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Mac not booting after installing lion dev 3 please help

  • 12-05-2011 12:53pm
    #1
    princemuzzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 783 ✭✭✭


    Downloaded the latest developer update via software update today and the iMac rebooted but never got by the grey loading screen

    It won't boot into safe mode by holding shift

    stuck in 10.5 disc I have and held c it wont boot to disk utility either so I'm just stuck on the grey apple and the little rotating circle under neat it

    Anybody help?


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  • #2
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    With the install disc inserted, reboot and try holding the option key as it starts up. See if the boot loader screen comes up.


  • #3
    princemuzzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 783 ✭✭✭princemuzzy


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    With the install disc inserted, reboot and try holding the option key as it starts up. See if the boot loader screen comes up.

    Ok got to the disk utility screen thank you verified and repaired the disc but as soon as I try to reboot same problem occurs I think I'm gona have to do a clean install how can I get my files off the hard drive before doing this


  • #4
    fasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 981 ✭✭✭fasty


    Just use your backup! :P

    Anyway, if you have access to another computer with a firewire port that can read Mac formatted drives, use Target Disk Mode to turn your iMac into a giant external HDD.

    It's saved my arse a few times.


  • #5
    princemuzzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 783 ✭✭✭princemuzzy


    fasty wrote: »
    Just use your backup! :P

    Anyway, if you have access to another computer with a firewire port that can read Mac formatted drives, use Target Disk Mode to turn your iMac into a giant external HDD.

    It's saved my arse a few times.

    I'm afraid I don't is there no way I can transfer ny files to an external hard drive using disk utility ?


  • #6
    fasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 981 ✭✭✭fasty


    Yeah, that would probably work. You could clone the HDD to an external drive, or perhaps if it'll let you mount a disk image on an external drive, that instead. Disk Utility won't let you access files directly though.


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  • #7
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    You should never install a developer build on your main partition, especially if you don't have a backup.

    Anyway you should be able to do an archive and install using the 10.5 disc.


  • #8
    Deep Thought
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭Deep Thought


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    You should never install a developer build on your main partition, especially if you don't have a backup.

    Anyway you should be able to do an archive and install using the 10.5 disc.

    +1- Basic stuff

    Did Apple send you Lion Developer to try out ?

    The narrower a man’s mind, the broader his statements.



  • #9
    DonalK1981
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 370 ✭✭DonalK1981


    OP may I get a loan of your 10.5 disc? Seems I accidently moved some of the main icons and lost them. Only recently bought it and there was no disc with it.


  • #10
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    DonalK1981 wrote: »
    OP may I get a loan of your 10.5 disc? Seems I accidently moved some of the main icons and lost them. Only recently bought it and there was no disc with it.
    Main icons? You mean on the Dock? Look in the Applications folder.


  • #11
    DonalK1981
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 370 ✭✭DonalK1981


    Made a complete mess of the whole thing, being new to the whole thing, I just want to restart and try again or pass it along to someone who is more used to using them. Probably put it up on ebay after this experience but was still playing around with it and made this error! Would like to have right for whomever wins it.


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