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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 1340669" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>Welcome to the Forums and to Mac OS X!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>More likely than not, the file that stores this preference is corrupt. It could also be some weird permissions issue. I'm going to recommend a couple free tools to download. These will be very useful down the road for any issues you may have.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.titanium.free.fr/index.php" target="_blank">Onyx</a></p><p><a href="http://www.devontechnologies.com/products/freeware.html" target="_blank">EasyFind</a></p><p></p><p>First, use Onyx to repair permissions. This probably won't be the fix, but it's more foolproof to try first.</p><p></p><p>If that fails, you'll need to delete the preference file that store that option. It's found in you user Library, but since Apple has rather foolishly seen fit to hide that Library from us in Lion, I'm going to recommend using EasyFind to simply search for it more easily. That file is <strong>com.apple.screensaver.plist</strong></p><p></p><p>You will find it located in <strong><em>yourhomefolder</em>/Library/Preferences</strong></p><p>Delete it, or move it to your Desktop. Then log out. When you log back in, OS X will recreate a virgin copy of that file. Hopefully that will fix that.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's probably simplest to use the Windows Migration Assistant.</p><p><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527" target="_blank">iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 1340669, member: 38864"] Welcome to the Forums and to Mac OS X! More likely than not, the file that stores this preference is corrupt. It could also be some weird permissions issue. I'm going to recommend a couple free tools to download. These will be very useful down the road for any issues you may have. [URL="http://www.titanium.free.fr/index.php"]Onyx[/URL] [URL="http://www.devontechnologies.com/products/freeware.html"]EasyFind[/URL] First, use Onyx to repair permissions. This probably won't be the fix, but it's more foolproof to try first. If that fails, you'll need to delete the preference file that store that option. It's found in you user Library, but since Apple has rather foolishly seen fit to hide that Library from us in Lion, I'm going to recommend using EasyFind to simply search for it more easily. That file is [B]com.apple.screensaver.plist[/B] You will find it located in [B][I]yourhomefolder[/I]/Library/Preferences[/B] Delete it, or move it to your Desktop. Then log out. When you log back in, OS X will recreate a virgin copy of that file. Hopefully that will fix that. It's probably simplest to use the Windows Migration Assistant. [url=http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527]iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer[/url] [/QUOTE]
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