System Profiler Missing

Hi
I was recently trying to go on PhotoBooth and it said no camera connected i tried to look for help and everything said to use system profiler.
I know that it is in the utilities folder but its missing im not sure what happened i hvae never touched any folders that i dont know are about.
If you know a solution please help.
Thankyou.

If it's a current Mac with a recent version of OS X, there is no System Profiler.
System Profiler is now known as System Information. It's the System Information utility that will now open up when you click More Info in About This Mac.
Information referring to "System Profiler" might be contained in out-of-date documentation, unless it really is referring to older versions of OS X back when it was still called System Profiler.

Similar Messages

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

HT1338 Migration assistant problems setting up new Macbook pro.... System preferences will not open and Mozilla products do not open "profile missing"???

Used migration assistant to set up new Macbook pro from old macbook pro. Many "profile" problems.
Will not even open "System Preferences" for user whose profile info was transferred. (Will for "Administrator")
Cannot use Firefox or Thunderbird, profile missing.
Help???

Launch the Console application by entering the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search, and look under "User Diagnostic Reports" for crash logs related to the application(s). Select the most recent one and post the contents -- the text, please, not a screenshot. For privacy’s sake, I suggest you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report.

Aluminum imac 2.4ghz bluetooth missing from system profiler

Now used to have my phone a nokia e61 paired with my imac a few weeks ago i transfered photo across but recently that the bluetooth icon in the menu bar had been grayed out and the system profiler doesn't have any bluetooth info, i've don't a firmware update recently but I don't think that disabled the bluetooth, ideas or help would be much appreciated.
thanks Ade

As Eustace says, it's likely a hardware fault, although the following suggestion worked for me when I helped my neighbour who lost all BT connectivity on his iMac a while back.
Apart from the Magic Mouse what keyboard do you have - wired or BT?
To do this you might need to use a wired mouse/keyboard just in case you lose your limited BT connectivity and end up not being able to log in. In Macintosh HD>Library>Preferences, do you have this file:
com.apple.Bluetooth.plist
If so, move it to the desktop and restart. If BT does come back to life this is where you might need the wired mouse/keyboard to get your BT devices re-connected. If this works you can dump the file you moved to the desktop.

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

Missing System Profiler

I don't and can't find my system profiler on my Mac. any suggestions?

Welcome B.C. click ontp your harddrive then select application fr. there scroll to utillities, it should be there.
Or another way is to go top left side of your screen, click on the apple sign then scroll to =about this mac then click mor info not sofware-update, now look at the bottom of your you screen, you'll see System/p then hold the mouse button unto it select keep in dock, then can be done for any apps, have fun.
Fr.BlayZay.

Power Mac G4 (MDD) - ATA 100 bus missing in system profiler?

It seems our ancient MDD G4's 20gig hard drive has started to show signs that it may die soon. (Clicking, system stall/freezes, etc...) While I have no problem performing drive replaements on my own hardware, this one has managedto toss a wrench into the works...
As of this evening, the MDD G4 stopped booting from drives on the ATA100 bus, but is still booting from the other ATA bus we have the DVD-RW drive installed on. What I can't figure out, however, is why the ATA100 bus is no long showing up in system profiler, even with the drive removed.
Just to be sure the drive itself was still functioning, I temporarily installed it into my old PowerMac G3 tower and was even able to boot from it.
So, my question is, is the ATA100 bus on the G4's motherboard actually fried, or is the thing playing possum under system profiler without anything connected to it? I don't want to go to the expense of adding a nice new internal drive, only to have the G4 kill it.
Any thoughts?

My MDD (1.25G SP with 10.4.11) has two drives on the ATA100 (ATA-6) bus and the ATA66 (ATA-5) bus is empty; the 66 bus, although I know it's working (I've used it recently), does not show up in SP. The optical drive properly appears on ATA-3. So the bus doesn't have to appear in SP without something attached.
I somewhat hesitate to ask---did you check all the connectors on the ribbon cable? I'm pretty adept at mucking about inside computers but I had another Mac tower model that gave the symptoms you have and, after a day of thinking up new cusswords, I found the drive end of a the ribbon cable was slightly unseating as I closed the case due to a too-short ribbon.
MDDs should be jumpers "cable select."

Firefox will not open after fresh install in OSX Lion. "Firefox profile missing."

After recently upgrading OS X Snow leopard to OS X 10.7 Lion I downloaded and ran the Firefox installer package, only to find that Firefox could not open. The error message says "Profile missing – Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible"
I checked Firefox forums and found a script that when run in Terminal allows access to the (upper) Library folder; but this still does not solve the issue.
Obviously, with Lion Apple has deliberately placed a stumbling block in the way of would-be Firefox users.

Thank you. I solved the dilemma, which was one of my own making although I take no blame for it. You see, a while back I grew tired of going through the semantics of manually deleting Caches and Cookies and simply locked those folders (in Users/my name/Library) so that nothing could be added or removed from them without login credentials.
. . . There's where the fly got into the ointment. The Caches folder must be unlocked in order to run Firefox because it uses Caches to store files. Folder unlocked – problem solved.
It seems that OS X Lion has more warts than its predecessors (initially, at least), in that where Apple once gave the user full egress to all venues, it has developed a hard-nosed, up-in-your-face micro-managerial stance with Lion – such as making the System/Library invisible. This, of course, under the tacit label of "offering the user greater security" . . . against himself.
If you fully embrace that logic I've got some s. Florida realty I can dump I mean sell you on the cheap, lol.
I appreciate your kind help.
Thanks.
mike4444

Optical drive not recognized in system profile after hardware rebuild

This is an old MacBook Pro. Apple call it vintage.
Logic board died, so rather than consign it being a doorstop, I took out the logic board and "cooked" it to reflow the solder. It actually worked!
Just prior to this and just before the logic board completely bit the dust I'd inserted a DVD into the optical drive, where it sat and didn't read, wasn't recognized etc. I was trying to drop back down in OS as Lion was too resource hungry for the old machine, so it was an OS install disk. Panther I think?
So now I've got the logic board working, but I cannot remove the DVD. I tried all the tricks, including Terminal etc. On checking System Profile I noticed that the optical drive isn't even listed now. So my question is, is it possible I missed a connection etc when rebuilding the MBP after replacing the logic board? If so, thoughts on where I should look? Is there a way to "force" the OS to find the optical drive? Any thoughts on what to do?
I can't pull the optical drive as one of the screws is completely stripped and honestly, not sure if the laptop is even worth the cost of a replacement drive anyway.

Ok, that's it. I read a few posts in the "...SuperDrive won't accept my CD.." section. and it seems some people are just swapping optical drives like mad, ready to accept that the kit is crap, and "...oh, well, I sure hope this one works better...".
But one guy had the brains to have a look inside. Turns out dust had accumulated in the drive and on the connectors, and when he cleaned them, and unplugged and replugged them, it worked fine. So that's what I did. Took it out and put it back in. Amazing the stuff I cleared out! I also un- and re-plugged the power cable and the data ribbon at the mutha board and bingo!. We have disk, and I can breathe again.
Recommend to others they pretend they've bought a new drive, do a remove and reinstall and be very fastidious. You may not need a new one after all. I just love it that stuff can still be FIXED!
Thanks to Lou and all of you who share your experiences. It's like my brain is suddenly soooo huge...

Isight not working & found in system profiler after efi firmware upd 1.17f0

hi there,
i got a brand new macbook core 2 duo to my birthday yesterday.
the isight worked when setting up my user account right in the beginning. right after that i downloaded all system updates including the efi firmware update 1.17f0 which is version 1.1, basically, i wanted to play with photobooth. it said that the camera is used by another application. then i checked the system profiler (section usb), but it's not there. i tried to install skype which didn't find the camera at all. also changing my user-photo in my user-account-setup in system preferences didn't work because 'there is no camera connected'.
i even formatted the drive and reinstalled os x again. i'm quite sure it's the firmware update that is causing the problems.
repairing permission, resetting PRAM and SMC didn't work neither.
heeelp!
best,
nikki.

See if you have this file QuickTimeUSBVDCDIgitizer.component in the System/Library/Quicktime folder. If it is missing you can get a copy of the file here. http://techslaves.org/index.php?page=17 There are two links in the first part. Either one works I just tested them. Some others have complained that this missing file caused their problem and putting it back fixed it.

Profiles missing

I recently had my computer reinstalled by my technical support and now there appears to be ICC profiles missing in Photoshop (CS2), in particular the US SWOP newsprint profile, it doesnt seem to be in the appropriate folder, ( I thought this came with Photoshop)does anyone know where I can get this profile.

Using instructions provided by The Unofficial Apple Weblog back in 2008, I was able to boot up in Single-User Mode and use Unix commands to remove the file signifying that Apple Setup was complete.
Note that the final command they list ( shutdown /h now) does not work. Just type the word exit in the command line instead.
Upon reboot, I was able to step through the set-up assistant portion of the OS X Lion installation process.
I set-up a new admin user making sure to use a unique full name, username, and password (not the same as the profile that's missing and needs to be restored). After finishing the set-up process, I was able to login as an admin level user with the newly created profile.
Once you are back in the system as an admin, click on the System Preferences icon in the Dock. When the System Prefernces pane opens, select "Accounts" under the "System" section. Then create a new user profile, but this time input the exact full name, username, and password of the missing admin profile you want to restore. Be sure to assign it an admin level status. A message will pop up telling you that a directory with that username already exists. Click the option that states something like "use existing directory." This will attach the new profile you're creating to the orphaned user directory. Be patient. The pinwheel will spin for up to 5 minutes as the Mac creates the new profile and links it to the existing directory.
When it's done, you will see the new profile show up in the user list. You may logout and login with your restored profile.
I decided to keep the temporary admin profile I created as a backup login in case something ever goes awry with my primary profile. Perhaps there's a drawback to that decision, but it seemed like a good idea.

Cannot find Battery Info in System Profiler

Cannot find "Battery Info" in System Profiler (4.0.4).
Originally, I was going to title this post "battery not charging" - which is why I am looking for battery details. Of course, as soon as I started typing the battery clicked up a notch (29% to 30%).
So, I got a confused battery and a confused System Profiler.
A couple of weeks ago I had drained the battery completely and had to even run off the backup battery as I quickly finished what I was doing. I had since fully charged the battery and thought there were no problems.
Then suddenly a couple of days ago, I looked up and it was stuck at 33%. When I tried to switch from "Percentage" to "Time", all I got was a "Calculating...", which it never actually did. I tried unplugging the computer, and it indeed did run off battery power, so it was at least communicating power-wise, if not information-wise. Two days of fiddling around offered no solutions. (Zapped the PRAM, reset PMU). Meanwhile the battery kept on not charging.
Then, I start typing here and suddenly the battery is communicating with the computer. Percentage is ticking up and there is even an estimated "time until full". However, System Profiler still does not see any battery, or in fact even give me anything to click on for power management. It's not under Hardware, Software, Network or Logs. "Extended Report" doesn't find it either. I'm hoping I am just missing it somehow... is "Battery Information" hidden somewhere?
The battery plug has now switched from green to orange and the indicator icon from a battery with a plug, to a battery with a lightning bolt. While I was trying to figure out the problem, I have taken out the battery several times, so I doubt it would be a simple connection issue.
While I would like to believe my computer has magically healed itself, I suspect that something is still amiss. Maybe earlier versions of System Profiler did not have Battery Info?

Hi, RW, and welcome to Apple Discussions. System Profiler prior to the version that came with Tiger doesn't report any battery info. If you're running Panther, that's why you can't find anything about your battery in SP. Jeremy Kezer's XBattery will provide info about your battery in Panther.
Test to see whether your battery charges with a different, known-good AC adapter. That's the cheapest component of the charging system to replace if yours is faulty, and with luck that will prove to be where the problem lies. Other possibilities are a bad battery, DC-In board, or logic board.

Firefox already running, profile missing or inaccessible, cannot kill in task manager

For reference, this is on windows 8
In the past I've (very rarely) had the "firefox is already running" error and was able to fix it by ending the process in task manager. I updated to firefox 36 the other day. Since then, firefox will run perfectly normally for a while, but after some time (varies from minutes to hours) I can no longer load new pages. The loading wheel just keeps spinning.
Once this has happened, if I quit firefox and try to open it again, it will give me "firefox already running" followed by "profile missing or inaccessible" error messages. If I go to task manager, sometimes no firefox.exe is there, sometimes it is and I cannot close it. In either case I still can't start the program.
I tried reinstalling firefox, which did not fix the issue. I've also tried creating a new profile, again to no avail. AVG picks up no malware. I did a system restore to a week ago, which seemed to work for a while, but the problem has started again. I'm looking for a solution other than installing an old version, if possible.

Do you have the Firefox icon on your quick launch? Right click
on it, and select '''Open New Window.''' Sometimes this works.
If it opens, close it by '''Menu > File > Exit.'''
This is not a cure but will make it easier if Firefox locks up in Windows.
'''https://support.mozilla.org/questions/997866''' {web link}
Separate Issue;
Your System Details shows;
Installed Plug-ins
Shockwave Flash 16.0 r0
Shockwave Flash 11.8 r800
Having more than one version of a program may cause issues.
Grab the uninstaller from here:
'''[http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html Uninstall Flash Player | Windows]'''
'''[http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-mac-os.html Uninstall Flash Player | Mac]'''
Then reinstall the latest version.
Flash Player '''Version 16.0.0.305<br>https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html'''
Shockwave Director '''Version 12.1.7.157 http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/'''

Firefox 4 b7 gives a Profile Missing error when launching

Firefox worked before on my OS X (10.6.5) system, but now gives a Profile Missing error that says "Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible." I can't launch the Profile Manager using the Terminal command. I tried putting a clean install of Firefox 3.6.12 on, but the process closes as soon as it opens without any dialogs. No icon pops up on the dock.

Zensa posted a very useful command and it works well to solve this problem ...
http://support.mozilla.com/my/questions/785562
Give it a try and it helps ... although your mac will ask for your admin password ... that made me scare a little.
Firefox 4 works fine now on my MacBook pro with OS X 10.6.7

PowerBook G4 does not see optical drive in System Profiler

I have a very strange situation in a powerbook G4 (1.67ghz, hi-res 15" screen).
I bought the laptop non-working, installed a new power board (plug on old one was fried!) Installed a 250gb HD which I had installed OSX on in another G4 laptop, and it booted up fine, or so I thought.
When I put in my Leopard install DVD to install over the existing 10.4 Tiger, the disc spun up, but would not mount - would not eject - and when I checked the System Profiler the superdrive was not recognized by the powerbook as being present on the ATA bus. The hard drive, of course, was seen on the ATA bus.
I thought the superdrive was bum, so I installed a known-working combo drive I had around from a previously parted laptop (Apple branded) and experienced EXACTLY the same situation.
Other things I have tried included using jumpers to manually set the hard drive to slave and cable select (from the factory, with no jumpers, it is set to master), thinking that perhaps the optical drive was somehow seen as master or cable select. All possible jumper settings I tried made no difference.
Booting from external firewire hard drive shows exactly the same situation on the ATA bus, EXCEPT (and this is where it gets just weird enough to pique my curiosity and keep me trying to fix it) - When I boot from the external drive WITHOUT AN INTERNAL DRIVE installed, the SUPERDRIVE SHOWS UP ON THE ATA BUS of the System Profiler! I have not yet seen both at the same time, but I can get one or the other to show, depending on, apparently, the presence of the internal hard drive.
Am I missing something here, or am I to assume a fault in the IDE controller of the logic board?
I have never seen this laptop working properly, but the seller I acquired it from stated that the optical drive worked fine until he fried the DC in-board, presumably with a faulty power supply. He had removed his hard drive to save the data on it.
Thanks for any help or clues that anyone might provide.
See another post with similar situation (archived, or I would have jumped on that thread):
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1862129&tstart=0
Ray

Well, I am happy to report that the situation is resolved with my powerbook not seeing the superdrive, but I still do not really understand exactly why it was unavailable in the system profiler as I originally posted.
My particular solution was to wipe out (erase) the hard drive, zapped PMU, zapped PRAM, did the reset-nvram in open firmware, rechecked to make CERTAIN the proper cables were installed properly, and Now I just completed a fresh install of Leopard from the previously recalcitrant superdrive, to the now-clean hard drive.
My BEST GUESS as to what was wrong with the situation from the outset may have had something to do with where the hard drive came from and how that operating system was installed. (the OS was on the HD when I installed it) In hindsight, perhaps doing all the resets, as well as repairing permissions MIGHT have done it, but I got caught up in thinking it might be cables or something.
So, I would advise others with a similar problem to:
repair the hard drive
repair permissions on the hard drive
reset PMU
reset PRAM
boot to open firmware (hold command-option-o-f at boot) and type "reset-nvram" (without quotes) enter, the type "set-default" enter, then type "reset-all" enter
cross your fingers, knock on wood, and boot! See what happens....
if no glory, THEN look at cables (make certain they are the CORRECT cables and that they are seated properly) I bought a hard drive cable and an optical cable from ebay sellers with assurance that they were the proper cables, and NEITHER had the same part number as the original cable which I suspected faulty, and that in the end are actually GOOD! GO BY PART NUMBERS! do not accept someone elses assurance that their cable is the proper one!
then suspect faulty optical drive - if possible swap another drive in and check.
if a second optical fails, then SUSPECT logicboard, but before you invest in a new logic board ($$$$$) try putting a freshly erased HD in and just see if that helps.
good luck to you all with your mac troubleshooting!
and thanks to all who read and pondered....
I will mark this case "answered" though it is more closed than truly answered.
I am very relieved that the fault did not lie in any of the major components (or even the minor ones for that matter)
It turned out to be only software/installation/settings, even though the symptoms certainly seemed to point to a hardware issue. It pays to try the resets and repairs!
Ray

System Profiler Missing

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for