a grey small earth icon is appeared on my i mac screen together with the description of the network but cannot connected to the internet .i need to enter my ip adress but there is no way at this stage
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
If it is happening while starting up your iMac..? Startup holding the Alt (option) key and select the Macintosh HD from the Startup Manager.
see > Startup Manager: How to select a startup volume
If it is happening while your iMac is up and running..?
see > Solutions for connecting to the Internet, setting up a small network, and troubleshooting
If it is happening while starting up your iMac..? Startup holding the Alt (option) key and select the Macintosh HD from the Startup Manager.
see > Startup Manager: How to select a startup volume
If it is happening while your iMac is up and running..?
see > Solutions for connecting to the Internet, setting up a small network, and troubleshooting
Sounds like you or your Mac have triggered Internet Recovery which connects to the Apple servers without user intervention:
http://www.apple.com/osx/recovery/
You may inadvertantly hit the option key when using a command + R to access OSX Utility during the reboot. Try again being careful to not "fat finger" and touch the options key. Once OSX Utility is up and running the network utility is avalaible in the upper right hand corner of your screen to get online.
Not sure this will help, but it's worth a try, if you haven't already. An SMC and a PRAM Reset. Have a look at rkaufmann87's User Tip:
thanks a lot but my problem is not solved yet since after command + R ,on the screen still shows a small grey earth ( moving around ) and the option of choosing a network .i choose my network but no luck after that .what should i do to go to the next step ? i would like to mention that in order to access my network i need to enter static ip address since i have a router .do you have any idea how can ia do this at this stage ?
small round grey earth is shown on my i mac
