I only really wanted the ability to create a shortcut to 'Love' tracks on last.fm, so i hid the dock icon, taskbar icon and desktop icon. Now I want to access the preferences panel, but i cant reach it. How can i get to it?
View 4 RepliesI haven't been able to access my security panel in System Preference for almost 6 months and I am very concerned......
Everything else in System Preference works, but when I click on Security the program would freeze then shut itself down.....
Does anyone had the same problem and eventually solved it?
I had to do this to tell that the answer given here didnt't work for me. I still get a blank panel.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
So my friend and I played a trick on an intern here at work who just got a new MBP. We swapped his background out for a vista one - real simple, right.
Well, he got back and had a good chuckle about it UNTIL - the system preferences panel crashed after he tried to switch it back.
So here is the only symptom:
Open system preferences
Click "backgrounds and screensaver"
window opens, looks ok
window closes and error screen pops up saying "system preferences unexpectedly closed"
I use the latest macos on a late 2009 mini.
I use a program called smart response. It drives electronic whiteboards and a wireless response system.
I use it at home, and I never actually connect my computer to the hardware. I use it to prepare stuff at home.
Is there a way to stop these processes from loading? I can kill them, but as a mac os newbie, I have no idea how to take control of them in the mac.
The windows equivalent would have been to go and disable the startup process under the administrative tab in the control panel.
I've accidentally deleted the Ink preferences panel file; is there any way to get it back? i can't make my graphic tablet work.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I have two computers (Mac and PC) connected to a cable modem via Belkin router. Both can connect to the Internet.
My Power Mac G5 2Ghz has two internal hard drives. My primary boot drive has Leopard 10.5.6 and the secondary has Tiger 10.4.11.
I had the built in Firewall set for "Allow only Essential Services" then I changed it back to "Allow all incoming connections" before I installed Netbarrier X5. My access to the internet and router/control panel was fine.
Then suddenly my G5 (Leopard) was no longer able to log into the router/control panel only the PC (Windows XP). Tried Safari and Firefox and both come back with the error message "Safari can't connect to server."
When I boot the G5 into "Safe Mode" it is the same thing, can connect to the internet but have no access to the router control panel. So it can't be Netbarrier.
But If I my G5 reboot with my second drive that has Tiger. My access to the router's control panel is restored.
I am trying to network my mac snow leopard to my xp machine, so that I can use synergy, but my instructions for networking include a "directory access" panel that I cannot find in snow leopard.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.0.x)
When I try to select display in system pref. the display window will open and then close without letting me make any changes.
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Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I get the SBBOD everytime I open system preferences. This is recent within the past few days. I have rebooted.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), Early 2011,13", 120 GB SSD, 8GB RAM
My Powerbook G4 Titanium is running OSX Tiger and will not open the Date & Time preferences - instead it gives the error message 'System Preferences closed down unexpectedly' with an option to send info to Apple.
This is an issue because the date has reset to 1970 and when I start the mac the time is always 04:00. I tried leaving it connected to the wi-fi overnight to see if the time servers would do their thing, but no luck.
I cannot bring up my system preferences under the blue apple icon or through a search. I installed and ran MacJanitor v 1.3 a month or so ago and perhaps that's the cause? I have been missing my Mail prefs for a long time so switched to Thunderbird but I don't know if the two incidents are related. iMac G5,1.6 GHz, 1.5 GB, OS 10.3.9
View 7 Replies View RelatedMy MacBook Pro freezes when attempting to access System Preferences. I am able to Force Quit but that's it. Screen went black for about 30 seconds earlier tonight. Never had a problem before a previous update.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), 4 GB Version 10.7.3
I cannot access account preferences, it only shows a blank window.
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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I'm running OX 10.4.11 on a G5. I have airport on my computer and at one point was able to share files from my desktop to a laptop. However at some point something happened and I can no longer do this.
I can't get into my network preferences as the following message comes up - "your network preferences have been changed by another application" and I have to force quite to get out of the window.
I have since purchases airport express and my husband got it to work at home. Now I just tried to install it on my desktop and it won't work. There are probably numerous problems here.
I have tried restarting, using disk utility, I cannot access Users & Groups. When I try, I get this message:Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7), And Macbook Mac OS X (10.7)
I am unable to access system preferences. When I choose it under the apple it brings up the icon in dock but you can't access anything in it.
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I have two identities on my MacBook Air. In the main identity, System Preferences is frozen so I can't access it to make any changes. I want to migrate my files to the other identity and delete the original one, as everything works fine in the second identity.
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I'm not talking about the System Preferences app itself, I'm talking about the settings within the app. So for instance, the security settings, and the mouse settings, energy saver, etc.
Where can I find the settings files on my Mac so I can back them up?
I am new to the "mac world" ... just got my first macbook about a week ago so this question may have a very simple answer or it may not.
The issue I have is that in System Preferences, "Universal Access" has a bigger font size than any other window under S. Preferences. Nothing is affected, everything works well, but it just bothers me, is there any way to fix this?
I am attaching a screen of Universal Access compared with a window of normal font size.
The computer is a dual G4 1Ghz with 2Gb of Ram and two hard drives. Used to run a custom built microscope in a scientific lab. Resurrecting it is imperative, as the cards and other equipment are now out of date and replacing the computer and cards would be enormously expensive (and worse, would mean switching to PC).
There are several issues:
-No response to selecting "About this mac" from the apple logo in the upper left.
-No response to selecting restart or shutdown
-The computer freezes up (pinwheel) whenever I attempt to access System Preferences (window will appear however once mouse is over it, pinwheel appears).
-does not recognize the USB key needed to run a piece of software.
-together these issues prevent us from installing the software needed to control the scope.
I've tried reinstalling (clean not archive) the OS on the original HD and a new HD. The problem doesn't go away.Have also cleared out the systempreferences.plist and the cache for both safari and preference panes.
Recently completed the Maverick operating system update. Still getting used to new additions, however I did notice I'm unable to access the Safari preferences section. Â
I know normally, you would follow the drop down menu and click into the safari preferences. Unfortunately now the words in the drop down menu are a lighter grey and unable to click into he section.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
I have a Macbook Air 13'' running OS X 10.9.3.
When i try to sign into icloud via system preferences i get the msg "Unable to sign in because of a problem communicating with icloud".
I am unable to access app store too.
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MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)
Can we use the hyperlink ( in the inspector panel ) to any document. For example if I want to open a Numbers document in my Macbook using the hyperlink from a Pages document; is it possible?I can see the options showing only Webpages, Email, Pages document and Bookmark.I would like to use the hyperlink to open any document, like a photo or a movie stored in my hard drive.
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Then, after installation, I chose to restore my files from the last Time Machine backup. However, after doing this it seemed that many applications including Little Snitch started to operate differently... as if I would be running them for the first time. So in addition to the automatic Time Machine restore, I went to a manual restore of applications and library items. When I tried to overwrite the files of Little Snitch on the Library folder, I was asked my Administrator password. Then after typing it, I received the message that I did not have sufficient administrator preferences................
I've corrupted the preference panel for .Mac in my 10.4 installation. Does anyone know where I can get the .prefs app to reinstall for it so I can get that page in Preferences up again? I don't want to reinstall the whole thing!
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