[Westbo]

Hi all

I keep getting a Preferences Error: "You can't open Print & Fax preferences because it doesn't work on a PowerPC-based Mac".
Error repeats if I select another preference such as Desktop & Screen Saver, Sharing, etc. What's the fix?

I am running OSX 10.6.8 on a 2.8GHz 17" MB Pro.

Thx!

[Waragainstsleep]

Never seen that before. If go into /System/Library/PreferencePanes and get info about the various prefs, does it list them as Intel?

[Westbo]

Don't know, now. After downloading and installing the latest security update (10.6.8), I decided to run disk utility to verify the disk and mistakenly tried restart from 10.4.11 on an external drive and got the message. Realizing OF COURSE STUPID, it won't work, I cancelled. Next time I opened System Preferences to to add a printer, I got the error message, which also then popped up for any setting selected. I've trashed systempreferences.plist and systempreferencepanes cache, retarted and continue to get the errors. I am reinstalling 10.6 from the disk. If it doesn't work, I'll wipe the partition, do a clean install and reinstall apps. I never to cease to amaze myself.

[reader50]

I'm thinking along the same lines. A utility may have been used on your sys prefs to strip the intel executables.

[Westbo]

I think so, reader50. Oh the pain... Well I'm now up and running. However iDVD, iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie now inform me that they can't run on this mac. So they've too have been removed for now. Once I've met some project deadlines and clear the deck, perhaps over Thanksgiving I'll start fresh, erase the partition do a clean install of OSX 10.6 and then reinstall all the apps. For now, it's time for a cocktail!!!

Thx guys.