doomsayer
join:2002-09-26
Brooklyn, NY
|  [OS X] Huge Leopard problems!! help!!!
MacBook Pro: Finder will continuously relaunch every time a program is opened. Nothing works. The battery icon, clock, wireless, speaker, don't show up in the finder bar. Anything associated with files or finder won't open or will reload the computer. Firefox will work and connect to the internet, and iTunes has opened. Spaces work. Otherwise nothing else. Any help is appreciated.
TIA
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The Dv8or
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join:2001-08-09
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| The huge leopard in the room might have peed on your MacBook Pro. It's best to keep large cats away from your laptop.
Try running Disk Utility from the Leopard DVD and repairing the disk and disk perms. If that dont cut it, do an archive/reinstall.
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doomsayer
join:2002-09-26
Brooklyn, NY | Unfortunately, I am in Madrid, away from home, studying abroad, and I do not have the disk with me. Any other suggestions?
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NOCMan
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Flower Mound, TX | reply to doomsayer
run disk utility and repair permissions. There might be an apple store in Madrid too.
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The Dv8or
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| said by NOCMan  :There might be an apple store in Madrid too. Not an official Apple Store, but there might be resellers or techs that can help for cost.
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HEDP
join:2008-04-27
Miami, FL
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Apple key + S once you hear the chime from the computer on start.
This will take you to single user mode, it will show you a command: fsck -fy /
Simply type that in and press return, it will check your disk for errors and will repair anything it finds. You can then mount the drive using the following command:
mount -uw /
From there do a disk permissions repair using the following command:
diskutil repairPermissions /
On Leopard you will see 10..20.30 percentage bar in older versions you will simply get errors it found and showing that it fixed them.
Once you have done the following simply type in the command:
reboot
It will restart the computer. If you are still experiencing issues create a new user account under System Preferences if you can access it and login using that account. If your system has now stabilized it could of been something you recently installed that has caused the system to become unstable. If it does not fix the issue you will more than likely require to do a archive and install as the base system is either damaged or corrupt.
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daveinpoway
join:2006-07-03
Poway, CA | reply to doomsayer
Is there anyplace where you are that sells Disk Warrior? It isn't the cheapest thing out there (roughly $100 USD), but it can be a lifesaver. |
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rugby
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join:2000-09-26
Camby, IN | reply to doomsayer
reboot your machine holding down the shift key, when the login window comes back up reboot it again.
Also try installing the 10.5.2 combo updater. |
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TAKN
join:2003-09-21
Canada
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This can go two routes: Software issue or Hardware.
First thing I would recommend doing is just an archive and install of a fresh copy of Leopard. If your machine keeps acting up with a plain install of OSX, then you might have a hardware issue on your hands.
If it is hardware, the main possibilities are a failing HDD, bad RAM, or a bad logic board. Best way to find out is just take it to an Apple Authorized repair centre and get it checked out. |
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