macbook pro won't boot after upgrade

rhaynes74 · Nov 13, 2010

Hi - this morning my macbook pro attempted to apply the latest os x upgrades as well as the latest itunes upgrade. Something went wrong and I was left with a blue screen for a couple of hours. I rebooted but nothing - just a spinning icon on the gray screen. I attempted to boot into safe mode no luck.

I have some older install discs - 10.5.6 - it is safe to use those to try to resuscitate the system?

RH

spinnerlys · Nov 13, 2010

Have you tried any of these steps?

Mac doesn't boot
Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck
Troubleshooting: My computer won't turn on

Btw, what exact update are you referring to, as Mac OS X 10.6.5 just came out, but you talk about having 10.5.6 DVDs, which is strange, as you must have a 10.6 DVD somewhere, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to update to 10.6.5, unless you mean a totally different update.

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DewGuy1999 · Nov 13, 2010

Try booting into Safe Mode by holding down the Shift key while starting up. If it will complete booting into Safe Mode, then you can shut it down and it should start up as normal.

This Apple Doc explains what it is:

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Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?

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