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Does anyone have an opinion/suggestion about this?
Ever since a failed Security Update, my computer will not boot. I did post my question and listed troubleshooting in a separate post.
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I searched and did every suggestion I could find. I can browse my files in Terminal and in disk utility, so my hard drive is spinning, and although I don't dispute the fact that my hard drive could be on its way out (my iMac is 3yrs old), if it was done, I wouldn't be able to see these files.
My question is what is going on with these security updates? Through my searches it is always the same story in that this happens after a failed (and sometimes successful) Security Update. I have also seen the suggestion to restart the computer BEFORE installing the updates, which I should have known and is a great idea, but if this is such a big problem, why doesn't the security update prompt you to restart the computer first?
I am obviously frustrated with this situation. I have backed up my info, so I am not too worried about that, but this issue with the Security Updates seems to happen to a lot of people, and unfortunately, most of them go out and buy new hard drives because some unknowledgeable (or lazy) techie said that their hard drive crashed. There has to be a reason for this. The Security Updates are somehow corrupting files, and I refuse to believe that the only solution to this problem is to either buy a new hard drive or an archive and install the OS. Am I wrong about this? There are enough of us that have this very same issue, to which we deserve a viable solution and not some inevitably useless key strokes during startup.
In my opinion this has everything to do with the Apple Security Update and if it is so important that we, as users, restart our machine before installing these updates, then this should be mentioned or prompted by the Security Update. Apple has dropped the ball with this one. I will continue to search for a solution and will probably end up doing an archive and install. Don't get me wrong, I love my iMac, and for the most part I find the service top notch. It just frustrates me that my problem is not an isolated one, and yet there aren't any feasible solutions.
If anyone has any suggestions and/or comments, I would appreciate all of them.
Thank You.

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