Of all the "under the hood" components of Mac OS X, my personal favorite is preferences files. Why? For starters, they are important. They potentially affect every application you use, from the Finder ...

Often when troubleshooting settings files the easiest route is to remove it and start fresh; however, you chance losing important settings by doing this. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years ...

Hi all,<BR><BR>I'm a loyal mac user who is trying to program something for both macs and PCs. Does anyone know what files on Windows are analogous to the preferences files on the MacOS, I've been ...

In a recent Mac OS X Hints blog, I explained how you can use Terminal to control a number of features that Apple removed from iTunes 8—including the ability to toggle the iTunes Store link arrows on ...

Safari crashes on launch. Mail quits when you try to send a message. What to do? Most savvy Mac users will delete the application’s preferences file, which stores changes made to the program’s default ...

Migration Assistant is a great tool if you want to transfer all your applications, settings, documents, and other files over, but if you want to start fresh it doesn't give you a lot to work with. Mac ...

In macOS, the System Preferences app located in the Applications folder is where you can adjust various settings to customize your Mac. Most system preference panes are native to macOS and cannot be ...