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Scary moment with my Mac this morning

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  • 09-03-2015 6:00pm
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    Mars Bar
    Registered Users Posts: 31,817 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi

    This morning I turned on my 2012 MacBook Pro and I got a screen the same as the one below

    2157667351_154e8862bd_z.jpg

    Obviously I was :eek: as my Mac has been sluggish and I was getting increasingly annoyed with the number of beach balls I was seeing.

    I went into recovery mode and ran a repair on the disk and it couldn't finish it for some reason. There must be a problem there. I hadn't done a back up since 2013 so thought I might as well start afresh with a clean install. Apple couldn't verify my mac (:confused:) so I couldn't do that either. It froze again so I turned it off and left it. I came back to it and decided to go safe mode and I have gotten back in. I'm deleting my previous back up and starting again with time machine (my EHD isn't big enough to do another one on top).

    Should I take this as a warning sign?


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    #2
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users Posts: 31,817 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    It's gonna take years at this stage to do a time machine back up. 10 minutes to back up almost 2gb of stuff. :( My back up is 305 GB and that's without music. :(


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    Zcott
    Registered Users Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭Zcott


    Are you backing up wirelessly?


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    Mars Bar
    Registered Users Posts: 31,817 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    No, external hard drive is plugged in. I'm not gonna bother with TM.
    I'm just dragging and dropping the stuff I really want and need to keep. It's much quicker.


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    Mars Bar
    Registered Users Posts: 31,817 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    I restarted after putting everything I wanted on to my hard drive and it rebooted fine. I've tried running another verify on the disk and it freezes every time. I'm thinking a clean reinstall will have to be done.


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    Zcott
    Registered Users Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭Zcott


    Can't do any harm - just make sure it's all backed up!


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    ZENER
    Registered Users Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    Perfect time to consider an SSD methinks ??

    Ken


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    #8
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users Posts: 31,817 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    Well I ran another verify disk and it said it had problems so then I repaired. The repair said it would have be done through the recovery repair. I managed to get through all of that and I hope it has done the job. I'll give it another day or two and I'll see how it's performing. I really don't want to go through a clean install!

    I'm stone broke at the moment and car insurance is up in two weeks so I can't afford to upgrade anything.


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    Mars Bar
    Registered Users Posts: 31,817 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    The laptop has been chugging along alright but I've gotten a few "unapproved caller" messages and now the internet won't load.


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    Joe Doe
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    Only time I saw this on my MacAir was when the HD was full to the brim, once a few GB of space was set free, it resolved itself.


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    Mars Bar
    Registered Users Posts: 31,817 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    Joe Doe wrote: »
    Only time I saw this on my MacAir was when the HD was full to the brim, once a few GB of space was set free, it resolved itself.

    My hd is far from full! 545 free of 748 :)


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    Mars Bar
    Registered Users Posts: 31,817 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    Well I turned it off and turned it on again and that appears to have fixed it for the moment.


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    Tokyo
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    Considering that you are always going to be wary of the hard drive now, I'd give serious consideration to an SSD upgrade down the line. Other than the reassurance that a new hard drive will provide, it'll be like a new machine when you boot it up...


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    #14
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users Posts: 31,817 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    I think you're right. That'll be the plan for when I can afford it anyway.


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    #15
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users Posts: 31,817 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    I think we're at the well and truly pooped stage now. Flashing folder with a question mark and then to the apple logo followed by the no universal sign and then shut down automatically. Can't get in to safe mood and can't reset the PRAM.


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