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Menu bar all icons disappeared, how to fix

All the righthand site Icons have disappeared (Clock Bluetooth etc) in my menu bar. If I go in to the control panel and for example try to tick the tick button for the clock it refuses to take it. The tick box for Bluetooth for example is ticked and I can change it back and forth but nothing appears.

I looked for the file com.apple.systemuiserver.plist to delete but have non (I am on SL) but found com.apple.systemuiserver.0017f2ce9d5.plist in the system and com.apple.systemuiserver.CE962C9A-38CF-526D-A6D8-in the user account. Deleting theses did not do it.

I did a safe booth and this did not do it either.

Anybody know how to fix? Thanks.

MBP, MM, MBP - 10.6 + Windooz XP on a hard partition

Posted on Sep 21, 2010 12:47 AM

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WZZZ

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Posted on Sep 21, 2010 5:39 AM

Besides the ones with numbers, which are ByHost, there should be this one in your home folder Library/Preferences.

/Users/your user name/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systemuiserver.plist

The other thing I'd try is running Applejack which is a very useful little program for troubleshooting and repairing. It runs from Single User Mode. Hold CMD-S at the startup chime. Here's a short article explaining how it's used. (Also, be sure to read the Read Me.) It's very easy to use. You just follow the on screen prompts. First, just type in applejack and press return. To begin with, I'd only run it only for steps 3 and 4, which will do a relatively light cache cleaning and check for corrupted Preference files. Doing it this way, you'll also be able to run those steps for your user, not just the system. If that doesn't help, you can run it for deeper cache cleaning by typing in applejack AUTO and let it run through a full sequence of tasks. Note: that if you do a deeper cache cleaning, you can expect the system to run a bit slower until those caches are rebuilt.

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10334620-263.html?tag=mfiredir

Download

http://applejack.sourceforge.net/

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ChangeAgent Author

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Sep 23, 2010 12:35 AM in response to WZZZ

WZZZ wrote:
Maybe time for a reinstall? In 10.6 equivalent to an A&I.

did that and lots of my programmes refused to start, so went back to the back up I had made before the A&I

ChangeAgent Author

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Sep 23, 2010 12:38 AM in response to macjack

macjack wrote:
Create a new User go to System Preferences ...

Did that no icons. BTW the third party ones show up but not the system icons (that is in my normal account)

WZZZ

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Sep 23, 2010 5:09 AM in response to ChangeAgent

I think I already know the answer to this, since it's something you probably would already have tried, but if the backup is a clone and it's from before all this MenuBar stuff started, can you do a reverse clone back to the Internal?

You reinstalled and apps refused to start (were they ones like Adobe CS or, I think, ProTools, which are very touchy when a reinstall may make them think they're being installed unauthorized on a second computer?), so obviously that's not a solution, but did that, at least, resolve the MenuBar issue?

Maybe someone with bigger brains than mine will come along and shoot a magic bullet.

ChangeAgent Author

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Sep 23, 2010 5:14 AM in response to WZZZ

good thinking just tried and no cigar. waiting for that magic bullet.

WZZZ

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Sep 23, 2010 5:21 AM in response to ChangeAgent

You mean you reverse cloned from a backup done from before all this started, or at least booted from the clone, and the icons are still missing?

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macjack

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Sep 23, 2010 5:58 AM in response to ChangeAgent

This is really quite the puzzlement!
Launch Terminal and copy & paste at the prompt

codesign -vvv /Applications/"System Preferences.app"

Let us know your output.

-mj

ChangeAgent Author

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Sep 23, 2010 6:39 AM in response to macjack

MBP-E:~ e$ codesign -vvv /Applications/"System Preferences.app"
dyld: shared cached file was build against a different libSystem.dylib, ignoring cache
/Applications/System Preferences.app: valid on disk
/Applications/System Preferences.app: satisfies its Designated Requirement

macjack

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Sep 23, 2010 6:47 AM in response to ChangeAgent

ChangeAgent wrote:
dyld: shared cached file was build against a different libSystem.dylib, ignoring cache

I'm not sure why you have this line, can you search that library to find out if you have more than one?
But it reports the app is valid which is good, or maybe even more frustrating :-/

-mj

macjack

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Sep 23, 2010 7:10 AM in response to macjack

I think I see a problem...

WZZZ wrote:
Then one idea might be to apply or reapply the 10.6.4 Combo Update.
http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1049

WZZZ inadvertently linked to the delta update not the Combo. Try using the The 10.6.4 Combo Update

-mj

WZZZ

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Sep 23, 2010 7:37 AM in response to macjack

Oops, not me. That was my twin brother, Mr. Magoo who did that. Sorry about that. That was a bad one. 😟

*ChangeAgent wrote:*
dyld: shared cached file was build against a different libSystem.dylib, ignoring cache
*macjack wrote:* I'm not sure why you have this line, can you search that library to find out if you have more than one?

One possible clue is that this started after running applejack Auto, which does a deep cache cleaning. But not sure how that would be responsible, though.

WZZZ

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Sep 23, 2010 7:54 AM in response to WZZZ

EDIT: But, macjack, can you explain, please, what this MenuBar issue would have to do with Sys Prefs? Not challenging that, but would like to understand your thinking. 🙂

macjack

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Sep 23, 2010 7:55 AM in response to WZZZ

WZZZ wrote:
Oops, not me. That was my twin brother, Mr. Magoo who did that.

I have an evil twin too. He's always messing me up!
Joking aside, it happens to everyone...
especially around your age 😉

-mj

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Sep 23, 2010 8:58 AM in response to macjack

macjack wrote:
I think I see a problem...

WZZZ wrote:
Then one idea might be to apply or reapply the 10.6.4 Combo Update.
http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1049

WZZZ inadvertently linked to the delta update not the Combo. Try using the The 10.6.4 Combo Update

No worries will run that and see. Remember people that make no mistakes tend to be dead in one way or an other.

ChangeAgent Author

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Sep 23, 2010 9:00 AM in response to WZZZ

WZZZ wrote:
Oops, not me. That was my twin brother, Mr. Magoo who did that. Sorry about that. That was a bad one. 😟

as said only dead people....

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Sep 23, 2010 9:05 AM in response to macjack

macjack wrote:
I'm not sure why you have this line, can you search that library to find out if you have more than one?
But it reports the app is valid which is good, or maybe even more frustrating :-/

I did a search found only one file (looks like an alias) named libSystem.dylib. It is invisible my HD-(invisiable)usr-lib-libSystem.dylib.

Menu bar all icons disappeared, how to fix