I have a MacBook Pro 13-inch, Mid 2009 with OSX Lion 10.7.3 I just find out that my keyboard is not lighting. F5 and F6 are not working either and if I go to system preferences there is no Iluminate checkbox too.
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
how do i get my keyboard to illuminate
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.0.x)
I just got a 2.33 GHz 15" MBP and I'm trying to make the keyboard light up. How do I do it? The manual says that F8-F10 should control illumination, but they don't seem to do anything. Do I need to turn something on in Sys Prefs?
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The system preferences tab for Text Replacements in the Keyboard section is blank .
How do i recover these from Time Machine ? I cannot see any appropriate flle name
I've a MBP running 10.6.8. When I open the Accounts preferences, System preferences quits unexpectedly.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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 have a macbook a little over a year old. It's my first mac and I love it. Yesterday though it started acting really weird. I first noticed that it was really, really hot and the fan was running. I turned it off and back on and here's what I found out:
Applications are being deleted from macbook. ITunes, IPhoto, iChat have clear question marks over icon. There are 8-10 blank spaces in the Applications folder where applications have been deleted. However, data is still there (ex. pictures still there, but no iPhoto).
Internet= Says I have internet but wont connect.
Cannot open " System Preferences" or "Internet Preferences".
If connected to home computer will connect to internet and allowed to open internet preferences but still no system preferences.
If shut down....takes a while to come back on and starts up 2-3 times.
Also "Preview" is gone. Now " ColorSync Utility" opens.
Is this my hard drive dying? I'm tech challenged, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
could not be sure whether the Admin user - password reset with the CD would be the solution to my question as suggested in previous threads I searched - and have no idea where my start up install CD is
So my question-
I was trying to put parental control to ask for password when my computer starts up. I did something I guess and messed up the info.
I can log in with my own account when I restart my apple - which says now it is a standard account (must have messed that up)- but can not make any changes on system preferences or anything else that requires login and password. It requires Admin info. My own login that I use now used to be my admin so do not have any other info set.
now on system pref - accounts - an account titled "test" seems to be admin but can not even access that and reverse myself to be the admin since I can not unlock system pref. Or cant click on "Login Options" for the same reason.
There are no other users on this computer than me.
What do I need to do to make myself admin again?
Hope this was somewhat a clear question
I recently took the plunge and installed Lion after being content with Snow Leopard....well now I have quite a few issues. When I open system preferences for some reason it automatically opens to Network...why I'm not sure. When I click show all, then click sharing, I can't make any changes in the Sharing preferences without my entire system locking up. I can't force quit or anything. I can still use the mouse but all I have is the rainbow wheel!
I have searched and searched and haven't been able to fix it. I have tried booting into the Guest account and the same problem happens there. I have trashed all the plist files everyone says to try. I have tried repairing permissions etc. I feel like I have tried everything. Is there anything else that I can do without have to do a clean re-install. I'm hearing if I do this that I won't be able to migrate my files from by backups due to permission problems?
I also took a look at my system log and it is full of this!
Jul 3 22:24:26 jessica-imac com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.Kerberos.digest-service[1307]): Exited with code: 1
Jul 3 22:24:26 jessica-imac com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.Kerberos.digest-service): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds .....
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Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Can't open system preferences. Says it may be damaged or incomplete.
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
The system preferences of my macbook Pro is not working. As soon as I launch the programm, this is all I see.
What I'v already tried to do is to reinstall O.S. Lion.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Every time I open up my system preferences(like to change my wallpaper) the rainbow color wheel just shows up and doesn't go away. I end up just having to force quit the application every time.
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
My sound has stopped working and it has nothing to do with the speakers. I think I have messed up something with Audio Midi Setup and now its not even displaying the computers speakers on audio output...Also everytime i go to system preferences it freezes when i click sound.
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Info:MacBook Air
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
Every time I select the icon, the dot appears beneath it, but then it "unexpectedly closes". In addition, whenever I shut down my computer, it resets all of the user preferences I had prior to shutting it down, for instance, wallpaper, dock layout, default browser, etc etc.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Suddenly, the system preferences on my MacBook will not open.
The error box said "the application system preferences can't be opened" and also had the number 1712 in it...
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I have downloaded the latest version of Lion and I have also checked ICloud on System preferences. I can see both my Iphone and Ipad there, but not my Mac... How can I add this thrd device there?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
A friend of mine who bought her first Mac asked me to check her Macbook Pro and fix the wifi problem. It's a second hand, previous generation 13" MBP with 2.54 GHz C2D processor. I checked Networking menu under System Preferences and couldn't find the Airport. Even when I tried to add a new connection, the drop down menu didn't give me the option for Airport. Finally, I checked "about this Mac" page. Airport was listed there but only as software. I am not a technician or an engineer but I can see that there is a hardware problem and she should take the computer to Genius Bar.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.0.x), My mac book pro is on lion software
this is macbook pro 10.7.3 ... after update 10.7.3 System Preferences is not working... it always Quit unexpectedly ... working only System Preferences version7.0 ... otherwise i have installed version 11.0 ...
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I have System Preferences applications like Fan Control, Apple Qmaster, and others that require the System Preferences to quit and reopen, when I click one of the apps it used to tell me it needs to quit and reopen and then it open and load the application, but now it quits and doesn't reopen, when I open it myself the same message appears that it needs to quit and reopen, and the application never opens.
In the Console this message appears:23 Mar 2012 4:11:07 PM /Applications/System Preferences.app/Contents/Resources/launcher[8499] posix_spawnattr_setbinpref_np failed
This may have started to happen after I used MacKeeper Files Cleanup tools, because I've had a similar problem with another application as well.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 17"
when i try to get it to open it just says that System Preferences quit unexpectdedly and to reopen it but when i do the same sign pops up and repeats it over and over again
Info:MacBook Air
My 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
Everytime I open system preferences it frezees and I can't use it, I already rebooted my mac and nothig is working
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
