Mckitrick Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Hi guys, There are many posts about how to fix an "About This Mac" box which gets corrupted by OSX86Tools and none of them worked for me. First - I tried the AboutThisMac application - no luck Second - I tried the OSX86Tools restore technique: - Open OSx86 Tools and open the About this Mac Modifier- Click "Reinstall Temp Files" at the bottom and let that proceed - Click "Restore System Strings Files to Defaults" and let that proceed - Reboot the computer - About this Mac should be back to defaults and you can now use the About this Mac modifier safely No luck there either. It turns out, to fix it I had to replace the AboutThisMac.strings from a working system. While this has been suggested in other threads and an AboutThisMac.strings file has even been provided, the file provided in those posts was bad. A Bad/outdated AboutThisMac.strings file begins with: /**** About Box Strings and Formatting *****/ /*The tooltip text for More Info button in About box */ "MORE_INFO_TOOL_TIP" = "This button opens %@ for more info about the System."; The Good/updated AboutThisMac.strings file begins with: /**** About Box Strings and Formatting *****/ /*The tooltip text for More Info button in About box */ "MORE_INFO_TOOL_TIP" = "Open %@ for more information about your computer"; How To Fix It This can be just a tad tricky because you need to do some terminal work. FIRST STEP - Copy the attached AboutThisMac.strings.zip file to your desktop and uncompress it SECOND STEP 1. Open the Terminal App 2. run the following commands sudo -s cd /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/Resources cp ~/Desktop/AboutThisMac.strings . THIRD STEP - Log out, Log back in. YER DONE! PM Me if you run into any snags and good luck! AboutThisMac.strings.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phenk Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Good work Buddy, Works flawlessly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffv Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Good working in 10.6.5 Lenovo S10, thx:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nameless2k Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 does NOT work for iatkos 10.6.2 v2 in virtualbox :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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