Hello All, I didn't comment on the rather long thread about Safe mode, but Eric is correct: sometimes starting up your Mac in Safe mode and then simply restarting your Mac by booting in the normal fashion can resolve problems just by itself. This is because booting into Safe mode forces things like a directory check, and also moves some of your cache files into the Trash. Since some of the issues that can prevent your Mac from running correctly involve corrupted caches, and this is one of the items that maintenance programs such as Cocktail or OnyX typically address, it is possible to clear up some issues simply by doing a boot into Safe mode, and then restarting your Mac to boot the normal way. I've also been able to fix some problems this way.
Here's the relevant section of the Apple Knowledge Base document: Source: Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1564 <begin quote> Safe Mode is the state into which you can start up your Mac by performing a Safe Boot. To perform a Safe Boot, press and hold the Shift key immediately after your Mac starts up. Continue holding down the Shift key until a gray Apple logo appears on the screen. Starting up into Safe Mode does several things: • It forces a directory check of the startup volume. You may see a progress bar on the screen during this check, and the computer may take longer than usual to complete its startup. • It loads only required kernel extensions (some of the items in /System/Library/Extensions). • In Mac OS X v10.3.9 or earlier, Safe Mode runs only Apple-installed startup items (such items may be installed either in /Library/StartupItems or in /System/Library/StartupItems; these are different than user-selected account login items). • It disables all fonts other than those in /System/Library/Fonts (Mac OS X v10.4 or later). • It moves to the Trash all font caches normally stored in /Library/Caches/com.apple.ATS/(uid)/ , where (uid) is a user ID number such as 501 (Mac OS X v10.4 or later). • It disables all startup items and login items (Mac OS X v10.4 or later). • Mac OS X v10.5.6 or later: A Safe Boot deletes the dynamic loader shared cache at (/var/db/dyld/). A cache with issues may cause a blue screen on startup, particularly after a Software Update. Restarting normally recreates this cache. Taken together, these changes can help resolve software or directory issues that may exist on the startup volume. <end quote> HTH. And Gordon is correct, using the recovery partition to restore is accessible without sighted help. Cheers, Esther On 12 Mar 2013, at 15:24, Eric Caron wrote: > Hi folks, > > If you are talking about using the recovery partition in mountain Lion > to restore the operating ssystem on your internal hard drive, then it is > accessible. I did this with my 2012 mini. Sadly Safe mode will not work > with voice over. yet at least once in my past I booted into safe mode just > to find out that I could do nothing. I restarted my computer and somehow it > then worked correctly. Just booting into safe mode then leaving it did > something good. > > best, > > Eric Caron > > > On Mar 11, 2013, at 2:58 PM, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Respectfully, it does not require visual help. I have done this several >> times and this was on the new Mac Mini server machines. The recovery >> partition or even the firmware-based restore facility are both accessible. >> >> <--- Gordon Smith ---> >> >> E-Mail: >> <[email protected]> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> On 28 Feb 2013, at 17:33, Josh Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yes that you need sided help with. Supposedly all you have to do is click >> install Mountain lion and then the recovery utilities will download, but >> that requires cited help. >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
