Cant open system preferences on macbook pro

new macbookpro and cany have acces to my system preferences? any idea

Boot it in Safe Mode:
1.) Reboot your Mac
2.) After you hear the sound press and hold SHIFT
3.) When you see the grey background and the Apple AND a loading bar underneath it, release the SHIFT
You'll see Safe Mode written in red letters in the top right corner.
After doing this, are you able to open the preferences?

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Can't open system preferences. Says it may be damaged or incomplete.

Thank you for answer.
I can't use or create a guest account, 'cause it's in system preferenses, and last user did't create it neiher. When i try to change user, i can only see account of last user. I go to <accounts>, and it shows me that:
Last login: Thu Feb 9 23:40:41 on ttys000
MacBook-Pro:~ *n*y*o*d*$ /Library/PreferencePanes/Growl.prefPane/Contents/MacOS/Growl ; exit;
-bash: /Library/PreferencePanes/Growl.prefPane/Contents/MacOS/Growl: cannot execute binary file
logout
[Process completed]
I'm really sorry, but it is my frst mac and i dont understan anything..
Thank you

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i cant open System Preferences.app and App Store,what should i do?

Step one is to boot into safe mode and see if the problem persists.

Re: Cant open system preferences or other apps

I opened up my mac book pro and i cant open my system preferences or other apps like photo booth and iphoto etc....when i try open system preferences error message comes up with may be damaged or incomplete. Please Help!

10.6.8 does not meet the system requirements for most (if not all) of the latest Creative Cloud applications. You would have to upgrade your system to be able to work with them. Here are a few links so that you can see for yourself for some of the more popular programs...
Premiere Pro - http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/system-requirements.html
After Effects - http://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/system-requirements.html
Photoshop - http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/system-requirements.html
InDesign - http://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/system-requirements.html
Flash - http://helpx.adobe.com/flash/system-requirements.html
Illustrator - http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/system-requirements.html
Dreamweaver - http://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/system-requirements.html

I cant open safari on my macbook pro, pls help me!!

Safari in my macbook pro get stuck cant opned it. pls help me some clues to solve it.

There is no need to download anything to solve this problem.
You may have installed the "Genieo" or "InstallMac" ad-injection malware. Follow the instructions on this Apple Support page to remove it.
Back up all data before making any changes.
Besides the files listed in the linked support article, you may also need to remove this file in the same way:
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.genieo.completer.ltvbit.plist
If there are other items with a name that includes "Genieo" or "genieo" alongside any of those you find, remove them as well.
One of the steps in the article is to remove malicious Safari extensions. Do the equivalent in the Chrome and Firefox browsers, if you use either of those. If Safari crashes on launch, skip that step and come back to it after you've done everything else.
If you don't find any of the files or extensions listed, or if removing them doesn't stop the ad injection, then you may have one of the other kinds of adware covered by the support article. Follow the rest of the instructions in the article.
Make sure you don't repeat the mistake that led you to install the malware. Chances are you got it from an Internet cesspit such as "Softonic" or "CNET Download." Never visit either of those sites again. You might also have downloaded it from an ad in a page on some other site. The ad would probably have included a large green button labeled "Download" or "Download Now" in white letters. The button is designed to confuse people who intend to download something else on the same page. If you ever download a file that isn't obviously what you expected, delete it immediately.
In the Security & Privacy pane of System Preferences, select the General tab. The radio button marked Anywhere should not be selected. If it is, click the lock icon to unlock the settings, then select one of the other buttons. After that, don't ignore a warning that you are about to run or install an application from an unknown developer.
Still in System Preferences, open the App Store or Software Update pane and check the box marked
Install system data files and security updates
if it's not already checked.

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i tried opening the system preferences from the uper left corner of my desktop but to no avail. and i cant really reinstall the OS because macbook air doesnt have a disk drive and my MBA is early 2008 so it doesnt have the USB thingy that the latest MBA has.
i was thinking maybe because i changed a couple of things in the "sharing preferences" i have no idea i need help any suggestions?

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I want to know the best system prefrence set up for Mac pro. I upgraded to lion and ever since my chat gets disabled sunddenly and I cannot type anymore

There is no "best" system preference set up.
If you have problems with Lion try this first:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions - Lion/Mountain Lion
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported then click on the Repair Permissions button. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
If iChat is the only application with which you have a problem, then try deleting the /Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ichat.com preference file in case it's corrupted.
If this doesn't seem to help then you might try reinstalling Lion:
Reinstalling Lion/Mountain Lion Without Erasing the Drive
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

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Hi, this afternoon i noticed by screen saver slide show stopped working. i went to click on system preferences and it won't open. A question mark now appears on the icon.
please help

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HT3140 put a date 1970 june 27 . and now the whole system is out of control i cant get to internet cannot change date and time always when i opened system preferences stays in a waiting mode but doesnt show any opcion don t know what to do and i just bou

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It may well be a driver issue but considering the loading: Xorg trying to load different drivers is somewhat normal. @cafe you can see that these are autoconfigured by X above the loading in the log:
Jul 20 19:48:24 arch gdm-Xorg-:0[216]: (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0
Jul 20 19:48:24 arch gdm-Xorg-:0[216]: (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 1
Jul 20 19:48:24 arch gdm-Xorg-:0[216]: (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 2
Jul 20 19:48:24 arch gdm-Xorg-:0[216]: (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 3
Jul 20 19:48:24 arch gdm-Xorg-:0[216]: (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 4
As long as one of the drivers gets loaded, which it apparently does the failing of the others is fine.
Was there an update maybe ?

Unable to open System Preferences - Keyboard and Mouse

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The following messages are displayed on the console when i click on "Keyboard and Mouse" icon.
/Applications/System\ Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/System\ Preferences
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Unable to open System Preferences

I am unable to open Systems Preferences on my MacBook Pro. I click on Systems Preference in the Apple Menus and it flashes but does not open. Thanks.

By Apple Menus, I mean the Apple symbol on the top left. Then I select "system preference" and click on this. It does not open.
I see thanks for explaining.
Where do I find the Applications - System Preferences? I thought this was it. Thank you for your response.
Open a Finder Window and you should see a folder called Applications or using your Dock click on Applications (probably on the far right of the Dock).
BTW did you try restarting your computer? That helps in many situations like this.

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