Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
My system preferences keeps crashing before it will even open. It will not open in safe mode. There is no system preferences .plist file on my system. Do I need to reinstall ML?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
There IS a preference file, in fact.
Go to FInder.
From the Go menu, select "Go to Folder..."
Paste this in:
~/Library/Preferences
Then hit return. (The tilde means "Home folder").
Trash com.apple.systempreferences.plist.
Does that help?
Sorry. You said that at the beginning.
I cannot get into system preferences to allow for guest logins.
Good point. Try deleting the following item:
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.systempreferences
I do not see the 'com.apple.systempreferences' file in ~/Library/Caches. (I used CT's suggested method of getting to the folder using the go menu)
Select the Caches folder itself and open the Finder Info dialog.
Read and Write is confirmed.
Locked is NOT checked.
Although it's rarely helpful, you are at the point where you should try reinstalling OS X. Any further troubleshooting steps will start to become very difficult. Back up all data first.
I will reinstall. Thank you for your help (and patience).
Couple more notes: As I have started to do some backing up (manually since time machine needs to be accessed through the system preferences) I have noticed that there are a few files that will not copy since the mac thinks that they are 'in use.' A movie, a photo, etc. I have tried to open iPhoto to see if I can open the image in question so I can close it properly. When I did this, iPhoto crashed. It seems that when I scroll through the library, it seems that when I get to a particular file, it crashes.
I have also noticed that my speakers have stopped working.
Could all of these, combined with the initial problem of not being able to open the system preferences, point to a larger issue?
OK- I guess I am just starting to get paranoid... the iPhoto issue seems to be related to some corrupted photos, and the sound is back. Everything has been backed up. I will get back to y'all after I try the ML redo.
Thanks again for your help.
Re-installed ML. I am 100% functional!
Now, if I can just figure out how to get the photostream to work!
Thank you CT and Linc for your time and efforts. I really appreciate your mac insight.
My system preferences keeps crashing before it will even open.
