System Prefrences Freezing

My iMac OS X Lion 10.8.3 -
once i open the System Prefrences the whole applications freeze! please help,

Hold down the option key>Finder>Go>Library>Preferences. Trash the com.apple.systempreferences.plist file, restart your computer and empty the trash. A new plist file will be recreated after you open up SP again.

Similar Messages

Mbp freezes when I try to use system prefrences network

Im using a Macbook pro-17 system is 10.4.9 when I go into system prefrences network it has a window pop up telling me that a program has changed my network prefrences. I then have to shut down computer to make it go away. how do I find out what program it is

There could be some clues if you run /Utilities/Console and click 'All Messages' top left.

Updated from Leopard to Snow Leopard, then upgraded to Lion, now my system is freezing on startup. Can anyone help?

Updated from Leopard to Snow Leopard, then upgraded to Lion, now my system is freezing on startup. Can anyone help?

Try a Safe Boot: Restart holding down the shift key until you (hopefully) see a grey progress bar. Once booted restart as normal from the Apple menu. Any change?
How much RAM do you have installed?

Icloud is not showing up in my system prefrences

icloud is not showing up in my system prefrences, how do I correct this problem?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Your profile shows you as using OSX 6.8, you need to upgrade to Lion to be able to use iCloud.

System Prefrences quiting

I'm having a problem with System Prefrences quiting on me when I open up the Desktop & Screen Saver option. This only happens on my profile. When I option click and try to change my background pic, I get an error beep. Everything else works in Sys Prefs, but the option in question. Any help with this is appreciated.
12" PowerBook G4 1Ghz Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Hi Mr Drew
With System Preferences closed, in Finder locate and delete the file
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist
and in
~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/
and delete any .plist files referring to
com.apple.screensaver....plist
Then try System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver to see if it works correctly.
regards roam

Mac pro 5,1 / 10.8.2 / 10.0.7 - while working in fcx and the program and the system hangs (freezing)

mac pro 5,1 / 10.8.2 / 10.0.7 - while working in fcx and the program and the system hangs (freezing). Only moves the mouse pointer. In addition to disconnecting from the mains, nothing helps! what to do?

Yes, it would if you ran it on the new MBP which is the reason I am saying install rather then clone.
If you clone then you are only getting the same code as the old MBP which probably will not have the correct drivers.

Help! System keeps freezing

I have recently bought the new imac 21.5" running Snow Le opard(last month infact) and transferred my data from my previous imac running Snow Leopard using set-up assistant. After a couple of weeks my system froze and the only way to get out was to power down with the power button. After re-starting I was getting the file sign with the question mark, showing that the computer couldn't find my hard drive. After re-startingfrom the Snow Leopard install disk it still couldn't find my hard drive, so I powered down again and left it til the morning and tried again starting from the boot disc - from here I saw that the hard drive was verified so I repaired the disc and permissions and restarted - everything was fine, no hard disc problems. However, this has happened now four times, the system completely freezes, I have to do a shut down and encounter the same problem each time, although after a few hours I can re-boot and get everything up and running. I thought originally it was a problem with an open application but the last time it happened (a couple of hours ago) I had nothing running, I had just turned on screen sleep. I am wondering if my time machine back-up drive may be the problem but not being computer savvy I haven't a clue. I would be very grateful for any advice given as I don't really know what to do next

I experienced a different reaction from my Mac book pro after installing wwan.
I actually connect to the internet using a Merlin data card for which this update was made but I live in Greece. What happens is my menu bar keeps quiting and coming back up every ten seconds or so ad noseum. This prevents me from doing pretty much anything since iTunes comes to foreground every time the menu bar gets going (every 10 sec). I spent all of yesterday trying to figure out a solution to no avail. I really need to unistall the wwan nightmare so if anyone from apple is reading this DO SOMETHING. I NEED TO GET BACK TO WORK!!!. And next time you come up with an update like this try to make it network independant or something.

System wide freezes becoming too frequent

If anyone has some insight about where I could track down what might be causing my entire system to freeze would be highly appreciated! The issue doesn't seem to be application specific, and I've run hardware tests and all the other standard maintenance utilities, which all state everything seems to be ok? One possible suspect I thought it could be was my 2 HDs set to cable select, which I read somewhere can sometimes cause issues. So I switched them to master and slave. After doing so, I ran disk utility to repair permissions and it completely locked up again! I can't even force quit! The complete freeze before that, happened while using safari, so thats what I mean by it doesn't seem to be app specific. Another odd thing about the freezes is sometimes I'll get the strange transparent grey screen with the multilingual white letters telling me to restart by holding down the power button, but other times it just locks up with no wierd screen. This has only seemed to become an issue over the past couple of months or so. I'm not unix scripty savy, but is there some kind of command I can use in terminal or console to possibly find some type of log about the last few strings before a freeze? The panic.logs in console show this
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x0000000002A75998 PC=0x000000000008D55C
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x2C557000)
PC=0x0008D55C; MSR=0x00001030; DAR=0x02A75998; DSISR=0x08000000; LR=0x00015C60; R1=0x199C3D60; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00015E6C 0x0001B0D0 0x0001C0B8 0x0001C0F0 0x00094318 0x00000000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2C557000)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x2CC76280)
PC=0x941A28B8; MSR=0x0200D030; DAR=0x23C3F004; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x941A2438; R1=0xBFFFF090; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00083498 0x0008397C 0x0001EDA4 0x00090C38 0x0009402C
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2C557000)
PC=0x0008D55C; MSR=0x00001030; DAR=0x02A75998; DSISR=0x08000000; LR=0x00015C60; R1=0x199C3D60; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00015E6C 0x0001B0D0 0x0001C0B8 0x0001C0F0 0x00094318 0x00000000
Exception state (sv=0x2CC76280)
PC=0x941A28B8; MSR=0x0200D030; DAR=0x23C3F004; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x941A2438; R1=0xBFFFF090; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
I have no clue what to make of it all? Or if it even has any relation to my issue. Anyway, suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
PowerMac G4 1.25GHZ Mac OS X (10.3.9)
PowerMac G4 1.25GHZ Mac OS X (10.3.9)

I think you are having kernel panics as shown in this Apple doc.#106227. Not all KP screen events are included in that link.
Do everything, in order, in Dr.Smokes Resolving Kernel Panics and don't leave out any steps.
Quote from Dr.Smoke "My FAQ is a roadmap: start at the beginning and work through to the end, following the instruction in the order specified, including the "If all else fails..." section if a cause or resolution is not found in an earlier troubleshooting step therein"
Cheers!
DALE

System wide freezes since 10.5.5

Ever since upgrading to 10.5.5 I've noticed the following sort of system-wide freeze on my iMac.
First, one application becomes unresponsive; you get the spinning beachball of death; you can still move the mouse around and click; every application becomes unresponsive, including the Finder. Only a hard restart works.
At first I noticed the problem in iChat, and looked into that. Hey presto, other users are experiencing the same problem with iChat, so I wrote to Apple/feedback and sat and waited. I stopped using iChat, and then found it happened in iTunes. Look at the iTunes discussion, and yes, there it is again, other users having the same problem.
I've repaired permissions, run Onyx, done everything I can think of.
Console doesn't have any useful (to me) messages. It says:
26/09/2008 18:47:48 mDNSResponder[17] Failed to obtain NAT port mapping 00048CF8 from router 192.168.1.254 external address 0.0.0.0 internal port 5353 error 0
26/09/2008 18:47:49 kernel jnl: disk1s3: journal replay done.
26/09/2008 18:47:49 fseventsd[40] event logs in /Volumes/Time Machine Backup destination/.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (2414 4 2606)
26/09/2008 18:47:49 fseventsd[40] log dir: /Volumes/Time Machine Backup destination/.fseventsd getting new uuid: 4B7F4EF0-7E6D-4E02-80DC-4F9DD9FBDB89
26/09/2008 18:47:49 mds[34] (/Volumes/Time Machine Backup destination/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/E77C8009-6066-4242-A13D-CD5BAC0FB62 E)(Error) IndexCI in ContentIndexOpenBulk:Unclean shutdown of /Volumes/Time Machine Backup destination/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/E77C8009-6066-4242-A13D-CD5BAC0FB62 E/live.0.; needs recovery
26/09/2008 18:47:52 mDNSResponder[17] Failed to obtain NAT port mapping 0080A41C from router 192.168.1.254 external address 0.0.0.0 internal port 4500 error 0
26/09/2008 18:48:10 kernel BootCache: hit rate below threshold (10214 hits on 20429 lookups)
26/09/2008 18:48:39 mdworker[76] (Error) SyncInfo: Boot-cache avoidance timed out!
26/09/2008 18:48:51 mdworker[76] (Error) SyncInfo: Catalog changed during searchfs too many time. Falling back to fsw search /
That kernel bootcache looks ominous, but I have little idea what it means. I wonder whether it's something to do with Time Machine backing up. Of course, the above might just be totally unrelated to what's going wrong. (Looking at Console is I find rather like looking at a medical dictionary; it's truly frightening, but most of it never in practice seems to be a problem.)
Anyone else experiencing random system freezes only since 10.5.5? Anyone suggest what else I can try or look for in Console to pin things down a bit more?

Hello all,
Let me chime in on this also... I also experienced freezes immediately after I updated to 10.5.5 from 10.5.4 about 10 days ago. I had never had my Mac (Black MacBook with 4GB or RAM) freeze that much, so I concluded that it had to do with the update.
After multiple freezes, I brought the Mac to the Apple Store where a Genius did a disk check, hardware check and everything checked out OK. However, the random freezes remained. They then did an archive and install *back to 10.5.4*, but same thing, freezes remained. At random intervals.
Around that time, I noticed that if I waited long enough, the machine would return from the freeze and everything would operate normally after that.
I seem to remember that the first ever time I noticed the freeze was when I was working in the Mail application.
After my fifth successive daily visit to the Genius Bar, where they offered to completely format my internal drive, install a fresh copy of 10.5.4 and re-load my data back in. On this, they completely failed me, they returned my computer with half of the applications missing (the iPhoto application was not even on the drive), and my data partially restored.
I then decided to re-format my drive once again, use the 10.5.2 Install Disk that came with my Mac to freshly install the OS. Then immediately thereafter I downloaded the 10.5.5 combo installer and used it to upgrade to 10.5.5. Then, I selectively copied files from my Time Machine backup hard drive back to my internal drive.
Time Machine did not work for me when trying to restore e-mail mailboxes. It only partially imported the mailboxes I needed. Instead I had to do an "import mailboxes" from the Mail application and point it to the mailbox location on my Time Machine backup.
So, now I have a system that is lean and clean, I didn't install any "major" other applications using installers, just a few applications I drag-copied to the Applications folder.
The machine ran fine for a day or two, until I tried to move some mail from my inbox into another mailbox. Boooom, spinning beach ball again. I let the machine sit for about 5 minutes, and it came back. But this indicates that there is still an issue.
Since I also experienced this problem after going back to 10.5.4, I am wondering whether the 10.5.5 install does affect firmware or other device 'hardware' functionality that remains, even after reverting to 10.5.4. This is the only reason I can come up with for why the problem still existed when I went to 10.5.4.
Anyway, this post does not provide a solution, but merely some other data points.
Oh and by the way, I had never even started iTunes before this problem showed up again this morning. So, not sure whether it is related to iTunes.

Sharing in System Prefrences

I don't really know if this is suppose to be this way but, in my system prefrences window the sharing icon isn't a folder with a little yellow sign, it is a light switch icon. I don't remember it always remeber it being that way and i'm not sure if its suppose be like that or if i can change it.

You probably simply have a cache file that needs to be replaced, not the preference pane itself.
If you look in your home directory, in the Library/Caches folder, you will find a file called
com.apple.preferencepanes.cache
Close the System Preferences program. Then delete this file and empty the trash. Then reopen your System Preferences. See if the problem is fixed.
imac G5, 2GHz, 1.5 Gig RAM Mac OS X (10.4.8) (also imac G3 10.3.9; and Macbook Pro 10.4.8)

System prefrences icon in dock does not open

Hello
The system prefrences icon in dock,when i click on it ,does not open and deos not jump up and down ,like the other icons.In fact i can not open the sys.pref. in any other place either.The only way i can open it up ,is ,if i restart the computer and then when i click on it , it will spring jump and then open.
Deos anybody know what is wrong with it and how i can fix it.Thanks.

Hello mike:
Try this:
Drag the system preference icon off the dock. Then drag the system preferences icon from your application folder to the dock.
If this does not help, drag a preference file (com.apple.systempreferences.plist) to the trash and restart.
Barry

Using Acrobat Pro XI to open PDF causes system to freeze.

Frequently, when I open a PDF document (double click the PDF file), my Adobe Acrobat Pro XI ver. 11.0.03, (and X before) causes my system to freeze (hourglass icon runs for up to 30 seconds) not allowing me to perform any other command, and less frequently causes Adobe Acrobat Pro XI to quit. Following the unexpected quit, Windows Error Reporting takes over and I am directed to Windows for a solution (http://wer.microsoft.com/responses/Response.aspx/5044/en-us/5.1.2600.2.00010100.3.0?SGD=83 458a54-94bd-481a-834b-9713fc92dccf&iBucketTable=1&iBucket=-692234318&BucketHash=e4711a21f7 5b0d1473d68945071e3721), and the solution always directs me to install Adobe Reader XI (11.0.03) (http://get.adobe.com/reader/). This occurs on a daily basis. Should I install Adobe Reader even though I have Adobe Acrobat Pro XI installed? Any ideas why my system hangs or why Adobe Acrobat Pro XI quits unexpectedly? My system is a Win XP Pro Version 2002 Service Pack 3 with all the latest updates installed; 3 GB Ram and Intel Core2 Duo CPU T5670 @ 1.80 GHz, Dell Vostro 2510. I have Norton Anti Virus and I have performed a nightly full system virus scan, and I have performed a deep system virus scan. There are no viruses.

Bill@VT: Thanks for the reply. I haven't tried the suggested steps, but will shortly. Will let you know what occurs.

System Keeps Freezing

Hi Guys
I really need some help with this as it's really starting to wreck my brain. My iMac is running the latest software version 10.6.8 but what has started to happen is that if I have anymore then say 3 different programs open the whole system just freezes and it stays like that untill I force it to turn off by holding the power button. I'm thinking the maybe Safari is behind it all because it always seems to do it when Safari is open. I lost about 4 hours work of work yesterday and well lets just say some words were said to my iMac that I taught I'd never say to an Apple product. Has this happened to anyone else and if so how did you go about fixing it so that you can actually rely on it again. Seriously as I'm writing this I have no idea if I'll even get to post it.
Here are the specs of my iMac: 27" iMac, 2.8GHz Intel Core i7, 8GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Oh and it doesn't even have to have that many programs open. I was on youtube this evening and the only thing that was going was Finder and Safari and all I did was while a video was playing clicked on a different video and well it's like Safari paniced and just froze. Seriously what's going on with it, please guys I would be thankful for any help or advise with this.
All the best

Disconnect all peripherals from your computer. Boot from your install disc & run Repair Disk from the utility menu. To use the Install Mac OS X disc, insert the disc, and restart your computer while holding down the C key as it starts up.
Select your language.
Once on the desktop, select Utility in the menu bar.
Select Disk Utility.
Select the disk or volume in the list of disks and volumes, and then click First Aid.
Click Repair Disk.
Restart your computer when done.
Repair permissions after you reach the desktop-http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751 and restart your computer.

I NEED HELP QUICK! Its about SYSTEM PREFRENCES!!! :O

Well i downloaded a dock app the last week (btw im a mac newbie) anyway i downloaded and didnt want it. So i found it and deleted it. Not knowing i had deleted the wrong one and i only found out the other day that i had deleted it because i clicked dock prefrences through my dock and said it was unavailable. :/
PLEASE HELP MEE!!!
Btw its the dock Prefrences on the system prefrences :S

Hi again,
are you actually missing the 'Dock' pane? (it's name is "Preference Pane")
Do you have another Mac around? You can copy the Dock pane from the other Mac. Here is where you find it:
Go to: My Hard Drive/System/Library/PreferencePanes ➞ Dock.prefPane.
Copy that to your Stick, plug-in to your Mini & copy to exact the same place you got it from other Mac (in reverse).
If you can't do that then only way to get it back is to re-install your OS from your 'Mac OS X Install' DVD…
Don't worry, you will not loose anything when you install the OS over existing on Mini - it will leave your Applications & everything else intact.
This should take about 30 minutes - but you have to have the the original DVDs &/or full upgrade DVD to do that.
Then you'll have to download all the updates to the Mac OS & install those…
As you can see the copying from another Mac is the easiest way since it'll take 5 minutes...

Lion, system preferences freeze when I tried to change wall paper,how do I fix this?

lion, system preferences freezes when I tried to change wall paper,how do I fix this?

Quit System Preferences if it's running. In the Finder, hold down the option key and select
Go ▹ Library
from the menu bar. From the Library folder, delete the following item, if it exists:
Caches/com.apple.systempreferences
and move the following item to the Desktop:
Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
Launch System Preferences and test. If you still have the issue, put the item on the Desktop back where it came from and post again. Otherwise, delete the item.

System Prefrences Freezing

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for