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Missing domain/plist

  • October 23, 2012
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Hi all,

I have created a managed preference (MCX) through Casper to disable AirDrop but after a 2nd look I realize that my test system does not have the domain/plist /Library/Preferences/com.apple.NetworkBrowser....

Why is this?

I did notice that my MCX.plist was updated with the managed preference to disable AirDrop but I'm not sure if it actually did anythig because the target domain/plist is missing in action (/Library/Preferences/com.apple.NetworkBrowser)

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

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    scottb
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    • scottb
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    • October 23, 2012

    I just looked on one of my 10.8.2 MBPs. It was missing, so I entered:

    sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.NetworkBrowser DisableAirDrop -boo NO

    And it created one. What happens when you do that? (change to YES to enable).

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    • darms21
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    • October 24, 2012

    Hmmm, when I run that command it is not creating the plist as expected...

    Also, DisableAirDrop -boo NO = enabled :)

    Any ideas?

    Thanks,
    Kevin

    bentoms
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    • bentoms
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    • October 24, 2012

    Try

    sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.NetworkBrowser DisableAirDrop -boolean NO
    scottb
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    • scottb
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    • October 25, 2012

    Sorry - my cut 'n' paste was missing some text (bool, not boo). And yes, me reversed yes and no :)

    sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.NetworkBrowser DisableAirDrop -bool NO

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