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Q: system preferences

Please help, why is the system preferences/desktop screen saver hang when access it?

the right column says LOADING IMAGES & left column shows only Apple and Folders with the spinning wheel on.

 

thanks,

Wilson

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Jul 24, 2013 5:41 AM

by mende1,Solvedanswer
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A:

That's a problem with the Desktop settings file. First, open a Finder window, select Go folder (on the menu bar) > Go to Folder, and type ~/Library/Preferences. Then, delete "com.apple.desktop.plist" and "com.apple.systempreferences.plist", and restart. You should be able to open System Preferences > Desktop and Screen Saver after doing this.

 

That's caused because of a bug in automatic login, as far as I know

Posted on Jul 24, 2013 5:42 AM

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  • by mende1,Solvedanswer

    mende1 mende1 Jul 24, 2013 5:42 AM in response to POGIME
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    Jul 24, 2013 5:42 AM in response to POGIME

    That's a problem with the Desktop settings file. First, open a Finder window, select Go folder (on the menu bar) > Go to Folder, and type ~/Library/Preferences. Then, delete "com.apple.desktop.plist" and "com.apple.systempreferences.plist", and restart. You should be able to open System Preferences > Desktop and Screen Saver after doing this.

     

    That's caused because of a bug in automatic login, as far as I know

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Jul 24, 2013 9:35 AM in response to POGIME
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    Jul 24, 2013 9:35 AM in response to POGIME

    First follow the instructions in this support article.

    If the iPhoto library is the source of your desktop pictures, it may need to be rebuilt, or you may need to update the iPhoto application to the latest version.

    Otherwise, continue as below.

    Back up all data.

       

    In the Finder, hold down the option key and select

      

    Go ▹ Library

      

    from the menu bar. From the Library folder, delete the following item, if it exists: 

     

    • Caches/com.apple.systempreferences

     

    and move the following item to the Desktop:

     

    • Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist

     

    Launch System Preferences and test. If you still have the issue, put the item on the Desktop back where it came from and post again. Otherwise, delete the item.