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When I power up my Imac, the sound comes up, Apple appear than the spinning ring, than the screen turns blue and every 30 seconds or so the spinning wheel appears but my desk top doesn't come up. Tried to power off number of times but the issue is there.

When I power up my Imac, the sound comes up, Apple appear than the spinning ring, than the screen turns blue and every 30 seconds or so the spinning wheel appears but my desk top doesn't come up. Tried to power off number of times but the issue is there. Help!!!!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Dec 28, 2012 7:24 PM

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Dec 28, 2012 11:14 PM in response to Honza48

Could be many things, we should start with this...


"Try Disk Utility


1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.

2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)

*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*

3. Click the First Aid tab.

4. Select your Mac OS X volume.

5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."


http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214


Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.


(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)


If perchance you can't find your install Disc, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.

When I power up my Imac, the sound comes up, Apple appear than the spinning ring, than the screen turns blue and every 30 seconds or so the spinning wheel appears but my desk top doesn't come up. Tried to power off number of times but the issue is there.

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