Preferences Check - Errors Found
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From: John Hill on 14 Apr 2010 04:47 I asked OnyX to check my preferences and it reported: /Users/johnhill/Library/Preferences/com.apple.xecurit.plist: Conversion of string failed. The string is empty. /Users/johnhill/Library/Preferences/com.apple.xecurity.plist: Conversion of string failed. The string is empty. The former was last modified on 1December 2008 (before I bought this iMac) and the latter was last modified on 2 June 2009. Does this matter, and if it does what should I do about it? -- Please reply to john at yclept dot wanadoo dot co dot uk.
From: David Kennedy on 14 Apr 2010 15:50 John Hill wrote: > I asked OnyX to check my preferences and it reported: > /Users/johnhill/Library/Preferences/com.apple.xecurit.plist: Conversion > of string failed. The string is empty. > /Users/johnhill/Library/Preferences/com.apple.xecurity.plist: Conversion > of string failed. The string is empty. > > The former was last modified on 1December 2008 (before I bought this > iMac) and the latter was last modified on 2 June 2009. > > Does this matter, and if it does what should I do about it? > Disk Utility or for that matter any of a number of other utilities will report on and if required repair permissions. I used to Run MacJanitor with earlier versions of OS X but haven't bothered recently. Dodgy permissions /can/ occasionally cause problems but - IME - not often. If you're worried run Disk Utility. -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: zoara on 14 Apr 2010 18:55 John Hill <nemo(a)erewhon.invalid> wrote: > I asked OnyX to check my preferences and it reported: > /Users/johnhill/Library/Preferences/com.apple.xecurit.plist: > Conversion > of string failed. The string is empty. > /Users/johnhill/Library/Preferences/com.apple.xecurity.plist: > Conversion > of string failed. The string is empty. > > The former was last modified on 1December 2008 (before I bought this > iMac) and the latter was last modified on 2 June 2009. > > Does this matter, and if it does what should I do about it? Personal opinion - it sounds more like the developers of Onyx forgot to (properly) deal with the possibility of empty strings, rather than there being any actual problem with your system. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 14 Apr 2010 19:15 On 14 Apr 2010 22:55:03 GMT, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: >John Hill <nemo(a)erewhon.invalid> wrote: >> I asked OnyX to check my preferences and it reported: >> /Users/johnhill/Library/Preferences/com.apple.xecurit.plist: >> Conversion >> of string failed. The string is empty. >> /Users/johnhill/Library/Preferences/com.apple.xecurity.plist: >> Conversion >> of string failed. The string is empty. >> >> The former was last modified on 1December 2008 (before I bought this >> iMac) and the latter was last modified on 2 June 2009. >> >> Does this matter, and if it does what should I do about it? > >Personal opinion - it sounds more like the developers of Onyx forgot to >(properly) deal with the possibility of empty strings, rather than there >being any actual problem with your system. I thought that, then thought that possibly the string is empty *after* conversion, which shows a different screwup. Either way, I guess it's not going to be something that matters. John, is the spelling right on "com.apple.xecurity.plist"? I don't have one of those, but I do have a "com.apple.security.plist" which refers to my keychain. Cheers - Jaimie -- Cartography: The fine art of loading cars into ballistas and flinging them into walls -- http://www.frozenreality.co.uk/comic/bunny/index.php?id=585
From: John Hill on 15 Apr 2010 04:22 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > On 14 Apr 2010 22:55:03 GMT, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > >John Hill <nemo(a)erewhon.invalid> wrote: > >> I asked OnyX to check my preferences and it reported: > >> /Users/johnhill/Library/Preferences/com.apple.xecurit.plist: > >> Conversion > >> of string failed. The string is empty. > >> /Users/johnhill/Library/Preferences/com.apple.xecurity.plist: > >> Conversion > >> of string failed. The string is empty. > >> > >> The former was last modified on 1December 2008 (before I bought this > >> iMac) and the latter was last modified on 2 June 2009. > >> > >> Does this matter, and if it does what should I do about it? > > > >Personal opinion - it sounds more like the developers of Onyx forgot to > >(properly) deal with the possibility of empty strings, rather than there > >being any actual problem with your system. > > I thought that, then thought that possibly the string is empty *after* > conversion, which shows a different screwup. > > Either way, I guess it's not going to be something that matters. > > John, is the spelling right on "com.apple.xecurity.plist"? I don't > have one of those, but I do have a "com.apple.security.plist" which > refers to my keychain. > > Cheers - Jaimie Yes, the entries are copied out of OnyX and pasted into MacSOUP, and I've checked in the files in the appropriate folders. Anyway, leave well alone seems to be the line to take. John. -- Please reply to john at yclept dot wanadoo dot co dot uk.
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