OSX problem....Nothing is starting up

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boilerjay

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I have a mac mini.

Yesterday, I was getting the spinning beachball when using Safari. I verified and repaired preferences, emptied my cache, cleared my cookies....it seemed to help..

Until today.....

I can't get anything to start up....Disk Utility won't start up, Safari won't start...I can't bring up my system preferences....can't get into my account. The only thing that is working is iTunes.

Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
 
First and foremost, boot from the OS X Install CD/DVD and use Disk Utility to verify and repair your drive... just to make sure there's no directory or disk damage. Once you've got a clean bill of health that way, if the problems persist, then we'll need to be more specific in our troubleshooting.
 
I tried that and the drive was fine, there were a lot of permissions that needed repaired, which I did, and that didn't help.
 
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