Removing audio system preferences?

I used to have a digidesign audio interface - but changed it. However after removing Pro-Tools/digidesign software from my mac - I still have the mbox audio interface as an option in my imac audio in/out system preferences.
Is there anyway I can remove this from the audio system preferences somewhere (in user library?) - as it doesn't exist for me now?!

"Is there not a folder in the system somewhere - that allows me to remove the unwanted audio device from the input/output preferences pane?"
If the app came with an uninstaller, then it's gone now since you already got rid of it.
Have you tried my previous suggestion?
+"Use Spotlight to look for any straggler files. Just type in the name of the app in the search window."+
You can even delete files directly from Spotlight.
Or you can manually go into the Preferences Folder to see if you can find any .plist files that has the same and/or similar name as the app you are looking for. Crossing your fingers that the app did not place scragglers in any other place on your system as 3rd party apps sometimes do.
Home>Library>Preferences
Good luck!

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Thank you.
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Barbara
Have you tried SystemPreferences -> .Mac. which controls all these things.
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How do I remove "Other" system preferences

I have a few other prefs in system prefs that i do not need how do i remove them?

In theory.. any prefs you've added should be in the main drive>Library>PreferencePanes
Just delete them, and log out and back in or re-start.

System preferences keeps crashing

Bit of a problem here
In system preferences on my iMac under the users & groups option i'm trying to change the login options from list of users to automatic login
Everytime i try to select the name for automatic login system prefs keeps crashing & i cant change it
I am trying to set up OS x Server on my iMac but ive uninstalled i'm still learning & i'm going through a tutorial from a book
I have looked at a few threads already & ive tried running a couple of apps called maintainance & onyx ive also repaired permissions on disk utility
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Anyone had a similar problem & found a solution
I can copy & paste the crash file if needed
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Hi Mende1
Thank you for your help
I have just tried that i tried to set the new account as automatic sign in in preferences from both accounts
I did log out of each account when i did it too
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System Preferences Not Working With OS X Lion

Okay well I downloaded OS X Lion a couple of days ago and I was messing about with the System Preferences (I wanted to change my wallpaper) and all of a sudden the multicolored pinwheel came up and it froze. I had to force quit it and now everytime I try to open it, it just comes up with the pinwheel and freezes. Is there any way to fix this problem? I have looked all over the web and nothing seems to work! Please help D;

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Recently, I remove the system preferences from dock to desktop and into smoke. Now, I try looking for it but not success. Not even found in applications.
What should I do?
Pls help.
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Mark,
1. I am confident that you can fix your Help Viewer problem, by following the instructions in Troubleshooting Help Viewer by Dr. Smoke.
2. The "Date and Time" malfunction which you describe in the menu bar is a clue that indicates a possible problem with another preference called SystemUIServer.plist. Search for "systemuiserver". You should find two files, one called "com.apple.systemuiserver.plist" and another one with a very similar name, but some letters and numbers before ".plist." Move both of them to your desktop and restart the computer.
3. If the previous step is not successful, create a new "Administrator Account" for your computer and name it something like "Test." The linked article title says: Mac OS X 10.3 Help, but the instructions will also apply to 10.4. Test your System Preferences while operating from this new account. Is there any improvement?
4. If System Preferences operates normally in the "Test" account, log back in to your user account and follow the procedures listed in Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption, also by Dr. Smoke.
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System Preferences Crash when I try to open Sound or Security or Displays??

I have tried to remove the system preferences plists for sound and systempreferences and anything else that sounded right but it still crashes! What to do?
I have an intel mac

Repairing Permissions and/or Resetting the Power Management Unit (PMU) is known to resolve certain anomalies or conditions, and may help with your symptom. Nether process will compromise or harm anything with your Mac so it’s worth a shot.
Repair Permissions:
Go to: Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility
Select: your Hard Drive
Select: the First Aid tab
Select: Repair Permissions
Resetting the Power Management Unit (PMU)
If the computer is on, turn it off.
Disconnect the AC Adapter and remove the computer's battery.
Press and hold down the power button for 5 seconds and then release the button.
Reconnect the battery and AC Adapter.
Press the Power button to restart the computer.
Ref:
PMU: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303319
User's Guide: page-95
Regards,
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System Preferences Clipping

Its kind of hard to explain, but when I open up System Preferences everything looks fine, but when I open a preferenc panel the content of that pane gets cut off when it loads and there is no way to resize the window. The wierd thing is that the non-apple panes do not have this problem, they resize just fine. Is anyone else having this problem? I can post picks in needed.
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Found the answer to this one elsewhere on Apple Discussions.
I'm betting your System Preferences icon didn't update to the new "gears" icon in the dock, as mine didn't.
Remove the System Preferences Icon from the dock, and then move it back in from the Finder. You should now have those snazzy new gears in your Dock, and System Preferences should work just fine.
This is what worked for me, good luck...

I´M using Lion 10.7.3 and I can´t running system preferences

I´M using Lion 10.7.3 and I can´t running system preferences. I can´t change or check anything because the screen is "frozen" and the time of response is over and I must to force quit of the app.

Do a safe boot. Then remove the system preference plist
www.apple.com/support/lion - link to Lion Community
If you want MacBook Pro Community
www.apple.com/support/macbookpro

Can't change audio output in System Preferences

I have installed an M-Audio Firewire Solo interface on my Mac Mini and have made it my default audio output device in System Preferences. When I go to change the audio output back to "Headphones" (the built-in output on the computer), it will not allow me to do so. I click on Headphones, close the window, reopen the window, and the Firewire Solo output is still selected. I'm guessing there's an easy solution to this?

Welcome to the Mac and Apple Discussions.
Open the Preferences folder in the Library folder on the hard drive and look for the files com.apple.audio.DeviceSettings.plist and com.apple.audio.SystemSettings.plist and perhaps any others. Move them to the desktop and restart or log out and in. The system will rebuild them when it starts up again. You might try removing them one at a time so you are able to identify which is the corrupt .plist file, if in fact it is a .plist problem.
If that doesn’t fix anything, look for similar files with .audio.xxxxxx.plist in your Users Preferences folder: Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences and try removing those. The .plist files usually can be removed without causing problems as they are automatically rebuilt. If it does cause a problem, you can move the originals back to their respective folders from the desktop, replacing the ones that were reconstructed after the restart and you’ll be back to the way it was before you removed them.
And then I’m out of ideas. But keep posting until you get it solved. There are a lot of very knowledgeable people on this forum. If you don’t get any response for a while, respond to your own post with the word “Bump” to get it to the top of the stack again.

Hi i upgrade from lion to mountain lion to day on my mini mac,Since the upgrade i am getting no sound through my HDMI cable which was working fine on lion Checked the midi audio settings and system preferences to out on HDMi nothing no sound whats so ever

Hi i upgraded from lion to mountain lion to day on my mini mac,Since the upgrade i am no longer getting sound through my HDMI cable which was working fine on lion Checked the midi audio settings and system preferences to out on HDMi nothing no sound whats so ever.Any one any ideas?
I use a samsung TV for my monitor via HDMI.Tried all the system Audi setting nothing .Head phone and internal speakers are fine.

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Hello everyone.
i have a 15" MBA circa 2011 running Lion 10.7.5 and my sound has gone, There is a no sound circle on my volume display and in system preferences sound my options for output is empty. At the same time this happened I noticed 2 things: 1) itunes would not actually play any audio track and every video i streamed stopped after a few seconds (usually 11s) but not always.
I have tried following some tips I have found online like going into MIDI and fixing the problem there, restarting in safe mode. Resetting with PRAM (or something that sounds like that).
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Please Help
Thanks

Hello JaboorMBA2011,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information, take a look at:
Troubleshooting issues with no audio from built-in speakers on Macs
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1574
Have a nice day,
Mario

With 10.2 I can only use system speaker output for audio, NOT my RME FF400 I used previously. The FF400 works fine with other apps. How can I set this device in FCP 10.2? (it is set in both system preferences and midi)

With 10.2 I can only use a system (e.g. speaker) output for audio, NOT my RME FF400 I used without any problems previously. The FF400 works fine with other apps (some like TwistedWave) setup in the program, and others (like Spotify) using system preferences & audio midi setup. How can I set the FF400 to be the sound output device in FCP 10.2? N.B. The FF400 is set as sound output device in both system preferences and audio midi setup.

From the fcp.co forum. See if this does anything for you.
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I have the solution! Well it at least worked for me. This is the response I got from Apple, Can you please try the following steps towards fixing your audio issue, and report back with your results?
1. Open the application Audio Midi Setup (located in Applications : Utilities)
2. Select the Output Tab for the current output device
3. Select the Configure Speakers option
4. Select the Multichannel tab
5. Change the setting to Stereo Now mine was set to stereo but the left channel wasn't showing left. re-clicking on stereo reloaded the settings and after clicking apply it worked.

System Preferences not detecting intel high definition audio

I have tried researching as much as possible before posting and I just can't find a solution.
I have a 2.4GHz Intel Core i7 Macbook Pro late 2011 running Mavericks 10.9.4 (13E28) on 8 GB RAM and Intel HD Graphincs 3000 512 MB, and my audio devices are not identified in audio MIDI setup or system preferences. Looking at system information the audio hardware is recognized (but there is no "built-in" beside 'audio' in the navigation pane).
I've tried reinstalling Mavericks, 10.9.0, 10.9.2, 9.3 and 9.4.
I've tried installing the combo pack for 10.9.4
After each install I've reset the PRAM and SMC for each reinstall.
I know my speakers work because I hear the chime when i start up. My internal microphone and line-in are also part of this problem with the audio devices. They don't show up in sound preferences either. To my knowledge the only issue seems to be with the audio.
My direct question is: How do i make my system preferences recognize my internal microphone, my internal speakers, and my built-in line?
I'd appreciate any input, this is my first posting to the community. Thank you all for viewing.

I looked into the community and saw that someone had the exact same problem. Their solution was to backup valuable data and clean install the operating system. I have followed through on this and have sound =). Just waiting now for my backups to complete.
I'm being cautious what I put back into the settings because I believe that's where some files my have been corrupted. Not sure. For the most part, thanks for viewing to those who did.

HT3625 I don't have a "Use audio for:" menu in my system preferences

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malcolm007,
Here is a pin description of the 4 pin connector, there impedence and shunting that needs to be taken into consideration, not to mention the response curve that this is optomized for,ie:headset mic response. There could be potential damaged cause by incorrect matching and shunting (shorting certain pins to ground) you might consider calling Apple and see what their response is. You can even try experimenting at your own risk, I myself can make no recomendation and would advise against it as you could risk damaging your device. I found no data that would allow an informed decision on my part. The audio quality would most likely be sub par for a music type of application anyways, as it is most likey optomized for the headset mic as prviously mentioned.
USB interfaces are cheap and most sound good and will definatly provide a safe and flexible way to get in.
IMHO
http://www.speechrecsolutions.com/assets/iPad_and_microphones.pdf

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