App store having trouble parsing plist

does not recognize valid password.

its been a few years but it was kicked around then.

not clear what fix is / was.

trash the preferences but bad plist keeps being created.

is this on apple's side?

Mac mini, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jan 27, 2025 6:34 PM

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Pat Schaefer Author

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Jan 28, 2025 2:53 PM in response to Pat Schaefer

SOLVED it for me.

Tried my late 2009 mac mini on El Capitan and it works fine.

For me the plist problem is just probably

the first cut in the death of a thousand cuts

for my buddy Yosemite

the 9,990th cut was not (breaking apple Mail)

but not renewing the internet server certificate that makes it work.

😭

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