In the process of trying to free some space on my start up drive I ran out of memory and Im now unable to start, even in safe or recovery mode. Mac just gets stuck at status bar. I do have Time Machine as well as CCC back ups. Is there a way for me to restore from them without getting in recovery mode? Not sure what else to do?
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.14
I got it back up. Neither safe nor recovery mode would start ip…just stalled. I decided to unplug my external drives where my photos library is and it booted right up. Was able to delete some files and it’s running fine now.
Call Apple Tech Support over the phone, hopefully they’ll help you get it resolved for free.
1-800-MYAPPLE
Hey there!
If the Mac isn't starting up, you'd need to go into the Recovery mode. See if you can by holding Command-R at startup. Then, go into Disk Utility, and see how full Macintosh HD is. Let us know!
-Jack
Also you are referring to storage space as memory, it is not memory. RAM is memory , every time you turn off a computer the RAM is emptied which is unlike storage which remains. If you purchase a computer with small amounts of storage you must learn to manage that storage.
one thing you can do to manage storage is to store large libraries which are typically
onto external storage devices, most people use external hard disks.
Memory full and can’t boot imac
