10.6.8 Boots only w/cursor no desktop/icons

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10.6.8 Boots only w/cursor no desktop/icons

Hello all,

I'm working on a relatives mid-2010 MacBook Pro, recently she started having performance related problems than it faled to boot correctly at all, it seems to boot normally but never loads the back ground image taskbar or icons, all that I get is a blue/green background and the cursor but nothing at all to click on with it, I cant get it too boot to a SL DVD that I have (Although not the one that came with it).

I can get it too boot to safe mode, although there's still some extreme performance problems, everything takes a while to respond.

Any ideas on what I can/could do?

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Apr 18, 2015 9:18 AM

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OGELTHORPE

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Apr 18, 2015 10:14 AM in response to kaliskastar

Access the HDD via the install disk and run Disk Utility>First Aid, Verify and Repair.

If there are no problems, I suggest backup the user data, erase the HDD and reinstall the OSX.

Ciao.

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kaliskastar Author

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Apr 18, 2015 4:27 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

I get the same problem even when booting to the install disk, I can pull up the start up manager and select the repair CD for EFI boot, but still get the same thing.

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