If you believe it could be preference item, the best way to check this is to set up an additional account in syste preferences and see if you get the same results there.
I have read one recommendation to set up a Guest account, since then everytime you log in it is a clean set of files / preferences. Jon On Jan 11, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Earle M. Harrison wrote: > Hi, > > Do yourself a favor and set-up an appointment with the Apple store and bring > it in if this is an option. As long as you can reproduce the problem the > should be able to fix it at no cost to you and get he matter resolved and > over with. I had a problem with my track pad about a month ago, met with a > tech, left my machine with him and the next morning it was back at 100 > percent. They don't care where you got the machine because as long as it is > a Mac it's all in the family as far as they're concerned. > > Best, > > Earle > On Jan 11, 2011, at 8:44 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Well I encountered a rather odd problem that a total reinstall resolved once >> before, but that just is not going to be an option whenever this comes up. I >> have no idea what is causing this problem, but my internal DVD drive will no >> longer view the contents of a disc. In fact every disc I insert is being >> reported to the OS as being blank. Of course this also means the drive will >> not burn any discs either. The last time I encountered this issue I was able >> to read discs, but not write to them. I have to admit that this problem >> makes no sense, but I'm leaning toward a bad plist file that is not >> apparently showing as being bad (if that makes sense). So, does anyone know >> which plist files I could trash or what else I could possibly do to address >> this issue? I do not have any DVD burning software installed, which was my >> initial thought. I did take the machine in about a year and a half ago and >> had the drive replaced, which at the end of the day turned out not to even >> be the issue. So, I am pretty confident the drive is not the problem. Now >> what is more curious is an external drive works perfectly. So, is it >> possible the internal drive has gone bad? Sure. However, I'm inclined to >> think it may be a software issue. Of course I may just install SL on an >> external drive and see what happens, but thought I would put the question >> out there as well. >> >> Thanks, >> Scott >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
