System Preferences -- error in Network preference window

hudson1hudson1
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in macOS edited January 2014
Here's a new one, for me at least....



Something has happened in my Network preferences and I believe it happened while doing a Spotlight search. When I open the Network preference window, I get an almost instant error dialogue stating "Your Network settings have been changed by another application". As soon as I hit "OK" to dismiss the dialogue box, it comes right back. If I'm really quick, I can get back to the main preferences screen before the warning reappears. I've tried logging out, rebooting, trashing the Library --> Preferences --> com.apple.networkConfig.plist file (followed by a log-out) and nothing has made a difference.



Any thoughts on what to try?



Thanks

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    spockiespockie Posts: 22member
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    Originally Posted by Hudson1 View Post


    Here's a new one, for me at least....



    Something has happened in my Network preferences and I believe it happened while doing a Spotlight search. When I open the Network preference window, I get an almost instant error dialogue stating "Your Network settings have been changed by another application". As soon as I hit "OK" to dismiss the dialogue box, it comes right back. If I'm really quick, I can get back to the main preferences screen before the warning reappears. I've tried logging out, rebooting, trashing the Library --> Preferences --> com.apple.networkConfig.plist file (followed by a log-out) and nothing has made a difference.



    Any thoughts on what to try?



    Thanks





    Hi,



    I've encountered the same problem on a friend's computer. It seems that one of the latest security updates messed up the network preferences pane. To solve this, follow the instructions given here:



    http://discussions.apple.com/thread....30909&tstart=0



    It worked for me.
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