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My battery status not showing in menu bar

Hello,


For some reason my battery status icon isn't showing in the menu bar.
When i open up the energy saver pane in preferences, The box is unticked. When i try to tick it, it for some reason decides to untick itself straight away.


Rather strange! Any suggestions would be great. I've rebooted quite a few times but it doesn't seem to fix the problem.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7), 2.66Ghz Intel Core2Duo/8GB/500GB

Posted on May 19, 2011 8:48 AM

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May 19, 2011 8:58 AM in response to steven_fullerton

Trash the following two plists, reboot and reset.


HD > User > Library > Preferences > com.apple.systempreferences.plist


HD > User > Library > Preferences > com.apple.systemuiserver.plist






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May 19, 2011 10:57 AM in response to steven_fullerton

OK, it looks like it's system-wide then. Try replacing this Energy Saver preference pane (if you are running OS 10.6.7) and reboot.


HD > System > Library > PreferencePanes > EnergySaver.prefPane





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Got problems with your Apple iDevice-like iPhone, iPad or iPod touch? Try Troubleshooting 101

My battery status not showing in menu bar

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