UpGraded MacBook Hard Drive - but TERMINAL opens at StartUp!!!!
This one is really strange: I replaced a 160gb HD in my MacBook (May 2006 version) with a new Seagate 320 gb HD - by copying everything from the old 160 gb HD to the new 320 gb HD (in a Transcend SATA housing) using SuperDuper! and then put the 320 gb into the MB - perfect---
---except that when I startup I see two strange things: First- TERMINAL has started and I have a screen: hopefully this screenshot via the program InstantShot! shows:
/ScreenShots/SS-090214 at 201501-1.jpg and there is also a folder open: /ScreenShots/SS-090214 at 201514-1.jpg
If you cannot see the screenshots, then I need assistance on putting files/jpg's or other attachments in the Apple discussions --
And I don't think you're seeing anything - but basically the TERMINAL says a bunch of stuff, then WELCOME TO DARWIN and then a location to "security agent". Strange and beyond me, but when I had my 160gb HD I never had that!
Thanks for any comments including how to put a jpg file into an Apple Discussions post so that I can indicate what I'm really seeing.
Regards,
Steve Schulte
Saturday 14 February 2009 at 23:26
Thanks for the great eye-opening remarks -- I guess I didn't realize that computers / Macs / Unix / software etc. was just so complex / sophisticated. Again, an eye-opener ---
---but glad to say that my problem doesn't seem to need major work --(fortunately!) - it turned-out that when I now started using my MacBook with the 320 gb HD there were 3 things (2 UNIX files and 1 folder) that somehow appeared in the "LOGIN AT STARTUP" section of the ACCOUNTS preference! I removed them and all is back to 100% OK!
Again - I really appreciate your reply and this opens the door to me learning a lot more about computers!
Regards,
Steve
Wednesday 18 February 2009
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