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Remove Corrupted Preferences

The applications on your Mac store settings and similar information in preferences files. Occasionally such a preference file may get corrupted, causing problems with the application.

If you experience problems starting or running an application, see if the preferences file has become corrupted.

To remove corrupted preferences:

  1. Quit the application that is causing the problems
  2. In MainMenu, if the log window is not visible choose Show Log Window
  3. Choose User > Verify Preferences
  4. If the application appears in the window, choose User > Remove Corrupted Preferences

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