System Prefs keep resetting

I have this thing where some System Preferences keep resetting to defaults between restarts: particularly affected are Displays (switching the displays menu item off) and MenuMeters (switching all its menu bar displays off). This would happen on my old G4 Cube and my old PowerBook G4. Over the last month or so I have replaced both with a MacBook Pro and an alu-iMac, hoping the problem would go away, but it hasn't. Both new machines were set up with the migration assistant, so I suppose whatever the bad was on the old ones is still there. Where should I start looking?

Considering that it reoccured, I would consider doing an archive and install. Since the problem was there and migration assistant was used, it'll probable continue. Delete the same preference file again before the reinstall, then immediately boot from the install disk. To bring yourself up to date quickest, use the 10.4.10 combo update.

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Process: System Preferences [218]
Path: /Applications/System Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/
System Preferences
Identifier: com.apple.systempreferences
Version: 5.0 (5.0)
Build Info: SystemPrefsApp-1510000~1
Code Type: PPC (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [108]
Date/Time: 2008-11-20 23:54:06.624 -0800
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.5 (9F33)
Report Version: 6
Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE at 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0
Application Specific Information:
|ScreenSaver|loading|Family Pix|Family Pix
|DesktopPicture|didSelect
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 ...apple.ScreenSaver.SlideShow 0x0681d210 SinEase + 27924
1 ...apple.ScreenSaver.SlideShow 0x0681d1fc SinEase + 27904
2 ...apple.ScreenSaver.SlideShow 0x06821fb4 SinEase + 47800
3 ...apple.ScreenSaver.SlideShow 0x0682283c SinEase + 49984
4 ...apple.ScreenSaver.SlideShow 0x068135c0
dotMacCacheDirForUserAndShow + 5516
5 ...apple.ScreenSaver.SlideShow 0x067f0390 0x67ea000 + 25488
6 com.apple.ScreenSaver 0x03938728 -[ScreenSaverModules
loadModuleWithPath:frame:isPreview:] + 1180
7 ...pscreeneffect.screeneffects 0x0392355c 0x391c000 + 30044
8 ...pscreeneffect.screeneffects 0x039237b4 0x391c000 + 30644
9 com.apple.Foundation 0x91d72478 nsnotecallback + 196
10 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90aef948
_CFXNotificationPostNotification + 920
11 com.apple.Foundation 0x91d6fbd0 -[NSNotificationCenter
postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 88
12 com.apple.Foundation 0x91da0c48 __NSFireDelayedPerform +
380
13 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90b0d9ec CFRunLoopRunSpecific +
2968
14 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x968acd44
RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 264
15 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x968acb68 ReceiveNextEventCommon +
412
16 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x968ac9a8
BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 84
17 com.apple.AppKit 0x91ff5e18 _DPSNextEvent + 596
18 com.apple.AppKit 0x91ff57d0 -[NSApplication
nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 112
19 com.apple.AppKit 0x91fef48c -[NSApplication run] + 736
20 com.apple.AppKit 0x91fbfe90 NSApplicationMain + 440
21 com.apple.systempreferences 0x00008974 0x1000 + 31092
Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94e8f438 machmsgtrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94e9635c mach_msg + 56
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90b0d568 CFRunLoopRunSpecific +
1812
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x91da07d0 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop)
runMode:beforeDate:] + 168
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x91e0cfa0 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop)
runUntilDate:] + 80
5 com.apple.iLifeMediaBrowser 0x94c624cc -
[ILMediaBrowserPathWatcher watcherThread:] + 824
6 com.apple.Foundation 0x91d72b78 _NSThread__main_ + 1004
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94ed1658 pthreadstart + 316
Thread 2:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94e8f438 machmsgtrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94e9635c mach_msg + 56
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90b0d568 CFRunLoopRunSpecific +
1812
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x91da07d0 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop)
runMode:beforeDate:] + 168
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x91e0cfa0 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop)
runUntilDate:] + 80
5 com.apple.iLifeMediaBrowser 0x94c64760 -
[ILMediaBrowserPathWatcher(SpotlightSupport) spotlightWatcherThread:]
+ 808
6 com.apple.Foundation 0x91d72b78 _NSThread__main_ + 1004
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94ed1658 pthreadstart + 316
Thread 3:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94e95e48 _semwaitsignal + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94e95c5c nanosleep$UNIX2003 + 188
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94e95b8c usleep$UNIX2003 + 68
3 com.apple.AppKit 0x920519c4 -[NSUIHeartBeat
_heartBeatThread:] + 1840
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x91d72b78 _NSThread__main_ + 1004
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94ed1658 pthreadstart + 316
Thread 4:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94e95e4c _semwaitsignal + 12
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94ed2a00 pthread_condwait + 1580
2 libGLProgrammability.dylib 0x9603abc8 glvmDoWork + 120
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94ed1658 pthreadstart + 316
Thread 0 crashed with PPC Thread State 32:
srr0: 0x0681d210 srr1: 0x0200f030 dar: 0x00000000 dsisr:
0x40000000
r0: 0x06821fb8 r1: 0xbfffd600 r2: 0xa091a924 r3:
0x00000000
r4: 0x00000000 r5: 0x00000000 r6: 0x0000812f r7:
0x00000001
r8: 0x00000000 r9: 0x3dfffffe r10: 0x7fffffff r11:
0x00000000
r12: 0xffff0000 r13: 0x06842018 r14: 0x06842018 r15:
0x06842018
r16: 0x06842018 r17: 0x06842018 r18: 0x06842018 r19:
0x06842018
r20: 0x068417a4 r21: 0x068417a4 r22: 0x068417a4 r23:
0x00949a00
r24: 0x068517a4 r25: 0x068517a4 r26: 0x068417a4 r27:
0x08559730
r28: 0x00949a00 r29: 0x00000000 r30: 0x0093cc00 r31:
0x0681d1c4
cr: 0x24042444 xer: 0x20000004 lr: 0x0681d200 ctr:
0x0681d1c4
vrsave: 0x00000000
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ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/
CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libCSync.A.dylib
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Versions/A/OpenScripting
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Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/
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InstallServer
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Versions/A/ATS
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Versions/A/vImage
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CoreMediaIOServicesPrivate.framework/Versions/A/
CoreMediaIOServicesPrivate
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SecurityHI
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Versions/A/LaunchServices
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A/CommonPanels
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System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iLifeMediaBrowser.framework/Versions/
A/iLifeMediaBrowser
0x94c8e000 - 0x94caeff7 libJPEG.dylib ??? (???)
<f92878fdf02ffb1474b8bc60c47bb72d> /System/Library/Frameworks/
ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ImageIO.framework/
Versions/A/Resources/libJPEG.dylib
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<d629b36fcfea256ec309420b99dccabf> /System/Library/Frameworks/
SecurityFoundation.framework/Versions/A/SecurityFoundation
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Quartz.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/QuartzComposer.framework/
Versions/A/QuartzComposer
0x94e8e000 - 0x95027fe3 libSystem.B.dylib ??? (???)
<2ecfb9e8a8f2f72021bf1ee8f4c8e3fb> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
0x95028000 - 0x95036fff libz.1.dylib ??? (???)
<1a70dd3594a8c5ad39d785af5da23237> /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib
0x95037000 - 0x95086fff com.apple.Metadata 10.5.2 (398.22)
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Versions/A/Metadata
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<9cf54cb19b18e53ee22edb7ababa6e6c> /System/Library/Frameworks/
CoreData.framework/Versions/A/CoreData
0x9514d000 - 0x951d5fff com.apple.ink.framework 101.3 (86)
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Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Ink.framework/Versions/A/Ink
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ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ImageIO.framework/
Versions/A/ImageIO
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Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/
Versions/A/libvMisc.dylib
0x953c9000 - 0x953fefff com.apple.AE 402.2 (402.2)
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CoreAudio.framework/Versions/A/CoreAudio
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ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/QD.framework/
Versions/A/QD
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PrivateFrameworks/ISSupport.framework/Versions/A/ISSupport
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PrivateFrameworks/ISSupport.framework/Versions/A/ISSupport
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Versions/A/SearchKit
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Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/
Versions/A/libBLAS.dylib
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System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreMediaPrivate.framework/Versions/A/
CoreMediaPrivate
0x96015000 - 0x96443ffa libGLProgrammability.dylib ??? (???)
<603a9704539c585a35801c2452930cb2> /System/Library/Frameworks/
OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libGLProgrammability.dylib
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3.4.2) /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/
Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Versions/A/vecLib
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MonitorPanel.framework/Versions/A/MonitorPanel
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ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/
CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libCGATS.A.dylib
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Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libGLU.dylib
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ImageKit
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ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CoreText.framework/
Versions/A/CoreText
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ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/
PrintCore.framework/Versions/A/PrintCore
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Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Carbon
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Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Help.framework/Versions/A/Help
0xfffec000 - 0xfffeffff libobjc.A.dylib ??? (???) /usr/lib/
libobjc.A.dylib
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libSystem.B.dylib

Hello old:
I do not read crash logs well. However, there is something there about:
+|ScreenSaver|loading|Family Pix|Family Pix+
|DesktopPicture|didSelect
Does "familypix" mean anything to you?
I would also trash the preference file (com.apple.systempreferences.plist) and restart.
I suggest you run repair disk from your software install DVD to eliminate directory issues.
Barry

Split Screen on 30" Display, changes in System pref keep changing

Hi,
This is my first time on this forum, so Hi to everyone out there.........!
Anyway,
I have a G4 with a 30" display, everytime I boot up the 30" display splits into 2 halfs, like a mirror of each other and the resolution is 1200 x 800. The only way to fix it is to reboot the PC and then I get the one size screen at full resolution.
I've gone into System Preferences and Displays and locked the configuration change heaps of times but it doesn't seem to stay locked as for some reason the config keeps changing.....
Please note, my laptop stays blank but I can drag screens from my display and make them display into my laptop which allows me to open heaps of sessions up between the two....
Does anyone have the same issues, or this this a first......?
All comments welcomed.
Thanks
Paul

Sorry, I have placed this in the incorrect forum....... I will close it from here and re-post it in the correct forum.
Ta
Paul

CS6 panels hang + Prefs keep resetting...Help!

I've been using CS6 for over a year and no issues. I upgraded to Lion, no issues. Then two weeks ago InDesign started going wonky:
- right-side panels will not open upon clicking for 20-30 seconds, very laggy and make it impossible to work.
- Every time I turn off my system, my InDesign preferences re-set to default (Except for default font, that stays the same).
I've looked through the forums and no solution seems to apply.
My system:
OS Lion 10.7.5
2.93 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
16 GB DDR3
I use Suitcase Fusion 4, and have been since installing CS6...no new plugins installed since issue started.
Thank you much!

Well, it's now May and we have been busy at work and haven't had time to post on this issue anymore. I uninstalled all 3rd party plugins but to no avail. I am still having this same issue. I have also tried all of the above mentioned. The only thing that I haven't done yet (and may do this weekend) is uninstall/reinstall..... Anyone else having this issue?

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
I have also tried removing the system preferences plists as someone mentioned on another thread
Anyone had a similar problem & found a solution
I can copy & paste the crash file if needed
Please dont say i have to reinstall the OS
Thank you

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
I have copied the crash report to a textedit file which i can post if you need to see it

Power Options Settings keep resetting back to default and system goes to sleep.

Hi I have Windows Server 2012 Standard R2 installed on one of my servers, in which there is an issue with the power settings. In power options it keeps selecting the Balanced plan by default. Even if I manually change the power plan it still keeps resetting
back to the default Balanced plan which in turn puts the System to sleep after 4 hours. Please let me know if there is a way to resolve this issue. I have even tried using powercfg -SETACTIVE from command prompt by giving the appropriate Power Scheme
GUID. But it didn't work either. Anyone please help me with this issue. Thanks in advance.

Again, this is something outside the bounds of Windows Server. Windows Server does not do that. I looked at default installations of both physical and virtual servers and there is nothing there to cause a sleep or power off.
In fact, the only real power setting I see in the Balanced power plan is to turn off the display after x amount of time.
Do you have power savings enabled on your NIC card? Is there some setting in VMware?
. : | : . : | : . tim

Site won't publish.. keeps opening the mobileme system pref pane.

when i click publish to .mac the mobileme section of the system prefs pops up asking me to sign in (or renew) even when i click "sign in" the site won't publish. i try to publish again, same cycle begins.

mickod wrote:
when i click publish to .mac...
Where in iWeb do you see ".mac"? ...If you've upgraded to the latest iWeb v.2.0.4, everything should read "MobileMe" — not ".mac."
Is your MobileMe membership still active — or has it expired?

Apps auto-launch on startup, despite System Prefs and quitting before shutdown.

All apps that were open before shutdown are relaunching themselves upon startup.
This behavior occurs even if I quit each application individually before initiating system shutdown.
This behavior occurs whether I tick or untick the following settings within System Preferences / General:
• Ask to keep changes when closing documents.
• Close windows when quitting an application.
This behavior occurs despite none of the apps being listed within System Prefs / Login Items.
Examples of auto-launching apps (behavior occured just now with these): TextEdit, Dictionary, Calendar, Contacts, Safari, Firefox, Excel, Acrobat.
I am the administrator and only user on this machine.
Early 2011 MacBook Pro 13"
Mac OS X 8.5
Build 12F45
2.7 GHz Intel
8GB RAM

Back up all data.
This procedure will unlock all your user files (not system files) and reset their ownership and access-control lists to the default. If you've set special values for those attributes on any of your files, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. Do so only after verifying that those settings didn't cause the problem. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it.
I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, they may not work as described.
Step 1
If you have more than one user account, and the one in question is not an administrator account, then temporarily promote it to administrator status in the Users & Groups preference pane. To do that, unlock the preference pane using the credentials of an administrator, check the box markedAllow user to administer this computer, then reboot. You can demote the problem account back to standard status when this step has been completed.
Triple-click anywhere in the following line on this page to select it:
{ sudo chflags -R nouchg,nouappnd ~ $TMPDIR.. ; sudo chown -R $UID:staff ~ $_ ; sudo chmod -R u+rwX ~ $_ ; chmod -R -N ~ $_ ; } 2> /dev/null
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
You'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
The command may take a few minutes to run, or perhaps longer if you have literally millions of files in your home folder. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear, then quit Terminal.
Step 2 (optional)
Take this step only if you have trouble with Step 1 or if it doesn't solve the problem.
Boot into Recovery. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
Utilities ▹ Terminal
from the menu bar. A Terminal window will open.
In the Terminal window, type this:
res
Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:
resetpassword
Press return. A Reset Password window will open. You’re not going to reset a password.
Select your boot volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.
Select
 ▹ Restart
from the menu bar.

My system sound volume resets to 100% at shut down. Why? And how can I fix it? Tried PRAM

Just in the past few days my iMac has decided it needs to reset its system sound volume to 100#% every time I shut it down, so it can blast me off my chair when I start it up next. No amount of adjusting the volume, from system prefs or menu bar will keep it where I want it. Tried resetting PRAM and system manager. Nothing. It just will not hold the volume setting.
Has anyone got any ideas for fixing this?
I'm using Lion - it isn't on the choice list of OSs.

Well gee thanks Baltwo, but I don't need instruction in the use of drop-down menus. Had my OS been listed when i hit the drop-down, I'd surely have hit on my OS had it been there.
But it wasn't, you see.. Why? I don't know. Perhaps the display problem I've benn having with my iMac since last August. The display problem that the geniuses at my local Apple store can't fix because they can't decide if my machine needs a new Vcard or not. But they can sure keep my computer for a week playing with it and charging me for it.
Sorry, but I'm tired of zero help from Apple with issues and irrelevant rsponses to my requests for help.

OS-X 10.2.8 System Prefs Nightmare Continues

OK. I found WHERE the problem is , i just don't know what to do about it. I installed an audio driver, following which, system prefs would not open. It just keeps loading forever and the only thing i can do is force quit. I uninstalled the driver, but sysprefs STILL does the same thing. On my system disk, when i try to open the Preference Panes folder, it's really slow. Then when i try to open the soundprefpanes folder, it just keeps loading and loading but the folder will not open. Can i just delete the folder entirely, or what will that do? Or is there a way to force the folder open so i can delete the bad file(s)? If anybody has any suggestions, please help because i need it. Thanks.

Cornelius:
Thanks for the suggestions. I did do the Repair Disk Permissions previously, and I tried your first suggestion to reset the PRAM, and no change. Still the same story with the SysPrefs. However, as stupid as I can sometimes be, I just reread the system requirements on the audio driver I tried installing and while all over the box and in the manual are 'Mac OS-X compatible' messages, in fineprint on the bottom of the box are detailed system requirements and for Mac, they are G3 or higher with 600 MHz of clock speed. I have a PowerMac G4 with dual 456 processors. So I'll have to upgrade to use this driver, but, does that mean my current processors are fried? And speaking of Disk Repair, when I try to repair the Mac HD, i get the message that unmount failed because the hard drive is in use. So, how DO you do a disk repair on the HD? Thanks again for your help.
peach head

TS4006 How do I add iphone4s to iCloud's "find my phone"? I turned on macbook pros system prefs to "find my phone", turned on iphone4s's "location services" and set up iCloud, etc. iPhone4s still won't show-but macbook does show. It receives gmail, weathe

How do I add my new iPhone4s to iCloud's "Find my iPhone"? I followed the iCloud instructions and turned on Macbook Pros' system prefs to "find my mac", turned on iPhone4s's "location services" and set up iCloud, etc. In the "Find my iphone" tab of my new iCloud account (on my Macbook Pro) my iPhone4s still won't show—but my macbook does show. I had my iPhone4s set up at the phone store (2 days ago) and It receives gmail, my contacts and calender entries, the weather, etc. I installed the "Find iPhone" app from iTunes on the iPhone4s, synched to iTunes, even reset the phone, but the only device that gets located is my Macbook Pro. I can send a "sound" message to my Mac (and the Mac recieves it) but unable to see the iPhone4s from my Mac, let alone send any message. Any suggestions to get the iPhone4s device to appear in iCloud?
Thank you in advance for your help.

OK, I figured it out...I deleted the iCloud account off my iPhone (Settings, iCloud, Delete Account), and then added iCloud back in (Settings, iCloud, SignIn)....and then my email (iCloud) and "Find my phone" features worked! Nice!!!!

Built-In Audio Panning L&R malfunctions, system prefs.

I have noticed on my own Mac, as well as my peers' computers which include iBooks, PowerMacs, iMacs, and even a new MacBook pro, that the audio coming from the Built-in audio card will randomly be panned completely to the right, or the left.
A quick troubleshoot will lead you to find that in the system preferences the panning slider is set to the right or left, an undesirable setting.
All of the computers I mentioned are running the latest updated versions of Tiger, 10.4.6, and with the exception of my self running Pro Tools, none of the other computers mentioned are running any third party audio interfaces/cards or software that uses audio other than the applications included with Tiger: iTunes, iChat, Quicktime, Safari, etc.
Unfortunately there is no Lock in the audio system preferences, which could potentially be a quick fix to the problem because if an application like iChat had a bug which caused audio panning, the lock in system prefs. would prevent that..
I am quite boggled.
question:
What might be causing this, and is there a solution?

Thanks for the response guys. It seems we're in the same boat.
The problem is intermittent on my machine . It has occurred three times since I bought it. The fist time it lasted for a day and a half. I rang Apple support and went through a number of steps until the P-RAM suggestion which seemed to fix it. A few days later it disappeared again and resetting the P-RAM had no effect. My wife continued to use the computer (without sound) and some hours later it came back after a restart (she only restarted it because she is in the habit of shutting down instead of using sleep). The problem occurred again. That time I restarted the machine a number of times, with and without the external speakers plugged in, with them turned on and off etc. This had no effect. I gave up. Some time later my wife went to use the computer and it came back. I now believe that the P-RAM solution that seemed to fix the problem the first time was just a coincidence.
I rang Apple support again and they gave me the following steps (A,B & C of which I went through the first time the problem occurred):
A: Log in through another account and see if it had the same problem.
- The built-in audio was still missing.
B: Run the disk utility on the hard drive (after booting from installation DVD).
- There were nil problems on the HD, but it did not fix the problem.
C: Reset the P-RAM.
- This worked the first time though it has not worked on subsequent re-occurrences of the problem.
D: Do an Archive Reinstall.
- I did this today; though the built-in audio was working, I just wanted to complete the suggestions the Apple support person gave me. The problem has not reoccurred yet, but it has only been a few hours. I will be using the computer as much as possible tonight to see if the problem reoccurs.
If the problem reoccurs I'll be taking the machine in for warranty repairs, or better still replacement.

User Settings keep resetting

I have an I-Mac. I keep using the get Info to set my preferance for opening photos and other items. I find that the computer keeps resetting them to the default settings. For example I want my .jpeg files to open with Adobe Photoshop but they keep resetting to preview. I want certain items to open in Firefox but it keeps resetting to Safari. What am I doing wrong?

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
You are doing nothing wrong. It sounds like LaunchServices is confused.
Launch /Utilities/Terminal and copy & paste this at the command line to rebuild LaunchServices:
Code:
<pre class="alt2" style="margin:0px; padding:3px; border:1px inset; width:640px; height:34px; overflow:auto">/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchSe rvices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user</pre>
Then press return. Wait until terminal returns to the command line. Quit Terminal. After that, log out and back in or restart. Let us know
-mj

Brightness on new iMac 24" screen keeps reseting to full brightness

When I reset the brightness in system pref it reverts to full bright on restart. tried resetting the PRAM but it did't help. Any ideas?
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While people here will surely help, you may do better posting this on the Intel iMac board, since this is the iMac G5 board.
Walt

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