Preference system doen't work. Have to force it to quite

why does preference system don't respond ?

No problem!
Okay, I believe what you read would be to delete this preference file:
(From your last post, I assume you do know how to get to that folder?)
Move this .plist to the desktop, log out and back in (or restart) and see if it works now. Deleting the .plist may change some settings you have changed from the default settings, so you may have to go through and check other Panes - it will create a new .plist automatically.

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Go ▹ Go to Folder...
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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.
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Hello,
lovED safari since his beginning but,
the last version .............. i Can't continue with it !! : 15 times by day I have to force it to quit !! it is not responding.
Help me please .
Thank's

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Look at this link. http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9372513
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 Cheers, Tom

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Hi Mende 1
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Report generated 5/2/15, 9:53 PM
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    MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir5,2
    1 1.8 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
    4 GB RAM Not upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
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    Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
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    OS X 10.10.3 (14D136) - Time since boot: 0:22:41
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        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
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            Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
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        Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
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    Mac App Store and identified developers
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    [failed]    com.apple.mtrecorder.plist
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         6%    WindowServer
         3%    fontd
         2%    VShieldScanManager
         0%    taskgated
         0%    notifyd
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    439 MB    kernel_task
    246 MB    VShieldScanner(3)
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These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console 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 and start typing the name.
In the Console window, select
          DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION ▹ System Diagnostic Reports
(not Diagnostic and Usage Messages) from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
          View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
There is a disclosure triangle to the left of the list item. If the triangle is pointing to the right, click it so that it points down. You'll see a list of reports. A panic report has a name that begins with "Kernel" and ends in ".panic". Select the most recent one. The contents of the report will appear on the right. Use copy and paste to post the entire contents—the text, not a screenshot.
If you don't see any reports listed, but you know there was a panic, you may have chosen Diagnostic and Usage Messages from the log list. Choose DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION instead.
In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.)
Please don’t post other kinds of diagnostic report.
I know the report is long, maybe several hundred lines. Please post all of it anyway.

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Bad timing. Reapply the security update:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1489
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Hi Jeff,
Tried to reply with my iPhone but not easy! Anyway, back on the laptop now. Yes the crash was bad but Tek support at Prism Sound was really good. In the end I rebuilt the whole system on a new disk which took a couple of days with all the plugins, softsynths etc.... but there seemed to be no alternative in my case, and this was agreed with Prism sound as being the only alternative left to me. I still don't really know what caused the crash but ML and Orpheus are both working fine now. Let's face it, you'll have to update at sometime..maybe best to pick some time between projects On balance, I suspect that my problems were unique to my system and that your installation will go ok.
Hope it goes well,
Rick

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My Pages is frozen
Every time I try to open....it opens up the last two docs I was working on and I can not access any thing else
I have re booted
I have tried forcing quit

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