Useless Plists

How can I erase the plists that are no longer in use?
ie. I deleted the Tiger Woods PGA Tour game and still when I go to ~/Library/Preferences the .plist file is still there..
I COULD erase them one by one.. but i don't know which plist is of which program.. what can happen if i erase the whole Preferences folder?

wel.. i moved all the plists (the ones under Users and the one under System) to another folder..
restarted the computer. and viola! it was like a freshly new mac again..
all the preferences and shortcuts go back to the default state. nothing is erased! and your keychain is intact as well, so all that time collecting wireless network keys, didn't went away! but! i still need to choose them from the list, they don't connect automatically. a new PPoP connection was created (i don't know why :S) mail accounts where erased. bookmarks, photos (in iphoto), music (in itunes) all where still there. with the little twitch that when you opened an app it was like the first time opening it. I did have to re-entered various serial numbers again (ie. iWork, Quicktime Pro, Flip4Mac, DivX Pro) i have other programs with serial that didn't need it (ie. ScreenFlow, Onyx)
that's about it! and no trace of previously used and erased programs.
thanks everyone!

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Oops! I made it worse!!

I tried taking .plist files that are attached to apps no longer in my computer out as well as some seemingly useless .plist files belonging to Yahoo! (which I do use) and I put them on the desktop. Now, things are worse than before.
I am not even sure how to put these back.
Does anyone know how I can get these files back where they came from (if I need to put them back). I am unsure of what to do.
help, please.

Your answers were very reassuring that I did not make things worse. In fact, after I posted this I shut down my laptop and in a few hours I decided to check for any answers to my problem and surprisingly everything was like it was before I moved the .plist files. They were replaced with new ones, I guess. Now I am back with the 'other' old problems:
I set up an Airport Extreme BaseStation and went wireless about 6 weeks ago. Things have gotten really slow loading pages while I am online. I read the two posts to my query and when I hit "reply" to write this I had to wait almost 15 minutes, for this page to type my reply on, to appear. I have to wait forever for pages to load online.
Interestingly, during these long load times I can hit the "stop loading" icon and then the "reload the current page" and in 1 out of 4 times, the loading will very quickly produce the page! I've even done this once, nothing happens, and hit "stop" then "reload" the second time and there it is: the quick loading producing the desired page.
Sometimes a loading page will produce a partial page and over the next 10+/- minutes the rest of the page will SSSLLLOOOWWWLLLYYY appear.
This is annoying!!! I've been reading other posts and that's where I got the idea using ONYX and MONOLINGUAL could help. ONYX and MONOLINGUAL seemed to help performance in some ways but the slow loading when online remained. I do not know what else to do! I am afraid I am going to do damage I don't know how to repair.
Your help is greatly appreciated!

QuickView uses EXIF data for preview, even when bogus. A plist to turn that off?

We moved to MBPs with SnowLeopard recently and just found that many downloaded images usually from publicity or stock-photo sites - give distorted or no preview when we use QuickView (tapping the space-bar) on them in the Finder.
Some investigation showed that the distorted images have EXIF data tha has either been corrued or purposefully messed with. Here's an example where the QV preview widget opens to the width of the screen but at minimum height:
Image width          : 4992
Image height          : 6666
Number of bits per component          : {8,8,8}
Compression scheme          : uncompressed
Pixel composition          : RGB
Orientation of image          : 1
Unknown tag (0)          : 0,0,3,0
X resolution          : 0.0 ppi (pixel per inch)
Y resolution          : 300.0 ppi (pixel per inch)
Image data arrangement          : 1
Resolution unit          : inch
Software          : Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh
File date and time          : 2009:02:20 15:47:58
-- Exif IFD --          :
Color Space          : Uncalibrated
Valid image width in pixel          : 2250
Valid image height in pixel          : 3000
-- Thumbnail IFD --          :
Compression scheme          : JPEG
X resolution          : 300.0 ppi (pixel per inch)
Y resolution          : 300.0 ppi (pixel per inch)
Resolution unit          : inch
Offset to JPEG SOI          : 394
Bytes of JPEG data          : 3933
The EXIF data says the X resolution is 0.0ppi.
These files all open fine in Photoshop or Graphic Converter. Sometimes GC's resolution tool shows that the horizontal & vertical resolutions are different (300 x 0.3 for example) and I can correct it, re-save the jpeg image. and QV then previews them just fine in the Finder.
Most, however only have this bogus resolution in the EXIF data and evidently QuickView preferentially uses that info.
There are tools that can be used to simply carpet bomb the EXIF data of a batch of files, but most of it is useful to us so we'd rathr not rsort to that. Is there a QV plist where clever folks can edit it so QV uses the actual image resolution rather than what's in the EXIF data?
Incidentally, QV in Leopard ignored this data which is why we only now began to encounter images where QV is useless. Bogus EXIF resolutions have probebly been in image headers for years and we did not realize it until we found SnowLeopard's Finder payed attention to them.

We moved to MBPs with SnowLeopard recently and just found that many downloaded images usually from publicity or stock-photo sites - give distorted or no preview when we use QuickView (tapping the space-bar) on them in the Finder.
Some investigation showed that the distorted images have EXIF data tha has either been corrued or purposefully messed with. Here's an example where the QV preview widget opens to the width of the screen but at minimum height:
Image width          : 4992
Image height          : 6666
Number of bits per component          : {8,8,8}
Compression scheme          : uncompressed
Pixel composition          : RGB
Orientation of image          : 1
Unknown tag (0)          : 0,0,3,0
X resolution          : 0.0 ppi (pixel per inch)
Y resolution          : 300.0 ppi (pixel per inch)
Image data arrangement          : 1
Resolution unit          : inch
Software          : Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh
File date and time          : 2009:02:20 15:47:58
-- Exif IFD --          :
Color Space          : Uncalibrated
Valid image width in pixel          : 2250
Valid image height in pixel          : 3000
-- Thumbnail IFD --          :
Compression scheme          : JPEG
X resolution          : 300.0 ppi (pixel per inch)
Y resolution          : 300.0 ppi (pixel per inch)
Resolution unit          : inch
Offset to JPEG SOI          : 394
Bytes of JPEG data          : 3933
The EXIF data says the X resolution is 0.0ppi.
These files all open fine in Photoshop or Graphic Converter. Sometimes GC's resolution tool shows that the horizontal & vertical resolutions are different (300 x 0.3 for example) and I can correct it, re-save the jpeg image. and QV then previews them just fine in the Finder.
Most, however only have this bogus resolution in the EXIF data and evidently QuickView preferentially uses that info.
There are tools that can be used to simply carpet bomb the EXIF data of a batch of files, but most of it is useful to us so we'd rathr not rsort to that. Is there a QV plist where clever folks can edit it so QV uses the actual image resolution rather than what's in the EXIF data?
Incidentally, QV in Leopard ignored this data which is why we only now began to encounter images where QV is useless. Bogus EXIF resolutions have probebly been in image headers for years and we did not realize it until we found SnowLeopard's Finder payed attention to them.

How do I empty iTunes cache.. what is a .plist?

Hi, I am using iTunes v7, I have updated my cover-flow and now I keep getting the spinning beach ball, fairly regularly... about every two minutes, and it will spin for a minute or so before coming back...
I have read in the forums that emptying the cache and deleting .apple.itunes.plist... how do I go about both tasks? What is a .plist?
Can anyone help me .... its driving me bananas
Thanks in advance....

Thanks again Meg... the G4 is pretty old now (10 years-ish) but it is a bit of a monster... 2x 500 gig + 128gig HD for Apps and OS only... 2 gig RAM (I know the bus speed is quite slow) Dual 1.2 Ghz CPU's
OS 10.4.11 Radreon 9800 pro graphics.... etc, It only started the spinning ball thing since I updated the album art/ coverflow.... all was fine before then.... I did try a couple of third party apps that were useless and I trashed them... getcoverart... findart.. that sort of thing.
I will try dumping the .plist and do a reboot and see what happens... I will be back.
Thanks again for helping me Meg, I am terrified of losing my library (35 gig) like I have in the past.
Its taken literally years to accumulate.... blooming ball is driving me to distraction tho... itunes just hangs... music keeps playing tho... ???

What is this thing? how do I make it not useless?

Greetings.
OS 10.4.8
macbook (et al)
I used to be able to simply type something in the finder window and it would return files that actually contained what I typed.
Now, now matter what I type, I end up with hundreds of completely unrelated items that aren't even close.
I could ask my 3 year old nephew and get as many useless, waste of time replies.
I've looked through the archives here and found many philisophical discussions of who said what, why designers make what choices, who likes what and why, etc.....
None of that helps me figure out (not that I was able to find - maybe the group search engine is also using spotlight!!!) how to actually find stuff that I need to locate NOW (like I used to be able to do), and NOT have to reset the window view to get rid of the groups, extra unneeded tool bars, etc......
Please help me regain my former efficiency.
Much appreciated.
ht

I'll give you a head start since I know you have a lot of reading from the last post...
When you type something into the search oval of a Finder window, it looks for that term in the metadata (filename, keywords, file type, supplementary data, etc) and content (for files seen as containing searchable text content).
This is what accounts for your seemingly unrelated hits.
You could narrow the search to look only at metadata, which in many-but not all-cases will effectively limit it to the name, by preceding the search term with "
For example to find files with the term house in the metadata, you would enter "house. Conversely, you could limit the search to content only by using ' . This works in both the Spotlight window at the top right of your screen (the magnifying glass) and in the Cmd-F window.
For more directed queries-like when you really only want to search for filename-you can use the criteria lines in the Cmd-F window (alone or in conjunction with a term in the search oval)
EDIT:
It is possible to change the search defaults to Name:Contains in Cmd-F.
You do it by editing the default_smart.plist file:
/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/default_smart.plist
When you get to Finder.app, rt/cmd-click and choose Show Package Contents to gain access to the Contents folder.
In TextEdit (or the Property List Editor if you installed the Developer Tools package from the OSX DVD) add the following section within the <array> area:
<dict>
<key>FXSliceKind</key>
<string>Snam</string>
</dict>

Loginwindow.plist gets corrupted after a restart

Hello,
I have an installer package that, aside from installing components, modifies the loginwindow.plist such that it adds entries for my components. The installer works fine on Tiger and Panther OSes btw.
However, on Leopard, the loginwindow.plist file gets corrupted after a restart. As a result, the components which I have added in the plist do not run automatically - rendering them useless to the user unless it is manually launched/run.
Deleting the file and installing my own loginwindow.plist file solves the problem but this isn't an ideal solution.
Is the loginwindow issue a known OS issue? Has there been a change with the loginwindow.plist format for Leopard such that modifications need to follow a certain text encoding? Can anyone provide solutions as to how this issue can be avoided?

The .plist is in your user library.
Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist.
After you remove it, you need to restart.

I downloaded itunes upgrade now it does not work com.apple.ipod.plist

com.apple.ipod.plist
this was in a download but i can not access i tunes since i did the upgrade sept, 21st of this year...

Why not? What happens when trying to use it?
"Will not work" is useless when asking for help. Without specifics, no assistance can be provided.

Fade's are useless !!!!!!!!!!!

man this stoopid fade out with audio from any random place is just complete rubbish, it makes this programme totally useless.

...except it won't make right turns...
do you need right turns in the UK? .. ok, kiddin'...
back to level "Start"..
...this stoopid fade out with audio from any random place...
so, you did trash the .plist?... this is for "resetting" iM....
and I understand you correctly:
you add an audio fade to a clip; but then, you hear in that fade some audio from other parts of the clip?? never heard of that...
have you tried that "rubberband" feature to adjust audio-levels?
quoting the tutorial (http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/imovie/im3-3.html)
To place a soft fade at the new song ending, select Show Clip Volume Levels from the View menu. Your song will now show a line indicating it has a constant audio level setting for the entire song. To fade the end of the song, click the end of the clip level line and drag it to the bottom of the clip. Notice only the end of the line changes, indicated by the yellow color. This shows the volume is fading out at the new end of your song.
50gig free is excellent for work with video projects...
let's hope, someone else joins this thread....
sorry, I'm no help...

Phone warm, battery awful, panic.plist

Out of nowhere, the phone turned itself off. Hard restart, then horrible battery life. After digging around, I came across a panic.plist in the diagnostics...is this an indication of my problem? Right now I get about 2 hours on the battery and that's with almost everything turned off. I don't want to constantly put the phone in Airplane Mode...defeats the purpose of being connected. Also, this will make the phone completely useless while in meetings.
Any ideas? I am reluctant to go through the hassle of resetting if at the end of the day it's a hardware issue....
Thanks,
Eric

From Home Screen double press Home Button very quickly, then in bottom row of Icons press and hold one until Red Minus sign appears. Press left one continously until you have deleted all Apps from memory. See if this helps.

Anybody know what is prefsrbs1.plist?

Drive genius says "The preference file at '/Users/gds/Library/Preferences/prefsrbs1.plist' may be corrupted. Corrupted files can cause application crashes and should be moved to the Trash."
I go to that location and can't find the file to delete it. Anybody know what it is? Or how to find it? Tried Spotlight and manual search in the location described. Nothing!

How to maintain a Mac
1. Make redundant backups, keeping at least one off site at all times. One backup is not enough. Don’t back up your backups; make them independent of each other. Don’t rely completely on any single backup method, such as Time Machine. If you get an indication that a backup has failed, don't ignore it.
2. Keep your software up to date. In the Software Update preference pane, you can configure automatic notifications of updates to OS X and other Mac App Store products. Some third-party applications from other sources have a similar feature, if you don’t mind letting them phone home. Otherwise you have to check yourself on a regular basis. This is especially important for complex software that modifies the operating system, such as device drivers. Before installing any Apple update, you must check that all such modifications that you use are compatible.
3. Don't install crapware, such as “themes,” "haxies," “add-ons,” “toolbars,” “enhancers," “optimizers,” “accelerators,” "boosters," “extenders,” “cleaners,” "doctors," "tune-ups," “defragmenters,” “firewalls,” "barriers," “guardians,” “defenders,” “protectors,” most “plugins,” commercial "virus scanners,” "disk tools," or "utilities." With very few exceptions, this stuff is useless, or worse than useless.
The more actively promoted the product, the more likely it is to be garbage. The most extreme example is the “MacKeeper” scam.
As a rule, the only software you should install is that which directly enables you to do the things you use a computer for — such as creating, communicating, and playing — and does not modify the way other software works. Use your computer; don't fuss with it.
Never install any third-party software unless you know how to uninstall it. Otherwise you may create problems that are very hard to solve.
The free anti-malware application ClamXav is not crap, and although it’s not routinely needed, it may be useful in some environments, such as a mixed Mac-Windows enterprise network.
4. Beware of trojans. A trojan is malicious software (“malware”) that the user is duped into installing voluntarily. Such attacks were rare on the Mac platform until sometime in 2011, but are now increasingly common, and increasingly dangerous.
There is some built-in protection against downloading malware, but you can’t rely on it — the attackers are always at least one day ahead of the defense. You can’t rely on third-party protection either. What you can rely on is common-sense awareness — not paranoia, which only makes you more vulnerable.
Never install software from an untrustworthy or unknown source. If in doubt, do some research. Any website that prompts you to install a “codec” or “plugin” that comes from the same site, or an unknown site, is untrustworthy. Software with a corporate brand, such as Adobe Flash Player, must be acquired directly from the developer. No intermediary is acceptable, and don’t trust links unless you know how to parse them. Any file that is automatically downloaded from a web page without your having requested it should go straight into the Trash. A website that claims you have a “virus,” or that anything else is wrong with your computer, is rogue.
In OS X 10.7.5 or later, downloaded applications and Installer packages that have not been digitally signed by a developer registered with Apple are blocked from loading by default. The block can be overridden, but think carefully before you do so.
Because of recurring security issues in Java, it’s best to disable it in your web browsers, if it’s installed. Few websites have Java content nowadays, so you won’t be missing much. This action is mandatory if you’re running any version of OS X older than 10.6.8 with the latest Java update. Note: Java has nothing to do with JavaScript, despite the similar names. Don't install Java unless you're sure you need it. Most people don't.
5. Don't fill up your boot volume. A common mistake is adding more and more large files to your home folder until you start to get warnings that you're out of space, which may be followed in short order by a boot failure. This is more prone to happen on the newer Macs that come with an internal SSD instead of the traditional hard drive. The drive can be very nearly full before you become aware of the problem. While it's not true that you should or must keep any particular percentage of space free, you should monitor your storage consumption and make sure you're not in immediate danger of using it up. According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB of free space on the startup volume for normal operation.
If storage space is running low, use a tool such as the free application OmniDiskSweeper to explore your volume and find out what's taking up the most space. Move rarely-used large files to secondary storage.
6. Relax, don’t do it. Besides the above, no routine maintenance is necessary or beneficial for the vast majority of users; specifically not “cleaning caches,” “zapping the PRAM,” "resetting the SMC," “rebuilding the directory,” "defragmenting the drive," “running periodic scripts,” “dumping logs,” "deleting temp files," “scanning for viruses,” "purging memory," "checking for bad blocks," "testing the hardware," or “repairing permissions.” Such measures are either completely pointless or are useful only for solving problems, not for prevention.
The very height of futility is running an expensive third-party application called “Disk Warrior” when nothing is wrong, or even when something is wrong and you have backups, which you must have. Disk Warrior is a data-salvage tool, not a maintenance tool, and you will never need it if your backups are adequate. Don’t waste money on it or anything like it.

IPad 2 all apps crashing - LowMemory.Plist

Hello,
I have had since launch, an iPad 2 and I've always been very happy with it. I have never suffered any issues with it and have not bothered to jailbreak or mess with it in any way.
However, today, the iPad began to operate strangely. Every single application / game I opened would after several seconds crash out back to the desktop, with Safari being the most serious culprit, bombing out repeatedly even after being reopened seconds later.
When the Systems Settings window and Mail apps started doing the same I worried that something was going seriously wrong. I closed all and any running apps and deleted off any unused or unrequired data (videos / documents backed up to iCloud) and then performed a reset on the iPad.
However, there was no change, an app would be fine for a few seconds and crash back to desktop.
Knowing I had backed up all my data I performed a full restore and reinstall of iOS 5.1.1 (which I had recently updated on to the iPad the other day)
The iPad was fine for about 5 minutes but then went back to normal. Every app lasting a random amount of time before crashing back to the desktop.
In desperation I enabled the diagnostics and usage setting and carried on using the iPad. Within 15 minutes I had 8 plist files in the Diagnostics & Usage window and all were titled LowMemory- with a numeric code which I deciphered as a time and date in reverse.
It would seem that my iPad runs out of memory even when only a single app is running, regardless of the app.
I have tried all of my apps now from Plants vs Zombies to Pages, from System Settings to SketchPad and they all last between a minute to five minutes and then crash out. As of this moment my iPad is worse than useless.
I have booked in an appointment with The "Genius" bar on Thursday, but frankly if there is any way to resolve this issue before then I would really appreciate it, given that I use the iPad as much as my desktop computer.
Thanks in advance

You know we would all like to solve it for you but so many people are in the same boat as you. Wait till the next update, sorry not much help I know but all I can offer.

Delete Pixelmator plist

Pixelmator app is locking up. Will deleting plist help?
Running Mountain Lion 10.8.4
Thanks,
Lenny.

Well in fact, I can put it in the bin but when I want to clean the bin the message is impossible to delete because it is in use.
Of course it's not heavy but useless anyway !

I have one of the old macbooks and wish to hook it up to my tv. do i need a mini dvi to hdmi adapter plus a 3 rca phono lead with a jack for the sound. please help as im useless at this stuff. cheers

i have one of the old macbooks and wish to hook it up to my tv. do i need a mini dvi to hdmi adapter plus a 3 rca phono lead with a jack for the sound. please help as im useless at this stuff. cheers

First we need to know which one of the 9 different models of MacBook you have. To see which model you have go to the Apple in the upper left corner and select About This Mac, then click on More Info (and then System Report if you’re running 10.7 Lion). When System Profiler comes up check the Model Identifier and post it back here.
The Late 2008 model 5,1 Aluminum Unibody and the Late 2009 model 6,1 and Mid 2010 model 7,1 White Unibody have a Mini DisplayPort. The Early 2006 model 1,1 through Early 2008 model 4,1s plus the Early and Mid 2009 model 5,2s have Mini-DVI ports. Each would take a different adapter to connect with the TV.

Multiple (but separate) domain problem & Apple's slow and useless response

I am having problem with multiple (but separate) domain. I opened a ticket.
Here is Apple's slow and useless response and my follow up.
This follow up is not going to resolve the issues I am having. The sites are not in one domain file. I have split them into separate domains. I found that the simplest change to any page made the publishing process extremely and reasonably slow. If I updated a single site, iWeb republishes the whole conglomeration; hardly the most efficient way.
I have several directories under the ~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/ directory with separate Domain.sites2 files for each site:
consultingAM.com
DarkAssassinMovie.com
Fuzzy Llama Junior Optimist Club
GulfportOptimist.com
OptimistView
pAwesomeProductions.com
www.nfdoi.com
With the previous version of iWeb, I navigated to a specific ~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/ directory, selected the Domain.site file, and opened it. This would open iWeb with the selected domain. Several of the sites have their blog page with the RSS subscribe option.
Once I made the update, all I usually had to do was publish site and all was well. Occasionally, I would have to do a publish all if I changed domains. All in all, I had no problems with publishing once I found the right steps to be able to maintain multiple domains.
Now, using the default publish or publish all process, all I get is the last site I published. In order to get things semi-functional, I published a site, then I would go to iDisk/Web/Sites/ directory, select the folder name for the site I had just published, then copy it or move it to iDisk/Web/Sites/iWeb directory. This was rather slow and I suspect it is not an approved solution, but it semi-worked. My sites are back up, but they are not fully functional.
Is there anyway to get back to using the ~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/ directory (separate Domain.sites file for each site) process to publish multiple sites? If not, is there any way to suck in the various domains back into one? If that is possible, will it take hours to publish the combined 2-3GB like it did with the previous version?
How do I reverse the 'personal domain' process? I do not want to do this at this time. I just wanted to see what the steps were. I have done the first step, but not the second.
I was glad to see some of the changes made in the upgrade (web widgets, maps, html snippets, theme switching), but I am too happy about the changes made by the upgrade process. In the past, I upgraded my Apple related stuff as soon as it came out. Based on this upgrade, that won't happen again.
It took you guys 5 days to get back to me (during which time several of my sites were down) and I do not believe the information you provided is going to solve my specific problems. I am very disappointed with the results of this upgrade. Clearly there was inadequate testing of this product before it was released. I cannot recall seeing the Apple discussion forums with hundreds of topics and thousands of posts within a week or two of a new release. Apple had to upgrade iWeb in the first week, another poor sign.
Apple is beginning to slip back to the pack; all vendors all below average. Apple is getting more like Microsoft everyday. First Apple delays the release of an OS upgrade so they can concentrate on a freaking phone, now you release software that is so buggy it should be classified as beta at best.
Some of the changes/problem I am seeing since the upgrade (in addition to the problems mentioned previously) are:
layout changes; some of my pages no longer look the same; same of the changes are so bad the pages are unreadable
broken photo pages; some of my photo pages no longer work; some of them have no text or pictures
file/page name changes; why would Apple change the location of the files; now my domains are not pointing right location; special characters (like spaces, ampersands, etc.) are handled differently in this version; specifically, I see that spaces are changed to underscores (_); iWeb used to use '%20' for spaces; what was Apple thinking?
broken 3rd party themes; I know Apple is not responsible for 3rd party themes, but you should certainly be aware that they exist
Based on what I am seeing online, most of the people who are complaining about major iWeb issues are not newbies; based on the technical details in the threads, there are clearly some experienced people who are trying to figure things outw. I have lost many hours trying to figure this mess out. I now have to review hundreds of pages to try get things to look and work the way they did before the upgrade. I have had to handle dozens of phone calls and emails from my viewers and subscribers trying to explain the situation.
I googled 'iweb 08 *****' and got nearly 50,000 hits! I think Apple better get in front of this train before it gets run over.
On Aug 19, 2007, at 11:09 AM, .Mac Support wrote:
Dear David,
I understand that you are experiencing an issue viewing some of your websites published in iWeb:
I have examined all of the published pages and they appear to load and function as expected. If you published your website to .Mac, you can visit it either of these ways:
- In iWeb, click the Visit button in the lower-left corner.
- Enter the following URL into a web browser:
http://web.mac.com/daviddawley/
If you have published more than one website, the URL above will take you to the default website, which is the first website listed in iWeb. To visit another website you have created in iWeb, use the following URL format:
http://web.mac.com/daviddawley/iWeb/YourSiteName
Using this form, the web addresses for the two sites you mentioned would be:
http://web.mac.com/daviddawley/iWeb/FuzzyLlamaJuniorOptimist.com
http://web.mac.com/daviddawley/iWeb/pAwesomeProductions.com
To change the default website, simply open iWeb, and in the Site Organizer, drag the desired default website to the top and republish to .Mac.
NOTE: Be sure to give each website a unique name. This will help prevent one website from overwriting another. For further information, refer to the following article:
iWeb: Do not use similar names for your sites
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n303042
If you still experience issues with the website, try the following troubleshooting steps:
WAIT SEVERAL MINUTES
If your website has movies, you may need to wait several minutes after going to the website before the movies are ready to play. The QuickTime Player icon indicates that a movie is still loading.
CLEAR YOUR BROWSER CACHE
If you use Safari, you can clear your browser cache by choosing Empty Cache from the Safari menu. If you use another browser, consult that browser’s documentation if you need assistance in clearing your browser cache.
UPDATE YOUR BROWSER
Make sure you are using the latest available version of your web browser when viewing pages published in iWeb. If you use Safari, you can check for updates by choosing Software Update from the Apple menu. If there are any available Safari, Security, or Mac OS X updates, install those updates and try looking at your website again.
If you use another browser, consult that browser’s documentation if you need assistance in updating the browser.
TRY ANOTHER BROWSER
If you use a Mac, try viewing your website with Safari or Firefox. If you use Windows, try Internet Explorer 6 or Firefox. Firefox is a free download available here: http://getfirefox.com
TRY ANOTHER NETWORK
If possible, try viewing your website from another network or Internet connection. If you can successfully view the website from another network, please consult your network administrator or Internet service provider (ISP) to resolve this issue.
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Support Subject : iWeb
Sub Issue : I can't publish to .Mac from iWeb
Comments : I was interested in forwarding one of several iWeb based sites to one of my domains. I wanted to see what the steps were. I believe I inadvertently started the process for moving the site to www.nfdoi.com site. I have several sub directories under the ~/Library/Application Support/iWeb directory with separate domain.sites files (now domain.sites2).
I was going through all of my domain.sites files and opening them in iWeb08; then publishing them. Somewhere along the line everything blew up. Most of my iWeb sites no longer function, It appears that every other iweb site other www.nfdoi.com is down EXCEPT the last one I published. I have made a mess of things and would appreciate any help.
Don't work:
http://web.mac.com/daviddawley/FuzzyLlamaJuniorOptimist.com
http://web.mac.com/daviddawley/pAwesomeProductions.com
Works:
http://web.mac.com/daviddawley/Optimist_View/OptimistView.com/OptimistView.com.h tml
========= PLEASE USE THE SPACE ABOVE TO DESCRIBE THE ISSUE BASED ON THE QUESTIONS BELOW =========
1. What version of iWeb are you using to publish to .Mac? iLife 08
2. When did you first notice this issue? After publishing a few sites.
3. What happens, including any error messages, when you try to publish your site?
--------------------- Additional Info -------------------------
Alternate email address : [email protected]
OS Version : Mac OS X 10.4.10
Browser Type : Safari 2.x
Category : I can't publish to .Mac from iWeb
Connection Type :Other
TrackID: 4154168

Just got off the phone with Apple Support. There procedure was the following:
1. Go to the Apple TV, select settings, general and scroll down to reset.
2. Select reset and then select reset all
Apple TV will go through a restart after the reset and you will have to select your network then log in with your network or Airport Express password. You will then have to turn on home sharing and It will then ask you for your Apple ID for the iTunes store and then the password. At this point you may not see your library, because the Apple TV wants you to turn on home sharing on your home computer that is hosting the movie library. Turn off home sharing on that computer, restart iTunes and turn on home sharing again. After this is done you should be able to see you library listed under the computer.
After going through these steps, when I select an HD movie from my iTunes library the movie comes up after about a 5 second delay.
Hope this helps! I am back up for business.

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quad:~ username.sa$ defaults read /Applications/Utilities/Adobe\ Flash\ Player\ Install\ Manager.app/Contents/Info.plist
2014-06-26 15:03:59.588 defaults[49157:507]
Domain /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Flash Player Install Manager.app/Contents/Info.plist does not exist
quad:~ username.sa$ ls -l /Applications/Utilities/Adobe\ Flash\ Player\ Install\ Manager.app/Contents/Info.plist
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1344 May 28 12:02 /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Flash Player Install Manager.app/Contents/Info.plist
quad:~ username.sa$ cat /Applications/Utilities/Adobe\ Flash\ Player\ Install\ Manager.app/Contents/Info.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>BuildMachineOSBuild</key>
<string>12E55</string>
<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>English</string>
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>Adobe Flash Player Install Manager</string>
<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
<string>FlashPlayerInstaller.icns</string>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.adobe.flashplayer.installmanager</string>
<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
<string>6.0</string>
<key>CFBundleName</key>
<string>Adobe Flash Player Install Manager</string>
<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
<string>APPL</string>
<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
<string>????</string>
<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
<string>14.0.0.125</string>
<key>DTCompiler</key>
<string>com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0</string>
<key>DTPlatformBuild</key>
<string>4H1503</string>
<key>DTPlatformVersion</key>
<string>GM</string>
<key>DTSDKBuild</key>
<string>10K549</string>
<key>DTSDKName</key>
<string>macosx10.6</string>
<key>DTXcode</key>
<string>0463</string>
<key>DTXcodeBuild</key>
<string>4H1503</string>
<key>NSMainNibFile</key>
<string>FPIMMain</string>
<key>NSPrincipalClass</key>
<string>NSApplication</string>
</dict>
</plist>
The file is there. It is readable. I can read it... just not with the 'defaults' command. This is with all plists on all of my Macs.

Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party software that loads automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. You must hold down the shift key twice: once when you turn on the computer, and again when you log in.
Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a Fusion Drive or a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to start up and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models. The next normal startup may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually login automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
After testing, restart as usual (not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of the test.

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