Trash fills with plist files?
Upgraded from 10.6.8 to Mavericks. Now the trash consistently gets filled with plist files. Any idea why?
Hardware Information:
iMac (20-inch, Early 2009)
iMac - model: iMac9,1
1 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 - VRAM: 256 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
AirPlay: Version: 1.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
Startup Items:
Digidesign Mbox 2 - Path: /Library/StartupItems/Digidesign Mbox 2
DigidesignLoader - Path: /Library/StartupItems/DigidesignLoader
M-Audio Firmware Loader - Path: /Library/StartupItems/M-Audio Firmware Loader
PACESupport - Path: /Library/StartupItems/PACESupport
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 23:39:47
Disk Information:
WDC WD3200AAJS-40H3A0 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 319.21 GB (138.99 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GA11N
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Digidesign Mbox 2
Generic Mass Storage Device
M-Audio USB Axiom 25
iLok iLok
EPSON EPSON Scanner
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Novation ZeRO MkII
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
DMI WD1600BB-00RDA0 400mbit - 400mbit max
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Stuff (disk1s2) /Volumes/Stuff: 159.7 GB (70.04 GB free)
OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro unknown_device 400mbit - 400mbit max
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Sessions (disk2s2) /Volumes/Sessions: 499.76 GB (453.52 GB free)
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.5.1)
net.telestream.driver.TelestreamAudio (1.0.5)
com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.7.2)
com.intego.kext.VirusBarrierKPI (10.6.18)
com.intego.kext.VirusBarrier.AppBarrierKPI (10.6.18)
com.intego.iokit.BehavioralKext (1)
com.intego.iokit.VBX6NKE (1)
com.intego.iokit.VirusBarrierX6Service (10.6.18)
com.digidesign.mbox2.driver (9.0f4)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[failed] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.barebones.textwrangler.plist
[loaded] com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon.plist
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.92969846-1A53-4DF9-AE0E-B7ED61AD1F4E.plist
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.EDD66539-9F21-4C63-B839-6B09D0B4167F.plist
[loaded] com.ciscosystems.ciscoconnect.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.ciscosystems.ciscoconnectupgrade.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.digidesign.fwfamily.helper.plist
[loaded] com.intego.commonservices.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.intego.commonservices.icalserver.plist
[loaded] com.intego.commonservices.metrics.kschecker.plist
[loaded] com.intego.netupdate.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.intego.PersonalBackup.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.intego.task.manager.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.intego.VirusBarrierX6.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.intego.VirusBarrierX6.scanner.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.line6.l6ksettingmgr.plist
[loaded] com.micromat.TechToolProDaemon.plist
[loaded] com.novation.automap.pluginhelper.plist
[loaded] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist
[loaded] com.prosofteng.DriveGenius.locum.plist
[loaded] PACESupport.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.bjango.istatmenusagent.plist
[loaded] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist
[loaded] com.intego.commonservices.statusitem.plist
[loaded] com.intego.netupdate.agent.plist
[loaded] com.intego.personalbackup.agent.plist
[loaded] com.intego.task.manager.notifier.plist
[loaded] com.intego.VirusBarrierX6.alert.plist
[not loaded] com.intego.VirusBarrierX6.statusitem.plist
[loaded] com.micromat.TechToolProAgent.plist
[loaded] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc-user-agent.plist
[loaded] com.prosofteng.DGMonitor.plist
[failed] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist
User Login Items:
Caffeine
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Citrix Online Plug-in
DigidesignMbox2
Digidesign Mbox 2 Pro
Flash Player
Line6AudioMIDI
NetUpdate
TechTool Protection
WacomTablet
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
CitrixICAClientPlugIn.plugin
Default Browser.plugin
DirectorShockwave.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
iLokClientHelper.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
WebEx.plugin
WebEx64.plugin
Bad Fonts:
None
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: NO
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
15% Finder
2% WindowServer
2% SystemUIServer
1% Folder Actions Dispatcher
1% MidiAutomapClient
1% EtreCheck
0% fontd
0% AutomapServer
0% EPSON Scanner
0% taskgated
Top Processes by Memory:
319 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
197 MB virusbarriers
115 MB Finder
98 MB WindowServer
90 MB Mail
74 MB Dock
74 MB SystemUIServer
57 MB mds_stores
57 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
49 MB Safari
Virtual Memory Statistics:
4.79 GB Free RAM
1.97 GB Active RAM
227 MB Inactive RAM
778 MB Wired RAM
619 MB Page-ins
72 KB Page-outs
Thanks for helping me with this!!!
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I remembered seeing this (black on black .plists) mentioned before, dug around and found this topic at macrumors.
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Can I upload music from iPhone4 using iTunesMatch?
I replaced my iMac recently. I want to transfer my entire music library from my iPhone4 to the iTunes library on my new iMac. What is the best way to do this?