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Oct 30, 2014 2:02 PM in response to DerekAppleby neilfrombellevue,Hey DerekApple -
If you still have this issue, here's good news! I had the same problem even after upgrading to Yosemite 2X's... always could not open the Desktop pane in System Preferences but would only display a Preferences Error window.
Here's the fix:
1) Close all windows & apps
2) Go to the System Library by selecting Finder, the hold the Option Key, then click on the Go tab at the top
3) Open the Application Support folder
4) Open the Dock folder
5) You should see desktoppicture.db in the Dock folder
6) Drag the desktoppicture.db to Trash
7) Reboot and you should be Good-To-Go
Enjoy...
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Oct 30, 2014 2:03 PM in response to dominic23by neilfrombellevue,Hey Dominic23 -
If you still have this issue, here's good news! I had the same problem even after upgrading to Yosemite 2X's... always could not open the Desktop pane in System Preferences but would only display a Preferences Error window.
Here's the fix:
1) Close all windows & apps
2) Go to the System Library by selecting Finder, the hold the Option Key, then click on the Go tab at the top
3) Open the Application Support folder
4) Open the Dock folder
5) You should see desktoppicture.db in the Dock folder
6) Drag the desktoppicture.db to Trash
7) Reboot and you should be Good-To-Go
Enjoy...
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Oct 30, 2014 2:04 PM in response to jpope42by neilfrombellevue,Hey jpope42 -
If you still have this issue, here's good news! I had the same problem even after upgrading to Yosemite 2X's... always could not open the Desktop pane in System Preferences but would only display a Preferences Error window.
Here's the fix:
1) Close all windows & apps
2) Go to the System Library by selecting Finder, the hold the Option Key, then click on the Go tab at the top
3) Open the Application Support folder
4) Open the Dock folder
5) You should see desktoppicture.db in the Dock folder
6) Drag the desktoppicture.db to Trash
7) Reboot and you should be Good-To-Go
Enjoy...
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Oct 30, 2014 9:20 PM in response to neilfrombellevueby Anomac63,Thanks for that Neil.
Worked perfectly. I
have the control of my monitor prefs back. And my desktop image ;-)
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Oct 31, 2014 5:14 AM in response to neilfrombellevueby harriti,OK so I have this problem with not just desktop/screen saver but also with time machine preferences, general, and possibly others. I just haven't tried it yet. Is there a fix for basically the whole system preferences pane?
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Nov 10, 2014 9:01 AM in response to neilfrombellevueby metalskg,Hi neilfrombellevue Ihave the same exact issue as everyone else but your fix did not work for me. Any other suggestions?
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Nov 10, 2014 9:52 AM in response to neilfrombellevueby metalskg,Disregard what I said earlier. When I tried a third time, it worked. Thank you so much for the help.
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Nov 11, 2014 1:03 AM in response to neilfrombellevueby AppleWinder,I followed your instructions. Didn't help.
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Nov 11, 2014 1:58 PM in response to AppleWinderby AppleWinder,As I've told you. It doesn't work for me. Installed Yosemite over Mavericks 10.9.5. Yosemite works perfectly except for the mentioned pref pane. Hopefully 10.10.1 update solves the problem. Your solution doesn't work for me. Tiresom.
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Nov 11, 2014 2:22 PM in response to AppleWinderby Anomac63,Took MetalSKG three tries to get it to stick. Good luck fixing it. I know how bloody annoying it is!
All I know is it worked for me first time around
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Nov 19, 2014 2:38 AM in response to neilfrombellevueby tanxeel,God Bless you... this really solved my problem... what have I not tried...
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Nov 28, 2014 2:10 PM in response to dominic23by RTOB,Tried that with no luck. mac mini mid 2010, OS X Yosemite. Want to be able to change my desktop wallpaper...
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Nov 28, 2014 2:40 PM in response to RTOBby RTOB,actually I tried another fix by Neil and it worked.
Here's the fix:
1) Close all windows & apps
2) Go to the System Library by selecting Finder, the hold the Option Key, then click on the Go tab at the top
3) Open the Application Support folder
4) Open the Dock folder
5) You should see desktoppicture.db in the Dock folder
6) Drag the desktoppicture.db to Trash
7) Reboot and you should be Good-To-Go
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Nov 30, 2014 5:16 AM in response to neilfrombellevueby carva1080,Hi Neil
This still sadly does not seem to work for me - have tried it 10+ times now. Do you know of any other potential solutions - I've attempted all other various ones from around the forums...