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Mac OS X - Could not start Terminal.app - shell has illegal value

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Mar 15, 202619761 views
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I can not run the Terminal.app after rolling back my system from time machine. Mac OS X Version 10.6.2 It displays the following error. "Your are not authorized to run this application" "The administrator has set your shell to an illegal value" After that I have deleted the file ~/Library/Preferenc…

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Fix for: Mac OS X - Could not start Terminal.app - shell has illegal value

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This value is set to . Nothing to change here. I have controlled these preferences. I get this error for every shell. Finally I found the solution. In Finder I go to open folder . There I found the file , which was empty. I replaced the file with th…

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