Preferences - Screen Saver Crashing!!!!!

[barenaked7]

I just upgraded my iTunes to iTunes 7. I then set my screen saver setting to flash through the music artwork. Now whenever I try to access my Desktop & Screen Saver preferences, the window crashes. I can't access it at all. I'm not sure if the download of iTunes 7 has anything to do with it, but i'm just trying to figure out what is going on. I just want to reset my screen saver preference. HELP!!!!! -josh

 

[Satcomer]

Well I am not sure what is happening. So the first thing you should do is Repair Permissions with Disk Utility (/YourHardDrive/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility). Then delete the the preference file com.apple.systempreferences.plist (/YourHardDrive/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist). Also take out any iTunes plugins and third party visualizers (YourHardDrive/Users/YourUserName/Library/iTunes/iTunes Plugins). See if any of these fixes your problem. Good Luck.

 

[Kees Buijs]

I just upgraded my iTunes to iTunes 7. I then set my screen saver setting to flash through the music artwork. Now whenever I try to access my Desktop & Screen Saver preferences, the window crashes. I can't access it at all. I'm not sure if the download of iTunes 7 has anything to do with it, but i'm just trying to figure out what is going on. I just want to reset my screen saver preference. HELP!!!!! -josh

You can try to create another user and check if the problem continues to exist. If it still exists, it is not a user specific problem, if it is solved, it most likely is.


Good luck, Kees

 

[fryke]

It could be that one of the screensavers is crashing the app (probably the one selected). Try removing that from its folder, then start System Preferences again. If you reach the screensavers this way, the particular screensaver might be broken.