Why does setting up your mac mean?

I down loaded an up date, now it just says " setting up your mac" help

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This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party software that loads automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Press and hold the power button for a few seconds until the power shuts off.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. You must hold down the shift key twice: once when you turn on the computer, and again when you log in.
Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a Fusion Drive or a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to start up and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models. The next normal startup may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually login automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
After testing, restart as usual (not in safe mode.)

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How to solve "Setting Up your Mac" process?

Why does my Mac says "Setting up Your Mac" after I entered my password and Apple ID, and it stayed like that for so long?

After reading similar discussion topics in these ASC forums, some
users with this issue decided to force-sleep their computer and after
some time, woke it up, and it appeared to continue through the Set-
up interval, to the desktop and finder in Mavericks.
Some others tried different keyboard shortcuts, such as force-quit
and hoped for the best on a full restart. With varying results.
Was this a new computer or is it one where the entire OS X
was reinstalled, so as to act like a new computer?
Could you specify what exact model & build year, plus configuration?
If the computer is new, or with the complementary warranty period,
you could call Apple Support or AppleCare, or take it to Apple Store.
The extended Applecare plan is recommended, btw, since these are
complicated devices and would require expert service & support.
To attempt to troubleshoot or suggest methods of resolving issues
more information is needed. And by now, I hope this is resolved.
There is quite a large and sometime difficult database at Support
regarding a variety of products; Mac OS X Mavericks has one:
http://www.apple.com/support/osx/
Good luck & happy computing!

Mac mini stuck on setting up your mac

I shut down my mac mini. After powering on, it came up with "setting up your mac" on the screen like I was setting up a new mac. Not sure why this is on the screen. I did not wipe it clean for it to start up new.
I did a hard shut down, restarted, then it came up with the user accounts. I selected the main account (mine which is always used) and it went right back to "setting up your mac" again.
Any ideas why it is doing this? It has been stuck on this for 24 hours now.
Thanks!

Something has damaged the routine to find the default user as your user. If your data is not backed up, I'd look at data recovery solutions first:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-1689
If it is backed up, you might want to establish the fact the old first bootable user still is using the system password reset:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1274

After updating to mavericks on my MacBook, the screen keeps saying "setting up your mac." It has been like this for hours! How can I make it go faster?

After updating to mavericks on my MacBook, the screen keeps saying "setting up your mac." It has been like this for hours! How can I make it go faster? It's has been like this for 4 hrs.

I don't think your mac is setting up. It's stuck.
I would:
hold the power button until it shuts down
unplug all peripherals
do a safe boot (restart and hold down the shift key until you see the apple logo).
If it starts up in a safe boot, then you can try restarting with a normal boot.
If it does not start with a normal boot, then you probably have some incompatible third party software. Likely culprits are:
MacKeeper
CleanMyMac
third-party antivirus software
any other "cleaning" or "optimizing" or similar third party "utilities".
A good place to start would be to uninstall any of those (while in safe mode) and then restart.

After upgrading to Mavericks MacBook hangs at "Setting Up Your Mac" screen

After upgrade install of Mavericks, and logging in successfully one time my MacBook (aluminum unibody late 2008) now hangs at the "Setting Up Your Mac" screen after logging in with password. I can restart the unit with the power button but same thing happens. I powered off the unit, removed the battery and held the power button down for 30 seconds, re-installed the battery and restarted the unit but same thing happens.

Hold the Power button to turn off your computer and turn it on again. Then, see if Mavericks can start up.
If not, hold Command and R keys while your computer is starting and reinstall Mac OS X

HT6150 Did the recent Mavericks update and now I am getting the screen "Setting Up Your Mac" It has been this way for an hour...and nothing is going on.

AS soon as I log in I get this screen "Setting Up Your Mac..."
It has been on the computer for quite a while and I can not get back to my desktop.
Please help. thanks!

Here was the answer I found that worked:
Command-Shift-Option-Esc (hold for three seconds) for Force Quit the front-most application (Mac OS X v10.5 or later)
That got to me a new page where I had to enter my security key chain ID, but then wouldn't go any further. So i have rebooted - and lo and behold it opened up OK. It has asked me for a security question, but it now seems to be working OK!! Thanks - hope you get your problem sorted also. I should have copied the name and did not...sorrry.

You must set up your .mac account in system preferences

I setup a .mac account and can sign in. However every time i try to use iphoto to upload an album I get the message that You must setup your .mac account in system preferences.
I can't figure out what else I need to do to setup my .mac account.
Thanks

Eiqaverider
You must setup your .mac account in system preferences.
Have you set up your .mac account in your system preferences?
Apple menu ==> system preferences ==> Internet & Network ==> .Mac
LN

I upgraded my Mac last night to Mavericks from Snow Leopard 10.6.8, successfully, but this morning on start up, after signing in, I get a screen up saying "Setting up your Mac" and after an hour still nothing has happened. I have restarted, to no avail.

Upgrade successful, but this morning after signing in, Mac has locked up on "setting up your Mac" screen. Ive restarted it, and powered down and started again, but the same thing happens. Help!

I had the same problem and found the answer!
In Outlook, go to the Help menu, then Check for Updates.
I downloaded & updated Outlook, then it upgraded my database, and everything worked out fine for me!
Good luck!

After installing os X, background is stuck to "setting up your mac"

has this happen to anyone?
After my OS X update, my mac is working hence i am writing this question. But my background screen is stuck on "setting up your mac"..... it's been at least 30 minutes now. I can use everything else on my mac. Please help!

This happened to me yesterday. I have a MacBook Air and after downloading and installing Yosemite, it was stuck on "Setting up your Mac" all day.
I eventually got in touch with Apple Support and resolved my issue in about ONE MINUTE. Here's how:
1. Power down the computer.
2. Plug the computer into a power source.
3. Press and hold the following three keys simultaneously: Shift + Control + Option.
4. While still holding Shift + Control + Option, press and release the power button.
5. Release Shift + Control + Option.
6. Power on the computer.
My computer booted to Yosemite and I've not had a problem since.

How do I change my initial email address when after you set-up your MAC

I am new to MAC and just purchased a MAC Pro. I went through the set-up and put in an email that I would like to change. How do you go back and change that initial email you have to provide when setting up your MAC? Also, is there a way to not show your email when you use iMessage?
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JCMANKOW

Open System Preferences > Users & Groups then select the Password tab to change the email address.
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After installing Mavericks stuck on Setting up Your Mac after restart

After installing Mavericks which was extremely slow a number of software applications also had updates. All of this took more than a day. After that my login was slow but everything worked.
The other user's log in got stuck on Setting up your Mac. Then I made mistake of going in under my own log in and changing start-up to go automatically to the other user automatically. Now I can't log myself in anymore and I am totally hung up now on Setting Up Your Mac without any access.

Welcome to the Support Communities! The article below will help you troubleshoot the issue you are having with starting up your Mac:
OS X Mavericks: If your computer stops or delays while starting up
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13976
Shut it down by holding down the power button for about 10 seconds. Hold down the Option key and start up your computer again. Keep holding down the Option key until one or more disk icons appear on your screen. Select one of the disks. After your computer starts up, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Startup Disk, and select a disk.
OS X Mavericks: Login Options pane of Users & Groups preferences
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14415
Cheers,
- Judy

Had desktop Mac Pro set up with recent operating system there is a message that say setting up your Mac on the screen do I have to wait for the this process to complete or is there a way out of this screen?

I took all of my devices in to the apple store in ridge hill in Yonkers, the rep helped me set up the new operating system on all my
Devices from my phone to my desk top tower at home. I powered up my desk top this morning and a message came up saying that
The system did not recognize a program that was not compatible with the new operating system and it went right into "Setting up your Mac"
Mode. Do I have to wait for the setup or is there a way to by pass this process?
Dee Brown

I think maybe wait for a bit. Usually, on startup and installing the new OS, the assumption is that the user might not know too much, and that compatibility must be checked, which may be helpful, or not. For now, I'd say ignore it, wait until it's done its thing, then update the program that's not compatible. If you can, Mr. Brown, find out which one isn't "making nice" with Mavericks. Hopefully it'll give you a name
John b

Did some updates yesterday so decided to shut the computer down last night. Turned it on this morning and now for almost an hour the screen is showing a grey background with a picture of the computer and it says "setting up your Mac". Like it is frozen.

Did some updates yesterday so decided to shut down my computer last night. This morning when I turned if back on it came up with a grey screen and a white box with a picture of the computer that says "setting up your Mac". It's been like this for an hour. The display box shows three check marks but it won't do anything. It's like its in a frozen mode

http://osxdaily.com/2014/10/17/os-x-yosemite-installation-stuck/
also use the Command-L to view logs during installation

Why Does My 5.1 Mac Pro constantly wake up?

this is what my mac pro is metioning. i have wake for ethernet off, theres no alarms scheduled and bluetooth is off. i did a fresh os install and im still having this problem heres what the wake log is showing me:
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Sep 19 11:40:34 localhost kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason: ? (Network)
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Sep 19 13:29:55 localhost kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason: ? (Network)
Sep 19 13:30:35 localhost kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason: ? (Network)
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Sep 19 13:40:35 localhost kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason: ? (Network)
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Sep 19 14:19:54 localhost kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason: ? (Network)
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Sep 19 14:34:55 localhost kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason: ? (Network)
Sep 19 14:35:35 localhost kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason: ? (Network)
Sep 19 14:44:55 localhost kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason: ? (Network)
Sep 19 14:45:35 localhost kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason: ? (Network)
Sep 19 14:50:35 localhost kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason: ? (Network)
Sep 19 14:59:55 localhost kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason: ? (Network)
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This procedure is a diagnostic test. It won’t solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Third-party system modifications are a common cause of usability problems. By a “system modification,” I mean software that affects the operation of other software — potentially for the worse. The following procedure will help identify which such modifications you've installed. Don’t be alarmed by the complexity of these instructions — they’re easy to carry out and won’t change anything on your Mac.
These steps are to be taken while booted in “normal” mode, not in safe mode. If you’re now running in safe mode, reboot as usual before continuing.
Below are instructions to enter some UNIX shell commands. The commands are harmless, but they must be entered exactly as given in order to work. If you have doubts about the safety of the procedure suggested here, search this site for other discussions in which it’s been followed without any report of ill effects.
Some of the commands will line-wrap or scroll in your browser, but each one is really just a single line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, and you can then copy it. The headings “Step 1” and so on are not part of the commands.
Note: If you have more than one user account, Step 2 must be taken as an administrator. Ordinarily that would be the user created automatically when you booted the system for the first time. The other steps should be taken as the user who has the problem, if different. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this paragraph doesn’t apply.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
When you launch Terminal, a text window will open with a line already in it, ending either in a dollar sign (“$”) or a percent sign (“%”). If you get the percent sign, enter “sh” and press return. You should then get a new line ending in a dollar sign.
Step 1
Triple-click the line of text below on this page to select it:
kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/{printf "%s %s\n", $6, $7}' | open -ef
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Then click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste (command-V). A TextEdit window will open with the output of the command. If the command produced no output, the window will be empty. Post the contents of the TextEdit window (not the Terminal window), if any — the text, please, not a screenshot. You can then close the TextEdit window. The title of the window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that. No typing is involved in this step.
Step 2
Repeat with this line:
{ sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix\.cron)|org\.(amav|apac|cups|isc|ntp|postf|x)/{print $3}'; echo; sudo defaults read com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook; echo; sudo crontab -l; } 2> /dev/null | open -ef
This time you'll be prompted for your login password, which you do have to type. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. Type it carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. Heed that warning, but don't post it. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
Note: If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before taking this step. If that’s not possible, skip to the next step.
Step 3
{ launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|org\.(x|openbsd)/{print $3}'; echo; crontab -l 2> /dev/null; } | open -ef
Step 4
ls -A /e*/{cr,la,mach}* {,/}Lib*/{Ad,Compon,Ex,Fram,In,Keyb,La,Mail/Bu,P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo,Sta}* L*/Fonts .la* 2> /dev/null | open -ef
Important: If you formerly synchronized with a MobileMe account, your me.com email address may appear in the output of the above command. If so, anonymize it before posting.
Step 5
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of login items' | open -ef
Remember, steps 1-5 are all copy-and-paste — no typing, except your password. Also remember to post the output.
You can then quit Terminal.

Why does setOpaque(false) on Mac interfere with functionality of JSlider?

Hello, here is an SSCCE with a slider that works normally on my PC:
import javax.swing.*;
public class Foobar extends JApplet
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}But on my sister's Mac, the slider functionality is broken: one cannot drag the thumb with the mouse. To move the thumb, she has to click on the rail. If I comment out the setOpaque(false) call, then everything works fine.
I need that setOpaque call and I want the program to work both on Mac and PC. Why does it break on the Mac and how to fix it? Thank you for your insight. Mark

So then you haven't actually ran that SSCCE on a MAC then? No, no, she ran it on her Mac, my sis. I asked her to run it several times, and she definitely cannot move the thumb. Now, if I comment out the setOpaque(false), then she can move it all right.
But, I found a workaround. I did not realize that before, that Apple actually does include the "cross-platform" look and feel, not only their own Aqua. On the Sun website, it sort of implies that Apple only has Aqua, but on Apple website, I found they also support the cross-platform look.
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