Q: System Information is blank?
System Information in Utilities (Not in About this Mac / System Report) ... Most of the right hand pane information is missing / blank... And when a specific is hit such as RAID, which my machine does not have... I get text which is downwards scrolled....??? Anyone else?
I've tried everything to get it to work, but it remains blank.
However, if i navigate to System Information via About this Mac... it works.
Is there a way to refresh the app, via plists etc. Or would a command-r repair correct what looks to be a borked install?
Additionally, I need to note that this is the third clean install and the third time this issue has presented itself.
Posted on Oct 20, 2014 1:58 AM
Hi, this is a bug and not a borked installation. I have found the conflict and surprisingly it is in System Preferences.
It is to do with the scroll bars.
If you have it set to Always on, as i do... It affects System Information pane and thus, renders it blank.
If you have scroll bars set to Automatically based.... System Information renders correctly. Displaying the system specifics.
Bug report and steps to reproduce filed with Apple. So if you have the same issue... It's quite easy to overcome, until a fix is issued in a future update.
Posted on Oct 21, 2014 2:28 AM

