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Command keys don’t work on Desktop! Help!
Hi All-
weirdness…
OSX Tiger/G5 PPC /2 GHz dual/4Gig ram
suddenly today my “command-i” (get info on a file); “command-w” (close window) ,etc. AND my ability to click on a file name and rename it on the Desktop – has stopped working!! Computer crashed FCP (5.0.4) a few times editing the last few days (FCP seems OK – these key commands still work within the program)… HELP!! how do I restore this to normal!
Stu Aull
baffled in Alaska -
7 Replies
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Did you try a simple restart, and repair permissions?
Simon Carlson-Thies,
Digital Light Graphics And Animation -
Yep, tried that … Nada
🙁
Stu -
could this be an issue with a corrupted preferences file??
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It could be… how do I fix if this is it??
Thanks
Stu Aull
Alaska -
run plutil
https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031209015511914
then see what happens…
Simon Carlson-Thies,
Digital Light Graphics And Animation -
Hi Simon- thanks for the “plutil” link (below)
https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031209015511914ook! command line stuff!! The link does not actually tell you how/where to go in the Mac to do this!!
Can anyone give a neophite a road map as to using this utility??
Stu Aull
Alaska -
https://www.askdavetaylor.com/can_i_check_my_plist_files_in_mac_os_x_for_problems.html
here this should make it easier, sorry about the other its the wrong shell… this should be a lot more clear…
Simon Carlson-Thies,
Digital Light Graphics And Animation
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