In the ignore words > author, I'm typing al, Al (with a line inbetween them). If I close the preferences pane, and then open it again, and go to the "scan and bib" pane again, I get: 愀氀ഀ䄀氀. Just like that.
Also, in the word processor (choose) (Set to none) place, before selecting TeXShop (after following your instructions of trashing the preferences), I also had a bunch of chinese characters (i think). Those aren't coming back when i close the preferences pane and reopen (i still says TeXshop), but in the scan & bib, i'm getting the chinese characters again.
I just erase the com.sonny... preferences file, right, and then restart?
Also, in the word processor (choose) (Set to none) place, before selecting TeXShop (after following your instructions of trashing the preferences), I also had a bunch of chinese characters (i think). Those aren't coming back when i close the preferences pane and reopen (i still says TeXshop), but in the scan & bib, i'm getting the chinese characters again.
I just erase the com.sonny... preferences file, right, and then restart?
Simple -- there was some damage to the directory structure of the database. Please zip and send it to me, BTW (the damaged one, not the new one). Your other problem may stem from the same cause.