Why don't my settings persist after a reboot in Mac OS X 10.7.4?












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Every time I change my desktop background or the default application to open a file, OS X does it well. But when I restart, the changes are not saved.



Does anybody know whats happening?










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    Every time I change my desktop background or the default application to open a file, OS X does it well. But when I restart, the changes are not saved.



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      Every time I change my desktop background or the default application to open a file, OS X does it well. But when I restart, the changes are not saved.



      Does anybody know whats happening?










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      Every time I change my desktop background or the default application to open a file, OS X does it well. But when I restart, the changes are not saved.



      Does anybody know whats happening?







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          Let's investigate the wallpaper issue as its easier problem to investigate and will most likely solve the other problem.



          You might have a permissions problem. Take a look at:



           ls -la ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist


          Mine looks like this



          -rw------- 1 cmdcentral staff 2603 Feb 5 16:39 Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist



          if you open this file



          nano ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist


          You will find your wallpaper's location in there. I found mine in there somewhere, looking like this:



           `......^@^@^@_^P9/Users/cmdcentral/Pictures/1359637970_phpcode_287392.jpeg"G@Z~/PicturesUNeverO^P @^@^@^@^@ @^C^`


          See what your permissions are and compare them, also check if the location of your wallpaper is changing after you save it in System Preferences. Please also take a look if it is the same before you shutdown and after you start up. If your permissions seem correct but the problem persists we can take it to step two :)






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          • mine looks like this: -rw-r--r--+ 1 me staff 1585 Mar 25 2012 /Users/me/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plis AND in nano looks like this (even after restarting): /Users/me/Pictures/Ferrari-FF_2012_1600x1200_wallpaper_07a‌​utomotiveface.com_photo.jpg

            – alvizouri
            Mar 12 '13 at 19:27











          • It does seem like you have permission problems, giving more permissions than needed can also cause problems. Please do chmod -R 700 ~/Library/Preferences chown -R me:staff ~/Library/Preferences I have a feeling this might help. Let me know!

            – Cobolt
            Mar 13 '13 at 8:36













          • Everything got fixed up, but Chrome "Didn't shotdown properly"

            – alvizouri
            Mar 14 '13 at 4:03











          • So it's all working but chrome has that issues now?

            – Cobolt
            Mar 14 '13 at 9:03











          • Yes, some apps act weird, for example, 'recent open documents' appear always the same documents.

            – alvizouri
            Mar 16 '13 at 4:34











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          Let's investigate the wallpaper issue as its easier problem to investigate and will most likely solve the other problem.



          You might have a permissions problem. Take a look at:



           ls -la ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist


          Mine looks like this



          -rw------- 1 cmdcentral staff 2603 Feb 5 16:39 Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist



          if you open this file



          nano ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist


          You will find your wallpaper's location in there. I found mine in there somewhere, looking like this:



           `......^@^@^@_^P9/Users/cmdcentral/Pictures/1359637970_phpcode_287392.jpeg"G@Z~/PicturesUNeverO^P @^@^@^@^@ @^C^`


          See what your permissions are and compare them, also check if the location of your wallpaper is changing after you save it in System Preferences. Please also take a look if it is the same before you shutdown and after you start up. If your permissions seem correct but the problem persists we can take it to step two :)






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          • mine looks like this: -rw-r--r--+ 1 me staff 1585 Mar 25 2012 /Users/me/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plis AND in nano looks like this (even after restarting): /Users/me/Pictures/Ferrari-FF_2012_1600x1200_wallpaper_07a‌​utomotiveface.com_photo.jpg

            – alvizouri
            Mar 12 '13 at 19:27











          • It does seem like you have permission problems, giving more permissions than needed can also cause problems. Please do chmod -R 700 ~/Library/Preferences chown -R me:staff ~/Library/Preferences I have a feeling this might help. Let me know!

            – Cobolt
            Mar 13 '13 at 8:36













          • Everything got fixed up, but Chrome "Didn't shotdown properly"

            – alvizouri
            Mar 14 '13 at 4:03











          • So it's all working but chrome has that issues now?

            – Cobolt
            Mar 14 '13 at 9:03











          • Yes, some apps act weird, for example, 'recent open documents' appear always the same documents.

            – alvizouri
            Mar 16 '13 at 4:34
















          0














          Let's investigate the wallpaper issue as its easier problem to investigate and will most likely solve the other problem.



          You might have a permissions problem. Take a look at:



           ls -la ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist


          Mine looks like this



          -rw------- 1 cmdcentral staff 2603 Feb 5 16:39 Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist



          if you open this file



          nano ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist


          You will find your wallpaper's location in there. I found mine in there somewhere, looking like this:



           `......^@^@^@_^P9/Users/cmdcentral/Pictures/1359637970_phpcode_287392.jpeg"G@Z~/PicturesUNeverO^P @^@^@^@^@ @^C^`


          See what your permissions are and compare them, also check if the location of your wallpaper is changing after you save it in System Preferences. Please also take a look if it is the same before you shutdown and after you start up. If your permissions seem correct but the problem persists we can take it to step two :)






          share|improve this answer
























          • mine looks like this: -rw-r--r--+ 1 me staff 1585 Mar 25 2012 /Users/me/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plis AND in nano looks like this (even after restarting): /Users/me/Pictures/Ferrari-FF_2012_1600x1200_wallpaper_07a‌​utomotiveface.com_photo.jpg

            – alvizouri
            Mar 12 '13 at 19:27











          • It does seem like you have permission problems, giving more permissions than needed can also cause problems. Please do chmod -R 700 ~/Library/Preferences chown -R me:staff ~/Library/Preferences I have a feeling this might help. Let me know!

            – Cobolt
            Mar 13 '13 at 8:36













          • Everything got fixed up, but Chrome "Didn't shotdown properly"

            – alvizouri
            Mar 14 '13 at 4:03











          • So it's all working but chrome has that issues now?

            – Cobolt
            Mar 14 '13 at 9:03











          • Yes, some apps act weird, for example, 'recent open documents' appear always the same documents.

            – alvizouri
            Mar 16 '13 at 4:34














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          0








          0







          Let's investigate the wallpaper issue as its easier problem to investigate and will most likely solve the other problem.



          You might have a permissions problem. Take a look at:



           ls -la ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist


          Mine looks like this



          -rw------- 1 cmdcentral staff 2603 Feb 5 16:39 Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist



          if you open this file



          nano ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist


          You will find your wallpaper's location in there. I found mine in there somewhere, looking like this:



           `......^@^@^@_^P9/Users/cmdcentral/Pictures/1359637970_phpcode_287392.jpeg"G@Z~/PicturesUNeverO^P @^@^@^@^@ @^C^`


          See what your permissions are and compare them, also check if the location of your wallpaper is changing after you save it in System Preferences. Please also take a look if it is the same before you shutdown and after you start up. If your permissions seem correct but the problem persists we can take it to step two :)






          share|improve this answer













          Let's investigate the wallpaper issue as its easier problem to investigate and will most likely solve the other problem.



          You might have a permissions problem. Take a look at:



           ls -la ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist


          Mine looks like this



          -rw------- 1 cmdcentral staff 2603 Feb 5 16:39 Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist



          if you open this file



          nano ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist


          You will find your wallpaper's location in there. I found mine in there somewhere, looking like this:



           `......^@^@^@_^P9/Users/cmdcentral/Pictures/1359637970_phpcode_287392.jpeg"G@Z~/PicturesUNeverO^P @^@^@^@^@ @^C^`


          See what your permissions are and compare them, also check if the location of your wallpaper is changing after you save it in System Preferences. Please also take a look if it is the same before you shutdown and after you start up. If your permissions seem correct but the problem persists we can take it to step two :)







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          • mine looks like this: -rw-r--r--+ 1 me staff 1585 Mar 25 2012 /Users/me/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plis AND in nano looks like this (even after restarting): /Users/me/Pictures/Ferrari-FF_2012_1600x1200_wallpaper_07a‌​utomotiveface.com_photo.jpg

            – alvizouri
            Mar 12 '13 at 19:27











          • It does seem like you have permission problems, giving more permissions than needed can also cause problems. Please do chmod -R 700 ~/Library/Preferences chown -R me:staff ~/Library/Preferences I have a feeling this might help. Let me know!

            – Cobolt
            Mar 13 '13 at 8:36













          • Everything got fixed up, but Chrome "Didn't shotdown properly"

            – alvizouri
            Mar 14 '13 at 4:03











          • So it's all working but chrome has that issues now?

            – Cobolt
            Mar 14 '13 at 9:03











          • Yes, some apps act weird, for example, 'recent open documents' appear always the same documents.

            – alvizouri
            Mar 16 '13 at 4:34



















          • mine looks like this: -rw-r--r--+ 1 me staff 1585 Mar 25 2012 /Users/me/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plis AND in nano looks like this (even after restarting): /Users/me/Pictures/Ferrari-FF_2012_1600x1200_wallpaper_07a‌​utomotiveface.com_photo.jpg

            – alvizouri
            Mar 12 '13 at 19:27











          • It does seem like you have permission problems, giving more permissions than needed can also cause problems. Please do chmod -R 700 ~/Library/Preferences chown -R me:staff ~/Library/Preferences I have a feeling this might help. Let me know!

            – Cobolt
            Mar 13 '13 at 8:36













          • Everything got fixed up, but Chrome "Didn't shotdown properly"

            – alvizouri
            Mar 14 '13 at 4:03











          • So it's all working but chrome has that issues now?

            – Cobolt
            Mar 14 '13 at 9:03











          • Yes, some apps act weird, for example, 'recent open documents' appear always the same documents.

            – alvizouri
            Mar 16 '13 at 4:34

















          mine looks like this: -rw-r--r--+ 1 me staff 1585 Mar 25 2012 /Users/me/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plis AND in nano looks like this (even after restarting): /Users/me/Pictures/Ferrari-FF_2012_1600x1200_wallpaper_07a‌​utomotiveface.com_photo.jpg

          – alvizouri
          Mar 12 '13 at 19:27





          mine looks like this: -rw-r--r--+ 1 me staff 1585 Mar 25 2012 /Users/me/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plis AND in nano looks like this (even after restarting): /Users/me/Pictures/Ferrari-FF_2012_1600x1200_wallpaper_07a‌​utomotiveface.com_photo.jpg

          – alvizouri
          Mar 12 '13 at 19:27













          It does seem like you have permission problems, giving more permissions than needed can also cause problems. Please do chmod -R 700 ~/Library/Preferences chown -R me:staff ~/Library/Preferences I have a feeling this might help. Let me know!

          – Cobolt
          Mar 13 '13 at 8:36







          It does seem like you have permission problems, giving more permissions than needed can also cause problems. Please do chmod -R 700 ~/Library/Preferences chown -R me:staff ~/Library/Preferences I have a feeling this might help. Let me know!

          – Cobolt
          Mar 13 '13 at 8:36















          Everything got fixed up, but Chrome "Didn't shotdown properly"

          – alvizouri
          Mar 14 '13 at 4:03





          Everything got fixed up, but Chrome "Didn't shotdown properly"

          – alvizouri
          Mar 14 '13 at 4:03













          So it's all working but chrome has that issues now?

          – Cobolt
          Mar 14 '13 at 9:03





          So it's all working but chrome has that issues now?

          – Cobolt
          Mar 14 '13 at 9:03













          Yes, some apps act weird, for example, 'recent open documents' appear always the same documents.

          – alvizouri
          Mar 16 '13 at 4:34





          Yes, some apps act weird, for example, 'recent open documents' appear always the same documents.

          – alvizouri
          Mar 16 '13 at 4:34


















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