HELP! Safe mode or repair?

I created a new folder within Project Manager. I named it
(administration) and clicked off of it and RH7 froze. It will now
display the "hourglass" I killed the project through task manager
and reopened it. It opens fine, but when I click on anything I get
the hourglass again. I rebooted the computer and it still does it.
I went into Windows Explorer and removed the offending folder -
still won't work.
Is there a "safe mode", repair or rollback that can be done
to correct this? I am at a loss at what to do.

Hi Brook
What you seem to be describing is how things might behave and
fall apart if your project were stored on a network drive. Is it?
If so, move that puppy to your local C drive and watch the
frustrations melt away like an ice cube in the Sahara.
Cheers... Rick

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NOTE: I have performed this operation successfully in the past and know how to do it.
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Hello Devoidarex
You'll want to use the Leopard Install DVD to Repair your Startup Volume and may want to try a USB keyboard if your using a wireless.
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MacBook no boot safe mode help

Please excuse me as I am writing this on my iPhone.
I would love to know if there is anything I can do to get my MacBook to reboot, here is what happened.
It was at the very max of HDD capacity
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Some programs crash but not in safe mode or for guest user

Hoping that some talented and kind Mac wizard will help me solve a bizarre problem: Some but not all of my programs have started crashing immediately upon launch, but not in safe mode, nor when I log in as a guest user.
The problem began on February 5th, right after I installed an update to my OS (bringing it up to version 10.7.3), which included an update to the firmware for my computer, a Mac mini from mid-2010. The programs that began crashing upon launch *may* be those that were open at that time, but I can’t be sure. They include Adobe Reader, Picasa, Word for Mac, and a sweet little utility called uCalendarX.
Specifically what happens with, say, uCalendarX, is this: After I launch it, nothing appears on screen for a few seconds, and then comes a message that it is trying restore its windows, with a choice of whether to attempt restoring them or not. After a few more seconds comes the news that it has quit unexpectedly. The first several dozen lines of the crash log appear at the end of this posting.
So far my troubleshooting has revealed the following:
(a) When I reboot in safe mode, the programs that crash now work normally.
(b) When I boot the usual way but log on a guest user, the programs that crash now work normally.
(c) Fully emptying the trash made no difference.
(d) The problem was not solved by restoring my hard drive (via Time Machine) to its state the day before I downloaded that update to the OS and the firmware. (This was a drastic step, the intervention of last resort, and I was sure it would work. But no. Perhaps I did not go back far enough for the restoration.)
(e) Deleting the plist files and plist.lockfiles made no difference.
(f) Deleting the files for the app under Saved Application States made no difference.
(g) Disabing the user’s font cache (as happens in safe mode) made no difference.
(h) Uninstalling Adobe Reader, emptying the trash, downloading the latest version, and installing that made no difference – this latest version newly installed continues to crash (but not for a guest user, nor for me, the administrator, in safe mode).
(i ) Repairing permissions on the hard drive made no difference.
I will be mighty grateful for a solution to this perplexing, vexing problem!
B.t.w., I don’t know Unix but was able to do all those (fruitless) interventions listed above.
Gordon Bear
Ramsey NJ U S A
The log from one of the many crashes of uCalendarX begins as follows:
Process:         uCalendarX [750]
Path:            /Applications/uCalendarX 3.2.3/uCalendarX 3-2-3.app/Contents/MacOS/uCalendarX
Identifier:      com.riuz.ucalendarx
Version:         3.2.3 (3.2.3)
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [289]
Date/Time:       2012-02-20 00:38:48.931 -0500
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.7.3 (11D50b)
Report Version: 9
Interval Since Last Report:          2463 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           3
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 30 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   3
Anonymous UUID:                      0CA8DA26-8927-4AC3-B35F-3B2E9FD65A8E
Crashed Thread: 4
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x000000008bcc45ab
External Modification Warnings:
Thread creation by external task.
VM Regions Near 0x8bcc45ab:
     CoreServices           0000000004fd0000-00000000051ee000 [ 2168K] rw-/rwx SM=COW
-->
     __TEXT                 000000008fe52000-000000008fe85000 [ 204K] r-x/rwx SM=COW /usr/lib/dyld
Application Specific Information:
objc[750]: garbage collection is OFF
Thread 0:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib            0x920136e6 __open + 10
1   libFontParser.dylib               0x9cc5b403 TFileDescriptorContext::TFileDescriptorContext(char const*) + 77
2   libFontParser.dylib               0x9cc5b1c5 TFileDataReference::TFileDataReference(char const*) + 65
3   libFontParser.dylib               0x9cc5b056 TFileDataSurrogate::TFileDataSurrogate(char const*, bool) + 136
4   libFontParser.dylib               0x9cc59af3 TFont::CreateFontEntitiesForFile(char const*, bool, TSimpleArray<TFont*>&, bool, short, char const*) + 2581
5   libFontParser.dylib               0x9cc58a7a FPFontCreateFontsWithPath + 193
6   libCGXType.A.dylib                0x950164b0 create_private_data_with_path + 26
7   com.apple.CoreGraphics            0x95349ecf CGFontCreateFontsWithPath + 33
8   com.apple.CoreGraphics            0x95349b09 CGFontCreateFontsWithURL + 442
9   com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1c1aa TCGFont::TCGFont(__CFURL const*, bool) + 90
10 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1bfb2 TCGFontCache::CopyFont(__CFURL const*) const + 92
11 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1be6c TBaseFont::CopyNativeFont() const + 50
12 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1bd6f TTableStore::CopyTable(unsigned int, TCFRetained<__CFData const*>&) + 81
13 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1bade TBaseFont::CopyTable(unsigned int) const + 72
14 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1ba0f TcmapTable::TcmapTable(TBaseFont const&) + 31
15 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1b8fd TBaseFont::GetGlyphsForCharacterRange(CFRange, unsigned short*) const + 27
16 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1b79b TASCIIDataCache::TASCIIDataCache(TBaseFont const*) + 83
17 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1b70f TBaseFont::CreateASCIIDataCache() const + 47
18 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1b690 TFont::InitAdvanceCache() const + 42
19 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1b4ad TASCIIEncoder::Encode() + 45
20 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e4433f TGlyphEncoder::EncodeChars(CFRange, TAttributes const&, TGlyphList<TDeletedGlyphIndex>&, TGlyphEncoder::Fallbacks) + 925
21 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e19ff6 TTypesetterAttrString::Initialize(__CFAttributedString const*) + 322
22 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e19b9d CTLineCreateWithAttributedString + 47
23 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963d2b2d TCoreTextEngine::LayoutSingleLine(THIThemeTextInfo*, float) + 23
24 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963d2a9a TCoreTextEngine::Layout(THIThemeTextInfo*, float, float, TextLayoutType) + 64
25 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963ad2c9 TCoreTextEngine::VerifyLayout(THIThemeTextInfo*, float, float, LayoutIntent) + 309
26 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x96410b0a TCoreTextEngine::GetThemeTextDimensions(float, THIThemeTextInfo*, float*, float*, float*) + 54
27 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x9640fc51 DataEngine::GetTextDimensions(void const*, float, HIThemeTextInfo*, float*, float*, float*) + 283
28 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963d1fc5 HIThemeGetTextDimensions + 187
29 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963d1ca3 HIMenuBarView::MeasureMenuTitle(MenuData*, unsigned char, float*, int, unsigned char*) + 451
30 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963d1a49 HIMenuBarView::MeasureAppMenus() + 261
31 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963abb5d HIMenuBarView::EnsureBarLayout() + 489
32 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963ab152 HIMenuBarView::DrawSelf(short, __HIShape const*, CGContext*) + 520
33 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963aac22 HIView::DrawCacheOrSelf(short, __HIShape const*, CGContext*) + 86
34 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963aaa42 HIView::SendDraw(short, OpaqueGrafPtr*, __HIShape const*, CGContext*) + 124
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37 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x9643a86b HIView::DrawComposited(short, OpaqueGrafPtr*, __HIShape const*, unsigned long, HIView*, CGContext*) + 1227
38 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x9643a9b3 HIView::Draw(short, OpaqueGrafPtr*, unsigned long) + 81
39 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x9643ad7b HIView::Render(unsigned long, CGContext*) + 45
40 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963d084f WindowData::PrepareForVisibility() + 137
41 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963cf893 _ShowHideWindows + 355
42 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963cf728 ShowHide + 44
43 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x96399b09 _GetMenuBarWindow + 872
44 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x96399765 GetMenuBarView(MenuData*, unsigned char) + 74
45 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963a2f3a MBarMenuRgn + 26
46 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963a2d27 _ZL7ShowBar21MenuBarAnimationStylehhh + 281
47 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963cd42a _ZL21UpdateAggregateUIMode21MenuBarAnimationStylehh + 772
48 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963e38e5 ShowMenuBar + 163
49 com.apple.AppKit                  0x001a9cad -[NSApplication finishLaunching] + 1331
50 com.apple.AppKit                  0x001a9374 -[NSApplication run] + 142
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Thanks for thinking about my problem. I've already experimented with creating a new user, a co-administrator. The programs don't crash when that account is running, just as they don't crash when the guest-user's account runs. So it seems that the problem is limited to the default user's account, which is the one that was running when I installed the updates to the OS and the firmware. Another clue is that the programs that crash as soon as they are launched are *probably* the ones that were open at that time in that account. Yet deleting Saved Application States does not keep the programs from crashing when next launched.
So the mystery continues, but these additional facts will help with the diagnosis, I hope.
Thanks again for your suggestion.
Gordon

Cannot get into Safe Mode

Fairly new Toshiba Satellite p875-s7102 (purchased in Feb but rarely used). Laptop has not been working for a week, been trying everything. Now I cannot even get into Safe Mode. Almost every link I read shows how once you get to the Windows Start page but I can't even get to that. I have beat the hell out of F8 button to no luck. I have had every issue trying to fix this lap- error messages, blue screen, Disk at 100% usage, Check disc at start stopping at 40% scan, you name it it's happened. Any suggestions other than throwing this thing against the wall???

Satellite P875-S7102
I tried to follow the directions here http://support.toshiba.com/support/viewContentDetail?contentId=2737864 to restore to factory settings. I press 0 (zero).....
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According to Microsoft, trying and failing to boot several times will eventually take you to the recovery environment instead. According to Toshiba, you can also get there by pressing F2 or the zero key on powering up.
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Have you upgraded to Windows 8.1?
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Can't Boot after crash, even in safe mode!

My Mac froze while idle with Lightroom open. It may have hung while remotely copying something off an external hard drive.
But now it won't boot even in safe mode with all USB peripherals detached (including the hard drive that I might have been copying from).
In and out of safe mode, I get the same behavior. After the sound and the grey apple appear, there is also a progress bar, which I don't recal seeing before. It takes about 30 seconds and the progress bar advances about 10-15% of the way and then just power's off.
Is it the main disk drive?
This is an iMac that is several years old with all of software update applied. I don't believe that any software updates were applied recently. I assume that the 10.6.3 update was installed.
Is it the main disk drive?

I had the same problem on my MacBOOk Pro and iMac on 14th April - i had to reformat the harddisk and could restore from my Timemachine backup to the last 10.6.2 state only. Both happended after updating to 10.6.3. But my laptop was sluggish. Based on feedback, I reformatted my hard disk and carried out a fressh installation from my snow leopard disk (10.6) and updated it to 10.6.3 using the 10.6.3v1.1 combo update about a week back. The machine was definitely faster - but yesterday, the same problem reoccurred - the machine froze and would not boot even in safe mode. Repairing the hard disk using the boot CD did not work either. Just now I reinstalled Snow leopard from the OSx CD - it has replaced the OS and left all apps and data intact. I have upgraded it to 10.6.2 only.
My desktop iMac has been running without problems on 10.6.2 for the last 3 weeks. In my opinion, the problems of freezing (reported by others) and this one here are all related to boot sector corruption due to some problem in 10.6.3. There have been some reports suggesting that after 10.6.3, the CPUs are heating up more. The CPU temp was close to 70 deg C when on 10.6.3 - it maybe that some change after the update makes the processor overrun leading to this boot sector corruption - it generally happens slowly over days or weeks slowly accumulating to a break down point.
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How to enter Windows 8.1 safe mode in syslinux?

My old notebook is running very slowly as Windows 8.1 always reads/writes IDE hard disk, so I disable many windows services. And after relogin, I cannot open almost every program even the Task Manager.
It has to enter the 'safe mode' to repair Windows. In syslinux bootloader, I select 'Windows 8.1' then press Enter and as quickly as I can to press F8. There's no effect that Windows loads into normal mode.
I know that in Linux world everything is a file, so I think I can locate last changed files in Windows when disabled windows services and try to repair it. After a long time searching, in Archlinux I rename '/Win8.1/Windows/System32/config' folder to config.bak ('/Win8.1' is where I mount C:/ partition) and then restart to Windows.
It works! Windows loads into safe mode.
But let Windows to repair itself is a heavy work. I wonder if I can repair just one or a few files in Archlinux to do the easy job. So relogin to Archlinux and recheck the config.bak folder. Yeah! I find a 'RegBack' folder in which the files' modified time is early than that outside with the same file name. So my easy job is to:
$ cd /Win8.1/Windows/System32
$ cp config.bak/RegBack/* config.bak
$ mv config.bak config
Restart to Window, everything is back to good old day!
My lesson is YES EVERYTHING IS A FILE.
My question is beside the rename way, is there any way to enter Windows 8.1 safe mode in syslinux bootloader?

Try to manually interrupt the process while windows loading, it will eventually ask you to.
If don't, try clicking the restart button with shift pressed, if that too would not work; better ask in a microsoft forum.
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Did booting into Safe Mode "fix" hang-on-startup?

Yesterday my Mac Pro would hang on a blue screen every time tried to start. After booting into Safe Mode and repairing permissions (as suggested on this forum) everything seems fine. I'm wondering if Safe Mode has fixed this problem or if this was an early warning to drive failure or some other OS corruption. Is there anything else I can/should do to insure this does not happen again or to check the drive's stability?
Thanks!

Great! According to the info on that page, this issue was likely fixed by booting into Safe Mode. It says:
Mac OS X v10.5.6 or later: A Safe Boot deletes the dynamic loader shared cache at (/var/db/dyld/). A cache with issues may cause a blue screen on startup, particularly after a Software Update. Restarting normally recreates this cache.
Thanks so much!

My Macbook Pro began crashing when I tried running safari. An error message came up asking that I repair the HD volume. Before I was able to run repair, computer shut down. Now I can not get it to boot. I tried booting in safe mode to no avail. Pls help.

Can someone please help me with a Macbook Pro booting question?
Recently, my mid 2010 MacBook Pro has started acting up when I am on Safari. Safari would unexpectedly crash multiple times in a row, then run fine for a while, then again, crash repeatedly. Not long after this began happening, an error message from my Prosoft Drive Genius 3 software, threw out a message that a serious error had occurred and I needed to repair the HD volume. Before I was able to run the software to repair the HD volume, the machine stopped working. I turned off the Macbook and when I tried to restart, it would not boot. I have since removed all external hardware from my machine and tried several times, unsuccessfully, to boot. I have also tried booting in safe mode when also does not work.
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Try SMC reset:
Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if its not already connected.
On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time. (four keys together)
Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.

My MB is always starting up in safe mode... why? What to do to start-up normally? Please help.

Hi,
I am frequently having troubles with my MB. Different types of troubles. Couldn't solve a single one yet.
I have performed reboot MB in safe mode-- hold down the left shift key after the start up tone till the spinning gear appeared.
Few hours back i performed that, and since then it just starting up in safe mode without holding the any shift key. I have password protected log-in and each time the dialog box shown the safe mode, not the normal boot as it used to be. I restarted so many times, but same result.
I started-up by holding down the Option key, dialog box showing the same thing "safe mode" and same result.
I started-up in single user mode, and then typed reboot, then pressed enter/return button, but dialog box shown the same and it started up in safe mode after entering the password.
While in the safe mode, i have selected the Mac OS X 10.4.11 from the preference pane, then restarted, but all produced the same result, same dialog box showing the safe mode.
I couldn't take the screen shot of that dialog box that appears before starting up.
I am currently using the internet while in safe mode, and using ethernet adapter- a AirStream 1100 F25 external modem attached to the USB port. I don't know if that is good for my MB to use internet on the safe mode.
I used disk utility and verified the disk during the safe mode, i don't know if that is right or wrong to perform that utility in safe mode, but it all appeared as normal. You can see that from the following image.
Few days back, i performed the disk utility to verify disk while on the normal boot. But the result shown the red marks, please see the following image for details.
Hardware Overview:
Model Name:          MacBook
Model Identifier:          MacBook2,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache (per processor):          4 MB
Memory:          1 GB
Bus Speed:          667 MHz
Boot ROM Version:          MB21.00A5.B07
SMC Version:          1.13f3
Serial Number:          4*********M
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State:          Enabled
BANK 0/DIMM0:
Size:          512 MB
Type:          DDR2 SDRAM
Speed:          667 MHz
Status:          OK
BANK 1/DIMM1:
Size:          512 MB
Type:          DDR2 SDRAM
Speed:          667 MHz
Status:          OK
System Power Settings:
AC Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Automatic Restart On Power Loss:          No
Wake On AC Change:          No
Wake On Clamshell Open:          Yes
Wake On LAN:          Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim:          Yes
Battery Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes):          5
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          1
Wake On AC Change:          No
Wake On Clamshell Open:          Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim:          Yes
Reduce Brightness:          Yes
Battery Information:
Battery Installed:          Yes
First low level warning:          No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh):          2745
Remaining Capacity (mAh):          2745
Amperage (mA):          133
Voltage (mV):          12575
Cycle Count:          507
AC Charger Information:
Connected:          Yes
Charging:          No
Hardware Configuration:
UPS Installed:          No
Intel ICH7-M AHCI:
Vendor:          Intel
Product:          ICH7-M AHCI
Speed:          1.5 Gigabit
Description:          AHCI Version 1.10 Supported
TOSHIBA MK1234GSX:
Capacity:          111.79 GB
Model:          TOSHIBA MK1234GSX
Revision:          AH008B
Serial Number:          Z6M7T4FTT
Native Command Queuing:          Yes
Queue Depth:          8
Removable Media:          No
Detachable Drive:          No
BSD Name:          disk0
OS9 Drivers:          No
S.M.A.R.T. status:          Verified
Volumes:
Macintosh HD:
Capacity:          111.47 GB
Available:          24.09 GB
Writable:          Yes
File System:          Journaled HFS+
BSD Name:          disk0s2
Mount Point:          /
TOSHIBA MK1234GSX:
Capacity:          111.79 GB
Model:          TOSHIBA MK1234GSX
Revision:          AH008B
Serial Number:          Z6M7T4FTT
Native Command Queuing:          Yes
Queue Depth:          8
Removable Media:          No
Detachable Drive:          No
BSD Name:          disk0
OS9 Drivers:          No
S.M.A.R.T. status:          Verified
Volumes:
Macintosh HD:
Capacity:          111.47 GB
Available:          24.09 GB
Writable:          Yes
File System:          Journaled HFS+
BSD Name:          disk0s2
Mount Point:          /
System Software Overview:
System Version:          Mac OS X 10.4.11 (8S2167)
Kernel Version:          Darwin 8.11.1
Boot Volume:          Macintosh HD
Please help me out. Let me know how to start-up normally. By the way, my superdrive is not detecting DVDs including the OS dvds, but it read and write the CDs. So, It is not possible to reinstall OS early, at least not before the having the back up of the data. Please help me with contingency plan/s or as you think fit.
Thank you. Look forward to your reply.
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Maximillianmann,
depending upon how full “almost full” actually is, that could be the problem.
You can try this, if you have Mac OS X 10.7 or newer installed, to see if it’s not related to your disk being almost full: boot your MacBook Pro into Recovery mode by holding down a Command key and the R key as it starts up. Once the Mac OS X Utilities menu appears, select Disk Utility. On the left-hand side of the Disk Utility window, select your internal disk’s boot partition (typically called “Macintosh HD”). On the right-hand side, press the Verify Disk button if it’s not greyed out; if it is greyed out, or if it reports that errors were found, press the Repair Disk button. Once the verification/repair is completed, exit Disk Utility and select Restart from the Apple menu to restart in normal mode. Once you hear the startup chime, try booting into Safe mode; does it let you do so now?

Hello, I need help. Find is crashing constantly, even in safe mode

Good evening. I have a term paper to write, and I have several more seasons of the West Wing to finish. With finder constantly crashing I am able to only get one of my objectives complete.
I am not getting any warning, or message that it crashed. But as I try and use it I watch as finder reboots itself. (once per minute, plus or minus 30 seconds). All of my files are in google drive via finder, and that may somehow be related.
Also of interest is that finder is crashing even while in safe mode.
Also, earlier today my time capsule stopped putting out any internet feed for 30 minutes. Then it randomly started working. I had even called the internet provider to have them diagnose why the modem wasn't working... and they told me that it was the router! Perhaps the two are related somehow?
Help!

Make sure you have a backup.
I don't think it's your router.
If the Finder crashes persist in safe mode that means that the problem is in OS X itself.
The next diagnostic step would be to create a test user account in System Preferences > Users & Groups.
if Finder is stable in the test user account then you know that the problem is within your user account.
if the problem is within your user account then you can either
try to fix it (boot into your recovery partition {command R at restart}, and use disk utility to repair your HD and permissions)
copy your documents over to the new account and use the new account instead. And delete the previous account.
If the problem is not your user account, then it is in OS X itself (above the level of your user account)
try repairing your HD and permissions from within the recovery partition
if that doesn't work, reinstall OS X over your current installation with the Mavericks combo updater (your post does not say what version of OS X you are running but I'm assuming it's Mavericks because that's what discussion you're in). OS X Mavericks 10.9.4 Update (Combo)
I would avoid Google Drive and use Dropbox instead.

HELP! iMac G5 hangs at blue screen, but boots in Safe Mode

Please can anyone guide me to recover my iMac G5 PowerMac 8,2 running OS X 10.4.11.
Problem; Mac hangs on start-up at blue screen after grey Apple screen. Mouse pointer eventually appears but that is all.
Actions taken so far without success:
1. Disconnected the printer and rebooted - no success.
2. Booted in Safe Mode - first time the screen was completely scrambled but with safe mode log on screen showing through.
2.1 Rebooted in Safe Mode OK This has not occurred again and I have entered Safe Mode twice more without problems. But worrying!
2.2 In Safe Mode I ran disk Utility and verified and repaired Permissions, mostly old EpsonPrinter files.
2.3 I also verified the Disk, which was reported OK.
2.4 I was able to save critical documents to USB............ Phew!
2.5 Reboot in Normal Mode - no success
3. Reset PRAM
3.1 Reboot in Normal Mode - no success
4. Reboot in Safe mode - works fine. NOTE: time and date appear to be correct and dont need resetting.
4.1 Run Disk Utility again and Verify Permissions - OK. Nothing needed fixing.
4.2 Run Disk Verify - Passed OK
4.3 Reboot in Normal Mode - no success. Hangs at blue screen with mouse pointer visible and working. Then pointer vanishes.
I would be most grateful for your help in moving this forward

Got to figure out which which of the things dropped when you boot in safe mode is causing the problem.
see this link:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564?viewlocale=en_US

Freezing, mouse moves, fine in safe mode... help!

macbook stopped working this morning. everything froze- i get spinning circle of death, but cursor moves.
running maveriks.
ran all disk permissions, repaired disk etc and nothing seems to work- did this after booting to recovery- multiple times.
boots fine and works in Safe Mode, but in normal mode, loads up and then almost immediately freezes.
in safe mode already removed all start-up items from the list, and still having the problem.
I believe it's a 2010 MBP 15" running Mavericks- newest build

had to run in safe mode
EtreCheck version: 1.9.11 (43) - report generated May 29, 2014 at 5:07:13 PM EDT
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,3
          1 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
          NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 2 days 2:35:35
Disk Information:
          ST1000LM014-1EJ164 disk0 : (1 TB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (522.1 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Information:
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Gatekeeper:
          Anywhere
Kernel Extensions:
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          [not loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.5.2) Support
          [not loaded] com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver (2.6.0) Support
          [not loaded] com.aliph.driver.jstub (1.1.1) Support
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          [not loaded] com.caiaq.driver.NIUSBTraktorKontrolX1Driver (2.3.14) Support
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          [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.2.61 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.2.61 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.2.61 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.2.61 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [not loaded] com.flipvideo.IOUSBCameraMassStorage (1.0.1) Support
          [not loaded] com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver (1.0.3 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [not loaded] com.markspace.driver.MissingSyncBlackBerry (132) Support
          [not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileMS (1.0.0 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileMTP (1.0.4 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSB (1.1.4 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSBLAN (1.0.7 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSBLANMerge (1.0.2 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSBSwch (1.0.3 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [not loaded] com.nike.sportwatch (1.0.0) Support
          [not loaded] com.numark.ns7.usb (2.0.2) Support
          [not loaded] com.numark.ns7.usb_TIGER (2.0.2) Support
          [not loaded] com.numark.v7.usb (2.0.2) Support
          [not loaded] com.quark.driver.TetherBerry (1.0.0d6) Support
          [not loaded] com.quark.driver.TetherBerry64 (1.0.0d6) Support
          [not loaded] com.rane.driver.sixtyeight.10.6 (1.1.2f4) Support
          [not loaded] com.rane.driver.sixtyone.10.6 (1.1.0f1 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [not loaded] com.rane.driver.sixtytwo.10.6 (1.1.0f3 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [not loaded] com.rane.driver.sl2.10.6 (1.0.1f3) Support
          [not loaded] com.rane.driver.sl3.10.6 (1.3.2f6) Support
          [not loaded] com.rane.driver.sl4.10.6 (1.0.1f2) Support
          [kext loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.97) Support
          [not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.67) Support
          [not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryVirtualPrivateNetwork (1.0.15) Support
          [not loaded] com.serato.usb.kext (2.3.0) Support
          [not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394HP (1.0.7) Support
          [not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USBHP (1.0.6) Support
          [not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.3.4) Support
          [not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.3.4) Support
          [not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.3.4) Support
          [not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.3.4) Support
          [not loaded] rabb.it.driver.RabbitEars (2.1.4 - SDK 10.7) Support
Startup Items:
          HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
          HP Trap Monitor: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP Trap Monitor
          ParallelsDesktopTransporter: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ParallelsDesktopTransporter
Problem System Launch Daemons:
          [failed] com.apple.ucupdate.plist
Launch Daemons:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.deploystudio.lkdc_fix.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.flipvideo.FlipShareServer.launchd.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinblanker.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinserver.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.micromat.TechToolProDaemon.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.mmcfgd.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.rane.sixtyeight.daemon.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.rane.sixtyone.daemon.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.rane.sixtytwo.daemon.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.rane.sl2.daemon.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.rane.sl3.daemon.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.rane.sl4.daemon.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.rim.nkehelper.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.rim.tunmgr.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.splashtop.streamer.SRServiceDaemon.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.vmware.launchd.vmware.plist Support
          [not loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist Support
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.cooliris.SetLaunchArch.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.flipvideo.FlipShare.AutoRun.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.logmein.logmeingui.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinguiagent.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.micromat.TechToolProAgent.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.rim.blackberrylink.BlackBerry-Link-Helper-Agent.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.rim.PeerManager.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.rosettastone.rosettastonedaemon.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.splashtop.streamer.SRServiceAgent.plist Support
          [not loaded] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist Support
          [not loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
          [not loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist Support
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.marketcircle.daylite.dlbackuppersonal.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.swarmcast.mlbnexdefautobahn.plist Support
          [not loaded] org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist Support
User Login Items:
          None
Internet Plug-ins:
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 Support
          DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 1.4 Support
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 Support
          Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.1 Support
          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
Safari Extensions:
          1-ClickWeather: Version: 1.0
          1-ClickWeather: Version: 1.0
          Gmail Checker: Version: 0.1
          SocialPlus!: Version: 2.5.2
          Mark All FB-Friends: Version: 1.0
          HTML5 Styler - YouTube: Version: 1.0
          Cloudy: Version: 1.4
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
          TuneUp Visualizer: Version: (null) Support
          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User iTunes Plug-ins:
          Backlight Visualizer: Version: (null)
User Internet Plug-ins:
          Move-Media-Player: Version: npmnqmp 071706000001 Support
          fbplugin_1_0_3: Version: (null) Support
          WebEx: Version: 1.0 Support
          SlingPlayer: Version: (null) Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          3ivx MPEG-4 Support
          DivX Support
          Flash Player Support
          Flip4Mac WMV Support
          FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) Support
          Launchpad-Control Support
          MacFUSE Support
          MusicManager Support
          Native Instruments USB Audio Support
          Perian Support
          SIXTY-EIGHT Audio Control Panel Support
          Sixty-One Audio Control Panel Support
          Sixty-Two Audio Control Panel Support
          SL 2 Audio Control Panel Support
          SL 3 Audio Control Panel Support
          SL 4 Audio Control Panel Support
          TechTool Protection Support
          Xmarks for Safari Support
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 930.71 GB Disk used: 444.47 GB
          Destinations:
                    DJ Dosage Brick [Local]
                    Total size: 465.44 GB
                    Total number of backups: 3
                    Oldest backup: 2014-02-28 23:43:33 +0000
                    Last backup: 2014-04-11 17:33:44 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Too small
                              Backup size 465.44 GB < (Disk used 444.47 GB X 3)
                    Mike Harker's 1TB [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 931.39 GB
                    Total number of backups: 3
                    Oldest backup: 2014-04-12 19:10:01 +0000
                    Last backup: 2014-05-24 03:35:13 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Too small
                              Backup size 931.39 GB < (Disk used 444.47 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
              78%          WindowServer
              14%          repair_packages
               5%          com.apple.WebKit.Networking
               4%          com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
               3%          Safari
Top Processes by Memory:
          575 MB          repair_packages
          125 MB          com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
          119 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          119 MB          Safari
          90 MB          Finder
Virtual Memory Information:
          189 MB          Free RAM
          2.18 GB          Active RAM
          795 MB          Inactive RAM
          518 MB          Wired RAM
          819 MB          Page-ins
          11 MB          Page-outs

Help! MacBook Pro only boots in Safe Mode and runs extremely slow (bonus: happened in Brazil and there are no Apple stores here - I need you guys!)

It's a MBP mid 2010. Last year it had some problems and an Apple authorised shop changed the HD and upgraded the OS from Snow Leopard to Lion. After that it seemed fine. Recently it started getting very slow and apps (e.g. Chrome, Flash) would crash. At some point it seemed stuck so I gave it a hard shutdown - bad idea. After that it would only boot in Safe Mode. I ran repar disk and repair permissions from the Disk Utility and it booted normally again but extremely slow. I upgraded to OS X 10.8.2, but didn't solve it. I tried booting with Command D to have a hardware diagnostic - it wouldn't boot and now it only boots in Safe Mode.
All data is backed and I have an external HD (but not an OS X Disc). Ready to anything. Help please!
Utility Disk Logs
Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Group differs on “Library/Java”; should be 0; group is 80.
Permissions differ on “Library/Java”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are drwxrwxr-x .
Repaired “Library/Java”
Warning: SUID file “System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent” has been modified and will not be repaired.
Permissions differ on “System/Library/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/CoreGraphics”; should be lrwxrwxrwx ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/CoreGraphics”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/Resources”; should be lrwxrwxrwx ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/Resources”
Permissions differ on “System/Library/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/Current”; should be lrwxrwxrwx ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired “System/Library/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/Current”
Permissions repair complete
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking file systemPerforming live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Macintosh HD appears to be OK.
Verifying and repairing partition map for “ST9500325AS Media”
Checking prerequisites
Checking the partition list
Adjusting partition map to fit whole disk as required
Checking for an EFI system partition
Checking the EFI system partition’s size
Checking the EFI system partition’s file system
Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces
Reviewing boot support loaders
Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions
Updating Windows boot.ini files as required
The partition map appears to be OK

See this for incompatible log in items
https://support.apple.com/kb/TS4348
Also you can perform #1 and #2 as these occur before Safe Mode, so you just reboot again with Shift key if you need to enter Safe Mode again.
At this point it sounds like your hard drive is dying or some sort of other hardware issue which I can only advise this.
Try to install OS X on a external drive and boot from it, if it's fine then you know your internal boot drive is dying.
Create a data recovery/undelete external boot drive
You can replace your internal drive yourself.
OtherWorld Computing is pretty good about providing drives and tool kits to perform that function yourself.
Install/upgrade RAM or storage drive in Mac's

Can't access safe mode to delete System Security fake anti virus virus. HELP.

Hi, our SL500 has become infected with "System Security" fake anti virus software. We have tracked down how to remove it.
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/system-security-malware-t222291.html
However when we get to the "reboot your computer in safe mode" (see instructions below) we can't as this is not possible.
We have tried F8...........Repeatedly . And also Run->msconfig->BOOT.INI->/SAFEBOOT . But to no avail . Actually we get a pop up stating that Windows can not find said command and have we typed it in correctly . Please could some one help us as this is driving us insane . One last thing . A computer WITHOUT a "safe mode " option, isn't that kinda of unsafe and a tad.....
Thanks in advance.
Instructions for malware removal.
You will need to print out a copy of these instructions, or save them to NotePad and put a shortcut to the file on the desktop so that you can refer to while you complete this procedure as you will be required to boot into Safe Mode where you wont have internet access.
Please download ATF Cleaner by Atribune.
Caution: This program is for Windows 2000, XP and Vista only
Double-click ATF-Cleaner.exe to run the program.
Under Main choose: Select All
Click the Empty Selected button.
If you use Firefox browser
Click Firefox at the top and choose: Select All
Click the Empty Selected button.
NOTE: If you would like to keep your saved passwords, please click No at the prompt.
If you use Opera browser
Click Opera at the top and choose: Select All
Click the Empty Selected button.
NOTE: If you would like to keep your saved passwords, please click No at the prompt.
Click Exit on the Main menu to close the program.
Run MBAM again, only this time perform a full scan and post the log.
Please click here to download AVP Tool by Kaspersky.
Save it to your desktop.
Reboot your computer into SafeMode.
You can do this by restarting your computer and continually tapping the F8 key until a menu appears.
Use your up arrow key to highlight SafeMode then hit enter.
Double click the setup file to run it.
Click Next to continue.
It will by default install it to your desktop folder.Click Next.
Hit ok at the prompt for scanning in Safe Mode.
It will then open a box There will be a tab that says Automatic scan.
Under Automatic scan make sure these are checked.
System Memory
Startup Objects
Disk Boot Sectors.
My Computer.
Also any other drives (Removable that you may have)
After that click on Security level then choose Customize then click on the tab that says Heuristic Analyzer then choose Enable Deep rootkit search then choose ok.
Then choose OK again then you are back to the main screen.
Then click on Scan at the to right hand Corner.
It will automatically Neutralize any objects found.
If some objects are left un-neutralized then click the button that says Neutralize all
If it says it cannot be Neutralized then chooose The delete option when prompted.
After that is done click on the reports button at the bottom and save it to file name it Kas.
Save it somewhere convenient like your desktop and just post only the detected Virus\malware in the report it will be at the very top under Detected post those results in your next reply.
Note: This tool will self uninstall when you close it so please save the log before closing it.
In your next reply I would like to see:
C:\RSIT\info.txt
MBAM log
Kaspersky AVP scan results
Also let me know how the computer is behaving.
This post has been edited by Octagonal: Dec 27 2008, 08:08 AM

Thanks for trying to help. Sadly, I followed the instructions and it rebooted to the blue screen again.
It's going to have to go to Apple for repairs now. I'm out of options.
I am wondering how much easier it would have been if I'd created a time machine restore point. I got what I deserved for failing to do that, but I'm doubtful even that would have worked in this case. It does seem to be because of that piece of widely reported malware that didn't want to leave without causing damage.
The most frustrating aspect is the safe boot. I get to the desktop but without any menu, finder or dock. It seems to be similar to the problem below...
http://www.macsmarts.com/?p=109
But that's for Tiger. I tried that to no effect.
Like I said, it's going to have to go to Apple now because I've done so many things I don't know if I'm just digging myself a deeper hole.
Thanks again for offering help.

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