At 9:52 AM -0700 4/19/2009, darkey wrote:
>
>Can anyone Please clear up the Correct "safe boot" procedure for me?"
>Once I get to the log in screen {displaying safe boot in red}, do I
>immediately restart right then and there - using the log in window
>restart option?
> - OR - do i log in, let the desktop load and THEN restart??? I can't
>seem to clarify this anywhere.
Depends on what you need. By the time the login window has
displayed, the cache rebuild etc has been completed. If that was
your purpose for going into Safe Mode, then just hit the restart
button.
>Can/should this be used a maintenance procedure; if so, how often?
"this" Depends on what you mean.
Safe Mode can be used to fix a lot of things.
No, booting into Safe Mode is not really a maintenance procedure.
You'd be better off using real maintenance tools, such as as Disk
Utility and OnyX.
>Should it be performed to {somehow?} supplement - or substitute -
>running disk utility repair from the OS install disc?
No. Repairing the engine has nothing to do with retreading your tires.
>Should OS upgrades should be installed in safe boot?
No. But if after installing one of Apple's packages you find you
cannot boot, try booting in Safe Mode. Often the problem is that
Apple didn't clear and rebuild the caches correctly.
- Dan.
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