Trashing the prefs worked for one cycle but then failed. Exactly the same as what happened with resetting the T2 chip.
I’ve run out of ideas, so has anyone any other suggestions. The problem is that the energy schedule settings will only work once and fail after the next shut down. Chris > On 4 May 2020, at 01:32, Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote: > > That shriekname is in the format of a macOS unique ID. You can see a bunch of > them, for example, in ~/Library/Mail/V5, or inside your Photos database. > > It's probably just an old version of the plist file. It can't just rename > them ".old" and still keep all of the other .old versions, so that's what it > does. Usually the dates tell you the history of what happened. > >> On May 3, 2020, at 2:19 AM, Chris Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Carl: >> >> I was looking for one with ‘energy’ in the name….. >> >> As well as the one you mention, there are several other prefs with names >> like: >> >> com.apple.PowerManagement.FF68Z3SC-D8EE8-784A-992A-7C92048094E4.plist >> >> I’ve trashed the lot to see what happens, but why the ‘long name’ files and >> what are they >> referring to? >> >> Thanks for the help. >> >> Chris >> >>> On 2 May 2020, at 19:15, Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> /Library/Preferences/com.apple.PowerManagement.plist >>> >>> -Carl >>> >>> >>>> On May 2, 2020, at 10:48 AM, Chris Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all: >>>> >>>> For some reason the ‘energy’ prefs refuse to stick, in particular the >>>> switch on/off schedule refuses to work, despite having worked fine for the >>>> last 12 months or so. >>>> >>>> I've tried resetting the T2 chip - unplug power cord etc but this allows >>>> the schedule to work once and then fails again. It may be down to a >>>> corrupted prefs file but I can’t find the particular one to delete. >>>> >>>> Can someone tell me where it is located, or any other suggestions for >>>> fixing this. >>>> >>>> Thanks for any help. >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> MacOSX-talk mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacOSX-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk > _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
