OS X V10.7 Lion :: Can't Access Users & Groups In System Preferences
Apr 26, 2012
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)
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Mar 19, 2012
Every time I try to access my users & groups it crashes my system prefs. I can't get to them at all to change anything. Similarly, trying to adjust parental controls for one of my kids crashes system prefs - it seems they are related... 10.7 Intel iMac.
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, Mac OS X (10.3)
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Feb 19, 2012
I have a server in our DMZ that connects to Active Directory LDAP server (non-ssl over 389) but no objects actually show up in the directory editor. I get a green light in my Network Account Server, but queries against LDAP return no results. My end goal is to be able to dictate to Profile Manager what LDAP groups are allowed to enroll devices. I tested on our internal network on a test server and get the same results. Anyone have any luck connecting a Lion Server to LDAP and actually being able to view and utilize users and groups?
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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.3), Server
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I get the SBBOD everytime I open system preferences. This is recent within the past few days. I have rebooted.
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Apr 4, 2012
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
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I am trying to edit my login items as apparently from what I have been told that is the only way to get my Belkin n52te speed pad to work with OS X Mavericks, however when I click on Users&Groups in System Preferences I just keep getting "Preferences error: Could not load Users and Groups preference pane" I have tried rebooting, I have tried going into terminal and showing hidden files to see if there is a corrupted duplicate of the system preferences file.
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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)
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MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)
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When I click on users and groups it always comes up with "Could not load Users & Groups preference pane." I really don't know what to do?
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Mar 22, 2012
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7)
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MacBook (13-inch Late 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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