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• Try to disconnect from the iCloud on my Macbook Air (El Capitan 10.11.2) but in system preferences, it says I have to create a new password for my Admin account - and then the new password I get says "password does not match"?

  I am trying to add my outlook email account to the Mail app, but because it's the same email for my iCloud, for some reason, they are linked, and I discovered that I need to disconnect from iCloud, and then add the outlook account.

  But when I try to disconnect from the iCloud in system preferences > accounts on the internet, it says I have to create a separate password - but when I get one it says "passwords do not match"? I tried to do different and same, nothings working: S

  The dialog box is like this:

  [Stop using iCloud?]

  Create separate password for (name of the admin account)

  -You will no longer be able to log in or unlock your screen with your icloud password, and you will need to remember two passwords separately.

  iCloud password: __________

  New password: __________

  Check: _

  Index of password: __________

  [Use the separate password?]

  Not sure why that is, that the password does not when it's supposed to be the new s password?

  Also, I would like to know what to put in the box check?

  Help much appreciated!

  Thank you

  Oh wow. I just realized I was leaving the case confirm the void and the message "password does not match" mentioned. I just need to retype my password. Hilarious that I have not worked this one earlier.

• My Mac system preferences won't allow me to update my iCloud password

  I cannot change my password to iCloud my Mac system preferences. There is no preferences available in iCloud system.  I recently had to change my Apple ID due to a possible hack.  I changed my Apple ID on all my other devices and updated my ID to iCloud on these devices.  While he was trying to do it on my Mac the wheel just sitting there turn for hours until I finally Force Quit System preferences.  Now I can not access my Mac iCloud.

  This isn't Apple (iCloud) how to change a password ID.

  Follow the instructions in this article to support > Apple - Apple supported change your password ID

• I guess I tried to get to ICloud, and he has been churning for hours. How can I stop it? It will not allow a click anywhere in the window. And I can't seem to all other system preferences. It just goes back to this window. Thank you.

  I guess I tried to get to the ICloud, and he has been churning for hours.  How can I stop it? The Cancel button is grayed out. And I have ack

  are unable to other options in system preferences. It just brings back me to the window to iCloud churning. Thank you.

  What you're trying to do with iCloud, exactly? Have you tried pressing Command + Option + escape to force quit?

  See you soon,.

  GB

• not able to put auto unlock option is not available in system preferences

  Update the end of 2015 to macOs Sierra iMac.

  Updated the Apple Watch at WatchOs3

  Removed the two steps of authentication and improved to two-factor authentication.

  Tried to set up the Auto Unlock in preferences/security system & Privacy panel.

  However, the "Allow your Apple Watch to unlock your Mac" option does not appear in the Panel.

  What other hoops should I go through to get this feature going? Thanks in advance for the help...

  The prices your Apple Watch the Mac on the same network Wi - Fi?  Sometimes the shows may use another network - its s trying to find a network, if the iPhone is not available.

  Is your set watch in place with an access code?

  Once you have changed your two-factor authentication, you disconnect from iCloud and vice versa, on the matched iPhone and Mac?

  See the specs here: automatically unlock your Mac with your Apple Watch

  Use Auto unlock with any Mac and Apple Watch that satisfies the requirements of continuity system:

  • Apple Watch (1st generation), Apple Watch series 1 or series 2 Apple Watch using iOS 10
  • Mid-2013, or more recent Mac using macOS Sierra

  Make sure that your devices are configured as follows:

  • Your Mac has Bluetooth and Wi - Fi enabled.
  • Your identifier Apple is using two-factor authentication.
  • Your Mac and Apple Watch are connected to iCloud with the same Apple ID.
    On your Mac, choose Apple () menu > System Preferences, and then click iCloud.
    On your iPhone, open the Apple Watch app, then go to general > Apple ID.
  • Your Apple Watch uses a password.
    On your iPhone, open the Apple Watch app, then type the access code.
  • Your Mac has "allow your Apple Watch unlock your Mac" selected in Security & Privacy preferences.

• I can't close the system preferences

  Hi people, I recently bought a new IPAD and couldn't remember my iCloud password or it does not accept it. So I had to create a new. His manor caused all the problems.

  My iMac is stuck in the preferences now wrong with the password/key chain system. I can't leave out of system preferences or stop the mac.

  Hello, follow the suggestions from here 3 http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/fix-mac-that-wont-shut-down-359734 /

  Go there If you forgot your Apple ID - Apple Support password

• Apparently corrupt system preferences

  MBP of 2009, running El Capitan, with 512 GB of memory, no where near not maxed out.

  Last month, in spite of having nothing, added when I run my Carbonite backup - which I use since I got the computer, Carbonite, then System Preferences freeze freezes and crashes. I spent hours that both support online and on the phone with Carbonite, which was amazing. After hours of working with them, it is determined that it is preferences system that appears damaged. We've repeatedly uninstalled and reinstalled Carbonite. System preferences always freezes.

  I lost all my disks in the system, etc. in a forest fire last year. Is there a way to uninstall the system preferences and if so, how do I get it back? I really don't want to have to replace the computer right now, but if it is a symptom of a crash total imminenot, I'll do it.

  Help!

  Please launch the Console application in one of the following ways:

  ☞ Enter the first letters of his name in a Spotlight search. Select from the results (it should be at the top).

  ☞ In the Finder, select go utilities ▹ of menu bar or press the combination of keys shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

  ☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.

  Step 1

  For this step, the title of the Console window should be all Messages. If it isn't, select

  SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ all Messages

  in the list of logs on the left. If you don't see this list, select

  List of newspapers seen ▹ display

  in the menu at the top of the screen bar.

  In the upper right corner of the Console window, there is a search box to filter. Enter the name of the application crashed or process. For example, if Safari has crashed, you would enter "Safari" (without the quotes).

  Each message in the journal begins with the date and time when it was entered. Select the messages since the time of the last fall, as appropriate. Copy to the Clipboard by pressing Control-C key combination. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command + V.

  The journal contains a large amount of information, almost everything that is not relevant to solve a particular problem. When you post a journal excerpt, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.

  Please don't dump blindly thousands of lines in the journal in this discussion.

  Please do not post screenshots of log messages - text poster.

  Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

  Step 2

  In the Console window, clear the search box, and then select

  DIAGNOSIS AND diagnostic USE information reports ▹ user

  (not diagnose them and use Messages) in the list of logs on the left. There is a disclosure triangle to the left of the list item. If the triangle is pointing to the right, click it so that it points downwards. You will see a list of reports of incidents. The name of each report begins with the name of the process and ends with ".crash". Select the most recent report on the process in question. The content of the report is displayed at right. Allows you to copy and paste to validate all of the content, text, not a screenshot.

  I know that the report is long, perhaps several hundred lines. Please report all this anyway. If the report is only a few lines, make sure that you have disabled the search box.

  If you don't see any report, but you know, he had an accident, you have chosen diagnostic and using the list of Log Messages. INFORMATION on the USE of DIAGNOSTIC AND choose instead.

  In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you change the UUID ' anonymous, ' a long string of letters, numbers and dashes in the header of the report, if it is present (it cannot be). "

  Please do not post other types of diagnostic report - they are very long and rarely useful.

  When you post the journal excerpt or the accident report, you might see an error message on the web page: "you have included content in your post that is not allowed", or "the message contains invalid characters." It's a bug in the forum software. Thanks for posting the text on Pastebin, then post here a link to the page you created.

  If you have an account on Pastebin, please do not select private in exposure menu to paste on the page, because no one else that you will be able to see it.

• The system preference takes a long time to load

  As the title suggests, end of 2013 (10.11.4) System Preferences on my iMac takes a long time to load, even after a fresh reinstall and/or reboot (tried both). It takes about 20 seconds to one minute each time to open (except when I close it and immediately open it once again, as it is always loaded in memory). This problem existed only after the upgrade to El Capitan, and I saw many other people with iMacs with the same problem. I tried to remove cache for before system preferences files, but that did not help at all. I don't have a FileVault if it makes a difference, even if I did before reinstall, but never turned back (persistent question anyway). Any recommendations would be useful. Thank you!

  Data sheet:

  iMac (end 2013)

  Intel Core i5 at 2.7 GHz

  8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

  1 TB 5400 RPM HARD DRIVE

  Intel Pro Iris 1536 MB

  I found it is the State of affairs in 10.11 if running a HD spinning.  Don't feel alone.

  I suspect that it is a function of low priority in the memory compressed algorithm.

  Upgrading to an SSD and it will rise to attention.

• New Macbook System Preferences frozen (beachball) 2015

  I got this new macbook for may 2015. Not a single question before this last month.

  When I click on System Preferences - it default network (no idea why) and if I click on anything to the screen, the formidable beachball appears. Nothing resolved it and I have to "force quit" every time.

  I have googled the heck out of solutions, none of which is applicable for the new macbook.

  And I now don't have a clue about the solution. Thoughts?

  Reinstall El Capitan without erasing the drive

  HD recovery start: restart the computer after the ring, press on and hold down the COMMAND and R until the menu screen appears.

  Repair the hard drive and permissions: at startup, select in the main menu disk utility. Repair hard disk and permissions as follows.

  When the recovery menu appears, select disk utility and press the continue button. Disk utility charges and select Macintosh HD entry indented from the list on the left.  Click first aid button in the toolbar. Wait until the operation is complete, then quit disk utility and return to the main menu.

  Reinstall OS X: Select reinstall OS X and click on the continue button.

  Note : You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest to use Ethernet if possible because it's three times faster than Wi - Fi and more reliable.

  
  

• How to set recent items in system preferences and have it stay with my setting

  Noticed that to happen just in the last few weeks.

  Use Pages and try to use Open > recent and all I was getting was clear Menu.

  Went into System Preferences > general and recent items is set to None.  I changed it to what should be the default value of 10, but he keeps changing to None.

  For the life of me, I can't understand how to do so that he can stay 10 or any other parameter as it keeps going back to zero.

  Appreciate the help of CIHI people!  Computer info below.

  

  Please, back up all data before proceeding.

  This procedure will unlock all your user (not system files) files and reset their ownership, permissions and default access controls. If you have voluntarily set special values for these attributes on any of your files, they will be be restored. In this case, either stop there, or be ready to recreate the settings if necessary. Do that after checking these settings that did not cause the problem. If none of that is meaningful to you, you need not worry about this, but do not follow the instructions below.

  Step 1

  If you have more than one user, and the one in question is not an administrator, then go to step 2.

  Triple-click anywhere in the next line to this page to select this option:

  sudo find ~ $TMPDIR.. -exec chflags -h nosappnd,noschg,nosunlnk,nouappnd,nouchg {} + -exec chown -h $UID {} + -exec chmod +rw {} + -exec chmod -h -N {} + -type d -exec chmod -h +x {} + 2>&-

  Copy the selected text in the Clipboard by pressing Control-C key combination.

  Launch the Terminal application integrated in one of the following ways:

  ☞ Enter the first letters of his name in a Spotlight search. Select from the results (it should be at the top).

  ☞ In the Finder, select go utilities ▹ of menu bar or press the combination of keys shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

  ☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.

  Paste in the Terminal window by pressing Command + V. I tried these instructions only with the Safari browser. If you use another browser, you may need to press the return key after pasting.

  You will be asked your password of connection that are not displayed when you type. Type carefully, and then press return. You can get a warning to be careful. If you do not have a password, you will need to configure one before you can run the command. If you see a message that your user name "is not in the sudoers file", then you have not logged as an administrator.

  The command may take several minutes to run, depending on the number of files you have. Wait for a new line ending with a dollar sign ($) to appear, and then quit Terminal.

  Step 2 (optional)

  Take this step only if you have trouble with the phase 1, if you prefer not to consider, or if this does not resolve the problem.

  Start in recovery mode. You may be prompted to select a language, then the OS X Utilities appears.

  If you use FileVault 2, select disk utility, then select the icon for the volume FileVault startup ("Macintosh HD", unless you have given it a different name.) It will be nested under another icon of the disc. Click the Open button in the toolbar and enter your login password when you are prompted. Then quit disk utility must be returned to the main screen.

  Select

  Utilities ▹ Terminal

  in the menu bar. It will open a Terminal window. In this window, type this:

  resetp

  Press the tab key. The partial order you entered will automatically end this:

  resetpassword

  Press return. Opens a window to reset the password. You do not need to reset a password.

  Select your boot volume ("Macintosh HD", unless you have given it a different name) if not already selected.

  Select your username in the menu option allows you to select the account if not already selected.

  Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the reset button.

  Select

  ▹ Restart 

  in the menu bar.

• System Preferences

  My system preferences now works for over an hour looking for my password. I leave this thing work all night?

  Hi AlanFD,

  Thank you for your participation in the communities of Support from Apple.

  If your Mac seems to work on a task for an unusually long time, you can check the Force Quit menu for an application (like system preferences) that is not responding.

  Force a nearby application on your Mac.

  Let us know if the force quit and try again, the action does not help. If so, more information about the password question you meet can help the community offer more specific advice.

  Happy new year.

• System preferences icon has replaced the dock

  Hi all

  I have a strange behavior with the dock in macOS Sierra, especially with the "System Preferences" icon After you open the system preferences application, the icon was his suddenly replaced by another icon (see image below). It looks like a Doc App icon?

  

  I tried to remove the 'System Preferences' app to the dock and put new in. It's OK for a while, but something after a few hours or days, the icon has been replaced by the "Doc App" icon again? !!

  Is there anyone who has this strange behavior?

  Thank you

  Torp

  See this possible solution: Re: app icons disappeared from the dock

• Mac os Sierra, Dictation and speech pain missing from system preferences

  Hi, it's Stephen. I've upgraded to mac os Sierra, and now, for some reason, Dictation and speech is missing in system preferences. It is preferably pain that I use to activate enhanced dictation, which is a feature that allows the use of dictation, even in offline mode. I reported the problem/bug to apple and I called him support Apple Care technical on this subject yesterday. Can someone tell me why Apple took dictation and the word of the preferences system Mac os Sierra? Or was it just an accident? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

  It was not withdrawn. There is a tab in the keyboard preferences. And there is more in the accessibility preferences.

• System preferences not docking station opens

  Since that system preferences download Sierra won't open the top left icon Apple.  It doesn't work anymore since the dock on my iMac 2010.  Any suggestions?

  Hello

  May be corrupt Dock preferences.

  Open the Finder. In the Finder menu bar, click go > go to folder

  Then copy and paste the following text:

  ~/Library/preferences/com. Apple.Dock.plist

  Click OK, and then place the file com.apple.dock.plist in the trash.

  Restart your Mac, then try to open the system preferences of the dock.

• I can add fractions more keyboard > text in the system preferences.

  I want to add more fractions to the keyboard > text in the system preferences.

  When I type in 1/2 he returned half.

  When I type 7/32 I get 7/32.

  Y at - it an easy way to get 7/32 to look like this: > ½?

  Thank you.

  Y at - it an easy way to get 7/32 to look like this: > ½?

  example: ⁷⁄₃₂

  control space opens the viewer characters >digits - all the

  
  

  

  fractions to keyboard > text in the system preferences.