My system preferences got deleted

by mistake i deleted my system preferences and my photo booth also.i have no idea how to put it back!

If you don't have your install disks you can get the 2 gray install disks by calling AppleCare. 1-800-APL-CARE (1-800-275-2273) They can send them to you for about $16 per disk plus S & H. Just give them your serial number and they'll know which ones you need.
Or if you don't have any files you want to recover from your hard drive you can get Snow Leopard for $29 if you have at least 1gb of RAM and a working DVD drive. http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY You would then erase and reformat your hard drive and install Snow Leopard. You won't need the box set unless you want the latest iLife and iWork. If you only want iPhoto or other single apps you can get them from the App Store after you update to 10.6.6. iPhoto, iMovie and Garage Band for $15 each and Pages, Keynote and Numbers for $20 each.

Similar Messages

  • System preferences got deleted :S

    I cannot seem to find my system preferences on my computer. About a week or two ago i saw them and i have not done much but i was trying to access them and it would not open. I searched on spotlight i could not find it. I went through nearly every folder and cannot find them. Also tried clicking on the apple on top left and then system preferences nothing opens. How can i re download it is there any link. 

    Backup your files.
    Get out the disk for your latest OS and reboot holding c and simply reinstall OS X, it will overwrite and replace any missing bundled programs.

  • Systems Preference is deleting an account in my Users

    My Users & Groups, in Systems Preference, is "deleting an account" in order to clean this device back to its factory default settings, and its been going on for about 20 hours. How long does it take?  Thanks!

    Hi Ralph,
    If you're looking to have that second Adobe ID you created completely erased, you'll want to email your request to our Privacy team.  They can explain the risks of doing so. 
    If you'd like those two accounts merged under a single Adobe ID, our customer service department can help with that: http://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html
    Please let me know if there's anything else we can help with!
    -David

  • Hi folks, you might know how to fix this: my wifi shows (no hardware installed) then I went to system preferences and deleted the wifi connection, I went also to system information and I can not see wifi listed on Network, how can I create a new wifi ?

    Hi folks, you might know how to fix this: my wifi shows (no hardware installed) then I went to system preferences and deleted the wifi connection, I went also to system information and I can not see wifi listed on Network, how can I create a new wifi or simply solve this, I have tryied shotdown pressing keys like P and R, option, etc. Please help me .

    Please read this whole message before doing anything.
    This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
    The purpose of the test is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party software that loads automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
    Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. You must hold down the shift key twice: once when you turn on the computer, and again when you log in.
    Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a Fusion Drive or a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
    Safe mode is much slower to start up and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output on certain models. The next normal startup may also be somewhat slow.
    The login screen appears even if you usually login automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
    Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
    After testing, restart as usual (not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of the test.

  • System Preferences accidently deleted

    I have come home to find my flat mate has managed t delete my system preferences somehow. I have tried a few things suggeted by other forums but really need some proper help. \
    I do not have the disks to go with my imac and do not have a nother mac available to copy and paste the system preferencces from.
    Please help!!

    Do you mean the icon in the dock got accidentally deleted? You can put it back by opening Apple () > System preferences. Once it is open it will be in the dock temporarily. Go to to the dock icon and *control-click>options>keep in Dock*.

  • System preferences icon deleted by mistake.

    Hi to all
    i did delete my system preferences icon by mistake.
    and now i can not go through the system preferences to set my laptop settings, like the background, network ..... ect.
    now, could someone assist me pls
    Thank you so much

    Are you referring to the actual application in your Applications folder or the icon in the Dock? If the latter simply open your Applications folder, locate the System Preferences application and drag its icon into the Dock. If the former then you have to reinstall it from your OS X Installer DVD:
    How to Use Pacifist to Replace Deleted or Missing OS X Components
    Insert the OS X Installer DVD into the optical drive. Use a simple utility like TinkerTool to toggle invisibility so you can see invisible items. Alternatively, open the Terminal application in your Utilities folder and at the prompt enter the following:
    defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles Yes
    Press RETURN.
    To turn off the display of invisible files repeat the above command substituting No for Yes.
    The install packages are located in the /System/Installation/ folder on the DVD.
    Download the shareware utility Pacifist from VersionTracker or MacUpdate. Use it to extract a fresh copy of the missing item(s) from the file archives on your OS X installation DVD. The file archives are in the /System/Installations/ folder (use Go to Folder option in the Go menu of the Finder.)
    Here are Four Basic ways to use Pacifist (courtesy of George Orville.)
    A. Drag a .pkg icon onto the Pacifist window .....proceed to step 7.
    B. Click on “Open Package ....” and navigate to package desired and click “Open” in the open/save window.....proceed to step 7.
    C. Insert Mac OS X installer CD and when it mounts, navigate to .... Menu->Go->Go to Folder.
    In the path field enter or paste ....
    /Volumes/disc name/System/Installation/Packages (where disc name is the name of the CD/DVD that you inserted.
    • Click on the "Go" button .....
    • Drag a .pkg to Pacifist..... proceed to step 7.
    The package you'll need will have to be discovered by trial and error, but for most applications you should start with the Essentials.pkg and/or Additional Essentials.pkg.
    D. Insert your Mac OS X install disk 1 .... and open Pacifist.
    1. In Pacifist, select "Open Mac OS X Install Packages" ... dialog may appear asking for disk 2, then disk 3 and finally disk 1 again.... {if DVD is not used)...If “Stop Loading” is selected...the procedure will stop!!!
    2a. When loading is complete, a new window appears, click the triangle to display contents of each package...Select item and proceed to step 7.
    2b. or click the “Find” icon in the Pacifist window and type the name of the software you need.
    3. In the list that comes back, click the top most entry for the item that you want. ..... that is the one for the English language.
    4. On the top of the Pacifist window, click “verify” .... you will probably be prompted for your password.
    5. Enter checks for.... “verify permissions” and “verify file contents.” and click “verify” ....enter password when prompted.... you will get back output which may look like this:
    20 files were scanned.
    20 of 20 files were present on the hard disk.
    0 of 20 files had file permissions that did not match those specified in the package.
    0 of 20 files had checksums that did not match those specified in the package.
    6. Click “close”. Go to step 7.
    Extract or Install........
    7. In the Toolbar (upper left), you now have the option to extract or install. Click a file in the lower list and those two icons will be enabled.
    8. If “Extract to...” is selected.... navigate to the location where the file will be placed, select “choose”, select “extract” in new dialog that appears,authenicate , if prompted, click “OK”.
    9. In the next dialog, click “Extract”.
    10. If “Install” is selected... dialog will appear with the location/path of the installed software. Click “Install”
    11. Type in your password, click “OK”
    • Pacifist will begin to extract files.
    12. In steps 8/10ß.... you also have the choice to “cancel”
    Notes.....
    • Pacifist may find that a file it is installing already exists on the hard disk. Pacifist will present you with an alert panel....
    Stop
    Leave original alone
    Update ..... Default selection
    Replace .... Replace option should only be used on full install packages

  • System Preferences was deleted

         I can't seem to find my System Preferences. I want to change my Screen or change my Dock, but I can't find it. I was suggested to look in my trash, or go to Spotlight and type in "System Preferences, but nothing showed up. I accidentally dragged it off of the Dock and it disappeared. Though I remember that there was a "?" over it, I tried clicking it but it never opened. Therefore I've been stuck with the same Screen. My brother gave his MacBook, because he was going to college so he got a MacBook Pro. He never Reset the computer or anything so it's still stuck under his name. Should I take it to Apple Store or what? And also, my sister thought that we could use iDisk or something. I don't know how to get System Preferences back!

    System Preferences is in the Applications folder. (The main Applications, not the one in the Home folder.)
    Do you have the start up disks that came with the computer?

  • Urgent, system preference got frozen and not not working.

    I was trying to change the desktop picture and after I chagned, I did not like the picture and wanted to choose another one, I went back to system reference and open the desktop and screen saver, It started to show a circle with rainbow color and cannot close or do anything, I forced to quick and send the report to Mac, and re start again. but I still cannot do anything with system preference, they go back to desktop screen saver screen and cannot do anything, please let me know what I did wrong and what I need to fix this!
    thank you very much.

    ShugNight wrote:
    Hi tjk,
    thank you for your suggestion but do you know how to fix it?
    I'm sorry, I do not. In an earlier OS, I'd go looking for the appropriate pref file/s and trash it/them, but I don't have a clue where things are in Lion. Also, this could be a known issue in Lion, in which case you might get a very quick solution in the Lion forum. Good luck to you.

  • System preferences got quastion mark

    i ned to fix it the icon system preferences dos not wark

    Hello Arafat,
    This usually indicates that the application (System Preferences) cannot be located, as such it'll need to be reinstalled. Before you proceed with that step, though, make sure to check for the Application. Check in the Trash, do a Spotlight search, etc. It could just be a simple "it was misplaced." Otherwise if you can't locate the application then you'll need to reinstall the OS (to recover it).
    There use to be a way to extract specific applications out of the installer (a program called Pacifist) but it's not currently compatible with Lion.

  • How do i set system preferences to delete file cache that is not being used

    My file cache is using over a GB of memory.  How do i set the system to free up memory that is being held but not used?

    It's normal since Mavericks for almost all memory to be in use, either by applications or by the file cache. That's what you should want, since unused memory is going to waste. The relevant measure of whether memory is in short supply is what Apple calls "memory pressure."
    Apple's explanation of memory pressure is here. If you want a more detailed, technical description, see here, and for the source code, see here.

  • System Preferences is frozen open after attempting to delete two users

    Went into System Preferences to delete two users.  Now the System Preferences is frozen.  When I try to close it a pop up box says...
    Users & Groups preferences is removing a user account and saving the Home directory to a disk image
    This has been two hours.....  How do I fix this as I cannot get into any other Preference areas.  This is frozen or stuck....

    I would wait a day.
    There is no System Preferences on Mac OS 9.  What version of Mac OS X are you running?

  • Display settings in System Preferences acting up

    I'm having trouble with my Display settings under System Preferences. I am not using an external monitor. My display seems to be working fine, but when I open Display settings to change resolution and colour, weird stuff happens. Basically, I cannot use this preference pane at all.
    My display is 1920x1200, but when I open the Display settings, I get two windows, one telling me that "I am about to change [something something], some applications cannot display information correctly if the screen has less than 800x600 pixels", and the other one, the usual main window, telling me that my resolution is now 640x480 (it isn't).
    If I hit OK in the extra window that pops up, my resolution changes to 640x480 or something similar, and I am unable to change back unless I reboot. Also, in the main Display settings window, it says <<< DO NOT LOCALIZE >>> under the list of available resolutions, as well as << do not localize >> in the box where I can change refresh rate. None of the buttons seem to be working.
    Does anyone have any idea what is going on here? This was working just fine when I received my new MacBook Pro a few days ago, but now it's not. I've been repairing disk permissions and rebooting, etc.
    I have been installing the trial version of Adobe CS5, but had massive problems with this installation (as a lot of people are reporting with CS5 and Snow Leopard...) and uninstalled them again, cleaning out Adobe preference files. Could I have deleted some other important files by accident in this process?

    Quit System Preferences, then delete these files or folders.
    Users/yourname/Library/Preferences /com.apple.systempreferences.plist
    Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/By Host/com.apple.systempreferences.xxxxx.plist and com.apple.PrefPane.Network.xxxxx.plist (the X's will be numbers)
    Also, Users/Home/Library/Caches
    Now relaunch System Preferences. Let us know.
    -mj

  • Display System Preference Underscan Slider Gone

    I always look for solutions in these support communities but have never posted one. Figure I was due as I was up till 3:30am fixing this problem, sort of.
    My TV is a Mac mini with an old/ancient Sony WEGA LCD Projection TV for a display. When I upgraded from Mountain Lion to Mavericks, the image displayed was larger than the TV screen so the Menu Bar and Dock were not visible. I remembered using the Display System Preference Underscan slider to correct the issue but it's gone in Mavericks. Afer massive searching online, the only solution I found that worked was SwitchResX. It took a lot of setting tweaking and restarts but finally I have the full screen displaying now except it's shifted left a bit. That I can grin and bear. Still on the trial version.
    http://www.madrau.com/indexSRX4.html
    I have to agree with other posts I've read. Why does Apple remove features? First the ability to change resolutions in the Menu Bar and now this. Seems like Apple is sacrificing function for form these days. Sad and frustrating.

    Welcome to Apple Discussions.
    Quit System Preferences and delete these files:
    Delete these files or folders then relaunch System Preferences.
    Users/yourname/Library/Preferences /com.apple.systempreferences.plist
    Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/By Host/com.apple.systempreferences.xxx.plist
    and com.apple.PrefPane.Network.xxx.plist (the X's will be numbers)
    Also, Users/yourname/Library/Caches
    -mj

  • I cannot sign into my iCloud account from my MAC.  In the System Preferences I have two mail accounts iCloud

    I cannot sign into iCloud Mail from my MAC.  I have tried everything that I can think of to change in System Preferences, even deleted the mailbox and reinstalled it ..... nothing works.  It is fine on my iPhone 4S!!!  Please help ... about to go crazy!  There seem to be two accounts one from MobileMe (mail) and iCloud (calendar and contacts find my phone).  I have tried moving the mail to iCloud and unticking it on MobileMe but it will not allow me to submit it!

    This Apple Help page provides contact information for various countries for security problems with an Apple ID:
    http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT5699

  • Weird image in System preferences

    Hi,
    I have a weird image in the System Preferences. It is actually an image of a switch on top of the Startup Disk icon. How do I remove the weird image? I have tried to restart my Mac and update the software but that does not help. Please help.
    STAN
    Mac Mini, MacBook   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

    I have had this pop up from time to time. It turns out to be a corrupted sys pref or cache file.
    It is easy enough to fix. Close your system preferences and delete these two files -
    ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist
    ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.preferencepanes.cache
    This cleared it up for me and should do the same for you.

Maybe you are looking for