Hi, So I did the "hold down the power key and pressing option, then tried to reinstall Lion and the latest back up from time capsule. It went through the process for 16 hours but I left it overnight but woke up to it showing the whirling wheel and the gray startup screen as per when the issue started.
So I did the same procedure again but chose the reinstall lion thinking that I would reinstall the back up after but it seems to have stalled on "to download and restore Mac OSX your computers eligibility will be verified by Apple" it's been doing this for about an hour now, I'm assuming that this isn't working either. So, should I stop this, it seems like it's stuck, maybe I should do a reinstall from the next newest back up? My thinking being time capsule backs up whenever anything changes and could have the issue that froze the Mac within it. Really would appreciate any suggestions on how I can get the thing restarted to where it was. Symptoms before it crashed and I pressed the off button for six seconds: 1. I downloaded and edited a large spreadsheet - over 50,000 lines. I'd finished this and all seemed well 2 I got a message that the startup disc was full, which was odd as I had 25gb free 3. It then just froze i tried to force quit the OpenOffice and finder but couldn't get to them as the screen froze - they were showing as not responding so I hit the off button for 6 secs and it went off 4 I then did the press 'Option and on' switch, then chose restore from the last back up on time capsule, left it, woke up this morning and it was back to the whirly wheel and grey screen 5 As I said I'm now trying to reinstall just lion with the intention of installing a backup later but it's just stuck, for the last hour, on Verifying with Apple message. When I do the Option / On thing I also get the repair disc option. Should I try that? Tearing my hair out as we leave buenos aires for Colombia this week and I have so much to do before. Typical. Thanks in advance for any help proffered. Michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB.
