Kinda Scary!

shawnpatrickjoyceshawnpatrickjoyce
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
i went to rename a file extention in my downloads folder in my home directory and all of a sudden the finder keeps quitting and launching repetedly. What did is this?



Possible Kernel Panic?

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  • Reply 1 of 7
    shawnpatrickjoyceshawnpatrickjoyce Posts: 2,417member
    I'm going to restart... Wish me luck!
  • Reply 2 of 7
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    No, that is not a kernel panic. A panic is a failure at the lowest level of the system that almost always completely locks the machine. This is what a kernel panic dialog looks like:







    I'm not sure what could be the source of the problem. The latest "cure-all fix" is to delete the system caches (cue Defiant). You might should also boot from the Install CD and run Disk Utility to be sure there isn't any damage to the filesystem.
  • Reply 3 of 7
    shawnpatrickjoyceshawnpatrickjoyce Posts: 2,417member
    :eek: Which cd is that?
  • Reply 4 of 7
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    The Mac OS X Install CD.



    It's white, has a big blue X on it, are reads "Mac OS X Version 10.2" (assuming it's 10.2).



  • Reply 5 of 7
    shawnpatrickjoyceshawnpatrickjoyce Posts: 2,417member
    Cool. The first disc or the second disc?
  • Reply 6 of 7
    shawnpatrickjoyceshawnpatrickjoyce Posts: 2,417member
    wow climbing up the ranks, brad!
  • Reply 7 of 7
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    It's on the first CD.



    Once the installer screen has loaded, choose Disk Utility from (I think) the Installer menu. Then, select your drive, click the First Aid tab, and run both the Repair Disk Permissions and then Repair Disk functions.



    Best of luck!
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