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What can I do to be able to change preferences?Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Processor Intel Core i5
I can't get system preferences to work, it only goes to background pictures and crashes.
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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I have tried deleting the following .plist files:
com.apple.desktop.plist
com.apple.systempreferences.plist
com.apple.screensaver.<random number>.plist
I created another admin account and it works fine.
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I've got the crash log here.
Process: System Preferences [32876]
Path: /Applications/System Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/System Preferences
Identifier: com.apple.systempreferences
Version: 11.0 (11.0)
Build Info: SystemPrefsApp-214003000000000~2
[Log] .....
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iMac
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Woke up the other morning and launched Mail and received the window below. Tried to check software updates and got the same thing. All other apps work fine. Can't find OSX disks so I can't reinstall Mail before Monday as my disks are at my office. Tried to replace Mail from Time Machine to no avail. Running a iMac, 10.6.8 with external CD drive and iomega eternal drive as my backup.Â
Process:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Mail [1220]
Path:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail
Identifier:Â Â Â Â Â com.apple.mail
Version:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 4.5 (1084)
Build Info:Â Â Â Â Â Mail-10840000~1
Code Type:Â Â Â Â Â Â X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:Â launchd [96]Â Â
[code]....
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