HT3159: Mac OS X: Relaunching an application after it unexpectedly quits
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Q: my system preferences keeps quitting unexpectedly and doesn't open how can i fix it?
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Apr 14, 2012 4:22 PMby fane_j,Mac OS X: How to troubleshoot a software issue
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1199>
Isolating issues in Mac OS X
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Apr 14, 2012 4:48 PMby ds store,Your System preferences plist file likely has gotten corrupted, it's a easy fix
Finder > Go To Folder and paste this
/Library
and press Go.
Scroll down until you see the
com.apple.systempreferences.plist
there may be two of them, one you can move, so move that one to the Trash or desktop
reboot and open System Preferences and reset your preferences trash the old file.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3046
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro?view=documents
