no desktop after reboot
Hi I have three Imacs and an Apple server. after a blackout, one computer boots up witha empty desktop using user name tdavis. however, if she goes to another imac and logs in with tdavis, everything boots up fine. what do i need to do? I have an invioce from the last tech who cleard ATS chache to solve problem. How do I do it safely, and should that fix problem. Can i be on working I mac logg in as tdavis or shold I goto broken (no desktop) Imac and log in as admin and try to fix from there..
thaks
JB
thaks
JB
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1. Delete ATS fontcaches. Easiest done by restartaing the computer while holding down "shift". When the computer comes to the login screen just reboot.
2. Delete Spotlight-index. If the above solution does not work try this. I hope this works for you too. No reinstall is necessary
2. Delete Spotlight-index. If the above solution does not work try this.
You don't need single-user mode to delete the Spotlight index, nor should you manually move those files.
mdutil -i off /
mdutil -E /
mdutil -i on /
will do the trick.
But the problem in this case is that jbkayak was not able to log into his account because of the GUI hangs with only the Spotlight icon visible in the upper right corner. Therefore this is easiest done in singe user mode.
No problem to manually move these files in single user mode either becuase the files are not in use and if not found will be rebuilt anyway.