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"Sharing" icon missing in SysPrefs on 10.8.2

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Jan 24, 2013
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So doing a quick search on the web and I find all kinds of posts about missing icons(even the sharing icon) in OSX prior to 10.8.2 and it says to delete a file in the Library/Caches folder.. well I guess since 10.8.2 that file is no longer there to delete..

Any ideas how I can restore my Sharing icon??
 
Not sure how your icon was removed from system preferences but navigate to system > library > PreferencePanes and look for SharingPref.prefPane then double click on it.

Theoretically that should put it back in system preferences.
 
It's not even there.. wth?!?


EDIT: Wow, odd. I had to go onto my Time Machine into my Macbook Air's backups and click it. It then told me that to use it, I have to install it! wth..

None of my backups for my MBP since I began backing up had this missing file, only my Air did. So weird.
 
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Unfortunately I was click happy and clicked Install and didn't get a SS of anything..

I can show you screenshots of my Time Machine BU's of my Pro showing the non-existent SharingPrefs if you want.
 
Here you go.. Odd thing, Sharing is now appearing in System Preferences but the sharingprefs icon is not in my folder..??

prefs_zps90d604da.jpg


After I double clicked it from my MBA backup and it asked to install, it's showing finally, and working.

sysprefs_zpsc92391a9.jpg
 
I included the System Preferences at the bottom in an edit.

Some of the icons in the folder don't work, like Xsans, Ink, FibreChannel, etc..
 
Peace said:
Those would only work if you had those items.

Ink is for pads.
FibreChannel is for a FibreChannel connection. Etc.
Click to expand...

And Xsans is for a SAN connection. Not too many of us are using that on our MBP's :)
 
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