MacBook question
May. 23rd, 2007 01:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ksmithSo, anyone out there have one of the new MacBooks? Ya like it?
I downloaded the latest security update to the iBook, along with the latest Quicktime upgrade. Hit Restart. Got to the blue screen, where the little twirly-twirly did its thing...and did its thing...and did its thing.
Minutes passed. Perhaps did the wrong thing, and did a cold restart. Twice. It's still hanging up in the same place.
I'm holding my breath. Ran Disk Utility/First Aid. There were issues. 1 HFS Volume was repaired, but one volume couldn't be fixed. Then I ran Verify Disk, and was told that a volume needed repairing. Tried running Repair Permissions, just in case something got gummed up during the upgrade. At about the 3/4 point, got the message that the Disk Utility quit. Lost contact with the CD?
Tried restarting with the Disk Utility CD. It's not even recognizing the CD anymore.
Just the sort of adventure I want to have on the first day of vacation. Glad I had saved the new proposal to a couple of places before I updated.
There are still a few things I want to try, but my iBook is almost 40 months old. I have a bad feeling about this.
Update: iBook is back. Reinstalled Tiger. Downloaded all the security updates in one massive wodge and installed them, including the one iBook choked on this morning. It's still with me. Now I just need to reinstall MacOffice. As for all the other dink programs that were lost...I'll get to them eventually.
I downloaded the latest security update to the iBook, along with the latest Quicktime upgrade. Hit Restart. Got to the blue screen, where the little twirly-twirly did its thing...and did its thing...and did its thing.
Minutes passed. Perhaps did the wrong thing, and did a cold restart. Twice. It's still hanging up in the same place.
I'm holding my breath. Ran Disk Utility/First Aid. There were issues. 1 HFS Volume was repaired, but one volume couldn't be fixed. Then I ran Verify Disk, and was told that a volume needed repairing. Tried running Repair Permissions, just in case something got gummed up during the upgrade. At about the 3/4 point, got the message that the Disk Utility quit. Lost contact with the CD?
Tried restarting with the Disk Utility CD. It's not even recognizing the CD anymore.
Just the sort of adventure I want to have on the first day of vacation. Glad I had saved the new proposal to a couple of places before I updated.
There are still a few things I want to try, but my iBook is almost 40 months old. I have a bad feeling about this.
Update: iBook is back. Reinstalled Tiger. Downloaded all the security updates in one massive wodge and installed them, including the one iBook choked on this morning. It's still with me. Now I just need to reinstall MacOffice. As for all the other dink programs that were lost...I'll get to them eventually.
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Re: Macbook Pro
Date: 2007-05-24 01:57 am (UTC)But, looks like the iBook is back up and running, at least for now. Fingers crossed. But damn, I did not expect to have to spend the first day of my vacation reinstalling software...