Q: Rebooting after El capitan download is taking hours
I Finally downloaded El Capitan and as usual with the download on e complete it reboots the computer. Only this time it's taken 3 hours to load a 15th of the download bar to restart my computer. I need to work and it's literally taken 3 hours to get here, I can't have it trying to turn on for another 15 hours at this pace! Please help!
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Posted on Apr 26, 2016 4:51 AM
Select Macintosh HD as the Startup Disk.
“Set the default startup disk” http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1310
Reset PRAM. http://support.apple.com/kb/PH18761
Reset SMC. Choose the method for “On Mac notebooks with non-removable battery”.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
Start up in Safe Mode. http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT1564
Posted on Apr 27, 2016 3:46 AM