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| From | ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Disk has lost its icon? |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc |
| References | (1 earlier) <2OudnRjfiZANYW39nZ2dnUU7-T-dnZ2d@earthlink.com> <scs5st$27r$1@reader1.panix.com> <ildmjeF3qm6U1@mid.individual.net> <KfKdnUgNWukSq2_9nZ2dnUU7-I2dnZ2d@earthlink.com> <iles4bFao1cU1@mid.individual.net> |
| Message-ID | <jsWdnd_0gJ3p-m_9nZ2dnUU7-emdnZ2d@earthlink.com> (permalink) |
| Date | 2021-07-17 00:15 -0500 |
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2021-07-17, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> > Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> >> On 2021-07-16, Brian Gordon <briang@panix.com> wrote:
> >> > In article <2OudnRjfiZANYW39nZ2dnUU7-T-dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
> >> > Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> >> >>Have you tried a brand new macOS user account yet in the same Mac? Also
> >> >>try another Mac (don't back up though) if you have access to one?
> >> >
> >> > BINGO. I switched to another user account that is left over from years ago -
> >> > and the icon appeared! Let's see Apple blame that on the disk manufacturer!
> >
> >> There's probably a corrupt preference file or cache file in your normal
> >> account. You could start by deleting the contents of the
> >> ~/Library/Caches folder in your normal account. If that doesn't work,
> >> try removing preference files for Finder, Dock, and so on. These files
> >> are rebuilt from scratch when they are missing.
> >
> >> For best results, log out of your normal account first, log into an
> >> administrator account, delete the file(s) in question, then log
> >> into your normal account again to have them rebuilt from scratch. If you
> >> want to isolate the problem files, you'll do this in stages rather than
> >> all at once.
> >
> > I wonder if booting safe mode would still show this issue in the
> > problematic account. IIRC, macOS' safe mode purges caches.
> I can't recall whether it deletes caches or temporarily disables them.
> Either way, it's worth a shot.
Yeah, easy to test the theory out. It would help figure out how to fix it. ;)
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