My system preferences is not responding, my system preferences is not responding

My system preferences has locked up. It has nothing to do with iphoto like some questions have been corrected by moving that folder. Every preference locks up. From the SP window any preference I click on will not respond. I don't care about my background picture. I have tried deleting the plist in the system folder and that didn't work either. Any suggestions. Thanks

I'm having the same problem. iPhoto starts fine, displays pictures fine, but when I select "iPhoto", "Preferences", iPhoto locks up with the pinwheel turning. I end up doing a force quit. I've backed up my computer and tried some rebuilding of my library and no fix.
Anyone else having the same problem?
The only thing I can think of is that my iPhoto library is stored on an external HD. But that shouldn't matter.

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Hi
I'm using a Mac Mini with OS X 10.9.3 software. Today, I finally uninstalled Mackeeper using CleanMyMac Uninstaller and the only discernable difference I have is that my screen saver administered through the System Preferences 'desk top and screen saver' option fails to find the iphoto library. System preferences will continue to respond providing I remain with one of the default 'flurry', 'arabesque' etc. options but as soon as I try to select an option allowing me to link to my photo's, i.e., shifting tiles, the system preferences will hang after about 5-10 seconds. I have tried the 'moving the iphoto library/photobooth/pictures folders from their curent position to desk top and back again' recommendation I have read in other threads, rebooting, disk utility checks, all to no avail.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Many thanks.

You used one worthless scam "utility" to remove another.
Remove "CleanMyMac" by following the first set of instructions on this page. If you have a different version of the product, the procedure may be different. Do not drag the CleanMyMac application to the Trash.
Back up all data before making any changes.
Remove "MacKeeper" as follows.
"MacKeeper" is a scam with only one useful feature: it deletes itself.
Note: These instructions apply to the version of the product that I downloaded and tested in early 2012. I can't be sure that they apply to other versions.
If you have incompletely removed MacKeeper, then you'll have to reinstall it and start over.
IMPORTANT: "MacKeeper" has what the developer calls an “encryption” feature. In my tests, I didn't try to verify what this feature really does. If you used it to “encrypt” any of your files, “decrypt” them before you uninstall, or (preferably) restore the files from backups made before they were “encrypted.” As the developer is not trustworthy, you should assume that the "decrypted" files are corrupt unless proven otherwise.
In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Applications
from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-A. The "MacKeeper" application is in the folder that opens. Quit it if it's running, then drag it to the Trash. You'll be prompted for your login password. Click the Uninstall MacKeeper button in the dialog that appears. All the functional components of the software will be deleted. Restart the computer.
☞ Quit MacKeeper before dragging it to the Trash.
☞ Don't empty the Trash. Let MacKeeper delete itself.
☞ Don't try to drag the MacKeeper Dock icon to the Trash.

Hi tutor,my system preferences remains in hang and it does not respond even after force quit.May i have a advice la

my sytem preferences remains in hang and is not responding even after force quit,may i have suggestion la

Hello: Welcome to Apple Support Communities!
Could you specify the Mac OS X version and also what computer you
are using it on, with some detail? Some of these kinds of issues, while
they may seem the same across various years of OS X, can have
different causes and also different cures.
With that information, someone may be capable of researching a reply
most suited to try & see if it works in your computer + OS X system.
One idea, which may/may not help, would be to start the computer
from its most recent OS X DVD install disc, unless it has OS X 10.7
or Later, where there is a Recovery partition on the HDD to boot from.
Then use Disk Utility> repair disk, while there, also repair permissions.
Thanks.
Good luck & happy computing!

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Your
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PMU Reset and System Preferences not Responding-Always 1969

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A google search suggests deleting this file.
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