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Bunch of error and fault messages on Console

I noticed that when I open Console, I will get a lot of error messages for exaple when I open Photos.

Sometimes I also get fault messages with the red dot, which makes me nervous: should I be worried? Here are few fault messages I've encountered:

"attempt to write to a container /Library/Managed Preferences/root that does not yet exist. Using client-provided container path without resolving symlinks."

"rejecting write of key GEOUsageSessionID in { com.apple.airport.airportd, root, kCFPreferencesAnyHost, no container, managed: 0 } from process 71 because setting preferences outside an application's container requires user-preference-write or file-write-data sandbox access"

"rejecting read of { com.apple.PowerManagement, kCFPreferencesAnyUser, kCFPreferencesCurrentHost, no container, managed: 0 } from process 513 because accessing preferences outside an application's container requires user-preference-read or file-read-data sandbox acces"

"attempt to write to a container /var/root/Library/Group Containers/group.com.apple.notes that does not yet exist. Using client-provided container path without resolving symlinks."

"attempt to write to a container Library/(something, cannot remember)/(My Username) that does not yet exist. Using client-provided container path without resolving symlinks."

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I have not noticed any weird behaviour on my Mac, but I'm a bit paranoid with these - I can deal error messages but fault message is kind of scary...

If anyone can help me out, I would really appreciate it!

The question I would be asking is are you experiencing signs of system misbehaviour, tasks not performing or apps not opening or working as expected (exclude anything put down to a bug like Calendar Holiday's) - if everything appears to be functioning then I would leave well alone.

FWIW I also see the last error/fault you mention and believe it could be down to access issues not being correctly coded which could get resolved in future updates.

If you search for the folder with Finder it will also report "can't be found" - in fact the folder "Root" is present but locked as per below

Also if you look at the last part of the fault line it does say "Using client-provided container path without...." which I assume means the process has not stopped but continues with alternative information.

Don't think reinstalling will resolve but if you wish to try you should not loose any data (if you don't erase first!), but as always it is prudent to have a backup - you could try downloading the combo update first and see if that reduces you error/fault count Download macOS Sierra 10.12.3 Combo Update

Try reinstalling macOS:

     How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support

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Oh found the one I wasn't sure about:

"attempt to write to a container /Library/Managed Preferences/(my user name) that does not yet exist. Using client-provided container path without resolving symlinks."

Will I lose any data? Thanks for the reply!

The question I would be asking is are you experiencing signs of system misbehaviour, tasks not performing or apps not opening or working as expected (exclude anything put down to a bug like Calendar Holiday's) - if everything appears to be functioning then I would leave well alone.

FWIW I also see the last error/fault you mention and believe it could be down to access issues not being correctly coded which could get resolved in future updates.

If you search for the folder with Finder it will also report "can't be found" - in fact the folder "Root" is present but locked as per below

Also if you look at the last part of the fault line it does say "Using client-provided container path without...." which I assume means the process has not stopped but continues with alternative information.

Don't think reinstalling will resolve but if you wish to try you should not loose any data (if you don't erase first!), but as always it is prudent to have a backup - you could try downloading the combo update first and see if that reduces you error/fault count Download macOS Sierra 10.12.3 Combo Update

Dear SiHancox,

Thank you really much for your reply! :) I'm not so worried now, I will try the combo update but it's great to hear that I don't have to do any major things here.

My Mac indeed works great, apps open etc - not including the Holiday Calendar bug thing. I was just so incredibly annoyed by those errors and faults, and I was worried if they were a sign of problems that will possiblu occur.

Now I know that I should not worry about them, and maybe I should stop checking the Console, since my Mac is working. :)

It's very easy to start looking at all the reports thrown up via Console and begin to think something must be wrong when in fact it isn't - plus interpreting what it all means is a skill in itself. I try not to delve into it too much now because I only come away worried! - I believe that part of the OS is firmly for developers and geeks.

Yes, it really is easy to start wondering those reports...

I think I won't check those Console reports anymore, this was enough indeed :D

I just want to Thank You so much, I'm so relieved now :)

HI SiHancox,

I have this this same problem, I am experiencing massive preformance loss making it almost unusable.. what may cause this error?

Thanks for your reply in advance

最后更新：2017-09-13 19:18:47

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