my mac book pro was running perfect an hour ago and is not very slow. I cannot even log in because I get the spinning beach ball and it is stuck at that screen forever.
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MacBook Pro, iOS 7.0.4
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MacBook Pro, iOS 7.0.4
TheCipriani,
which model MacBook Pro do you have, and which version of OS X is installed on it?
I bought the newest one in 2013 and I have os x mavericks
So you have a Retina model? Boot into your Recovery partition by holding down the command and R keys whilst booting. Use Disk Utility to first repair permissions (may be a superfluous move, but do it anyway and don't worry if some permissions can't be repaired) and then select your flash drive and verify it and if it needs repair, repair it. Reboot and see if you've the same problems.
Call back,
Clinton
I did both, same problem.
Alright, then the problem may be software related.
To eliminate the OS as the problem, boot into your Recovery partition and elect to reinstall OS X. You will lose none of your files, only having the OS install a 'fresh' copy (always best to have a backup, of course, but this is non-destructive).
Same problem?
Download, unzip and run EtreCheck and post the results in a reply here.
Call back...
Clinton
I logged onto my mac but all I see is my background and the spinning beach ball. I will try running etrecheck
When I try downloading both programs it gives me an error saying "Safari could not download the file “EtreCheck.zip” because there is not enough free disk space."
I dont know how to check for that in recovery mode safari.
My disk is not full. I still have 41 MB left.
41 MB or 41 GB? If the former, then your disk is full!
Clinton
Mb
Then your system shouldn't even boot. You really need to get in there and delete some files or, as I suggested, buy an external drive (a 1TB is cheap these days) and move files there.
What you may want to do (it's up to you) is to buy a new, larger capacity drive to install in your machine and buy a USB enclosure for your old drive to transfer your data from it.
It's a sticky situation, for certain. How you proceed is up to you, but I'm afraid that any course (other than trashing files) is going to cost you some money.
Clinton
Maybe I read it wrong. It said 40mb out of 1.25 gb. Does that sound right?
No - your hard drive capacity should be MUCH greater than 1.25GB.
Get Info on the hard drive icon again. And then post a screenshot -> http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4391 - by using the little camera in the composition bar to upload the file in a reply.
Clinton
my mac book pro was running perfect an hour ago and is not very slow. I cannot even log in because I get the spinning beach ball and it is stuck at that screen forever.