Every time I change my desktop background or the default application to open a file, OS X does it well. But when I restart, the changes are not saved.
Does anybody know whats happening?
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Let's investigate the wallpaper issue as its easier problem to investigate and will most likely solve the other problem.
You might have a permissions problem. Take a look at:
ls -la ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
Mine looks like this
-rw------- 1 cmdcentral staff 2603 Feb 5 16:39 Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
If you open this file
nano ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
You will find your wallpaper's location in there. I found mine in there somewhere, looking like this:
......^@^@^@_^P9/Users/cmdcentral/Pictures/1359637970_phpcode_287392.jpeg"G@Z~/PicturesUNeverO^P @^@^@^@^@ @^C^
See what your permissions are and compare them, also check if the location of your wallpaper is changing after you save it in System Preferences. Please also take a look if it is the same before you shutdown and after you start up.
If your permissions seem correct but the problem persists we can take it to step two.
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mine looks like this: -rw-r--r--+ 1 me staff 1585 Mar 25 2012 /Users/me/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plis AND in nano looks like this (even after restarting): /Users/me/Pictures/Ferrari-FF_2012_1600x1200_wallpaper_07automotiveface.com_photo.jpg Mar 12, 2013 at 19:27
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It does seem like you have permission problems, giving more permissions than needed can also cause problems. Please do chmod -R 700 ~/Library/Preferences chown -R me:staff ~/Library/Preferences I have a feeling this might help. Let me know!– CoboltMar 13, 2013 at 8:36
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