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Help! MacBook won't start using 10.4.11

My MacBook ran fine using 10.4.10, no problems. Then I used Software Update to download and install new software, including the update to 10.4.11, iTunes 7.5, new iDVD, and one other item, can't remember. I left and when I came back, the screen just showed an empty desktop, and I had power down manually. Now, whenever I try to boot up, I get the light gray screen with the apple logo, the spinning circle with spokes, and that's it. Even after twenty minutes, it doesn't change. I've tried rebooting in safe mode, and using a Panther CD startup disk while holding down the C key. Neither do anything, and now the CD is stuck in the drive. All I can do is manually power it down. What should I do now?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Nov 26, 2007 7:29 PM

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User profile for user: tanxeel
tanxeel
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Nov 26, 2007 7:41 PM in response to J-Web

To Make a Freezed Mac Working again the Recipie is Simple:

1. One Freezed Apple Macantosh
2. One Working Mac for downloading, Extracting and copying
2. A Freshly downloaded Combo update package of MacOsX 10.4.11 Intel (The simple (Non-Combo) update will also work).
3. One USB or External HD Volume
4. Software/Setup DVD (This comes with your Mac)
5. A whole lot of WILL

Method:

First of all extract the downloaded .dmg to .pkg and then copy the .pkg file to an USB or External HD from another Mac... Plug the USB or External HD in your Freezed Mac... then Boot your Mac with the Setup CD by Pressing C on the Keyboard... then Open the TERMINAL panel in the Utilities tab on the top of your screen, then type in the Terminal:

cd “/volumes/MacHD/”

(IMP Note: the MacHD must be replaced with your HD Name)

Then Type:

"/volumes/MacHD/usr/bin/open" /volumes/USB/MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.11Intel.pkg
(IMP Note: the MacHD must be replaced with your HD Name..
there is a space between open" and /volumes
USB is the name of my external USB... so change it to yours!
*DO NOT change /usr/ to your users name!*)

This will open the Update Install Window (GOOD NEWS for your MAC)

Choose your Macintosh HD as destination drive and install.

When install is finished click on reboot and wait... this will take some time, so don't WORRY.

When you're back in your System Reboot again.

Done.
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