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System Preferences Freezes when I choose Network

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ANewMacGuy

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Jan 15, 2008
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Hi All,
Been a rough two weeks. I had the issue of my iMac not loading passed the grey screen. No keystrokes were working so I had to bring it in to get repaired. I was told some optic something cable had to be replaced.

Well, initially that didn't work but it just ended up taking forever too boot. 20 or 30 minutes. Now it is loading fine and Windows is also loading fine with bootcamp.

However, I can't get in to turn on my USB wireless adaptor for Sprint. I can open the system preferences and I can also go in to any other option without problems, but if I click "Network" it says Loading Network, then hangs up. I need to force quit and retry. Same results. Anyone know how to repair that? I have tried Disk Utility and it says no problems. Diskwarrior doesn't let me do much since I am booted to that drive. Any suggestions as to how to get the Network option to open?

ANewMacGuy
 
Hi,

Thanks for the suggestion. I followed that path and I do not have that file. Any suggestions where to find it or add it back in there?

I did find it. Removed that file plus a few more that another forum suggested, rebooted, still locking up when I click Network.

ANewMacGuy
 
What about looking into the Network settings while this USB Wireless Sprint thingy isn't connected to your Mac?

Does it still lock up the System Preferences?
 
Thanks for the suggestions. I had to do a Archive and Install and that fixed my problem. Probably was an easier way but I needed my iMac working.

I will do a search now but was wondering, is there a way to get the keychain that had all my sites/passwords from the old system to the current one? If so, not sure which one is the right one. I think there were 4 in that folder.
 
ANewMacGuy said:
I will do a search now but was wondering, is there a way to get the keychain that had all my sites/passwords from the old system to the current one? If so, not sure which one is the right one. I think there were 4 in that folder.
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Do you have a backup drive? Are you using Time Machine? You should be able to go back in there and locate the Keychain.
Morod
 
Yes, I have a 1 TB drive but can't get time machine to go past, Preparing drive or something like that.

Aside from that, I was hoping the Archive feature was going to copy my system files for a reason like this. Just not sure which file I need.

ANewMacGuy
 
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