jbrown33
Level 1
(0 points)
Q: can't access system preferences at all, the window is always frozen
yesterday I tried changing my desktop background, and the whole desktop and screen saver window started not responding. Then I force quit the application, and tried opening the system preferences through the apple icon on the top left, which is when i realized that this is pretty serious, considering i cant access anything in the system preferences menu at all
i have 10.7.5. & i just updated it today
help
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
Linc Davis
Level 10
(207,963 points)
First follow the instructions in this support article.
If the iPhoto library is the source of your desktop pictures, it may need to be rebuilt, or you may need to update the iPhoto application to the latest version.
Otherwise, continue as below.
Back up all data.
In the Finder, hold down the option key and select
Go â–¹ Library
from the menu bar. From the Library folder, delete the following item, if it exists:
- Caches/com.apple.systempreferences
and move the following item to the Desktop:
- Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
Launch System Preferences and test. If you still have the issue, put the item on the Desktop back where it came from and post again. Otherwise, delete the item.
