What happens when you run from a safe boot (Shift key down on Mac's
startup)?
Well, initially it wouldn't start up in safe mode. It hung at the
white screen with the apple logo and the spinning dial. So I shut it
down after about 5 mins and started again. It took almost 5 min. but
did finally start up.
I have Camino open with all the tabs I usually have open(10 tabs) ,
mail, Windows media player because I wanted to listen to Mike Malloy
show but.......sadly, I have no sounds. I unplugged my external
speakers thinking that I could use the built in speaker but no go.
so I"m not going to run in safe mode for long. Too quiet around
here. Also have Photoshop CS2 with 2 photos open and iTunes. iTunes
won't play either since I have no sound.It doesn't even try to play a
song. And all of my widgets are running as usual. The cpu seems to
vary between about 44% to around 58% most of the time with spikes up
to 100%. I'm not sure how long I need to run on this to see if
Camino is going to slow it down but will leave it running overnight
with all this stuff open. I really miss having my special buttons on
my Logitech rollerball! When you get used to using your thumb to
change things with a click or do a screen shot with a click, the
basic two buttons feel crippled.
One thing that happened when trying to boot into safe mode the first
time...when it got hung up a loud whirring sound started that sounded
like a very loud fan blowing. I have heard this before when OSX
decided to quit. Not every time but enough times that I'm aware of
it. I have no idea if it's anything unusual or not.
And to make things a bit worse.........one of my dogs ran by very
fast and bumped into the small table that my Macbook Pro is sitting
on and knocked it off. It fell flat on it's top with a very loud
bang. I have not had the courage to start it up....I might have to
kill the dog. JUST KIDDING! I have 7 dogs and am obviously an
animal lover.
Thanks Tom for your suggestions and encouragement. Wish you were
able to make housecalls in Indy.
Paula
IN/USA
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather
to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body
thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a
ride!" Have a wonderful day!
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