OS X V10.7 Lion :: Can't Boot, How To Get Stopped 'user Launched" To Restart
Mar 29, 2012
I can't get Lion to boot. Here's what I've done/tried. Where applicable I have repeated these steps just to be sure my results were consistent: 1) When I boot, I can't get past the grey screen with the apple icon and the spinning spokes. 2) After reading reviews on CNET, I installed Avanti!3) Avanti would not finish scanning and would not operate on the sketchy files it found (most just highly compressed files).4) In Finder I used Quit, then Force Quit on Avanti, only to have it start again as soon as it closed. Meanwhile it kept opening & then crashing 2 other apps: extEdit and Mail (neither of which I was using).5) I tried to shut down, but Avanti stopped the process.6) I tried trashing Avanti, but it I just got the 'moving to trash' swirly status bars running indefinitely.7) I tried deleting sub files of Avanti hoping it would cripple it sufficiently that it would not return when stopped.8) I did a hard reboot and opened to the same problem.9) I loaded MacKeeper, but that too crashed almost immediately each time.10) I tried opening System Preferences, but it too crashed immediately each time. Here's where I screwed up:11) I examined Avanti and thought I'd stop the parent process and reboot.12) I stopped the user version of launchd (Quit, not delete)13) My screen instantly went grey - no other features.14) I did a cold reboot, and got no further than the grey screen described in #115) I tried a safe boot. Same result.16) I tried emptying the PRAM. Same result. So, I'm totally stuck. I've been all over the internet looking for the answers, but it all seems to be about what launchd does, not what to do when it doesn't (at least I assume that's what's happeniing.) This being a MAC, I don't have a boot disk for repairs. In addition, none of the built-in repairs/work-arounds work because, of course, I can't get in. So, if you think the only thing to do is reload the OS, do I have to grab all my data first? I do have access through my laptop via sharing.
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Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jul 18, 2009
I launched the Boot Camp Assistant 2.0 on my iMac OS X v10.5. I was hoping to install Windows XP Professional with Built-in Service Pack 3. However, when I tried to partition the disk (32 GB on Windows), a message came up, saying "The disk cannot be partitioned because some files cannot be moved." It states some directions underneath, but, as I am new to Boot Camp and Mac, I don't know what to do and how to do. Please help!
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May 15, 2012
The machine will not restart. When I attempt a "restart," everything seems to shut down properly. When trying to start back up, the machine hangs at the gray screen. I have left it there for a long time and nothing happens. However, I then force a shut-down by holding the power button for a few seconds. After that, the machine will start up properly. Again, a "cold" start works perfectly fine. Only a "restart" causes a problem and will always hang at the gray screen (no logo - nothing). This is the only way I can restart my machine.
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), 20GB Ram
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Apr 3, 2012
So I'm having problems with my setup, and looking to find a possible remedy. I have setup my Mac with a 120G SSD in my main drive bay, and moved my 750G HHD to an optibay setup. I booted off a USB copy of lion to install it on the SSD, used migration assistant to move my things over.
So currently it boots off the SSD (named Boot Drive), has a "boot user" with its home folder on the SSD, and has my old user (lets call it "olduser") on the orignal drive HDD (called Optibay) and I created a new user when logged into the "boot user" with the same name "olduser", and moved its home directory to the old HDD path, /Volumes/Optibay/Users/Olduser. Then I deleted everything except the user folder on the HDD.
BUT, I'm having spin up issues, and constant read/write on the HDD in the optibay even on the boot user, and at times it shouldn't be. I have moved my files around enough that I can now fit the "olduser" onto the SSD, (moved the contents of Movies, Pictures, Documents, and Music folders into new folders @ /Volumes/Optibay/Myfolders).
So how do I move the home folder/user from the HDD to the SSD. I can't quite figure out the best way to do it with preserving all my settings and everything that is at the root level on the HDD to the SSD. Trying to preserve permissions seems to be the biggest issue. Should I be logged into "olderuser" and copy the user folder onto the SSD, then login to the boot user and just change the home directory path to the new one? Or should I be logged onto boot user when I make the move? The end goal is to make the optibay drive ejectable while running on my olduser account so I can get it to spin down
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Core 2 Duo), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 13, 2012
I have a problem with a new installation of Lion. When I shutdown my computer, all the applications are launched by default. I have unchecked the option "Reopen windows when logging back in". When I go to my login items in the preferences system, any application is present and when I click right and go to the options tab, the option "Open at login" is unchecked. The applications who are launched are Mail, NetNewsWire, Chrome and iTunes.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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May 20, 2009
So recently my keyboard and trackpad stopped working after a restart, none of the keys or the trackpad worked, however, the power button works for some strange reason. I haven't installed any software previous the restart, it's strange why this is happening.
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My backlit keyboard just randomly stops working. I can restart the computer and sometimes it starts working, but sometimes it doesn't. Any idea what is affecting this?
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Jan 22, 2010
my dual 2.3 ghz G5 power mac with 3.5 gig memory running 10.4.11 started crashing (grey screen "you must restart your computer...) and soon stopped booting. suspecting the hard drive as it had been noisy for some time I ran "repair disk" in disk utility from my mac book (connected by firewire, G5 booted as target) and it booted again but soon crashed again and after a couple more crashes it would not boot and attempts to repair failed. I installed a brand new hard drive, installed osx 10.5 and updated it to 10.5.8 and it seemed to install and boot fine but while trying to burn a .dmg dvd with toast (10.0.5) I got the grey screen anain and repeated attempts to burn a disc with the same .dmg resulted in a crash every time. it has also crashed while downloading, playing back itunes hd video, and using an "eye tv hybrid" tv tuner as a dvr. below is the most recent crash log - note that most of them have referenced cpu 0 although the most recent it's cpu 1 -THANX & PLEASE HELPInterval Since Last Panic Report: 0 sec Panics Since Last Report: Anonymous 4A58CF1E-844-409F-8BF3-65A3A3CD2E79.......
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Feb 18, 2012
It doesn't appear to recognize that I'm holding down command-S when it boots. I'm thinking maybe it's because the keyboard isn't wired to the computer. This is a 6-month-old iMac running 10.7.3.
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Sep 2, 2010
previously i have a problem for unable to login after my MBP hanged and restart.
i search online and found a solution to it which is to remove ATIRadeonX1000.kext . however by doing this there is a lot of inconvinent for me.
so i would like to ask if there is anyone here who has got a better solution?
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Dec 7, 2009
Is there any such thing as a tool or utility that allow a logged in networked admin user to restart/sleep or shut down a server from another terminal or workstation? It'll be kinda useful at times.. I ain't so much bothered about starting a remote system.
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Jul 30, 2009
My pc is
E2160
P5LD2-X/1333
Seagate 40GB
Kingston 667 1GB
GF7200
I have installed Mac OS X 10.5.6, the installation is going fine and completed successfully when I restart machine, It does going to booting but my PC restart again
Then I try to use -x -v and -v to see what happen,
I can't see anything because it restart before I can read last line
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Mar 1, 2010
my MBP gray screened with the "You need to restart your computer..." error message. I have absolutely no idea what could have caused this, although Final Cut Studio 2 did finish installing about 10 minutes before it happened for the first time. I tried restarting a few times but the error message kept on appearing about 30-60 seconds after the desktop loads up. I left the laptop alone over night and in the morning, I switched it on and it appeared to have fixed itself but this afternoon, the restart screen came up again.
I have a time machine backup from yesterday, but as I have work due in at the end of this week, I'm a little bit panicky at the moment.
What I'm concerned about, is that if I reinstall Snow Leopard, then restore from a Time Machine back up, it's just going to restore this error.
If anyone could help, it would really be appreciated. (I've attached the error message if anyone doesn't know what I'm on about.)
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Mar 18, 2012
My iMac will not start up when shut down, or awake from sleep.To get it to start i must turn off the power, and turn it back on, then it starts up and runs fine.If i Restart it, it switches off, and will not power back on. The machine still works great but is begining to be a pain in the back-side cycling the power every morning.I have done an SMC Reset, and that did not change it.
I have also added a new user, and when i logged in as the new user, it did restart a couple of times (cannot remember the exact amount) and then when i switched back to my normal account it restarted fine... i assumed it was fixed... but after that it's gone back to it's old painful self..
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), Work iMac
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Jun 12, 2012
I am experiencing a weird deal where an OPTION startup will show me my boot volumes but it won't boot into any of these volumes. these are a mix of internal and external drives
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Info:Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 10.6.8 with 64 bit Win7 in Parallel
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Mar 17, 2012
I purchased App for MacBook. It is alternative to lock screen.
I set password etc followed instructions (no need of lecture me) and it has locked me out of my MacBook and the password I set up does not work...
Im just wondering if there is a way to delete this App without having to log in as the only other account on my MacBook is Guest. I can't use my Mac at all with this app as it will not allow me to enter my account
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Feb 8, 2008
I have a Powerbook G4 with an error message when I boot. "You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or Press the restart button". Restarting the computer doesn't work.
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Apr 25, 2008
G4 won't fully boot, we turned it off for the day, came in the next morning hit the power button and waited while it booted. It got held up at internet services, we unplugged it from the network restarted. It would boot all the way up so you could see the desktop wallpaper but then the black "you need to restart" screen would pop up.
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Mar 17, 2012
I verified the hard disc on my mid 2010 3.06 ghz 10.7.3 iMac this morning to be greeted by a box telling me this disc was corrupt and that I needed to restart while holding cmd+r until the apple logo appears then to repair the disc.at this point I would like to say that I am posting this from said iMac and it boots up normally and runs fine.but,when I start it holding cmd and 'r' let go at the apple logo the cog starts turning below the apple for about 10/15 seconds then the apple is replaced with a circle with a line through it (the cog keeps on spinning below it) it seems like it would just sit like this for ever - after about 5 mins I held the power button, turned it off, turned it back on again and just left it to boot up normally - no problems. thought I would try it again - turned it off, held cmd and r exactly the same as before......
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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Jun 19, 2012
My Imac won't boot up and keeps on saying I need to restart computer
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Dec 14, 2010
I am running Windows 7 X64 on a 2010 MBP 15". Bootcamp would work for awhile but then would crash anytime I installed software or rebooted. Usually just reinstalling it worked but now everytime I start windows I get the error.
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Sep 25, 2009
With my Macbook, I just did a software update to be able to use the newer version of AIM. So I let the updates install and the let the computer restart. So when I turn it on I keep getting this message: You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button.
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Jul 1, 2014
Spotlight still wanting to reindex their mac after every restart/reboot - the finder becomes completely bogged down until spotlight finishes reindexing my mid 2011 iMac hard drive. I have tried a clean install from scratch, clearing the caches, deleting the spotlight files and letting it reindex from scratch, nothing seems to get rid of the initial lag once the desktop first appears - it happens after every restart or initial boot up….as soon as the icons for the hard drive appears, it immediately goes into "reindexing iMac hard drive" and takes a few minutes to complete, during that time, the computer is totally unresponsive to anything until it finishes. (Computer configuration = Mid 2011 iMac with 16GB ram and 500GB H.D. that has over 200GB of free space - Time machine backs up to a 2TB Lacie D2 Drive via firewire 800).
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Jun 23, 2014
I have an issue with my 13" Macbook pro mid 2010 OSX 10.9.3. It won't boot after restart, but boots normaly after shutdown and start again.
Few months ago my primary sdd Corsair hard disk (I have 2 hdds. Replaced the original with the CD-rom) which I installed 2 years ago, stopped working. Gave the macbook to authorised service provider in my country and they said I need a new hdd and a new hard drive cable. The ssd was still under warranty, so Corsair replaced it with a new one. They gave me SATA3 instead of SATA2 (which at first I didn't noticed). Later they said they don't have SATA2 anymore. Also replaced the broken cabel.
Now it's working. If you start it after normal shutdown, it boots normally. But if you restart it it won't boot at all. The apple keep spinning and the forbidden sign appears. I tried PRAM and SMC reset. Nothing
What should I do? Can the use of SATA3 instead of SATA2 hdd lead to some issues with my macbook? I can try to find and buy new SATA2 sdd hdd but they are expensive and I'm not sure it will fix the restarting issue.
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Feb 19, 2009
In Bot Camp I'm running the Windows 7 beta and I have just recently been getting a message popping up so often saying that the Spooler Subsystem App has stopped working. Whats this about? Can I fox this or stop it saying?
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Dec 24, 2007
I get a message saying "You must restart your computer." (hold down the power key, blah blah).
I've researched a little bit, and apparently its indicative of a kernel panic.
It's not booting from CD either.... what's going on?
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Jun 26, 2014
I am running Mavericks 10.9.3.
I always quit out of all apps before doing a shutdown. I make sure that nothing, except Finder, is running when i shutdown. And, I do a full shutdown, not just sleep.
Yet, occasionally, the apps that were running before I quit out of them will restart when I turn the MacBook back on.
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Mar 22, 2012
I have Macmini 2.1 2007 year
After install 4 GB RAM (work only 3 GB) i install MAC OS X 10.7.3
Now i joined Macmini to Domain Active Directory 2008 R2. Joined via standard tools.
Macmini have a local user.
How i can migrate all settings, all data local user to Domain user?
When i used MAC OS X 10.6.8 i can joined to Domain via Likewise Open, and after i can use Likewise tools for migrate.
But now, in MAC OS X 10.7.3 i can't joined to domain via Likewise... and use migrate tools.
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Apr 7, 2010
So basically i added a new blank non-admin account to my mac...so a family member could use it.
Restarted. It gets stuck at the white loading screen now....never had any problems before.
i would just check permissions/etc but i've lost my system discs...(i am planning on getting snow leopard + a new hard drive in about a month..)
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Dec 30, 2010
I am trying to create a partition with Boot Camp and install Windows XP SP2. Whenever i try to create a partition, the kernel crashes and i need to restart my whole computer, boot up from the OSX CD and then "Repair Disk" to get the lost hard drive space back. I had partitioned my HD last week, but then removed it, but now when i try it, it always freezes the computer. is there any way to solve this problem without my data being lost?
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