Hello,
My 'Powerbook G4 15-inch 1.5GHz/512MB/SuperDrive BT/Backlit KB/Mac OS X/2 years old' is having loading problems.
I apologize in advance for re-posting what seems to be a common problem, but I have specifics:
1.) I power the machine up.
2.) It loads with the spinwheel thing.
3.) The Max OS X title-box pops up, loading with the blue bar ---BUT-- the bluebar never makes it more than half-way, at which point it cuts to:
4.) My desktop background, devoid of icons, with the finder bar blinking in, then out, in then out(Only the bar and apple icon, no text). Meanwhile, the cursor alternates between 'pointer' and 'loading'.
For awhile, it stayed like that. More recently, the screen will hang out in stage 4 for awhile, then go to a blue screen with a loading icon for awhile, then back to stage 4, REPEAT.
NOTE: Only recently has the system been unable to recover from this freeze. Over the last few weeks, it would do it, so I'd just unplug everything and restart and everything was fine. The final blow seemed to come today when I installed some updates, the details of which I couldn't tell you, but I'll try:
1.) Most recent battery update
2.) Most recent OS X update (?)
3.) Safari update
4.) Few others...
It'd be very nice to get back into the ol' desktop. I have a paper I'd love to save. Thanks for any and all help.
My 'Powerbook G4 15-inch 1.5GHz/512MB/SuperDrive BT/Backlit KB/Mac OS X/2 years old' is having loading problems.
I apologize in advance for re-posting what seems to be a common problem, but I have specifics:
1.) I power the machine up.
2.) It loads with the spinwheel thing.
3.) The Max OS X title-box pops up, loading with the blue bar ---BUT-- the bluebar never makes it more than half-way, at which point it cuts to:
4.) My desktop background, devoid of icons, with the finder bar blinking in, then out, in then out(Only the bar and apple icon, no text). Meanwhile, the cursor alternates between 'pointer' and 'loading'.
For awhile, it stayed like that. More recently, the screen will hang out in stage 4 for awhile, then go to a blue screen with a loading icon for awhile, then back to stage 4, REPEAT.
NOTE: Only recently has the system been unable to recover from this freeze. Over the last few weeks, it would do it, so I'd just unplug everything and restart and everything was fine. The final blow seemed to come today when I installed some updates, the details of which I couldn't tell you, but I'll try:
1.) Most recent battery update
2.) Most recent OS X update (?)
3.) Safari update
4.) Few others...
It'd be very nice to get back into the ol' desktop. I have a paper I'd love to save. Thanks for any and all help.