Q: I Accidentally deleted system preferences!

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Q: I Accidentally deleted system preferences!

I Accidentally deleted my system preferences and I would LOVE to have it back (I Do not have a startup disk)

System preferences , Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Sep 29, 2015 10:41 AM

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thank you! But I found out how to fix it! I plugged a thumb drive into another computer using the same version of OSX and I downloaded it off the thumb drive back onto my computer!

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by BDAqua,

BDAqua Sep 29, 2015 11:50 AM in response to BigBox2
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Sep 29, 2015 11:50 AM in response to BigBox2

Did you empty the Trash after deleting it?

Do you have another Mac with Firewire?
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BigBox2 Sep 29, 2015 11:57 AM in response to BDAqua
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Sep 29, 2015 11:57 AM in response to BDAqua

Yes I did I'm new to computers (first day with iMac) and I didn't really know what I was pressing. what is fire wire? my family has 5 different computers one of them runs the same osx
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BDAqua Sep 29, 2015 12:24 PM in response to BigBox2
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Sep 29, 2015 12:24 PM in response to BigBox2

FW800 port... 
 
<img src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:gajeec1kZIn3PM:http://img4.realsimple.com/ima ges/0809/firewire-800-port_300.jpg"> 
 
FW400 port... 
 
<img src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:5xiGJY_WNsLZKM:http://akamaipix.crutchfield.c om/lifestyle/2001/h6PinFirewireJack.jpeg"> 

If you have another Mac with Firewire & a FW cable, boot this Mac into Target mode...

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661

Ask for more directions if you can accomplish this.
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by BDAqua,

BDAqua Sep 29, 2015 1:32 PM in response to BigBox2
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Sep 29, 2015 1:32 PM in response to BigBox2

Good work, thanks for the report.
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BigBox2

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Sep 29, 2015 12:41 PM in response to BDAqua

thank you! But I found out how to fix it! I plugged a thumb drive into another computer using the same version of OSX and I downloaded it off the thumb drive back onto my computer!

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