iCloud Preferences Error on iMac Desktop

My 11 year old iMac desktop can’t update after High Sierra and it shows “Preferences Error: Could not load iCloud preference pane.”

How can I correct this?

iMac 27″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Aug 3, 2022 5:01 PM

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tygb

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Aug 4, 2022 4:49 AM in response to rjfcaf

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There could be many reasons the error is shown , either system preferences is not functioning or Mac OS is corrupted .

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