Imac g4 only boot up to mac osx login screen ,then just sit there , did the fsck .
THIS IMAC G4 FAILS TO COMPLETE THE STARTUP PROCESS.
CAN GET IN SINGLE USER MODE AND RUN FSCK ETC.
EVERY THING LOOK NORMAL.
LOOK S LIKE A NORMAL BOOT APPLE LOGO AND PROGRESS MARKER.
THEN THE MOUSE POINTER TOP LEFT CORNER AND BLUE BACK ROUND SCREEN.
WITH BOX IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN WITH "MAC OSX"
STOPS RIGHT THERE ,
NO OTHER MESSAGES .
THE MOUSE CURSOR MOVES .
LEFT IT FOR HOURS .
THANKS IN ADVANCE EVERY ONE.
@a brody thanks for CAPS tip , new to apple etc "when i started in 73 did not have low case" guess its stuck with me all caps.
yes we have some applications on the disk and data, like final cut pro, it worked perfect until 3 days ago.
@Limnos Safe Mode , did try and held it (shiftkey) down from beep thru the boot logo box MAC OS X,
no safe mode appeared. did try this a number of times. took some time to start up.
I am familiar with UNIX system but not with MAC OSX 10.4
Also renamed the .globalpreferences.plist to .globalpreferences.dead in directory /library/preferences/
made no change ,still booted to blue screen cursor in corner with white box center screen MAC OS X in large letters .
The mouse can move the pointer around ,click it on the white box the colored busy circle appears.
It just sits there for hours.
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