How to force unlock Security & Privacy Preferences

Have no password on my Mac (only temp) but cannot unlock Security and Privacy Preferences. Need to turn off firewall to load App.

You are welcome.
Since Yosemite, Apple seems to have gone to requiring a password.

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Can't open Security & Privacy preference pane?...please help.

Hi All,
I would be grateful if anyone could assist... I can't seem to open the security & privacy preference pane. I receive the following "Preferences Error" upon trying to click the icon in my system preferences:
First click: You can’t open Security & Privacy preferences because it doesn’t work on an Intel-based Mac.
Second click: Could not load Security & Privacy preference pane.
I noticed the issue this past week when I installed some monitor callibration software. After downloading, the software's interface text did not load (it was simply blank for the drop down menus). The manufacturer tried to help me by clearing font cache and such, but that was not the issue. When he next directed me to the S&P pane, that's when I noticed I couldn't open it to adjust anything.
* I did go into Users & Groups and created a new admin user. I was then able to open the Security & Privacy pane, and load the monitor calibration software without any problems, so it seems to be a user issue I suppose? Tried to trash some security preferences, reinstalled 10.8.2, but with no luck.
Thanks for your assistance!

Try booting into the Safe Mode. Shut down the computer and then power it back up. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This does some maintenance routines and 3rd party applications don't load. Sometimes 3rd party applications are the problem. If your normal user account works in Safe Mode, it is probably a 3rd part application.
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Security & Privacy preference pane not opening

All of my system preferences panes work except Security & Privacy. This has been broken since installing 10.9.0 and 10.9.1 hasn't fixed it. Pane tries to open then gives the error, "There was an error in Security & Privacy preference pane." Looked through other posts for solutions but nothing seems to work. Tried creating a new user account, deleting caches, systempreferences.plist. Took into Apple Store and they suggested restoring from TimeMachine backup but that did not fix it. Been dealing with this for a while but now I really need to install an unsigned app and can't get to the security pane to allow it.

Our preference panes seem to be identical.
There are two other things you might want to investigate:
1) Although this is unlikely, look in /Library/PreferencePanes to see if for some reason there might be another copy of Security.prefPane.
2) Another possibility may be that a settings file is corrupted. One such file seems to be in your account's Library folder. In the Finder hold down an "option" key while you pull down the "Go" menu, then select "Library". In the resulting window open "Preferences". Find the file com.apple.systempreferences.plist. With System Preferences not running, drag that file to the Desktop. Then see if you can access the Security & Privacy panel.

Yosemite notifications (weather) not working. Every time I go to security/privacy preferences and allow location services/weather, it automatically unchecks that preference when I restart my imac

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Thanks for the prompt reply. The interesting thing is that my Macbook Pro was upgraded today to Yosemite and I still have the spinning wheel on the start up screen before the login page comes up.

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In past OS X systems I seem to remember that there was a 'Require password to unlock each secure system preference' option. In Yosemite this seems no longer to be the case, and there seems no longer to be an option to disable a password demand for individual applications (e.g. Energy Saver). I am finding it a nuisance to type in my password each time I need to change a preference, which at the moment I am having to do fairly regularly. Does anyone know whether there is a straightforward way of disabling this password requirement?

Linc, thanks very much for your swift response. Automatic Login is not enabled in my (administrator) account, but I was nonetheless required to enter a password each time I wanted to alter a preference. However, I found that unchecking, in 'Security & Privacy/General/Advanced', the 'Require an administrator password to access system-wide preferences' box has solved this problem.

Can't unlock security & privacy pane

Hi Guys,
Running Yosemite 10.10.2.
I am trying to unlock the security and privacy pane in system preferences. I provide my credentials, the padlock unlocks briefly, but then locks again. I have a password on my account and have even tried setting up a second test account (also with a password).
Any suggestions?

There are 2 work arounds for this issue
1 Set a password for account then security/privacy tabs will unlock like normal
2 Without password set you can click to unlock then when authentication box appears use return to ok it and immediately click on any security/privacy tab you literally have a split second to do this but it works
This issue has been apparent in:
10.10
10.10.1
10.10.2
This has helped some people though this is first I have encountered the wont unlock with with admin account password entered

Security & Privacy preference pane Error Mavericks -- NOT WORKING

Please Help!
I get this very worring error in Mavericks, which I just installed

Our preference panes seem to be identical.
There are two other things you might want to investigate:
1) Although this is unlikely, look in /Library/PreferencePanes to see if for some reason there might be another copy of Security.prefPane.
2) Another possibility may be that a settings file is corrupted. One such file seems to be in your account's Library folder. In the Finder hold down an "option" key while you pull down the "Go" menu, then select "Library". In the resulting window open "Preferences". Find the file com.apple.systempreferences.plist. With System Preferences not running, drag that file to the Desktop. Then see if you can access the Security & Privacy panel.

How do I unlock security on my Mac to all me to uninstall an app?

I want to uninstall an app. I can't unlock the security feature to change settings so I can do that.

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Cannot access security & privacy

hey all
please can you help me with this 'all of a sudden" problem that i have encountered that is driving me absolutely insane.
i am trying to access the security and privacy setting under the system preferences tab but when i click on the icon a message pops up saying :
"You can’t open Security & Privacy preferences because it doesn’t work on an Intel-based Mac."
i have no idea where this came from!!
Is it because I have updated to the latest version of OSx mountain Lion??

Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the page that opens.
Triple-click the line below to select it, then drag or copy the text — do not type it — into the Terminal window and press return:
file -b /System/Library/PreferencePanes/Security.prefPane/Contents/MacOS/Security
Post any lines of output that appear below what you entered — the text, please, not a screenshot.

How do i disable "change password" in "security & privacy"

Hi... i think something might be wrong... I have a standard account (for a child) that is locked down by parental controls by an admin user. I've locked changing the password - "Disable changing the password"... The lock icon is locked for users and groups in the standard account - so that works.
However if i goto System Preferences/Security & Privacy/General/Change Password it allows for changing of the standard account password and does not require the admin password.
Really? Can anybody else confirm this? How do I lock this also?
thanks in advance.

This isn't an answer.
You aren't the only one seeing this behavior. If you monitor the "More Like This" box (top right), other threads appear. Opening them usually displays other threads.
You might want to submit feedback to Apple so they are aware of the problem:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/

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You might try a forced shutdown to begin with, hold down the top and home buttons together until the device shuts down, then restart it.
If your back up continually fails, you might try turning off back up on your mobile device (settings > iCloud > storage & backup) and then deleting the backup file from iCloud by swiping the backup file on the mobile device (settings > iCloud > storage & backup > manage…) and then turning back up on again.
Being able to back up to the cloud can be very useful, especially if you don't have access to a computer or have infrequent access to one, however unless you specifically need to use iCloud for back up, you will find backing up to iTunes significantly more convenient and possibly more reliable.

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My mac says the security and privacy preferences pane cannot load. How do I access this pane? I just got my logic board replaced last week from Apple, if that helps.

Hi hornetlove2,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that you are unable to open Security & Privacy from System Preferences. To begin the troubleshooting process, I would first suggest testing this situation out in a new user to help isolate the issue. Please let me know if the issue continues in a new user account.
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Joe

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The crossdomain security policy stuff is annoying, but it's there to prevent this sort of scenario:
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This is facetious and contrived, but without crossdomain security policies, the internet would be a much more dangerous place. JavaScript has even more restrictive crossdomain policies. I don't think this is going away.

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Hi Drumbrae,
What are you trying to unlock? If it is an object (such as a Table) click on it to select it.
The little x marks will show that it is locked. But because it is now selected, the Menu item Arrange > Unlock will work.
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System Preferences 'Security & Privacy' Pane Automatically opens on login

I see there are a number of threads with System Preference pane problems in Mavericks - and while I've never had the problems other people are reporting with buttons not working, ever since installing Mavericks, the 'Security & Privacy' pane of my System Preferences pane always appears at login/startup, no matter what my settings are - with the 'Accessibility' section highlighted. Any Ideas?
(I also have the duplicate icon issue in the menu bar - with Ink specifically - but that's another thread...)

If you are looking for an answer please go to
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1438437&tstart=0
I posted the question twice and in the above link it got solved. Good Luck.

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