10.5.3 upgrade removed my Network Preference
Literally! In my System Preferences > under Internet & Network > my system now reads NetworkPref whereas before it always said Network. When I click on it the whole system preferences window is empty (with the exception of the menu bar, i.e. "show all" and the search field) and also in the top where it would normally read Network Preferences it now says com.apple.preference.network
I was hoping that 10.5.3 would solve my earlier networking issue but it seems to have only added a new issue to my problems.
Any ideas???
Darren Brown wrote:
Literally! In my System Preferences > under Internet & Network > my system now reads NetworkPref whereas before it always said Network. When I click on it the whole system preferences window is empty (with the exception of the menu bar, i.e. "show all" and the search field) and also in the top where it would normally read Network Preferences it now says com.apple.preference.network
I was hoping that 10.5.3 would solve my earlier networking issue but it seems to have only added a new issue to my problems.
Any ideas???
First, an update will never solve a problem specific to a particular user's machine. And it's a bad idea to update a system that is not functioning properly. Strange things (as you have noted) can occur.
I suggest trashing your system .plist will help you restore your proper icons, names and other items.
You will find it in your library/preferences folder. It's named
com.apple.systempreferences.plist
drag it onto your desktop and log off and back in.
You will have to reset all your preferences, but if this does not help your issue, simply drag the .plist on your desktop back to where it came from.
Usually this trashing of a .plist fixes these kinds of problems. It probably will not fix your original network problem, however, but only the wrongly named icon.
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