iMac Won't Boot After Software Update

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iMac Won't Boot After Software Update

Yesterday I clicked to install and restart my computer in Software Update. When it started back up, however, I got the gray screen, then the apple logo and swirly-thing, and then it crashed. Any help?

iMac (late 2006), Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Jun 27, 2009 11:17 AM

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Answer 1

iSMH

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Jun 27, 2009 11:48 AM in response to Penguin Boy93

Sounds like one of the updates didn't take. Try a Safe Boot.

If you have another Mac around, put the iMac in target disk mode, download and run the 10.5.7 Combo Update on the iMac's hard drive and see if that doesn't get you going.

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Answer 2

Jun 27, 2009 12:04 PM in response to iSMH

The safe boot didn't work. Is the "10.5.7 Combo Update" just regular 10.5.7? Because I know that's installed.

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Answer 3

Jun 27, 2009 12:08 PM in response to iSMH

Also....not sure if this may be any help....but when I ran "verify disk permissions" from the install disk, it said "Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit."

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Answer 4

iSMH

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Jun 27, 2009 7:19 PM in response to Penguin Boy93

The Combo Update includes all previous updates, and can often correct such issues.

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Answer 5

iSMH

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Jun 27, 2009 7:20 PM in response to Penguin Boy93

+Also....not sure if this may be any help....but when I ran "verify disk permissions" from the install disk, it said "Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit."+

If you try to verify or repair the disk itself - not just the permissions - what happens?

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Answer 6

Jun 27, 2009 8:44 PM in response to iSMH

Won't let me. I ended up just calling Apple, and they had me just restore from the backup disk, but thanks for the help anyways!

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