switch where speech should be...

celebrian23

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Jul 2, 2006

• #1

I remember this coming up before, but I don't know what terms to search for. Anyways, instead of what should be there, in the system preferences I have what looks like a switch instead of the normal speech icon. Just started today. Can you help me?

 

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mad jew

Moderator emeritus

• Jul 3, 2006

• #2

Close System Preferences then find a file named com.apple.preferencepanes.cache in the Caches folder on your Home folder's Library and drag it to the Trash, then reopen System Preferences. Hopefully this works. 🙂

 

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Makosuke

macrumors 604

• Jul 3, 2006

• #3

It's funny, my brand-new MacBook Pro had this (precicely the same screwy icon) when I first got it. If the suggested fix doesn't work, then I can encourage you by saying that whatever cache was goofed up fixed itself after a while, though I don't remember what I was specifically doing when it worked itself out.

 

Xander562

macrumors 68000

• Jul 3, 2006

• #4

uhhm, i cant FIND that file.....

 

celebrian23

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Jul 3, 2006

• #5

Xander562 said:

uhhm, i cant FIND that file.....

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I can't find it either 🙁 Maybe I missed it. I'm not on my mac now though, so I'll have to wait until I get home to do anything about it

 

Peace

Cancelled

• Jul 3, 2006

• #6

I searched 3 Macs and couldn't find that image...

 

mad jew

Moderator emeritus

• Jul 4, 2006

• #7

Spotlight won't find the file, but it should still be in the Caches folder. Is it not?

 

celebrian23

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Jul 4, 2006

• #8

I looked in the caches folder, I went to library -->caches last niight and I could promise it wasn't there! I looked 4 or 5 times. Now it's there. hmmmm...well it worked so thanks a lot! 😛

 

mad jew

Moderator emeritus

• Jul 4, 2006

• #9

There are a few different libraries so it can get quite confusing. This one resides in the Home folder though. Glad it's all good now. 🙂

 

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Cullen

macrumors newbie

• Nov 25, 2006

• #10

🙁 Neither fix worked, an apple wants to charge me $75 for an Archive/install! thats one family christmas presant down the drain! my best bet now is probably to find someone with the mac mini G4 OSX cds and do it myself.

 

mad jew

Moderator emeritus

• Nov 25, 2006

• #11

Cullen, show us a screenshot. Remember, System Preferences must be closed when you remove the cache file. 🙂