I'd tried Disk Recovery mode (ctrl key during boot). Per your recommendation, I tried Safe Mode (shift key during boot) Same result each time: spinning gears. D'oh!
Thanks for the tip on Safe Mode. I can't even find Safe Mode in the user's booklet that accompanied my Mac! On 12/24/06, dly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Since your computer is failing to complete startup: start up Mac OS X 10.2 or later in Safe Mode. To start up into Safe Mode (to "Safe Boot"), do this: Be sure the computer is shut down. Press the power button. Immediately after you hear the startup tone, press and hold the Shift key. The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the startup tone but not before. Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple and progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear). During the startup in Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you will see "Safe Boot" on the login window, which appears even if you normally log in automatically. To leave Safe Mode in any version of Mac OS X, restart the computer normally, without holding any keys during startup. If your computer won't start up in Mac OS X at all, see "Your Mac won't start up in Mac OS X". Once you have started in safe mode, examine the startup items in system preferences. you may need to temporarily or permanently remove items from this list, try to reboot normally. otherwise consult the link for more information I will let someone else help with the J library dly [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 24-Dec-06, at 12:09 PM, Michael Manti wrote: > Any help with the following would be appreciated. > > After typing > > sudo mv j601/libj601.dylib /usr/lib/. > > into the terminal--per > http://www.jsoftware.com/help/user/install.htm--Ireceived the message > > Illegal instruction > > My Mac was then unable to start up any new apps----even Terminal and > Application Monitor. So, I then attempted to reboot. Unfortunately, 20 > minutes later, and my MacBook is still spinning its wheels. Fans are > whirring. The screen displays the Apple logo and the wheel that > indicate > start-up. But the process fails to reach the login screen. This is > not a > happy situation. > > This is the first incident of this kind that I've experienced in my > four > years of owning Macs. Does anyone know of any solutions? Because I > can't log > into my system, I don't have the version numbers at hand, but I just > recently updated both Mac OS X and the firmware via Software > Update, so I'm > almost certainly running the latest versions. > > Thank you in advance, > > Michael Manti > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
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