Turn OFF the white flash WITH 10.8.5 - the old solution is no longer an option

Question

I have ALREADY tried:

1. Within the System Preferences/Accessibility: De-Select Flash the screen when an alert appears.
2. Toggling Select then back to De-Select
3. While I found the solution to delete: ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.universalaccess.plist - 10.8.5 replaced Universal Access with "Accessibility", which has no apparent equivalent file within the Lib/prefs. If there IS, please let me know.

I really hate the white flash. REALLY hate it.

BTW: I did do my own research before asking this question, including on this AskDifferent website. The solution found on AskDifferent and other sites only work on older Mac systems (up to ~ 2011). The ones with UniversalAccess.

Thanks, in advance for any useful input. - Scott

Answer 1

The plist you listed is the correct one to remove. Remove it and try rebooting, and your problem should be resolved. If not, create a new user account and log into it, and see if the problem persists.