System preferences deleted help!!!!
ok i trash my system preferences application icon an emty trash bin not good i know but i need help. how can i get it back i try mac data recovery but i can't find it i dont know what type of file is it. anyway to download this application
yea under the apple icon i see system preferences but when ever i try opening anything that is involve with system preferences this is what a get
*you are opening the application "616.html" for the fist time. are you sure you want to open this application?*
*the application is in a folder named "pgs" to see the application in the finder without opening it, click show application.*
*show application cancel open*
then if i click on show application i get lots of .html pages tht take me to firefox and dont show me nothing. i get letters in another lenguage?
and if i click open it trys to open system preferences but it fails too
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