In the absence of other advice I have shut down the Air by powering down, a procedure I hate to use. Start up now seems OK. I would still like to know if anyone has suggestions as to how this sort of problem may be overcome without the drastic step of shutting down by powering off.
Barry > On 18 Nov 2014, at 8:15 am, Barry Sexstone <[email protected]> wrote: > > My MacBook air 2012 appears to be hanging after an attempt to up date from > 10.10 to 10.10.1. Update was done via app store and all appeared to go > routinely until the restart. The machine appeared to shutdown normally and > the initial restart appeared normal with the advice “restarting” appearing on > the screen. The progress bar went all the way to the right and then nothing > further happened. The “gear wheel” is still running and the “restarting” > message is still showing after over an hour. > > Advice as to my next step? > > Thanks > > Barry > > > > iMac 10,1 > Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz > 16GB RAM > 1.0 TB HD > OS X 10.10 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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