Mar 17, 2020 Exit Skype For Business on Mac if it's running. Drag the Skype For Business on Mac application to the Trash. Remove existing Skype preferences if those hidden files exist. To do so, run the following commands in a Terminal: sudo rm -rf /Applications/Skype for Business.app; sudo rm -rf /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/MeetingJoinPlugin.plugin. If the Adobe application folder exists, drag it to Trash. By default, the folders are located in the Applications folder on the hard disk. Drag the preferences folder to Trash from the Users/ User /Library/Preferences folder. (For example, drag the Acrobat folder to Trash.).
Apr 11, 2014 There are several ways to remove these preference files, if needed. The first is to do so manually by dragging them to the trash and emptying the trash. However, if you have the name of the preference file (otherwise known as the application’s “domain”), then you can target this in the Terminal using the “defaults” command to delete the plist’s contents, or the plist itself. Delete items from libraries in Final Cut Pro. You can delete unwanted clips and projects. You can also delete an entire event from your library to free up storage space. When you delete a clip or a project from an event, or delete an entire event, the source media files are moved to the Trash. There’s one exception: Media that is being used by other projects in your library always remains in.
You can use Mac OS X Lion to reset an application’s preferences file, which may help you solve problems you may be having with the application.
A preferences file is a document that stores a user’s options, settings, and other data related to a particular application. To specify preferences, click the application’s name in the menu bar and then click Preferences. The application displays a dialog that you use to customize the preferences. When you are done, the application saves the new settings in the preferences file.
One of the more common causes of application instability is a preferences file that has somehow become corrupted. Although there is no easy way to fix a corrupt preferences file directly, you can do so indirectly by deleting the preferences file. The next time you start the application, the application detects that its preferences file is missing, so it automatically rebuilds a new — and uncorrupted — file. The downside to this method is that you may have to reconfigure the application’s preferences.
Most preferences files use the .plist filename extension. In most cases, the filename uses the following general format: com.company.application.plist. Here, company is the name of the software company that makes the application, and application is the name of the program. Here are some examples: com.apple.iTunes.plist; com.microsoft.Word.plist; com.palm.HotSync.plist.
To repair a corrupt preferences file:
- If the problem application is still running, shut it down.
- Click Finder.
- Click your user account folder.
- Click Go.
- Click Go to Folder.The Go to Folder dialog appears.
- Type ~/Library/Preferences.
- Click Go.The Preferences folder appears.
- Click and drag the problem application’s preferences file and drop it on the Trash.Your Mac deletes the preferences file.
- Run the application and set some preferences.The application creates a new preferences file.
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Sometimes you have a problem with System Preferences or something related to it, like it remembering your screensaver or desktop selection, or perhaps it won't launch or launches funky.
This procedure is for deleting the 'preferences' file(s) that is located in your (hidden) User/Library folder that can resolve issues like this.
When the computer is rebooted and the associated program launched again, it recreates this file, but blank of preferences, thus since it's rebuilt it's free of problems.
Mac Delete File
This procedure also works for other programs like iPhoto or iTunes, or whatever that stores a preference file (.plist) in the (hidden) User/Library folder, the procedure is the same, just sub out the program your having problems with .plist file instead of the System Preference .plist file below.
Known preference files issues:
com.apple.systempreferences.plist (corrupted/not launching System Preferences)
com.apple.desktop.plist (corrupted/not working desktop picture changes)
com.apple.safari.plist (safari issues)
See the Steps #12 and #13 for OnyX and it's preference file checker to find other corrupted preference (.plist) files that might be causing your issues.
So we are going to delete a preference file in a hidden folder, this will only affect the preference file, not your personal files or programs.
1: Go to the Finder and select Go menu and Go To Folder
Open System Preferences On Mac
2: Now paste or type
~/Library/Preferences
Mac Library Preferences Delete
3: Press GO! and a folder will appear
4: Scroll down and find
System Preferences Mac
com.apple.systempreferences.plist com.apple.desktop.plist (or whatever program your having problems with)
5: There may be two of the same named file, drag the one you can to the Trash can
6: Restart the computer and open System Preferences (or problem program) and reset all your preferences again