10.6.2 Killed my MacBook Pro

I did the upgrade to 10.6.2 and now my MacBook Pro won't even boot up. I don't know what happened. I got the auto update, it downloaded and restarted my computer but it never cam back. I need my computer... Badly! Has anyone else had this problem and if so, what did you do to fic the problem. I can't even boot from the original OS cds... Please help!

Some or all of the following may be necessary - try in this order:
1. Try resetting your PRAM/NVRAM ( http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379?viewlocale=en_US ). If everything isn't fixed, then continue to follow the steps here including resetting your SMC ( http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411 ) if necessary.
2. Use Font Book to eliminate all bad and duplicate fonts.
3. Reinstall (or install for the first time) the .6.1 and .6.2 updates by downloading and installing the combo updater ( http://support.apple.com/kb/DL959 ).
4. Reinstall 10.6 using your Snow Leopard install DVD by installing Snow over Snow using the upgrade method. Test your system after returning to 10.6. If is good there, then you may not want to re-install the.6.1 & .6.2 updates - if you do, then use the combo updater again ( http://support.apple.com/kb/DL959 ).
Still no joy, take it to an Apple Store and ask staff there for assistance.
Good luck in any case.

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Reinstalling OS X Without Erasing the Drive
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http://youtu.be/EewT4RJ8iHM

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MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
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4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
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Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
          SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
          View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen. Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then take one of the actions that you're having trouble with. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

Mavericks seems to have killed my MacBook Pro (mid 1010)

My MacBook Pro (mid 2010) had been working normally. I just installed mavericks. Now the computer won't start. After the apple icon shows up, part of the screen suddenly becomes black and about 20 lines of code appear. The computer then restarts, and a window appears stating that "The computer has restarted because of a problem" with no further information. Then the cycle continues, with the operating system never starting up.
Obviously I wish I had never installed mavericks. Does anyone know how I might get machine running normally again?

I understand your reasoning;however, this is what Apple has apparently decided, so there isn't anything we can do about it. When Lion first was introduced, you were able to download the installer and then save a copy of it somewhere. This is no longer possible now with the new Macs/new OS - when you invoke recovery and download the OS, there is no way to save that installer as the download/install sequence is one process now and there is no way to save the installer as it deletes itself after the install.
Aside from that issue, new Macs have not been able to use the app store or software update version on thei Macs because of their special builds until one or two updates later when the updates "caught up" with the new Mac's OS build version.
As you can see here, a Mac might have come with different OS versions as well as different builds of the same version:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1159
Personally, I've decided to keep a "fresh install" bootable clone as an emergency measure (which I do not update purposely so it remains "factory fresh") in addition to my regular clones which are updated regularly. That eliminates the need for a download in order to reinstall.

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Hey folks,
yesterday I had a perfectly working 10.6.4 installed. After the upgrade to 10.6.5 it kernel panicked seconds after logging in. I reinstalled OS X on brand new HDD. It worked very well. Then I started Software Update. Now I get a KP immediately after pressing the power button.
The error messages are different every time. From page to "cannot achieve linked state". Sometimes I get the IOPlatformExpert error saying that my machine "ACPI" is not supported. I know for a fact that it should say "MacBookPro5,1" (don't know the exact number). This is not a Hackintosh!
Is something wrong with my EFI. It doesn't know what kind of computer it is? On the other hand, the OS X from the cd still works perfectly.
Any ideas?
Clemens

‘I reinstalled OS X on brand new HDD. It worked very well.’
It’s hard to provide much help without knowing what resources you have or don’t have, to address the problem.
Using the start-up disk and running the disk utility services may well be all you can do. Start with ‘Repair Permissions’ and attempt to restart from the HD. ‘Repair Disk’ is the next option followed by reinstalling the ‘system files’.
If any of these stepwise routines resolves the startup issue, then you may still need additional repairs. I recommend that you purchase a small external hard drive and backup your host drive.
Carbon Copy Cloner and/or SuperDuper! are semi-free utilities that are easy to use in order to backup your drive. Following that, you can download 'Onyx' and run the default maintenance routines, which will often resolve other latent defects in the system. Other very useful utilities are ‘Disk Warrior’ and 'Tech Tool Pro' albeit the costs. Ok, there are several others but these are what I use with ‘Onyx’ being the most useful.
If nobody has mentioned it before, hard drives and system files will fail sooner or later. This is especially true with portable computers. As I tell my son, you can drive a car for 25+k without changing the oil, but it certainly isn’t a good idea.
G-Tech: http://www.g-technology.com/products/g-drive-mini.cfm
Onyx: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/systemdiskutilities/onyx.html
Carbon Copy Cloner: http://www.bombich.com/
SuperDuper!: http://www.shirt-pocket.com/
Tech Tool Pro: http://www.micromat.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=83
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Lion has killed my MacBook Pro

A terrible new operating system debut. Hours to download and a buggy install. Crashed during reboot and laptop reboots to a recovery screen and wont progress further. I now have bricked £1000 laptop that I cant use. Every day Apple you charge your customers more and give them less.

Hi, I have been an Apple user for just over a year now, prior to that I remember well, the issues with Windows 95, 98, 98SE, 2000, Vista, XP and the latest Windows Saviour (NOT) Windows 7. Forgive me if the order is not quite correct!!
With Mac I have only used OS X "SL" and have had few problems with it, apart from the windows equivalent of the dreaded blue screen which was down to a hard drive issue. Now it appears Apple are taking a leaf out of the Windows book and releasing software for the general user/buyer to quality check, fault find, refine, report and most important from an Apple point of view is PAY FOR.
Why do all of the software writers feel the need to change thing just for the **** of it, when what they are changing is not broken in the first place, could it be to justify their salaries I wonder?
The issues purchasers of Lion are having is enough for many to ask the question WHY? Is PC a better option, what about the new Google operating system?
I am sure that a lot of prospective buyers of Lion will be like me and not bothering with it, until Apple drop support for SL.
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Yosemite killed my Macbook Pro

Oh my god... I am so slow now... why, why, why did I upgrade? Mid 2010 8G memory. I couldn't be more bummed out. Apple has turned my Mac into a PC! I am sick of watching the rainbow icon spin and spin and spin....zzZZZzzzZZzzZzzzz help!

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen. Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then take one of the actions that you're having trouble with. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

Will this operating system kill my 2008 MacBook Pro?

I am working with the last operating system and it seems to have slowed this computer down considerably. Will this new Yosemite OS kill my MacBook Pro from 2008? I do not want to download anything that is going to slow this machine down anymore. It's already lethargic enough as it's configured now.

Time to do some serious house cleaning.
Empty the trash in the Dock as well as iPhoto’s trash!
Open up your application folder & go through all your apps. Trash all the apps you no longer want and/or use.
An easier way to do this is to open the Application folder in list view & press the Command+j keys.
In the the dialog that appears, click the "This Window Only" button & the "Calculate All Sizes" check box.
Wait a bit until your file & folder sizes have all been calculated, then click the "Size" column to sort your apps from the fattest to the most anorexic.
Get rid of all your photo files you don't want and/or need. Same goes for those pics off the websites you downloaded (gifs, jpegs, etc.). Or transfer/move them all to a photo/movie storage site like ImageShack and Photobucket, 2 of the most popular FREE storage sites.
Get rid of all your video & music files you no longer view and/or listen too. Especially, if you already have the actual CD/DVDs or you can later redownload from a website. Or transfer them all to a FREE video/movies and/or music storage site.
Use Spotlight to make sure you got rid of everything. You can even trash directly from Spotlight! Better yet, download this FREE software called Find File. This app puts Spotlight to shame (works w/Mountain Lion).
Drag what you don't want and/or need to the trash. Better yet, download this neat little shareware app *demo* called AppZapper. It basically does all the work for you by not only trashing the apps but the apps preference files, caches & all its associated files.
Another software that does the above is AppDelete. Best of all this software is free!
Burn what you want and/or need onto CDs or DVDs. Not everyone has the luxury of purchasing an external HD and/or the system requirements for iCloud to store their "stuff.”
Dropbox is a free storage utility to check out.
You can check with your ISP to see if they offer *free* storage space. Most if not all do now-a-days. There are thousands if not millions of *free* storage facilities on the web also. Use your favorite search engine to search them out as they come in different storage sizes to fit your needs & wants.
Check for duplicate fonts.
Applications>Font Book
Select “All Fonts”
If you see any “black dots” next to any fonts this mean you have duplicates and/or multiple versions of these fonts.
To clean this up, select a “black dotted” font or the Apple + *click* to select multiple dotted fonts;
Edit>Resolve>Duplicates.
What the above does is turns off the duplicates & multiple version fonts. Not delete them.
More than likely the “extras” were installed by other programs and/or other users.
Clear out font caches
Use FontNuke. It does all the work for you. And, best of all it’s *FREE*.
Printer Drivers
Get rid of all the printer drivers you don’t need & use except the ones for your *current* printer(s)/scanner(s).
HD>Library>Printers Folder
If you accidently threw something out that you needed for your printer/scanner it can be easily obtained from the manufacturer’s website and/or from the CD that came w/the printer/scanner.
Garage Band
Has about 1GB of loops stored. Get rid of some some them. You surely don’t use, like and/or need them all.
HD>Library>Audio/Apple Loops>Apple>Apple Loops For GarageBand
Or just get rid of the Garage Band app altogether if you don’t use it.
Get rid of extra languages
Strip your computer down to your “native” tongue.
You can do this with a *FREE* utility called Monolingual. Another app that apparently does all the work for you. I’ve never used it. However, a lot of users here swear by & recommend it highly.
However, there is a warning for *native English speakers*. Make sure you keep BOTH English and English (United States).
Other Resources:
HD Space Checkers:
Disk Inventory X (FREE)
WhatSize (SHAREWARE)
OmniDiskSweeper (FREE)
GrandPerspective (FREE - donation)
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Mac Performance Guide
Slimming your hard drive
Rule of thumb: You should never let your hard drive get to where you have only 10-15% of space left.

I am replacing my broken MacBook pro, do I need to remove it from iCloud? If so how please

Hi there,
I recently dropped and killed my MacBook pro and have a new one arriving today, Do I need to remove the old one from iCloud like we used to with sinc? If so please let me know how.
Thanks Jules

Thanks Roger,
The macbook is proper dead so I cant login on that machine but I am guessing its not an issue from your reply anyway
Thansk Jules

Plugging official DVI to Video adaptor to Macbook Pro 3,1 recently updated to Mavericks killed my Macbook's SMC

So it happens that since Lion and now, of course, Mavericks, the DVI to Video/S-Video support is not only unsupported, but crashes your 2008 Macbook Pro (MacbookPro3,1, 15 inch) if you plug the official adaptor in. The screen went with artifacts and the computer needed a hard reset.
What happened after that is that the computer wouldn't start. Of course I immediately did SMC and PRAM resets without results. No leds, no start chime, nothing. Only method found was to bypass the SMC (which is done via holding de power button with battery/power cord unplugged, then plugging power cord still holding it, releasing, and pressing it again). Everything is then ok except, of course, everything controlled by the SMC (no battery, leds, fans at full speed). Did Apple's Hardware Check, full test, no errors found. Reflashed manually the SMC via an EFI Shell, as found on the internet: the SMC is in "U" mode and can't be correctly reflashed. After that, I unmounted the logic board looking for any kind of corruption; found nothing.
In resume, did everything I could for a week. The last thing I found out is that plugging the adaptor itself, without connecting to any external device (no TV), still crashes the screen with artifacts. I beleive this has to do with the adaptor having inside some chips, since it's function is not to rewire cables, but to convert one signal to another. What happens after that and a hard-reset again, and after that hard reset the now installed rEFIt screen doesn't appear, so I believe that, effectively, connecting the adaptor affects your computer's boot system somehow.
I know Apple doesn't support computers old as these anymore, and I don't even care they quit the Video-out support with their new free OS, but if by doing that you enable your own official 20-30€ adaptor to kill an otherwise fully functional Macbook, that's foul play.
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Forgot to mention that the DVI adaptor works ok if plugged to a DVI monitor, so it's not a physical problem from the DVI output plug.

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In a bedroom accident, the wife and I spilled baby oil into my MacBook Pro. (let the jokes begin)
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I took it to our local apple dealer, who said it only has a month to live. While I never thought it would even start, I am now wondering if he was right.
Would you please address the folowiing questions
1. Should I do anything? if so, what?
2. Should I expect it to continue to live?
3. Is there any REAL danger other than killing the computer?
I have already backed up data, and am draining tthe oil to the best of myy ability.

Surprisingly enough, a popular project is for people to make systems completely submerged in mineral oil. It is a very poor conductor:
http://www.google.com/search?q=mineral+oil+computer&sugexp=chrome,mod=9&sourceid =chrome&ie=UTF-8
The problem is that those systems are designed to remain in the oil. Once you get something like oil on a system that's used in a more traditional sense, you can expect dust and other contaminants to build up quickly. There's not really much you can do to prevent that. Over time, that build up can result in cooling or other issues. If it gets in fans or other moving parts, over time, build up can cause them to fail as well.

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