Kyle Good
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Q: Can't Get Anywhere on my Computer!! I have Finals in a Week!!!

Hey I can't get into my computer anymore. I've tried to log back in through safe mode, but underneath my ID it says Update Needed. I then tried to proceed into the guest account to try to figure things out but all I had available was Safari. Now I've tried hard rebooting my Mac but I don't have any of my files backed up. Is there any way I can restart my computer from a previous time before I had all these crashes and problems? Or am I completely out of luck! Someone please help

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Dec 5, 2015 9:10 PM

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Q: Can't Get Anywhere on my Computer!! I have Finals in a Week!!!

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  • by my ginger,

    my ginger my ginger Dec 6, 2015 1:55 PM in response to Kyle Good
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    Dec 6, 2015 1:55 PM in response to Kyle Good

    You will have to go to recovery and use terminal to turn it off. Here is a link that tells you the commands to see if it's on and to turn it off.  http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2014/01/check-enable-and-disable-filevault-from- terminal.

  • by Kyle Good,

    Kyle Good Kyle Good Dec 6, 2015 1:58 PM in response to FriedWaffle
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    Dec 6, 2015 1:58 PM in response to FriedWaffle

    So I was able to finlly get tot where it said turn off encryption for the Mac HD and it did mention the Firevault in my settings. You were right about that. So I guess now I go into safe mode and go into settings to turn it off?

  • by Kyle Good,

    Kyle Good Kyle Good Dec 6, 2015 2:00 PM in response to my ginger
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    Dec 6, 2015 2:00 PM in response to my ginger

    Hey sorry, thanks for the help. What exactly does that mean? Does that imply that I can read the material on my ext hard but not be able to write anything to it? As in I can't restore my Mac HD to it? I was attempting that after I unlocked and tried to turn off the encryption of the MAc HD I then tried to restore the contents of the Mac HD to the ext hard. It allowed my to click the restore button, but nothing really showed that it was loading..

  • by my ginger,

    my ginger my ginger Dec 6, 2015 2:13 PM in response to Kyle Good
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    Dec 6, 2015 2:13 PM in response to Kyle Good

    Yes. As long as the partition is Master Boot Record. If you want to install your mac files on it you will need to erase and the make one partition  setting it as a GUID partition and then click apply. Using the disk utilities. The partition scheme would be GUID with Mackintosh extended journaled.   If you are able to get back into your Macbook to the startup volume. Then you could use the external drive for backup using time machine.

  • by Kyle Good,

    Kyle Good Kyle Good Dec 6, 2015 2:46 PM in response to my ginger
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    Dec 6, 2015 2:46 PM in response to my ginger

    Okay I just changed the partition to GUID and moved enough room for the Mac HD. Now do I try to restore it?? And the format for the Mac Back Up is extended (Journaled).

     

    I did try to restore the Mac HD onto the ext hard drive, but it is telling me input/output error??

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    Kyle Good Kyle Good Dec 6, 2015 3:06 PM in response to Kyle Good
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    Dec 6, 2015 3:06 PM in response to Kyle Good

    I unlock my Mac HD and then try to verify and it tells me it needs repair, but the repair button won't highlight. Have any thoughts on that?

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    Kyle Good Kyle Good Dec 6, 2015 3:32 PM in response to FriedWaffle
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    Dec 6, 2015 3:32 PM in response to FriedWaffle

    Hey man I was able to set up the ext hard drive as GUID. Can you help me from there?

  • by my ginger,

    my ginger my ginger Dec 6, 2015 3:36 PM in response to Kyle Good
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    Dec 6, 2015 3:36 PM in response to Kyle Good

    You should be able to go to recovery and select install or reinstall.  Follow the instructions and when you get to the install pick the external hard drive. It should show up along with the internal drive.

  • by my ginger,

    my ginger my ginger Dec 6, 2015 3:40 PM in response to Kyle Good
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    Dec 6, 2015 3:40 PM in response to Kyle Good

    When in restore I have never had to unlock the internal drive. What exactly did you do? Did it say in get info read only

  • by Kyle Good,

    Kyle Good Kyle Good Dec 6, 2015 5:38 PM in response to my ginger
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    Dec 6, 2015 5:38 PM in response to my ginger

    Hey sorry it's taken me so long to reply!! In Disk utilities I thought you were talking about installing OS X Yosemite so I installed that onto my external hard drive. It just finished up and I am running a new account through the external. Mac HD is still on my lap top so now I am trying to acquire it and copy it to the external hard drive.

     

    In response to your other message, I don't know if I have to unlock the internal hard drive. I think it said read only when I was in the Desk Utilities earlier, but I'm not sure sorry.

  • by my ginger,

    my ginger my ginger Dec 6, 2015 6:02 PM in response to Kyle Good
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    Dec 6, 2015 6:02 PM in response to Kyle Good

    If the internal drive is set to read only,you can after you get the external drive up and running, access the internal drive . After booting from the external drive you should also see the internal drive on the desktop. If you right click on it a box will open and you can click on the get info. This will open another long column box. down at the very bottom it will tell you the privileges you have. Should say/ system read & write/ admin read & write/ everyone read only.If it does not click on the padlock inter your user name and password and change it so it does.

  • by Kyle Good,

    Kyle Good Kyle Good Dec 6, 2015 7:11 PM in response to my ginger
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    Dec 6, 2015 7:11 PM in response to my ginger

    Well crap, I was able to do all that that you listed but Apple told me to use Migrate or something like that so I could transfer my Mac HD to my external hard drive. Now I am stuck on a transfer screen but nothing is happening. Sorry it's taking so long to reply, I was going to give the transfer a shot. But now it doesn't look like it's going anywhere. When my comp is downloading, I'm using my phone to see your posts, but I can't reply to them for some reason.. I think I have to redownload OS X correct?

  • by Kyle Good,

    Kyle Good Kyle Good Dec 6, 2015 7:19 PM in response to my ginger
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    Dec 6, 2015 7:19 PM in response to my ginger

    Hey man I'm sorry, thank you for being so patient. I have to redownload the OS X onto my external so it'll take me an hour and a half to redo that. Thanks again. When I'm done with that I'll let you know

  • by my ginger,

    my ginger my ginger Dec 6, 2015 7:33 PM in response to Kyle Good
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    Dec 6, 2015 7:33 PM in response to Kyle Good

    OK. Did you ever see the internal hard drive when you booted from your external drive? To use migration assistant you would have need to open the utilities folder on the internal drive. go thru the startup and setup procedure and when asked for a target drive, you select the external drive. Did you ever use the get info on the internal drive to see if the read and write permissions were correct, when you booted from the external drive.   https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204350

  • by Kyle Good,

    Kyle Good Kyle Good Dec 6, 2015 9:59 PM in response to my ginger
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    Dec 6, 2015 9:59 PM in response to my ginger

    I'm back sorry! I don't know why that took so much longer to download than the first time.

     

    Alright so I did see the internal HD (MacHD) when I'm booting from my external HD. It's not on the desktop, I found it in the finder. I'm going to go ahead and do what you said earlier, right click on it to see the "get info" and figure out what privileges I have.

     

    Sharing and Permissions:

         system: Read and Write

         wheel: Read only

         everyone: Read Only

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