after installing the update the machine rebooted. But only the apple logo en circle appeared. and then....stuck.
a hard shut down and reboot with Shift hold down until the bar did get it in safe mode (or was it the command V) but it freezes there....
MacbookPro15 2.2 Intel core2duo, Mac OS X (10.5.6), 2Gb
Boot up holding command-r keys into your Recovery Volume.
First run Disk Utility > Repair Disk, if you get errors run until no errors reported, then try again.
Boot up holding command-r keys into your Recovery Volume.
First run Disk Utility > Repair Disk, if you get errors run until no errors reported, then try again.
Hi macjack,
The revovery does find mistakes and repairs them. Ran several times to be shure all are gone. But after restart the mac still freezes. Sometimes on the apple logo, sometimes on the desktop with arrow cursor or a bit further with the color wheel... All this because i did an update of the osx and with the restart it hang. Grgrgrgr
Tnx for your input
Now, that the disk errors maybe corrected, you might try starting in Safe Mode again and see if the problem still occurs?
Restart holding the "shift" key.
(Expect it to take longer to start this way because it runs a directory check first.)
Be sure to make a backup as soon as possible. The install or disk may be unreliable again.
EDIT: It's not the install that did it. The system was already corrupted, which is why you had issues with the install.
It would have failed pretty soon anyway. The update just pushed it along.
Another post did add some light to it too.
Finally my mac started up. Backing up now. :-) tnx
Kappy Tampa, FL and Vancouver, BC
Re: PROBLEMS WITH 10.8.5
Sep 13, 2013 10:43 PM (in response to papanast)
You might try this:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions - Lion/Mountain Lion
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported then click on the Repair Permissions button. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
Then download and install: OS X Mountain Lion Update v10.8.5 (Combo).
Hassle is back. Connecting a utp cable gives crash, pulling out a usb gives crash, wifi on an off from itself... Fristrating.
So, now you have a backup. At this I think you should erase your disk and re-install OS X on it. If that doesn't work, it's the disk for sure. If it does work then you can migrate all your stuff the first time the new OS starts up in Setup Assistant.
And there he goes again. Disk errors are checked. But after installing osx 10.8.5 again it always finds the same error.. A number that should be 80 but is 0. And files that are named wrongly. It autocorrects it all but themachine still freezes and not always at the same moment. Sometimes on the logo, sometimes on the colorwheel on the desktop. Disk has 14 gb free.
In recovery mode it runs fine.
Are you referring to Repair Permissions or Repair Disk?
A number that should be 80 but is 0
That sounds like Permissions to me and probably something you don't need to concern yourself about.
Have you run AHT (Apple HArdware Test)?
I found it!
after douzens of reboots and often failiers - even safe boots! I cleaned the PRam
hold down command alt P and R after the chimms on the boot up and make it three times booting up holding down the keys.
then after the third chimms you press SHIFT. it boots up in safe mode.
use your WIFI (ethernet hangs the mac) and download OnyX from titanium. make shure you pick the correct version for your OSX!
http://www.titanium.free.fr/downloadonyx.php
install and run the app.
it fixed all the mess of update 10.8.5.
free at last. -thanks aplle for making an update look like Microsoft.
my macbook pro 15 inch 2.2 does not start up anymore after update, even after shift V.
