Have you ever encountered a strange icon in your System Preferences, like the one below ?

strange icon

If you did, here is a simple way how to fix this.

Close the System Preferences and open the Finder. Navigate to your
Home folder > Library > Caches. Find the following files:

  • com.apple.preferencepanes.cache
  • com.apple.preferencepanes.searchin­dexcache

and delete them.

finder.jpg

Now empty your Trash can (right click > Empty Trash)

Open System Preferences, your problem should be fixed.

[tags] OSX System preferences, icon [/tags]