Hi 454flutie,
Are you using any security software on the MAC?
Also for restoring the preferences in Indesign , you need to go to location:
- /Users/[User Name]/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/Version #
- /Users/[User Name]/Library/Caches/Adobe InDesign/Version #
You need to rename Version# to old Version#
To access Hidden Library:
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/access-hidden-user-library-files.html
** Make sure Indesign is closed when you perform above steps and # represents the version number you have.
Thanks,
Nikhil Gupta.