Somehow the netweork prefernce pane is damaged on my mac mini. When I try to open it, the pane is totally blank. I've also been having lots of trouble accessing the internet on this computer (other computers on the network are fine). Repair disk permissions is not fixing the problem. How can I replace/repair it? Do I have to reinstall the whole system? (which involves buy and downloading 10.8, bummer).
If you can open Syst Preference go to the drop down menu> View >
from here show all Preferences or customize.
Not clear how extensive is the "blank" in your Network Preferences window.
Can you see + and - below the probably empty list of interfaces?
If so did you try to add them manually with +.
The Network Prefernce pane appears in the system prefences window, but when I open it, it's completely blank.
here's a screenshot
It looks funny in the system prefences too, not named "network" but instead "networkPref" Here's another screenshot.
If you use the view menu, as suggested by leroydouglas, how is it listed? If it is correct there, select it and see if it adds correctly to the preferences window. If it does, go back to the view menu, select customize and uncheck the one currently showing - NetworkPref.
It is not listed under the View menu!
well actually it is, under "com.apple.preferences.network" but opening it just brings me to the empty pane
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Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including Wi-Fi on certain iMacs. The next normal boot may also be somewhat slow.
Did the safe mode test. Problem remains exactly the same. I unplugged everything but keyboard, mouse, and screens. I am using a Razer keyboard and mouse, but they worked fine for monthes before this happened so I doubt they are the problem.
Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. If Back-to-My Mac is selected in System Preferences, the Guest account will not work. The intent is to see if it is specific to one account or a system wide problem. This account can be deleted later.
no luck. set up a new admin, same problem when logged in as that account.
THANKS EVERYONE FOR TRYING TO HELP ME WITH THIS!
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Back up all data.
Boot into Recovery mode. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, follow the prompts to reinstall the OS. You don't need to erase the boot volume, and you won't need your backup unless something goes wrong. If your Mac was upgraded from an older version of OS X, you’ll need the Apple ID and password you used to upgrade, so make a note of those before you begin.
10.8.3 Network Preference Pane damaged
