Padlock will not unlock when i attempt to make changes to system preferences
After recently upgrading to Mountain Lion, when i try to click the padlock to make changes in system preferences, it does not do anything. I have already repaired disk permissions, still no luck. Any suggestions??
No luck. When I click the padlock, it should popup my username and ask for my password. it doesn't even do that. the padlock just jiggles and doesn't attempt to open.
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I tried to select different pages in the master select and it still does not work.
any suggestions?
What am I doing wrong?I don't think you are doing anything wrong. The Master Slides are not locked, per se, although certain elements within the Master might be. The Arrange and Format menus are context sensitive.
Try this:
Open the Master Navigator (slide the navigator view down with the handle at the top (looks like two parallel lines) to expose the Master Slides.
Select the Master Slide you wish to modify and select a line of bulleted text then Text Inspector > Bullets > select the bullet style you want.
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I think you will find that the bullet has changed to your new style. It works for me.
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System preferences panes will not unlock
I'm having an issue in OS 10.8.2 where I cannot unlock system preferences even when I use the correct password.
If it will not unlock even using the correct password, like Linc said check the caps lock etc and make sure you are using the computer login password, not an apple ID password. You can also try leaving it blank and see if that helps.
If it doesn't the next step would be try resetting the admin password and try again, which you can do through the Recovery HD. Hold Cmd/R as you are starting up till you get a screen asking you to select the language. Hit continue and you will get a screen that says Mac OS X Utilities. Click on Utilities on the menu bar at the top, select terminal. In the white box that comes up, type in resetpassword and press enter. You'll get a reset password dialog box. Select Mac HD (the volume where the user account you want to reset is located), choose the admin account, enter in the new password, verify it, hit save (you'll get a password reset successfully box) and the restart the computer and try unlocking the system preferences then.
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