MacBook Pro :: Desktop And Screen Saver Icon Isn't Displayed In System Preferences?
Apr 1, 2012Desktop and Screen Saver icon isn't displayed in system preferences.
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MacBook Pro
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MacBook Air :: While Opening System Preferences Pane, Desktop And Screen Saver, It Freezes?
Feb 25, 2012When I open system preferences pane, desktop and screen saver, it freezes and I get the spinning beachball. This does not happen with any of the other system preferences.
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I will get an error message and the problem details (which I know VERY little about) show an Exception Type:
EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV) and
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If that helps.
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