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<blockquote data-quote="PGB1" data-source="post: 1642648" data-attributes="member: 76746"><p>Thank You LifeIsABeach for taking time to help out.</p><p></p><p>Thanks to your advice, I think we're almost there! Nearly all programs are now working fine.</p><p></p><p>My Get Info access list was identical to yours, but I noticed the Modified date was 02-17-2015. That is the date the problems started. Interestingly, nothing was changed in Applications folder (by us anyway. Who knows if a program updated & changed the Modified date??)</p><p></p><p>I took your advice and ran ACL Fix. It worked great. Unfortunately, the log file came back empty. I was curious to look at it. Almost all of the offending programs are now working perfectly.</p><p></p><p><u>The only problems that remain, as far as I can find are</u>:</p><p></p><p><u>Adobe Flash </u>still refuses to clear Local Storage and Browsing Data & Settings <em>except </em>when logged into the administrator account. The error message is attached to this reply.</p><p></p><p>I could not find any folders saying Adobe Flash Player to check the Get Info access list..</p><p>I checked for Get Info for Macromedia. From in the user accounts (non administrator) it has the user as Read/Write & Everyone as Read Only. From the administrator's library it has administrator's name as Read & Write and Everyone as Read Only.</p><p>Those access settings match my computer which will allow all users to clear the data via System Preferences</p><p></p><p>I don't know where Adobe Flash stores this data, so I could not check that folder to see if data is cleared from user's folders for Flash when the administrator clears the data. I am able to delete the Macromedia folder form Library/Preferences and I am successful in saving storage settings. </p><p></p><p>I did try removing Flash Player and Macromedia once again to see if a reinstallation after a re-start of the computer would help. No luck. The same symptoms remain.</p><p></p><p><u>Safari</u> is still a bit wonky. Some of the problems are fixed and it developed a new problem. It will now save a new home page. It will also save a new bookmark, neither of which it would do before ACL Fix. </p><p></p><p>But, in all except the administrator account it still will not clear "Cookies & Other Website Data". If the button is pushed to clear the data, the list repopulates immediately. For example, if it says 8 sites have stored data & I clear it, immediately all 8 will return. Oddly, if I go to a web site that diid not have anything on the list of data and clear the data, when it repopulates, the original data comes back, with new stuff from the site I'm currently on.</p><p></p><p>If I go to 'Details" and click Remove All, they come back. But if I click them one-by-one & click Remove, they stay gone. Checking Safari/Local Storage, stuff remains, but it remains on my computer too. Reset Safari does not remove stored data, and it does not on my computer either so maybe that is normal. </p><p></p><p>The new thing Safari is doing is to reload the page after it initially loads. It will only do this once per page. And, it will only do this on the non-administrator accounts.</p><p></p><p>Get Info for Safari shows that System has Read & Write Wheel has Read Only and Everyone has Read Only. The individual users aren't listed. For fun, I checked my computer and its permissions for Safari match my wife's.</p><p></p><p>Your suggestion of using ACL Fix really helped a lot, as if by magic. I'd love to get rid of the lingering problems especially since they involve web sites leaving stuff laying around my wife's computer. </p><p></p><p>Again, i sure appreciate your help. I am learning quite a bit. Any day one can learn something new is a good day!</p><p></p><p>Paul</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]21855[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]21856[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PGB1, post: 1642648, member: 76746"] Thank You LifeIsABeach for taking time to help out. Thanks to your advice, I think we're almost there! Nearly all programs are now working fine. My Get Info access list was identical to yours, but I noticed the Modified date was 02-17-2015. That is the date the problems started. Interestingly, nothing was changed in Applications folder (by us anyway. Who knows if a program updated & changed the Modified date??) I took your advice and ran ACL Fix. It worked great. Unfortunately, the log file came back empty. I was curious to look at it. Almost all of the offending programs are now working perfectly. [U]The only problems that remain, as far as I can find are[/U]: [U]Adobe Flash [/U]still refuses to clear Local Storage and Browsing Data & Settings [I]except [/I]when logged into the administrator account. The error message is attached to this reply. I could not find any folders saying Adobe Flash Player to check the Get Info access list.. I checked for Get Info for Macromedia. From in the user accounts (non administrator) it has the user as Read/Write & Everyone as Read Only. From the administrator's library it has administrator's name as Read & Write and Everyone as Read Only. Those access settings match my computer which will allow all users to clear the data via System Preferences I don't know where Adobe Flash stores this data, so I could not check that folder to see if data is cleared from user's folders for Flash when the administrator clears the data. I am able to delete the Macromedia folder form Library/Preferences and I am successful in saving storage settings. I did try removing Flash Player and Macromedia once again to see if a reinstallation after a re-start of the computer would help. No luck. The same symptoms remain. [U]Safari[/U] is still a bit wonky. Some of the problems are fixed and it developed a new problem. It will now save a new home page. It will also save a new bookmark, neither of which it would do before ACL Fix. But, in all except the administrator account it still will not clear "Cookies & Other Website Data". If the button is pushed to clear the data, the list repopulates immediately. For example, if it says 8 sites have stored data & I clear it, immediately all 8 will return. Oddly, if I go to a web site that diid not have anything on the list of data and clear the data, when it repopulates, the original data comes back, with new stuff from the site I'm currently on. If I go to 'Details" and click Remove All, they come back. But if I click them one-by-one & click Remove, they stay gone. Checking Safari/Local Storage, stuff remains, but it remains on my computer too. Reset Safari does not remove stored data, and it does not on my computer either so maybe that is normal. The new thing Safari is doing is to reload the page after it initially loads. It will only do this once per page. And, it will only do this on the non-administrator accounts. Get Info for Safari shows that System has Read & Write Wheel has Read Only and Everyone has Read Only. The individual users aren't listed. For fun, I checked my computer and its permissions for Safari match my wife's. Your suggestion of using ACL Fix really helped a lot, as if by magic. I'd love to get rid of the lingering problems especially since they involve web sites leaving stuff laying around my wife's computer. Again, i sure appreciate your help. I am learning quite a bit. Any day one can learn something new is a good day! Paul [ATTACH=full]21855[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]21856[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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