[Macpartners] Fwd: spinning wheel

[Karen Johnson]

Meant to email all.

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> Hello.
>
> I wanted to try main menu. It was not possible to make progress any  
> other way than to boot in safe mode. When I tried to run main menu  
> it asked me if I wanted to check for updates and I said no. Since  
> then I have not been able to open a window in main menu to do  
> anything. Yet, if I try to put it in the trash it says that it  
> cannot be put in the trash because it is open. It appears in the  
> activity monitor but it is not doing anything, see below. I took the  
> opportunity to reset Safari and repair permissions. So far, things  
> are working well though I would love to give the machine a deep  
> cleaning :).
>
> Thanks so much for all of the suggestions. I am able to work today  
> and that is great.
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> karen
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> On Jan 9, 2009, at 10:33 PM, Stephen Ragalevsky wrote:
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>> Hi Karen,
>> Perhaps you have corrupt cache.  I would recommend flushing the  
>> system cache.  One tool to do this is Main Menu.
>>
>> Run MainMenu.  	http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/25902
>> 	This application provides maintenance, cleaning optimization.
>>
>> 	You will want to clean the system cache.  Select a "Deep Clean" as  
>> outlined in the screen shot below:
>> <pastedGraphic.png>
>>
>> 	RESTART IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS IS DONE!
>>
>> If this doesn't work, try booting in safe mode (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455 
>> ).  The next step would be booting the machine in disk target mode  
>> and installing the 10.5.6 combo update.
>>
>> If that doesn't work let me know and I will see if there is another  
>> solution to get you running.
>>
>> Best,
>> Steve
>> On Jan 9, 2009, at 6:27 PM, Karen M Johnson wrote:
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>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Anyone have any advice?
>>>
>>> I crashed my machine and now all I have is the colored wheel. It  
>>> does not
>>> resolve itself. Multiple restarts and a restart resetting pram did  
>>> nothing.
>>>
>>> I needed to work tomorrow. Logging in to another account is the  
>>> same.
>>>
>>> This was not related to an update.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> karen
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>>
>> Stephen Ragalevsky
>> Sr. Systems Engineer
>> Apple Inc.
>> (781) 648-3548
>>
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