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Version: 10.6.2
Can't startup now!!
Feedback Type: Commentary
Contributed by: reverence Tuesday, March 13 2007 @ 03:27 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Over One Year
Recommend Product: YES
I tried to instal the combo on my MacBook Pro 15" and when the installer finished, an alert came up stating that there were errors in installing and to instal again. However I could not launch the installer, - or any other programs at all. I had to force quit to get anywhere. Now when it boots up I get the grey apple and spinning wheel on forever. Have left it for over 20 mins doing this!!. A force quit and startup as single user only yeilds the single user dialoge, but the driver for the keyboard does not load so I can't type anything. I have been using macs for 15 years and never had a problem with an update. When I get home I will try and boot from an external drive or the install disk. Any other ideas??
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my update installed fine - reverence
I am sure thousand have had no problems. For years I read all the problems others have had and I never experienced any problems before. Just this time. However I did the repair permission before installing and all the normal things. I am sure I can eventually fix it but was wondering if any one else had the same, and if so, what they did to fix it.Tuesday, March 13 2007 @ 04:22 PM PDT
Can't startup now!! - dib_dotmac
I had this happen once. Do you have another mac? You can boot your probematic in target disk mode, and connect it to your other mac via firewire, and you can install the update from the other mac. I think it would have to be an intel mac, though, but not sure on that. When I had this problem, that fixed it for me. I guess if you have an external drive you can boot form, you can redo the install on your internal drive, also.Tuesday, March 13 2007 @ 04:43 PM PDT
Can't startup now!! - reverence
That is what I an going to try first. I have a 24" imac at home and I will try and boot from that( before I try and update it!!). Your success has heartened me so I am hopeful. Will post tommorrow with the results. Thanks ( and I was sure someone else must of had the problem at some stage)Tuesday, March 13 2007 @ 05:24 PM PDT
Can't startup now!! - rjdbfree
Hosed my system just the way you described it. Not sure what to do.Tuesday, March 13 2007 @ 06:49 PM PDT
Can't startup now!! - russgr1
Same thing happened to me on a MacBook Pro with this update. I walked away when it was installing only to return to an unresponsive machine. After a forced restart I got the eternal spinning cursor and the fan began to run because something was causing the processor to heat up. Luckily I have a "safe" partition that I started up from and installed the Combo update from there. Now everything is back to normal after a nice scare and a few lost hours. Hope yours will return to normal after installing from target mode.Tuesday, March 13 2007 @ 07:05 PM PDT
Can't startup now!! - reverence
Well I fixed it. set up the macbook as a firewire drive and connected it to my iMac. Ran the installer from the iMac and selected the macbook as the target volume. All went well and is now up and running. Updated the imac from software update and that went without a hitch.Tuesday, March 13 2007 @ 09:29 PM PDT
my update installed fine - tourette
no problems here. iMac Core Duo 2GHz 20"Reply to This
Tuesday, March 13 2007 @ 03:40 PM PDT