I can't open my prefernces on imac. I am trying to backup my iMac on icloud

I can't open my prefrences from the apple menu. I was trying to back up my imac on icloud.

Open Spotlight and type "System Preferences" to load the System Preferences. Also iCloud is not the solution for backing up your iMac. You should purchase an external HD and use Time Machine or create a bootable clone using SuperDuper or CarbonCopyCloner.

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Process:         Aperture [296]
Path:            /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/Aperture
Identifier:      com.apple.Aperture
Version:         3.4.3 (3.4.3)
Build Info:      Aperture-310022000000000~2
App Item ID:     408981426
App External ID: 12009533
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [133]
User ID:         501
Date/Time:       2013-02-01 04:25:46.676 +0000
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.8.2 (12C3104)
Report Version: 10
Interval Since Last Report:          43949 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   1
Anonymous UUID:                      4219118F-5A20-1074-7125-E46DBF5D865F
Crashed Thread: 0
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
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dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries
Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /Library/Frameworks/PluginManager.framework/Versions/B/PluginManager
Referenced from: /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/Aperture
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