System Profiler disappeared

It seems that the system profiler is gone. Can I get a copy of that app, without reinstalling the whole dang thing? OS X 10.4.11 on a imac G5.

Hi, make certain your HD is OK first...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Tiger Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then Safe Boot , (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it finishes.
(If perchance you cant Find your Install Disk, at least do the Safe Boot part above).
Get Pacifist...
http://www.charlessoft.com/
Then search for/extract what you need from your Install Disk... System Profiler, then Install, if/when it asks to overwrite, go ahead.

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Help! System Profiler disappeared!

So I went to the about this mac section and clicked on more info, but nothing happened . So then I looked for my system profiler manually in the utilities folder and it wasn't there.
I haven no freaking idea how it disappeared, but it did. How can I get it back without installing my imac all over again? Especially since lion didn't come with installation cd's so it's not like I can extract it with pacifist.
Also can I know if anything else disappeared or got erased?
Thanks a bunch!!!!!!

Hey ,
Try to run a "repair disk permissions" in disc utility.
From the Go menu chose Utilities to open the utility applications folder. Find the application named Disk Utility and double click it to launch it.
The column at the left side of the Disk Utility window lists the available disk drives with the volumes they contain indented below each. Click on the indented volume with the name of the disk you want to check. Odds are you’ll only have one choice, a volume named “Macintosh HD”, unless you partitioned the Mac’s drive or added extra drives.
The right side of the window should already be showing you the First Aid tab, otherwise select it yourself.
Click the Verify Disk button at the lower right corner of the window to check the volume for errors. If no problems are found then congratulations, you’re half way home! If problems are found and the Repair Disk button is enabled click it and keep your fingers crossed that Disk Utility can tidy things up for you. If that button is dimmed you are probably checking the Mac OS X startup disk which, unfortunately, can’t be repaired while you’re running from it so you’ll have to use one of the other methods that follow to attempt a fix.
Assuming you passed the first test you can now click the Repair Disk Permissions button to find and fix problems with file ownership and access rights. It’s somewhat normal to see a few errors here especially after a software update and with printer drivers and internet plug-ins. Problems here are generally not critical but repairing permissions has been known to fix a few obscure issues from time to time.
You’re done! Press COMMAND + Q or choose Quit Disk Utility from the Disk Utility
Also see HT1452 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1452
I can imagine how scary this can be, but there are several things that can be done before a restore is warrented.
Good luck,
Guyute

Internal HD disappeared from my iMac Desktop, & System Profiler

I use an iMac from 2011 running Mac O.S. X Version 10.6.8. It contains an internal SSD (the boot drive), and an internal 2TB hard drive called HD2.
The iMac underwent a diagnostic check at the Genius Bar last week, and everything checked out okay.
HD2 has disappeared from my desktop. Restarting the iMac has not brought it back.
The HD2 used to show up under Serial-ATA: Intel 6 Series Chipset in System Profiler, but no longer does.
Disc Utility no longer shows HD2.
Time Machine has been backing up both the SSD and HD2 on 6TB of external storage. But I do not see HD2, no matter how far back I go into Time Machine.
Spotlight searches do not turn up stuff that is on HD2.
I get a "The disk was not ejected properly" message when properly ejecting external drives.
Any idea what is going on?

If OS X iwas installed on HD2, you can start from an install dvd & use 'Restore From Time Machine Backup' with the external as the target. For data files, I'd use TM's interface if possible : try Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions 17. How can I see my backups, or the Backups for a different Mac?
since it seemingly doesn't show as expected.
http://pondini.org/TM/15.html covers restoring selected items.
Hard Drives do sometimes just stop. no warnings.

Serial number disappears from the system profiler... How to get it back?

Hi there,
We have come across a known behaviour where the serial number of the computer disappears from the system profiler and 'about this mac' menu, whwnever the logic board is replaced. Any ideas how to get this information back on the computer(Seems all the macs are affected)
Is it possible to flash the firmware to copy the contents? Heard someone trying to flash BIOS? will this work or will it damage the firmware? Please HELP!!!

You might want to take a look at this Developer Tech Note:
http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1103.html
Specifically, this quote:
"Caveats for using the serial number
It is possible for a system to lose its serial number so that it will no longer appear either in System Profiler or the I/O Registry. Repairing a system by swapping hardware components is one reason this can happen. Apple does not document the specific details of how a machine can lose its serial number. Once the serial number has been lost there is no means to restore it to the machine."
It sounds like there may not be an easy (or documented) way to put the serial number back.
Steve

USB drives show up on list in System Profiler, but not on desktop

Hi, I have a 2.0 USB hub with 2 external USB drives attached, and sometimes they show up on the desktop, sometimes they don"t. When they don't, I can find them in the System Profiler under USB, and when I click refresh, they still show up in the list but don't show up on the desk top, or in the device utility either. Is there some way to get them to "re-appear" on the desk top? I too only have 1 USB port that will run them, but this doesn't make them show up on the DT. Anyone have an idea of what to do?
Thanks in advance for any help!

Hi, no they don't. If I connect them one at a time, they are fine. Sometimes I can get them to show up, and they stay on the desktop until , for some reason, they disappear and I get a dialog that says this drive was not put away properly . . .. I put the computer to sleep, I unplug the hub, start up the computer, plug in the hub again, but can't find a consistent way to get them to show up!

802.1x System Profile HELP, Please!!!

Server : Xserve, 10.8.5
Clients : Mix, 10.6.8, 10.8.5
To who ever may be able to help me,
I am the tech director for a school district and manage about 800 Apple laptops ranging from old MacBooks to the latest MacBook Pro. We utilize the LDAP service on our Apple server for authentication via 802.1x. Our entire district uses Aruba Network controllers and access points to privde wireless to our clients. For termination we use PEAP and EAP-GTC. Please don't ask me why we are using those methods, it was set up like that before I started and I am not very familiar with all these protocols and authentication methods. All of our students have network only accounts, nothing is ever saved to the client devices, so they require the system profile to be configured in order for the wireless to be active at the log-in window. I have preconfigured each of our 10.6 clients to authenticate this way with a preconfigured user name and password stored in a profile that I exported from the network preferences, because you used to be able to do that.
Now I am sitting on a pile of newly shipped MacBookPros that, guess what, have 10.8 on them and I am dealing with profiles made by profile manager. Obviously I am here because this is not going well.
I have created a profile in Profile Manager that has all the information I can provide.
Interface is set to WiFi
SSID is set properly
It is a hidden network, so that box is checked
Auto Join is checked
I have no Proxy
Security type is WPA2
I have checked, to Use as a log in window configuration
PEAP is checked
Password is entered
I have also added the certificate that the wireless network asks for when manually connecting
Additionally, I have looked at the profile in Text Edit and confirmed all of the key values are correct.
The profile will successfully install but it will never connect to the network, it will just sit there authenticating. I can manually connect just fine using the same user name and password I used in the profile. I am stuck. If anyone has any tips for me, I would greatly appreciate it.

I am experiencing exactly the same issue in my environment. Same setup: System-level profile configured via Casper, with 802.1x authentication at the loginwindow enabled. Users are able to log in using directory based accounts, but the connection then drops and the profile seems to disappear completely! It is no longer visible in the profiles preference pane, and the network will not function again until the user selects the SSID manually and reauthenticates.
Did you ever find a resolution for this issue? Please help!
-Andy

Missing Serial number from System profiler

I just noticed that I'm missing the serial number from my System Profiler.
The only reason why I noticed is that I was trying to gather information about the macs on the network via remote desktop and I found several that will not allow me to gather information about the system.
They are all the ones missing the serial number from System profiler.
How can I add it back? Also anyone know why it is missing?

The serial number disappears when the motherboard/logic board is switched out, because the serial number is linked to that piece of hardware.
Authorized Apple repair tech are supposed to use some special software to input the S/N onto the logic board. Possibly they can do it for you.
 Cheers, Tom

Missing Serial Number - System Profiler

I have a G4 Tower (mirror door, dual 1.25GHz) and recently the serial number has stopped being displayed in both the System Profiler and under "About this Mac".
It seems to have disappeared around the latest security update for 10.3.9, and was discovered when debugging a video card issue (card failed; Apple Store replaced it).
Is there a way to either enter it so System Profiler sees it again, or to restore it from some preference or setting?
Thank you.
Harry

Harry,
That symptom indicates your logic board was
replaced.
Please read Installed latest upgrade and
serial number disappeared for a similar serial
number mystery.
;~)
Interesting article, thank you. As far as I know, and according to all the paperwork, the logic board has not been replaced.
Over the last year, the Power Supply and Video Card have been replaced, but no other components were worked on. (As it turns out, replacing the Power Supply was unnecessary, because the Cinema Display was the problem.)
The Serial Number just stopped being displayed at some point. I only noticed it because I was on the phone with Apple Care getting to the final indications that the video card failed, looking for serial number to validate Apple Care status.
I really can't pinpoint the time, other than it being about the same time as the last 10.3.9 security update. "About this Mac" shows: Version 10.3.9, Build 7W98.
Curious event. But not serious?
Thank you,
Harry

Firewire 400 gone from System Profiler

Hi everyone.
I've just come across a problem with my Dual 2Ghz G5. It appears that the 400 firewire bus has stopped working both back and front and it has also disappeared from System Profiler. The listing under firewire in SP still shows 'up to 800Mb/sec' for the 800 bus but I'm sure there used to be a separate listing for the 400 bus which is no longer there. Am I mistaken ?
I was trying to connect a G4 Sawtooth through firewire to update some photographic files I recently discovered had become corrupted when restoring from Time Machine a while back. ( Another subject but TM seems to have caused a lot of niggling problems after the restore - I think I'm gonna revert to Super Duper again ).
Anyway, with the G4 in FWmode I cannot get either of the FW400 ports on the G5 to recognise it. I can't test it on the FW800 port as the G4 doesn't have one... ( that works - see old post .)
Can they both burn out simultaneously ?
Geographically they are quite a distance apart, are they both serviced by the same PCB or something like that ?
Is it a software thing ? ( the 800 still shows up )
All wisdom greatly appreciated,
Cheers, L2K8

Hi DaddyPaycheck.
Well that has to be the fastest response ever. Thanks.
I unplugged the machine, as per instructions, and left it for an hour or so while I went to the supermarket.
I also borrowed a friends laptop to test the FW ports. The system profiler says the same as before incidentally.
Good news, the G5 picks up the laptop in FWmode so the ports on the G5 are working. Here's the weird bit though. The laptop will pick up the G4 in FWmode and the G4 will pick up the laptop in FWmode in the other direction so the ports on the G4 are working in both directions. However, it takes several attempts to eject the FWmode drive from the desktop of the laptop and I have to force it through Disk Utility.
Meanwhile, the G4 and the G5 will still not recognise each other.
This is beginning to sound similar to the unresolved problem I had a few months back involving a PCI FW 800/400 card. I'm going to go back and check the earlier posts and try the whole combination thing with the PCI cards removed.
Cheers,
L2K8

IPod not recognized by iTunes & Disk Utility - Recognized by System Profile

I have a 40GB iPod Clickwheel (4th Gen?) that i'm trying to fix back to life since my mini was just stolen and i'm out on the road on tour all the time. my iPod actually powers up by itself just fine, the battery life is just peachy, and it can run independently without songs (i'm able to look around just as though i had songs on there - i can play games, alter settings, etc etc.).
However, there's a few things i've noticed!
When i go to the iPod's about menu (when disconnected from the computer), it shows there's no songs, that there's 0 capacity, 0 available - shows that the version is 3.1.1, the serial and model numbers, but the format is unknown.
I've tried plugging the dang thing into my computer to much avail - IF iTunes recognizes it, it says it needs to be restored -- GREAT! so i try to restore the iPod, however, i almost instantly get an error: The iPod cannot be restored because it is currently busy. When i clicked the help tag, it says it's a common problem in iTunes 7.0 - great, i have 8.0.2; and i've tried running everything from a restart on the ipod to a restart on the computer, updating all my system files, running the iPod in disk mode, etc, but nothing seems to make it want to restore.
when i look in system profiler; it shows that the iPod is hooked up to my USB port (which is just fine, and i've never had problems running a click-wheel iPod through that before); however both Disk Utility and iTunes do not acknowledge it's existence. what gives?
is my iPod a goner? how would i go about restoring this so i can use it? I've tried it on my Power PC (Specs below) as well as trying it on an iBook and iMac; with the same results every time. i know it's not the cable, because the iPod actually charged via that cable last night!
any help!?

If you can get it to show up in Disk Utility, try reformatting (erasing) it in Disk Utility. If that process completes without stalling or errors, quit Disk Utility and run iTunes. Immediately attempt to do another Restore to install the iPod's software and initialize.
If the iPod does not erase successfully (it should take less than one minute for a standard erase) in Disk Utility, the iPod's hard drive may be faulty.

Hard Drive not recognized by system profiler

A few months ago with the help of some of you I inserted a new hard drive and things are / were working just fine. I have just noticed that now in the system profiler it is not being recognized but my old one original one is at the 74 G capacity. I am using the hd due to I'm on here so why not showing up? I had also inserted a PCI card. All was recognized when I did it.
Message was edited by: Jan Olsen1

It shows up in du and I ran a verify disk and it was ok...
It is connected via pci card. This is the info gathered by DU:
Name : ATA ST3160815A Media
Type : Disk
Disk Identifier : disk1
Media Name : ATA ST3160815A Media
Media Type : Generic
Connection Bus : SCSI
Connection Type : External
Connection ID : SCSI Target ID 0, Logical Unit 0
Partition Type : Applepartitionscheme
Device Tree : pci/ACARD,6280M@3/@0:0
Writable : Yes
Ejectable : Yes
Mac OS 9 Drivers Installed : No
Location : External
Total Capacity : 149.1 GB (160,041,885,696 Bytes)
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not Supported
Disk Number : 1
Partition Number : 0

System PRofiler and ECC RAM

All,
Does the System Profiler indicate when RAM is ECC memory? Does it indicate when it's not?
How does it indicate this?
The Apple documentation recommends against mixing ECC and Non-ECC memory, but the System Profiler doesn't seem to indicate the difference.
Thanks.

Yes it does indicate either. Until recently, I was running mixed, now I got ECC only, below is how it is shown. How non-ECC RAM shows you already know I believe.
DIMM0/J6700:
Size: 1 GB
Type: DDR2 SDRAM ECC
Speed: PC2-4200E-444
Status: OK
DIMM1/J6800:
Size: 1 GB
Type: DDR2 SDRAM ECC
Speed: PC2-4200E-444
Status: OK
DIMM2/J6900:
Size: 1 GB
Type: DDR2 SDRAM ECC
Speed: PC2-4200E-444
Status: OK
DIMM3/J7000:
Size: 1 GB
Type: DDR2 SDRAM ECC
Speed: PC2-4200E-444
Status: OK

To generate xml code in encoding as specified in system profile options

Hi,
i have a customer bug wherein the report page which is generated after a particular process, which is a .xml file, does not open because we have special characters which are not getting encoded properly!..
the probable solution to this would be to encode the .xml file in the encoding format specified in system profile options.
After the content generation the following code is used to generate the tags and the .xml page:
DBMS_XMLGEN.setRowSetTag(l_qryCtx,'INVOICE_SET');
DBMS_XMLGEN.setRowTag(l_qryCtx, 'INVOICE_RECORD');
DBMS_XMLGEN.setBindValue(l_qryCtx,'BATCH_ID', p_batch_id);
DBMS_XMLGEN.setBindValue(l_qryCtx,'SUPPLIER_ID', rec.supplier_id);
DBMS_XMLGEN.setBindValue(l_qryCtx,'SITE_ID', rec.site_id);
l_result_clob :=DBMS_XMLGEN.GETXML(l_qryCtx);
l_result_clob := substr(l_result_clob,instr(l_result_clob,'>')+1);
l_temp_invoice_count := DBMS_XMLGEN.getNumRowsProcessed(l_qryCtx);
l_invoice_count := l_invoice_count + l_temp_invoice_count;
DBMS_XMLGEN.closeContext(l_qryCtx);
clob_to_file(l_result_clob);
here we have a transaction type in portugese like Nota de Crédito
and the issue summary is as follows
It contains some foreign language symbols which are not encoded in UTF-8 format hence IE is showing the error. Even though in mozilla the file is completely opened but the same foreign language symbol is not shown. So the error exists in all the browsers.
can you please suggest how the encoding maybe done so as to avoid the above problem!...
and also how to include the encoding as per mentioned in the system profile options.

Hi,
>>>The XSD doesn't have any messages only simple and complex types - I can't seem to relate (via drag and drop) them to a data or message type to generate the required objects.
maybe it has some reference inside to some other types which you did not get?
if so you need to import into IR/ESR all files and put the correct reference (external archives)
this would be the proper way to get the file generated according to the xml schema
Regards,
Michal Krawczyk

Unable to open SYSTEM PROFILER

Hi all,
I updated my software to 10.5.8.
Since then i'm unable to open system profiler.
Tried using the:
a) option button > then click system profiler
b) spotlight
c) apple logo > abt this mac>
Please help.
Many thanks in advance

HI,
Try deleting this file.
com.apple.systemprofiler.plist
~/Library/Preferences.
Move that file to the Trash then try to launch the System Profiler.
If that doesn't work you could perform an Archive & Install which would reinstall a new copy of the Mac OS X for you which would install the System Profiler app.
As with any installation, make sure and back up all important data first.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1545
Then repair disk permissions...
Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.
Carolyn

I looked at system.log in the system profiler today and see lots of activity at 2 a.m. when I was fast asleep, should I worry? It seems to reset hostname and mentions frequent transitions for interface, looks weird to me (I'm not a teckie!)

I looked at system.log in the system profiler today and see lots of activity at 2 a.m. when I was fast asleep, should I worry? It seems to reset hostname and mentions frequent transitions for interface, looks weird to me (I'm not a teckie!)
This is a section:
May 12 02:05:10 wendy-drapers-macbook configd[14]: setting hostname to "wendy-drapers-macbook.local"
May 12 02:05:29 wendy-drapers-macbook kernel[0]: Auth result for: 00:26:44:14:17:a3 MAC AUTH succeeded
May 12 02:05:29 wendy-drapers-macbook kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Up on en1
May 12 02:05:29 wendy-drapers-macbook mDNSResponder[16]: Note: Frequent transitions for interface en1 (192.168.1.92); network traffic reduction measures in effect
May 12 02:05:29 macbook configd[14]: setting hostname to "macbook.lan"
May 12 02:05:31 macbook mDNSResponder[16]: Note: Frequent transitions for interface en1 (FE80:0000:0000:0000:021E:C2FF:FEB3:1A3E); network traffic reduction measures in effect
May 12 02:05:34 macbook com.apple.launchd[1] (org.samba.nmbd): Throttling respawn: Will start in 5 seconds

I've been seeing messages exactly like that (and many, many other kinds) in the Console since the first version of OS X. They look menacing but are harmless.
You don't need any kind of security software.
Just surf the web carefully, pay attention to where you're going and don't install anything that you don't recognize. If you are asked to enter an admin user name and password, DON'T. Unless you know for sure that you initiated the installation from a known and reliable source (like Apple).
Mac malware relies on social engineering. No amount of security/anti-virus, blah, blah, blah software is going to help.

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