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| DATE | Jan 25, 2007 |
| TICKET | #333004 |
| STATUS | Closed |
| SUBJECT | Can't change iChat preferences |
| CAT | Computers, Operating Systems, Applications or Connected Devices |
| TYPE | Software Applications |
| DESC | Other Software |
| DESC | |
| PLATFORM | Apple Macintosh (Intel) |
| MODEL | Apple MacBook Pro |
| PROC | 2.0 |
| RAM | 20 |
| DRIVE | 80 |
| NAME | Ron |
| USERNAME | tairon |
| TECHNICAL | Little Experience |
| ISSUE | Some Troubleshooting |
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TICKET ARCHIVE -> Can't change iChat preferences
tairon - Jan 25, 2007 - 3:38 pm
My iChat preferences panes have vanished. I get the "message" pane only. Now my buddy list has vanished and the "help" section says I need to change my privacy pane. But now I have no privacy pane - when I open preferences, I only see the "message" pane, nothing else. Any ideas?
LovesMacs - Jan 25, 2007 - 8:22 pm
Hello,
I'm hoping this is just a corrupted iChat preference file and here's how to fix it.
Locate this file: com.apple.ichat.preferences
Here's the path: MacintoshHD>Users>Library>Preferences. Open the Preferences folder, locate that file, drag it to the Trash, empty the Trash, reboot.
Try iChat now.
Also... run Disk Utility. It's located in your Applications>Utility folder. Launch DU, select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, then click Repair Permissions. Only takes a few minutes to run. Quit DU.
See if these suggestions do the trick and thanks for choosing Macosx.com!
Carolyn :-)
I'm hoping this is just a corrupted iChat preference file and here's how to fix it.
Locate this file: com.apple.ichat.preferences
Here's the path: MacintoshHD>Users>Library>Preferences. Open the Preferences folder, locate that file, drag it to the Trash, empty the Trash, reboot.
Try iChat now.
Also... run Disk Utility. It's located in your Applications>Utility folder. Launch DU, select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, then click Repair Permissions. Only takes a few minutes to run. Quit DU.
See if these suggestions do the trick and thanks for choosing Macosx.com!
Carolyn :-)
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