On Mar 25, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Clark Martin wrote:
> On 3/25/10 9:55 AM, Earle Jones wrote:
>
>> First time this morning: I click on 'System Preferences' in the dock.
>> After 30 or 40 bounces without opening, I click on it and hold the click.
>> The 'Force Quit' is lit, so I click on 'Force Quit'. It quits bouncing.
>>
>> Try the same thing again:
>>
>> Click on 'System Preferences' in the dock. One bounce and it opens.
>>
>> Strange stuff!
>>
>> Is there a .plist file somewhere corrupted?
>
> Likely. Try moving ~/Library/com.apple.systempreferences.plist to the
> Desktop ("~" is your user folder, /Users/username).
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> Clark Martin
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Clark: Many thanks! I did exactly what you suggested above.
I think it worked! I could go back now and compare the old .plist with the new
one and see exactly what got corrupted.
Thanks and cheers!
earle
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