do need to follow the instructions below.
Step 1
If you have more than one user, and the one in question is not an administrator, then go to Step 2.
Triple-click anywhere in the following line on this page to select it:
sudo find ~ $TMPDIR.. -exec chflags -h nouchg,nouappnd,noschg,nosappnd {} + -exec chown -h $UID {} + -exec chmod +rw {} + -exec chmod -h -N {} + -type d -exec chmod -h +x {} + 2>&-
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing command-V. I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
The command may take several minutes to run, depending on how many files you have. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) to appear, then quit Terminal.
Step 2 (optional)
Take this step only if you have trouble with Step 1, if you prefer not to take it, or if it doesn't solve the problem.
Start up in Recovery mode. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
Utilities ▹ Terminal
from the menu bar. A Terminal window will open. In that window, type this:
res
Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:
resetpassword
Press return. A Reset Password window will open. You’re not going to reset a password.
Select your startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.
Select
 ▹ Restart
from the menu bar.

Since upgrading I no longer have any icons or the option for voice to text in my messager?

I Had help upgrading my phone now I no longer have the icons on my phone nor do I have the little microphone picture that allowed me to speak the message

I Had help upgrading my phone now I no longer have the icons on my phone nor do I have the little microphone picture that allowed me to speak the message

... in Roundcube email list since upgrading firefox for long entries

Islandnet.com uses Roundcube for its webmail client and up until the most recent Firefox update if a subject line for example was too long for the subject column it would display as much of the subject as it could in the space provided.
Since the firefox updates it now substitutes ... for long subjects.
I am going to submit the same request to roundcube development as they may be able to make a change on Roundcube to resolve it but its only since more recent Firefox updates that this has occured, Seemed to be fine of 3.6.x yersions.

Hi papapinous ,
You should take a look at [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/latest-firefox-issues this article] that discusses some of the issues with the latest build of Firefox.
There is some information in there that should help you to resolve your issue. Luckily, it is a very easy fix.
Hopefully this helps!

Since upgrading iMovie no longer able to access iPhoto or iTunes

Since my upgrade I cannot access iPhoto or iTunes to select images and music for my movie, all I have in the browser window is
"Open iPhoto to see photos from your iPhoto Library in this list" and
"Open iTunes to populate this list"
both are open but not listed in the browser
Can anyone help please

Since my upgrade I cannot access iPhoto or iTunes to select images and music for my movie, all I have in the browser window is
"Open iPhoto to see photos from your iPhoto Library in this list" and
"Open iTunes to populate this list"
both are open but not listed in the browser
Can anyone help please

Since upgrading I no longer get any indication re secure sites (padlock) what has happened?

Previous to update to Firefox 4, when addressing secure sites a padlock was displayed at bottom right of screen. Since update I cannot tell if a site is secure or not as this does not happen!
I tried a known secure site to check this.

The padlock has been replaced by the site identity button, for details on using it see https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Site+Identity+Button
If you want to add a padlock icon to the location bar, you can use the Padlock add-on - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/padlock-icon/

Since upgrade FireFox no longer opens with last session, how do you this version 4?

Previously when using Firefox 3.6 I could have multiple tabs open and when I closed the browser, the next time I opened Firefox it would reopen the same tabs.

Tools or Firefox > Options > General > Startup: "When Firefox Starts": "Show my windows and tabs from last time"

URGENT: Bluetooth not found since upgrading to Snow Leopard

I have a MBP which I recently upgraded to Snow Leopard, running 10.6.2.
Since upgrading I no longer have bluetooth on this machine.
I have tried the following without success:
1. Installed temp monitor + smcFanControl to cool chipset down (temps at 39C)
2. Reset PRAM + NVRAM
3. Restarted (with / without power adaptor), Shut down, etc
4. Installed latest drivers and software
5. Deleted bluetooth*.plist
6. tried changing sleep mode to hibernatemode 0
Bluetooth does not appear in the system preferences, or the toolbar or anywhere on the system. Bluetooth diagnostics does not locate it either.
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 3.06 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP52.008E.B05
SMC Version (system): 1.42f4

Have you tried resetting the SMC? You said "Reset PRAM + NVRAM" so I'm not sure if you meant SMC when you said "PRAM"
If you have not tried resetting the SMC... give that a try. Be sure to follow the instructions for your specific model as they vary from machine to machine:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Bluetooth disappearing is not that uncommon and resetting the SMC usually brings it back.

HT1338 I have an HP Printer/scanner, and since upgrading to Mountain Lion I can no longer scan on my HP. HP tells me that I can get an upgrade app from 'Apple Software Upgrade' . Does anyone know how to do this?

I have an HP Printer/scanner, and since upgrading to Mountain Lion I can no longer scan on my HP. HP tells me that I can get an upgrade app from 'Apple Software Upgrade' . Does anyone know how to do this?

HP couldn't find its own apps with both hands and a flashlight.
As of Lion all scanning functions are incorporated natively in OS X. You can scan three ways:
Use Preview: File > Import from scanner
Use Image Capture
(Preview and Image Capture are both in your Applications folder.)
System Preferences > Print & Scan. Select your HP and use the Scan tab.
If you have HP's "Image Zone" software installed, you no longer need it and it no longer works anyway.

Swipe no longer works in Firefox since upgrading to Lion.

I can no longer use the swipe gesture to move between pages on Firefox since upgrading to Lion. I have tried it on both the Magic trackpad and the magic mouse. Anyone else haviong this issue?

I, too, have that issue. I've seen posts by folks who have changed the swipe gesture in system preferences. But I can't get that to work. I like the swipe gesture so much that I am using Safari for now. Maybe a solution will be found in the future. I hope so as I really prefer FF.

Since upgrading to OS5 I know longer receive notice of incoming mail unless I actually click the mail icon.

Since upgrading to OS5, I no longer receive notificatios of incoming mail unless I actually click the mail icon. Then it connects to the server and loads mail. Any answers?

Go to System Preferences > iCloud and make sure your account info is correct, delete the password and reenter to be sure it is clean. Go to Mail and then open Preferences and check the account informaiton for the iCloud account and again, delete and reenter the password for the account. Sometimes the passwords get garbled during an upgrade.

Print menu different since upgrading to Lion 10.7.4. Pop up menu no longer has Preview and lost paper size selection. Photos all printing credit card size. Still using iPhoto 6.0.6. Have upgraded printer drivers.

Print menu is different since upgrading to Lion 10.7.4. Pop up menu no longer has Preview and lost paper size selection. Photos are all printing credt card size and I can't get it changed. (Have tried changing in Page Setup.) Have upgraded my printer drivers, but still no luck. Still using iPhoto 6.0.6.

A slow boot time can be caused by login items.
User Login Items:
    Flux
    NoSleep
    ClipMenu
    Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2
    BetterTouchTool
    USBOverdriveHelper
    TotalFinder
    Gmail Notifr
Open System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Items
Remove one login item noted above then restart your Mac to test. It may be one or multiple items causing the slow boot.

Since upgrading my phone to the iOS7, I can no longer download music or apps via my phone or computer - on my phone, it wont let me accept the 'terms

Since upgrading my phone to the iOS7, I can no longer download music or apps on neither my iphone or through itunes on my computer. On my phone, it won't let me accept the terms & conditions. On my computer, an error message keeps flashing up: 'Error (-50)'. Please help?...

Sounds like the device is in recovery mode. You will need to restore the phone. See this support document for instructions. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808

HT5569 Since upgrading to 7.1.1 last week, I can no longer connect to WIFI on my iPhone 4S

Since upgrading to 7.1.1 last week, I can no longer connect to WIFI on my iPhone 4S

No, it is not a known issue. It is a known non-issue. Try resetting your IMAP login ID and password. Both the incoming and outgoing. If that fails delete the account reboot the phone, and add it back.

Why can I no longer watch music videos in full screen mode via a playlist in the music app since upgrading to ios7?

Since upgrading to ios7 my iPhone 4S no longer allows me to watch music videos in full screen mode when I select the clips via a playlist from the music app.
It's now more necessary than before to use the music app rather than the video app to select music videos to play. That's because the video app doesn't list music videos by artist any more. And also because the fast forward and rewind buttons on headphones remote no longer work on videos.
How do I watch full screen videos when rotating my iphone now shows my music library rather than showing the video itself?

I do not think it is a problem to play videos in the full screen mode using the video app. It should work just fine, it does work ok for me on iphone 5. The original question was to play music videos in the music app. Music videos and videos are two different things - I am not sure why but they are.
The problem here is that the music app supports lists and the video app does not. I just looked at the ios7 video app and while my few test videos are shown in it, the lists they were in (in iTunes) are nowhere to be found. There is no lists in the video app - period - which is as it was before.
The video app plays videos and music videos in the full screen mode no problem but if you have a few hundreds or more of such videos you will have hard time finding the one you want to play. There is simply no way to categorize or group videos. The old good folders/directories are, I guess, too simple for Apple. It is just too bad that for years on end the world's leader in S/W development did not offer anything to categorize videos.
You have lists, albums, etc., for music, you have albums for pictures but you have absolutely nothing for videos. And this is and has been the Apple's state-of-the art solution for this problem - simply insist that the problem does not exist. Actually it is getting worse. Not only there is nothing to categorize or group videos but now the only way it could be done (by marking videos as music videos and using the music app) results in a mini playback area.
Soon this OS will be able to cook dinner for your but grouping videos... no way.
What is happening here???

Since upgrade, preferences no longer "stick"

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for