os x help!
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- connerd
my mac (jaquar 10.2) is taking like half an hour to boot up & just getting stuck once it gets to the main desktop screen before finder opens. i've tried hard-restarting a couple times.. can't seem to get it to snap out of it.
anyone run into this?
- k5m0
you might try pressing the excape key at the start. As soon as it makes the boot sound keep pressing it. I know if my mac does not shut down right it goes through a disk check or soemthing. Pressing escape a lot skips it I think. Try that.
- connerd0
oh cool. thanks.
well it finally booted after about 35 mins.. i also can't seem to get it to shut down properly..
man i was really starting to like os x too ;)
- Creon0
you need to rebuild the desktop. might help. i forget the key command...go to the help menu and search for "rebuild desktop". it will tell you.
- ribit0
Rebuild desktop is only OS9.
Run Disk Utility, Norton etc
Run the Apple Hardware check CD. Ask someone who knows how to zap the PRAM or run the command line disk check on startup.
- pascii0
press option-c while startup, type
/sbin/fsck -y
+ enter
to perform sys-file check, DON'T INTERRUPT! when finished, typereboot
+ enter
When you encounter a problem when using Jaguar, if it isn't a problem that can immediately be identified as one of the problems listed on this page, there are three things that you should try right off the bat. The first is to restart your Mac with the Shift key held down, invoking Safe Boot mode. This will cause First Aid (also known as fsck, or file system check) to be run (invisibly, but it is being run). (Restart again immediately, in the normal way, after doing this.)
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