Duplicate ‘com.apple.xxx’ preferences: Apple Support Communities

Duplicate ‘com.apple.xxx’ preferences: Apple Support Communities. I have never seen this issue, but interesting that it occurs. Barry has the solution below.

This issue has been covered by MacFixit.

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20032310-263.html?tag=mncol;title

An AppleScripter provided the following script which I have set up to run automatically upon shutdown or restart. You would need to change widget.weather to quicktime or whatever other preference file is appropriate.

setthe_containertopath topreferences folderfromuser domain

tellapplication “Finder” totellfolderthe_container

delete (everyfilewhosenamecontains “widget.weather” andname extensionisnot “plist”)

endtell