TS1541 I think my iMac 10.5 has crashed please Help!
My IMac has gone wrong. I can log in sometimes but other times it asks for file vault password. It makes a strange bleeping sound. You can't open any files and if you hover over any icons it flashes on and off. I opened up a word document and tried to make changes on it but as I did the bulletin numbers continued down the page on the next page and then it opened more blank pages. Please help me have we broken it?????
Hi , and a warm welcome to the forums!
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)
If perchance you can't find your install Disc, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.
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1. Start with the iPod Troubleshooting Assistant
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Note: To determine if your iPod syncs via USB or FireWire, check the table in the Additional Information section below.
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