Hi Phil You need to wait until the fsck -fy command reports that the drive appears to be ok, then you can type the other commands in in sequence. fsck usually takes 2-5 minutes.
Have you tried a different keyboard & mouse? Regards Sam MacAmbulance Providing affordable Apple & PC services Sam Mullen 07747 778022 http://www.macambulance.co.uk [email protected] On 16 Aug 2012, at 20:45, Phil Tomlinson <[email protected]> wrote: > Many thanks Sam. I tried your first suggestion and typed in the commands. > Perhaps I didn't wait long enough for the computer to respond to each command > and scrambled up the sequence? Because it didn't seem to be working I tried > your final suggestion - booting with Shift. This did as you said and > eventually it showed the Users' log in page with "safe mode" written in red > at the top. The mouse still didn't make the icon function, but, by chance I > pressed the arrow keys and managed to highlight my user icon and type in my > password. It took me to my own Mac screen but the first automatically > generated event (a reminder about a calendar event) cause a freeze again. The > arrow keys can access a limited range of files on my screen vertically but I > can't make them open and I can't move to any other icons sideways. The mouse > can get the app icons to appear from hidden mode at the bottom of the screen > but nothing else! > > Phil > > > Sent from my iPad > > On 16 Aug 2012, at 18:36, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Phil >> >> Try booting holding cmd + S into single user mode then type the following >> commands (pushing return after each command) : >> >> fsck -fy >> >> mount -uw / >> >> rm /Library/Preferences/loginwindow.plist >> >> reboot >> >> See if that works. If not then try booting holding down Shift until you see >> the spinning wheel under the apple logo and a progress bar. This will boot >> in safe mode. Restart normally again and see if that helps. >> >> Regards >> >> Sam >> >> MacAmbulance >> Providing affordable Apple & PC services >> >> Sam Mullen >> 07747 778022 >> http://www.macambulance.co.uk >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
