tell application "Finder" set theFile to (path to library folder from user domain as text) & "Preferences:com.filemaker.client.pro12.plist" if exists file theFile then set creator type of theFile to "Frost" end if end tell That plist file didn’t exist on macOS Monterey. It hadn’t existed since OS X Lion.

She closed the script editor. She looked at the dashboard. The barcode-to-PDF automation still worked. The land deeds still linked. The sawmill records still calculated board-feet correctly.

But tonight, something was wrong.

“Layout was not designed by a human.”

She pulled the USB Wi-Fi adapter she sometimes used for updates. Also empty.

The missing dashboard reappeared. And a new layout appeared: System_Journal . Inside, a log she had never seen. Entries dating back to , when she first inherited the file.

Marta laughed—a dry, exhausted sound.