On Dec 14, 2008, at 8:37 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> I ran TechTools on my MacMini running 10.5.5. When it finished an > unattended optimization the program apparently closed itself. When I > came back, everything seemed fine until I attemped to re-boot to the > drive that had been optimized. You do not, ever need to 'optimize' a hard drive under OS X. It does so itself, and the only situation that would ever call for optimization (repeatedly adding and deleting many large files, such as video editing or marathon Photoshopping) are best handled instead by using an external data drive that can be reformatted between sessions. > All I could get was a white screen > with the spinning wheel. I inserted the TechTools disk that came with > Apple Care and held down the C key. Still nothing. Trying a shift > hold down didn't produce Safe Mode. Any suggestions? TechTool borked up your system but good. Boot from your 10.5 installer and do an archive&re-install. Hopefully it didn't bork your user data as well. As a rule: OS X is a robust file system, it doesn't need tweaking, fixing, maintenance, or repair on a regular basis, only when it's broke, which SHOULD be a rare, rare occurrence. MOre directory damage comes from deliberately screwing with the system (Optimization, running DiskWarrior to 'tune up' the computer, etc etc) than occurs naturally. If you find yourself needing to do this sort of thing on a regular basis, start looking for hardware issues or some other sort of abnormal condition. The rule "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" applies. -- Bruce Johnson "No matter where you go, there you are", B. Banzai --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
