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Imac will boot in safe mode, but not in normal mode, screen goes dark blue with mouse pointer in upper left corner and thats it. Reset pram, new hard drive with os 10 that I know works, ran hardware diagnostics OK, unplugged and held power button 10 seconds and took memory sticks out one at a time no luck
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
This is a revised Error Check with 4GB RAM, OS 10.6.3 on a clean drive 1TB and still have the same problem safe mode boots and normal hangs on what appears to be the blue screen just before desktop is loaded. Any Ideas?
Your problem is very simple, the computer does not have enough RAM to run the version of Mac OS installed. Your 2008 iMac can accommodate 6GB of RAM, however it only has 2GB installed. Contact OWC (www.macsales.com) or Crucial and buy a 6GB kit. iMacs are VERY sensitive to quality RAM and both vendors provide quality products at reasonable prices. Here is the link to the OWC RAM:
6.0GB OWC Memory Upgrade Kit For Mid 2009 MacBook & Early 2008 iMac
Your iMac also appears to have no backup. Operating ANY computer without a backup is foolish and will result in lost data including photos, music, movies, and other valuable documents. There is NO reason not be using Time Machine to back up the computer. All that is required is an external HD. If you are unfamiliar with TM please click Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac - Apple Support
In Safe Mode please do the following:
Please post an EtreCheckreport of your system. We can then look for obvious issues. Please click the link, download the app and run the report. Once you have the report, please copy and paste it as your reply to this post.
the truncated report you posted is unhelpful.
Please post the fill report; there is no personal info included with the full text - the statement it "took a while" could be indicative of a hardware failure but without the full report its difficult to determine whats going on.
Thanks for the info, but it actually was running OS 10.5 and ran well up untill a week ago, the only reason I had 10.11.6 on it was I took out the original hard drive because the machine scan would not run on the original disk with OS 10.5 and I could not upgrade the machine. The problem was the same and at one point it wouldn't boot in safe mode as it wouldn't accept the userid or password from the original 10.5 .8 so I loaded a fresh copy 10.11 on it with nothing added and added a 2 gig memory stick to give it 3 gig but nothing only safe mode.
Wow, this could be the most out-of-date iMac I have seen in years. Still running 10.6.3 not even 10.6.8. Can't really help you though, the computer appears to not have been kept up-to-date.
good luck.
Took me awhile as the machine had os 10.5 and the recheck wouldn't run but here it is finally. Hope this helps
Okay but my advice stands. Your report clearly indicates the computer is starved for RAM.
Good luck!
Imac model A1224 will boot in safe mode but not in normal mode goes to blue with mouse pointer
