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I use my desktop as a router. it stopped working and when I go to check my system preferences it says"your settings have been changed by another application" and then I have to force quit system preferences. Heeeelp!
iMac
On what Mac running what version of OS X?
Yep, that used to be asked a lot a couple of years ago. Much depends on what version of OS X you are running.
Go to System Preferences: Security. Check the box next to "Require password to unlock each secure system preference." Then lock Security.
I haven't had the problem myself, but this post by ejp1684 seems to have offer a solution:
Once in the network prefs and the popup appears, place your mouse over the place where the "Show All" button is (behind the popup). Then, hit Return - which gets rid of the window and immediately the window is gone, click on the 'Show All" button. I then get a window asking me to save etc, the changes. You can click on any of them and you should be back in the prefs window. Then, when you select the Network prefs, you should be able to change things. If this doesn't work, I found that I had to use the mouse button to click on both the "OK" button on the popup, and then quickly switch to the "Show All" button - took me a few times to do it!
Even if you can't change the settings, at least you won't have to do a hard shutdown.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8112368�
This post by MacStrong also provided a solution that worked for some:
If you recently updated or run a disk utility on your Mac this may have altered your sharing preferences. Go to System Prefs>Sharing Prefs and go to Network Time. If you have it checked, uncheck it and then recheck it. I just fixed a Mac by doing this. If it is not checked try checking and unchecking it.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8204758#8204758
This solution from Thomas Sattelman has been known to work on Intel macs:
I read somewhere that this message is due to the new way of saving the PPP connection password after the security update is applied. It will occur, only if you have one or more, saved network configurations that includes PPP connection setup.
This is how I got rid of the problem without deleting any of my network locations or any preference files:
1. Log in using an admin account.
2. Open the Security Preference Window
3. Check "Require Password to unlock each secure system preference" to get temporarily rid of the annoying message (at the expense of typing in the admin password whenever settings are changed).
4. Open the PPP network connection (Network Window)
5. Uncheck "Save Password" in the PPP-Pane
6. Type your password into the approriate field
7. Recheck "Save Password" in the PPP-Pane
8. Repeat this for all your PPP network connections
9. Open the Security Preference Pane and uncheck "Require Password to unlock each secure system preference"
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8235114#8235114
I use my desktop as a router. it stopped working and when I go to check my system preferences it says"your settings have been changed by another application" and then I have to force quit system preferences. Heeeelp!
