Help!! (deleted System Preferences)

Bonnka · Jun 6, 2011, 05:36 PM

I deleted my System Preferences on my MacBook-Mac OS X Version 10.5.8. How can I get it back if I don't have the cd it came with?

Jolly Jimmy · Jun 6, 2011, 05:47 PM

Are you sure? What happens if you try to access it from the Apple menu?

Hansr · Jun 6, 2011, 06:09 PM

Did you delete it or just remove it from the Dock? Check Jolly Jimmy's reply and if it work you can add it back by dragging it from /Applications/ to your Dock.

Bonnka · Jun 6, 2011, 09:02 PM

No its gone completely,like if I click on it,it a "?" on it.

Jolly Jimmy · Jun 7, 2011, 05:54 AM

I take it you have no backup either. You're gonna need your install DVD. Unless someone here with 10.5.8 can upload it for you.

Bonnka · Jun 7, 2011, 01:59 PM

Okay thanks. Do you know where I can get one?

Hansr · Jun 7, 2011, 03:52 PM

Give the Combo update a try:
http://support.apple.com/downloads/M...8_Combo_Update

If that doesn't work do an Archive & Install from the disc that came with your computer.

Gregg2 · Jun 7, 2011, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Hansr

Give the Combo update a try:
http://support.apple.com/downloads/M...8_Combo_Update

If that doesn't work do an Archive & Install from the disc that came with your computer.

Nope.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bonnka

I deleted my System Preferences on my MacBook-Mac OS X Version 10.5.8. How can I get it back if I don't have the cd it came with?

The obvious answer is from your backup. Since you didn't mention that you don't have a backup, I'm hoping that's an option.

Hansr · Jun 8, 2011, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gregg2

Nope.

Then he/she can grab a new one from Apple or buy Snow Leopard.

But the combo should work anyway since the System Prefs binary was updated ~10.5.4 IIRC.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gregg2

The obvious answer is from your backup. Since you didn't mention that you don't have a backup, I'm hoping that's an option.

People generally don't back up anything until they've had at least one big wad of data loss.

EspressoLove · Jun 8, 2011, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bonnka

I deleted my System Preferences on my MacBook-Mac OS X Version 10.5.8. How can I get it back if I don't have the cd it came with?

Here you go
Should work
Report back with results
(I never did something like that

)

Bonnka · Jun 8, 2011, 07:09 PM

THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR HELPING ME!! And EspressoLove,it work thank you soooooo much!!

M'CLOVER · Jul 4, 2012, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EspressoLove

Here you go
Should work
Report back with results
(I never did something like that

)

Thank you!!! I had the exact same problem!

Bobo74 · Jan 7, 2013, 03:40 AM

I had the same problem, EspressoLove is a life saver and GENIUS!!!

Thanks!

casual642 · Feb 16, 2013, 05:09 AM

Hi does anyone have the system preferences version 5.2 that i could download, please help. I tried the expresslove version and finder said i needed version 5.2

nakita26 · Apr 1, 2013, 11:48 PM

Yes mine says i need 5.2 aswell. Please help

justperry · 12:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nakita26

Yes mine says i need 5.2 aswell. Please help

Here you go.

Update: This should work now, Universal.

benwiggy · Apr 2, 2013, 04:47 AM

First of all, every one here who "Accidentally" deleted your System Preferences:
Why/how on earth did you do that? There are at least two safeguards that should make you stop and think about what you're doing (authorisation; empty trash).

Second: you should have a backup. What if you "accidentally" delete one of your files, like photos? If you are in the habit of deleting system files, then a backup makes restoring them very easy.

Thirdly: asking for (and accepting) executables from random people on the internet (no offence, justperry!) is unwise at best. Even if the file is actually the correct one for your OS, it could still be laced with malware, either unwittingly, or deliberately. System files should come from a trusted source, such as your own backup or an installer.

justperry · Apr 2, 2013, 05:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by benwiggy

Thirdly: asking for (and accepting) executables from random people on the internet (no offence, justperry!) is unwise at best. Even if the file is actually the correct one for your OS, it could still be laced with malware, either unwittingly, or deliberately. System files should come from a trusted source, such as your own backup or an installer.

No worries.
Have to agree but I for one do not have to care, if "they" want to get software from an unreliable source it is their problem.

It would be fairly easy though to change the Executable with something else and wipe the receivers HD.

Jun 6, 2011, 05:36 PM	#1
Bonnka macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2011	Help!! (deleted System Preferences) I deleted my System Preferences on my MacBook-Mac OS X Version 10.5.8. How can I get it back if I don't have the cd it came with?
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casual642 macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2013	deleted system preferences Hi does anyone have the system preferences version 5.2 that i could download, please help. I tried the expresslove version and finder said i needed version 5.2
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benwiggy macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jun 2012	First of all, every one here who "Accidentally" deleted your System Preferences: Why/how on earth did you do that? There are at least two safeguards that should make you stop and think about what you're doing (authorisation; empty trash). Second: you should have a backup. What if you "accidentally" delete one of your files, like photos? If you are in the habit of deleting system files, then a backup makes restoring them very easy. Thirdly: asking for (and accepting) executables from random people on the internet (no offence, justperry!) is unwise at best. Even if the file is actually the correct one for your OS, it could still be laced with malware, either unwittingly, or deliberately. System files should come from a trusted source, such as your own backup or an installer. __________________ 2012 MacMini, 2.6GHz i7, 16Gb RAM, Fusion Drive \| 2009 MacBook, 6Gb RAM, 240Gb SSD \| 2006 iMac \| 2003 G3 iBook \| Beige G3 \| PowerMac 7600 \| Mac IIsi \|
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Jun 6, 2011, 05:47 PM	#2
Jolly Jimmy macrumors 65816 Join Date: Dec 2007	Are you sure? What happens if you try to access it from the Apple menu?
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Jun 6, 2011, 06:09 PM	#3
Hansr macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2007	Did you delete it or just remove it from the Dock? Check Jolly Jimmy's reply and if it work you can add it back by dragging it from /Applications/ to your Dock.
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Jun 6, 2011, 09:02 PM	#4
Bonnka Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2011	No its gone completely,like if I click on it,it a "?" on it.
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Jun 7, 2011, 05:54 AM	#5
Jolly Jimmy macrumors 65816 Join Date: Dec 2007	I take it you have no backup either. You're gonna need your install DVD. Unless someone here with 10.5.8 can upload it for you.
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Jun 7, 2011, 01:59 PM	#6
Bonnka Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2011	Okay thanks. Do you know where I can get one?
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Jun 7, 2011, 03:52 PM	#7
Hansr macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2007	Give the Combo update a try: http://support.apple.com/downloads/M...8_Combo_Update If that doesn't work do an Archive & Install from the disc that came with your computer.
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Jun 8, 2011, 07:09 PM	#11
Bonnka Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2011	THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR HELPING ME!! And EspressoLove,it work thank you soooooo much!!
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Apr 1, 2013, 11:48 PM	#15
nakita26 macrumors newbie Join Date: Apr 2013	Yes mine says i need 5.2 aswell. Please help
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