Thanks Lawrence, Should I delete anything from the MacBook before running the Combo?
Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 10/05/2011, at 9:16 AM, Patrick Lawrence wrote: > > Adrian > > If you have another Mac, boot the MacBook Pro in target disk mode connect > it to a second Mac. Then download and install the 10.6.7 Combo Update onto > the MacBook Pro using the second Mac. > > Kind Regards > > Patrick Lawrence > > > On 10/05/11 8:54 AM, "Adrian Skehan" <adrianske...@me.com> wrote: > >> >> Good morning all, >> >> Yesterday I ran the latest apple update (iPhoto and Font) on my iMac and >> MacBook Pro, the iMac update went OK but I was called away before the >> MacBook Pro (Intel OS 10.6.7) had finished so I left it running, on my >> return I found that I had neglected to connect the external power to the >> thing and the battery was all but totally discharged, when I tried to >> shut it down I got endless error messages saying that certain files could >> not be accessed (didn't think to write it down) and had to force the shut >> down via the start button. the consequence of all this is that it wont >> boot up past the grey screen and the ever rotating wheel. >> >> Zapping the Pram had no effect. >> >> DiskWarrior 4.3 reported the following: >> € 5 files had a directory entry with an incorrect text encoding value >> that was repaired. >> € 5 folders had a directory entry with an incorrect custom icon flag that >> was repaired. >> € Incorrect values in the Volume Information were repaired. >> >> A second DW scan came up with No Errors. >> >> Booted up holding down the Command and S keys. Ran the FSCK -FY this >> showed No Errors. >> >> Checked the Volume Structure, File Structure and Surface Scan for bad >> block using TechTools Pro 5.0.7, No Errors found. >> >> Looking at it in Target mode everything looks to be in order. >> >> Can anyone suggest something else I can try before I resort to >> reinstalling the system please. >> >> >> >> >> Adrian Skehan >> adrianske...@me.com >> >> >> Mac OS X v10.6.7 Snow Leopard >> Model: MacBook Pro >> Processor: Intel >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
