Login - Macbook Hangs and I have to force restart.
Hey,
Recently I've come into a problem. When I turn on my Macbook and login, the finder and spotlight are the only things that open - if I try to open any apps, no progress is made - and I get a rainbow-cartwheel logo. I then have to force the computer to shut down and then reboot the machine, when I log in everything is fine, except my 'graphite' setting is now turned to the default 'blue' setting, in appearances.
I have no idea how this problem has occurred, I wish to solve it. Can anyone shed any light? I don't think it's a good idea to be forcibly turning my Macbook off EVERY day.
Thanks!
Jeremy
Reinstall OS - works a treat now.
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