IBook won't log in to OSX
Hi,
OS X told me I needed to restart, so I held the power button to turn off. WHen I restarted, the computer would not progress from the grey screen with the apple logo and the spinning wheel.
I have tried to to reboot in safe mode but the command log says "getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/console, sleeping"
I have also tried Reseting the NVRAM / PRAM, and logging in in single user mode but I still cannot get past the grey screen.
I cannot find my original startup disks - I only have a later MacBook disk form my girlfriend's.
Is there anything that you can suggest? I am happy to erase and reinstall but I'm not sure how I would do that.
Will
To run the correct bootable version of Disk Utility from the install disc#1 of
the system in the computer, is advised. The disc from a newer Mac won't
do the job, since it has two strikes against the idea. The new Mac is an
Intel-based computer, it has a different system, and generally an install
restore disc from one computer model won't work on another.
Try booting up the Mac while holding down the Shift key; if you do not
know an existing Admin password, you may be stopped in the next
screen (login window) and then subsequent SafeBoot functions may
not be available to you. In SafeBoot, you could run Disk Utility and
attempt to repair disk permissions, then reboot the Mac normally.
Without the correct system disc to reset an admin password or do a
full reinstall, or run the booted Disk Utility from that install disc, you
are limited to what you could attempt to do. There is a way to run
fsck from single-user mode instead of a booted cd disk utility.
You may be able to get a replacement disc or a newer retail install disc set
and approach the problem from one of two/three ways.
• Resolve startup isues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility & fsck
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417
• Mac OS X: Changing or resetting an account password
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1274
• Change Mac admin password without the Disc:
http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-73393-change-mac-admin-password-without-the-d isk
Good luck & happy computing!
{ edited to add links}
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Meaning, that none of my external connections work (iBook won't recognize any of my USB periferals like my printer and external mouse... and unfortunately my wireless internet connection is supported through a USB port, so when this happens, I can't log on to the internet!).
I've also noticed that when this happens, although I get my Mac OSX desktop, I don't see anything on the top-right-hand-side of the menu bar. So I do get my "apple" menu, and Finder, File, Edit, View, Go, Window, and Help on the left-hand-side, but nothing on the right (display control panel, volume indicator, Date/Time).
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I have tried troubleshooting on my own by running Disk First Aid (everything checks out okay), and verifying and repairing my permissions. Doesn't help.
Any suggestions? Hopefully I can get some useful advice on this discussion board. If not, I will have to take it in for service.
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2/1/15 12:19:48.127 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
2/1/15 12:19:48.136 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.pid.iBooks.3568) Path not allowed in target domain: type = pid, path = /Library/Frameworks/iTunesLibrary.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.iT unesLibraryService.xpc error = 147: The specified service did not ship in the requestor's bundle, origin = /Applications/iBooks.app
2/1/15 12:19:48.138 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.pid.iBooks.3568) Path not allowed in target domain: type = pid, path = /Library/Frameworks/iTunesLibrary.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.iT unesLibraryService.xpc error = 147: The specified service did not ship in the requestor's bundle, origin = /Applications/iBooks.app
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2/1/15 12:19:48.252 AM iBooks[3568]: (
0 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff87a9566c __exceptionPreprocess + 172
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff8efbe76e objc_exception_throw + 43
2 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff87a9544a +[NSException raise:format:arguments:] + 106
3 Foundation 0x00007fff8ade83a9 -[NSAssertionHandler handleFailureInMethod:object:file:lineNumber:description:] + 195
4 IMCommonCore 0x000000010131dc2a -[IMCoreDataSource loadManagedObjectModel] + 373
5 IMCommonCore 0x000000010131da8b -[IMCoreDataSource loadCoreData] + 27
6 BKBookshelfCommonCore 0x0000000101446b29 -[BKLibrary init] + 575
7 BKBookshelfCommonCore 0x00000001014468c8 __27+[BKLibrary defaultLibrary]_block_invoke + 24
8 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8ef04c13 _dispatch_client_callout + 8
9 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8ef04b26 dispatch_once_f + 117
10 BKBookshelfCommonCore 0x00000001014468ae +[BKLibrary defaultLibrary] + 46
11 BKPlatformCore 0x00000001015cf840 -[BKUpdatesAndDownloadsController init] + 87
12 BKPlatformCore 0x00000001015cf7cf __51+[BKUpdatesAndDownloadsController sharedController]_block_invoke + 41
13 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8ef04c13 _dispatch_client_callout + 8
14 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8ef04b26 dispatch_once_f + 117
15 BKPlatformCore 0x00000001015cf7a4 +[BKUpdatesAndDownloadsController sharedController] + 46
16 iBooks 0x000000010128cfdc iBooks + 8156
17 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff87a51cdc __CFNOTIFICATIONCENTER_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER__ + 12
18 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff87943244 _CFXNotificationPost + 3140
19 Foundation 0x00007fff8acf7c31 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 66
20 AppKit 0x00007fff88d709ab -[NSApplication _postDidFinishNotification] + 291
21 AppKit 0x00007fff88d70716 -[NSApplication _sendFinishLaunchingNotification] + 191
22 AppKit 0x00007fff88d6d536 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpenEvent:] + 574
23 AppKit 0x00007fff88d6cf75 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 244
24 Foundation 0x00007fff8ad171e8 -[NSAppleEventManager dispatchRawAppleEvent:withRawReply:handlerRefCon:] + 290
25 Foundation 0x00007fff8ad17059 _NSAppleEventManagerGenericHandler + 102
26 AE 0x00007fff9211399c _Z20aeDispatchAppleEventPK6AEDescPS_jPh + 531
27 AE 0x00007fff92113719 _ZL25dispatchEventAndSendReplyPK6AEDescPS_ + 31
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29 HIToolbox 0x00007fff88a63a2e AEProcessAppleEvent + 56
30 AppKit 0x00007fff88d69626 _DPSNextEvent + 2665
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32 AppKit 0x00007fff88d5c593 -[NSApplication run] + 594
33 AppKit 0x00007fff88d47a14 NSApplicationMain + 1832
34 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff8e4805c9 start + 1
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0 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff87a9566c __exceptionPreprocess + 172
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff8efbe76e objc_exception_throw + 43
2 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff87a9544a +[NSException raise:format:arguments:] + 106
3 Foundation 0x00007fff8ade83a9 -[NSAssertionHandler handleFailureInMethod:object:file:lineNumber:description:] + 195
4 IMCommonCore 0x000000010131dc2a -[IMCoreDataSource loadManagedObjectModel] + 373
5 IMCommonCore 0x000000010131da8b -[IMCoreDataSource loadCoreData] + 27
6 BKBookshelfCommonCore 0x0000000101446b29 -[BKLibrary init] + 575
7 BKBookshelfCommonCore 0x00000001014468c8 __27+[BKLibrary defaultLibrary]_block_invoke + 24
8 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8ef04c13 _dispatch_client_callout + 8
9 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8ef04b26 dispatch_once_f + 117
10 BKBookshelfCommonCore 0x00000001014468ae +[BKLibrary defaultLibrary] + 46
11 BKPlatformCore 0x00000001015cf840 -[BKUpdatesAndDownloadsController init] + 87
12 BKPlatformCore 0x00000001015cf7cf __51+[BKUpdatesAndDownloadsController sharedController]_block_invoke + 41
13 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8ef04c13 _dispatch_client_callout + 8
14 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8ef04b26 dispatch_once_f + 117
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19 Foundation 0x00007fff8acf7c31 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 66
20 AppKit 0x00007fff88d709ab -[NSApplication _postDidFinishNotification] + 291
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23 AppKit 0x00007fff88d6cf75 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 244
24 Foundation 0x00007fff8ad171e8 -[NSAppleEventManager dispatchRawAppleEvent:withRawReply:handlerRefCon:] + 290
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26 AE 0x00007fff9211399c _Z20aeDispatchAppleEventPK6AEDescPS_jPh + 531
27 AE 0x00007fff92113719 _ZL25dispatchEventAndSendReplyPK6AEDescPS_ + 31
28 AE 0x00007fff92113623 aeProcessAppleEvent + 295
29 HIToolbox 0x00007fff88a63a2e AEProcessAppleEvent + 56
30 AppKit 0x00007fff88d69626 _DPSNextEvent + 2665
31 AppKit 0x00007fff88d68730 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 194
32 AppKit 0x00007fff88d5c593 -[NSApplication run] + 594
33 AppKit 0x00007fff88d47a14 NSApplicationMain + 1832
34 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff8e4805c9 start + 1
35 ??? 0x0000000000000001 0x0 + 1
2/1/15 12:19:48.262 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.ReportCrash[3570]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.ReportCrash
2/1/15 12:19:49.269 AM ReportCrash[3570]: Invalid connection: com.apple.coresymbolicationd
2/1/15 12:19:57.816 AM CoreServicesUIAgent[935]: unexpected message <OS_xpc_error: <error: 0x7fff77aa0c60> { count = 1, contents =
"XPCErrorDescription" => <string: 0x7fff77aa0f70> { length = 18, contents = "Connection invalid" }
}>
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2/1/15 12:19:57.856 AM ReportCrash[3570]: Failed to write crash history to file:///Users/janewalton/Library/Application%20Support/CrashReporter/iBooks_30F E9CFD-4A03-582C-9EB1-389FBBF3129B.plist. -
IBook won't boot, stops at gray screen--HELP
I couldn't find this exact topic at first glance and I am hoping someone can help me. My ibook is about 5 years old and has only really crashed on my once 2 years ago but I was able to reinstall the OS and go on my way. This time, however, nothing works. I tried to boot up yesterday and the gray screen appeared and that was it along with a strange buzzing sound. I tried Disk Warrior, wouldn't even boot off that. Also tried booting off system disk 1 and didn't get past the language screen, just hung up with that buzz again.
Does this sound like a logic board issue? Can it be rescued?
Thanks in advance for any help!I'm not sure if the computer can be checked out at home in such a way
in its present state, to see if there is a logic board failure behind it, now,
or not. There could be a hard disk drive failure, or ATA controller failure;
and a short list of other possibilities, best checked over by a specialist.
Certain keyboard commands and things could be tried (and I usually
assume they'd been tried before asking here, but that's often not so)
just to see if one or more of them could get a rise out of the dead Mac.
Be sure, if you can get the installer disc to boot the Mac, that you
try and use the Disk Utility to repair disc; maybe more than once;
and do not try to just reinstall an Archive and Install. The HDD may
have corruption issues and it may need low-level zero-data and re-
formatting before a new system could go on there, if it worked at all.
{Even trying to reset PRAM/NVRAM and then seeing if you can get
the bootable OSX installer disc to start up the Mac could be OK.
Maybe that PMU reset, as a last resort? It probably won't hurt...}
A system on an external bootable enclosed hard disk drive could be
used by a tech or a prepared home-tech owner, and a clone of the
machine's system then attempted to be used to boot the ailing Mac.
If the optical drive and other components relying on the logic board
are dysfunctional due to a defect on that main board, most external
devices may also have a hard time trying to use these methods of
outside efforts to troubleshoot be nominally successful.
There may be a way a tech can use an second computer to get
data off the drive in your iBook, should it come to that, by using
the FireWire Target Disk mode and see if your iBook can start
and act like an external hard disk drive. A copy of the drive's
content or parts of it may be made by the second healthy Mac.
A clone (perhaps not bootable if data on it is damaged and not
recoverable) could be made if the second healthy computer has
a clone utility and also an external drive it can copy/clone the
iBook's drive content over to. This may be asking too much;
but the home user who has stuff on hand could do it shortly.
Anyway, there are some ideas online, if you can search google
and choose appropriate words; I looked but you may need to
read through several different source links to see if anything
sounds like it may work. re: iBook won't start past grey screen
Some users have tried resetting the PMU, others tried NVRAM
and PRAM; a few tried SafeBoot to see if the system was OK
enough to load in a reduced startup mode; maybe where the
system's own Disk Utility could be ran to at least fix permissions.
And of these, if it is truly a logic board or a failed hard disk drive,
they won't really do much. Probably no harm; and that is part
of what troubleshooting is all about, working with zeros and ones!
Good luck & happy computing!
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IBook G4 slowed SIGNIFICANTLY & FREEZES with OSX 10.4.8 and then 10.4.9 too
Hi,
My iBook G4 slowed SIGNIFICANTLY after installing OSX 10.4.8 and then 10.4.9 and freezes often too!!!
I mean, it takes a few minuets to boot-up sometimes.... I hate that spinning wheel!
It ran great before the two up-dates, and I have done all the "verify and repair" that can possibly be done with and without the original installation DVD, including disk repair.
I had no other programs running at the installation, nor were there USB or Firewire attached. But I was plugged into the local network (how else was I supposed to download the upgrade).
Basically, can I revert to 10.4.7???
Or, is there a simple solution?Hi Thanks for the help,
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified, is appearing just like
that.
OK, that's a good sign, though it doesn't necessarily mean that everything is okay with the drive, just that nothing is currently far enough out of spec to get flagged.
I looked in the console (I dont even know what it is)
and the only things I could find that looked dodgey
were lines such as those below...
Apr 12 10:19:11 localhost launchd: Server 3d2b in
bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[41]: exited
abnormally: Hangup
Apr 12 10:19:18 james-rk-modzelewskis-ibook-g4
launchd: Server 0 in bootstrap 1103 uid 0:
"/usr/sbin/lookupd"[55]: exited abnormally: Hangup
Apr 18 11:14:20 james-rk-modzelewskis-ibook-g4
launchd: Server 0 in bootstrap 1103 uid 0:
"/usr/sbin/lookupd"[55]: exited abnormally: Hangup
These occur a few dozen times throughout the system
log. Does it mean anything to you???
Those are harmless, I think. I've seen them on my laptop, I think around when I switch the network from ethernet to AirPort or vice versa. And maybe when I put the computer to sleep, too.
One thing you should try to do is see if you can figure out a pattern to the stalls and freezes. Do they only happen when you're on the Internet? Maybe just with one particular web site or page? Also, try running Activity Monitor and keep an eye on it to see if you can catch the name of a process that's taking too much processor time.
How much RAM does your computer have, and how much free space on your hard drive? That can make a difference, too. You should have a few GB (I like to keep at least 8GB free on my PowerBook) of free hard drive space. 512 MB of RAM is pretty much the minimum for Tiger, I think. Less than that and you'll find the computer will be using swap space on the hard drive quite a bit if you try to do anything but the bare minimum of simple web pages and email.
charlie -
IBook G4 "slowed" SIGNIFICANTLY afte installing OSX 10.4.8 and then 10.4.9
Hi,
My iBook G4 slowed SIGNIFICANTLY after installing OSX 10.4.8 and then 10.4.9 and freezes often too!!!
I mean, it takes a few minuets to boot-up sometimes.... I hate that spinning wheel!
It ran great before the two up-dates, and I have done all the "verify and repair" that can possibly be done with and without the original installation DVD.
Basically, can I revert to 10.4.7???
Or, is there a simple solution?First let's take a step back and have a look at your upgrade procedures. Here is one suggestion of how to proceed:
Mac OS X 10.4.9: Update procedure recommendation
First, make a full backup of your current Mac OS X installation -- preferably a clone ( try SuperDuper! or Carbon Copy Cloner). If something goes wrong, or you experience a major incompatibility after updating, the backup will prove invaluable.
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Avoid performing any other operations (in Mac OS X or third-party applications) while the update process is occurring. Performing other tasks during the update process potentiates various issues, including problems with prebinding (which is happening during the "Optimizing the system" phase of the update process) and others that can occur when files are being replaced by the update are also being read/written by the currently logged in user. You should not only refrain from launching applications or working with files during the update process, but also from putting the system to sleep, disconnecting/connecting devices, and other potentially interruptive actions.
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Branching off from a prior thread (https://discussions.apple.com/message/13222609#13222609) in which booting from an OS X CD was a potential solution to a problem, the problem encountered with the potential solution warrants its own thread.
My machine is a Clamshell iBook (G3), Revision B (with 64MB base RAM and no FireWire). It was purchased new eleven years ago and later ugpraded to 192MB RAM.
The OS on the hard drive was 9.0.2 until yesterday, when I updated it to 9.1 so I could bring the firmware up to date. I did this before attempting to use the Jaguar CD.
The CD in question is an original Jaguar install CD, version 10.2.3. This is a two-disc set (the discs are labeled 1 and 2) and is a retail version; my iBook was manufactured prior to the release of OS X (non-server) and does not have an OEM OS X disc.
When the iBook attempts to boot from the CD, either by pressing "C" at startup or by running the Installer from OS 9.1, it seems to be loading fine until the following appears:
At this point, the iBook won't load any further and a restart is required.
The iBook does boot an OS X Cheetah (10.0) CD as well as its own restore disc (9.0.2) and the 9.1 disc that came with Cheetah. Unfortunately, Cheetah doesn't seem to have any effect on the battery (this is why I'm booting with an OS X CD; see the posts in the other thread for details). I don't have any other retail CD versions of OS X to try (aside from a Snow Leopard DVD).
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The battery is a year old and has never been recognized by this computer. I don't have another Clamshell to test it in but did verify that it can charge in a VST charger.
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IMac Help - won't start up in OSX, starts to text...
I was wiping my hard drive so that I could give away my old 20" white iMac G5. It worked fine the first time using the OSX Installation disk, but someone told me I should do it several times to be sure to remove all the data in the binary. So I did it a second time and that worked fine too. I decided to do it a third time so that I could put the new person's info onto the computer and I got a disk error during the re-install. It asked me if I wanted to "try again" so I clicked yes, but something bad must have happened...
Now the computer won't start up in OSX and it won't boot from the disk (even if I hold down the C key). When it starts up, first I get a gray screen with the apple, then I have a quick flask of a tiny file folder with a question mark, then a quick flask of the same file folder but this time with the Mac face graphic, then the screen goes black and there is a bunch of white text. I can post the text if it will help - at the very end it says something like: localhost:/ root#
I tried calling apple and they just told me to turn off the mouse and keyboard and try again - didn't work. I have tried to boot in safe mode, I have tried to reboot from the start up disk (it just ejects the disk), I have tried to reset the PRAM, nothing is working. I do not have any peripherals other than the mouse and the keyboard (I had to go out and buy a new wired keyboard today just to push the C button to try to start up from disk since the wireless keyboard wasn't being recognized).
I have searched all the support docs and nothing seems to work or be just right. I am not an idiot, so if I need to type in a bunch of code that would be fine, just tell me what to do! Otherwise, I am hauling this beast into the so-called Genius Bar.
Please help!So hooked the iMac up to my MacBookPro as a firewire target disk and ran a disk utility on it overnight. It didn't fix the problem completely, but it didn't get worse. Now, instead of the black screen with white programming text, I get a gray screen with a flashing question mark (a file folder that flashes between the mac face and a question mark) this time it just keeps flashing (unlike before where it only appeared once).
I have tried resetting the PRAM, the NVRAM, and I have tried resetting the SMU (thanks for the advice, Barry, I was hopeful about that one!) but nothing is working. It won't let me start from a disk, even though I have checked the disk in another computer and it works fine. I am thinking that the computer has lost the ability to recognize the disk drive.
Is there any way to re-install the operating system remotely (via my MacBookPro or anything else)?
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My ibook won't assemble. How do I fix it?
My ibook won't assemble. How do I fix it?
Assuming you are trying to do an iPhoto photo book (iBook is a computer assembled in China) in iPhoto for the Mac
Will it preview -
Before ordering your book preview it using this method - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1040 - and save the resulting PDF for reference - the delivered book will match it.
do you get any error messages - what exactly do you mean by "will not assemble"?
We only know what you tell us so details are critical
LN -
I downloaded ios 7.0 and iBooks won't open anything in the library. The app itself opens but the books only flash and then they don't open. Any thoughts?
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Help, my iBooks won't stay open. I was trying to download a ebook and now the app won't stay open
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You need to restart your computer,
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This keeps coming up after re-starting it.If remote logins are not enabled, don't know how you can do it now if you can't login.
Do the "other" Macs see the problem Mac in the list of "Devices"?
From a Terminal window on another Mac, try this:
# assume IP address of problem mac is 192.168.99.10 and the username is xxx
ssh [email protected]
If you don't know the IP address, there might be a way to figure it out depending on your network setup.
If you get a prompt for the password then give it and it should log you in. If you get a "refused" message of some kind, then you can't login. Also you will get a prompt the first time you "ssh" in about adding the RSA key to your list of "known hosts".
If that doesn't work I'm at a loss. Have you tried booting safe mode? Have you tried Recovery Mode and verify disk? -- never mind just read where you've already done this. Do you have a bad GPU and it's causing the display to do bizarre things? -
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Download the iPad manual from here http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1595/en_US/ipad_user_guide.pdf
That should be a known good file from Apple. See if you can open that in iBooks.
If you can open the manual the other PDF files are unreadable/corrupt.
If you are unable to open the manual the issue is with iBooks. Delete iBooks and reinstall the app. Make sure you have backup of your pdf files first.
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