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MacBook Air broken help ASAP

Help! I typed the code bellow into my mac book air and now when I turn it on it does the sound shows the apple sign and turns off again, what shall i do?


mount -uw /

rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone

shutdown -h now

MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Jan 10, 2014 2:20 PM

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Jan 10, 2014 2:22 PM in response to Fredbale

Reinstall Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks without erasing drive


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.


Reinstall Mountain Lion or Mavericks


OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X


Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet

if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

MacBook Air broken help ASAP

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