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HELP!! 10.4.9 Killed my Mac Mini

Hi,

I installed two updates today; the iPhoto update and the 10.4.9 update to my G4 Mac Mini. Both updates downloaded ok (although the OSX update took hours on a fast DSL connection, which was strange) and the iPhoto install went ok, but the mini crashed when trying to install the 10.4.9 update. The screen went grey and a darker grey box came up telling me to restart.

I did, and the familiar grey screen with Apple logo appeared. Next came a blue screen with progress bar, but this is where it stops. It stays on this screen, no progress. I popped in the install disk and verified the disk; no errors were reported. Next I repaired permissions, of which there were many to repair.

I then changed the start up disk, restarted, but with the same results; I get the grey screen with the Apple logo and then the blue screen with progress bar, but that's it.

What can I do? How can I get my mini back to life?

Bruno

MacBook Pro 15" 2.16/100GB/2GB, Mac OS X (10.4.8), Mac mini 1.25/40GB/1GB

Posted on Mar 14, 2007 5:21 AM

21 replies

Mar 20, 2007 12:09 AM in response to James E. Bailey

In order to eject the disk, have you tried the old floppy trick? As soon as you turn on the power, hold down the mouse button. Keep it held down until the disk ejects.
Hope it works for you!

Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Mar 20, 2007 9:00 AM in response to SoCalMacDude

Thanks, I tried it. It didn't work.

iMac, Powerbook G3 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Henry G4

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Mar 20, 2007 9:34 AM in response to James E. Bailey

Hi.
Is it a PowerPC or Intel Mac?
If it's PPC, you can try to boot into Open Firmware. As soon as you hear the chime, press and hols Coomand-Option-O-F. Once in Open Firmware type:

eject cd

if the disc is ejected, then:

mac-boot

to try to boot into OS X.

Good Luck.

MacMini G4 1.25GHz 1GB Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Mar 20, 2007 1:03 PM in response to Henry G4

I'm on intel, and to be clear, I'm pretty sure the problem is localised to the intel core duo machines. Of all the people I've seen with the hanging boot problem, they've all been older intel machines.

And none of the keyboard commands are working for me.

Mar 20, 2007 2:06 PM in response to James E. Bailey

In terms of the CD or DVD being stuck. Normally when rebooting you can hold down the mouse button, more specifically the left mouse button while restarting to eject media.

Mar 20, 2007 7:07 PM in response to brunosmash

I had THE problem on my MacBook 2.0 Duo... gray screen, won't boot... I thankfully mirror-backup my hard drive with SuperDuper every week. So I erased my internal hard drive and then copied my backuped drive onto it. Back to 10.4.8 and problem solved...

I've never had anything like this happen in 20 years of being a Mac user. What truly concerns me the most is the fact the Apple moderators are deleting threads about these 10.4.9 Updater problems off of these boards! I've never been so shocked in my life as to see that...

I've been a Mac user for 20 years, and I really, truly thought Apple cared. I guess they are so busy with the iPhone, they just don't care...

Really, I am speechless and shocked over this... Very upsetting...

MacBook 2.0 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8) 1 Gig RAM, SuperDrive °º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø Mac User for 22 years--Since the 128k

HELP!! 10.4.9 Killed my Mac Mini