IMac (Intel) :: Restoring Fails Repeatedly - OS X Mavericks 10.9.3
Jul 1, 2014
Every time my iMac restarts or boots up, it brings me to the OS X installer page since last night.
I have done the disk utility check and my hard drive is ok. I then tried restoring from network which stops half way and reboot. I have also tried restoring from Time Machine but it has also stopped and rebooted several times.
My iMac is currently running OS 10.9.3
21.5-inch iMac With the following configuration:
2.5GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB
500GB Serial ATA Drive
AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512MB GDDR5
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Jun 19, 2014
Trying to reinstall osx maverick. It says it's downloading . It also says your computer will restart automatically, but I have not seen any progress or the bar moving at the bottom for a half an hour? It is connected to the internet, but nothing seems to be happening . Is this normal?
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May 18, 2010
I am having an issue installing Snow Leopard on my computer. Every time I start the installation process, the process makes it to the first restart, and then crashes. I am running Mac OS X 10.5.8 and using a early 2008 Macbook. I have tried verifying the disk, but Disk Utility says the disk is fine with no issues. The hard drive was recently replaced so I doubt that their is a problem there...does anyone have any advice on how I should install Snow Leopard?
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Jun 25, 2014
Syncing calendars between my iMac and devices continues to fail horribly.Â
It really never has functioned well from the Mountain Lion days. With Mavericks, Calendar syncing is useless. Must be rocket science!Â
If the system doesn't double everything up, it gets appointment times incorrectly.Â
Seems like Apple has determined that the iPad is Grand Lord of all calendar data—not the iMac. You can delete the data file on the iPad with SyncMac but the data is not gone. It remains in the iPad permanently waiting to take over.Â
This morning I used SyncMac to delete the data on the iPad to rid it of incorrect appointment times. Syncing again did nothing to fix the issue. Appointment times are all different and totally incorrect in the iPad compared to the correct data in the iMac.Â
I give up on the application. Print a blank calendar, have a pencil ready, and maintain your data the old fashioned way.Â
It used to just work. Not anymore and especially since iCloud which I will not use. I have no interest in giving my data to a second party in a foreign country so that they can grant me permission to access it. My clients don't agree to this arrangement. Nor do I.
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Aug 25, 2014
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), mid-2010 model
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Sep 12, 2014
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)
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Jun 23, 2014
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Process:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â eclipse [7264]
Path:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â /Applications/IBM Notes.app/Contents/MacOS/rcp/eclipse/plugins/com.ibm.rcp.base_9.0.1.20131002-14 04/macosx/x86/eclipse
Identifier:Â Â Â Â Â com.ibm.Notes
Version:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 9.0.1FP1 (14093)
[Code] .....
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Jun 18, 2012
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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May 12, 2012
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)
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May 29, 2012
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Jun 18, 2012
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Jun 19, 2014
I had an issue recently where I completely filled up my internal hard drive on my MacMini. I have take the time to clean it out using HD Cleaner and I now have 69.24GB of free space. Just to make sure there isn't any other junk I can get rid of I am attempting to go to "Files over 100MB" and I get a popup window that states "The operation can't be completed" with only an OK button to dismiss this. I am running OSX 10.9.3Â
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Sep 10, 2014
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
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Jun 1, 2014
I have a mid-2010 13" MacBook Pro running Mavericks, and a new 2 TB Time Capsule. I'm trying to install a new internal SSD to replace the four-year old one it came with. I swapped the new SSD in with no trouble, and booted my computer into Internet Recovery. I selected the option to rebuild my machine based on a Time Machine backup, and it churns away for a while until it hits about 85% installed, and then it reboots (and fails to startup properly, giing me a spinner on the gray apple screen).Â
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)
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Jun 27, 2014
My computer (OS X 10.9.3) and my iPad (iOS 7) are both connected to the internet via WiFi from the same modem. Fairly often the connection fails for the computer (sometimes once an hour or more) while it remains stable for the iPad. My internet provider finds no fault with the modem.Â
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Dec 3, 2014
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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Aug 21, 2014
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
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Jun 2, 2014
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MacBook Pro
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Jun 2, 2014
I've been searching for a keystroke to restore an application or a window of an application that I've minimized (Command-M) to the Dock. My search has not been successful.Â
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Sep 9, 2014
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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Sep 11, 2014
Recently my iCloud account was hacked and all my Contacts were erased. This also caused all my Contacts on my iPhone and iMac to be erased as well. I can restore my Contacts from a Time Machine Back up to my iMac "Address Book", however as soon as I connect back to iCloud, all the contacts are erased. I tried to restore my iPhone from an earlier iPhone backup which restored everything, as far as I know, except the Contacts. I don't have a huge number of contacts or groups, so I don't care if the group information is lost. There seems to be some conflicting information on how to do this correctly, so I'm asking what the current best practice is to restore all my contacts from a Time Machine Backup to iCloud.Â
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OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)
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Jun 2, 2014
The software crashed and after I started it again there was a mess of files which are not found although I downlaoded them from the camera.Â
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)
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Aug 31, 2014
I have a time machine backup I need to restore. It's a backup from an external drive that has failed. Â
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Do I need to buy a new drive and name it the same as the old drive? Then will it show up?Â
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