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emax81

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Feb 25, 2012
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Hi,

after this new beta, I have this error :

Could not load Network preference panel

There is a work-around to fix it or is a bug ?!?
 
I came on here because my Ethernet interface stopped working after this update, so another network bug. However, I just fixed my issue by going to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ and deleted "preferences.plist" (after making a backup on my desktop). This caused the Network Pane to come up blank and crash if I tried to add any interfaces/services, but when I created a "Location" using the menu at the top middle, my pane reloaded with all my previous settings missing (VPN configurations) but everything functional and a new "preferences.plist" in the afore mentioned folder.
 
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I came on here because my Ethernet interface stopped working after this update, so another network bug. However, I just fixed my issue by going to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ and deleted "preferences.plist" (after making a backup on my desktop). This caused the Network Pane to come up blank and crash if I tried to add any interfaces/services, but when I created a "Location" using the menu at the top middle, my pane reloaded with all my previous settings missing (VPN configurations) but everything functional and a new "preferences.plist" in the afore mentioned folder.

Thank you but this fix not work for me :(
 
Thank you but this fix not work for me :(
I'm having the same problem since High Sierra Beta 5, and the only solution I've found so far is to copy the original Network.prefpane file from a clean installation to a backup folder, which I use to replace the file located under /System/Library/PreferencePanes whenever the error message is displayed. This allows me to open network settings again, but for some reason my NetBIOS settings under the WINS tab are never properly saved.
 
I re-install full package (Install macOS High Sierra Beta, size 5,17Gb) and now works ;)
 
As for me, I managed to make it work again correctly by un-installing CleanMyMac 3.9 beta. Before that I tried the obvious High Sierra re-install but to no avail.
 
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