thanks for the info everyone! On Jun 24, 8:05 am, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > At 7:44 PM -0700 6/23/2011, cheryl wrote: > > >I don't have the OS X disk. I got this computer from a private > >party, on the LEM swap list. > > Ok. Then install AppleJack. It is a shell script that runs in > Single User Mode. In that mode, it can do a full repair of the disk > volume, as if you were booted from some other disk. > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/applejack/ > > Run the AppleJack installer. > > Then to run AppleJack, reboot your Mac while holding down cmd-S. > This will put you into the raw unix shell - the underbelly of OS X. > Then type the command 'applejack' and hit return. It will then give > you an old fashioned menu. Tell it to do everything. > > "everything", btw, will include clearing the kernel cache just like > OnyX can do. Of course, this is done after that all-importand Repair > Disk step. > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.
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