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After applying the latest update of Safari my iMac will boot until the bar creeps all the way across the Starting Mac OS X window then hangs.
I brought it up in safe mode and I see the message "getty is respawning too fast. sleeping".
Is there a(n easy) fix for this?

Hi Duane B., and a warm welcome to the forums!
Some device is sending info faster than can be handled.
Sometimes it's a stuck Key on the Keyboard, try starting it without the KB & Mouse, try unplugging Modem/Router, any peripherals you can for a test.

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