The very useful snapshot 'About This Mac' summary of my machine disappeared when I 'upgraded' to OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite. where can I find this information now?
iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
It should be the first menu item on the Apple Menu, which it on the top left of your desktop. Where it's always been.
C.
Absolutely, but it is no longer there. Clicking on ATM opens nothing. This appears to be one of a number of 'nothing' results now, following this upgrade.
I would like Apple to tell me and everyone else foolish enough to have elected to upgrade without checking likely flaws first, where this information has gone. Do they not test before launching these 'improvements'?
This works as usual on my machine, which suggests that this problem is caused by something peculiar to your set-up. Does this problem occur for a different user, e.g., Guest user? Does this problem occur when starting up in Safe Mode? Maybe run EtreCheck and post the results here.
I can't imagine any incompatible software caused that problem, but I'm always amazed at what some install.
To me it sounds like a failed install. Reinstalling would be where I'd start.
Did you Upgrade from a previous OS or is this just updating 10.10 to 10.10.3?
For the former, reinstall OS X using Recovery. OS X: About OS X Recovery - Apple Support
For the latter, install the Combo Update: OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 Combo Update
The program that displays the information is System Information and it is located in /Applications/Utilities. You might look to see if it exists. If it doesn't, that would prevent you from seeing the info. If it does, see if you can run it by double-clicking. When you run the app, the detailed system info is displayed, but there is a command to show the About This Mac window.
Of course Apple test it's upgrades (is that a real question?) and releases beta's for others to test. I have 3 Macs running 10.10, at work others around me run 10.10 your issue is not common.
CT's question's are valid troubleshooting, I have a feeling a reinstall will be the resolve. I'm curious if the Apple logo is gone or just About This Mac? if so it might just be a display setting.
Thank you all for your help and especially Barney. My problem definitely was an ins tall failure. Finding no Sys tems Information was the give away. Reloaded 10.10. 3 and rebooted to recover speed. Good as gold. All my inaccessible apps revealed including About This Mac.
Cheers
G'day
So, i am no good with difficult stuff on my mac (read only knows the basics) however, for the past month (and a bit) I have not been able to access About this Mac.
does not matter how many times I click on the apple in the top left hand corner of my screen, when I click on About This Mac the icon flickers but does not load or display About This Mac.
When i click on the apple icon, I get the following options:
About This Mac (which does not work, period, the end, fullstop)
System Preferences
App Store
Recent Items
Force Quit
Sleep
Restart
Shut Down
and
Log out
Everything else above works fine, no problems - but I cannot get About this Mac to initialise, work, open, nothing, nada.
Can anyone help me to fix this problem on my iMac.
Thanking you in advance.
Sarah
Look in /Applications/Utilities for a program called, "System Information."
If it is there, can you open it?
If so, can you open About this Mac from the Window menu (cmd-I)?
Type system profiler in spotlight . information about hardware , network and software is located .
A second method click on apple logo > about this mac > click on system report .
Or a third way take your cursor to apple logo click on system information .
if any icon disappears from top menu bar we run NVRAM .
About This Mac has disappeared with OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite
