I installed TCPBlock and whenever I try to open the TCPBlock preference pane I get the error: "Unable to load TCPBlock preference pane". Does anyone know what might cause this?
Unable to load preference pane
preferences
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Best Answer
TCPBlock and OS X 10.9
Comments associated with the last TCPBlock blog update suggest there may be problems with OS X 10.9, Mavericks, and tools like Clean My Mac.
Console
Use the Console.app utility included in Mac OS X to look for error messages. Console.app is located in: /Applications/Utilities
With Console.app running, try opening TCPBlock preference pane again. You will likely see a little flurry of messages.
Possible problems include the preference pane being built for 32-bit Macs only, and missing frameworks or dependencies.