iPod and Mac is dying on me...
I have a 20Gig 3rd gen iPod and a dual 867 MD mac running the latest software on both system and iPod.
Like many people have been reporting, my iPod has the folder with the ! on it at startup and whatever I do it won't proceed to the menu screen...I've tried resetting by holding the two middle buttons. When I plug it in to the dock it does mount but it slows down iTunes.
As for my Mac, this morning I clicked on the Software Update and it hung up with the spinning beachball. So I restarted and tried again... same thing. I then repaired permissions and NOW I can't even get past the Login Window.
I really don't want to reinstall everything..
anyone going through this same thing? I really wish Apple would do more quality control with their software updates.
Like many people have been reporting, my iPod has the folder with the ! on it at startup and whatever I do it won't proceed to the menu screen...I've tried resetting by holding the two middle buttons. When I plug it in to the dock it does mount but it slows down iTunes.
As for my Mac, this morning I clicked on the Software Update and it hung up with the spinning beachball. So I restarted and tried again... same thing. I then repaired permissions and NOW I can't even get past the Login Window.
I really don't want to reinstall everything..
anyone going through this same thing? I really wish Apple would do more quality control with their software updates.
Comments
Are all users hosed or only one?
It's a good practice to have more than one admin user just for emergencies like this.
You can try booting off of another volume like a firewire drive if you have one handy or off of the system cd. You can then repair permissions again. Or apply system updates...
Originally posted by AllInOne
Try booting into single user mode and running fsck. (see the FAQ on how to do this).
Are all users hosed or only one?
It's a good practice to have more than one admin user just for emergencies like this.
You can try booting off of another volume like a firewire drive if you have one handy or off of the system cd. You can then repair permissions again. Or apply system updates...
thanks but I actually screwed up big time now. But I did try all those things first. Now I clicked on the wrong thing and wiped my drive out so I'm starting over anyway... I cried like a baby...